graystar_blaster

Originally Posted by HelgeS

I did read about so called Task Forces, but was unable to find player in game willing to team with me.

What does CoH offer aside of soloing some random missions and "protect the Bank" every 3 missions?

Are there any active Guilds (Supergroups)?
Are there any PvE contend worth raiding? Are there actual raids?
Or is this game just about dressing your avatar fancy, which would explain the boosterpacks I saw in the store.

Sorry, no insult meant. Just wondering what keeps people play this game.

Originally Posted by SPiNE

I agree, as much as people try to sugar coat this matter, Dark Armor blows.

Anyone that actually made Dark Armor decently good to use can probably put the same time/effort into ANOTHER build and get way better results than they did with Dark Armor.

Originally Posted by TamakiRevolution

Just bought it for 55mil, ty. (Feel a little bad, was gonna bid creep but my first bid went through :P)

Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper

I haven't played with a gamepad, but my recollection from other threads is that the game does not recognize the right joystick.

Originally Posted by SPiNE

Very few IO's out there requires you to slot its entire set to gain its full benefits.

For example, let's take a look at the Armageddon set. The furthest you'd want to go with this set is 5 IO's. Why? Simply because having 5 gives you the +10% Recharge Time. Yet, I still see a ton of people saving money for a 6th...for what? A 5% resistance to Toxic damage? Not only is Toxic damage pretty rare to encounter, it's hard to stack it with other IO set bonuses because only few offers Toxic resistance. What you should do here is just slot for 5 Armageddon and put either an Accuracy or EnduranceRed in the last slot, because the Armageddon set lacks Accuracy and Endurance Discount.

Of course, there are a bunch of other IO's that are only useful up to their 3rd or 4th slots as well, so there's really no point in wasting 2 or even 3 more slots to complete the entire IO set.

Another thing to note is the actual stats of your power, which to me is the MOST important thing when it comes to slotting your powers(obviously). There's no point in going for a global recharge of +30% if all your powers are only slotted for +33% recharge. Sure, the global recharge of +30% would then put your powers at +63% recharge but you could've easily slotted these powers with 1 recharge SO each and be at the same value. This is just an example, I'm not just talking about +recharge bonuses for IO's, I'm saying that you should keep your stats in mind when you slot them for IO's.

It's usually best to slot your powers with some SO's or common IO's to fill in the gap in stats that the set IO's couldn't cover. Sometimes, HO's would be perfect for this as well.

I guess what I'm asking here is, am I missing anything? Is there a reason why some people just slot ALL their powers with a full of set IO's?

Originally Posted by PC_guy

100$ says stryker DCs

Originally Posted by Reptlbrain

Another thread on this right now--with FREEEEE in the title.

Short version: Diverse stock unless the item moves a lot per day. (For small, but reliable potatoes, you can nab 10 common recipe acc/dmg/rech/end often for 1000 infl apiece, then grab the common salvage in stacks of ten for the same price--or cheaper. Craft, sell in a stack--this preserves market spaces--and you can easily make a million or three with a stack of ten.)

Originally Posted by Tongz

Did no one else notice or care that every single link on the guides section of this forum is coming up "Page not found"? I don't wanna sound whiney, but... for real?

Since that's the case and I'm completely new to IO's and the market, does anybody know of any other (working) guides to making money? I'm thoroughly poor blueside (~3 mill total influ) and no moneybags on red (~20 mil). Again, not trying to sound whiney... but unless I'm completely wrong, the market system is takes a lot away from the game. Let me see if I've about got this pegged:

The whole feeling of "I just enhanced my character, now watch me go into battle and show off!" can only be achieved through hours of crunching numbers and "working" the auction house to get inf. Once you MAKE enough inf to IO your character you get to spend even more hours painstakingly deciding how to slot your IOs so as to maximize every single little set bonus you can find. You are allowed this privilege every few levels until 50, if you want maximum enhancement efficacy. Want to customize your powers so your Dominate is holds longer, but recharges more slowly than every other mind controller on the block? Too bad: All customization is squashed by the overpowering need for set bonuses.

Did I say "need"? Yes, I did. One could make the accusation that SO's are still in the game, or that generic IO's get the job done. If I'd give up on min/maxing, I could quit my nerdrage against IO's, right? Wrong. Ask any long-term MMO developer and they'll tell you straight: If you say "here's a way your numbers CAN be higher," the people hear "here's how your numbers SHOULD look." We're not talking 1 or 2 percent here, either: Maxing out set bonuses results in huge and noticeable increase in efficiency.

Buy low, sell high, work the market, make inf, assign slots perfectly, slot enhancements perfectly, maximize set bonuses, obtain super-expensive/rare enhancements like Miracle/Perf. Shift...

Good grief! I didn't spend this much time crunching numbers in WoW!! You could realize your full potential by raiding, getting the best gear, and enchanting/gemming it. If this is the world of making money and realizing your character's potential, I guess I'll be gimp the rest of my CoX career. This is just too much.