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Wow, nice and non-biased AR reviews

Phos and Gilia are totally on the point. While Energy or other secondaries are considered greater for AR, I'm still a lover of Device even with the lack of BU, for the only power of Caltrops which do magic to allow you to deliver that killer chain of cones.

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You seem to be interested in PvP performances, which is not my bag at all!

But for a blaster wanting defense, Range defense is very beneficial and kindof easy to get with sets and power picks. If you plan on really investing consider CJ and Weave, plus a couple of complete Thunderstrike sets or partial Universal travel. That should bring you easily to the level of defense mentionned above where a small purple insp will cap you or almost for range defense.

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Wow...its so late, i must go to bed. I see some very respectable names posting their input on this and im thouroughly convinced eveything is full of deeply scrutinized details!

But without having the mental stamina to make proper tribute to everything said yet, i must say this to Ultimo...and this is my own personal view on this game over 60+ months playing it...Welcome to CoH diversity! I discovered some of this game particularities very late also i may humbly add. What your talking about is what makes any scrappers and controllers and defenders equal in some way -while stifly differenciate them also. It all reside in the skills required to achieve the same results.

Awesome!!!
Thanks alot for coming back with the right data KryptosV2!

Awwww, i would have hope for 3 teleporters and 6 beacons since they were the same price before, for the same capabilities, and now have a 60k something difference too bad...thx Kryptos2...

...but/and/or maybe someone 100% sure and playing the open beta can confirm in a way or another about it?

*QR in what seem to be an appropriate thread for a random question*

I see that the Teleport room prices have changed. The 2x2 and 3x3 rooms, both good for 2 tp thingnies and 4 beacons used to be the same prices. The 3x3 is now more expensive while the 2x2 is less...does that come with additional capabilities for the 3x3 room or is it just an extra charge for the 'extra room'?

So... Problem or opportunities, unexpected, whatever, happens. That's cool.

But really Positron, your marketing monkeys had nothing better to hold our attention than pushing you upstage wispering "- Say something!"

Do you guys even have someone in charge of marketing at all!?

Sorry if it sounds harsh, i know for one thing that Issue 13 will be filled with awesome, but this is truelly pathetic, not even a handful of screenies?

Awesome news. I'm surprised at the amount of actual 'free' slots one can get before having to pay for more! You sure handle the micro-transaction new trend with respect for your players.

BTW, why isn't this on the front page yet?

Ha, ha, haha....ha.

Sorry, just coming back from business trip to find that, too tired to express my feelings about it (whatever they are) with more verve.

I bought it for a couple paragraphs...found it kinda cool too :/

Everything is simply awesome. Another great year of gaming ahead in Paragon!

Semi QP, read 5-6 pages sooner today from work.

I dont see either how someone can hope to get some of those final epic badges with the present requirements. By my secret expert eyeballing technique, i'd say even the most hardcore, screen glued and weewee catherterized player would have a hard time getting the last ones just by playing the game. Intense and long winded farming is the only possible way to get them. It encourage the AFK farming in a killer way. Beside an autistic player or the most unhealthly badges obsessed, i don't see any player PAYING for a game grinding his way to those badges 'manually'.

As my gauge and for the record, i have a blaster created on day 3 of the game back in '04. Played with him with clockwork regularity, besides 2 months for a business trip where no Internet was available (Northern Alaska) I never took time off from the game either. Not sure where i can pigeon hole myself as casual or hardcore gamer, i play 2-3 hours a night 5/7, 4-5 hours a night 2/7, so roughtly 20 hours per week.

This char is nearing 4 yrs old of ACTIVE gameplay, without farming anything (but influence since I10), and certainly not gearing my play time/objectives toward getting badges. In all this time, i took enough damage to almost get the 10 million dmg point taken badge as of this week (i dont even see a space on the progress bar, missing only a couple thousand points). This is the 1st epic damage badge if im not mistaken. My logic circuits tell me that,even if the dmg points totals are cumulative (the counter for 100mil starting at 10mil and 1, not 0, counter for 500mil starts at 100mil and 1 not back at 0), i may very well be on my dying bed after a long and healthy life of uninterrupted CoH and still wanting those lol!

all i have to add:

Wow dude! I spent the better part of an hour just reading it!
Incredibly informative, i can truely grasp the power of Inventions now lol I'm not sure ill ever craft a character to this exquisite awesomness.

Wow, you didnt even had a mention or anything!?

It was nothing short of awesome! The editing was really done great and funny as hell!

Best video from in game captures i saw

I like your enthusiasm

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Wha!? i did knew that NC Soft had to do that
Not sure what it implies about our game when the publisher does that? As i understand the relation between the two, NCS being publishers is like the 'records companies' and Cryptic is the 'artist'?
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Muffins, even if i was with the frenchies, your avatar is very funny
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At least, i dont beleive this xp bonus will equal to another batch of lvl30 'n00bs'. Sure everyone like xp, me included, i just think its a very cheap way to 'please' us
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That explain...a bit. Maybe they have a BBM survey team coming this week-end to register the active playerbase heheheh

Heh, i usually have confidence in the Dev's decisions about the game, (ie:I5 and ED we're so bad looking before implemented, to finally be -for the most parts- a good thing for the game overall) BUT! i'm not sure about this one
Given the history of game balancing/fixing/nerfing, i really didnt saw this one coming! On the other hand, CoH changed 'administration' not too long ago...could that have something to do?

I'm just wondering


why?


I really dont see it. This is not even looking like an 'event' per se. Nothing new, nothing special...just xp...it really bugs meh!

I coudln't read it all the 1st time, came back to finish it before posting. Incredible guide [cut/paste ] Enantiodromos!

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LOL

That's one of the great guides of our time

What's really bugged about it is why the modification is applied to Wormhole? I hear only talk about what to do with wormhole, dimension shift or propel. Well, DS is dedicated to Grav, the dev's wanted one powerset with phasing. Propel is a cool power generally liked and i think was part of the vision for Grav too. Wormhole, dismissed at first by almost all, found its niche over time, by almost all.

These 3 powers are equally loved and hated by an unequal part of the controlers. Why not make something of Crushing field to help us out instead? Why not make Crushing field a Sleep? 'You create a gravity field putting pressure over the heads of your opponent, assaulting them with tunnel vision and internal ear disfunction. They will break out if attacked'

I created an account just to join the bandwagon on this. This game and its Devs are gems.