macskull

Oh god, we had a '79 Datsun 210 until about 15 years ago. Drove the thing to the dump because it was worth more for the scrap metal by that point than it would've been worth even selling as a car (also kept the tires, as they were worth more then the rest of the car as well).

This... WP offers Quick Recovery which, when added to Stamina, can help with the Rage and Hasten crashes. It's a good balance of defense, resistance, and regen and requires minimal investment to perform decently.

Not having perception on your own isn't as big a deal in a team match where your Emps should be having CM on you all the time (one CM gets you just about to the perception cap IIRC). It's in dueling, small-team, and zone situations where having to choose is really the problem and it's why Corruptors are better than Defenders for just about anything PvP-wise these days (Rad notwithstanding).

Should be roughly the same as the PC version, as the Mac version of CoH essentially is the PC version running through a translation layer. You might want a bit more power simply because of that fact, but I doubt you'll need it. Given that there isn't the wide variety of graphics cards available for the Mac as there is for the PC, most Macs with non-integrated graphics made within the last year or so should handle ultra mode just fine.

No, actually, I'm interested in your input on this matter. I'm curious what methods you believe would be used to counter a KB power without having to slot IOs. Given that people who know the ins and outs of the system have been trying for nearly two years and still haven't figured it out, I doubt anyone would be able to, but if there's a suggestion, I'm willing to hear it.

If you wish to take it to PMs so as to not clutter this thread, I'd be more than willing to do so.

If your sample size includes only yourself, you might be correct. I have, however, been known to pick out people that are being obtuse or just plain idiotic and call them on it. Unfortunately in an age where everyone's coddled and can only say nice things, this is looked down upon. I'm curious as to how I've earned such a reputation among such upstanding posters as yourself, though, as I give out far more +rep than -rep, and never leave my name when I do either. Amusingly, given that I don't participate in any of the "rep farm" threads, it seems as though the majority of people that bother repping posts agree with me most of the time. Given that my rep hasn't been reset to zero by the mods (who can see comments and who left them), I'd say I've been pretty within the lines on how I've used the rep system. I'm also not sure how offering constructive criticism, build advice, sample builds, guiding new players, and giving away inf and enhancements could be seen as "griefing," but perhaps you're using a different dictionary than I.

Your definition of "exploit" is probably pretty broad. There are very few exploits that are capable of causing problems for another player (TPing people into geometry they can't get out of, or getting under the map to grief people as they spawn are about the only two examples I can think of). For the most part, use of powers as they appear in-game is a legitimate use. You might not like how a player uses those powers against you, but odds are very good they're not utilizing an exploit.

Please inform us of these ways, oh wise and knowledgeable PvPer.

You can't flip around the evasion issue, that's the thing. Prior to I13 you could have a team of two experienced PvPers wreaking havoc on entire enemy teams simply because they were more skilled and more coordinated. Now, unless you're a melee character you don't stand much of a chance if you're outnumbered and phase/Hibernate isn't up, which completely removes skill from the equation (evasion, prioritizing targets, inspiration management, situational awareness, etc.).

The issue is that under the new ruleset, those 3-5 people don't have to work for their kill because after a certain point the mechanics give them that kill (don't need to have coordinated spikes because heal decay means you can just keep clicking buttons until your target dies). I know I'm a better player than most of the random melees I see in zones, but it's incredibly frustrating to die to them when there's absolutely nothing I can do. It's one of the reasons I can barely stand zone PvP anymore - prior to I13 there were lots of valid tactics and at the same time there were ways to counter those tactics, and now the tactics are different and there are no ways to counter them.

You asked if Elec/Elec was good in PvP. I answered you. Just because the answer isn't what you want to hear doesn't make it a "stupid no comment."

Right, but then people even slotting one PvP IO without extensive farming just wouldn't happen.

Yes, Elec is fine, when you IO it. Regen's just that much better, which is why there's almost no reason to play anything else.

This is just as true as that bit about clicking the glowies on the respec trial making the last mission harder. In other words, it's a lie.

It already works this way.

You should try playing a squishy in even semi-competitive PvP before you tell someone they can PvP with SOs.

(You can't. You will get called as the target, KB'd, mezzed, and spiked repeatedly because you'll lack both the necessary KB protection and hit points to be competitive. I mean, if you think that's fun, that's one thing.)

Unless you don't have phase, get camped when you go into Hibernate, or are all the way across the zone from your base...

While I don't think the term "horribly broken" was used, you can look at the I13 PvP changes to see an example of this. I'd rather have things be "horribly broken" then have them "horribly fixed."

While people may have different definitions of what makes PvP "fun," there is no goal in PvP other than "get more kills than the other guy(s)," therefore the only definition of "successful" is "do I get more kills than deaths?" (Obviously, this varies a bit, as some builds are more suited to team play than others.)