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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Neuronia View Post
    I'd also like a clarification on Dual Pistols and Demon Summoning.

    Are users locked out from these if they do not purchase Going Rogue, will they be available to everyone on Going Rogue launch, do you need to purchase the powersets...

    Seems to me like they're going to come along with the release of GR, but they'll be available to anyone who pre-orders the game (I'm going to assume that purchasing the pre-order will flag your account as being able to use those powersets, which would otherwise be greyed out at character creation).
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    Copied from another thread ^^; heh. No idea, I would guess it's in game?
    Yeah, it's defined in-game on the live servers.
  3. *hopes for a market interface that doesn't tend to cause mapserves and crashes and chat windows that don't copy stuff in an adjacent window when you select multiple lines*
  4. He has also brought PvP back to Warburg on Freedom, as I discovered this morning. It's good to know we have such upstanding members of the community who are willing to keep activity in the zones up!

    (Thanks for posting this thread merc, I literally laughed so hard I fell backwards in my chair.)
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by War Witch View Post
    Hey all,

    Just to clarify before speculation runs toooooo rampant, we're not doing a Nemesis-type system for Issue 17.

    War Witch
    Now if this were an announcement that I17 would be a paid expansion, I'd question whether they'd replaced War Witch with Daeke >.>
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by WarScribe View Post
    People Talk about WP being better in terms of survivalbility, but I think that is false for the most part. I rarely ever die on any of my /Nin stalkers, and regardless of "loldefense" I actually avoid alot of attacks after a clean AS.
    I think it's just that WP is a solid set (it's not subject to luck nearly as much as Nin or SR might be), is cheaper to build than most secondaries, and doesn't need accolades to hit the HP cap, not that it's necessarily more survivable. Though I should note that unless I'm getting tagged by someone with a lot of tohit or many targets at once, I find using Shadow Meld on its own works wonders for getting back into hide (drops hit rolls from 80-95 to the 50s and 60s).
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by LiquidX View Post
    You know what they say about Assuming, right?
    U and me get ***?
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by White Hot Flash View Post
    Hit the test server now. Mod8 just announced that they put the Dual Pistols set on there for testing. /Cactus Jack "BANG BANG!"
    Yes, as a closed beta. They pulled an I16, so if you're not in the beta you can't access the character creator.
  9. I am just amused that people actually thought they'd revisit this anytime within the next few years.
  10. macskull

    Monday down time

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lady_Sadako View Post
    Well, we know what Issue 17 is, and that we're getting Ultra Mode early. Now whether it's Issue 17 on the TR is anyone's guess.

    Issue 17: Dark Mirror announced!
    It's not; there's no way it would only be 8 megs, and the build is still 1600 (as opposed to the presumed 1700 I17 would be).
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lothic View Post
    The Devs have said for a long time that they considered the "unlocking epics at 50" thing to be a game design mistake on their part. It would seem that they've finally decided to actively do something about it. It never really bothered me that I had to get a 50 for those unlocks, and now years after the fact it's not really going to bother me to have the bar lowered to 20 either. *shrugs*
    I agree, but 20? That's a few days of game play at most unless you have severe alt-itis. 30 would've been better, or even 40 (XP-wise, 40 is about halfway to 50).
  12. Quote:
    Epic Archetypes now available at level 20
    Fail.
  13. macskull

    TF duo

    Plant/Rad and Fire/Mental. None of the AVs found in the signature TFs, with the possible exception of Bile, are very difficult, and Jurassik is basically a giant sack of HP to hit a few times.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rodion View Post
    Another thing about those über Fire/Kins: many of them are custom built to farm one specific map. Sure, they can mow down level 50 Family or Council like nobody's business. But they quickly lose their luster when presented with the other common enemies you meet at level 50: Carnies, Malta, Arachnos, etc.
    You mean the enemy groups that give just about everything trouble even at those levels (Carnies even give many melee builds a hard time)? Just because a player builds to handle a specific type of enemies doesn't mean they will automatically have problems with others - that's got much more to do with the person at the keyboard than the character they're playing.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Airhammer View Post
    I have not played Electric Assualt on a Dominator.
    Elec Assault was really good before they rebalanced it in I15 (they basically sped up the recharge times on the tier 1/2 blasts and melee attacks, which had the effect of decreasing their damage, somewhat changing the feel of the set). It's still good, but it lacks the punch it used to have.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by TRTerror View Post
    Yeah thats why i'm confused. Reading other threads how everyone are welcome to join regardless of skill and experience.
    "Welcome to join" and "guaranteed a spot" aren't the same thing. If nothing else, watch the match and join the next before it gets to 16.
  17. 4 PvP zones per server, 11 US servers. 44 zones, and the best part is only one of them is busy at any given time, and one other is busy during peak hours (I'm talking, of course, about Freedom RV and SC, respectively).
  18. Why does this
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by The Second Coming View Post
    get soul mastery so ur not just another shrak spammer
    not match up with this
    Quote:
    with elec/x all u need to do is spam thunderstrike+sharks and u win
    ?
  19. macskull

    Farming options

    SS/Shield would be good, but the current /Shield favorite is Elec/Shield (two teleport powers + AAO = win). SS/Shield's heavy on endurance (I've got one, I know a few others with them as well.

    On an unrelated note, my SS/Fire just clocked in at 642k inf/min with two people on the team. I'm sure that could pass 700-750k if I cranked up the difficulty and my teammate was actually assisting me (i.e. a Kin) instead of just doorsitting.
  20. 1. Snipe can be useful for both set bonuses and for tagging someone who's running away and thinks they're safe.
    2. Cold is your best bet for a zone (and arena, these days) build.
    3. Depends on your build goals: many people use 5 Adjusted Targeting (and a Rectified Reticule +perception IO in one of the two) for the +dam and +rech set bonuses.
    4. Power Thrust, Build Up, Boost Range, Total Focus (be careful about using TF in zone though, as it'll make you a Stalker magnet). Argument could be made for Power Boost if you're Sonic, Rad, or Archery primary.

    EDIT: How long have you been gone? If it's been since before I13, that's a whole new can of worms.
  21. Literally, count to five. Healing any more than once every 5 (or is it 8? I know it used to be 8 but maybe they changed it) seconds will cause heal decay to kick in.
  22. macskull

    New Arena Toon

    I13 (because everything got nerfed regardless of whether it was good, amirite?).
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by The_Alt_oholic View Post
    I'd alter this to say Freedom is the most Farming-focused. It has been called Freedumb, Farmdumb, etc. If you want to be on a team that tends to have no tactics, only sees red, and acts like a bull-in-a-china shop while possibly ending up with a group of players that want to run the same mission ad naseum, then Freedom is the server for you. I highly discourage any new player from playing on this server unless you have come from WoW, etc.
    This is so horrifically wrong, it's not even funny. Actually, it kind of is funny, in a sad sort of way.