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  1. masterpiece

    Regen ??

    It was yummy with broadsword. Anyone try it with SS?
  2. The psi hole will be nothing. Take aid self and "anything" psi is defeated "if" paired with the right primary. War mace is a turd with EA imho.
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    Originally Posted by Supernumiphone View Post
    Purples and PvP IOs, as mentioned in the OP.

    I made mine /Fire instead of /Elec, not for any particular reason, but just to experiment. After running it a bit I realized how much thought TopDoc put into the choice of powersets, and why /Elec works better for this. I don't have Energize at the start, and I do occasionally take enough damage to get whittled down during the run.

    My fix was to change the first macro. I put an inspexec for tier 1 heals at the beginning of the macro and a combine for tier 1 heals to reds closer to the end. Since macros are executed from right to left the macro first combines 3 greens to a red if I have 3 greens, but if I don't it uses the greens. So I'm not using too many greens when I'm at full health, but I do pop one occasionally. That is sufficient to keep me topped off most of the time. Since the inspexec for heals is the first in the macro it is the last executed, so any other inspirations it will use are used first. Because of that I can control whether I pop greens by simply controlling how fast I spam that macro while watching my inspiration tray.

    I don't keep anything in reserve and very rarely die. The only time it seems to happen is when I am unlucky and don't get enough defense inspirations to keep me softcapped. If that happens and I don't notice in time to make a run for the glowie, I will die. Like I said though, that's rare.

    Don't unique's fall in as well with the purples and the pvp IOs or is that level specific?
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    Originally Posted by eryq2 View Post
    I just buy all the Lucks i can. I pop 4 before i start fighting and click all the other stuff i get as i fight. I haven't died in a while. Im 38 now. I don't know how to do all the macro/bind stuff so i just click like crazy. I use the 3 claws attacks and brawl to fill. Sands seemed to be a drag in there. I couldnt even tell it was hitting or not. lol.
    Just take what topdoc listed:
    /macro I1 "inspcombine insight enrage$$inspcombine catch_a_breath enrage$$inspcombine respite enrage$$inspcombine break_free enrage$$inspexecname enrage$$inspexecname luck$$inspexecname good_luck$$inspexecname phenomenal_luck$$inspexecname sturdy"

    /macro I2 "inspcombine keen_insight focused_rage$$inspcombine take_a_breather focused_rage$$inspcombine dramatic_improvement focused_rage$$inspcombine emerge focused_rage$$inspexecname focused_rage$$inspexecname rugged$$inspexecname robust"

    /macro I3 "inspcombine uncanny_insight righteous_rage$$inspcombine second_wind righteous_rage$$inspcombine resurgence righteous_rage$$inspcombine escape righteous_rage$$inspexecname righteous_rage"

    /macro T "inspdelete awaken$$inspdelete bounce_back$$inspdelete restoration$$targetcustomnext Lt"

    Select one line from the "/macro to the end of the robust" and paste it in your chat text and hit enter. Easy does it. I moved the I1 and I2 macros after I created them into my slots 1 and 2 and assigned my "S" and "D" to them since I'm weird and use W as forward, E as backward, and A/F for left/right. Once you place spin on auto, I'm usually just tapping S and D while my spin recycles for a death round. I randomly click for my strike and slash but spin does all the work. If you are able to cycle all those plus sands of mu and brawl you definitely should work on recharge. Just having the empowerment of increased attack speed gives you the 20% without hasten.
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    Originally Posted by eryq2 View Post
    lmao. if mobs my level are killing me with 0 bosses, how do you expect me to live at +1 with bosses. i actually had to set it at -1 to survive the ambushes.
    I'm not going to B.S. you here, if you can get to lvl 50 in 5.5 hrs you'd be a pro and everything would work for you. BUT that doesn't mean you can aim for the round-about margin. I mean its a goal and for me its a fun task to try and complete. Heck if you get it in 8 hrs of gameplay, thats pretty damn spiffy!
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    Originally Posted by Neogumbercules View Post

    In Freedom it'll come to life as a free account if you wanna save yourself 12 bucks :P
    Yeah I've thought of that too but I can't invite a toon to my SG without my 2nd acct.

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    Originally Posted by Amy_Amp View Post
    F2P accounts won't have access to AE.
    Very true but I think certain toons will be able to unlock it through payment which may end up costing more than a sub anyways.
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    I have to say doc this will perhaps get me to resub my 2nd acct. again just because I love level pact leveling. Of course with any detailed guide you'll get the haters, whinebots who complain that the markets getting flooded driving down prices, and the subscription-killers who drive any type of farm out of existence just because their ideas of grinding levels isn't the same as farmers. I'm looking forward to trying it out this weekend. I'd almost say this is one of the top guides I've read in a long while.

    Now onto the wankers who are complaining about brutes inherent showing more love than other classes; stop complaining! If you need to drop a deuce, do it somewhere else. Its always the arrogant folks in this game that ruin a class, power (Energy transfer, burn years ago) or even missions.
  8. I was on the fence for this movie. It had alot of odds stacked against it with Miller's other movies. Its a good watch but it wasn't up to the caliber of 300 & Sin City.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by untoldhero View Post
    I dont think im taking a moral high ground and I do apologize for the offending manner, it was said in frustration. Im very passionate about the privilages we have, living in the country we do and fortunate to have such entertainment at our expense.

    It upsets me when I see people complain about such trivial matters when others are so worst off.
    There's nothing wrong with "customers" venting their feelings about changes, events rescheduled and what not. I've given my praise for this games particulars and this one event I had lined up several friends with free trials to try the game during the double xp weekend. They activated them before the announcement to postpone and were interested in higher level powers in sets which the double xp "would've helped them reach. They don't want to be AE farmed but rather experience the game. Whether or not they sub afterwards would've been a gamble but I decided to take a chance. These are adults who game casually. There are more "casual" gamers than the "I game 50 hrs a week so I don't know what your complaining about" gamers. This game needs subscribers, its what keeps it going. I tried doing my part to get more subs, unfortunately this "trivial" matter ended that goal.
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    Originally Posted by Major_Ravenick View Post
    do people even use those? i dont see the benifit in hopping around servers, pick one and stay, if you want to leave then maybe you never should have gone XD
    Yes folks use them. They are beneficial for servers that rarely run the incarnate trials during certain hours of the day. I do it to clear a 50 I don't want to delete but would be nice to have on another server.

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    Originally Posted by GPBunny View Post
    I don't see x2 xp as any big deal any more. Patrol XP is 1.5 xp and since I alt hop most I'll gain is .5 xp. Also since I know some good farmers if I really want a 50 fast well 3 hours is all thats needed.

    Fast leveling doing regular game content forces you to miss some arcs becuase of the fast leveling. And if you are only doing radio/paper missions to gain levels fast well see the above with 3 hour farming.

    x2 xp had its place in the past but now its not really needed.
    Now x2 merits of all types that would be cool.

    Honestly I would rather have all the holiday events go live for the weekend; Halloween, X-mas, and V-day.

    Now don't go ruining my complaint that I had to get away from the game. I mean I blow $60 on a restaurant with the family you'd think $77 for 6 months is no big deal...BUT IT IS...to my self esteem.
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    Originally Posted by McCharraigin View Post
    I am not ready to quit. Great things are coming up for the game...I just wish things had worked as planned.

    Maybe one door was shut to open another. I see Double XP Weekend is now 4 days instead of three, one of which is my normal day off.

    Wait until Freedom either goes into Open Beta or live before making a decision...birth pains are painful, and City Of Heroes is giving birth to a HUGE baby

    Lisa.
    My biggest thing is there are some awesome games coming to PC and consoles this fall. A game thats been out for 7 years has to really fight to keep folks happy and generating a preemptive buzz only to "postpone" it is bad business practices. Why should I renew two accounts for 6 months when I can either hold off for freedom, maybe pickup another FTP game now or just save that cash for the big dog games coming out this fall.

    What also makes me wonder is if the NCsoft crew and the Paragon studios crew weren't "communicating" when they handed out 15 day free activation game codes to unsubscribed accounts on the 15th. Perhaps the influx of activations scared them enough to postpone it.

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    Originally Posted by TheXor View Post

    Could we have free server transfers this weekend instead? That shouldn't require any massive adjustments and would seemingly be an easily implemented compensation?

    A game may just be a game, but the time and effort you put into planning for it and playing it is valuable....can't minimize that.
    You know I was thinking about the free server transfers too. But this is like convincing the bull to go in its pen, its hard to give away anything for free even if it may save folks from unsubscribing.
  12. You know Lisa, you seem to be bothered by this as much as I've been stewing about it. Yeah folks state that they don't have to offer double xp but also is the case we don't have to sub either.

    Heck I just stopped my twin brother from re-subbing for six months each on two accounts. He's been gone for two years and I've went month to month on his accounts. I'm considering cancelling both of mine and just saying "thanks" and be done with. Whats $308 to this company?

    Maybe this is a good enough reason for me to quit defending the game to my gaming buddies and admit defeat. Since talking them into trying out the game during the double xp event just blew up in my face.
  13. Wow, talk about a late notice. This totally sucks since I accrue my time off at such a slow rate (6 hrs vac a month) and I've scheduled friday off. I can't bail on it since I setup other things to do with the family.

    Lets just see, 7 years of this game, plan a double xp event, and bugs prevent you from doing it on the scheduled date even though you've had weeks to prepare?? This truly sucks since I was excited for it. I guess this teaches me "NEVER" to take a day off for this game!
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    Originally Posted by Dacu View Post
    Ok I agree its not great either, but its a map people are familiar with and one that gets requested the most when I level people, so I give the customers what they want.
    I feel for your customers cause they are getting shafted on down time for you having to que it up. Ultrawatts AE arc is where its at for constant leveling fun both xp and tickets.
  15. If your em/elec is only @18 you should consider either sitting on it or rerolling into another primary. I have 5 energy melee brutes and tanks that range in levels from 36 to 50. Only one gets played every two to three weeks for random war zone fun. If they'd ever port it to scrappers you'd see that version be a fotm. But like the others said it is a depressing set. I can only assume some dev had naughty feelings and decided to end that love affair.
  16. Don't you ask for this like every week? Haven't you learned from your previous posts?
  17. OMG evil women for pinn and the dreaded text that hurts my head, LMAO.

    All kidding aside I would have to slap a big fat yes to /elec for rikti farming. I'd be interested to see an ss/fire non-incarnate build farm +4/x8 rikti. I think that's about the only use I have for my energy/elec brute now is war zone lvl 54 rikti killing.
  18. masterpiece

    Purple Futures

    Doc I'd give you my purples seeing how the market currently sucks major for them but then again I don't hardly get too many because I'm a "casual" gamer and I don't even plan for them in my build. Who buys purples anyway? I don't live in the game so my time when I do play is best served with what I get. Rare salvage I usually sale for 500k since its pointless to drive up the value for those folks "playing the market". Yes I'm the tool who's killing your market because I have it going at bleeding "low prices".

    I see your issue Doc, you have more 50's than you have the cash to provide elite builds for. My guess is to jump on the train and farm. It sucks but hey, you have to use those 50's for something.
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    Originally Posted by Global_DJB View Post
    Still waiting on details/a faq of how to get Steam CoH Install to work with the NC Soft Launcher. The only way it does currently is manually and as I said this stops the Steam functionality working.
    Thanks
    Dave
    Only remedy is to have steam run in the background and coh running in windowed mode. Getting the devs to worry about 3rd party functionality is like pulling teeth. Besides why does it matter since coh time in game doesn't even register with steam unlike a ftp copy to this game.
  20. Since you are 33 you should be looking now at IO sets. The smashing haymaker and kinetic combat are good for your primary (melee) powers. Also your PBAoE's like multi-strike, cleaving blow, scirocco's dervish, to name a few, can be slotted but should be upgraded since they'll continue to drop all the way to 50. Frankly this is a bookmark you should check out if you haven't already.
  21. Ahhh too bad the midwest never has that kind of fun! Hope a bunch get the snazzy costumes.
  22. As far as my comments concerned I didn't "specify" farming but surviving an ambush is really what sets a scrapper apart from a brute. Who in world argues against level shifted toons? The general argument is concerning non super IO toons and incarnates. Anyone familiar with the pylon thread know that without adding level shifts and speaking in general builds that scrappers are kings of that feat.
  23. So as mighty as the scrapped lovers "claim" their claws to be, how's the faceplanting while your brute counterpart is continuing the fight? Criticals won't help survival in ambushes at +4/x8.
  24. I think the proposed powers shown look good. If you want a dark set to look like a trolled than go roll one. Judas the crying about blasters and melee in sets is sad. Who wants to "always" be in range; that's the blessing of blasters is that they can get both range and melee. I can't wait for issue 21 to drop because this blaster set looks to be fun!
  25. If you've played it and don't like it vote it down. Voting it down without playing it is just childish. Doing it because its a farm just proves that you can't handle the truth. Majority that visit the AE go there to farm, not to try out the latest player made arc. A fact that's hard to swallow but until the devs squash it, which would be a bad choice, it will continue.