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Did I forget to mention that she says she solo's AV's even though she uses nukes, shivs, warwolves, hvas heavies, insps, and MORE to "solo" them. Oh wait I already said that. Oh well may as well say it again. Not sure about the 4 times in a minute, but the "SOLO"'ing is true...if you call THAT solo'ing...
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I agree with the no nukes/shivans/etc part. But no inspirations is kinda harsh.
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Since when does "solo" mean "being badass"? If someone is alone, they are soloing. If you want to say they're not badass, just say they're not badass. Don't claim they had "help" because they clicked different buttons than you.
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Did I forget to mention that she says she solo's AV's even though she uses nukes, shivs, warwolves, hvas heavies, insps, and MORE to "solo" them. Oh wait I already said that. Oh well may as well say it again. Not sure about the 4 times in a minute, but the "SOLO"'ing is true...if you call THAT solo'ing...
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I agree with the no nukes/shivans/etc part. But no inspirations is kinda harsh.
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Maybe if they are tier 1.
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I should say that yes, Felicia is right on that part about knowledge of the game. But it helps for that knowledge to be, you know...truthful.
And challenging that claim isn't pointless. Giving the OP unrealistic expectations of how powerful characters should be does far more harm than good.
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Heh had to make "I AM DIVINE " on Champ..maybe buy lvl 15 I can solo 2 AVs..in 20 min..or less with the right knowledge and all I am good as gold.
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The First Amendment gives me the right to voice that.
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This may sound nitpicky, and is very OT, but I have a moral obligation to correct you.
This First Amendment does not grant you any rights. The right to Free Speech is granted by the creator. The First Amendment prevents the government from infringing upon that right. To say that the First Amendment gives you the right is to say that the government gives you the right of free speech, as the Constitution is the document of government. This would then empower the government to take away that right, as it is granted by government.
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Also, lest we forget.. The people who cite such stupidity are also the ones who say "I'm the customer, I'm always right" when in fact 99% of the time you're an idiot. I could go on, but you pretty much summed it up!
Oh and 
To the OP!
Roll an Invuln/EM tanker/brute, you seem to enjoy the animations and pompoms of doom and death..
It takes very little work or knowledge to make the good ole tried and true work for you. Also it gives you pretty much all the tools you need to learn and enjoy the game!
Good luck mate.
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Well pardon me for being skeptical. 
The First Amendment gives me the right to voice that.
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pikabko is that you?
Sorry, just sounded familiar.
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LOL all sorts of amazing!
I order you to do this... YOU MUST DO IT!!
lol...
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Tar Patch's -30% resistance debuff will be 85% resisted by a level 50 AV, meaning you only get -4.5% resist out of it.
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The above statement is inaccurate as per this article;
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Archvillain
An AV resists -Res debuffs only by whatever +Res they may possess.
Not that it changes the gist of the argument that soloing Rommy 4 times in a minute on a Dark/Dark Defender is laughable.
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Choake has made the best post so far advising the OP to just make a popular character and run for fun.
As for Sonic.....AGAIN......If you enter ITF with 8 ppl and 7 drop out and you finish it.....YOU ARE STILL SOLO'ing IT! As a squishy using inspirations, and temp powers is a must! So why are you insisting that a person is not solo'ing if you use anything but the primary and secondary powers, that makes absolutely no sense. SOLO means just that....Your character against the opponent. Use all your available resources to do it otherwise it is a waste.
No matter how much you know there is always more to learn. To prove this point and show your lack of game knowledge here is a simple question (and before you say impossible again, tomorrow i will give you the answer).........How do you set off a 704.8 pt. BLACKSTAR!
You still haven't explained how your character is pulling more DPS than the AT is mathematically capable of even WITH nukes and shivans...
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Oh, you're right. Thanks for pointing that out, I'll fix it.
EDIT: Fixed. The resist debuff applies to total enhanced damage, and also to procs, so that should be correct. It's still not even 15% of what would be needed.
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As for Sonic.....AGAIN......If you enter ITF with 8 ppl and 7 drop out and you finish it.....YOU ARE STILL SOLO'ing IT! As a squishy using inspirations, and temp powers is a must! So why are you insisting that a person is not solo'ing if you use anything but the primary and secondary powers, that makes absolutely no sense. SOLO means just that....Your character against the opponent. Use all your available resources to do it otherwise it is a waste.
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I don't think that anyone would have a problem with padding to meet the TF requirements, or even having help clearing up to the AV for time reasons. Now if you had teammate buffs going in to the actual fight, that's not soloing IMO.
Inspirations -- I personally consider okay (except maybe a tray full of Tier 3s). A toon that's not IO'd out for defense needs purples to survive. Some hardcore AV soloers frown even on tier 1s though.
Temp powers -- not really. I guess something like wedding band might be okay. I consider Shivans to be cheap. There's a reason MSTF locks out temp powers. IMO if you use temp powers in defeating an AV, you should have to count the time it took to acquire the temp power in the defeat time of the AV.
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No matter how much you know there is always more to learn. To prove this point and show your lack of game knowledge here is a simple question (and before you say impossible again, tomorrow i will give you the answer).........How do you set off a 704.8 pt. BLACKSTAR!
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Easy, eat a bunch of reds until you're at the damage cap. It does 176.2 base, so 400% of that = 704.8. Great against a group. Enough to one-shot a level 50 minion, but not a Lt.
You can get it to hit for 916.2 if you put Tar Patch down first...
It has a 3 second cast time, though, so against a single target, it's barely better than Gloom (which, damage capped, does 254.4 with a 1.1 second activation). Plus you can only use it once in the fight, and you'll drop Darkest Night unless you're really lucky with your timing of eating the blues.
Defender Damage capped damage (normalized per second of activation time):
Blackstar = 234.9
Gloom = 231.3
Dark Blast = 144.4
Moonbeam = 92.2
Night Fall = 79.6 (though it's a cone)
Life Drain = 74.8
I don't see anything in the epic pools that even comes close to Gloom. Total Focus weighs in at 132, so you could use it as an attack chain filler if you had to.
I'm bothering to work out the details on this, because I believe that knowledge should be shared with new players, to help them better themselves and learn how the game works.
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Did I forget to mention that she says she solo's AV's even though she uses nukes, shivs, warwolves, hvas heavies, insps, and MORE to "solo" them. Oh wait I already said that. Oh well may as well say it again. Not sure about the 4 times in a minute, but the "SOLO"'ing is true...if you call THAT solo'ing...
true solo is no temps no insps
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This is always a gray area when it comes to defining soloing a challenge. Yours is the most strict definition I've heard. Nearly everyone else would say you can use insps like crazy and you're definitely still soloing.
The use of temp powers is where people have different opinions. Personally I have no problem with someone who says they soloed a challenge if they disclose that they used temp powers. To me that's still in the realm of soloing, it's just not quite as hardcore-mode as someone who doesn't use temps. Others dismiss this type of "soloing" since with a Shivan, Wolf, Vanguard HVAS, and Amy you practically can build up a little mini-team. The key is just being upfront and disclosing it.
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I'm bothering to work out the details on this, because I believe that knowledge should be shared with new players, to help them better themselves and learn how the game works.
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Thank you MTS, that's more than Felicia has done so far. I must say I find her hypocrisy irritating. Her tone is that of a person trying to be helpful yet she's anything but. Her lame "how do you get Blackstar to max damage.... I'll tell you tomorrow!" was typically unhelpful.
Felicia, if you want to be helpful, try being plain-spoken. If you had said, "did you know Blackstar caps at 704.8 damage if you use enough red insps" that would have been helpful and educational. Your little riddle was neither. In fact, what would've really helped is to tell them how many small/med/large reds it takes to get up to the Defender damage cap. That's not intuitively obvious and would be a real service for a newer player. Sharing tidbits like how the combat attributes monitor doesn't factor in damage enhancements would also be helpful.
So far I see MTS being carefully analytical and sharing stuff that can educate other players. I don't see that from Felicia yet.
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Did I forget to mention that she says she solo's AV's even though she uses nukes, shivs, warwolves, hvas heavies, insps, and MORE to "solo" them. Oh wait I already said that. Oh well may as well say it again. Not sure about the 4 times in a minute, but the "SOLO"'ing is true...if you call THAT solo'ing...
true solo is no temps no insps
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This is always a gray area when it comes to defining soloing a challenge. Yours is the most strict definition I've heard. Nearly everyone else would say you can use insps like crazy and you're definitely still soloing.
The use of temp powers is where people have different opinions. Personally I have no problem with someone who says they soloed a challenge if they disclose that they used temp powers. To me that's still in the realm of soloing, it's just not quite as hardcore-mode as someone who doesn't use temps. The key is just being upfront and disclosing it.
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If you use pets (MM, Dom, Troller, (DS or VS), is it still soloing?
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The use of temp powers is where people have different opinions. Personally I have no problem with someone who says they soloed a challenge if they disclose that they used temp powers. To me that's still in the realm of soloing, it's just not quite as hardcore-mode as someone who doesn't use temps. Others dismiss this type of "soloing" since with a Shivan, Wolf, Vanguard HVAS, and Amy you practically can build up a little mini-team. The key is just being upfront and disclosing it.
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I'd agree with MTS about the speed claim, though. When bragging about how -fast- you took down an AV using such temp powers, the time to acquire the powers should be figured in given how greatly they can tip the scale.
Frankly, though, I wish Shivans and Nukes and such had never gone into the game in the first place. Too many people these days seem to think they're -required- for running TFs.
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If you use pets (MM, Dom, Troller, (DS or VS), is it still soloing?
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Considering they're inherent to the character, being part of their primary/secondary powerset rather than being awarded by outside means, of course.
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Yes, since they're inherent powers. Pet classes simply can't achieve max DPS without their pets. The objection some folks have to the temp pets (Shivans especially) is that they add a lot of DPS and debuffs that are not inherent to a character's build.
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Since when does "solo" mean "being badass"? If someone is alone, they are soloing. If you want to say they're not badass, just say they're not badass. Don't claim they had "help" because they clicked different buttons than you.
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Agree.
If it is in your powerset, IMO, then don't feel restricted in using them (unless you're looking for that kind of a challenge).
The different ATs distribute high damage very differently and shouldn't be locked into one AT's definitions when determining topics such as 'soloing'.
If a Defender or Corr needs to use a [powerset] nuke or a MM needs to use their pets because they don't have the same damage distribution method as a Tanker doesn't mean they cheated or didn't solo a task.
That would be akin to saying that using Fury or Hide/AS/Placate/Attack is cheating.
Even if you use insps, if you're the only player completing the task; also excluding NPC allies, then you are still soloing it.
As quoted above; soloing and posturing for bragging rights are two different animals; with the biggest kudos going to the players that can dish on an AV without temps or insps; [powerset] nukes or godmodes.
[This applies to damage mitigation as well; up to what point are squishies allowed to seek mitigation outside of their powersets before it is considered 'cheating'?]
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Well, again this really comes down to what the object is. If I'm soloing just to get a mission done, I'll use every trick I have available to get it done. If something is being done for bragging rights, that's a different deal. It's pointless to haul out pets or use other temp powers when soloing a Rikti pylon in the RWZ because that is a test of sustained DPS. Likewise the Scrapper Challenge in the RWZ has evolved certain rules over time because without those rules you could make it trivially simple.
Yesterday I was in an LGTF team that had mostly dissolved. It was only 3 of us against the Honoree at the end. I would've used a Shivan in a heartbeat if I'd had one because we just couldn't do damage fast enough to him before his Unstoppable recharged. The key difference is that if I'd done that I wouldn't come to the forums and brag how 3 of us had taken down the Honoree and omit the key detail of using a Shivan.
So to me, the only "cheating" is when you brag about something but you mislead other people as to the true nature of the accomplishment.
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When I was talking about insps I was mostly refering to Tier 3's...cause that's not even your own toon if your at defense cap and resist cap at all times...
And while some people consider temps ok...sure! Just dont brag about how awesome you are at doing something ANYONE can do if they have enough temps and insps.
Oh, and you didn't kill rommie 4 times in a minute. Just....no.
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Oh, and you didn't kill rommie 4 times in a minute. Just....no.
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I bet if I didn't shower for a week I could do it. If I miss a day here in Arizona I can drop my wife in 15 seconds. I think she has RotP slotted for stun though because when she comes back I cant remember anything and I am somehow in the shower and half clean.
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Did I forget to mention that she says she solo's AV's even though she uses nukes, shivs, warwolves, hvas heavies, insps, and MORE to "solo" them. Oh wait I already said that. Oh well may as well say it again. Not sure about the 4 times in a minute, but the "SOLO"'ing is true...if you call THAT solo'ing...
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The difference is how impressive the feat is. The more restrictions you put on it, the more impressive it is.
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NeoSporin is absolutely right in respect to how a post can come across since we do not see or hear or have a feeling of the other person's intent.
My bragging was merely stating some of my background so the OP can see it is possible. You call it bragging, i call it informing.
YOU PEOPLE (most of the posters in general) say outright that i am lying, that is not a good way to get the answer if you really wanted it. That is why i dont give proof, you dont deserve an answer. I gave you some suggestions on how to ask nicely hoping you would learn to be nice!
I continue to play as i always have and when i need to solo an AV, i just do it. Your comments have no merit or purpose!
If the OP wants to know about me and my tricks (no they are not exploits) all he has to do is contact me.
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Did I forget to mention that she says she solo's AV's even though she uses nukes, shivs, warwolves, hvas heavies, insps, and MORE to "solo" them. Oh wait I already said that. Oh well may as well say it again. Not sure about the 4 times in a minute, but the "SOLO"'ing is true...if you call THAT solo'ing...
true solo is no temps no insps