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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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Well, technically, the government could take the right away by further amending the Constitution... though I kinda doubt that would happen, just sayin'... the groundwork is there, and it would be possible.
The sementics sort of don't matter since in this case either... "infringing on" is contextually the same as "taking away"... a right one is not allowed to claim is one they effectively don't have, even if the entity that originally gave that right isn't the one taking it away.
I'm going to make a character named Voilaition Reguatlaitor.
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I believe it's a silly hoax simply because he didn't realize that the round things went into the round holes when he's clearly smart enough to click on the "Enhancement" tab and hit "Manage."
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It doesn't let you slot expired enhancements though. If he tried after those 1s and 2s had already expired, then he's probably going to assume that it's not what he's supposed to do.
Wow, i read only a few pages but i get the impression everyone thinks the problem is build and enhancements?
Any build without enhancements can still solo missions, Except the cape and aura missions. Doing cape mission at level 20 is foolish without high level help.
The problem here is you need to learn to balance your level with your opponents. For example....Level 2 go to contact get your first mission and find out the mission is on the far side of high level 3-4 bad guys. Solution.....take out the hellions around the west side or south side of Atlas to level up (Streetsweeping) to level 3 before doing the mission.
This applies to high level missions as well, if your having a problem there are several things you can do. You will still have problems with certain builds even with enhancements.
Some things to do.....make friends, get on teams, join a LARGE sg.
Streetsweep - each zone caters to a specific level range and areas in the zone has villians ranging from low to high, so walk around and find the right area. I have noticed lowbie villians tend to be around Trains and Zone Entranceways.
Missions - you can have 3 on the go at once, so if one seems a little tough, come back to it after you have gone up a level or two, this actually affects the mission.
Balance - your powers should have an equal mix of offence and defence, heals if your an emp.
Be Prepared: not many do this then are surprised when they are dead. I am often on teams that die alot and i am alone tp'ing and rezzing my teammates. My top 4 characters are all Healers that tank better than most tanks, i am ALWAYS in demand.
That said.....try to keep up your enhancements, i use SO's right up to 50.
Use Inspirations....keep a variety on hand...i keep green(heal),blue(endurance),breakfree(clearmind affects), and a wakie(resurrection) with me at all times.
Temp Powers....get as many as you can for emergencies. Summon Pet Temps are real handy. Low level you can buy temporary powers at WW such as revolver and sledgehammer. Higher level get summon Shivan and Mechs.
Hope this little guide helps someone.
I AM DIVINE
PS you don't suck, you just need to learn how to play, that takes time. you have done a very smart thing.....if you don't know....ask!
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Any build without enhancements can still solo missions, Except the cape and aura missions.
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I would pay a dollar to see you try and take an unenhanced */SR scrapper through that one Praetorian mission full of 7th generation Paragon Protectors.
Mini-guides: Force Field Defenders, Blasters, Market Self-Defense, Frankenslotting.
So you think you're a hero, huh.
@Boltcutter in game.
Ummmmm, you didnt read everything i am sure.
I repeat my 4 mains are Healers.
You obvously are not from Champion server or you would know i run my Dark Defender through the Praetorian Arc and i SOLO AV's. I am called AV Killer as a nickname and am called by teams regularly who are stuck and need help against them.
I am also one of the few who can kill Romulus 4 times in 60 seconds from the ITF, SOLO!
If you come Champion side and want me to take an unenhanced character through the Praetorian Arc (Again) i have no problem with that!
I do not use scrappers and tanks, stand and scrap is not my style, too boring (too easy). Now if you want me to tank them with a Psi/Emp (very difficult, i am currently working on that as Trauma Storm) that i can do.
My top 5 are:
Dark Defender - Felecia Divine
Grav/Emp - Deep Reach
Fire/Emp - Divine Witch
Emp/Rad - Praetorian Plague
Warshade - Lunatik Frenzy
Champion the Community Server
I AM DIVINE
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Ummmmm, you didnt read everything i am sure.
I repeat my 4 mains are Healers.
You obvously are not from Champion server or you would know i run my Dark Defender through the Praetorian Arc and i SOLO AV's. I am called AV Killer as a nickname and am called by teams regularly who are stuck and need help against them.
I am also one of the few who can kill Romulus 4 times in 60 seconds from the ITF, SOLO!
If you come Champion side and want me to take an unenhanced character through the Praetorian Arc (Again) i have no problem with that!
I do not use scrappers and tanks, stand and scrap is not my style, too boring (too easy). Now if you want me to tank them with a Psi/Emp (very difficult, i am currently working on that as Trauma Storm) that i can do.
My top 4 are Dark Defender, Grav/Emp, Fire/Emp, and Warshade.
Decafe is the root of all evil
I AM DIVINE
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How many of these are unenhanced?
They are obviously enhanced now but at the time i was leveling enhacements were an afterthought. I hope my guide will not get lost in an avalanche of posts not aimed at answering the OP's question. My guide works, that's the important thing.
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Any build without enhancements can still solo missions, Except the cape and aura missions. Doing cape mission at level 20 is foolish without high level help.
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Until you have run every build unenhanced through every mission, I call shenanigans.
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Ummmmm, you didnt read everything i am sure.
I repeat my 4 mains are Healers.
You obvously are not from Champion server or you would know i run my Dark Defender through the Praetorian Arc and i SOLO AV's. I am called AV Killer as a nickname and am called by teams regularly who are stuck and need help against them.
I am also one of the few who can kill Romulus 4 times in 60 seconds from the ITF, SOLO!
If you come Champion side and want me to take an unenhanced character through the Praetorian Arc (Again) i have no problem with that!
I do not use scrappers and tanks, stand and scrap is not my style, too boring (too easy). Now if you want me to tank them with a Psi/Emp (very difficult, i am currently working on that as Trauma Storm) that i can do.
My top 5 are:
Dark Defender - Felecia Divine
Grav/Emp - Deep Reach
Fire/Emp - Divine Witch
Emp/Rad - Praetorian Plague
Warshade - Lunatik Frenzy
Champion the Community Server
I AM DIVINE
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If you have to ask someone "Do you know who I am?" then maybe you should get it printed on a T-shirt.
The fact that you hold up the cape mission as an example of the only thing in the game that's too hard to solo... that was a pretty stupid statement.
The cape mission is not in my top ten hardest missions in the game. I don't know what I would put in that group, but here's a handful:
* Save the Desks. I don't know what it's really called- it's in the late 30s or early 40's and you've got to get some evidence stored in a bunch of low-HP destructible objects.
* Stop the Redcaps From Escaping Through The Henge, in Croatoa.
* The 10 minute mission. Tina Macintyre, I think?
* The Vazhilok Flu mission. I suppose that's just a matter of waiting ten minutes between every fight.
* Anything with the Knives of Artemis.
* Any mission where you get a pack of five Nemesis Lieutenants standing around together.
Yes, there are individual characters that have less of a problem with some of these missions (controllers for the henge, stealthers for the 10-minute sprint, etc.) but for MOST characters those are really hard.
There are some specific difficulties, obviously: If you're a fire/fire blaster Infernal is going to be twice as hard, if you're a broadsword scrapper Marauder heals back 40% of his hit points while he's got his tier 9 on, etc.
... what exactly gives you so much difficulty with the cape mission? I'm mystified.
Mini-guides: Force Field Defenders, Blasters, Market Self-Defense, Frankenslotting.
So you think you're a hero, huh.
@Boltcutter in game.
The cape mission used to be hard. It hasn't been for many, many issues now, though. These days, it's trivially soloable, even if you're an AT without much damage.
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Wow, i read only a few pages but i get the impression everyone thinks the problem is build and enhancements?
Any build without enhancements can still solo missions, Except the cape and aura missions. Doing cape mission at level 20 is foolish without high level help.
The problem here is you need to learn to balance your level with your opponents. For example....Level 2 go to contact get your first mission and find out the mission is on the far side of high level 3-4 bad guys. Solution.....take out the hellions around the west side or south side of Atlas to level up (Streetsweeping) to level 3 before doing the mission.
This applies to high level missions as well, if your having a problem there are several things you can do. You will still have problems with certain builds even with enhancements.
Some things to do.....make friends, get on teams, join a LARGE sg.
Streetsweep - each zone caters to a specific level range and areas in the zone has villians ranging from low to high, so walk around and find the right area. I have noticed lowbie villians tend to be around Trains and Zone Entranceways.
Missions - you can have 3 on the go at once, so if one seems a little tough, come back to it after you have gone up a level or two, this actually affects the mission.
Balance - your powers should have an equal mix of offence and defence, heals if your an emp.
Be Prepared: not many do this then are surprised when they are dead. I am often on teams that die alot and i am alone tp'ing and rezzing my teammates. My top 4 characters are all Healers that tank better than most tanks, i am ALWAYS in demand.
That said.....try to keep up your enhancements, i use SO's right up to 50.
Use Inspirations....keep a variety on hand...i keep green(heal),blue(endurance),breakfree(clearmind affects), and a wakie(resurrection) with me at all times.
Temp Powers....get as many as you can for emergencies. Summon Pet Temps are real handy. Low level you can buy temporary powers at WW such as revolver and sledgehammer. Higher level get summon Shivan and Mechs.
Hope this little guide helps someone.
I AM DIVINE
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Personally, I don't think guide is a "new player friendly" guide. If anything, a new player attempting to follow the mantra of solo with zero enhancements would only get discouraged and perhaps leave the game.
True, you can play with no enhancements, but with only a 75% chance to hit even con minions, a chance to hit in the 60% area for Lt. and in the 50% area for bosses, battles would be very long and tedious. This may be fun for you, and maybe even fun for a some other folks. But I have doubts it would be fun for the majority of players.
This idea of playing without enhancements strikes me as something for the well played season vet to experiment with, not a new player just starting out.
Also, foolish as I am, I usually solo the cape mission on both the blue side and the red. No need for a high level help. I've done it with every AT. I admit, I usually lower my diff down to level 1 to solo it, but I solo it none the less. Unless what you actually meant is if you have, at level 20, no enhancements, then I'd have to agree, you probably will need high level help.
Another thing, the OP was talking about a blaster. Your guide suggests that he "should have an equal mix of offence and defence," yet you can't have equal numbers of defense when your building a blaster.
I do agree with you about some things like making friends, get on large teams, finding a... well I'll say GOOD SG rather then Large. But I'm not saying a Large SG is a bad SG.
Unless you have a completely different idea of what Tanking is, I seriously doubt any of your Defs can tank nearly as well as any of my Tanks.
I don't regard being able to survive alpha strikes, large mobs that wipe the rest of the team, or surviving AVs solo as tanking. For me, if I can make a foe, or group of foes forget about you and turn there attention on me, I've just out-tanked you. If I have a large number of foes wailing on me, and you can't peel them off me to attack you, I've out-tanked you. If the AV is directly attacking me and not turning to hit you directly, I've out-tanked you.
I also take the power Taunt for all my tanks. I'm just a firm believer in not relying totally on gauntlet to grab and hold aggro. Soloing missions with a tank, is not tanking, its scrapping with a Tanker. Teaming, and working at grabbing and holding as much of the aggro as possible, in the effort of keeping aggro off the rest of the team (and surviving it) is my idea of tanking.
"The one thing that can stop a full team of MasterMinds dead in its tracks... a doorway!" --Frogfather
I've scanned only the first few pages and I am pleasantly surprised at the amount of constructive, straightforward and positive feedback the OP received.
Especially considering the 'apparently' tense climate created by AE quick-leveling.
Thanks to everyone that offered advice and assistance to the OP.
Apparently, I play "City of Shakespeare"
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Nonsense. The cape mission is soloable just fine at level 20. Pretty easy in fact.
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I don't think those of you questioning Felcia Devine's soloing are paying attention.
She is OUTLEVELING the mission and then soloing it.
That is doable and an easy way for a dedicated soloer to complete difficult missions.
Of course, it is not a very good way to level, but it's a good method to complete things.
Then you'll note that she thinks doing the cape mission at 20 is hard. Well, ya, because it sounds like she's on an unenhanced character and hasn't outleveled the mission.
... with, apparently, a badly built defender.
Mini-guides: Force Field Defenders, Blasters, Market Self-Defense, Frankenslotting.
So you think you're a hero, huh.
@Boltcutter in game.
i think the OP is really uniquedragon just trying to get even.
Soloing AV's on a dark/dark defender? 
Are these even con Arch-Villains?
Forgive me for being incredulous, but I've never heard of this before. Dark's damage always seemed, well, sub-par. Can it achieve the sustained 95 dps necessary (or slightly lower if you keep the AV in tar?)
Really?
I have enough of a challenge at times on a billion inf dark/shield that is absolutely sick in the damage department.
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I'm sorry. What? You mentioned you're from Champion, and I knew I recognized your name from somewhere (I'm a Champion Native). Normally you're not this ignorant, so why the sudden shift? Are you stuck on how the Cape Mission *used* to be? When it was bugged? It's not hard at all at 20 anymore. It hasn't been hard at 20 in a very long time. Case in point, I've solo'd that mission at 20 on a Defender without using enhancements and it was a cake-walk. Come to think of it, I often solo that mission without enhancements because I don't enhance my powers until at least 27.
You say you solo AVs, but you say that mission is hard at 20? I think you need to run that mission again at 20 and try to play with a bit of forethought next time.
Main Hero : Annilixxion -- Lv50 Blaster
Main Villain : Menkaura -- Lv41 Mastermind
@Laxx
"You will bend to my will, with or without your precious sanity." --Dragon Mage
To the OP: Don't feel too bad. If you've only been playing for a very short while, you'll eventually get the hang of how enhancements and stuff work, provided you actually put forth the effort to learn. I started playing in Sept. of 06, and it wasn't until a year later of still trying to get my first toon (dark/regen stalker) to 50, before I learned how to use enhancements. Granted, I never bothered to take the time to ask either. It wasn't until I asked what ED (Enhancement Diversification) was that I got the urge to figure out how to take my 6 slots of dmg SO's on some powers and make the toon better. It's good you came here to ask for the help. It's even better to see people putting their feelings about MA aside to help you. If it wasn't for the willingness of the players to help other players, I'd still be stuck at 38 with 6 dmg slotted shadow maul.
As a suggestion for your blaster (when you eventually get to it after you're re-roll) you might want to look into the fighting power pool. Tough goes along way on a squishy toon if you decide you want to try and fit it into your build.
I do have to echo the sentiments of the others who have posted about tutorials and the like. In any event, good luck with your toons, and welcome to the actual game.
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The Chosen One! 
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I am also one of the few who can kill Romulus 4 times in 60 seconds from the ITF, SOLO!
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Would be curious to see if you are talking LVL 50 + Romi and impressive. If not then pretty much any 50 can do that and it is nothing to be bragging about.
Triumph
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"NCSOFT doesn't fork for anyone but they might spoon you if they like you"
You will struggle, the flip side is you are debt free until level 10. This will allow you to learn your build / powers and use them in a way that suits you best without penalty. You will gain contacts outside AE which will help you make sense of the game and its lore. This in turn will open doors to new worlds that are accessible only through completion of story arcs. Other than what you've already been told by the forum posts, relax and enjoy. 
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So after re-reading this, it can clearly be seen that no one is saying what you can or cannot say.
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Try to grasp the context I perceived.
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If you don't want to answer questions, the rest of the forums is only a click away.
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As I believe this to be a hoax, I'm certainly not going to answer "questions" that I think to be written for a laugh at the community's expense. I will; however, point out that I believe it to be a hoax, but your direction to the post that contained this sentence implies I shouldn't be allowed to.
Nevertheless, apology accepted, Captain Needa.