Black Scorption as your Patron and some spoiler
By
Alvan,
Posted on: 2006-05-28 19:20 in Masterminds
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To sum it up, Crey is working on an armor wich is a rip off of Black Scorpion's Armor. The conceptor of Black Scorpion armor himself (we learn that it is not Black Scorpion who created the armor) is working for crey but is switching side and ally himself with Malta. Your new patron is not happy at all and things are going to heat up.
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well as about 90% of the ppl who kill my nin/FF MM are blasters i thought of going with scirocco's PPP basicly because said blasters can just AiM+BU throguh my pittiful defence anyway and the 56% energy res coupled with bodyguard and a self heal should be enough to limit the damage greatly.
Defiant's GoEH/MILITIS METUS
One thing though, doesn't Blackie kill Leonard himself? Even if not, I can imagine he would be a less than difficulty fight. Unless he decides to make another scorpion suit for himself?
Mace Beam Voley
http://morchee.ifrance.com/Mace%20Beam%20Voley.jpg
spellcheck needed 
screenie quote: unenhanced damage at lvl forty : 31
Just abit of very unnecessary info .. hehe
@EU Brimmy - Union and Exalted servers
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Scorpion shield
http://morchee.ifrance.com/Scorpion%20Shield.jpg
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Hmm. Which one is it against energy? +res (like the info line says) or +def (like the text says)?
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Scorpion shield
http://morchee.ifrance.com/Scorpion%20Shield.jpg
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Hmm. Which one is it against energy? +res (like the info line says) or +def (like the text says)?
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the stats say (in blue)
+Def (Smash/Lethal)
+Res (Energy/Toxic)
so i suspect it what it says it is.
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Shift 50 DM/DA Scrapper ][ TTL 50 Kat/Reg Scrapper ][ Shabriel 50 Peacebringer ][ Ion Shift 46 Rad/Rad Corruptor ][ Thermal Shift 35 Fire/Fire Blaster
"A Scrapper is a lot like a chainsaw. Somewhat hard to handle, incredibly dangerous, and by far the most fun when wielded by the slightly insane."
Actually I believe it is Def S/L/E res toxic ('cos there is no toxic def). It can only be slotted for def.
I really should do something about this signature.
*nods* and the text above it says (in white) Defense to Lethal, Smashing and Energy.
Just pointing out that one of them must be wrong and would be nice to know (for a fact, from someone who took it) which one is wrong and which one is long-dumped and obsolete text. (since if it's +def, I just might be taking it for my MM)
Edit: Damn I'm slow and thanks PRAF, that actually cleared a lot of things 
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Actually I believe it is Def S/L/E res toxic ('cos there is no toxic def). It can only be slotted for def.
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indeed you are correct good sir.
Why there still is no toxic DEF boggles my mind tho.
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Shift 50 DM/DA Scrapper ][ TTL 50 Kat/Reg Scrapper ][ Shabriel 50 Peacebringer ][ Ion Shift 46 Rad/Rad Corruptor ][ Thermal Shift 35 Fire/Fire Blaster
"A Scrapper is a lot like a chainsaw. Somewhat hard to handle, incredibly dangerous, and by far the most fun when wielded by the slightly insane."
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To sum it up, Crey is working on an armor wich is a rip off of Black Scorpion's Armor. The conceptor of Black Scorpion armor himself (we learn that it is not Black Scorpion who created the armor) is working for crey but is switching side and ally himself with Malta. Your new patron is not happy at all and things are going to heat up.
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Indeed, he was jsut a merc that forced some guy to build him the armor, then he killed that guy and has been adding upgrades to that armor ever since.
Black Scorpion will be my choice as a Patron, no doubt! I took some screenshots of the PPP from Black Scorpion before starting the Story Arc :
) you get the badge a souvenir and more clue. Then you learn that Black Scorpion and Ghost Widow are not the best friends in the worlds.. I did one more mission and stoped there.
Web Envelope
http://morchee.ifrance.com/Web%20Envelope.jpg
Scorpion shield
http://morchee.ifrance.com/Scorpion%20Shield.jpg
Mace Beam Voley
http://morchee.ifrance.com/Mace%20Beam%20Voley.jpg
Web Cocoon
http://morchee.ifrance.com/Web%20Cocoon.jpg
So basically, you can get :
AoE immob with -fly -jump (yes AoE -fly AND -jump. I know some heroes who are going to be extremly [censored] about this in Recluse Victory.
A shield with +def to Smashing and Lethal, wich i believe will stack with your Dispersion Bubble, Force Field buff from your henchmen and/or your Force Field Generator. Wich is pretty good if you ask me.
A cone ranged blast dealing smashing and energy damage, with a knockback bonus. I find it nice because at least you'll be able to deal some damage if you are a Bot FF like me and your only attack per say is Force Bolt wich does little to no damage. Not too sure if i will grab this one though. We will see.
A single target Hold, wich debuff the attack rate, the movement speed and on top of it all, -fly -jump. This is great.
I was hoping for more number, for instance i wish we could have the immob duration out of the box and hold duration and the mag.
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As for the first part of Black Scorpion Story Arc, it was pretty fun and i encountered no bug so far. I did the first Story Arc from him and was given the accolade "The Stinger". Wich i believe does unlock the first power from him when you hit lvl 41.
I did all the missions on villainous for testing and faced two Elite boss in about 5 missions. Crey and Malta are the kind of npc you will have to fight, although there is some Arachnoids (the same as in Warburg) in one of the mission.
To sum it up, Crey is working on an armor wich is a rip off of Black Scorpion's Armor. The conceptor of Black Scorpion armor himself (we learn that it is not Black Scorpion who created the armor) is working for crey but is switching side and ally himself with Malta. Your new patron is not happy at all and things are going to heat up.
After i defeated the creator of Black Scorpion's armor (sorry his name escape me at the moment
Seems like all patron power story arc revolve around them fighting themselves.
Here is a screenshot of me and my new buddy
http://morchee.ifrance.com/BlackScorpion.jpg
As a bot/ff mm none of the other ppp appeal me, i can see traps mm skipping this one though. As they get caltrops, poison trap and web grenade.
What other force field mm thoughts?
Edit- Forgot to add, with Equip Robot slotted 1recrdx 1endrdx and Upgrade Robot slotted 3recrdx 2endrdx i was able to summon all the pets, equip/upgrade them in 40second (no hasten) and i've even had some stamina left!