What NOT to Say to a Newb...
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Blunt_Trauma,
Posted on: 2010-02-12 17:29 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
If you're not a healer, you're useless...
what? Someone had to say it
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I think you underestimate our fools, sir.
Why /duel is a bad idea
Steelclaw, you have a sick, twisted mind.
I respect that.
My contributions:
"You know the blimp in Atlas Park? Once you get a flying power, if you can land on it and find the exact point where you can stand without slipping off, you'll get a boost to your flying speed."
"If you defeat a Clockwork Paladin by yourself, you get a one-use power to summon one of your own!"
"Once you're high enough to get on a Rikti Mothership Raid, don't forget to get the badge that's UNDER the Mothership. There's one on top of it, but there's another one under it. Look for the tunnel on the north side."
Have you ever heard of ERP?
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Early Ranked PvP gives great rewards, it's easy to get started just go to Pocket D and ask for "ERP Practice".
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Originally Posted by The_Larker
Have you ever heard of ERP?
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I was actually in Pocket D for arena night with some vgmates,by time I made it out to the elevator I was covered in erp.....biological disaster comin through!
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Originally Posted by LISAR
Early Ranked PvP gives great rewards, it's easy to get started just go to Pocket D and ask for "ERP Practice".
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PL'ing is fun and ENCOURAGED by the Devs! That's why they're lowering the requirements for Epic Archetypes!
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TO THE END!Villains are those who dedicate their lives to causing mayhem. Villians are people from the planet Villia!
Six slotting brawl for recharge is the best way to kill Elite Bosses, Giant Monsters and Arch-Villians. If you manage to hit one with Brawl 10 times in a row in ten seconds, you defeat them and get bonus XP.
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My version of this: |
Originally Posted by Steelclaw
* "If you see a zombie-like creature wearing a back pack go into a crouch just get close and watch it carefully... it will transform into something you're sure to get a blast out of!"
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"If you ever get into a fight with those zombies with backpacks, just remember that they're bugged. They won't actually hurt you, they'll just get really close and do one of the 'flex' emotes. If you let them do it for about 5 seconds, you'll go up a level."
Other stuff you shouldn't say to newbs:
"Dominators don't need holds cuz both their powersets do damage."
"the Fitness power pool is sooooo useless! I don't know why anyone would bother with it."
"If you manage to kill off all the Hellions in Atlas Park, you get a special power that lets you summon a Hellion boss to fight for you."
"Make sure you don't use any fire powers, auras, or armors around cars or they'll explode."
"Failing a Safeguard/Mayhem mission sends you back to level 1, so you'd better not risk it."
"The only way to get past level 50 is to find something called the 'Cheese Wheel of Doom' and stand on it while doing the 'Chicken' emote. The only way to find the 'Cheese Wheel of Doom' is to stand on top of the Atlas statue and say 'Give me the Cheese please!' in Broadcast 50 times."
"If you get any salvage with an orange name, you have to give it to someone else immediately or else all the NPCs in the game will be teleported to your location and try to kill you. You're still too low for that, so I'll meet you with my 50 and you can give that salvage to her. Don't worry, she can handle it."
Another one: "If you take the train to the wrong zone, just turn around, click on the train door, and go back to where you were."
And another: "When you're at the train station, you have to wait for the sign above the door to show the name of the zone you want to go to before you get on."
One more for luck: "To get on the train, you have to get a ticket from a Ticket Vendor, but there's a weird glitch that put them all in the AE building for some reason."
Use broadcast in Atlas to ask for AE pl'ing to help get you to 50.
Whenever a Rikti invasion or Zombie attack occurs in the zone you're in, you should always fight them near the trainer in that zone. The trainer will fight with you, and give everyone in a 60 foot radius a defense, accuracy, and damage buff.
This is why all such fights happen around Miss Liberty in Atlas Park!
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Well, with proper slotting, it's high Damage per Endurance can only go up. Six slots, if used correctly, can make it proportionally ten times more efficient than any other power you have.
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Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
Six slotting brawl for recharge is the best way to kill Elite Bosses, Giant Monsters and Arch-Villians. If you manage to hit one with Brawl 10 times in a row in ten seconds, you defeat them and get bonus XP.
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Brawl has no DPE. |
Originally Posted by FunstuffofDoom
Well, with proper slotting, it's high Damage per Endurance can only go up. Six slots, if used correctly, can make it proportionally ten times more efficient than any other power you have.
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This is because it doesn't cost endurance anymore to use it.
Now, onto bad advice for newbies:
1) You're a fire/kin? Good. Fire Cages is the best power. If you use it before the tank runs in you get extra xp. Oh, and make sure you skip flashfire. It's awful.
2) Storm/Energy defenders are the best. Click on the tank first and then hit gale as much as you can to save him.
The best place for leveling is called "The Hive." All the enemies in there are so weak you should be able to one-shot them at level 5 and they give crazy xp.
If you stare at Back Alley Brawler long enough, he'll send you a team invite.
Just so you know, being able to go inside of buildings is an exploit. If the devs catch you doing it you'll get banned.
Since you animals can't just let a wounded thread die... I guess I'll add one more...
* "So, you've only been playing for 2 weeks and already have a 50th level character, huh? Mission Architect? Yeah, right, lucky guess... Oh sure, I'm positive that all the other players in the game would be COMPLETELY impressed with your 50... In fact, I bet if you go into Recluse's Victory and announced it in broadcast there'd be loads of people who'd love to show you their appreciation... Recluse's Victory? It's a PVP zone... er... that stands for People of Valor & Prestige... The door to get there is in City Hall right here in Atlas Park... Oh for the love of... it's that big white building behind the guy holding the big ball... <Sighs> Yes... as a matter of fact you CAN go inside that building."
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
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...Thus, humor.
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This is because it doesn't cost endurance anymore to use it. |
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If this were true, I would buy a lifetime subscription. Right now.|
Originally Posted by Steelclaw
* "Why does everyone hang around beneath the Atlas Statue? Because every so often they sky randomly goes pitch black and the globe on his shoulders shines like a disco ball... everytime you get hit by one of the light spots flying everywhere you get 100 influence multiplied by your experience level... all while a random BeeGees song plays in the background." |
Edit: guess I should muck in too
* "Watch out for the traffic! Any car will insta-kill you, even if you're playing a Tank. However, it IS possible to jump ON a car, and get a free ride!"
* "Always attack your targets from behind, even in the middle of a fight. Just run around them and attack quick before they can turn around. You'll do bonus damage!"
* "If you [WALK] past a mob of enemies, they'll assume you're just a civilian and won't attack you."
* "You have to roll a toon the same gender as you. (the Devs can find out your real life gender through your banking details.) If you roll a toon that is NOT your gender, the Devs will conduct a Mandatory Sex Change on your character. "
Stay Gold, Paragon. Stay Gold.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
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Wouldn't that be INFINTE DPE? X amount of damage/No endurance...|
Originally Posted by Tonality
Brawl has no DPE.
This is because it doesn't cost endurance anymore to use it. |
Oh crap, I just divided by z----*
Stay Gold, Paragon. Stay Gold.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
"To make Fly faster, you need larger wings."
"It's fun to ride the blimp in Atlas Park. Almost as fun as riding the Arachnos Flier and the Rikti Drop Ship."
"That Respec Recipe you got will be worth even more inf if you sell the crafted version."
<《 New Colchis / Guides / Mission Architect 》>
"At what point do we say, 'You're mucking with our myths'?" - Harlan Ellison
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Oh, now that's evil.
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Originally Posted by Heraclea
"That Respec Recipe you got will be worth even more inf if you sell the crafted version."
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Having Vengeance and Fallout slotted for recharge means never having to say you're sorry.
If your characters have capes, they can get caught in doors and you'll have to log out.
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Also, see that blimp? Don't fly near it or your cape will get caught in the engine...|
Originally Posted by Godpants
If your characters have capes, they can get caught in doors and you'll have to log out.
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And you'll DIE!
to TO THE END!Villains are those who dedicate their lives to causing mayhem. Villians are people from the planet Villia!
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Word. I bow before Your Unholiness.
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Yeah. Unfortunately, I wasn't that fascinated by math to learn anything about non-real numbers. But I'm guessing it's one of those. At the very least, it makes a lovely programming error.|
Originally Posted by MaHaBone23
Wouldn't that be INFINTE DPE? X amount of damage/No endurance...
Oh crap, I just divided by z----* |
Oh, and kudos for pulling the humor over my eyes.
Having Vengeance and Fallout slotted for recharge means never having to say you're sorry.