Here's my "so sad" story:
Zloth is leaving Paragon! Yes, the mastermind behind demoedit is calling it quits. <cries>
--NT
They all laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a comedian.
But I showed them, and nobody's laughing at me now!
If I became a red name, I would be all "and what would you mere mortals like to entertain me with today, mu hu ha ha ha!" ~Arcanaville
This is what happens when people who can't play the game get their way.
Where to now?
Check out all my guides and fiction pieces on my blog.
The MFing Warshade | The Last Rule of Tanking | The Got Dam Mastermind
Everything Dark Armor | The Softcap
don'T attempt to read tHis mEssaGe, And believe Me, it is not a codE.
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Despite this being against forum guidelines...|
Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
This is what happens when people who can't play the game get their way.
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QFT.
My guides:Dark Melee/Dark Armor/Soul Mastery, Illusion Control/Kinetics/Primal Forces Mastery, Electric Armor
"Dark Armor is a complete waste as a tanking set."
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What way is that?
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
This is what happens when people who can't play the game get their way.
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Allow me to sum it up:|
Originally Posted by Seek_Trouble
What way is that?
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"Waaah too hard. Fix."
I've done that tip mission on a slew of characters; never had an issue.
My guides:Dark Melee/Dark Armor/Soul Mastery, Illusion Control/Kinetics/Primal Forces Mastery, Electric Armor
"Dark Armor is a complete waste as a tanking set."
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The way of "I want the game to be easymode, give me an I win button, I can't think."
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Originally Posted by Seek_Trouble
What way is that?
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Where to now?
Check out all my guides and fiction pieces on my blog.
The MFing Warshade | The Last Rule of Tanking | The Got Dam Mastermind
Everything Dark Armor | The Softcap
don'T attempt to read tHis mEssaGe, And believe Me, it is not a codE.
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Oh good. They finally fixed that bug. Your loss is my gain.
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Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
My favorite tip mission is destroyed and turned into the most boring one ever.
Malta gunslinger action figure. |
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Is that the one with Frostfire?
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Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
I'm in mourning...
My favorite tip mission is destroyed and turned into the most boring one ever. Malta gunslinger action figure. The waves were spaced out over an eternity and half! They used to overlap so nicely, it used to be mad, crazy and stupid fun. Now it's just a boring snoozefest... They've respeccified it >< *sadface* |
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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That's the one. Although Frostfire was easy to miss, in the cascade of Malta operatives. Now he should be a more noticeable part of the story.
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Originally Posted by SwellGuy
Is that the one with Frostfire?
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Wait, what? No, I'm still here! I promise!|
Originally Posted by NuclearToast
Yes, the mastermind behind demoedit is calling it quits. <cries>
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
The way of "I want the game to be easymode, give me an I win button, I can't think."
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+1. I heard Master of... badges were 'relaxed' because of all the whinging on beta for the new TFs.|
Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
This is what happens when people who can't play the game get their way.
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The devs are way too soft to the people who cry that something is actually 'hard' to do.
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Is that because he will chat with me while waiting between waves now?
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Originally Posted by Mirai
That's the one. Although Frostfire was easy to miss, in the cascade of Malta operatives. Now he should be a more noticeable part of the story.
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He was always standing behind the Longbow you had to talk to before the ambushes started so I don't understand how he could be missed in that mission.|
Originally Posted by Mirai
That's the one. Although Frostfire was easy to miss, in the cascade of Malta operatives. Now he should be a more noticeable part of the story.
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My only complaint about the mission was when the ambushes brought both voids and sappers to my warshade at the same time but that's why the devs made luck inspirations is the way I view it.
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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All I'm going to say:|
Originally Posted by GuyPerfect
I think the whole "past the aggro cap on -1x1 if you're not min/maxed" thing was classified as a problem spot, but I just think they were being too picky.
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I've done this mission several times on a Ninja Blade/Dark Armor stalker who is currently level 44, and skipped taking fitness since it would be free in i19. He has a frankenslotted build with very few bonuses. My stalker runs missions at +1/x1.
Lethal damage is highly resisted by Malta.
Dark Armor without Stamina doesn't like to run all its toggles at once.
Stalkers do not deal well with ambushes.
I handled it fine. It took some inspirations, I won't lie, but it wasn't insanely hard.
Where to now?
Check out all my guides and fiction pieces on my blog.
The MFing Warshade | The Last Rule of Tanking | The Got Dam Mastermind
Everything Dark Armor | The Softcap
don'T attempt to read tHis mEssaGe, And believe Me, it is not a codE.
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I do think people forget that inspirations do turn things to our favor very nicely. I know I wasn't aware of that the first few months I played and it was a nightmare but since then there's only been a few EBs that I cannot even beat with them.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
All I'm going to say:
I've done this mission several times on a Ninja Blade/Dark Armor stalker who is currently level 44, and skipped taking fitness since it would be free in i19. He has a frankenslotted build with very few bonuses. My stalker runs missions at +1/x1. Lethal damage is highly resisted by Malta. Dark Armor without Stamina doesn't like to run all its toggles at once. Stalkers do not deal well with ambushes. I handled it fine. It took some inspirations, I won't lie, but it wasn't insanely hard. |
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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Sorry, I'm in the other camp of this one. I'm all for "finding a way," but that mission missed the exit for "a little too much" quite a ways back up the road...|
Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
I'm in mourning...
My favorite tip mission is destroyed and turned into the most boring one ever. Malta gunslinger action figure. The waves were spaced out over an eternity and half! They used to overlap so nicely, it used to be mad, crazy and stupid fun. Now it's just a boring snoozefest... They've respeccified it >< *sadface* |
-Gate
@Generator
Mostly Pinnacle, with scattered alts on Liberty, Freedom, and Justice.
I had a great time playing with you!
The only reason this mission was insanely hard for me was because I ran it on no less than +2/x4 and that many Malta at once (as in the stacked ambushes, not x4 spawns) will debuff your defense into the floor unless you're softcapped and have lots of DDR.
I regularly dismissed it, but only because I didn't want to lower my settings. 
Blue
American Steele: 50 BS/Inv
Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
Red
Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA
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Originally Posted by Gatecrasher
Sorry, I'm in the other camp of this one. I'm all for "finding a way," but that mission missed the exit for "a little too much" quite a ways back up the road...
-Gate |
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Originally Posted by UberGuy
I regularly dismissed it, but only because I didn't want to lower my settings.
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Eva Destruction AR/Fire/Munitions Blaster
Darkfire Avenger DM/SD/Body Scrapper
Arc ID#161629 Freaks, Geeks, and Men in Black
Arc ID#431270 Until the End of the World
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I'll admit the mission is pretty easy, solo. The fact that you used Inspirations counts against your argument, but unless you're an archetype that doesn't do damage, the old mission would have been within reasonable scope.|
Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
All I'm going to say:
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On teams, though, the ambushes stacked much too quickly for teams to take out, especially with bosses in the mix. It was not an uncommon sight to see 50+ Malta standing around all in one location, which definitely doesn't cut muster for acceptable mission content under any circumstances...
... not even defeating 100 Destroyers in front of the TPN station. I swear, I hope they shot whoever designed that mission.
I haven't done it since the patch, but that mission was already very easy. Talk to the Longbow officer, walk over to Frostfire, take cover around a corner and defeat the Malta ops as they run to you.
Someone thought it was hard? Really? Hmm.
Driving in the city, it's apparent that people forget they're not the only humans that exist. Likewise in City of Heroes, not every mission situation is played solo.
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So your trying to say that mission was only too hard for teams? You could just, you know, say that instead of trying to be snarky.
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Originally Posted by GuyPerfect
Driving in the city, it's apparent that people forget they're not the only humans that exist. Likewise in City of Heroes, not every mission situation is played solo.
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awwwww....
Well, on the bright side, now that it's such a "snoozefest", maybe y'all can raise your difficulty.
Moar lewt for joo!
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I did that mission only once, ever, and it was extremely frustrating with my Defender. All waves had Sappers. I guess I was unlucky, but still. After I defeated all waves, I found... Frostfire. Sigh.
Never did it again. It was on -1/x1, too.
Frostfire can be missed if you click the glowie and wait for the waves, like the navigation window said. So yes, I waited for the waves instead of looking for an ally. I didn't even know there was an ally. If there was a clue after clicking the glowie, I missed that too, for the same reason.
Now I guess I'll give the new version a try.
I'm in mourning...
My favorite tip mission is destroyed and turned into the most boring one ever.
Malta gunslinger action figure.
The waves were spaced out over an eternity and half!
They used to overlap so nicely, it used to be mad, crazy and stupid fun.
Now it's just a boring snoozefest... They've respeccified it ><
*sadface*