Athena Six
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So far the only frustrating thing is wondering if this Tweeting thing is working... I'm signed in and all I see is a message from 16 hours ago... i think..Never used this thing before, But thought what the hell maybe i'll get lucky...
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I24?! I am still trying to decide what to pair with Water blast! I24 is not even on my mind!
Quote:I tweeted about it.. or is it twitterd..Originally Posted by Doctor Roswell
This... is... BRILLIANT.
I love this so much that I'm going to share it with all my friends.
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Paired mine with a Acc/Dam from the same set for a happy little 12% regen bonus. Makes me giggle with joy! Burn patch and knock down makes me very happy!
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Quote:Yeah but.. the cost of HOs is still on the crazy side for me that is if i can even find them for sale and for some reason Ms liberty TFs and Hami raids are rare on virtue O.o. So yeah i may just frankenslot the Little guys with Acc/DamOriginally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Well if worst comes to worst the Battle Drones are pretty much fine with just three Nucleolus Exposure HOs (or two Nucs and a Dam/End from somewhere) so you can always stick three of the aura enhancements in them. You lose any chance for set bonuses but unlike the other bots they don't really need any enhancement other than Accuracy and Damage (and maybe some endurance reduction but I find they don't really need it).
You're mean, you know that!?Quote:Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
P.S. Don't forget to leave room for the new Resist/Regen aura int he next set of super packs. -
So let me say this is not a complaint thread or rather -I- am not complaining I enjoy challenges.
So i am working on my new project my Bots/Traps ( I LOVE her by the way!) and I get to Night Ward...Wham Ice storms, -movement, -recharge, Fireballs I am not even sure what else I was to busy screaming at my Monitor for my Assault Bot to move! while it struggled with Negative movement and being hurdled in the air like a broken toy! The narrow corridors makes AoE positioning problematic at best! It feels like the Devs said "AHhahaha pay for your past sins of being great, Masterminds!"
As i said i am not complaining, for me it is simply learning new tactics something I have felt the Mastermind AT is really all about.( not to mention if i do start to QQ I will just take my happy bottom over to Croatoa!) But I feel bad for new players that take this path Seems like level 29-30 is early for AoEs and auto hits?
Has anyone run these new Arcs with a fresh MM?
What kind of tactics do you use indoors(caves narrow halls) with AOEs? Fir my /Pain and /Dark out doors and in large spaces I just moved them out of the way in narrow corridors and caves I healed and.. well prayed. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Deacon_NA
Yes it works in Assault Bot, beautifully.
Slot it. Slot it now.
Cries!
As if i Don't already have enough Procs in him as it is.. Build Up and +Def
two def IOs and + AoE def in Prot bots
Still trying to find a place to put +Res in!
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I would like to chime in. While i do not play a corrupter I do play /EA brutes. Despite some views / EA is or can be a beast it is by far my fave defensive set with both defense and resists available to it. It's weakness tends to be psionic and toxic which -I- go to great lengths to plug.
Why the long speech about /EA brutes? because besides having a awesome defense I also make sure to carry with me greens and purples. Even IOed with all my Typed defenses at 55ish and ranged def at 45ish and resists in the 40's things can go bad!
While the presence of support characters on the team ALWAYS makes me smile I also do not rely on them. If i face plant it is a failing on my part( or just bad luck!) not theirs.. and I certainly never scold them for not healing me... That is so... so.. WoW to do that! (Your friend excluded
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One term i hear a lot and I still am not sure what it means but I like it, is "Force Multiplier" When i see a Corrupter, defender, controller on the team or even multiples i know with out a doubt that Mobs will be taken down faster and safer but i never think " oh i need a 'healer'".
It sounds to me you were doing the best you could! I will add that my Ill/Rad struggled in the summer event as well as did a lot of support for some reason it just plays hell on their endurance bars! -
Bots/FF very good choice!, When i started my First MM I was not only new to the AT but new to the game and was used to Hunters in WOW so i created a Bots/pain. While it is not a "weak" combination and i did player her to 50+3 I will tell you right now it was also not easy. There was many times I would look at my face planted body and say Why the hell did i not take FF!? I eventually learned that although she could solo.. She was more a support styled MM.
That Reminds me.. do not expect you're minions to be as sturdy as pet classes in other games.. the Drones.. are soft and even in Force fields they will get scrapped This is double true in endgame content. As soem one else said just keep yourself safe and summon more!
Currently i run : Bots/Pain,Bots/Traps,Beasts/Dark and i adore them all! -
There are lots of super 'heros' When you run the power arc of the loyalists you get to see them all.. They remind me of Captain Amazing in Mystery men. I even rolled a character just to play through those missions, She had a overly fancy costume, capes etc really over the top hero looking. I just adore Praetoria and it's lore!
As far as being trapped there. I have not tested this yet but are you still? with the new portal in Imperial City. Or is that just for visiting Primals? -
Here is a crazy idea..Talk to the people on the team make three new friends!
For some reason on my server you queue up get on a team no one says a word to you reminds me of pick ups in "that game with the elves"
On another note i feel the opposite of some. This event and the four person teams shows that you do not need the "perfect' team to accomplish tasks.. I have done the event with 3 controllers and a dom.. another team was a scrapper two brutes and a tank.. There have been other crazy combinations of teams but I can not remember them I think I have run it way to much!
Of course you get strange ones as well.. like the team that was upset because my Bot/traps could not revive... -
Yeah. I absolutely fell in love with the siren's FX and sounds. My first thought was " oh gosh please give that to sonic Attacks at least siren's song!"
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Quote:I noticed :POriginally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Just as a general comment and observation. A lot of the time around here when people say a set/combo is awesome they frequently mean it's awesome at level 50 with at least some IO investment. In this case Plant/Fire is pretty awesome at any level but it's especially awesome at level 50.
At 50+3 IOed and lore pets i could make a Empathy/DP defender with only it's tier 1 attack and the medicine pool great! OK Maybe not..
In all likely hood what ever she is she will be Praetorian ( yeah I'm a masochist) Initially i was thinking Science origin, I suppose i could do some kind of carnival of light/war styled concept.. Magic makes every thing work better!Quote:Originally Posted by Agent White
Then again, any concept fits pretty well when you slip in "He's a magic guy" -
Yeah I been in love with plant ever since i saw a Plant Dom seed a x8 spawn of Knives of Artemis and they fell over each other and their own caltrops! Oh i laughed! Man i hate those women!
Plant/Storm seems cool but doing pew pew is more my style! Not to mention * looks around shifty eyed* Who doesn't want to be like Poison Ivy! ok maybe some of you guys don't.. or maybe you do.. I don't judge! -
Quote:AH-HA! Yeah a lot of big orange numbers are cool! This and Nether's reply ( the second one *pokes netherOriginally Posted by RaikenX;4286342"Then there's Fire...a set I don't really have too much experience with (unlike plant). Hands down one of the (if not flat out THE) highest damage secondaries you can get as a dommy. /Fiery Assault was almost like the devs went and said "Hmm...ok. Let's take a bunch of stuff that made some of the other fire powersets good and slam them all together into one set and call it gravy."
) Explain a lot.. Still not sure if i can come up with a concept to give it a try though!
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Quote:Yeah.. I have to admit fire on my plants makes me sadOriginally Posted by Asha'man
I wasn't in love with the /fire powers. Just didn't gel for me.
so maybe it's the same for you.
if i could color the APP Fire powers Pink then.. yeah I would pretend they were psychic bursts or something!
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Quote:ThanksOriginally Posted by Nethergoat
Sorry about that totally un-useful reply, the debbil made me do it. =P
Anyway, in a (likely futile) effort to be more helpful and less internet-y
So then it is as i thought.. the true power of it is: Seeds>Roots>Embrace>RoF>Fireball>Profit
You see mostly i was seeing ST attacks one cone and a PBAoE Like i said i tend to look at the usefulness of a AT pre APP/PPP powers. So yeah at 37 i can certainly see it as being a monster! What about it's Pre 35 performance? -
Quote:Oh i'm sorry perhaps this was not the place to ask questions...Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Quote:This is Great to know.. I never though about it! i have like well alot of boosters fro my forray in to super packsOriginally Posted by Equality_NA
Boosters increase the basic value of any IO. You can boost any IO up yo 5 times. Take the Decimation set for example. Slotted with 5 lvl 40 (no proc) you get around 63 Acc, 89 Damage, 43 End and 63 recharge. Boosters can make that 78 Acc, 98 Damage, 54 End and 78 recharge. You still get the set bonuses including the + global recharge you need for perma dom without outside help.
The +recharge in Lotg is a global buff and can't be boosted but the defense part of the IO can be.
This handy tip may save me a bundle of Inf and time getting the purples! Thanks!
Yeah this thread pretty much made me a believer! Been looking at my finished build you guys convinced me Perma mind dom is just to sick not to have!Quote:Originally Posted by Sir Hextor
I'd have to chime in with while it's not necessary, if you can afford the inf cost you really ought to finagle a way to permadom any mind dom. Mind is so rediculously good with domination that you'll want to have it everytime you throw out a control. Basically every power in the set benefits from it. Really, I would strongly look at finding a way to fit hover/fly, stealth and hasten into the build to make it work. It shouldn't be impossible to accomplish -
First I tend to look at ATs how they perform pre level 32 Pretty much anything incarnated with APP/PPP powers and level shifted to + 3 is going to do good :P
So, i Keep hearing how great Plant/Fire is.. but.. well.. I'm not seeing it. I see Embrace of fire, and yes i could see how this is good. Increasing the damage of your holds etc..and i can see that if you take the fire APP that RoF/fireball combined with Seeds/roots would be hellish Is this the only reason this is a great combo?
I am not trying to be nasty I like Doms A LOT I am in fact curious on what makes this such a potent combo. I would tend to lean towards Plant/psi or energy.. -
Yeah i have only recently started running NW missions ( I waited for the initial rush to die down) . I noticed the slow load times( PC User) and some.. I will call it Latency in the zones. I figured it might just have been my machine since i get the same in Praetoria and The final mission of SSA1 ( when you fight Rallua-Wade)..While none of that helps you in the least maybe it will help to know you are not alone!
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Some very good tips, I have not led any Itrials myself. I am the kind of person that researches and observes and participates until i am comfortable enough to lead one.
Not sure about the whole herding cats thing.. the Trials I have been on with two characters to +3 ( granted only BAF, LAM , TPN, Keyes so i I am not claiming any expertise) have gone pretty well.. OK except for those folks that have a huge fit and pee themselves when a prisoner escapes but oh well...
I do want to Comment on some things...
You are taught about leading groups from a early " age" in CoH rather you realize it or not even simple things like DFB and DIB or the signature task forces..on and on through out the levels. Ever run a DFB for badges with a poor leader? you almost never get the first badge.. but take a leader that uses communication with the team and amazingly you get the badge! Unless you are that person that feels DFB is the devil and never does the Task Forces for accolades...
The other thing is.. I feel there should be Tips made on how to behave during Itrials. That is how you as a team member should act. -
/Energy Aura or /Shield on my punchy types ( Brutes/scrappers/tanks)
Bots/ for my MMs. I like robots!
/Energy or /Devices on my Blasters.
Controllers Yeah you guessed it Illusion/ or plant/
Defenders, Corrupter and Doms I am still playing around with.
I avoid Fire.. not because it is not any good, I know it is good like on everything. You can't seem to go wrong with Fire It is like the ham of powers. But when People are like omgzfirefirefire make fire! I'm like ehhh No thanks, I'll try the Lamb instead. I am just being contrary :P
Concept some times trumps all that though! and again in the case of Plant/fire a really good Dom pairing.. it bugs me I don't want to burn my plants! -
Quote:Whoa, I had to read this a few times are you saying that boosters can increase the recharge value? Example: Lotg, the 7.5 becomes Higher?Originally Posted by Equality_NA
You can use enhancement boosters to get lot's of the lowers values back while slotting for +recharge. I haven't had to sacrifice any damage from using the set's and you can easily boost the rest (recharge, end and acc with boosters).
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In case it is not obvious, this is my first Dom.. well technically my second my first was a dark/dark.. i just could not get into for some reason. I should have added in my first post besides concept, hover I have because well energy can be .. messy. I Don't have to tell you the number of times i have made >.< faces at that guy with gale or power push when my brute has just taunted! If not for my self imposed need to hover/fly it would be a easy decision!
Like i said my finished build is 5 seconds off perma. I feel that's pretty decent. I like going the stealth route because of confuse/mass confusion. She is still at a tender age so in all likely hood that could change and it is also a easy change ( only one power to switch and many respecs available) if at later date I deiced on going full permadom. While i am still a bit from when i have planed to take hasten or stealth I like to get my ducks in a row. Plus as i said It's quite new to me but so far i am enjoying this AT a lot.. rather like a blaster that does not fall down :P (Blasters are going to come beat me up now!)
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Quote:Thanks LIinfinity,Originally Posted by LIinfinity
This same question has been posed in previous threads, and the same conclusion is basically reached in each thread. That being: its real nice to have a permadom, but not necessary in order to have a great build.
Yeah I saw a post last night I was reading but it was late and by the time i got around to looking for it today I could not for the life of me find it again to read the conclusions.
That was the Answer i hoped to hear, in the build I have planed I will have more than enough +recharge (110 without hasten I think i can deal with 5 secs off perma to have stealth!) Thank you again for a very clear and concise reply!