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They could also make a Blaster ATO set that has +ToHit, either in the special piece or set bonus to make it easier for blasters to reach the magic number.

My blaster is /Dev, so I should be in good shape as long as I'm not facing Circle, PPD, or Black Swan, but other could use the help, either from adjusting the Leadership scales or what I suggested.

Your origin has some, but not a huge effect on your game. It changes which Dual- and Single-Origin Enhancements you can use (which don't differ in effect based on origin,) you get a weak ranged attack to begin that is chosen by origin (Trick Arrow players who don't have any other source of fire or energy-typed damage often go Magic or Natural because aforementioned powers provide that,) the titles available at level 25 reflect your origin, and the NPCs who match your origin will have differing text during the "Origin of Power" storyline.

Oh, and what you take from Trapdoor in Mender Ramiel's arc will depend on your origin, but that's way down the line (level 50.)

Both Auction House and Reward Merits are unlocked at eight tokens. I think it's 160 points/month for Auction access prior to that and no similar option for RMs.

And Freebies can get email, but not send any nor trade.

Thanks for the update. Honestly, I'm looking forward more to this fix than the Magi trial patch...

Magisterium finally getting patched...

It's all Kem's fault, I'm sure.

I am no expert by any stretch of the imagination, but wanted to chime in a little.

I would also suggest dropping Tough. And possibly weave. You could always go the leadership route instead for Maneuvers, freeing up the power pick taken by Boxing.

Drat. And was curious to see how mine looked in the lineup...

Good luck, Winter- hope to see you around. But in the interim, Billy's been doing an acceptable job, I guess.

I'm finding this conversation pretty intriguing, since I have a young Ill/Dark Controller. I'm fairly new to the game and only have two controllers so far, but I'm loving this combo so far and hadn't seen anyone else's discussion of it yet.

My apologies for the slightly divergent post. Please return to the discussion of the high-end performance discussions.

Yes, I've DCed multiple times in it. Using any of the AoE attacks make my ping skyrocket, apparently the longer the animation and the stronger the attack, the bigger the ping increase. It could be done punching them out one by one probably. I think I'll just wait until they fix the mission, though. That's a lot of spiders...

I just wanted to say thank you for changing the Team Transporter icon.

Servers are coming back up. Freedom, Union, Vigilance, and Virtue as of now.

EDIT: Server status page didn't list Pinnacle as up, but I'm in, so check your home servers...

And Hellions asking Girlfriends From Hell to get them a beer...

Welcome back. I'm one of those pesky new players that snuck in while you weren't around A few notes on changes you may wish to know.

Enhancement Boosters- these can be used to increase the values of a crafted IO by 5% per boost and you can stack five on a piece. This would, for example, turn a +20% enhancement into a +25% without using another slot or changing the level it could be used at. This makes saving a slot here or there possible, which is always useful for a Kheld.

ATOs- Archetype Origin Enhancements are new pieces that are AT specific. The EATs share one apiece, with the Peacebringers and Warshades both using Grace of the Kheldian sets. They are attuned, which means it automatically adjusts the values according to your current level- i.e. at 10 it acts like a lvl 10 IO, at 50 a lvl 50 IO. Handy for someone who exemps a lot or during the leveling up since they're useful from 10 onward. The special piece in the set gives a small, different boost to each of a Kheld's forms. The set bonuses are nice and the enhancement values are roughly in a good orange set unless you catalyze them.

What are Enhancement Catalysts? These turn the aforementioned ATO pieces into purple-equivalents. Better numbers, both enhancement and set bonus, but they become account bound and follow the other normal purple rules.

And finally, the one that is likely responsible for a look of consternation when you poke at the auction houses next, Enhancement Converters. They've had a...noticeable...effect on prices. One used on a crafted noncommon IO or ATO will reroll it as a different piece, maintaining level and rarity. Two used on a piece at once will reroll it within its general category (melee, defense debuff, PBAoE) while keeping rarity and level. Three used on a piece at once will reroll it within its own set, keeping the level, but rarity can change. (Handy for short sets with one really good piece or to try and fill out a set when you have multiple copies of one piece and none of the rest.)

Hopefully that is enough to get you started, and if I've made an error, I'm sure the more experienced people will correct me in short order.

Oh, one more thing- we may be getting the delay in Kheld form changes removed Very Soon™.

I was going to chip in with my personal experience, but as it turns out, Texas Justice beat me to it...

Yes, check to see if there's a web accelerator running that you might not even know is there. It took me months to finally find the solution and I'd hope you don't have to wait that long.

What's your ISP, to start with?

And best of luck.