Biowraith

Don't the Praetoria events ignore pets when calculating contribution? Or was that fixed?

If not, I'd not be surprised if that's transferred to trial rewards, as stupid as it'd be.

No special cap on this - with 126.25% global recharge, mine are showing 7m53s recharge.

Not sure why yours wouldn't have changed, at least by a few seconds. Maybe you need to zone or something for it to update with the new IO?

Apparently something similar happened on Victory a couple of days ago (assuming it wasn't coincidence).

It's popular with Crab/Bane/Hunstman because Venom Grenade gives more -res to toxic than other damage types, so that meshes well with Bile Spray.

It's also fairly popular with other ATs for Water Spout.

Possibly for Hibernate too.

And the novelty value of shooting sharks at people (and throwing up on them).

For what it's worth I only PuG and now have a character with t3s in every slot, t4 in alpha (got the alpha before i20), and well on my way to two more t4s. Most of my failed runs took place on the first day i20 was live (they're usually successful now). I'm in the UK, so weekday playtime for me is 1pm->7pm EST. The character in question is on Freedom (though I've been able to get some trial progress for my main on Victory too, but I'm not sure how long that'll last).

I wouldn't fancy trying to progress very far into the incarnate stuff through soloing though.

(note to clarify: I join PuGs advertising on globals and pocket D broadcast, I haven't used the automated lfg much since the first day as it tends to only half-fill the raid, which greatly reduces the chance of success)

Also the 9CUs stats ramp up the longer they're alive. And Battle Orbs give tohit buffs to their allies (and can appear in large numbers).

I got that on my Crab the other day, and it made me wish my WM/EA brute (named "Pretty Strong") wasn't sitting at level 20 on a low pop server

I always stress the need to kill the 9CUs as soon as possible, since in addition to accumulating in numbers they get more powerful the longer they're around. My most recent runs have all gone smoothly, but my first batch were all failed because of 9CUs getting out of hand.

I did kinda wonder why as a player I was meant to want this new launcher. 1 minute to download. I am now convinced

I took Cardiac on my Crab and I'll be keeping it. While I could probably have gone without it previously (with the use of blue inspirations), once we got inherent fitness I picked up an extra toggle or two and that was enough to tip the scales such that he now burns through endurance faster than I can regain it through any means besides teammate buffs. Picked up Cardiac and all of that went away, he can run full tilt and almost ignore his endurance bar.

So while he will be missing out on some extra damage on future incarnate powers, I don't regret my choice or plan to change it - I'm very happy with his current performance (including damage output) so it's a worthwhile trade for me.


My Widow on the other hand (and probably my Bane, unsure about Fort) is going Musculature as even after the extra powers inherent fitness freed up she's no worse than my Crab was pre-inherent. She can run low if in prolonged intense fighting, but not often enough that blue insps won't tide her over. So sure, more damage please!

I get bored fast soloing, so my soloing tends to occur under one of two conditions: 1) it's a high performance IO'd out character and that I get a kick out of feeling powerful with (every now and then, and in short bursts of 2-4 missions); or 2) to get something out of the way (e.g. an old mission/arc, or anything that's an unlock - badge missions, temp powers, tips for alignment, Cimerora arc, etc).

For 1) I far prefer a target rich environment and I'll go to at least x6 before even looking at the level difference. I generally don't like to go above +2, even if the character can handle it, because it slows things down a bit and the big orange numbers are less big and so forth. I do have some characters that are better suited to low numbers of higher level enemies, but I tend not to find them as amusing so don't really solo them for fun.

For 2) I'll run on basic +0/x1, probably with bosses turned off. I don't drop to -1 on principle, unless it's a really weak soloer, but since I'm generally just trying to get things out the way quickly I don't bother with higher difficulties.

In all other scenarios - teams or soloing for xp - I'll aim for something that offers enough challenge that I and any teammates are kept on our toes and having to use the bulk our powers, but low enough that we're getting through spawns at a decent rate. That sweet spot varies from character to character and team to team.


As for "slider", eh, in many games (including at least one pre-CoH MMO) difficulty is a slider, enough of them that it has become a common term even if the UI doesn't involve an actual slider. Just the way language works I'm afraid.

The thing with bugger is that its actual meaning is basically a specific case of the f-word, yet in slang usage - even though it is often used in the same contexts - it's treated as far less offensive/profane.

I'm also always mildly amused at how many forums, that may otherwise be strictly moderated, let "bollocks" go unchallenged.