Carnifax_NA

Well if you want I'll add your Global later to give you more options when it comes to getting a team.

But as SR / Bull Throttle will tell you we're pretty useless at actually managing to sync things to team together.*

Yes, because the two things are exactly the same in every way.*


The "similes" in this thread make my brain hurt. Real Life != Pretendy fun-time-games on the internet. Someone asking you nicely if they can join your team isn't rude.*

What's the bug, it's been a while since I've been on my Illusion/Storm (I assume it's the same for both Sleet and FR?). Is it that the debuff lasts 15 seconds but the no stack is lasting 30?*

Aye, but I've run them all through Mercy, Port Oakes and Cap as well. They're all somewhere around 20ish. Well there's one Plant/Emp Hero as well who I got to 39 during City of Dual Pistols.*

For an Illusion Snow Storm is handy since you don't have many other ways of stopping things scattering from Sleet.


However you can skip the invisibles in Illusion since you can get a Stealth IO to combine with the toggle in Cold to basically give you the same thing.

^This actually. I make so many alts that losing access to older characters isn't that bad. And I did use the market trick to send a bankroll US side before my EU account expired. And the new Mail system let me divide that up into starting "help packages" for the 5 villains I've created in the last 4 months (help me! I can't stop rerolling!!).

As an Irish Person let me reiterate our apologies for Bono. We're very, very sorry for that (but he's yours now!).

The GMs have said a lot of things would "never happen" when it comes to the EU side. History shows that the Mod Team have a patchy record in predicting what will happen when it comes to changes with regards to the EU side.



In fact most of those self-same GMs probably ended up downsized.

A vocal minority solo AVs and GMs. (quite rightly vocal too, it's a decent achievement to pull off). Soloing the PvE game is nothing like soloing AVs.*


And nothing solos them "easy". Ill/Rads are probably the best at it but even they need help for when PAs are unavailable (either through Temps or IOing themselves so that PAs downtime is minimal).

Given that it's based on what a Developer said about the Going Rogue process it's pretty much a certainty to happen.*

Sorry, but you're sort of missing the point of the guide. The point is that instead of controlling your minions in one chunk (using petcom_all commands) you can divide them into functional subdivisions which reflect their purpose.*

So instead of commanding them all, or using number binds to command by tier you use petcom_name and a suitable string in each name to divide them into functional groups, one focused attacking one and one defensive one (which should probably be made up of ranged attackers so they stay close enough to you).

Works really well with Thugs as per my post above since the tiers are a bit split in terms of their functionality (Arsonist is a bit of a meleer, as is the Bruiser and Enforcers are damage doers and have the pbaoe buffs, so can be really helpful offensively and defensively so I tend to put one in each grouping).

Doesn't really work as well with say Necro, where by-tier commands actually work better IMO (since Zombies are all the same and can be BG fodder, your Knights are melee damage dealers which need Goto commands to work well and your Lich is so good at lockdown that you tend to want to give him a different target than the knights to take advantage of his cones better).

It is a massively verbose way of explaining that though.

Just checking, you know that Vengeance only works with defeated teammates not with defeated pets. Your pets will get the buff, but you need a dead teamie to fire it off.


I'd probably drop Soul Storm actually. Simply because Pet Gaze recharges in half the time and isn't much worse in terms of Hold Duration. The damage from Soul Storm is nice and all, but MMs don't don't much damage anyway so it's not exactly amazing damage anyway.


Of course Soul Storm has a cool animation so if you're looking at style and a bit of damage then drop Pet Gaze instead.

The drops will be the level of the mobs (up to 50, obviously). So if you farm -1s at 50 then you'll get level 49 IOs (but obviously level 50 Purples).


So if you only care about drops and not Inf then +0x8 makes sense.

Stalker? Say Dark Melee/Something (SR or EA?)

Carnies, not Carnis.



Any talk of me wearing garter belts and masks is just scurrilous rumour!*

Unless they discover some sort of massive exploit and need to hot-patch it.



Apparently this was the case but they're back up now.

Yes, because the two things are exactly the same in every way.

I do hope you're not going to use that last line on your hot date*

(I tried so, so hard to stop myself typing that but couldn't. I think the spirit of Sid James possessed me and made me do it)

*pop*


Now look what you've done. You just repair reality right now young man. I mean it!


I sorta like the idea personally, but I'm not sure if it would work or if it would be perceived as a wanna-be Mastermind by people (perceived being the operative word there).


Also wouldn't they (as in the summoner / master / whatever) be a bit limited or squishy? Is the primary Ranged or Melee (or Assault?)

Wait, you managed to contradict yourself here.


You say skipping Absorb Pain is a bad idea and then say "I'd actually suggest not taking your first few powers as an Emp. The only real healing ability you need is Heal Other."


Make your mind up, or at least try and stay consistent through the one post.


For the record I skip Absorb Pain too, you don't really need it. If you're looking for a great team character OP I recommend a Plant/Emp Controller. Excellent team support and a lot of fun.*