Chyll
-
Posts
2009 -
Joined
-
Quote:I am confused why you think they don't help masterminds.Originally Posted by Kawkazn
I understand it feels good to vent every once and awhile, I'm more worried about my masterminds since one it doesn't look like the bonus will help as much with pets as other sets and pets are gonna be pretty weak against higher level npcs as they are already at -1, -2 or -3. -
Quote:There is grinding, and grinding.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Alas, none of the Incarnate stuff was marketable (or tradeable) during its brief stint in the GR beta.
Apparently we'll all have to 'grind our own' rather than paying farmers to do it for us.
I'm hoping that these are not unobtainable by reasonable effort. They look too cool to ignore for several characters.
I like. -
No offense to the OP, but this is one of those proposals that pops up pretty regularly.
The same extended debate about costume vs. powers crops up each time too. Shield Defense muddied the water some, but full body armor suit is in a completely different class. -
Quote:*whoosh* goes the sound of a targeted sarcasm snipe missingOriginally Posted by Blue_Centurion
er, I've participated in maybe a dozen Hami raids. We are talking dozens of 50s taking 1/2 hour to an hour to take this beast down. Solo it? is this even for real? Do i play a diff game than everyone else, with much lower drop rates/less treasure/tougher monsters?
-
Quote:Sorry, Blue, you are the one who is wrong.Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
Post Deleted
Look, I am not a marketeer or in their fanclub. Nor am I even the hired help who passes out canapes in the Marketeering Club Room, and I've never been invited to the 88's Base.
Yet, playing a few hours a week, when I feel I need cash I know how to get it quickly. Without trying hard at all: I've hit 1 Billion inf on one character (which used to be the ebil marketeer target. no idea if that's chump change now or not), I have the purple and pvp recipes that I've wanted/tried to get, and without using any build plan or mids I can slot up above average characters that I am pleased to play without worrying if they are the most leet or top end or not.
You are right: it is a game. And it is fun.
And it does not take hard core farming and it does not require 2 billion costs because it does not require the top loot you seem focused upon. There is plenty (PLENTY) of really good rewards for any player (casual, occasional, every day, whatever) that wants it.
Your premise is flawed. Sorry. -
I liked the second episode, a logical flow from last week and I'm still hooked without question. I may go out and buy the graphic novels at this point.
Now, there were a lot of characters tossed into the mix at once, though which seemed a touch muddled. I was also confused why shots fired over there caused a mass of attacking zombies at the doors to the store, but there had to be a direct tension point driving some urgency.
An article/review I saw quick over lunch of the second episode was far less favorable - The Atlantic, I think. He made a couple good points on the jarring entry of some of the character issues. -
Quote:Agreed, Ice/ is king.Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome
Willpower has, as has been mentioned, by far the weakest taunt aura of any tanker. It has a duration of only 1.25 seconds and Mag 3 with a tic rate of 1 second... facing +2 or higher mobs it won't even last until the next tic. Anything in melee with you will stick provided a scrapper doesn't steal it but if you or the mob moves out of range it'll forget about you almost immediately. By way of contrast EVERY other tanker aura has a taunt of Mag 4 and a duration of at least 13.5 seconds. Invuln and Shield both have a duration of 16.8 seconds.
By the way, an Invuln or Shield scrapper has a pretty decent aura as well... in fact last I looked they had tanker numbers for their auras so they WILL steal aggro from you.
Now an aura isn't the only tool you have for aggro control, a secondary with strong AOE like /Fire Melee will mask the extremely poor aura of WP since the Gauntlet effect of your AOE attacks will last 13.5 seconds. Unfortunately /SS is exclusively single target focused until level 38 so that coupled with the poor (in my opinion virtually useless) aura is why you're having so much trouble.
If you want to control aggro easily the top choices, in my opinion, are:
1 - Ice Armor, Chilling Embrace is the fastest activating autohit aura in the game (0.5 second tic rate) so it grabs aggro instantly and coupled with Icicles it adds a damage aura that makes mobs stick like glue. Be aware that Ice will be somewhat squishy until it's defenses mature however. When it comes to aggro however I know of no set that does it better.
2 - Tossup between Invuln and Shield; they both share the longest duration of any aura, are both autohit and they tic reasonably quickly (1 second). Both of these primaries work very well, they're both highly durable (Invuln early, Shield when it matures) and neither has any problems. If you're after damage Shield is the king, but a mature Invuln will be a bit tougher. In the early going Shield gets it's aura at level 8 and Invuln has to wait until 18.
3 - Probably Dark since it has 3 auras to stack; they do have to roll tohit however so they may be problematic with certain mobs.
4 - Most of the other sets would fall into this category without any real difference in their aggro abilities. Although Stone armor is unrivaled in durability and has a decent aura I wouldn't suggest it as a first tanker due to the mobility penalties it has.
8 - And finally we get to Willpower... if you want to control aggro this is by far the worst set for the job. With the right secondary and with a skilled tanker player behind the controls it can do the job but it's MUCH harder.
I'd have Invul/ right behind it - strong enough that the scrapper aura can slide aggro away from tanks that take their own aggro auras for granted. -
Quote:I look forward to seeing it, but just haven't yet.Originally Posted by GreenLantern68
Noone saw Megamind this weekend? Noone commented?
What? There was great humor in "Soon I Will Be Invincible", it just wasn't primarily a comedy.Quote:Originally Posted by GreenLantern68
Hmm...I didn't think it was THAT bad! Kinda enjoyed it, actually. If "Soon I Will Be Invincible" had a sense of humor, it'd have been "Megamind". -
Quote:No, but the M&G over the weekend said target date of Nov 16...Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
I got the big DL last week. No idea what this means for the release of I19... we haven't even hit Open Beta yet, have we?
-
Elec/ is a safe bet, my Elec/DM is a ton of fun.
Agree with the get [Tough] comment for piece of mind with it, though. -
Quote:very niceOriginally Posted by MisterTorgo
Well, they're off to a very good start:
AMC's The Walking Dead premiere ratings are enormous: The 90-minute Halloween night debut delivered 5.3 million viewers and a 2.7 adults 18-49 rating.
Shweet.
-
Don't know if its been said, but the Atomic aura looks magnificent with Kinetic Melee.
-
Quote:Originally Posted by Lothic
I couldn't care less what they call it as long as the number of episodes is appropriate for what the story is trying to accomplish.
Oh, I'm with you there.
I'm just confused, they keep calling it their new series, but then I hear 6 episodes... and wonder "what?" and is there no season 2 planned, or... I get all befuddled with my expectations of what I'm watching.
I guess I'll just kick back and enjoy whatever they put on, and figure it out from there.
-
Quote:Granted. But is it a series or a mini-series then?Originally Posted by Lothic
Actually if this show is "staying true" to the comic then it's probably a good thing it's only 6 episodes long. All too often people who make TV shows tend to think the only thing that's important is to make as many episodes as possible regardless if the story actually calls for having lots of episodes or not. Some of the best shows ever made are ones that understand that sometimes "less is more" and that to do the material justice you don't have to run it into the ground or "jump the shark" as quickly as possible.
-
Quote:There are a couple of options, but at a guess, he was in a position to see once that you had moved past and were working in another spawn. Without checking, he probably assumed you had intercepted or triggered added aggro and just "did his job" of rounding it up for the team. After that he probably just kept his eye on it, and habitually rounded it up.Originally Posted by Roderick
Why would a tank do this? I might chalk it up to him "saving" me, except that I had demonstrated that I didn't really need it. Right now, I'm considering writing the player off as either a jerk who was trying to screw over my fury bar, or too insecure to handle the thought of a player who can survive without him help. I don't play tanks, but I can't think of any reason one would benefit by doing this.
So what say you, tank experts? Did he have a good reason for doing that, or did I just find a jerk?
If a player proves their ability, no matter what AT I'm on, I generally let them be as long as the core team does not suffer an material injury. However, what you observed would be an easy un-thinking thing that I could see myself doing if I were tanker-locked ("agrro! get it!"), especially since there are probably still a lot of folks not used to the new AT mix dynamics.
No jerks on the team. Maybe some folks that could have communicated better.
In short, I'm with Carnifax. -
Very nice, and very interesting.
EDIT: Thanks for posting, GG. -
Quote:I knew I was forgetting something. The Force Feedback proc is very nice - footstomp, etc. My PB gets some mileage from it, and it also works nicely in the DP/ AOE.Originally Posted by gec72
I know I have the Force Feedback +Recharge slotted on somebody, but I forget where. My NRG/Kin Corr probably. I can't recall if I have it anywhere on my WM/Shield brute. I think I might, but I can't recall (and don't have the Mids build handy).
I slotted the Entropic Chaos: Chance to Heal Self on my Fire Blaster in Flares. I figure I spam that power so much (and the power doesn't need much in the way of end or recharge) that it provides a nice little boost.
I like the Entropic Chaos chance to heal also. I have it slotted in each of my dom's ranged attacks and it fires enough that I appreciate it in any extended fight. -
Quote:The Perfect Zinger proc I like. In a nice crowd, if I [Taunt] I can feel pretty confidence that someone is gonna get zung. I like the Kismet +acc, it is situational but handy.Originally Posted by seebs
Examples of other things I've looked at:
* cloud senses: chance for damage (to slot in my dark melee attacks): Not enough damage to be useful except MAYBE in the tier 1, for all the others it's too little additional damage.
* siphon insight: chance for +to-hit: This looks sorta neat, again for the T1 (which is used so very often), but it seems like I should be built for "enough" to-hit/accuracy to begin with.
* perfect zinger: chance to disorient: I actually have one slotted 'cuz it was cheap and I wanted to see whether it worked. I'm honestly not sure -- I got oppressive gloom since then, so it's hard to see. I should probably swap this out.
What are some good procs to acquire or use? Obviously, the various +regen/+recovery procs are a good bet in Health, and the perf shifter +end proc is sometimes liked for Stamina. I've been considering the theft of essence +end proc for one of my life drains, but I don't know that I use them enough, or have enough endurance problems, to care.
Other things I should probably be looking for:
* Steadfast +def
* Some kind of -KB (got one)
* Kismet +acc (got one)
Are there procs that are definitely good? Definitely bad?
The Theft of Essence is awesome in an AOE heal, like with dark armor. I have not used it in ST heals, so I cannot say regarding those.
In general I proc AOEs, in particular I like to proc AOEs that are not primarily damage dealers - such as with Perfect Zinger, the lesser rains, etc. I'll put them in ST attacks if I have damage slotted up enough already and am happy with the way a character is playing.
I put this in [Conductive Aura] on my dom, after one dropped just after I picked up the power. It does not seem to fire often, but at low levels I noticed it just enough to feel good about using it. as I passed through the 20s I decided it could probably come out and give me that slot back to use elsewhere and I put it on my respec plan. Now, as I pass 40 (with that respec still uncompleted) I notice mobs stunned and think "how did that happen? oh, yeah, and it makes me smile." Still probably needs to come out, as I've already got so much hard and soft control now it just doesn't matter.Quote:Originally Posted by seebs
While I'm at it: Would energy manipulator: chance to stun be any good for an elec/ troller or dom? Seems like a few chances to stun from stuff like static field, conductive aura, and the AoE immobilize could add up. -
Quote:Truth. And a nice analogy.Originally Posted by Tired Angel
So while I agree to build Defence before Offence ignoring Offence is the wrong way to go and is ignoring half the potential of the tank and is just as bad as "Pure Healer" defenders!
To qualify my earlier post: I slot and work to maximize what I choose as attacks. I just won't sacrifice my tank's primary in order to do so. -
Quote:AgreedOriginally Posted by SuperFerret
Scariest Villain? The Joker, from the comics.
Now, there are plenty of hints that the Alien xenomorphs aren't just pure instinct.... but I leave them in the monster versus villain category also.Quote:Originally Posted by SuperFerret
I'll also point out that "villain" implies some sort of consciously directed evil (though said evil may be done with good intentions), so beings that act upon instinct, like the Xenomorphs, shouldn't count.
But I'm right with the OP if we talk monsters. -
Quote:Nice job, I think this is exactly what the OP was after.Originally Posted by SerialBeggar
- when you click Power Siphon, you ToHit Bonus increases
- your 1st punch increases your Damage Bonus
- your 2nd punch increases your Damage Bonus some more
- your 3rd punch increases your Damage Bonus some more
- your 4th punch increases your Damage Bonus some more
- your 5th punch increases your Damage Bonus some more
The swirly graphics you see when you click Power Siphon is just eye candy. Its purpose it to let you know the Power Siphon is in effect.
Not just punch, but actual successful hit, right? -
If anything gets sacrificed, its damage for def/resistance.
Brutes, scrappers, and blasters satisfy my thirst for damage. Tankers satisfy the need to laugh in the face of... anything... -
I had the afternoon off work today and played for a couple of hours and did not have any of these problems.
-
High production value, well paced script (I assume that owes a lot to the source - never read the graphic novel myself), some excellent directing, and if the lead holds that level of acting throughout then this is a a winner.
Really enjoyed watching it, and my wife (who usually avoids zombie flicks) sat through the entire thing, which is noteworthy. -
Quote:still TMIOriginally Posted by Golden Girl
Midichlorians are not the Force - they're just the way people can connect with it.
The Force hasn't been explained at all, apart from what Obi-Wan said in ANH and Yoda said in ESB.