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Quote:Ah, but PPD defeats are required if you want a certain Accolade; Force of Nature. 1000 PPD to be exact.Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
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The real question is why do people insist on taking those spawns on when they're playing characters poorly suited for it?
There's been several complaints of "but what if I'm on a character that can't take out the ghost fast enough?" Don't take them on. Get the zone badge, save the bank and get the hell out of there. Why subject yourself to more annoyance than you have to? -
Quote:rabblerabblerabbleOriginally Posted by Not_Rhino
Every issue or so we get a boring new armor layer pattern just like that. I'd like to see some different new costume options. Why does it matter if it is released or not? I see a picture of a new armor set, I give my opinion. Am I not allowed to express my opinion? Or only if it's positive? I don't think I was particularly harsh, it's just not my cup of tea.
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I want to join in here...
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Hmmmm...
How about:
DM/DA
SM/Elec
Elec/Stone
Axe/Shield
Mace/Fire
Fire/SR
SS/INV
Claws/EA
EM/WP
I went off memory but I think I got them all. -
That was pretty funny.
Oh, it's not a joke? How sad.
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I'm pretty sure he was serious. Frosticus is very distrusting of the developers in this game.
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All hail Emporer Cole!
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Quote:nowai!!!!!!11!!1!!Originally Posted by frosticus
doesn't this same logic dictate that it is also unfair to judge it so early and cry praise?
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I hope Issue 17 involves content about the Coming Storm as Lady suggested.
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I didn't mean to suggest Rage wasn't factored in but I don't think Castle is happy with Rage's current implementation and crash. Only time will tell.
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Quote:Back when Castle was looking at Rage there was discussion about removing the -def portion and replacing it with something that hit all secondaries equally (-def is terrible for a set like SR but meh to Elec).Originally Posted by Frosticus
thanks. I'm gonna keep holding off on that plan. I don't see being able to cancel the debuff as WAI and I've had enough toons I really enjoy altered to the point I start to dislike them lately.
However, Castle ran out of time to find an acceptable solution and left Rage "as-is" knowing full well about the ability to cancel out the -def with stacking Rage. I believe this is his current work around to allow defensive sets to still use SS without being horribly gimp at times.
On the other hand...Castle did say he would re-visit Rage at a later date. <gulp> -
Wow, excellent information. Thanks!
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Quote:Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
I challange anyone to find me a real person with the first name Waldo!
Here's someone with a first name of Waldo: http://waldo.jaquith.org/
I know you said first name, but this Waldo is pretty famous too:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson -
I feel like a noob asking this question since I've been playing for nearly 3.5 years but...
What baseline do powers like DP/HF use when you activate them? Do they use the Base HP for the AT, the character's current HP, or the characters max HP which includes +HP accolades?
Examples always help...hypothetical of course.
I have a Claws/Inv Brute. Dull Pain provides +50% HP to the brute upon activation. The Brute's base HP is 1500, current HP is 1800 (due ot being in battle) and max HP with accolades is 2000 HP.
What is the Brute's HP after activating DP in this example?
Please be gentle.
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I would be surprised if GR didn't offer some type of PvP zone, new mechanic or something. A new PvP zone or two seems most logical but I have to wonder if Castle and his minions have something else to offer since they've been hard at work (and pretty quiet) for sometime after the current PvP system was implemented.
I like this game and want to see it grow, so I support any change that would bring in new players and have old/vets return...yes, even you lolpvp-ers.
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I tried one into the teens but gre tired of Superstrength since I already had 3 other SS brutes. Your main concern will be getting Rage to double stack so to avoid the -defense portion of the crash. Otherwise your survivability will plummted when Rage does crash.
SR on villain side can be made into a beast but before then you'll struggle a bit while leveling. Brutes don't have the benefit of another AT taking the shots in most instances(scrappers have tanks) so the weaknesses in SR, in the low levels, shows up a bit more. However, once you can invest into IOs you'll be able to softcap your brute to melee, ranged, and AoE defense all without having to take Weave, and I think that's a definite bonus. -
Quote:1. According to their first post, they haven't heard of TP.Originally Posted by Comeuppance
1. I'm sure that they are aware of the existence of Teleportation.
2. Just because you don't PVP, doesn't mean everybody else has followed suite.
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Quote:There is still a host of people that have yet to try out the event. Remember, this event kicked off mid week and the weekend is still upon us. I've done this event about 6 times now and I still have a host fo heroes/villains to take part, and those are my debuffers!Originally Posted by Leandro
Freedom, heroside, today. But note that the problem will just become more and more apparent as the original frenzy dies down and we're down to one team doing the banners. Just ten minutes ago I was in Steel Canyon and there was no shortage of people doing it, unlike earlier at Croatoa, Faultline, Skyway, PI and IP. It can be done with one team... but we need more time.
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Quote:I agree. 3 attempts last time on CoV (freedom), all 3 were successul but I did have to start broadcasting to have everyone fight the same banner since our progress was slow. Once that happened the banners dropped like a prom dress (god, I hope I don't have a daughter).Originally Posted by brophog02
I don't know what servers people are on who can't kill these banners, but I have still not seen a trace of this.
Even on the villainside, where populations are smaller and a little more coordination needed, I've still not seen anything remotely resembling the "need" for any such thing. -
Quote:Two things:Originally Posted by Kingsbury
I would move stone down to the a tier three if you wanted to be silly and rate them in tiers... it has limited usefullnessand is a one trick pony (good if you are doing an lrsf or anything that doesn't need lots of moving), you need to have a kin to be able to keep up with a halfway decent team and it is laughable in PVP.
1. There's this travel power called "Teleport." Very useful for Stone, look into it.
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I don't quite understand this thread since I can't shake a stick without hitting a rad, thermal and/or cold with the first swipe. Could just be my awesome luck. Hmmmmm <buys ticket to vegas>
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Quote:How would you rank the DPS of a Scrapper, Tank, Blaster and Kheld?Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
Hey, we can do those too, but the primary discussion here seems to be comparing kheldians to scrappers.
Might as well do this same challenge with blasters, tanks, corruptors, masterminds, dominators, stalkers, VEATs...
EDIT: My point was, it's rather obvious that a defender's goal is not DPS. A kheldian, while not pigeon-holed, is oft portrayed as having the goal of DPS.
Me?
1. Blaster
2. Scrapper
3. Kheldian
4. Tank
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Quote:Why not a defender or controller, what about their DPS?Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
Fine. Fine fine fine. No amount of calculation or debate is ever going to resolve anything here. I propose a practical test. A challenge, if you will.
Let's find the best scrapper/brute player out there. Someone with the inf to purple out a character. He also has to be indisputably proficient with his powers, knowledgeable about how to use them most effectively, familiar with the best attack chains, etc. For this I nominate Bill Z Bubba.
Then we need to find the best warshade out there. Perhaps the best two, one all-human and one shifter. Same stipulations as the scrapper/brute case. I'm not sure who'd be best here, but I'd imagine AlienOne could fill the all human warshade case and either Princess or LordXenite for the TriForm.
Finally, we have to find the best two peacebringers, one all-human and one TriForm.
Now we get them all into an AE arc two at a time. Five missions set at +0x8 with normal spawns, all in the same outdoor city map. You know the one I'm talking about; I don't know its name. You can have the scrapper/brute run down one lane and the kheldian down the other, killing everything along the way. Referees should be present to record time. First mission against council, then freaks, then CoT, then Carnies, then Malta. Compare the times and we'll get a practical comparison of how much DPS a kheldian can pump out. -
Quote:Yet he manages to play the game just the same and enjoy the $15 a month. So who is right? Those that follow the holy orange numbers of DPS or those that follow the subjective fun?Originally Posted by Socorro
Fine, but as has been put forth, 'Fun' is not something that should be brought to the table with comparing things in this game, such as ATs, Builds, Sets, etc. My 10-year plays CoH every once in a while, and he has 'fun' with his characters. His toons, in all their badly-slotted-wrong-powers-picked glory, are extremely fun for him, but that doesn't mean they should be compared to other ATs/Builds on any objective quantifiable basis.
I agree and Khelds are able to..."debuffing opponent's defenses," "tanking so that teammates can stay alive long enough so that their DPS will defeat the foe," "Locking down while other's damage them..."Quote:Originally Posted by Socorro
Concerning DPS. In this game, all goals and objectives come down to DPS, in the sense that, without Damage, your not going to complete any mission at all. Now, DPS need not be straightfoward. Debuffing opponent's defenses, buffing teammate's damage, buffing your (and teammates) Defenses so your DPS is greater relative to the opponents you're fighting, Tanking so that teammates can stay alive long enough so that their DPS will defeat the foe, Locking Foes down while other's damage them... Everything we do must somehow contribute to this complex DPS equation or else we're not effective.
Not to mention Khelds themselve add to this mysthical team's DPS in many forms and variations.
This is what I don't understand, people pigeon-holing Khelds as a DPS AT. They can be a DPS AT if built that way, or they can be a tank/scrapper hybrid, etc. Kheld's gift is not being stuck into some DPS class, healing class or tanking class myopic MMO players are use to...but it seems this gift is also their curse.Quote:Originally Posted by Socorro
Back to Khelds: remembering that all ATs must contribute to damage either directly or indirectly, if Khelds are not straight DPS, then they must of contribute in other ways that rasies a team's effective DPS. The question is, do they do that in a comparable way to other ATs? As noted elsewhere, any particular area where a Kheld can contribute to damage generation, another AT can do better. That means we have to consider their effectiveness as generalists.
So, does a Kheld's overall 'generalist' contribution compare to a team's damage generating effectiveness on a level approaching the more Niche ATs? I don't really know, although I tend to think Khelds fall a bit short. If it's really true, that they do not, then we might as well be honest about it; Khelds need some more work done to them. -
Just tell her you can rest between missions, but once I start punching please keep pace.
And be sure to buy a nice warm blanket when you have to sleep on the couch.