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Thigh Pads for Legs please! Like Lord Recluse wears. What I wouldn't give for some Fing thigh pads!

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Super strength is capable of generating the DPS to kill most AVs, given gloom in the attack chain.

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I disagree ALOT. Fire Melee can use Gloom as well, plus it's less resisted damage type makes it much better for AVs whom typically have S/L resistance.

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And footstomping spawns to death, while being able to eat /any/ elite boss for breakfast, is very nice.

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Footstomp is not the greatest tool in the world for AV encounters. Its perfect for mobs but since this thread is about soloing AVs, who cares about Footstomp.

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You're never going to be the /best/ single target, or the best AoE, but being tied for second best in both, is really nice.

It's also more than doable with inspirations.

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Not sure what you're getting at in these posts. Fire Melee is superior to SS for ST DPS but inferior to SS for AoE since BoF is a terrible power IMO.

Since we are discussing soloing AVs, Single Target damage is much more important than AoE.

Yes.

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Fury, Effects on Damage output?

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Moar Fury = Moar better

Very true. I used to have a Shivan "tank" for my dark/sonic def when I fought AVs.

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I usually bring Force Fields, but that means I usually bring a herd of Blasters as well.

I've only done the STF about five times. Last time we accidentally pulled Mako, Scirocco, AND Ghost Widow. I choose to believe the Force Fields are the reason why that wasn't a problem.

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Better yet, get shivans, veng and kill all 4 AVs in their pit at once

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You need shivans and Veng to pull that off? Just bring a Cold/ Def and you'll not need any gimmicks.

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I took all my arcs down, and will likely never make another one ever again.
Since the Ratings system sucks so much, I honestly havent really logged into the game.

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HI P_P.

I'm sure you know this but I wanted to let you know that this game is not dependent on the Rating System. You can still enjoy running missions in AE or anywhere without worrying about the rating system sabatoging your fun.

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I'm not sure what the point is in putting in another couple of hours writing, testing, polishing and publishing a story that won't ever get played unless I coerce my friends into playing it, or [censor] it out all over the forums.

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Let me ask you a question.

Why do you want players to run your arc?

If it's for feedback, the allow me to offer a suggestion: Form a team. Create team in AE (make sure everyone knows you are not running a farm :P) and run your mission arc. In the last mission announce to the team this was your arc and you would appreciate any feedback about the story, etc.

If you want people to run your arc so you can get more tickets...I haz no idear.

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You'd be better off with Fire/SR, both performancewise and budgetwise

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This. Fire Melee is better at ST DPS which is key for AV fights. SS is a good set but not the best for soloing AVS. Two immediate cons that come to mind are the damage type (all smashing) and the Rage Crash, which can eat up your endurance and decrease your surivivability on a defense based toon.

In PvP, RttC gets detoggled when the Tank, etc is mezzed. RttC casts a tohit debuff on the enemy which is considered an offensive toggle. Offensive toggles get deactivated in PvP when mezzed by an opponent.

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Another tip for the Shivans.

Always save the last charge to take down the turrets to get the next batch of 5. Makes things less of a pain in the [censored].

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You're a genius.

I'd mock you if I had any clue what this thread was about.

+1

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I made one... and then decided it was far too much work.

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Same here and mine was medium length and only one custom mob (2 minions, 2 LTs, 2 bosses).

I'd rather spend my time punching stuff.

Or you just have a Cold/ Defender on your team and not worry about her heal.

I agree with Gruumch.

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How about making a Fire/Inv brute?

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Contrary to the two above posters, I like Scorch. It's perfect for building Fury and placing Procs for additional damage since it recharges/animates quickly. I will say Scorch is great for leveling purposes but once you get a large amount of recharge you can easily remove the power from your build.

On my FM/SR Brute, I have Scorch, Cremate, Incinerate, Fire Sowrd Circle and Greater Fire Sword.

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As we are talking about an interactive game, then no, I don't consider the MA new content in spirit. New content technically speaking? Sure .... but I can write words on a paper bag and read them back to myself while I do the missions I've done repeatedly to get the same effect.

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Now you're being obtuse, intentionally. You know very well it's nothing similar to reading lines off a paper bag. You know very well there are 100s of story arcs (content) you can choose to enjoy. You know very well some of these story arcs are on the same level, if not better, then some Dev created content.

MA is wonderful and a perfect match for this game. Of course, it will need some fine tuning periodically to make sure the system is up to date (I15) and new features added as they are developed.

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If you solo, then take Fire Melee.

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No real "beef" with it other than it's more of a gimmick then a real content update, being just player supplied words of things we've done a billion times in exactly the same way.


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Wow, not content? You think giving the players the ability to create their own stories for their characters or to create a Nemesis is not content?

You're right the mechanics are the same as the normal PVE content, but that doesn't make it any less "content."

Perhaps I missed your point in all the words you typed, but what is exactly is your beef with MA? Would you rather not have it at all?

Serious questions.

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Which effectively means that you believe all influential people, ever and into the future, must be competent.

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I said they must have some competency, and I firmly believe this to be true. Feel free to prove me wrong but it will be very difficult to find an influential person that doesn't contain some competency that lead them to their current standing.

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That depends on if the competency has to be at something positive or not. Ie, does someone who is a competent liar or cheat, count as competent?

If not, I submit Bernie Madoff. In the past he was involved in legitimate ventures, but his major influence on his field is certainly going to come from his failure.

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That is a good example, and I see your point. However, he was pretty competent at fraud.

You might not know this...but you can avoid the -res grenades by moving out of the area of effect. When I fight longbow, I let them shoot their silly grenades and simply move to a new location. Just watch your buff/debuff icons.