ColdSpark

Greeting all Union VG Members (sorry hero types we can't deal with you )

Demons and Vengeful Spirits cordially invites you to join us at our base for some salvage trading at 8pm UK time this coming Sunday. We'll invite u onto teams with one of our members as lead which will grant you access. We're happy for you to look around, share base tips and most importantly trade!

We're going to be doing salvage dumps from our members to our traders beforehand (this means you Jon as our chief trady type bod) and will try and make it as organised as possible whilst a bit of a laugh...

All very welcome - send tells to my global @Cold Spark or @Lady Hellfire and we'll arrange you an invite - hope to see at least a couple of other groups there...

Hi Guys,

I'm going to offer to hold a Salvage Swap in our magnificent HQ on Sunday Evening (prolly 8pm UK Time).

Idea being to invite the other SGs to come along and we can all trade up for what we would like.

To facilitate this I could do with us having a salvage dump beforehand. My plan would be to arrange it all by type and have one person from our SG holding each type (if indeed other SGs turn up that is!) so we can be trading in an efficient way.

So if you could try and be online sunday PM then we can do the dumping.

Cheers

Hey Jon - where did you get that info about the large prestige haul from the Trial? Is good news that and I may rethink my thoughts about the risk/reward ratio.

Also check floor levels - I find links are a bit tough to make if your two adjoining rooms are not at the same level where they are to be joined.

I'm after some Aberrant Tech (VG's only pls) - will give favourable rates, paying with tech or arcane as is your preference (sorry we don't take Amex)

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BOOOOOOOM

Several Months Later.....

Well helllooooooo Everybody (Hi Dr Nick)
As the crazed fools / esteemed colleagues of mine have pointed out, D&VS is back. We (all except Jon who forgot his passport) have been sunning ourselves on the shores of Talos Island and playing the occasional game of Tsoo golf (where I have an astounding handicap (and I'm good too! (just before Kitty gets that on in)).

OK So what's new in D&VS

As Kitty said we've cleared out the "dead wood" though any who come back with I7 will be welcomed back into the fold (to start with, wb Scar and Lady D) with open arms (and daggers up the sleeves).

We've also reassigned ranks. The new ranks are:

Supreme Being (don't ask me I let Kitty choose!) - There are and will only ever be 3 of these - one of the reasons for the VGs untimely quietening was too many chiefs. This rank is entirely a managerial one, but is there to safeguard our 2 most important assets, our members (protecting them from kicks etc) and our base (preventing anyone accidentally setting up a raid).

Veteran - we wanted a rank that allowed us to recognise people who have made outstanding contributions to the group - this will NOT be prestige related - we wanted it to be a reward for something meaningful, eg someone who goes out of thier way to arrange good events etc or who is always helpful to the new members to the group - all the "good" villainous :P things we do. To reinforce the sanctity of this rank each actual humon (to quote Quark) will be allowed one toon as a veteran only (management will not be allowed any) - This rank has substantially more privaledges, reflecting the trust that we have in these individuals.

Commander - As a recognised leader within the VG, these are people who commonly lead teams, recruit new members and are generally all round nice villains... err...

Leiutenant (pronounced Lef-ten-ant - we're not from over the pond damnit!). These are recruits who have shown that they are committed to the group, this rank will be awarded based on activeness of a toon.

Recruit - The newest members of the VG will all start here... The core of our apple, the ham in our sandwich, the dog in our hotdog...


Things in the back of my warped mind for the group:

BASE - Now the prestige is flowing nicely again we can start to look towards our next purchases - with I7 (god-willing) just around the corner there will be all sort of niceness for us to buy (insp and enhancement holders for starts!)

RAIDS - Not yet. I want us to get involved with this again (if we have sufficient PVP oriented members) - we still have one of the very best bases going which has proven a nice challenge for those who have raided us in the past and we are fully IoP Ready - the question is - do we want one given the risks that come with it?

EVENTS: As kitty mentioned we rolled up a themed set of toons (which were a lot of fun) over the weekend - this sort of thing could be something we do as a group more often, given that over a w/e of playing you can easily get to low/mid twenties perhaps we could have a themed weekend say once a month.

I'd also like to see some Arena nights perhaps - just ourselves to start with but we can perhaps schedule something with the other major VGs.

AOB:
A few random musings - VG Mergers - if you run a small VG and would like to merge with us then I could see benefits all round - increased activity and full access to our base and its facilities. I believe CoV is an example where "Divide and Conquer" does not apply. IMHO there are too many VGs for the number of players.

Salvage Swaps - we like tech - we have lots of arcane to swap - contact myself, Kitty, Jon or any of the Demons you see to sort something out.

Other than that - watch this space and its good to be back (and bad!)

My comment would be that Calisto is a great toon and I'm sure we can solve her lack of end issue :P

Great stuff thanks for the replies guys... Looks like its SS for me then (which I'm not overly thrilled by but hey ho)

Quick one guys - does cloaking device stack with stealth in the same way it does with SS? Basically I want to be able to get close enough to plant trip mines etc

Many thanks

Thanks for the tips mate

Short Circuit is an odd one really... I will probably change the damage to End Mod once I get PowerSink as I figure the two in quick sucession would have a pretty good chance of taking most minions out of the fight for a while. (do you mean end mod when you say end redux btw?)

Accuracy wise, yeah I'm prolly a little over the top with it as stands.... Its not really meant to be a PVP build (I only rarely venture into Sirens) but I did have it in the back of my mind.

Don't suppose anyone has any familiarity with the Elec Epic attack? Sounds very nice in theory...

I'm loving the toon I must say - about the only thing I'd like would be mezz protection but you can't have everything.... Certainly I'd stick with hover for its KB resistance over the meh protection from Acrobatics.... KB is a kin-killer in my book... There's nothing worse than being knocked out of your own heal or transference AOE!

Hi - thought I'd post in my Kin Elec (currently my primary alt at lvl 34).... Firstly - what fun.... secondly - oh my goodness its busy and a tight build...

Anyway without any more pre-ramble here she is in her current build... Roll on all the remaining powers - not a dull one till 50 now!

Oh and no stamina = no problem... Love, thy name is transference.

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Exported from Ver: 1.7.5.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name: Lightning Sparkle
Level: 50
Archetype: Defender
Primary: Kinetics
Secondary: Electrical Blast
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01) --> Transfusion==> Acc(1)Acc(3)Heal(3)Heal(5)Heal(5)
01) --> Charged Bolts==> Acc(1)Dmg(7)Dmg(17)
02) --> Siphon Power==> Acc(2)Acc(7)Rechg(9)Rechg(34)Rechg(36)
04) --> Ball Lightning==> Acc(4)Dmg(19)Dmg(19)Dmg(43)Rechg(46)
06) --> Siphon Speed==> Acc(6)Acc(9)Rechg(11)Rechg(11)Rechg(13)
08) --> Assault==> EndRdx(8)EndRdx(15)
10) --> Lightning Bolt==> Acc(10)Dmg(17)Dmg(23)Dmg(34)
12) --> Speed Boost==> EndMod(12)EndMod(13)EndMod(15)EndRdx(37)
14) --> Tactics==> EndRdx(14)EndRdx(23)TH_Buf(31)TH_Buf(31)TH_Buf(43)
16) --> Hasten==> Rechg(16)Rechg(21)Rechg(21)
18) --> Hover==> Fly(18)Fly(39)Fly(39)
20) --> Aim==> Rechg(20)Rechg(43)Rechg(46)
22) --> Fly==> EndRdx(22)
24) --> Short Circuit==> Dmg(24)Dmg(25)Dmg(25)EndMod(50)
26) --> Transference==> Acc(26)Acc(27)Rechg(27)Rechg(29)EndMod(29)EndMod(31)
28) --> Repel==> EndRdx(28)EndRdx(36)
30) --> Vengeance==> DefBuf(30)DefBuf(37)DefBuf(45)
32) --> Fulcrum Shift==> Acc(32)Acc(33)Rechg(33)Rechg(33)Rechg(34)
35) --> Voltaic Sentinel==> Acc(35)Dmg(36)Dmg(37)Dmg(42)Rechg(48)
38) --> Thunderous Blast==> Acc(38)Dmg(39)Dmg(40)Dmg(40)Rechg(40)Rechg(42)
41) --> Thunder Strike==> Acc(41)Dmg(42)Dmg(45)Dmg(45)Rechg(48)Rechg(50)
44) --> Charged Armor==> EndRdx(44)DmgRes(46)
47) --> Power Sink==> EndMod(47)EndMod(48)EndMod(50)
49) --> Group Fly==> EndRdx(49)
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01) --> Sprint==> EndRdx(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Vigilance==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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OK so it could be I'm coming off a 14 hour session of CoH but that gif is scarily hypnotic.... new avatar there though Doubs methinks...

Gratz to Doubs on another 50!!

Well done mate - glad I could help with ur build :P

The assembled heroes (well most of em)

Lusca realises she's about to have a bad day... and she's forgotten something...

Moving in for the kill... Sushi anyone?

Pop!

Still popping.... some people eh...

Aww shucks

Many thanks guys - heres a couple of screenies - first one is of DC leveling yesterday (and apologies to Mister for not thinking of doing one for you mate)

Others are a couple of Ms. and I "popping"... lots of fun guys from 1 through 50..... next set of alts!

DC goes pop

Ms. and I

And again

Took a few screenies as we went along myself... Enjoy.

The Gathering

The Rad team are ferried into position

Buffing the PA Drop Team (Just before we were dropped )

Thats a Loooong way down...

Heading in...


Up close and personal

Heh I'm not even going to try and think about time cos I go all cross-eyed when I do but I wonder if the day/night cycle is out of sync in the hive vs in Eden now because of that... uh-oh, gone cross-eyed now.

First up adding my thanks to the list - great job J

Was one of the 101st "Not Quite" Airbourne Rad's who got dropped in.... Whilst previously stated that our group flyer d/c'd and we dropeed that's not the case...

In fact, knowing that Rad is clearly the Uber set and clearly capable of soloing Hami (at least till the Test patch goes live :P) it was intentional (am I convincing anyone? )

Thanks to Catherine Wheel for leading us Rad's - great job...

I'll make one observation that I hope might help us next time - that is that a couple of the Sings were targetting Mito's not Hami - only way we could tell if we were holding the right thing was to use the combat log and see exactly what the hold hit.

Perhaps look to have the pummeling team working on the mito's closest to Hami whilst we are getting the holds down? I don't know cos the lag was pretty insane once the pummelers arrived. That or just make sure everyone knows to check the combat log to see your target.

Other useful things - /assist is a useful command - I was able to target a teammate if I lost lock and hit /assist - this locks me straight to their target, be it Hami him/herself or the Sing they're using. Doesn't seem to work once ur on a Sing to get to Hami but that could have just been lag related.

Was hectic stuff and good fun

Hi Guys - if ur lvl 44 and hoping to join the hami raid I'll be around most of tomorrow and am happy to team up to try and get u that last lvl - the more the merrier at the end of the day.... Note there will be no PL involved... just good old fashoined missions on a nice hard setting so good XP can be had.

Will be on from about 10am BST (UK time)

Heh - yes to all the above mate - no choking cloud - the end engine cannae take the strain... Vanguard and Geas accolades of course


Sorry to Double - I may not be able to join the holding blasters this time....

Thanks for the responses guys - any hard numbers on the blasts? Can I trust the hero builder here do u think?

Hi Guys,

Have a 44 Earth/Rad troller and have taken Ice Epic... basically to give me a nice blast and I was thinking that Stone Cages + Ice Storm could = some nice containment damage.

However....

Am not bothered by the ice shield (it looks horrible for one) and Hibernate - well its useful I guess (anyone know for sure if it disables the effects of my toggles like if I have cast RI on a group then go into hibernate I know the toggle is ON but is it actualy DOING anything (much like if you are a bubbler with ur big dispersion one on and go into PFF your teammates get no protection from disperson).

So...

I'm looking at my respec and thinking Fire or Psionic could be nice (any form of Psi defence and or res always nice - I HATE carnies - but I know I have to kill a lot to get enough illusions for my badge)...

Questions:

What epic do you like and why

Anyone got a pic of the Psi shield they can post?

Pyschic Tornado - good or meh? and is the knock an up/down/back (my regular Fire Fire blaster will kill me if I KB all her toys )


A quick addon here - can anyone confirm the dam numbers on mental blast - I'm getting 6.4 with 3 SO Dam in hero builder which is more than Power Blast - was under the impression that mental blast was the weakest blast of the troller epics - comments?

Morning all - My Earth/Rad is now at 44 so with some hard work over the w/e 45 is easily in range - Jiaozy would u rather I brought him over Cold Spark (my Nrg Ice 50)? I don't mind debt (I'd be coming expecting to hit the cap )

Oh yeah forgot - Bridger could u pls pls sticky this for us? Would be nice to get a big attendance - can you sticky something just till Monday for us?

Muchos Gracias

Hi Jiaozy. Am I missing the Mito Clearing or was that "shortened"

Or is this a cunning new plan that you have?

If we're following the standard plan (and as a dumb blaster I'll just do what I'm told) then the deviant deviants have just published an update for thier "doomed-to-fail" raid on Sunday... still - nice of them to let us learn from their mistakes