Darth_Vernon

Ran the Spy Hunt Arc a few times over the past few days. I kept it set to spawn bosses, but its -1/+1. Finished the 5 boss kill missions in less than 15 mins (love my MA/Nin). Easiest merits Ive seen. Probably couldve compelted the kill all and done the arc again in the time it took for the timer to fail, but oh well.

I've seen a Plant/Fire and Plant/Thorn Dom farm as good or better than a SS/SD Brute. While not as easy or cheap to do, I think the endurance part makes up for it. YMMV tho

Update on this issue for those that care. I petitioned, got a response in less than an hour that it was escalated to Senior Cust. Supp. Rep, got another response the next day that said the Dev team was working on a resolution to the bug.

"The Dev. Team is currently working on a resolution for this issue. Once a fix has been completed and tested, it will be made available in a future patch to live servers.
This issue affects teamed characters. Once your character's lvl is not affected by sidekicking or missoins, then you should be able to claim your reward."

Havent logged into game yet to see if it was fixed or not. I'll post when I do.

First off, welcome to the boards and game!

Once you have had ur fill of Dev created content, my suggestion is to try your hand at creating a storyline for your shiny 50. The AE is a great tool for lots of things, not least of which is creatively making this game yours. Hate fighting Rikti, thats ok, you can fight ANY faction in the game... or even better make your own.

Cheers mate!

Ya Im /unsigned too. Its WAYYYY to easy to farm for merits now w/ the flash backs

Hello, I am looking into creating a Mid's like application for the iphone and other mobile app phones. Shouldn't be THAT complicated to do, interface will be key as it will have to be different than Mids, and probably wont allow you to see all of the power/slot choices on the same screen.
I thought I would feel out the forums here to see :
1) If this would be something people would want and/or use
2) What features you would like to see or not see
3)Any licensing problems or software issues that would hinder the app.


There are several WoW related apps, so its time CoX got some love too. Thanks!

I was doing this last night and allof the suddent he ticket cender wouldnt give me any more recipes. Said my inventory was full. So I go sell off my stuff and he still wont give me any recipes. Any type of roll (gold,silver,bronze). I can do salvage and enhancments, but not recipe rolls. friggin weird.

I hear ya. Luckily my company hasnt blocked the wiki yet. Ya very true, would have been nice to be able to slot more than just 2 damage procs, but my build is going to be so tight that I wouldnt have enough slots to put more than 5 on there. 3 procs and probably franken slot some Acc/rech/end reduc in it.

You mentioned the no Travel power thing. May want to take a look at a couple of them though as u can slow the Blessing of the Zephyrs twice for the Range Defense. Now Im not saying to take these, but it is a though. CJ, Hover, TP Friend/Foe/Self ALL support the BotZ. you could EASILY get 25-30 ranged defense going that route, use ur 2 end drain powers, then all u need are the buffs and a few damage powers. Im also gonna 2nd the tier one slotting mentioned earlier. Charged bolts (as well as all tier 1 fast activating blasts) are great spots for procs and don't need to be slotted for much acc/dam/end/or rech as they are usually pretty good out fo the box.
Just my 2 inf though

Just make sure you have slotted for End reduction in KO Blow or you might be left layign next to the pylon. lol

I hate the rage crash. Seems like a crappy way of nerfing the damage SS *should* do. But thats a whole completely different situation and Im about to get burned at the stake for bringing it up.

As for ur questions, other people were correct. Double stack or get ready to pop a purple skittle.

Good point about fire. I know DM does "special" damage to Rikti, but Im not sure if it makes up for DPS/DPE/DPA or burst damage that Fire has.

I have so many Fire toons though, I think its time for DM. Oh and since I hate Rikti, I think DM/Elec is gonna be awesome. Too bad those damn drones break hide.

Stun IO sets
Razzle Dazzle - Chance for Immob
Stupefy - Chance for KB
Absolute amazment - Chance for -to hit
KB IO Sets
Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage
Force Feedback - Chance for + Recharge
Taunt IO Sets
Triumphant Insult - Chance to disorient
Pefect Zinger - Chance for Psionic Damage

FYI - www.paragonwiki.com FTW!!!

Hope this helps. Im prepared to proc the dog **** out of my fault w/ the to damages and the force feedback + rech. YAY!!!!

Welcome Home. Welcome back to the world of CoX. Im not sure what they are gonna do with the booster packs after this next one. Probably won't see one for a while after GR is here.

If you are ever on Freedom hit me up @ DarthVernon. Im always up for a team.

Welcome to the game! Its nice to see new players, even 6 years into launch. When I first started villain side (about 3 months ago) I tried several different servers and finally settles on Freedom. I now have all of my main toons on there.
As far as ATs redside go for a new player. I have to agree w/ MMs not being a good starting point, although its a good way to throw urself into the fire so to speak. Brutes and Corruptors are the easiest to start up. I would also put Stalker in that category. You seem to like the weapons so I might suggest a Ninja Blade/Claws/Broad Sword Stalker and you can run through a lot of missions. Willpower or Ninjitsu for secondaries are probably the easiest to use early on. Pretty much set it and forget it.
ALL ATs in this game can solo effectively as long as you play to the strengths of the sets. Obviously you're not going to be taking your Bow and Arrow into the middle of a spawn of baddies, but that huge hammer you have will probably work..lol.
You may also want to make 2 of the same set toons on both redside and blueside so you can see the difference between the heroes/villains. A Super Strength/Invulernability Brute will play MUCH different than a Tank even though they have the same powers.

You can hit me up anytime on Freedom @ DarthVernon

I have a Brute/Stalker/Dominator/and Corrupter on that server and would be more than happy to team with ya. Enjoy!

FYI to anyone trying this. If you are +1/+2 you get 2 bosses, which is a little difficult. Other than that, great merit farming arc. I suggest up drop diff to +1/+1 or +0/+1.

I love the additional secondary effects in attacks. The usual KB/KD/KU is nice, -end or end drain usually sucks. I do liek very much the damage and self heal from midnight grasp. Something similar to that could be done for endurance on a single target (like any of the AoE versions).

I'd like to see more power sets that don't use redraw for melee classes. Like a Toxic Melee set; little used damage type and you could have all sorts of cool powers w/ secondary effects (poisons, slows, fear, holds, ect). I know Demon Summoning has a whip attack/attacks so maybe they could modify that into a Plant Melee set w/ vine whip and again could have poisons, holds, immobs, ect.

I know this next one is almost heresy, but what about a tank/brute set w/ a team heal in it.

People are going to disagree with me, but I love the Entropic proc chance to heal. You can put it in any ST Ranged attack, which you will get 2 of. While not much healing ( and most people HATE hurl for its long animation) it might be worth a shot. Then you would have to hit HF less. Also blazing aura will help and Burn has the highest DPE of any of your hard hitting attacks (included KO Blow).

Just my 2 inf tho

I started this guy up last night ( a lava damage dealer). Ive heard great things about the one handed hurl and of course the mallet attacks. Anything else to keep an eye out for? I'll mostly be teaming (maybe farm a bit once I have SC @ 35) and soloing certail AE missions for ticket drops. Seems like good synergy, only thing missing would be a heal, which I can get in aid self? Tough/Weave recommended? Obviously slotting w/ this much end usage will be key.

I know Obliteration is usually what I slot in PbAoEs but the end redction sucks. Any other suggestions? Thanks!

I thought so. Ya used the wrong term, sorry. Thanks for the clarification.

Does the rule of 5 apply to purple sets. I.E. the 10% recharge. My Dom can possible slot 10 purple sets which would = 100% global recharge. Probably nerfed though right?

Ok researced a little more, and I understand now. So no purples from recipe rolls huh?

I was searching through and found this post from last year. Thanks to Maynia for posting the links. Im not really understanding. Or maybe I am and don't want to be seeing it that way.
It says that between 15-40 there are 6 recipes. So does that mean I have a 1 in 6 chance of getting the recipe I want from that roll? If so why don't more people roll the 20-40 recipe for the Miracle + recovery?
I know that cant be right..right?

I would get the power. Prob doesnt need more than the one slot though. If you wanted to skip it, you probably wouldn't notice all that much, especially if you can get ur defense up a bit. Several sets have neg nrg defense in them, which would prove helpful.