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  1. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post

    haha, I'll be honest and I say I've never seen that before...nice.


    Reminds me of a few times in my past jobs...quite similar...
  2. Energizing_Ion
    I don't know what this post/thread is about but...

    I support the title of "I like Cheesecake!"....mmmm cheesecake.
  3. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lothic View Post
    Even though I learned the lesson years ago of "getting badges while they are hot" sometimes you can't take advantage of that.

    My main badger is currently lacking several MoKeyes badges simply because when the Keyes trial first went live I was serving aboard a Navy ship as a government contractor. There was literally no way I could play the game for several months during that timeframe because I had no access to the Internet (or at least not the kind of access that would have allowed me to play a MMO while at sea). This basically means that since the few dozen people who would care about getting those badges already have them it's proven fairly difficult to organize any kind of a group that wants to bother with them now.

    I'll probably eventually get them, especially once the next wave of Incarnate powers are released which'll make that trial even easier, but for the moment it's relatively frustrating. I don't mind hard badges but it sucks to have to rely on like a dozen or more other people wanting to work on them too. Oh well...

    Yeah I agree; sometimes it is hard to get the badges after the "real badgers" get it after a week or so...

    But it is possible; just might take a while longer
  4. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lothic View Post
    Eh, I still know people who accidentally got Passport years ago when they never transferred to any other server much less the EU servers. They just logged in one day and had it. The real irony is that most of those people are -not- badge collectors and couldn't care less about it. I even had one of them tell me they'd give me theirs if they could.

    For that reason alone I consider Passport an "oddball" that doesn't technically exist (or at least shouldn't count on the major tracking sites) because I almost think more people have it by accident rather than on purpose. That's one bug I wish I got hit with at any rate.

    hehe yeah...

    I've "learned" that if there's some 'bug' in the system to get a badge; you do it!

    Like that badge where you could have received the Longbow Ballista 2 glad. badge (the one where you have to get 400 pvp rep to get a badge)...there was a bug back in the day that awarded that if you just completed a regular mission that was in the pvp zone(s)...

    I was like, "meh, I'll get that one later because I'm working on y badge now!"

    Man was I silly...1 mission that might have taken 10 minutes at the most instead of grinding and killing my toons (and a friend's toons) over-and-over for 3 nights until we got the badge...


    And luckily I did get the MoLambda badges before they are what they are now....
  5. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by OV_ohms View Post
    I think the first batch of my characters finish their day jobs on the 8th, including Bimble who should then have 1,293 badges

    Curse that Passport badge making some higher than others when we can't get it anymore!


    I mean, congrats
  6. Energizing_Ion

    Ugt

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    Congrats!
  7. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Huh... Well, that's surprising. I came in here ready to be outraged, but the new information is actually pretty encouraging. The specifics are obviously up in the air, but hearing that "ATIOs" (you need a better name for them) will be available for in-game activity is a pleasant surprise. I probably still won't actually want them, but as a matter of principle, this is very, very good to hear.

    As for making pack-exclusive costumes available through other means over the Paragon Store... Sell them. Simply delay the sets by six months from the time they show up in the gambling packs to the time they show up as a regular purchase and then price them either normal or double. That way, people who don't have the patience of a saint will be inclined to try and get the pieces they want early by gambling on them, and people like me who have ZERO patience for uncertain returns for my money will simply wait it out.

    Additionally, consider making these costumes available for purchase immediately, but restrict that purchase to VIPs only and release these costumes to Free and Premium players only in the gambling packs. That way, I have one more reason to maintain a subscription.

    I agree with Samuel here on all points.

    And thanks for the communication
  8. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by dugfromthearth View Post
    ...
    If you want healing choose Q set
    ...

    So you're saying that all healers are QQ'ers and whiners?




    Sorry have nothing relevant to add to this discussion...I don't even have an EM toon
  9. Energizing_Ion
    9 more days until EI has all the day job badges again! muwahahahaha!


    *please no more day job badges devs!*
  10. Energizing_Ion
    Hello all!

    So I have my lvl 46 (almost 47 ) StJ/Regen brute and wanted to see what everyone thinks of this build.


    I was mainly going for recharge and +max hp and hp regen IO buffs.


    Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.952
    http://www.cohplanner.com/

    Click this DataLink to open the build!

    Arbiter Awesome: Level 50 Magic Brute
    Primary Power Set: Street Justice
    Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
    Power Pool: Leaping
    Power Pool: Speed
    Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery

    Villain Profile:
    Level 1: Initial Strike -- Amaze-Acc/Stun/Rchg:50(A), Amaze-Acc/Rchg:50(5), Amaze-EndRdx/Stun:50(7), Amaze-Stun/Rchg:50(7), Amaze-ToHitDeb%:50(9)
    Level 1: Fast Healing -- RgnTis-Regen+:30(A), Mrcl-Rcvry+:40(3), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+:50(3), Numna-Heal:50(5)
    Level 2: Heavy Blow -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg:50(9), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(11), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:50(11), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx:50(13)
    Level 4: Sweeping Cross -- Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(A), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(13), Oblit-Acc/Rchg:50(15), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg:50(15), Oblit-Dmg:50(17)
    Level 6: Reconstruction -- Numna-Heal:50(A), Numna-Heal/Rchg:50(17), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg:50(19), Dct'dW-Heal:50(19), Dct'dW-Rchg:50(21), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg:50(21)
    Level 8: Rib Cracker -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(A), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(23), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg:50(23), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:50(25), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(25)
    Level 10: Quick Recovery -- P'Shift-End%:50(A), P'Shift-EndMod:50(27), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg:50(27), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc:50(29)
    Level 12: Dull Pain -- Numna-Heal:50(A), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg:50(29), Numna-Heal/Rchg:50(31), Dct'dW-Heal:50(31), Dct'dW-Rchg:50(31), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg:50(33)
    Level 14: Super Jump -- Winter-ResSlow:50(A)
    Level 16: Integration -- HO:Golgi(A), HO:Golgi(46)
    Level 18: Spinning Strike -- FrcFbk-Rechg%:50(A), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(33), Posi-Acc/Dmg:50(33), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx:50(34), Posi-Dmg/Rchg:50(34), Posi-Dmg/Rng:50(34)
    Level 20: Resilience -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(A)
    Level 22: Combat Readiness -- RechRdx-I:50(A)
    Level 24: Hasten -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(36), RechRdx-I:50(36)
    Level 26: Shin Breaker -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(A), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(36), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:50(37), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg:50(37), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(37)
    Level 28: Instant Healing -- Dct'dW-Rchg:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(39)
    Level 30: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(A)
    Level 32: Crushing Uppercut -- Hectmb-Acc/Rchg:50(A), Hectmb-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(39), Hectmb-Dmg/EndRdx:50(39), Hectmb-Dmg:50(40), Hectmb-Dam%:50(40)
    Level 35: Spring Attack -- Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(A), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(40), Oblit-Dmg:50(43), Oblit-Acc/Rchg:50(43), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg:50(45)
    Level 38: Moment of Glory -- LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(A), HO:Ribo(50), RechRdx-I:50(50)
    Level 41: Gloom -- Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:40(A), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:40(42), Decim-Acc/Dmg:40(42), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx:40(42), Decim-Dmg/Rchg:40(43)
    Level 44: Dark Obliteration -- Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(A), Posi-Dmg/Rng:50(45), Posi-Acc/Dmg:50(45), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx:50(46), Posi-Dmg/Rchg:50(46)
    Level 47: Soul Tentacles -- GravAnch-Acc/Rchg:50(A), GravAnch-Hold%:50(48), GravAnch-Acc/Immob/Rchg:50(48), GravAnch-Immob/Rchg:50(48), GravAnch-Immob/EndRdx:50(50)
    Level 49: Revive -- RechRdx-I:50(A)
    Level 50: Spiritual Core Paragon
    Level 50: Reactive Core Flawless Interface
    Level 50: Phantom Radial Superior Ally
    Level 50: Ion Radial Final Judgement
    Level 0: Marshal
    Level 0: Born In Battle
    Level 0: High Pain Threshold
    Level 0: Invader
    ------------
    Level 2: Swift -- Run-I:50(A)
    Level 2: Health -- Heal-I:50(A)
    Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I:50(A)
    Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I:50(A)
    Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I:50(A)
    Level 1: Fury
    Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
    Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
    Level 4: Ninja Run
    Level 1: Combo Level 1
    Level 1: Combo Level 2
    Level 1: Combo Level 3
    ------------
    Set Bonus Totals:
    • 6% DamageBuff(Smashing)
    • 6% DamageBuff(Lethal)
    • 6% DamageBuff(Fire)
    • 6% DamageBuff(Cold)
    • 6% DamageBuff(Energy)
    • 6% DamageBuff(Negative)
    • 6% DamageBuff(Toxic)
    • 6% DamageBuff(Psionic)
    • 3% Defense(Melee)
    • 3% Defense(Smashing)
    • 3% Defense(Lethal)
    • 3% Defense(Fire)
    • 3% Defense(Cold)
    • 3% Defense(Energy)
    • 3% Defense(Negative)
    • 3% Defense(Psionic)
    • 3% Defense(Ranged)
    • 3% Defense(AoE)
    • 2.25% Max End
    • 102% Enhancement(Accuracy)
    • 88.75% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
    • 5% FlySpeed
    • 151.8 HP (10.13%) HitPoints
    • 5% JumpHeight
    • 5% JumpSpeed
    • MezResist(Immobilize) 9.35%
    • MezResist(Stun) 4.4%
    • MezResist(Terrorized) 4.4%
    • 19.5% (0.33 End/sec) Recovery
    • 36% (2.25 HP/sec) Regeneration
    • 20% ResEffect(FlySpeed)
    • 20% ResEffect(RechargeTime)
    • 20% ResEffect(RunSpeed)
    • 13.23% Resistance(Fire)
    • 13.23% Resistance(Cold)
    • 5% RunSpeed
  11. Energizing_Ion
    Hooray, gold!


    Oh wait, PS isn't shipping me gold bars?!
  12. Energizing_Ion
    Kind of short for a review but...overall a good review.
  13. Energizing_Ion
    Thanks again VK!
  14. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Crashed View Post
    I would love more armor sets. I'm the type of person that doesn't like to duplicate powersets, so the fact that there are more melee sets than armor sets can get frustrating for me. I think first, however, I'd rather see some more Blaster secondaries or some more Dominator love.

    Same here. When I made my StJ Brute toon I chose Regen as a secondary since that was one of the ones I haven't done before. The only other secondary (or primary depending on AT) I haven't done would be Invulnerability....and..uh...well...meh to that

    Would love to see more 'armor' sets.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome View Post
    Ugh, no thanks. That takes me back to the early days when armors didn't stack and Jack had his great vision. You'd spend so much time clicking on your defenses you wouldn't have time to do anything else.

    I'll give it points for being WAY out of the box but it just sounds like a major chore to play and a seriously underperforming set. Click defense, click defense, click defense, maybe make one attack, click defense, click defense, click defense, maybe attack again and repeat. You either have no protection at all and are able to attack or you have protection at the expense of doing anything else.

    Agreed on all points. It's a nice idea but...not really practical. If you're doing up against CoT, do I cast the "fire ward" to protect me against the Fire Behemoths or the "smashing/lethal ward" for the minions, or maybe the "neg. energy ward" for the ghosts/spectrals...

    Now if they could somehow have the tech. to where you can have an actual "force field" where it makes the mobs have to "defeat" (take down/etc) the force field around you before they hit you, that I'd like.

    Have a FF around you that had, let's say, 500 HP and that takes 90% (who knows, just throwing numbers out) and once that FF goes down; you take most (all?) of the damage.


    That's what I thought FF would be when I first started to play the game in '04....but alas, it's not heh.
  15. Energizing_Ion

    FPS screenshots

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Turgenev View Post
    Only after the fact. Total seriousness, I asked a bunch of times if I was in-shot. The first time I sat down, they said something, so I shifted the chair to get outta frame, and they gave the thumbs up. I leaned forward and asked "is this in frame", and they said that I was good, so...

    ...but c'mon, I have handsome earlobes.

    Rico.

    Suave.

    Dang....I was one of the ones on ustream saying, "DOWN IN FRONT!" to you I guess....

    I can't be mad at that oh so cute avatar (yes I've said that before)

    Silly guy behind the laptop not letting Turg know he was still in the camera!
  16. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Schismatrix View Post
    i'm betting on finally getting an Apocalypse Pony.
    hahah nice.

    It'll be interesting to see what it is...


    If it's a copy of you...I wonder what a Dark Control/Kinetics could do (if it had the same powers as you...2 FS' from one group of mobs! nice!)
  17. Energizing_Ion

    Ugt

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by FlyingCodeMonkey View Post
    ...
    The other thing I don't quite know is the precise sequence. Does the Walker choose its targets, then select an effect? Or is it the other way around? On those (fairly rare) occasions when I get "Targeted", I've never yet been paying quite close enough attention to remember if I'd seen a red message for the effect. I assume it chooses/warns targets first, then effect, but it is only an assumption.

    That's why it bugs me having everyone crowd around the EWW with the tanks nearby. Even if it only ever selects taunters as targets, if the effect simply radiates from them rather than affecting only them, it explains how we get league wipes from LFA even when the EWW is facing away and taunted.

    I do go on. But it's a fascinating (and dangerous) mechanic that I want to understand.

    From my what I 'know', it does the targeting first and then the action (hold, fear or LFA).

    The only other thing I've read about the LFA action is that the DoT just by itself does a good chunk of damage but doesn't kill someone by itself; but it does more damage if there are other people that are next to you that are also targeted.


    I know when I first started to lead the runs on Sat. nights I was the "main tanker" but when the LFA happened; league (or at least team) wipes happened....most likely cause I couldn't hold the AVs attention even with taunt on auto.

    The last two times I've been in a UG run; all tankers/taunters went to one side and the rest stayed behind the AV; no issues (we had some deaths but...definitely not huge league wipes like I've seen before).
  18. Energizing_Ion
    Kinetics!
  19. Energizing_Ion

    Ugt

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ukaserex View Post
    ...
    And let's be honest - on some runs, there are people present who are watching kids, watching sports, eating, drinking and who knows what else. All these things can attribute to a more challenging run.
    Oh sure I /tell you in-game this past Sunday night that I was watching the Steelers-Chiefs game and not really that much attention to the UG and you go and "out" me like that....I see how it is!



    Quote:
    But overall, FlyingCodeMonkey, I think what you're identifying is the delicate challenge that the devs had in mind. They wanted it to be a challenge, and they've succeeded.

    Agreed.


    And to FCM, again I'm only taking a guess, I know in one of the last two runs where I was on a "squishy" and not tanking, I jumped into the middle during (after ?) the "Lethal Force Authorized" message popped up and I didn't die...I didn't have the shield reticule icon in the buff bar neither the "Targeted" red message below...so...*shrugs*

    Just kind of a guessing game from me.
  20. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dragon_King View Post
    If he is then he must not be in charge anymore. I remember in the past he would snarlingly defend a lot of decisions for certain pieces of costume sets he had designed.

    It doesn't make sense to beta test something for a (relatively) long period of time, get tons of feedback for fix's and then shove it out the door missing a wheel.

    You missed the snark with the release of 21.5?

    There were quite a few "obvious" bugs that were reported but still released with 21.5
  21. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lemur Lad View Post
    hes been hitting every server.

    they try it because they think if they can get past the filter by being someone's friend, they can then email them.
    Ah, nice catch; thanks. I didn't even think about that heh.
  22. Energizing_Ion

    Incarnate Info

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by thgebull0425 View Post
    On my tank, I took the musculature, I got the three crafted, then on the fourth, it tells me I need the one below in order to craft the next one. From the tree, on the far right, I need the middle one, then can get the fourth. Confused by that.

    How many Incarnate powers can I have. I understand that I can have two, but can only have one slotted at a time, or active.

    What Incarnate abilities are best suited for a tank, scrapper, troller, dom and so on, where can I find that?

    I figured if I was gonna play these characters to 50, might as well get them Incarnate stuff too.
    Well; you'll definitely get a lot of different answers for what is "best" for anything in the game....but I'll give it a go...

    How many Incarnate powers can I have. I understand that I can have two, but can only have one slotted at a time, or active.

    Technically you can make all the Incarnate powers available. It would take you "forever" to do so, but you could do it if you wanted to.

    You can only have 1 active at a time though (whatever you picked/slotted in the "Equip" tab in the Incarnate Abilities/Powers window).


    What Incarnate abilities are best suited for a tank, scrapper, troller, dom and so on, where can I find that?

    What powersets are your toons and how do you play? Do you mostly solo, team or a mix?

    With answers to that we can help you out more but...here I go:

    Tankers: For Alpha....well with the new Alpha abilities I don't know...but I'd say either Cardiac for those end. heavy sets or Musculature would be best (for more damage).

    Judgement: Up to you but...Void would be the "easy" pick because you have to be in melee range to hit mobs with it and since you'll be in melee range almost all the time..."easy."

    Interface: Again, depends...but probably Reactive might be best (for more damage).

    Lore: All up to you. Any pet option is nice.

    Destiny: Again, depends on your powersets. Most likely Clarion wouldn't be a great choice; but it'd help for UnderGround trials. Maybe Ageless if you need more end. help or just to help against with the debuff resistances.


    Apply the above to the other ATs really...Depending on your Controller; Clarion for the Destiny may be best (so that you are never held/slept yourself)....but again, depends on the build.

    Hope this in a small way.
  23. Energizing_Ion
    I guess I don't understand how this benefits the RMT'ers...

    They get the global name and/or local name...but...you can get that easily enough...especially since they most likely had to type out /gfriend @whateveryourglobalis

    I haven't seen this in-game myself but....*shrugs*

    I like the pic. though!
  24. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by FlyingCodeMonkey View Post
    From the description, seems like almost exactly twice as many phases as will really be enjoyable. :^P

    Hopefully they're taking that extra time to apply the lessons learned from Keyes: repeating the same action N times within a single trial (gather 30 temp powers, gather 30 more temp powers, gather another 30 temp powers) does not make it N times more fun.

    Anyway, I never seem to have the right timing to check out new trials on beta. It's nice to know a little about this one before seeing it for the first time.

    I will say it is a bit repetitive...which is but...meh, it's faster than Keyes I think (although maybe not now with only needing 6 terminals)....*shrugs*
  25. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
    Man! I am THIS serious!



    Quote:
    Nah. You'd miss me (so put a scope on the damn rifle already!)