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  1. Energizing_Ion
    Interesting...I liked the first one well enough...so....if there's more fight scenes...I'm good!
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    Welcome back
  3. Energizing_Ion
    When I was looking for him with my main; we had about 8-16 people looking for him.

    Someone finally found him just a tad NW of the Thorn Isle...he was in the water probably about 50-100 yards from the island/shore.

    Setting up a macro/bind helps too.
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    PW's war journal

    POST-ACTION

    Reading the stories of the Keyes badge attempts makes me sad that I work nights
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    50's Woes!

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nyx View Post
    ...
    You can and always will/get to 50. You can now always have something epic. It's just time based, but it will always happen.

    I guess I don't understand this part. Any game (actually almost anything in general) that you spend time on will get you to the highest lvl or what have you. So...

    But I do agree in some way, with the "woes"....especially with a new patch like this is coming. I have tested/played with all the new and shiny stuff I wanted to in beta...so now there's nothing "new" there to test. I log on to the live servers...and all I have are lvl 50s...and no one to do itrials with (I play in the AM when not a lot of people are on)....so...I just log out...since there is no fast/easy way to get incarnate components.


    So now I'm at the "eeh...just waiting for new powersets/the patch to hit live so I can make a new toon(s)." stage of CoH.
  6. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DKellis View Post
    I can imagine a huge difference between someone who teams all the time on large fast-moving teams, and someone who solos all the time like me. My fastest time-to-50 was somewhere just above 100 hours (and felt "holy crap that was fast this character is awesome"), and I've heard that that is somehow slow.
    I think my fastest non-pl'ed lvl 50 was my Bane Spider VEAT toon when the VEATs were new. He got to 50 in 70 hours (usually had an 8-man VEAT team going)...we went through missions so easily with all the +Def/+tohit/etc...


    I might have a toon that went faster than that (again, without pl'ing) but can't remember.


    Edit: Oh and I just looked at one of my toons (lvl 50 Fire/Earth Dom.) and he got to 50 in 127 hours (according to my info. dialog description)...he was mainly solo too.
  7. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Shard_Warrior View Post
    Take a peek. The IDF has more than just a few powers that are -Regen, -Recovery and -Recharge.


    Battle Orb Mk I
    1. Plasma Blast Ranged, Minor DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen
    Battle Orb Mk II
    1. Plasma Blast Ranged, Minor DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen
    2. Plasma Spray Ranged Cone, Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen
    BCU
    1. Plasma Rifle Burst Ranged, High DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen
    2. Single Plasma Shot Ranged, Light DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen
    Scryer
    1. Psionic Dart Ranged, Minor DMG(Psionic), Target -Recharge
    Seeker
    1. Mental Blast Ranged, Moderate DMG(Psionic), Target -Recharge
    ACU
    1. Chemical Grenade Ranged (Targeted Location), Superior DoT(Toxic), Foe -Speed, -Rech
    2. Plasma Full Auto Ranged, Light DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen
    3. Plasma Rifle Burst Ranged, High DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen
    Diviner
    1. Drain Psyche PBAoE Foe -Regen, -Recovery; Self +Regen, +Recovery
    2. Mental Blast Ranged, Moderate DMG(Psionic), Target -Recharge
    3. Psionic Slash Melee, High DMG(Psionic), Target -Recharge
    Heavy Trooper
    1. EMP Rockets Ranged (Targeted AoE), Light DMG(Lethal/Fire), Foe -Regen, -Recovery, -Endurance
    Augur
    1. Mental Blast Ranged, Moderate DMG(Psionic), Target -Recharge
    War Walker
    1. Charged Shot Ranged (Targeted AoE), Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen, -Res(All)
    2. Heavy Particle Burst Ranged Cone, Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen, -Res(All)
    3. Particle Burst Ranged, Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen, -Res(All)
    4. Orbital Lance Ranged (Targeted Location), Extreme DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen, -Res(All)
    Goliath War Walker
    1. Particle Burst Ranged, Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen, -Res(All)
      Particle Lance Narrow Ranged Cone, Moderate DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen, -Res(All)
    2. Sweeping Laser Ranged Cone, High DMG(Energy), Foe -Regen, -Res(All)
    There are relatively few -DEF and -RES powers in comparison. Most of your -DEF comes from the Mk-VI Victorias.

    Personally, I think this is why Regen feels gimped in comparison on the higher end iTrials.

    Yep, I remember doing a mission with my sgmate (he was playing his Spines/DA Scrapper and I was on a newly lvl bumped KM/Willpower (or regen forgot which) scrapper).

    The mission had all praetorian clockwork in them...all that -regen killed me so fast it wasn't funny. Killed my friend's scrapper pretty easily too (when he normally doesn't die too much/very fast).
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    The 'funny' thing to do is start up a trial (BAF/Lambda) and get a good league together showing everyone that the league can take out BAF/Lambda with ease....

    Then after a BAF say, "okay who wants to do Keyes?"

    Watch them scatter and say, "g2g"



    I've even seen where I was in a trial (not the leader) and someone mentioned "keyes" and people were like, "no!!! I hate keyes!"

    Sad really
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    Spirit Tree

    POST-ACTION

    I wouldn't mind a buff of some sort for both Spirit Tree and the trap's Triage Beacon power.

    Maybe a small Heal over Time would be nice if you're standing next to the power (in the radius of it) and if you're not next to it, then you just get some +regen instead.
  10. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ketch View Post
    Wyatt is correct. The interface powers won't proc in powers that don't cause damage, meaning Confuse, Mass Hypnosis, and Mass Confusion will all remain aggro free. The reason that reactive is avoided is due to the damage in Mesmerize where it will proc and wake any target you just put to sleep.

    Hmm, strange...I would have thought the Incarnate powers/proc would act like any other proc in the power. Maybe it's been changed since I've played my TA/A

    *goes to test*
  11. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Quinch View Post
    Also, drop Mass Hypnosis over a spawn, and the blasters can just walk in and nuke the whole thing before the mobs get a chance to shoot back.

    Mesmerize, on the other hand, will one-shot mez an archvillain. Need to shut down a shield, hurricane or any other toggle in a hurry? There you go. Plus, it comes with a built-in above-average accuracy.
    Fixed that for you

    I love my Mind/Emp Controller...puts all AVs to sleep (in STF)
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    Burnout

    POST-ACTION

    I didn't think I'd get Burnout on many toons (not enough power choices/slots for them! )...

    With that said, I might just take it on my Mind/Emp. Controller.

    Mass Confuse, Burnout, Mass Confuse

    Ta-da all those adds in iTrials are now on our side

    And the -end/recovery part of Burnout wouldn't be an issue with him because of RA

    Edit: In fact, Burnout would be nice for 'buffers'...2 people could have AB on them at the same time (or 3...my mind/emp can have AB on 2 people for just a few seconds; especially with help of outside rchg boosts).
  13. Energizing_Ion
    From what I understand (and have tested with other similar powers) any debuff proc causes aggro.

    When lvl'ing up my TA/A defender, I had the chance for tohit debuff proc in Flashing (Blinding?) Arrow. It always caused mobs to aggro on to me even though the power itself shouldn't cause aggro.

    I mentioned this once while on a team and a person said, "you have a proc in it?" I did and then took it out next respec and never had an issue again.


    So for my Mind/Emp. Controller; he has 0 interface powers made/crafted because...no point...he was made to put AVs to sleep (for STF/etc)...so...yeah...it kind of stinks

    Edit: Which is somewhat silly because if you use an AoE sleep power (or any sleep power) and then debuff them with powers like Fulcrum Shift, Siphon Speed, etc....they don't 'wake up' from it....something with the proc that makes them aggro on to you.
  14. Energizing_Ion
    Thanks again VK! Some nice info there
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Organica View Post
    It's very very VERY annoying.

    ^

    I agree wholeheartedly!
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    I feel supremely confident in making the following statement:

    Issue 21 will not launch this weekend on live servers.

    What's that you say? A Double XP weekend is planned for after Issue 21 is launched? Oh okay
  17. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Canine View Post
    It's easier than that.

    Antimatter always goes to the NW, then SE, then SW drawdown points to regen.

    Have the tanker/brute/whoever's got aggro move antimatter as close as possible to the appropriate point, and his flight time to the regen point is short enough that you have to get *really* unlucky on the timing of the Obliteration Beam/Time Freeze to be unable to avoid the beam.

    Having someone watch the timers and hit a 'STOP hitting AM, beam coming!' bind 4-5 seconds before the beam's due also helps to make sure people aren't rooted by animations when it comes time to move.
    ...

    Yeah, it's possible. In the runs I've been a part of the tanker (the leader of the league) usually has a few macros set up, one to say "5 seconds until oblit. beam, stop attacking!" and the other, "oblit. beam fire, keep moving around" (paraphrasing).

    He also does the macro of "stop attacking AM" when he gets close to the 75, 50 and 25% HP meter so that we can time his freezes in between oblit. beams.

    Yes, this is much easier with only 12 or 14 or so people instead of 24...but that goes with anything, it's easier to coordinate 8 people than it is 12, and so on and so forth.

    There was a couple of times where when we were going for the Loves a Challenge badge where someone was being disintegrated right when AM froze time....yeah...scary stuff but luckily AM's usually right next to the regen. stations so the freeze time doesn't last long and we were able to save the disintegrating person and get the badge
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    They are a bit better but...still don't particularly care for the new look.
  19. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Xaphan View Post
    ...
    I just want to know who I peeved off that I'm not getting closed beta invites anymore... :|

    Black Pebble...


    I mean, it's always Marketing's fault right?
  20. Energizing_Ion
    Nice!
  21. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SolarSentai View Post
    Just wanted to share an experience related to this.

    I was doing a trial (or maybe it was a task force, my memory can be fuzzy) but long story short, we had a player on the team who was not following instructions, running all over, dying, aggroing - etc etc etc and just not listening to anything that was said in chat.

    After about a half hour of this we finally found out that they were on voice chat with a friend and had all of their in-game chat minimized as to not get distracted.

    I can almost guarantee there were 7 facepalms at that moment.
    haha, wow.... ;facepalm indeed!

    And yes, getting people to follow instructions is a pain.

    Even in Lambdas when I lead one, I say "leave 3 or so portals/doors open so that we can get the extra astral merit." Sure enough...only 1 door ever stays open...and sometimes none...

    The worst part is sometimes by the time I type out "leave 3 or so doors open" that text bubble actually stays up DURING the cutscene...so EVERYONE sees it....still...0 or 1 doors stay open
  22. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Turgenev View Post
    From your posts, I'd say the problem is with the people, not the trial. As others have remarked, once you "know" how it works, it's fairly easy to get through. Badge work IS harder, yes, but it's a bloody knuckle scenario for only two of them. On a non-badge run, with people who know their stuff, my best time so far has been 22 minutes. That's not much longer than a Lambda, and the Lambda isn't much longer than a BAF.

    Have you considered setting up training runs, led by people know either are experienced with the trial mechanics, or honestly just know how to read a Wiki page? I'll be hosting one for Freedom this week in Praetoria (the geography is identical to the trial, including the bunker doors). It's a great way for people to learn the run in a non-panic environment, so they're not slowing everyone down by asking constantly, "OMW WHAT DO I DO NOW WHY AM I HURT OMG OMG OMG".

    If you're on Freedom, watch the forum, that invite will go up probably tonight. It's about time players broke out of their comfort zone. This is your opportunity.
    I haven't read all of the posts here but... ^^^ This so much.


    The Keyes trials I have run with lots of 'new' people before we even queue up I go through step-by-step of what to do. This in and of itself takes about 10 minutes. I, of course, explain what to do in the trial itself but it helps to give an overview of what to do once inside.

    Also, as far as I know, the cutscene is not "start once zoned in"...you have to run/fly to a certain point and then it starts....which I'm guessing most people who zone in first do while waiting for the others...just like BAF.


    The biggest thing about the whole trial is to have 1 person COMMUNICATE what to do/where to go/etc. The one or two times where I was leading it, I was mainly telling people what to do and not actually doing the tasks. I was saying, "done on 1st floor, to the 2nd floor" and "get this terminal here" etc, etc....


    It's sad that people won't do the trial; just did it twice last night with a group of 12 or so people and got the Loves a Challenge badge...once with my mind/emp troller and once with my main (kin/rad def)...that was fun. Healing people, working together, etc...

    BAF and Lambda are 'way too easy' now...especially Lambda. As long as you have a few buffs/debuffs, BAF is easy as well.

    Sorry for any repeat information if others have said what I said already.
  23. Energizing_Ion
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by CarminaGadelica View Post
    Sorry I missed it, but congratulations Ion.

    I am still in need of Keyes badges, but regardless, I would help on any future attempts. Are we going to continue doing this on Sunday nights?

    If people want to, I can help if I'm on

    I know an sgmate (Milk weasel) wants/needs some of the badges but he's having PC issues atm Difoj will be out this weekend (and with double xp weekend this weekend, it may not happen this weekend at least).
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by difoj View Post
    These weekend is Wizard World Chicago, so I might not be around and its also 2xp weekend, so not sure anyone will want to "waste" a few hours of that for a badge. I would

    I just want to say "Thanks" to all that were there last night (I didn't lead the trials, @Wulfrich did)...2 successful runs of Loves a Challenge! It was a great time.

    So...yeah, hate away difoj, EI now has all the badges possible to get at the moment.

    But you bring a good point about this upcoming weekend....well, I'll be open to any attempts for badges in general so...if there is interest I'll help out if I can!
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    Followed by:
    Indestructiblest
    INDESTRUCTIBLE!!!11!!!111!!!
    Needs more exclamation points.