EvilGeko
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My knowledge of the LORE of the Hollows is lacking. -
OK, my Fire/Shield's doing great. I felt like a champ after taking down Ghost Widow on first try and so I've started down the Jenkins arc (which I held until I16 to get AVs without going Invincible).
BUT!!! Infernal has insane fire resists!
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I see you built towards, Sm, Le defense bonuses. Consider building instead towards melee, ranged, AoE. Since you're starting from basically nothing with ElA, you might do better going down that route.
So instead of Kinetic Combat, you would switch in sets of Touch of Death. Another great advantage of that set is that your attacks will wind up with a proc and the bonuses are decent given that it's a level 40 sets.
Then I would probably get Rage a full set of Gaussian's SFC for the 2.5% to all positions.
I would get the Blessing of the Zephyr for SuperSpeed and I would get Combat Jumping in there somewhere with the same set.
The AoEs I would give at least five Scirroco's Dervish for the AoE defense boost.
Gloom would get a set of Thunderstrike.
All that should get you into the 20%-30% range for Melee, Ranged, AoE assuming you can actually get that PvP defense IO. -
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* Shield Defense - Shield Charge: Modified this powerÂ’s damage to have it correctly be multiplied by the Scrapper damage modifier. The end result is a large increase in damage to this power.
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Quote:I would argue that you have to go out of your way to have a super-hero/villain who is not physically fit. It's pretty standard in the genre. And Hasten, just represents being very fast at doing what you're doing. Graphics aside, most characters get better at using their powers at they grow.Originally Posted by Eisregen_NA
I dunno. Isn't this kind of down the same train of thought that has almost every character in CoH pick up Stamina and Hasten, no matter whether it fits the concept?
Hasten and the Fitness powers are meta powers and as such don't really need a "concept".
Other than that, I agree with most point made by the Nethergoat. Open skill systems WILL lead to cookie-cutter min-maxing and even the best developer can't change that. MMOs provide too many variables for human beings to ever deal with all the combinations present even in a class based system. It's why when I start a new MMO, I expect nerfs, even brutal ones in the first two years and then ad hoc ones thereafter. -
Quote:It's interesting, but that's not really a bad idea. Take Freedom and distribute them to the lowest three population servers with priority given to avoiding name conflicts, keeping SGs together, etc.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Kill Freedom. Just delete it. This would force players to move from one overused server onto other servers instead.
Don't like that idea?
Then don't offer to kill MY servers, either.
Honestly Bill, normally I think your ideas are the product of a diseased mind, but this is honking brilliant!
On the OP's first point: Yes, we need a bank. With multiple (i.e. more than ten) account-wide slots. -
No, it's not wrong. But it is a symptom of the problem of these hyper-strong, tiny duration buffs.
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Quote:Already been answered, but let me say (in old man voice) that I didn't spend three years fighting for a decent MoG, for you dern kids to skip it for some powerpool. Now get off mah lawn!Originally Posted by Captain-Justice
Hello! just a little background, i'm no expert so this may very well be silly. Im working on the final build for a claws/regen and i'm just speculating.
Anyways, would it be completely out of the question to trade "moment of glory" and "Instant Healing" from the regen secondary, for "Manuevers" and either "Assault" or "Tactics" (i havn't yet decided if i want the extra damage or accuracy yet) from leadership?
The reason i'm thinking about this is I seem to click IH and MoG kind of situationally if im in over my head or something, an could trade that for the buffs from leadership for a more 'toggle an go' approach (kind of willpower-ish) an only have to worry about clickin "Dull pain" and "Reconstruction". Plus it would help out a team.
P.S as i already said im no expert and fairly new, so this suggestion may be completely ignorant. Thanks in advance for your advice an please no flame
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Quote:Eh....exp and inf rain down like manna from heaven as it is. TFs are for the lewtz!Originally Posted by The_Coming_Storm
They will still be +0/+1s and won't give more exp and inf.
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!
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Quote:To be fair, Statesman was doing about 90% of that complaining.Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
Ya know there was a time when this game was all about street sweeping. Perez and even the Hollows were packed and people were complaining there was no motivation to run missions. Now, we have content out the backside and only get half-debt in missions and now the complaint is that the servers "LOOK" empty. There's just no pleasing everyone.
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Quote:Not to anyone in particular, quoting you because it's germane to your comment:Originally Posted by LordXenite
Then again, I guess that as a kid I was conditioned not to enjoy things that came too easy, so you may be on to something here.
If you find playing Scrappers easy, then you're not trying very hard.
Scrappers are powerful and playing the game normally is very easy. Which is why many Scrappers don't play the game normally. Post-I16, challenge is there for the taking. Pre-I16, there was always fillers!
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Quote:1) OK don't make them wait. Nothing saying you have to pick the power RIGHT NAO!Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
- If I'm on a team, I don't want to make them wait for me. Everyone else can just snag the next power. My choice is to make them wait, miss a chunk of the mission, or not respec 'til I'm off the team.
- Related, if I'm on a timed mission, I'm either wasting time or not respeccing.
- If I'm not sure yet which branch I want, I still must choose now.
- If I want to play a Huntsman or Blood Widow and not dip into the branch powers just yet - being happy with how I'm built so far - I still have to start from square one instead of just continuing with my build.
- Personally, the forced respec, *to me,* leads to the feeling of "OK, what about the 23 levels I just played - were they wasted?" (one of the things it's "too late to change" - I'd see the branching happen earlier.)
2) OK, finish your mission first.
3) Umm... you know this is coming. Pick a side sir, we're at war!
4) Just build what you built before and pick another power.
4) Sounds like a personal problem; I suggest therapy and giving up Kheldians!
Good change.Quote:I hesitate to call this an "easy" change, as I don't know what would be involved in removing the forced aspect of the 24 respec from the level at that point. What I'd like to see, instead, is mention when you get to the trainer:
You have progressed to an important point in your career. You are now allowed to choose the path you wish to take, Soldier/Widow. Continue as you are, become one with the Banes/Night Widows or join the ranks of the Crab spiders/Fortunatas. You have been awarded a respec to assist you in starting your new path.
Really you can do all those things now, you don't have to respec right that second. I waited a couple of days on my soldier. And played him to boot!Quote:This would allow a few things:
- If the team's rolling along, I've got a timed mission, etc. I can put off the respec for later - or just do it right now if I want.
- if I like my "normal" soldier, I can just progress along with him or her as they are right now.
- It's not forced right now, giving me time to decide if I haven't yet.
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I'm running +1/x8 for my Fire/SD. Haven't logged into my other Scrappers yet.
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What possible story justification could there be for Architect Tickets dropping from say...the Hamidon?
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Electric is still a bit squishy, but it's an OK set now. It's about where Fire Aura is. Fire has a bit less protection and lesser endurance tools, but a much better heal.
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Quote:This. It appears that the devs have finally decided to stop presenting evil as equaling drab, dirty and depressing. Going Rogue appears to finally really explore morality and I for one cannot wait.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think we should ignore almost everything we know about the Praetorians from the old arcs we have right now - they show their world as rather beat up and run down, but the new version seems to be making everything look "perfect" on the outside.
Apart from Tyrant's throneroom, there are no unique Praetorian maps - so the current vibe Praetoria gives off is of an identical world to our one, but with villains as the main force instead of heroes - and that's increased by the use of normal Paragon citizens for Mother Mayhem's follows, and reskinned clockwork and so on - which works fine for the current concept of Praetoria.
But now it seems like the devs have decided to give Praetoria a totally new look and feel - they even mentioned that they've been working out what events from real history would have been changed or even never happened in the Praetorian timeline - so rather than just making everything a mirror, with the only noticable difference being heroes as villains, they look like they're going for a deeper and more complex alternative Earth idea. -
I would only be for this, if it were added at 6th slot IO set bonuses to powers that follow the mez. That would have some nice flavor at least. So for example, Holds would get 3 points of hold protection if you get to the six slot bonus. Sleeps would get 3 points, Disorients 3 points, etc. That seems fair and wouldn't totally trivialize mezzing in the game. Most squishies have one or more forms of mezz so they could wind up with protection from a couple of effects.
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Quote:You forgot codicil #34 of the contract. Since I was simply agreeing to someone else, you are not required to disagree with me in total. Only to identify something for us to argue about. So you should have said, something like make it Fire/Cold/Energy bonuses or something like that and I could have disagreed and said it should be Smashing/Lethal/Toxic.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
I disagree. Solely because EvilGeko posted it, and I am obligated under contract to do so. I therefore suggest they have range increases and intangibility increases amended to the set in the same location. Nothing gives an intangibility bonus, as far as I recall.
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Quote:My main on Everquest 2 is a small, cute, gnome druid who is female. I have an extremely deep definitely male voice (I can do a passable Darth Vader). I do not speak over voice chat ever. It's even jarring for me!Originally Posted by zachary_EU
You may teamed with cute girl and call to her with voice chat. Then rough and deep male voice answers It ruins everything.
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Quote:This.Originally Posted by MunkiLord
Yeah but someone will always complain about any change. They will get over it. I suggest replacing it with resistance bonuses. We don't have enough of those.
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Quote:Twas' no argument. Simply a recitation of the chicanery of the Tankers and the valorous deeds of the Scrappers.Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja
I just found it odd that the Scrappers and Tankers were arguing with each other...
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I'm sad to say, my BS/Regen doesn't make my heart flutter since I created my Fire/Shield.
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Quote:Again, plain proof of what I've said. Scrappers are going after whoever, as is just for a game like this, while the Tankers stand back and make us look the villain.Originally Posted by Impish Kat
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Once I saw the lengths the scheming scrappers were willing to go to, I had only one choice if I was to keep the tanks alive... stand my ground against them. Which is exactly what I did.
Dastardly.
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Good job lads, Tankers are under 50, let's try to keep them there!
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Quote:Let's parse this out. You said I took only one point. You said nothing of your deceitful and cowardly Tanker brethren who....Originally Posted by Impish Kat
In the two days that I have played the game, I only took one point from the defenders (and only to balance the points Red Val was taking from us).
stood by to force Scrappers to make the kill shot. Surely the Defenders, if no one else, understand the value of mercy. When you have Scrappers in the fray and Tankers slowly undermining them, it was just to end misery where we saw it.Quote:The kill shot to defenders was sorrowfully inevitable, but I refused to take it, even when my other tank brethren would have encouraged it.
I stand by my statements. Scrappers, of course, kill all that we see. Our best efforts to mount a strategy failed, as Scrappers just kill, teams be darned.Quote:The proof of the scrappers scheming has already been presented. The defenders will surely see through your lies, EVIL Geko.
While the insidious Tankers plotted to smite their former rivals, the Defenders, then blame it on the Scrappers.