Fleeting Whisper
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Yeah, now that you bring it up, I recall reading Arcana's prediction, but I never kept up with it.
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Now, if you're trying to use satellite where your connection gives you a big fat finger whenever the sky even thinks about raining... that's another story.
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Quote:The self defense pool is called "Super Reflexes".Originally Posted by thgebull0425
So it would seem the consensus is to not take either of these powers, is that the case? If so, why not have a defense pool, instead of fitness and jumping which require other powers to be taken. It is plausible that heroes train themselves in self defense without learning how to be an expert hand to hand combatant, although boxing, kick, combat jumping don't qualify as expert HtH combat. -
Quote:No, I'm making the argument that TA's animation times are a problem: the effects you wish to achieve are generally spread between multiple powers, mean you have to spend more time animating to achieve what you want. The advantage that TA does have is the wide array of debuffs TA has available. I think Radiation Emission is the only one that can really match TA's spread.Originally Posted by MaxLongstreet
Let's see, acid arrow hits one or two guys and Tar Patch has a monster AoE...and provides the 90% slow. So you add in Disruption Arrow you're making a nice argument that two TA powers can almost do the job of one Dark power - nice!
Let me repeat: having to cast two debuffs to have the effect of one from another set isn't an animation time problem. It's a power sucking problem. -
Quote:You're sort of right. The 2-for-1 thing is merely a rule of thumb, not a fact. It's also more accurate starting from 0% of both, rather than adding to some existing value.Originally Posted by Biospark
I am sure the numbers Gurus would prove me wrong on paper, but thats my in-game "gut-feeling" on the strength of "Tough".
It's also true that it's generally easier to get defense; even the resistance inspirations are poor. If I had to guess (and I do), this is mostly an I9-era worry about making it too easy to reach the resistance cap (and instead they made it too easy to reach the defense softcap).
Defense also helps you avoid mezzing effects, but apart from multi-million/billion inf IO builds, the people reaching noticeable levels of defense are the melee ATs or FF characters, who already have mez protection. Additionally, resistance benefits from always functioning, while defense is always a roll of the dice. Even when you're at the softcap, your opponent has a 1 in 20 chance of hitting you regardless, and critters also benefit from the streakbreaker just like we do.
But even aside from all that, I think the biggest divergence between resistance and defense is that only Brutes and Tankers* are capable of getting the same protection via resistance as everyone can via defense.
* Masterminds who combine resistance and the effects of bodyguard mode can reach the 90% protection rate as well, and are even capable of going higher. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Another_Fan
They also have three times the hitpoints making them impossible to remove quickly. In general they are a bad bargain. Op was wrong about the numbers but absolutely correct in the conclusion2.997 times the HP of a lieutenant at lv50, exactly 3 times the XP of a lieutenant. Barring the boss having higher resistance to your damage type than the lieutenant (which isn't a given, especially if we're talking about the 'No Bosses' option which will downgrade a boss into a lieutenant with the same powers as the boss), the boss is actually slightly better XP/time. (Of course, individual critters may have XP modifiers or powers modifying their HP.)Quote:Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
Depends on level. At 50 yes.
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Quote:Local (/l or /local), Team (/g or /team), and Help (/hc) are the only options for trial players.Originally Posted by ElectroHawk
thats if your not on a trial account. They are locked out to some chat channel. I believe they can only use local chat and team chat.
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Quote:well, 'A' starts off the alphabet. As you go through the whole thing, your hand gets a bit tired, and by the time 'd' rolls around, you can't manage a capital any more. it's like this:Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
Why are you capitalizing angels but not demons?
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Whatever the hell you've been having, I want some.
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Quote:It doesn't stop at 00:01, that's just when the hero diffuses the bomb.Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
But it always stops at 00:01. So not even then.
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Quote:Oh, good! I needed some Nerd Froth to craft this recipe!Originally Posted by Decorum
**froths at the mouth in nerdrage!!!!1!**
Psh, Kirk had to sneak in before the test in order to win. Yuki Nagato reprogrammed the game while it was ongoingQuote:Originally Posted by Dark Ether
It's the Kobayashi Maru. You'll have to reprogram the computer to win.
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Quote:Fix'tOriginally Posted by Felderburg
Well, Leonard doesn't have a cloning lab. Protean posing as him funding Fleeting Whisper's villainous efforts has a cloning lab that he wants to steal from Fleeting Whisper.
From in-game canon, Shiva was simply a meteor that broke up and landed in Bloody Bay. And... something in the meteor animated skeletons turning them into goo monsters.Quote:Originally Posted by Felderburg
The invasion could be Shiva, but the wiki description seems to indicate that Shiva itself was destroyed, and the Bloody Bay meteors are remnants. Perhaps a stronger force of life sucking aliens was able to harness the other remnants, along with, eventually, Kheldians?
The question remains: where did Shiva come from, and how exactly is it reanimating the corpses?
Also fix'tQuote:Originally Posted by That_Ninja
The Oncoming Storm:
The Letter Sender(s):
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Quote:Because he got the name from a post AmazingMOO made, where AM called the marketing department a "silent black pebble".Originally Posted by Ironik
Why is he SILENT, for cryin' out loud?
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Quote:Who, Clippy?Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
I imagine that that would be as useful as the Windows Office paperclip assistant thingy. You know, the one that made me want to destroy all paperclips.
R.I.P. We barely knew ye...
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Quote:Ditto. And two damage TOs to sell so that I can afford the posting fee for the insps.Originally Posted by Decorum
I run it every single time on every character. I like entering the city at Level 2 with two big insps to sell in my pocket.
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The only character who I match anything to with levels is a prototype robot who is limited to X% power level in order to protect the city from collateral damage (where X = current level, so it's only at half power by lv50)
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Quote:My first guess would be from the same place that the Menders got theirs from. The I11 trailer has Mender Silos saying there are 11 methods of time travel, and the Pillar of Ice and Flame is just one of them. Considering Silos claims to be from merely 1,000,000 years in the future and the Pillar of Ice and Flame is supposed to be from the end of the universe, Silos would have to have use some other method of time travel to retrieve the Pillar in the first place. Why couldn't the Midnighters do the same?Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
It also poses the question of how the Midnight Squad got their crystal away from Ouroboros, but the main point is that the letter sender will always be able to find you.
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Mind/ Controller?
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Delete the stuff that doesn't sell for much / doesn't sell very fast? That's really the only way to get around running to the store: delete things.
If you have a portable workbench, I suppose you could craft some enhancements to get rid of salvage, but that only gets rid of some salvage and possibly a few recipes, and quickly fills your enhancements tray.
Edit: OV makes a fair point, but you can only email a single item at a time, and you can only have so many emails sent (20? I think?). -
Quote:This is only true if you're below the leader's level. Or more accurately, if you're more than 2 levels below the leader, your level is increased -- why are you complaining? If you're 1 level below the leader or equal to the leader, you're exactly where you were -- why are you complaining? If you're above the leader, you get lowered to the leader's level. I can understand complaining there, but you're also exactly matched to what the task's difficulty is... plus you can get up to 5 more levels' worth of powers that you keep anyway. (Plus you have more slotting opportunities.)Originally Posted by Futurias
I don't really think that the developers have considered deeply entire missions or TFs with a -1 penalty for everyone but the leader can be quite frustrating and 'unfun' to be penalized.
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Hover and Combat Jumping have the same defense bonus. For a Blaster, the value is 1.75% without slotting, or about 2.625% with slotting. For a Defender or Tanker, who have a better Melee_Buff_Def stat, the two powers start at 2.5% and go up to ~3.75%
While it's true that some defense is better than none, starting with none and going up to 2.6% probably isn't worth the power selection and 2 slots (3 enhancements), if you could instead get better damage out of your attacks or a more reliable stun/hold power. A dead or stunned/held opponent does zero damage; 2.6% defense will reduce your incoming damage over the long run, on average, assuming you have good luck by about 5%.
For most characters, slotting Hover/CJ isn't worthwhile. It can be worthwhile, however, if you're already approaching 45% defense, where a small increase translates into a larger increase in survivability. (Going from 40% to 45% defense is like halving your incoming damage. Starting at 0%, you'd need to reach 25% to get the same jump in survivability.)
A Super Reflexes Scrapper can reach the softcap using SOs and Hover, Combat Jumping, Maneuvers, and Weave
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Quote:I was referring to a level 20 mentor with a level 3 sidekick fighting a level 21 boss. The sidekick will have trouble due to lack of powers, much less slots.Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
Actually, the lower level you are the weaker bosses are. Level 1 to 5 bosses barely have more hit points than lieuts. I use a custom AE arc with enemies locked to level 1 for my tanks and defenders to level up in since they are such high exp for so few hp. I strongly recommend it.
But in the 20s bosses have gotten quite tough. -
Gavin, note the date of the earlier post.