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Portals can be taken down reasonably safely as long as you remember to run and then take out the spawns that should have followed you before returning to attack the portal again. Just don't stay in the same area as it and have it spawn 20 mobs - same technique works with the Vampyr Generators in the Striga mish for that matter. but they only spawn individual foes.
Basically
1 attack portal ignoring the spawns until they get as big as you can handle
2 RUN!!! but not too far - you want to get out of the portals aggro range but not lose the spawns you have pulled.
3 Clear the spawns that have followed
4 Pull any remaining spawns
5 Repeat from 1 until portal destroyed.

They are skippable and the demons will give no XP although the portal gives a good amount so if you're low damage feel free to ignore all or some of the 6 (usually) of them.

I was sure the time cards worked for either version EU or US since about 2 years ago - I'm sure I saw a post to that effect some time ago but I'm sure GR will confirm this one way or the other.

Those are mobs of 3 which is correct for solo heroic. Theres just a lot of groups close together. This is the point you learn to pull so you don't get overwhelmed.

You really should see it on a team of 8 on the second top difficulty to get bigger spawns even more so if you've a kheld on the team and so get quants in there adding to the numbers.

and also Crey, Longbow, Arachnos, KoA all of whom use some nasty stuns at high level.

Given that this seems to be hitting three ISPs particularly badly and most others hardly at all it would seem that it is network lag caused by the ISPs or their network suppliers rather than it being the servers.
The lag that most people suffer on ITFs is due to the huge number of mobs visible at once and is specific to that one mission - its possible to reduce it considerably by pulling some back so there are less that the servers need to check.

I think the nearest to this would be via a Paypal account which is set up to take the money from your account via direct debit - there are dangers in that way of setting up paypal however.

The ones from the online store are downloads - you may find some copies in the shops for less though.

I'd agree that is very annoying when you crash in a timed mish - especially when your on the last mob and solo. I'd actually prefer it that the mish didn't reset until you have been offline over 5 minutes.

Hovever if they have to take the servers down for any reason then it would make sense to reset the timer.

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I think a 53 SO has about the same value as a 50+ IO, plus ED makes IOs less valuable where you can 3 slot...

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A 53 SO gives about the same level of enhancement as a lvl 35 IO - a lvl 50 gives about 10% extra

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If there isn't a shotgun temp power in there already, there isn't going to be.


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There is - at least for heroes - I don't think its available for villains. It also has a very small number of shells available - however it is intended for blasting undead.
I'm not sure which mish grants it but iirc there is a section on ParagonWiki listing the temp powers and how to obtain them.

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It would make more sense. I would imagine the OOC reason was the moonbase was going to be accessible at level 20.

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You'd think that just slightly further north would be appropriate after all at some point they will have to do something about the desolation in Baumtoun

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sigh, it's like telling a 1 week baby how to talk around here.
stone melee = IMO hand-to-hand earth fighting
stone melee = IMO not a mace coming from thin air, that belongs in a weapon power set.



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as others have pointed out this is your opinion and if the set had been called Unarmed Stone Melee it would be valid but its wasn't and whether you like it or not melee combat does not preclude the use of weapons but rather it indicates the state and position of the combat - this being that it is a generally frenetic or even chaotic battle usually made up of many one on one fights in the same area and is generally seen as being undertaken at close quarters using whatever weapons happen to be available - whether thats bare hands, bottles, broken chairs or the sword strapped to your waist. It generally doesn't involve missile weapons although it may involve thrown, however under the strict definition of melee it doesn't rule these out either.
one example of its definition from Chamber's dictionarry - "a confused fight between two groups of people"
another from Fowler's dictionary - "Mixed fight, skirmish; lively debate"
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MA and claws are lame, and i don't want to be limited to 2 lame powers, they are also not really fit for a mutant or magician.



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again your opinion but you have put forth no argument to support it. I would be prepared to accept that they do not fit your characters concept however.
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if i like to use earth, let me, but why does every kind of element melee that is interesting has to be spoiled with something not so melee, or even not in place.

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If you don't want to use the weapons available in the powersets then don't - if it suits your characters concept then choose some other power from your secondary or a power pool - or if there is nothing that fits take one and don't use it - just pretend its not there - I mean how many people take boxing but never use it just so they can get access to tough and weave - in your case take it and use it.

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[*]A corruptor? That's a definite possibility. They can't solo very well, though, can they?


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Corrupters should have little difficulty in soloing on pretty much any build - an example - I came out of the Zig on my Ice/Rad and attacked the first mob I came across to check how it performed - this being the point I realize oops these are lvl 6s not lvl 2/3 as I was expecting followed very quickly by ah its ok the Lt is down followed by the rest of the mob. After repeating this on the next mob I decided it was time to raise my rep.
My Dark/Dark has no problem with most mobs at lvl 50 running solo on invincible indeed the only things I have a problem with are mobs with multiple mezzers especially Malta with the Gunslingers and Arachnoid bosses
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[*]A stalker? Assassinating seems to be interesting, but is it enough for 50 levels of playing hide-and-seek?


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never really got into the way of my stalker which is why he's still lvl 11 even though I started him in the pre release but they have had a substantial buff to their chances of criticalling out of hide and so can scrap reasonably well.
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[*]A mastermind? Tempting, especially since this archetype is completely different from anything Heroside has to offer. But aren't they very difficult to play later on? Controlling so many pets, with so many settings, and probably requiring more keybinds than I've got keys on my keyboard?


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Well you said the best reason for trying them - something very different - there are plenty of bind guides posted and in most cases your numpad will be sufficient keys for all that you will need.
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[*]A dominator? One of the last villains I tried was one, but all the time I couldn't decide between control powers or damage powers. What do people actually do with dominators?


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Well I have a selection of these ranging from high control mind/psi (it will get to be an extreme damage build in a few levels though once I get PSW) to an all out aoe damage build fire/thorns with relatively little hard control.
What to I do with them - I DOMINATE of course
They do require more thought on how to play than most other ATs though.
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[*]A brute? But isn't that just a mixture of a situational scrapper and a suboptimal tanker? (Well, I need more training in proper tanking, anyway...)



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My only experience of playing one is my Fire/Fire which isn't built particularly well - tough is about 15-20 levels too late in the build! - very squishy for a brute, which makes it difficult to maintain fury - I'd suggest a different choice of powersets for a first villain but he was a lot of fun in the low and middle levels and can still be at times at higher levels.
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So which Villainside archetype do you think is best suited to experience more (and hopefully most) of City of Villains for the first time?



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I'd suggest a brute or corrupter initially but would recommend trying each AT out - play it a bit, when the novelty wears off play something else for a bit then go back to the earlier characters - they will usually be fun again. Also if you have experience of playing the different ATs you will know better what to expect them to do and understand when you need to adapt your playstyle.
You should find that no matter the AT you pick it should be able to solo easily enough but teaming is much better especially when the team gels well.

Several people have claimed it is difficult to get a team especially in th mid levels but if you get into an active Villain Group - I recommend Dirty Handprints on Union for this - we are now at no 1 in the rankings - I'm sure you will find others will give you their recommendations as well - you should find it no problem.

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Apart from that, if you defeat a God, what the heck is the point of being an Incarnate?

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It seems in the game the terms god and incarnate are pretty much synonyms or is it just some incarnates have chosen to call themselves a god and have collected sufficient worshippers for it to become true - doesn't stop them being beaten to a pulp though. - I can think of at least 6 different incarnates we get to beat into submission including one who is known as a god.

And conveient that it coincides with the game anniversary in May

Well thats still "Rest" - OK the two words "in Peace" come after but...

I'd assume a respec would affect the current build

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Multibuilds will be handy for kelds, and they are also getting buffed (probably with mez protection and a base damage increase).

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Never noticed anything about this buff on the I13 announcements but it should make a difference to my PB, probably not so much for my WS - a damage cap boost on the other hand would be very nice.

They were definitely dropping lvl 50 common IO recipies yesterday in Cap rather than the lvl 30 ones they have in the past. I also got one set one at lvl 49.
As I had just cleared my recipies before the invasion hit they could only have come from it.

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what i would like to see is actual melee attacks, no transformed weapons where i wounder "i didn't ask for a stone hammer power, i want stone melee"
but in order to change it, there needs to be some replacements.



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strange then that you replace several melee attacks and leave the only non melee attack in Fire - i.e. Fire Breath still in your set.

Swords - whether made of Fire, Ice Stone, Grass Steel or anything else are still melee weapons as are axes, clubs, maces, shovels, hammers, knives etc - if you want an unarmed combat set then I'd suggest a MA or Claws scrapper or stalker. Or you could go to town on the power pools and pick up Boxing, Kick and Air Supremacy and don't forget to slot Brawl.
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fire melee:
-fire pillar(replace fire sword)
punch at the feet of the target enemy to make a fire pillar, target enemy and everyone adjusting to the enemy takes dmg.



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So rather than making a melee attack you want to create effectively a very short duration pseudo pet thats now blocking your attacks.
Also in what way will other enemy mobs adjust to your target - are you suggesting your target now taunts them all?, confuse them?, have them flee from it?

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-fire burst(replace fire sword circle)
concentrate your firepower inside your body and burst it out, knocking everyone around you back and takes burning damage overtime.



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fire relies heavily on mobs dying fast for its survival so knocking them back away from your PBAoEs is a very bad idea.

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-dragon fire heard(replace greater fire sword)
for a limited amount of time, your powers are instant recharged and you do 3x more damage.
when this is over, you have no endurance and lose 20% of your health.



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ridiculously overpowered - a much reduced version could replace the already existing build up power - can't remember its name off the top of my head. As you have it you could fire off long recharge powers limited only by their activation times and be able to heal anything that comes in - even if you have just done so.

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ice melee:
-frost hedgehog(replaces ice sword)
punch the ground to create a burst of ice spikes from the ground.



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same comments apply as for the fire version.

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-friezing feats(replacing greater ice sword)
frieze your legs temporary,you can't be knocked back or down and you gain a higher resistant against fire attacks.



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so replace your primary ST damage melee attack with something that is a superior acrobatics combined with some extra DR vs fire - not a good idea.

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stone melee:
-stone spikes(replacement for stone mallet)
punch target enemy, when this hits your fist bursts out stone spikes randomly around you striking stone damage at everyone who is caught in the burst.



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so you want to change a single target melee attack into a short range targetted aoe - isn't this the exact opposite of what you claim you want?

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-earthquake(replacement for heavy stone mallet)
punch the ground with your fist, knocking everyone down around you, this does no damage.



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Earthquake already exists for stoneys and again you are suggesting changing your high damage ST melee attack into a damage mitigation power.

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i don't ask to remove the weapons entirely, we always have the stalker/scrapper
i just don't see why we should have a weapon in a fist melee row.

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You don't - the fist powersets are MA and claws - if you want to box your using the wrong powersets.

Yay,
Now we just need to get those 2 places and get the Cleans up to No 2

Caleb seems familiar here as well - Late 2005 - was probably still leveling Mind at that point.

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Rednames have a tendancy to work late hours. I recall seeing Rockjaw and Bridger make posts at about 8:30/9pm more than once.

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I can recall seeing one or two posted about 2am - or was it even later

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lol have fun fitting that to your mobo, the stock heat sink and fans are hard enough to connect to your mobo without snapping it as it is (stupid push down and twist clips)

Those front 2 look awfully close to the fan :P

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Just mount it before fitting the MB into the case - that way you can apply as much force as you need

Well CustomPC has some reviews in for the 260s and the recomendation there was to have at least 40A available on the rail supplying the GPU although that was for one of the OCed ones.
The other important thing to bear in mind with PSUs is don't buy a cheap one - they generally have poor stability under any sort of load and so a 500W quality PSU will usually outperform an 800W budget one.