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(e.g. you can't really use nova solo).

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I would definitely dispute this most of the time I solo its in nova form and it is my preferred form for taking down voids - the knockback in it helps greatly with survivability as does being out of melee range although it can be a slight problem in teams that aren't prepared for it but at least you are doing sufficient damage with it that those that are knocked clear of the tanks gauntlet and not actively taunted are probably on red health and coming after you and not the other squishies anyway so your second aoe will probably take them out en masse. Positioning can avoid this happening in many circumstances in any event.

Personally I use a tri form with heavily slotted nova and dwarf - leaves human form fairly weak though except for a very few key powers but can easily fill in for a blaster or tank and quickly switch between them if necessary. I get the impression though that the majority of PBs at higher levels are Human/Dwarf followed by Human only which are certainly a lot easier to slot.
My shade otoh is human form and one thing you really must do in this case is to check out the team makeup as it has a big impact on how you play

Personally I find the best mezz protection comes from having a couple of 'trollers nearby - even a single one will work most of the time and with 2 I'm almost never mezzed with my 'shade

OK Von I've got the server up and running again and set up a few basic channels. Give me a shout and I'll let you know the IP. You can post it up as MOTD but I'd rather it not appear on a public website. Its currently set up for 50 users but the non commercial licence allows up to 100 if we need them.

Need someone to report back that it is accessible anyway - I think I've got the router set up to port forward correctly.

Don't you mean Audrey

Have used both TS and Vent and have the clients for both running, personally I would say Vent is by far the superior client, however all the Vent server licensing deals are paid ones, whilst TS does allow certain server usage on free packages. I've been meaning to try a reinstall of the TS2 server software on my PC for some time - seeing as I can't remember the superadmin password and need to dig out my public IP address.

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And what do you plan to take agro with? No taunt? I presume as this is in the PvP and Arena section you mean for PvP/arena? Stick to tanking with a tank imo

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I guess a fire/kin could probably make a reasonable stab at it in pve but in pvp you would need provoke ( and a lot of BFs/purple/orange/green pills) - or I guess empathy as until you drop its going to be very hard to take the others down, having said that I did end up tanking Bobcat on my Mind troller at one point lol - she was 4 levels below me however.

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The Strategy - Before going, team people are spammed with Clarity, Clear Mind and Inertial Reduction.


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Do you not mean Increased Density rather than Inertial Reduction.

Actually do the mitos/hami now ignore taunts - if not I don't see why the obvious wouldn't work - 3 or 4 tanks/brutes (or anyone with provoke for that matter) fill all their insp slots with EoEs and taunt the mitos whilst everyone else just hits hami ignoring the mitos. I'm sure there must be a flaw in this - its just too obvious but EoEs are supposed to give 1 minutes protection from mitos and hami.

some of us can remember the days before Crinkley Bottom

I can see GW being a nightmare to take down.

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pretty much the only way you can be taken down is to take out all your pets at once, leaving you vulnerable. Blasters/Corruptors using their Nova powers on a suicide mission against you is probably the thing that you most need to guard against, in my experience.

I love PvP, me!!

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I think tp foe is the more common way and confuse on the MM should prove extremely funny as all his bodyguards turn on him.

Nope, your base is all on one level as is everyone else's - but that doesn't mean its the same level - in any event you still want a floor and probably a ceiling as well, although I believe there may be one or two in Overbrook currently lacking the latter - not many flashing lights and impressive noises available in them though.

Hope you can fly then. You'll also need another alarm to signal if the base is affected by some -fly power.

Shouldn't it also sound in the Hero base 3 floors up?

Don't they need to be associated with a display which seems to be counting down and will trigger loud klaxons throughout the entire base at some point.

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According to Sherksilver's Hero Builder, it lasts 30 seconds. Not sure how accurate that is though.

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I wish

Lasts only a few seconds - usualy long enough to fire off two powers, maybe 3 if their fast activating.

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Overall, and trying to resume, for pvp go for pure resistance, becoz it cannot be negated just eating yellows or pressing aim/BU...



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Actually as Aim/BU boosts damage this does reduce or negate it as will eating Reds.

GB Boomers are likely to be nasty - boss level sonics, the Council also has sonics but they are only minions so probably wont last long enough to be a major threat unless you ignore them.

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Basically, if you hit enough mobs you will see your endurance snap back to 100% in a blink regardless which powers you spam (and health will regenerate fast, especially if you slot two heal SOs like me).

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fast to put it mildly - used it before with about 12 longbow wailing on me my health dropped to about 80% and didn't shift from there - only problem is when it runs out you faceplant instantly with that much aggro on you.

Can't really say I've noticed any problem with end on my mind/storm. Psy tornado used to be a great high damage power but without containment it falls considerably below terrify for damage (it used to be comparable), although it does at least recharge faster. its also one of the few powers I've had that was affected by ED and I've still not respecced her so think its either 5 or 6 slotted for damage still, stamina incidently being the other one.

Need Eden on my troller Mind of Gaia primarily but my PB could use it as well.

targetting drone, tactics, yellows and goggles all give +perc. Other powers give -stealth so plenty of ways to get there.

To-Hit & Defence Debuff/Acc available for trade - most things considered.

Can be very good, lots of control, lots of tohit debuffs, one of the biggest heals in the game, mass rez, - regen debuffs, +psi resist for the team and a pet that does most of the same.
Relatively low damage but tends to be very safe soloer - even on relentless

There's also a notmyteam parameter that can be added to the target commands which should stop team members targetting my shade when looking for Quantums, Voids, Cysts (QVC maybe I should call that shopping for them)

As long as someone stays in the mish and the mish owner doesn't relog and enter a different mish on the same toon you are fine. If the mish owner reenters whilst not on team you will usually be on same mish but I have had it on a different instance as well so you could (in theory at least) have the entire server population on the one mish - not that the server would handle the load.