Hammerfall

I thought to make this thread so that people could tell their experiences and opinions of gauntlet in team PVP (obviously not useful in duels).

I thought it doesnt really work at all but it does, however the chance of enemy being affected by gauntlet is really small, 10-15% per attack Id say without any particular testing. When enemy is affected the taunt duration seems ok, couple seconds, but does it have any practical use? Imo the gauntlet pvp chance should be upped, whats your opinion? Most of the time the enemies will be jumping around and trying to avoid the tank in any case.

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Problem with /traps is that it is too passive for almost anything other than base defense. In normal circumstances by the time the /traps corruptor has his tools set up the /kin, /dark and /rad corruptors have killed anything that could step onto them and moved to the next spawn.
(On top of that the terms "Dark Misma" and "damage" are mutually exclusive. )

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Imo they should change traps animations and activation so they'd be ranged: such as grenades bouncing around you could throw behind corners, or mines as in movies where you throw them forward and mines set themselves up. Recent references, check for instance Underworld - evolution.

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ne1 want a practise match b4 sunday?

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I'd most certainly be up for it, although propably not tonight, but friday/saturday maybe.

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Slotting up Health and Stamina is generally a good choice, even with QR.


[/ QUOTE ]Stamina, sure, but health? Only if you REALLY have too many slots, and have already 3-slotted fast healing.

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It all stacks and iirc health adds 20%-ish to regen rate so why not?

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Um which scrapper epic hold actually has -recharge?

[/ QUOTE ]Scrappers only have onje epic hold, which doesnt have any additional effect.

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My point exactly. Btw I have respecced since last time, I could fight your regen again, MaX. But like Ive said on several occasions, I shouldnt be able to kill good regens unless they make mistakes with heals or put MoG on.. At best it should be 0-0.

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Also, when are we going to find out who's fighting who?

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when we jump u from behind

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And then we come and finish you both off

The date draws closer, how many teams are we looking at now?

Bleh I didnt read carefully enough, I thought you could put two scrappers into same team etc. Tbh I havent had much fun in pentads so far.

Hmm looking at current powers I also think that little melee attacks wouldnt hurt. I wouldnt lose power bolt though, with my own lvl 50 PVP build im instead thinking of getting power bolt back in next respec. Of the Melee attacks bonesmasher, energy punch, total focus in that order. If youre not taking aid self you should be able to fit them all in nicely, and the damage youll churn out might make you change mind if you dont like melee now

I don't think power burst will ever be good from range. I have thought of it as a closerange attack for a long time, even when I used to have boost range. It is still great attack though


Aid self can be really good when combined with power boost of energy secondary, but Ive always thought it as more of a PVP power. In PvE its not essential.

Snipe is nice but personally I have not had trouble without it.

Leadership buffs arent really worth it imo. Maneuvers especially is too weak. Stealth+SS gives you chance to ghost PVE missions. Def bonuses arent worth it though.

Ill try to be there tonight, but I got early morning tomorrow so can't stay too long.

I'd love to see more beginning players get interested about arena pvp. Do come forward, don't be afraid! Im hoping to be able to offer pointers, discussion and of course practise at any lvl. Beginners can of course practise against each other, with us more experienced people as 'coaches'. I'd love to see that happen

Btw normally we've been on galaxy arena, emerald section.

If someones making a defiant team you can grab Captain Skyfire lvl 50 energy/energy/force blaster, @hammerfall.

If not enough interest I may try to make a coalition team for this but right now I cant be bothered.

From the info I've been told, not really.

Yeah I think repair sucks because its so 'one-shot' power and has too long recharge. A power that'd heal half the amount and be up twice as fast would be much much more useful.

Personally I hate triage beacon conceptually, whether its a good power to use I can't say. Traps has too many powers that don't feel 'traps' enough or evil enough..

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Kinda hard to beat a /regen playing a /sr. Since you are a spiney I'd jump around spamming throw spines and impale. After some shots, your opponent should be noticeable slowed, and so his recharge. Better than web grenade i'd go for the epic hold if you only plan to use it against regens: not only it slows it but can also hold him if you stack enough of them. Also get lucks for duels instead of greens, they are much more useful imo

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Um which scrapper epic hold actually has -recharge? Web grenade is the only one that I know of.. In general I think epic holds are more lacking in secondary effects than their primary/secondary counterparts.

Regens will always be difficult to beat with a non-debuffer character. Only recently with my new build my blaster has managed to beat some but they were so inconsistent with their heals I dont consider that much of an achievement.

I would actually prefer lvl 40 cap, but I can play 50 if you want to. Epics twist some characters too much. Make it that I can fight at any lvl. And I do mean any..

Btw I think Kheldians could be added to the melee section.

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Whatever primary you take, /Dark is the only true secondary.

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If one secondary would be noticeably better than others then the game is flawed.

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so that talk about not being able to kill "anything more than a squishy squishy" a is just bull imo, if you know what your doing you'll be fine.


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Have you tried this with non-superstrength stone tanks?

Ill show up once in a while, when im online. I just have been offline a lot recently, real life business. I havent forgotten this.

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I don't think Arakhn is a Nictus

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Same here.

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If I use those words though, am I actually breaking the EULA?

If I am, that nullifies trashtalk;
If I'm not, can we safely say that non-condemnation/abusive talk is not petitionable?

I've been threatened by petition for saying that certain characers parents didn't marry and that they smell; both reasonable 'trash talk' I would have thought?

For instance, "You fight like a cow" "How appropriate, you dress like a dairy farmer"

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Nice reference, btw. No in those cases I wouldnt petition you. If someone calls someone a f***ing idiot like ive seen then they get petitioned character or no character. Proper in-character 'trash-talk' shouldnt get petitioned. Problem is most players seem incapable to understand the concept of in-character. PVP zones are 12+, we need keep it civil.

Besides getting petitioned is not all that important. What matters is do the moderators act on that. If someone says that they petitioned you, that means exactly zip. If you get contacted by a moderator THEN you know you did something wrong. All we can do is hope and demand that the moderators stay sensible.

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As long as it's directed at the avatar and not the player, then it's fine.

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Just on a point then, If I call your character a self-righteous bovine, would that be petitionable?

Yes or No. (Serious question)

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Even characters have to follow EULA.

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The first base I ever built during beta had the amazing see-thru generators and the glass steps of doom. They are still available to place in your base now. The steps are particularly amusing as if you place them correctly you can make people fall through the floor of the base.

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Did you /bug them?

While I was getting ready to give snappy responses to Bob, I agree that the word "inherent" could have been better chosen.

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Well, if thats true, we all get access to mez protection in the form of acrobatics. Although not great (mag 1) where do we draw the line. Also controllers and defenders can get access to protection and not every kheld has dwarf form.


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just controllers i think, the psi epic for defenders doesnt have a mez protect

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I think the word was "inherent" in the first post of this thread, which I read as "no self-affecting mezprotection power in the primary or secondary powersets of the AT". Epics and pool powers dont count. (and I hardly call acrobatics a mez resistance power anyway)

Discussing this is pointless as allowed ATs were listed in the first post of this thread. That is good enough for me.

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Sorry to ask here, but where can I find a list of Patron Pools for Dominators, including lists of powers and what they do?

Can't seem to find one, yet there's probaly one right underneath my nose.

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I recommend the Prima guide, you should find a link to it somewhere from the COH front page.