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  1. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MunkiLord View Post
    In Dallas we typically get about four weeks of winter. Two at some point in December or January, and two more in February. I don't care for the ice, but at least our winter is happening when the Steelers and Packers are in town. I know it's cold where they play football, but everything shuts down here when it gets like this(and its all ice, no real snow). So at least since I have to watch them play a Super Bowl in my hometown, I'm glad it will be a pain in the ***.

    That and with the roads being so bad, maybe all the women will be safe from Ben Roethlisberger.

    Was down in San Antonio for a while and got pulled over by a cop one evening.

    Him: "Don't you know this road's closed?"
    Me: "HUH?"
    Him: "Closed due to snow and ice!"
    *Look out at few stray drifts in a confused state as I hand him my license*
    Him: "Oh...A Chicago boy..."

    Then he explained the lack of anything even remotely resembling what I'd recognize as road clearing equipment down there. I then promised to drive safe and continued on my way.
  2. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum View Post
    so, what you're telling us is your car looks something like this?
    Most of the cars around Chicago look more like this right now.


















    Note: Image #4 are cars that were actually ABANDONED on Lake Shore Drive.

    As far as I know, this hasn't happened in living memory.

    Chicago got 20.9 inches (about half a foot shy of the record, but the storm was MUCH more severe (wind gusts up around 67 mph).
    They actually found people frozen to death...Some after getting their cars stranded less than a mile from home.

  3. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MunkiLord View Post
    I bit extreme. But I agree with the point you're trying to make.

    And for you idiots out there, he is not literally calling for violence.
    Well, maybe a small humiliation conga-line at least.

  4. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    I'm supporting the team, I run maneuvers and tactics and assault and keep FFG summoned. I'm also spamming debuffs and holds and AOE damage.

    Look, my first 50 was a bubbler. I wasted an enormous amount of time getting to 50, safely but sloooooowly. When my trapper hit mid-30s I realized that the bubbler had been eclipsed in every way. Well, except knockback powers.

    If you've got a mature bubbler you enjoy playing that's great but why anyone would suggest someone roll a new one is beyond me.
    Because playing a 'fender is about more than just "me me me me me".
  5. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex View Post
    Pretty sure s/he meant for teammates. Both Traps and FF give excellent foundations for ridiculous personal defense potential. I have to admit it does kind of chap my hide that Traps has better personal defense at less endurance cost than the set that specialises in such things, but so it goes. Maybe one day FF will get the defense debuff resistance it deserves.

    Ah! Okay.

    Was a bit...nonplussed when I first read it.

    And A-FREAKIN'-MEN to the DDR.
  6. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by The_Alt_oholic View Post
    Anyone less out there consider that all or most of their characters aren't "gods"?

    And/or that they shouldn't become "gods" due to character conception?
    Okay, my FF 'fender is/was a demi-deity/incarnate by concept already.

    My main tank, OTOH, is just gods-awful tough.

    My corrupter is just a campy-evil practitioner of the dark arts.

    My alt tank is a "failed" testbed for the experiment that eventually produced Terra (the DE villain).

    My scrapper is just some loonie off his meds who runs around kicking people's

    My PB is basically an ill-tempered old-man Marine who happens to be bonded to an alien.

    My WS is essentially bonded to one of the offspring of the Master nictus from the ITF.

    My primary blaster is a pseudomagical experiment conducted by Crey to see if they could trap/incarnate (as in give a body to, not the Incarnate system) a fire elemental in an engineered metahuman body.

    My SoA is just a human loose canon (think the Arachnos version of Boba Fett).

    My Widow is more or less a cousin of Becky the Tarantula Mistress (and has about the same outlook on life).

    Almost none of my characters are, by concept, gods or godlike. They tend to be extremely powerful (and are seeking ways to become moreso).

    About the only one NOT seeking this is my original MM. He's staying at L10, pretty much forever. Basically he's a homage to a certain Springfield entrepreneur who's very involved with our nation's energy policy.
  7. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arondell View Post
    I think the point is that Traps defenders can't get close to the defense softcap.
    Uhm.

    WHAT?!?!?

    Not to call you mistaken or anything BUT...

    Please peruse the build below and tell me the problems with it (other than price, even then, most of the sets used to build it are dirt cheap).


    Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.91
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    Click this DataLink to open the build!

    Level 50 Magic Defender
    Primary Power Set: Traps
    Secondary Power Set: Archery
    Power Pool: Fighting
    Power Pool: Flight
    Power Pool: Leadership

    Hero Profile:
    Level 1: Web Grenade
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Snap Shot
    • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
    • (3) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (3) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (5) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (5) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (7) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
    Level 2: Caltrops
    • (A) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
    • (7) Detonation - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (11) Detonation - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (11) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (13) Detonation - Damage/Endurance/Range: Level 50
    Level 4: Triage Beacon
    • (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge: Level 50
    • (13) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
    • (15) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge: Level 50
    • (15) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
    Level 6: Acid Mortar
    • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
    • (17) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (17) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (19) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (19) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (21) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
    Level 8: Force Field Generator
    • (A) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
    • (9) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
    • (9) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
    Level 10: Aimed Shot
    • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
    • (21) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (23) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (23) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (25) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (25) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
    Level 12: Poison Trap
    • (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold: Level 50
    • (27) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold: Level 50
    • (27) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold: Level 50
    • (29) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold: Level 50
    • (29) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold: Level 50
    Level 14: Fistful of Arrows
    • (A) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
    Level 16: Blazing Arrow
    • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
    • (31) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (33) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (33) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (33) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (34) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
    Level 18: Seeker Drones
    • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
    • (34) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (34) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (36) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (36) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (36) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
    Level 20: Aim
    • (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff: Level 50
    • (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 50
    • (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance: Level 50
    • (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance: Level 50
    • (50) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance: Level 50
    • (50) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up: Level 50
    Level 22: Explosive Arrow
    • (A) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
    • (37) Detonation - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (37) Detonation - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (37) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (39) Detonation - Damage/Endurance/Range: Level 50
    Level 24: Boxing
    • (A) Empty
    Level 26: Trip Mine
    • (A) Eradication - Damage: Level 30
    • (39) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
    • (39) Eradication - Damage/Recharge: Level 30
    • (40) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 30
    • (40) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
    • (40) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage: Level 30
    Level 28: Tough
    • (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%: Level 30
    Level 30: Weave
    • (A) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
    • (31) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
    • (31) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
    Level 32: Time Bomb
    • (A) Eradication - Damage: Level 30
    • (42) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
    • (42) Eradication - Damage/Recharge: Level 30
    • (42) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 30
    • (43) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
    • (43) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage: Level 30
    Level 35: Stunning Shot
    • (A) Empty
    Level 38: Rain of Arrows
    • (A) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
    • (43) Detonation - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (45) Detonation - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
    • (45) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
    • (45) Detonation - Damage/Endurance/Range: Level 50
    Level 41: Hover
    • (A) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
    • (46) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
    Level 44: Maneuvers
    • (A) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
    • (46) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
    • (46) Defense Buff IO: Level 50
    Level 47: [Empty]
    Level 49: [Empty]
    ------------
    Level 1: Brawl
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Sprint
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Rest
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Vigilance
    Level 4: Ninja Run
    Level 2: Swift
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Hurdle
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Health
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Stamina
    • (A) Endurance Modification IO: Level 50
    • (50) Endurance Modification IO: Level 50
    ------------
    Set Bonus Totals:
    • 5.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
    • 5.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
    • 5.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
    • 5.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
    • 5.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
    • 5.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
    • 5.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
    • 5.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
    • 4.25% Defense(Smashing)
    • 4.25% Defense(Lethal)
    • 11.44% Defense(Fire)
    • 11.44% Defense(Cold)
    • 28% Defense(Energy)
    • 28% Defense(Negative)
    • 3% Defense(Psionic)
    • 5.5% Defense(Melee)
    • 24.88% Defense(Ranged)
    • 19.88% Defense(AoE)
    • 3.6% Max End
    • 2.5% Enhancement(Held)
    • 35% Enhancement(Accuracy)
    • 25% FlySpeed
    • 64.86 HP (6.377%) HitPoints
    • 25% JumpHeight
    • 25% JumpSpeed
    • MezResist(Held) 2.2%
    • MezResist(Sleep) 4.95%
    • MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
    • 12.5% (0.209 End/sec) Recovery
    • 12% (0.51 HP/sec) Regeneration
    • 5.625% Resistance(Energy)
    • 25% RunSpeed
    • 7% XPDebtProtection

    ------------
    Set Bonuses:
    Thunderstrike
    (Snap Shot)
    • 2% (0.033 End/sec) Recovery
    • 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)
    • 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
    • 4% RunSpeed, 4% FlySpeed, 4% JumpSpeed, 4% JumpHeight
    • 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative)
    Detonation
    (Caltrops)
    • MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%
    • 1.875% Resistance(Energy)
    • 1% XPDebtProtection
    • 1.875% Defense(AoE), 0.938% Defense(Fire), 0.938% Defense(Cold)
    Numina's Convalescence
    (Triage Beacon)
    • 12% (0.51 HP/sec) Regeneration
    Doctored Wounds
    (Triage Beacon)
    • MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
    Thunderstrike
    (Acid Mortar)
    • 2% (0.033 End/sec) Recovery
    • 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)
    • 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
    • 4% RunSpeed, 4% FlySpeed, 4% JumpSpeed, 4% JumpHeight
    • 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative)
    Thunderstrike
    (Aimed Shot)
    • 2% (0.033 End/sec) Recovery
    • 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)
    • 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
    • 4% RunSpeed, 4% FlySpeed, 4% JumpSpeed, 4% JumpHeight
    • 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative)
    Lockdown
    (Poison Trap)
    • 3% DamageBuff(All)
    • 2.5% Enhancement(Held)
    • MezResist(Held) 2.2%
    • 2.5% Defense(AoE), 1.25% Defense(Fire), 1.25% Defense(Cold)
    Thunderstrike
    (Blazing Arrow)
    • 2% (0.033 End/sec) Recovery
    • 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)
    • 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
    • 4% RunSpeed, 4% FlySpeed, 4% JumpSpeed, 4% JumpHeight
    • 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative)
    Thunderstrike
    (Seeker Drones)
    • 2% (0.033 End/sec) Recovery
    • 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)
    • 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
    • 4% RunSpeed, 4% FlySpeed, 4% JumpSpeed, 4% JumpHeight
    • 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative)
    Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control
    (Aim)
    • 5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed
    • 19.08 HP (1.876%) HitPoints
    • 2.5% (0.042 End/sec) Recovery
    • 2.5% DamageBuff(All)
    • 2.5% Defense(Melee), 1.25% Defense(Lethal), 1.25% Defense(Smashing), 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative), 2.5% Defense(AoE), 1.25% Defense(Fire), 1.25% Defense(Cold) (Exceeded 5 Bonus Cap)
    Detonation
    (Explosive Arrow)
    • MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%
    • 1.875% Resistance(Energy)
    • 1% XPDebtProtection
    • 1.875% Defense(AoE), 0.938% Defense(Fire), 0.938% Defense(Cold)
    Eradication
    (Trip Mine)
    • 1.8% Max End
    • 3.125% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.563% Defense(Ranged)
    • 22.89 HP (2.251%) HitPoints
    • 2% XPDebtProtection
    • 3.125% Defense(AoE), 1.563% Defense(Fire), 1.563% Defense(Cold)
    Steadfast Protection
    (Tough)
    • 3% Defense(Smashing,Lethal,Fire,Cold,Energy,Negative, Psionic,Melee,Ranged,AoE)
    Eradication
    (Time Bomb)
    • 1.8% Max End
    • 3.125% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.563% Defense(Ranged)
    • 22.89 HP (2.251%) HitPoints
    • 2% XPDebtProtection
    • 3.125% Defense(AoE), 1.563% Defense(Fire), 1.563% Defense(Cold)
    Detonation
    (Rain of Arrows)
    • MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%
    • 1.875% Resistance(Energy)
    • 1% XPDebtProtection
    • 1.875% Defense(AoE), 0.938% Defense(Fire), 0.938% Defense(Cold)




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  8. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fifty- View Post
    I'm sorry, but if you joined my team I would tell you to not attack... And if you did I would kick you... Knockback is awful, knockdown or knockup is acceptable.

    Sorry, but if you can't deal with a bit of KB, then it's a lrn2play moment for you.

    KB (and KD) are forms of soft control (people on their backs or flying through the air don't exactly have time to attack).

    Yes, it can be inconvenient for certain types of builds that RELY on having lots of enemies in range (Inv/Dark/etc tanks, scrappers and brutes for instance).

    And kicking someone simply for NOT ignoring half their build is STUPID.

    Let me repeat that for emphasis.

    IT IS STUPID!

    If you'd rather fail a TF and waste people's time than deal with a bit of KB, then please PM me your global so I know NEVER to team with you.
  9. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by WittyLibrarian View Post
    So I needs to get a new computer, and since I got an A+ cert I figure I ought to put it to use by building my own box.
    I should hope so.

    Quote:
    Problem is, I'd like to make it as CoH friendly as possible. I know to make it high-end performance as possible - max out the RAM, best available graphix card - but the specifics elude me.
    The CoH client itself will only use about 1.5GB of RAM before becoming flaky and unstable (legacy 32-bit Windows app issues).

    Quote:
    I figure AMD cpu and motherboard make the most sense (AMD is better for gaming), but what's the minimum model and the optimal model to compare for purchasing?
    Not sure who told you this. AMD is CHEAPER for gaming. But Intel's still the leader in pure performance on a per-core basis.

    Quote:
    I keep forgetting which graphics card is best: there's about ten-fifteen different ones out there, even by the same maker, so I am confused there.
    The nVidia Geforce GTX 580 is THE fastest single-card solution available.
    Unfortunately it's also $500+

    AMD has some nice Radeon cards that are slightly less performance-wise, but infinitely more affordable.

    If you're okay with the Radeon lines (and some people aren't), go ahead. Honestly, I'm an nVidiot. I'll stick with them.

    Quote:
    One last question: does CoH/CoV/Going Rogue play on Linux (esp. the freeware versions)? I'm being cheap here, I'd like to avoid Windows as much as possible...
    Look at the technical forums for how to get CoH set up in Linux and what you'll be giving up.

    Don't simply be a platform bigot though. Wintendo has it's uses. And it's the #1 PC gaming platform for a reason.

    If you want to go cheap, buy an OEM license of Windows 7 x64. Much cheaper than the retail, at the cost of being locked to the machine.
  10. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Madamme Mayhem View Post
    So i really want an FF corr because they do more dmg etc but sadly we dont get ff on corrs so its defender time, yet i am stumped as to what blast power to choose....i was thinking either dark, energy, or psychic......but not too sure really. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
    I have a nice FF/Archery defender. She's positionally softcapped for ranged and AoE, with decent melee (and godlike En/Neg defense).

    She's not THE most damaging Offender out there, but she gives Grade A *KABOOM* (Explosive Arrow, Repulsion Bomb, Thunder Strike).

    If I could log into the game right now (yet another *Unable to patch* error and the update sever is running a whopping 56K right now.....), I'd get you the build.
  11. Hyperstrike
    We ate their livers with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

    *FFFFFFFFFP!*

  12. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Crazy1van View Post
    You called the person who came up with the /market vet reward an "idiot". If that is your idea of thought out and very intentional phraseology, it is clear you are not here to discuss anything, merely to insult and complain.

    Good luck getting what you want.

    No.
    The person who came up with the /market command is someone who needs to get a damn pay raise.

    The person who actually allowed it to be implemented needs a pay raise and a vacation.

    The person who decided to make it a SEVEN YEAR VET AWARD (so that only ~50 people in the whole *BLEEP!* game can actually USE this highly useful QOL improvement and due to current dev mentality removes the possibility of it ever being offered to people with less than 7 years of play time in another form) needs to have their ******* brains beaten out with a rock.

    This is just my opinion. So you're not required to LIKE it, if that makes you feel any better.
  13. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Katie V View Post
    I hope you're being sarcastic here, because my stone tank didn't take Teleport until level 49. Instead, I used a variety of runspeed IOs to increase my mobility.
    So you're trying to tell us that we don't need to take it...by telling us that you took it anyhow?

    Oh sweet irony!
  14. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ROBOKiTTY View Post
    WTF anecdote time. I assembled a team with friends to do STF, and we finished in 48 minutes with three deaths without a tanker. Meanwhile, another team that was forming before we had started was still one short twenty minutes after we finished.

    On Virtue, the boat in Independence Port has been as crowded as full raid zones, with horrible lag and people/pets blocking mission entrances. Sometimes there'd be Ouro portals dropped on mission doors, making it impossible to enter. I'm not sure if it was griefers or just people being slow.

    Do you want the NICE answer or the HONEST one?

    WARNING! NOBODY...EVER wants the HONEST answer. And if they tell you they do, they're STILL expecting the NICE one!
  15. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum View Post
    Also Army here, also use that quote... way too often.

    I think my odometer's rolled over a few times.

    Actually it's not years or mileage. It's actually a weird function of YEARS x MILEAGE = BEAT-TO-CRAP.

    Dreading how I'm going to feel in another 30 years...

    Hyper! Hyper!

    OW! What?

    Your arm fell off!

    Just pick it up and put it on ice. I'll have it sewn back on later like the other one.

    What other one?

    *THUMP!*
  16. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Avatea View Post
    Our commitment to content keeps coming: the Issue 19: Strike Pack update is now LIVE! This update brings players ever-closer to tapping the power of their inner Incarnate with two major new features: the Weekly Strike Target, and the Rare and Very Rare Alpha Slot Abilities!

    Every Tuesday, we will announce a new Task Force and Strike Force, or a co-op Task Force, as the weekly Strike Target. Completing the weekly Strike Target will reward a one-time gift of double merits and a bonus to XP. While these bonuses are only rewarded once-a-week, completing the weekly Strike Target multiple times will earn progress towards three new badges for helping other teams.

    Completing the weekly Strike Target with a character who has their Alpha Slot unlocked will receive a once-per-week Rare “Notice of the Well” Incarnate Component, which can be used to craft Rare Incarnate abilities. Combining multiple “Notice of the Well” Components with Incarnate Shards will yield the “Favor of the Well,” which can in turn craft Very Rare Incarnate abilities. Some of these Rare and Very Rare Incarnate abilities can even trigger a Level Shift.

    Look for the Weekly Strike Target to be announced every Tuesday on the NCsoft launcher and on the City of Heroes forums. For more information about the Issue 19 Strike Pack, visit the Issue 19 Overview Page!

    Please note, there is currently an issue related to the Rare and Ultra Rare Alpha slots. More details in the Technical Issues & Bugs forums.
    Okay, one small, but VERY important gripe.

    NO NOTICE OF THE STIKE TARGET ON THE LAUNCHER!
    Are we supposed to simply comb through the forums every day looking for the correct thread?
    It COULD go in the MOTD. WHOOPS! /gmotd doesn't work right now EITHER!

    Sorry to harsh on you here Av. Just VERY irritating.
  17. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by gameboy1234 View Post
    This is frankly a solution I use as well. The only issue is that I don't think you can craft anywhere nearby at KR. I just use Steel if I'm going to be crafting. Usually not too bad. Stay away from AP, it's a zoo.
    While technically it's zoning, if you have an SG base, you're mere steps from a crafting station.
  18. Hyperstrike
    And the blizzard got me!

    Missed Tanker Tuesday today!

    Got home in plenty of time, but took some painkillers and laid down a bit to relax (the pressure drops from things like this aggravate the arthritis in my knees, back shoulder and hands).

    Next thing I know, it's 4 hours later.

    Grrrr!

    And what's someone my age doing with arthritis?

    As Indy said. It's not the years, it's the mileage.

    • Blew the knees out weightlifting in HS (and about 5 years overdue for some arthroscopic surgery)
    • A series of rather unfortunate slip-and-falls in similar weather. Oh yes, and flights of concrete stairs were involved. It's amazing my spine's still straight.
    • Broke my shoulder in the Army (technically while on leave) in a slip and fall (again) in two places.
    • Years of random damage to my hands in fights, and one SPECTACULAR spiral fracture of my left thumb that actually put me out of work for 3 months (working a hospital at the time and casts are an infection hazard).
  19. Hyperstrike

    Batman Arrested!

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Super Flu View Post
    Ummm. Are you telling me some dude named Peter Parker actually played Spiderman aka Peter Parker and got arresterd in KY?
    No. They're just the names coming up on the police blotter. They're not necessarily the comic book characters (Steve Rogers or Peter Parker) or the actors (Adam West, George Reeves) who have been arrested. Just people with the same names or giving them as aliases.
  20. Hyperstrike
    I'm not big on power suppression in the markets. And I hate the fact that Praetoria's ONLY market locations are blighted with it like poison.

    Yes, I understand that people spamming powers in the market are annoying as hell. And I'm not big on that either.

    However, on a scale of 1-10 I find that:

    Annoyance of people spamming powers? A 3 to a 5.

    Annoyance of complete power suppression and being reduced to a slow crawl? A 12.

    As for retrofitting EXISTING markets for power suppression?

    NO! NO! and HELL NO!

    If you're not quite getting what I'm saying:




    However, if it comes to adding additional entrances to power-suppression rooms or an SG market interface?

    YES! YES! and HELL *BLEEP!* YES!

    And, again, for those of you not quite getting what I'm saying:



    Likely it would take LESS time to implement one of these options than it would to retrofit power suppression to existing locations.
  21. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Impish Kat View Post
    BTW, if you live here, frequenting the casinos as part of your regular social life is a very ... er ... newbish thing. Most folks who have lived here for any length of time get over that pretty quick.
    Keep in mind that my parents are retirement age. So it's not like they went out there for primo skydiving ops, or ultimate tanning, or anything like that.

    And there's only so many shows in town. And they had friends who were hitting the town Every...single...night.



    Quote:
    'Vegas had a record breaking summer in 2010: 45 days straight of temps over 110. Everything died. I couldn't keep plants alive even by watering morning and night. I believe it also killed of a lot of the insect life. We usually have an autumn influx of roaches, crickets, ants, spiders, etc. This autumn - nothing.

    .
    This is why my parents had continuous drip irrigation set up for all their plants when they built their place.
  22. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zekiran_Immortal View Post
    It seems so very far north on that map.


    And we get so very little snow in Paragon.

    You have numerous hundreds (or possibly thousands) of superhumans with the ability to control the weather.

    At least SOME of them might hate snow.
  23. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Father Xmas View Post
    Glad I didn't push the Sandy Bridge rig out to replace my P55 one. Now I really have to find a replacement 1156 MB for my high price rig now that the MSI P55 MB is gone for good.

    This is a double problem with motherboard manufacturers because it looks as if they stopped manufacturing P55 motherboards to get a jump on the P67 ones so they don't have any stock of the old stuff, in the popular configurations, to ship. Intel's going to be compensating a lot of OEM manufacturers 1st quarter income.

    Not to be Captain Ultra-Obvious here, but YYYEEEAAAHHH...
  24. Hyperstrike
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chaos Creator View Post
    PsychotiX is at 749m /em boggle.
    It's amazing what connections in China can do for an SG.



    What?
  25. Hyperstrike

    Commercial Rivals

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Shadow Ravenwolf View Post
    Sears


    Fatburger or In-N-Out Burger
    Never been to either. As such...

    DOUBLE JEOPARDY TIME!

    Subway, Quiznos, Jimmy Johns or Jersey Mike's?