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I'd love to see these Singing attacks as playable powers, too, but just because an enemy group is using them is no reason to expect we'll get them eventually (sadly). The Scrapyarders have had awesome Power Tools attacks ever since i6, and we've never gotten them.

One part of OP's post that hasn't been touched on is the damage portion of Rise, which has been essentially neutered due to the lag between rezzing and the game recognizing a character's level shifts. My fire tank has Rise slotted for damage and recharge, and she uses it as a weapon frequently. Against Incarnate-level enemies she's going to see a large reduction in accuracy and damage, because the level shifts won't reactivate until a few seconds after Rise's blast occurs.

I honestly have no idea why that delay in level shifts going back into effect even exists. Most of the time it's simply an annoyance, but with Rise it negates a significant part of what makes Rise a unique self-rez.

I got mapservered and booted three times on this last night, despite turning graphics way down and trying to minimize effects and AoE. The third time I was able to get to Recluse, but as soon as I hit them, something they did (most likely him trying to spawn his banes) locked me up.

This bug is really frustrating, because it detracts from what is otherwise a really neat mission, and a significant chunk of insight into Cole's thinking. The fact that it was present all the way back in Beta, commented on multiple times, but STILL made it live with the exact same issue is doubly frustrating.

I finally wound up autocompleting it. I don't want to single punch/blast umpteen spiders. I want to stomp and send their itty bitty pieces flying in all directions. Maybe we'll get a fix for it sometime, I hope.

Put my bet on Twinshot being the Primal version of Ricochet as well.

I think that either shipping Tyrant to a dimension full of pacifist magic-users or putting him in close proximity to the Dream Doctor (or Vanguard, or Ouroborous, or Azuria) is asking for trouble. He's simply not trustworthy, and he's exceedingly dangerous.

My recommendation for dealing with him would be for Lady Grey, Numina and/or War Witch to piece together Darrin Wade's ritual and strip Tyrant of his remaining power. I wouldn't trust him otherwise. Heck, I still wouldn't trust him even then, but at least his potential to cause further trouble would be mitigated somewhat.

Hm. I never realized that EM was considered so unworkable. I have a lvl 50 Shield/EM tank who's still a joy to play, even in Incarnate content. I do think that Shield Charge helps immensely with her damage output, that much is clearly notable, but she does just fine in terms of damage. In fact, she feels to me like she's my best tank in terms of damage output.

I also don't have a problem with Energy Transfer's -hp drawback. I take it as more of the risk/reward that's always been with the set. It's bitten me a few times in a fight, but I think it gives EM its own flavor, if you will, forcing you to play it differently than any other powerset.

I saw an ad for this in my email last night. I think I drooled on my keyboard for the next twenty minutes as I looked through everything that magical mesh can do. But I do think it'd be insane in terms of rendering/system resources.

I've tried to look through the fifteen pages of this thread before replying; if someone has indeed already voiced what I'm about to say, my apologies.

For the most part, I think our system works very well, even eight years later. In fact, the only change I'd make would be to free up names held by banned accounts.

I would also caution some of the people calling for less restrictive policies for names. Regardless of how long a player has been gone, most of them put serious time, effort and love into their characters, and having their names poached while they were gone would be very upsetting not just to them but also to those of us who knew and played with them. In the case of level 50s, the names should be inviolate. Those characters have earned recognition, and honoring their names as such seems very appropriate.

Fusionette's Fusillade (Targeted AoE IO set, lvls 20-45)

Accuracy/Damage
Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
Damage/Endurance Reduction
Damage/Recharge
Damage/Endurance Reduction/Recharge
Damage Buff +5% for every enemy in melee range/Chance to Taunt (25% per tick)

Bonus for 2: Increase maximum endurance by 2.5%
Bonus for 3: Increase melee defense by 3.75%/Increase energy defense by 2.5%
Bonus for 4: Increase movement speeds by 5%
Bonus for 5: Reduce Confuse duration by 7.5%
Bonus for 6: Increase recovery by 6%


Swan's Seduction (Hold/Sleep set, levels 35-50)

Accuracy/Range
Accuracy/Hold (or Sleep)
Hold (or Sleep)/Endurance
Hold (or Sleep)/Endurance Reduction/Recharge
Accuracy/Endurance Reduction/Recharge/Hold (or Sleep)
Chance to Confuse enemies (which would trigger after the hold/sleep had worn off)

Bonus for 2: Increase Recovery by 2.5%
Bonus for 3: Increase maximum Health by 3%
Bonus for 4: Increase duration of character's holds/stuns by 5%
Bonus for 5: Knockback Protection of 3 points
Bonus for 6: Increase Range by 2%


Dillo's Resolve (Resist Damage set, levels 25-45)

Resistance
Resistance/Endurance Reduction
Resistance/Recharge
Endurance Reduction/Recharge
Resistance/Endurance Reduction/Recharge
Chance for *hoorb*

Bonus for 2: Debt reduction of 5%
Bonus for 3: Increase Regeneration by 7.5%
Bonus for 4: Increase Ranged Defense by 3.75%/Increase Fire and Cold Resistance by 2.5%
Bonus for 5: Increase AoE Defense by 3.75%/Increase Psionic Resistance by 2.5%
Bonus for 6: Increase maximum Health by 2.5% and maximum Endurance by 1.5%

(If I really have to quantify *hoorb*, then I'd make it a tick of minor toxic PBAoE damage combined with a recovery of 2.5% Endurance. But it works so much better when there's a bit of mystery to it, doesn't it?)

I personally have the Gaussian set six-slotted in Focused Accuracy for my broadsword/regen scrapper. With the perspective of several years of hindsight, I still like it. If you slot this into a character who spends long amounts of time dealing damage, you're obviously more likely to have "useful" procs trigger as opposed to wasted ones. It's not something you want to hang your hat on, but the set is worth slotting for the set bonuses alone; having the chance for free Build Ups is just a nice bonus in itself.

If case people have forgotten, we had very much this same discussion before tintable colors for powersets. We had very much the same replies from the devs: It's too time-intensive, the tech isn't there, there's no staff available to do it, etc. Yet in hindsight, BABs was working on color customization for powers for months if not over a year before it went live... while still neatly avoiding any spoilers about what he was doing, so it was a big surprise when the announcement was made.

Who's to say that something similar isn't going on now, with color customization for power pools currently being worked on in secret or maybe even already finished, and the devs are just keeping it a very tightly-held secret until the big reveal?

Liberty tends to be quite active, especially heroside. There's almost always some low level stuff going, and not all of it is DFBs.

The main channel many of us use for Liberty is LB. It's a good community with a fairly high level of skill and courtesy overall. While there will indeed be quite a bit of trial and TF/SF formation on LB, there are usually people running tip missions, radio/newspapers, mission arcs, etc. Most nights you can put together at least a small team for about any level.

I'd love to see the power choice at lvl 49 be replaced with the option to take another power OR take three more slots, but it has proved entirely unworkable in execution, sadly.

Another thing you can try when faced with non-responsive NPCs or spawns that won't trigger properly in a mission is to exit the mission and then re-enter. However, if you're Ouroing a mission, this might not be as useful, obviously. Still worth knowing, though.

Moonfire's TF is guaranteed to give you the Silver Bullet (for warwolves) and Slayer (for vampires) badges, usually by the end of the second mission. Both of those are requirements for the Atlas Medallion.

You can speed up visiting plaques for the history badges by binding the /loc command to a key (I usually bind it to my L key, because it makes sense and it's out of the way). Having it bound lets you frequently check your location on the map's grid coordinates as you travel, letting you zero in on each plaque location quickly.

What seem to be the most time-consuming badges to earn are Unveiler (for Fake Nemesis) and Illusionist (for Master Illusionist decoys). Peregrine Island is a great choice to farm both, the Fakers along the docks close to Ghost Falcon and the MI decoys along the little park/beach a bit more north/northeast.

The worst AE idea I ever heard was "Help Mynx and Swan Take Ms. Liberty to the Planned Parenthood Clinic." Of course it would use the creepy hospital map from Maria's mission with Mother Mayhem. Once a friend of mine mentioned the idea, I debated building it, but A) I didn't want to waste a slot on a gag AE mission, and B) the joke wasn't worth getting banned over.

Try removing the line filter and plugging in directly. That's the simplest potential fix, and it might boost your signal enough to maintain a connection. If that doesn't work, I'd have someone check how much signal that particular jack is actually getting at the plug point. Sometimes a previous cable tech or builder will splice an existing line (with adequate signal) to run to a new outlet, with the new splice sometimes carrying much lower signal. This very commonly happens with splicing a long line from a convenient nearby line instead of running a new line directly from the main electrical trunk. If that's the case, having a new line run from the main trunk to that outlet should resolve your problem.

Hope this helps. Having connectivity problems bites, and with dialup you don't have much room for error in terms of signal loss. If you were able to download an update, it sounds like you definitely were getting enough signal at one time; now it's just a matter of troubleshooting. Good luck.

This is actually a very good topic. What can really make a difference on this particular mission both for good and bad are your tactics. Specifically, pulling one, two or three monsters out of the mobs that run between six and eight. This is where a melee-oriented mentality is actually a detriment, because pulling enemies out of a group isn't a usual tactic for most melee types. However, it can be a real life-saver on this mission. I'd much rather deal with three cyclopes or minotaurs then six or seven, and when you can break them into more manageable numbers your survival rate soars. Remember that this mission isn't timed, and use that to your advantage. When you get to Romulus, now, it's going to be a fight; I've not yet succeeded in pulling any of his personal mob away without bringing them all, but by the time you reach that point, you know you can beat him.

There's no doubt this is one of the toughest non-TF/SF missions in the game running it solo, but it is doable. You don't need to be purpled out; my main (an elec/energy/elec blaster) isn't, and she did fine soloing it without any NPCs. But you have to bear in mind that I've played my main since the game came out eight years ago, and I know just how to work with her; that's the biggest reason I was able to do it. Level shifts are a HUGE plus on this mission, definitely, and you have to play smart and with patience. I'd say take a few days and get your Alpha slotted with a T3 and try it again, focusing on pulling a few at a time out of the large mobs as you go. I bet your experience will be much more enjoyable at that point, and when you beat that mission, you'll have a badge you'll be proud to display.