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  1. Lost Ninja
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by StratoNexus View Post
    Because the open beta will only be for a limited time and then it will be live.

    I am still predicting 8/30/11/.
    I never predicted it but 09/06/11 would be fine for me...
  2. Lost Ninja
    Which if you have want you can have a look later today/early tomorrow. Though I suspect Mids will lag behind that a little.
  3. Lost Ninja
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by reiella View Post
    Not really. I21 uses a different file format to facilitate the streaming client.

    I suspect a lot of people are going to need to get 'prepared' for the big patches.

    Especially since it's doubtful we're going to see any future discs to 'catch you up' like prior massive patches.
    Heh my primary reason for getting the beta is so I'm mostly ready for i21 when it launches. Don't want to play too much 'content' as then I'm bored when it goes live... :/
  4. Lost Ninja
    You don't need the extra slot in fly as speed is capped with no enhancements though I guess you're using it for the set bonus.

    Entropy shield is if anything a Res set yet you've slotted for Def, I'm guessing because it enhances Def-Debuff Protection (mids doesn't show that sort of thing).

    Drop the 2nd slot from fly, and 2nd slot from Entropy Shield

    Put both into boxing/kick, and slot Something into that, personally I'd probably go with Pounding Slugfest and get the Nrg/Neg + Ranged but YMMV.

    However as I'm currently working on my own KM/Nrg this build has certainly given me something to work toward.

    edit:
    I'd also argue for putting Reactive Armor into Dampening field, yes you lose some fire/cold but you gain smash/lethal. Of course you also lose the psionic res, but at only 3% I wonder how much effect that would be. :/

    Edit2:
    You don't mention incarnate but I'd be inclined to chase recharge through Alpha and drop a slot from hasten to slot into tough (or a res power) for the PvP Unique (+3% Def to All)

    This is with t3 Spiritual Alpha
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  5. Lost Ninja

    Chat Settings

    POST-ACTION

    When I save my chat settings it always loses the fact that my Global Chat channel is default for it's tab (only channel in the tab). Yet I cannot see in the chat.txt how it indicates which channel is default for that tab.

    Any ideas?
  6. Lost Ninja
    Is there a way to speed the download? That is in the old days you could speed up the installation of the test server by copying the Live client into the test folder and having it update the changed files. Is that still possible?

    Reason I ask is I don't really want to re-download ~6Gb data ~4Gb of which I probably have on my PC already...
  7. Lost Ninja
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bossa_Nova View Post
    Are you sure about this one? The merge brought 4 slots to each server- 48 slots total on the NA servers.
    Base of 2 (Free & Premium)
    +
    GR = 2 Slots.
    +
    Vet Reward Slots.
    +
    Purchased Slots.
    +
    Anything else.
    =
    Maximum of 36 per server.

    VIP Get an Additional 12 slots to that base, with a max of 48/server.
  8. Lost Ninja
    Just finished a 'final' build on my Mind/Rad last night running with t2 (Destiny: Ageless) and t3 (Alpha: Spiritual).

    Though I have near perma Hasten without either (downtime is like 2 secs), and perma AM. Damage is nothing to write home about but I can solo containers/crates in Lam (t1 judgement so far) -- Though in all honesty it's the confused mobs round the item that do 90% of the damage. Quite aside from the fact that I have two powers for cheap purple sets (Sleep & Confuse).

    Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.942
    http://www.cohplanner.com/

    Click this DataLink to open the build!

    Em Ission: Level 50 Natural Controller
    Primary Power Set: Mind Control
    Secondary Power Set: Radiation Emission
    Power Pool: Speed
    Power Pool: Flight
    Power Pool: Teleportation
    Power Pool: Concealment
    Ancillary Pool: Ice Mastery

    Hero Profile:
    Level 1: Mesmerize
    • (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
    • (3) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge
    • (3) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
    • (5) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (5) Devastation - Chance of Hold
    Level 1: Radiant Aura
    • (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
    • (7) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
    • (7) Doctored Wounds - Heal
    • (9) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
    • (9) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
    Level 2: Dominate
    • (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
    • (11) Devastation - Damage/Endurance
    • (11) Devastation - Damage/Recharge
    • (13) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (13) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 4: Accelerate Metabolism
    • (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
    • (15) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
    • (15) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
    • (17) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
    • (17) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge
    Level 6: Confuse
    • (A) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (19) Malaise's Illusions - Endurance/Confused
    • (19) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Endurance
    • (21) Malaise's Illusions - Confused/Range
    • (21) Malaise's Illusions - Accuracy/Confused/Recharge
    • (23) Coercive Persuasion - Contagious Confusion
    Level 8: Hasten
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    • (23) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 10: Hover
    • (A) Karma - Knockback Protection
    • (25) Kismet - Accuracy +6%
    • (25) Freebird - +Stealth
    Level 12: Recall Friend
    • (A) Range IO
    Level 14: Fly
    • (A) Empty
    Level 16: Mutation
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 18: Mass Hypnosis
    • (A) Fortunata Hypnosis - Sleep
    • (27) Fortunata Hypnosis - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (27) Fortunata Hypnosis - Sleep/Endurance
    • (29) Fortunata Hypnosis - Sleep/Recharge
    • (29) Fortunata Hypnosis - Accuracy/Sleep/Recharge
    Level 20: Stealth
    • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    Level 22: Total Domination
    • (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
    • (31) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (31) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
    • (31) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
    • (33) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
    Level 24: Lingering Radiation
    • (A) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Damage/Slow
    • (33) Tempered Readiness - Endurance/Recharge/Slow
    • (33) Tempered Readiness - Range/Slow
    • (34) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Endurance
    • (34) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Slow
    Level 26: Radiation Infection
    • (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - Recharge/Endurance
    • (34) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff
    • (36) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
    • (36) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
    Level 28: Terrify
    • (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
    • (36) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
    • (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
    • (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
    • (37) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
    • (39) Unspeakable Terror - Disorient Bonus
    Level 30: Choking Cloud
    • (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
    • (39) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (39) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
    • (40) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
    • (40) Endurance Reduction IO
    Level 32: Mass Confusion
    • (A) Coercive Persuasion - Confused
    • (40) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Recharge
    • (42) Coercive Persuasion - Accuracy/Confused/Recharge
    • (42) Coercive Persuasion - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (42) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Endurance
    Level 35: Enervating Field
    • (A) Endurance Reduction IO
    • (43) Endurance Reduction IO
    Level 38: EM Pulse
    • (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
    • (43) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (43) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
    • (45) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold
    • (45) Energy Manipulator - Chance to Stun
    Level 41: Ice Blast
    • (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
    • (45) Devastation - Damage/Endurance
    • (46) Devastation - Damage/Recharge
    • (46) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (46) Devastation - Chance of Hold
    Level 44: Frozen Armor
    • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    Level 47: Ice Storm
    • (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
    • (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
    • (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
    • (48) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
    • (50) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
    Level 49: Super Speed
    • (A) Quickfoot - Endurance/RunSpeed
    Level 50: Spiritual Total Radial Revamp
    Level 50: Ageless Invocation
    ------------
    Level 1: Brawl
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Sprint
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Rest
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Swift
    • (A) Flight Speed IO
    Level 2: Hurdle
    • (A) Jumping IO
    Level 2: Health
    • (A) Healing IO
    Level 2: Stamina
    • (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
    • (50) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
    • (50) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
    Level 1: Containment
    Level 4: Ninja Run
    ------------
    Set Bonus Totals:
    • 15% DamageBuff(Smashing)
    • 15% DamageBuff(Lethal)
    • 15% DamageBuff(Fire)
    • 15% DamageBuff(Cold)
    • 15% DamageBuff(Energy)
    • 15% DamageBuff(Negative)
    • 15% DamageBuff(Toxic)
    • 15% DamageBuff(Psionic)
    • 10% Defense(Energy)
    • 10% Defense(Negative)
    • 5% Defense(Ranged)
    • 0.9% Max End
    • 1.5% Enhancement(JumpHeight)
    • 1.5% Enhancement(FlySpeed)
    • 6.5% Enhancement(Confused)
    • 1.5% Enhancement(JumpSpeed)
    • 1.5% Enhancement(RunSpeed)
    • 4% Enhancement(Heal)
    • 40% Enhancement(Accuracy)
    • 90% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
    • 10% FlySpeed
    • 99.2 HP (9.75%) HitPoints
    • 10% JumpHeight
    • 10% JumpSpeed
    • Knockback (Mag -4)
    • Knockup (Mag -4)
    • MezResist(Held) 6.6%
    • MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
    • 30% (0.5 End/sec) Recovery
    • 24% (1.02 HP/sec) Regeneration
    • 6.93% Resistance(Fire)
    • 6.93% Resistance(Cold)
    • 10% RunSpeed




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    Just wish I'd seen this thread before I respecced last night. Hadn't thought to take slots from Lingering Radiation to boost recharge in AM via Efficiency Adaptor (x6 bonus). And other powers could use extra slots too.
  9. Lost Ninja

    SS/FA non-farm

    POST-ACTION

    Also you have a full set of epics and a PvP... :/

    If hypothetically I can ever afford the non-epics and PvPs in mine... this is what it will look like:
    Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.942
    http://www.cohplanner.com/

    Click this DataLink to open the build!

    Level 50 Magic Brute
    Primary Power Set: Super Strength
    Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura
    Power Pool: Speed
    Power Pool: Leaping
    Power Pool: Fighting
    Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

    Hero Profile:
    Level 1: Punch
    • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
    • (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
    • (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
    • (48) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (48) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge
    Level 1: Fire Shield
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (42) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (43) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    • (43) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    • (43) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
    • (48) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection
    Level 2: Blazing Aura
    • (A) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (40) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
    • (40) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
    • (42) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
    • (42) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 4: Healing Flames
    • (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
    • (5) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
    • (39) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
    • (39) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
    • (40) Doctored Wounds - Heal
    Level 6: Haymaker
    • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
    • (7) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
    • (7) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
    • (37) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (39) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge
    Level 8: Knockout Blow
    • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
    • (9) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
    • (9) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
    • (15) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (25) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge
    Level 10: Temperature Protection
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (11) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (11) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    • (15) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 12: Hasten
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    • (13) Recharge Reduction IO
    • (13) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 14: Combat Jumping
    • (A) Kismet - Accuracy +6%
    • (50) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    Level 16: Plasma Shield
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (17) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (17) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    • (19) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    • (25) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
    Level 18: Rage
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    • (19) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 20: Consume
    • (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
    • (21) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
    • (21) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
    • (23) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (23) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy
    • (50) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance
    Level 22: Super Jump
    • (A) Jumping IO
    Level 24: Kick
    • (A) Empty
    Level 26: Tough
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (27) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (27) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    • (29) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    • (29) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
    Level 28: Burn
    • (A) Obliteration - Damage
    • (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (36) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
    • (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 30: Weave
    • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    • (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
    • (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge
    • (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
    • (34) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 32: Foot Stomp
    • (A) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage
    • (33) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (33) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (33) Cleaving Blow - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (34) Cleaving Blow - Accuracy/Damage
    • (34) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge
    Level 35: Fiery Embrace
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    • (36) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 38: Rise of the Phoenix
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 41: Superior Conditioning
    • (A) Endurance Modification IO
    Level 44: Laser Beam Eyes
    • (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
    • (45) Devastation - Damage/Endurance
    • (45) Devastation - Chance of Hold
    • (45) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (46) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 47: Physical Perfection
    • (A) Endurance Modification IO
    Level 49: Taunt
    • (A) Trimuphant Insult - Taunt/Recharge
    • (50) Trimuphant Insult - Taunt
    ------------
    Level 1: Brawl
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Fury
    Level 1: Sprint
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Rest
    • (A) Empty
    Level 4: Ninja Run
    Level 2: Swift
    • (A) Run Speed IO
    Level 2: Health
    • (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
    Level 2: Hurdle
    • (A) Jumping IO
    Level 2: Stamina
    • (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
    • (3) Performance Shifter - EndMod
    • (3) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
    • (5) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy



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    Your stats are better than my own it's true but mine will run for ever...
  10. Lost Ninja
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by OneFrigidWitch View Post
    No offense, but I have to categorically disagree on every point Golden Girl has ever made in the entirety of this forums existence on the Good v Evil thing.

    People play Good not because they believe it is the right/fun thing to do. They play Good because the entirety of the US (I will exclude European players because I just don't live there) is corrupt and "not Good". People get sick and tired of seeing abuse of the system, abuse of themselves, abuse of the world, so they play the side that makes them think there might be something better, even if its just in a comic world.
    I've not read all of your posts but I disagree with this one. And I don't automatically agree with GG (mostly I think she talks a lot of rubbish... ).

    But as has been seen in other games, well outside of the comic book genre people prefer to play good guys. I think it is partly down to the fact that being nice to people generally makes you feel better about yourself, certainly within the common societal structure. You're trained from an early age to be nice to people. If CoV actually felt evil you would certainly have a larger percentage of people playing through the content because they like to do the things they can't get away with IRL. But CoV never did feel evil -- even Westin Phipps doesn't.

    Add to that a lack of overall content (probably because there are less players to develop for) more people will spend less time there.

    I played from CoV beta and once seeing the content once there was little need to go back and play again. And more as I'd been playing CoH since EU Launch, there was very little to do that was genuinely new and interesting that I would want to try again with a different character/team/power sets/build/etc. For example I like soloing Frostfire. Lowest I've managed was at level 6 with a mind/rad, but pretty much all my heroes attempt him. There was never anything like that in Villains... Sea Witch didn't count as she was piss easy.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by OneFrigidWitch View Post
    That is if they even care at all. The reality is HUGE numbers of people play blue side because the rewards are just flat out better. I LOVE Praetoria. I think playing a villain from Praetoria is the best thing since sliced bread. It is a _real_ villainy. It's fantastic. But the second I had an option, I went to blue. Guess why. Better rewards. Easier groups. Better rewards and groups at the same time. The majority of the co-op stuff has crappy rewards. Why do I want to do a co-op for 30some reward merits when I can do a blueside for 50?
    Do you have any real figures or do you just think that this is true? I play blueside because I prefer the content, I couldn't care less about rewards. Rewards are like the icing (frosting?) on a cake that is the content. Providing I can eat the cake it doesn't need icing to be yummy.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by OneFrigidWitch View Post
    Praetoria is great top to bottom. It is _really_ cool. But it ends at 20, there is extremely limited crossfaction interaction, and we have no TF/SF that we can play to generate merits. Why do we have something so awesome and cool, thats hamstrung compared to blueside?
    For me like CoV Praetoria was great on the first play through. Now I avoid it because a)It's empty and b)It's boring when they add the 20-25 content I might run another character through to see that content natively but doubt it.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by OneFrigidWitch View Post
    Let's look at the real problem. You will never have people anywhere but blueside as long as the rewards are disjointed. And the advant of Freedom is just making it worse, allowing you to create pretty much anything you want and go straight to blueside to chase rewards. It has nothing to do with Good vrs Evil, and everything to do with Reward vrs Getting Shafted.
    If you only play for the rewards then you're already missing 90% of the content. It is far too simplistic to say that the only reason people play Heroes is the rewards are better. CoV didn't suddenly empty out the moment IOs and Merits were added, it was already empty, because it lacks content and what content there is is both drab and less than evil. I'm not saying parity of reward is wrong, because for same risk you should get same reward. But that most people in my experience prefer heroes for things other than that disparity.

    @OP's original question:
    If the fact that trial players cannot team easily is carried over to F2P players then the whole point of Freedom (IMO) is wasted. This is an MMO F2P should showcase this MMO and encourage people to buy points or sign up. If basic functions of any MMO are missing then many won't bother. (Three people I have persuaded to try a trial have all said they gave up the idea because it was impossible to find/make a team.) Teaming is a very basic part of any MMO, preventing it is a seriously bad option.

    Yes there needs to be safeguards to prevent abuse but just removing it for F2P is idiotic.
  11. Lost Ninja
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by bromley View Post
    I don't know how this could be a serious point, but I am always surprised by posters.

    I'm not going to call that stupid, but that makes no sense. Not only are you not giving anything away because you are still charging for it at 400-800, your point seems to be that you don't want to get too much value for money.

    This game will drive me away by overcharging me. My subscription and the price of one or two boosters a year is the maximum I am prepared to drop. People crow that we will be losing nothing by staying VIPs, but I expect more than just access to servers and the odd story arc for my sub fee.

    VIPs should get a lot. I have my doubts that they will.
    It's entirely serious, and I mean every word of it.

    Current revenue streams are:
    Subscriptions and Booster Packs

    Future revenue streams are:
    Subscriptions and Points

    By giving everything away to VIP they remove the need for VIP players to buy points, especially if they make additional content -- that is the stuff that isn't given automatically to VIP players -- cheap to get for VIP players, as has been suggested in this (and many other) thread(s).

    If the items sold in the store are too cheap the store won't make up for loss of revenue caused by fewer subs. And while subs may in fact go up -- I for one hope so -- I doubt it will be a huge increase.

    Of course this makes no sense if you stick with the idea that VIP players somehow deserve everything for only the price of their subs. Something that hasn't ever been true. Once you consider that for the game to thrive it must make money then I for one can look at it in the light that 400-800 is very cheap for something that should be something people want to buy points for to achieve.

    Further more:
    It is currently said (by other people in many threads) that 800 points is around $10 in value. A months sub costs $15. (IIRC)

    For that sub you get:
    400 points ($5)
    1 Transfer token @ 800 points ($10)
    Origin Arcs @ 400 points ($5).
    ((http://www.cityofheroes.com/eu/uk-fr..._market_1.html))
    Plus a whole load of other things that non-VIP players must pay for. 12 character slots, a free power set... etc etc etc.

    Now my maths skills are crap but I get from that a total worth of at least $20/month but probably a lot more. Now tell me again that VIPs are being screwed over.
  12. Lost Ninja
    I personally think at 400-800 they are far too cheap. And should be closer to 1200.

    The devs want to earn additional revenue, making them too cheap means they're either giving power sets away or they're giving booster packs away. They shouldn't be giving either away.

    Everything will still be 'free' to VIPs but if you want everything now you will need to pay extra. IMO.
  13. Lost Ninja
    I fail to understand the point of this thread.

    If you don't like Blasters, fine don't doesn't bother people who do mostly.

    If you want Blasters to be fixed... suggest some fixes.

    Personally I think they're great as is, better than a stalker any day.
  14. Lost Ninja
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Selina_H View Post
    I actually kind of wonder about this. Because if access to Apex/Tin Mage keys off the Alpha Unlocked *badge* rather than the slot itself, Premium players with a previous unlock would still be able to join the TF - they'd just be debuffed as though the slot were empty since it would be greyed out.

    Unless they're planning on removing all the Incarnate badges from a non-VIP as well, which seems unlikely.
    Or the access is restricted to a 'Incarnated' flag, which is initially set on VIP accounts as active when you receive the badge but is unset when moving from VIP to premium.
  15. Lost Ninja

    Feeling lost

    POST-ACTION

    Well don't... I don't go around feeling people...

    In general terms I don't min/max, I build the best I can with the resources available but seldom really go for broke with getting the best build... partly as I have so many characters and partly as I don't enjoy spending hours doing it... Let me play...

    But the idea that some of my 'heroes' are less powerful than others? Isn't that always the way? Especially within a single AT some sets are just not as good as others. It's how you play them that counts.
  16. Lost Ninja
    All true except Incarnates didn't come with GR. They came the issue after GR launched. Yes you need GR to access Incarnate stuff, but the two things did not arrive together (though that was the original intention apparently).

    I wonder if the removal of Incarnate stuff from GR pre-launch was because that was the point the finalised their internal plans for Freedom
  17. Lost Ninja

    Currencies

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
    The only 'currency' I find unnecessary is Shards and Shard-components. The Thread-currency is more finely granular and can completely absorb and eliminate the Shard-currency.
    This...

    And also the two new 'currencies' coming with i21 that both have Paragon in their names. Designed to be confusing?

    Edit to add:
    1)The number of currencies isn't actually too high. But that there are too many currencies that do - in effect - the same thing. This is what is confusing (for me at any rate).
    2)Conversion between types especially Empys and Astrals (but also shards and threads) are at awful exchange rates. Devs really need to sit down and sort out the absolute base exchange rate for top tier currency to basic tief of reward (not Inf, which isn't really a currency... and won't work unless recipes gain huge prices from vendors) then work up everything else from there. eg
    LotG +Recharge:
    32 Astrals
    200 Reward Merits
    2 Alignment Merits

    Yet at the same time 1 astral = 1 reward merit??? Am I the only one who finds that odd?

    Sure the devs need to add in a loss to transactions, just as they have a Inf sink in the AH. Otherwise prices will only go up.
    3)Vanguard Merit could effectively be removed and replaced with a different mechanic to award the costume parts (rewards from the vanguard arcs?). The additional items could be rare (or not based on their current cost) drops from Rikti eg if an item currently costs 200 VM, you'd have a 200:1 chance to drop of any rikti that currently would drop a VM.
    4)Remove AE tickets entirely, slightly improve all other AE drops (prestige, inf & XP). Yes it will cut down on the availability of some recipes and salvage. But even speaking as a AE farmer the whole AE farm situation is beyond mad. 1-50 in 6 hours?
  18. Lost Ninja

    Female Only Server

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    People bring it up quite often when asking others on the team about themselves.
    I have never ever been asked anything like this. Occasionally I get asked what time zone I'm in. I've even volunteered that I live in England.
  19. Lost Ninja

    Female Only Server

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Oathbound View Post
    Fixed, so as not to imply sweeping generalizations.
    But we just want to be friendssssssssssssssssssssss....










    BOOOOM!!!
  20. Lost Ninja

    Cebr

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TopDoc View Post
    But as I've explained, ANYONE can use my farm to generate massive amounts of tickets. You don't need a level 50 SS/Fire Brute loaded with expensive bling. You can do it with a level 8 char with no Enhancements at all. There's a chance this could become as widespread as the Great Monkey Burn. Unlikely since it requires a bit more work to stay alive, and the rewards are lower. But you never know.
    Should be pointed out - and not to detract from this guide in any way - that you don't need a blinged out SS/FA to farm using the 'old' fashioned fire farm. Of course it helps, but then so do damage procs in Lightning Field.

    My own SS/FA while by no means a perfect farmer is functionally complete with commons and some cheaper +recharge bonus sets. I'm following your guide here to PL through level pacting.
  21. Lost Ninja
    As far as I can see it can't be done without Incarnates, or an awful lot of mule sets... I got it down to 1.6s downtime (31.6s recharge) but the build would have sucked as a blaster, well maybe not sucked but certainly had to drop slots into mule sets that would have been better in damage powers.
  22. Lost Ninja
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DumpleBerry View Post
    And since, in the next update, the other side is getting a big fat upgrade--invariably it will go the other way: you'll be expected to start in the Galaxy's Last Stand tutorial, instead of Praetoria.
    The current trial is AFAIK City of Heroes: Going Rogue... hence why it starts in Praetoria. Once i21 hits there will no longer be any trial as the game will be free to play.
  23. Lost Ninja
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AresSupreme View Post
    Also whoever said PVP IOs make little to no difference you are tragically mistaken. They make a severe difference.
    Think they said that a PvPer with good skills can beat a IOed chump even if the PvPer only has SOs.

    Which is true, I'm the chump and I bet in RV as a level 50 with some incarnate abilities a level 40 PvPer could beat me with ease...

    @Thread.

    I used to PvP it was fun, then it got boring because nothing ever changed. Then it all changed and I don't even enter the PvP zones now.

    My vote would go for the remove PvP specific rules in PvP zones, except where the PvE rules allow easy griefing (like TPing into drones etc).
  24. Lost Ninja

    Slotting Terrify

    POST-ACTION

    I went for Posi's Blast based on the increased recovery in the set bonus and the recharge time. Now I'm working on Incarnate stuff I might look again at the power but for now it works the way I want.
  25. Lost Ninja

    DA/DM Build Help

    POST-ACTION

    Been working on a DM/DA recently, currently around 27. But as I like to plan out my long term goals around this level I worked up a build, not sure I'll be able to afford it but thats what farmers are for...

    So any comments?
    Level 1: Shadow Punch
    • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
    • (3) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
    • (3) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
    • (5) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 1: Dark Embrace
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (5) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (7) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    • (7) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    • (9) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
    • (9) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection
    Level 2: Death Shroud
    • (A) Obliteration - Damage
    • (11) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (11) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
    • (13) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (13) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (15) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
    Level 4: Murky Cloud
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (19) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (19) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    • (21) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    • (21) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
    Level 6: Smite
    • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
    • (23) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
    • (23) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
    • (25) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (25) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
    Level 8: Siphon Life
    • (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
    • (27) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
    • (27) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
    • (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (29) Theft of Essence - Chance for +Endurance
    Level 10: Obsidian Shield
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    • (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    • (33) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
    Level 12: Hasten
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    • (33) Recharge Reduction IO
    • (33) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 14: Super Speed
    • (A) Empty
    Level 16: Dark Regeneration
    • (A) Mocking Beratement - Taunt
    • (34) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge
    • (34) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge/Range
    • (34) Mocking Beratement - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (36) Theft of Essence - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
    • (36) Theft of Essence - Chance for +Endurance
    Level 18: Dark Consumption
    • (A) Obliteration - Damage
    • (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (37) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
    • (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (39) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
    Level 20: Combat Jumping
    • (A) Kismet - Accuracy +6%
    • (39) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    Level 22: Kick
    • (A) Empty
    Level 24: Tough
    • (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
    • (39) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge
    • (40) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
    • (40) Reactive Armor - Resistance
    Level 26: Soul Drain
    • (A) Obliteration - Damage
    • (40) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (42) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
    • (42) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
    • (42) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (43) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
    Level 28: Shadow Maul
    • (A) Perfect Zinger - Taunt
    • (43) Perfect Zinger - Taunt/Recharge
    • (43) Perfect Zinger - Accuracy/Recharge
    • (45) Perfect Zinger - Taunt/Recharge/Range
    Level 30: Weave
    • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    • (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
    • (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
    Level 32: Midnight Grasp
    • (A) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
    • (46) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
    • (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
    • (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
    Level 35: Cloak of Fear
    • (A) Endurance Reduction IO
    • (48) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Endurance
    • (48) Glimpse of the Abyss - Accuracy/Endurance
    • (48) Glimpse of the Abyss - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
    • (50) Unspeakable Terror - Disorient Bonus
    Level 38: Soul Transfer
    • (A) Recharge Reduction IO
    Level 41: Superior Conditioning
    • (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
    Level 44: Physical Perfection
    • (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
    Level 47: Maneuvers
    • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    Level 49: Cloak of Darkness
    • (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
    • (50) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
    • (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
    ------------
    Level 1: Brawl
    • (A) Empty
    Level 1: Fury
    Level 1: Sprint
    • (A) Empty
    Level 2: Rest
    • (A) Empty
    Level 4: Ninja Run
    Level 2: Swift
    • (A) Run Speed IO
    Level 2: Health
    • (A) Miracle - +Recovery
    Level 2: Hurdle
    • (A) Jumping IO
    Level 2: Stamina
    • (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
    • (15) Performance Shifter - EndMod
    • (17) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
    • (17) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy



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    Cloak of Darkness would probably be taken earlier... not sure where but earlier. Ideally I'd prefer to go with a slightly more impressive ancillary but don't seem able to find the slots. Maybe leave that till I've got some Incarnate powers going and can afford to lose acc/end/ect from the powers directly. Ideally I'm chasing the soft cap for smashing & lethal with plenty of recharge & recovery. Anything I can adjust to fulfil those aims?