MaXimillion_Zero

Whatever you do, just don't roll an empath

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While it is centred on a target it is more like a cone attack, collecting any enemies near it.

[/ QUOTE ]Small AoE around the anchor actually, rather than cone.

The powers in primary and secondary sets come available at certain levels, whether you've taken the powers above them or not.
I'd suggest downloading Sherk Silver's CoH / CoV Character Builder to plan your build beforehand.
Irradiate does moderate damage with all the 'ticks' together, rather than per 'tick' It is also one of the best defence debuffs out there.
The slots should be distributed in the powers you want to enhance, but remember that more than 3 types of same enhancement in one power is a waste, so for example attacks are usually slotted 1/2 ACC, 3 DAM and 1/2 EndRdx/Rech.
You can later change your powers and slots (but not powersets) with 'respecs', which can be either earned by completing the respec trials, or getting awarded one by devs (so far they've been awarded when major changes to powersets have occurred, or in celebration of something, like the 1st CoH anniversary).

Frozen aura is PBAoE sleep, not hold, which means that the enemies break free as soon as any changes to their HP occur (Being healed or damaged, that is).

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Dont reroll, ill get slammed for 'dissing' kinetics, but i dont beleive it fits the 'offender' or 'offensive corrupter' role too well. Its a great team buffer tho... so find some pals and excite them with speed boost and fulcrum shift.

[/ QUOTE ]Triple siphon speed+hasten+fulcrum shift=very offensive

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Possibly the only other badge you could get would be the kill skulls one by killing skulls prisoners but I doubt they count towards the badge but it is still possible.

[/ QUOTE ]What part of "The ONLY badge" is so hard to comprehend ?

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does it just do one of those partial holds like Chilblain which still allows them to range attack and use powers.


[/ QUOTE ]That's immobilize, not hold

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Secondly, is it my imagination, or do trip mines now require you to be fairly close to them in order to be detonated by enemies? If so, I'm pretty certain they never used to - not so long ago I'd lay mines with caltrops, aggravate the mobs with my M30, and run away whilst they were picking themselves up, to return after a short while to find all my mines (and the mobs) gone.

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I don't know of any changes - perhaps some long-term AR Blasters can comment?

[/ QUOTE ]I'd say it might be more useful asking a /Dev blaster

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1.Force Field, These are generally just Force Fields, so how come a repel power is shot at an enemy at long range!? Please make it so its a sheild and all enemys that come close are repelled violently, thank you.


[/ QUOTE ]You mean, like, the 7th and 9th powers in the set?

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Touch of fear is the only "attack" in DM that I'd slot for anything other than acc, dam and recharge

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In the gameworld, he's a villain, because he's breaking the laws. However, being a villain is totally different from being evil.

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Not in CoX it isn't.

[/ QUOTE ]In CoX, a supervillain is basically someone using superpowers without being a registered hero. And IMO, the definition of a villain would be "One who does what he pleases without caring about any rules or restrictions", which doesnt necessarily make one evil, unless one wishes to do evil things.

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I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying that he is technically not 'evil', in the normal meaning of the word.

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But in the gameworld he is.

Good and evil are actual, tangible concepts within the CoX universe. There are some shades of grey, yes, but saying he isn't evil in CoX just because he's insane doesn't excuse anything.

[/ QUOTE ]In the gameworld, he's a villain, because he's breaking the laws. However, being a villain is totally different from being evil.

I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying that he is technically not 'evil', in the normal meaning of the word.

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Dr. Vahz is NOT evil, he is just misunderstood in his attempts to bring immortality to mankind, as I noted in one of my previous posts.

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I think your moral and ethical compass needs finetuning if you seriously believe that. He's stealing people's wives, husbands, children and loved ones off the street to kill them and harvest their organs to create patchwork zombies. Sorry, yes that is evil, because it is unethical, because the end does not warrant the means.

[/ QUOTE ]Unethical? Yes, of course it is, but the thing is, his intentions are good, he's just so insane that he doesnt care about ethics, in his mind those people must be sacrificed for the greater good.

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Doc.Creed is an absolute psycho who dissects the bodies of Heroes so he can replicate their powers in his experiments.

[/ QUOTE ]But he does it only to advance science, not because he's evil

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So Doc Vahz isn't evil then? He's only doing it for science too. Oh wait, archvillain, I guess that excuse isn't good enough huh? That and Creed wants you to kill a hero. Is that for science too then and not evil?


[/ QUOTE ]Dr. Vahz is NOT evil, he is just misunderstood in his attempts to bring immortality to mankind, as I noted in one of my previous posts.

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Max.

That Pirate mis-leads you; it's not until the arc's over that his true intentions are revealed (Up until the finale, you think you're handing her over to be murdered).

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But the contact, and the ultimate purpose of the mission is not evil, which was my point
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The Doc in Cap studies people she infects herself, without the person knowing (King Midas).

[/ QUOTE ]She didn't infect midas herself, she just didnt want to tell him his condition

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Doc.Creed is an absolute psycho who dissects the bodies of Heroes so he can replicate their powers in his experiments.

[/ QUOTE ]But he does it only to advance science, not because he's evil

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The Carnie contact isn't just out for chaos; she's turning everyone against each other so the Carnies themselves can sweep in and clear out.

[/ QUOTE ]Again, not evil

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Saving St.Martial from attacks isn't altruistic in nature; it's an understandable reaction to an invasion force.

[/ QUOTE ]Many of hard case's missions are about helping civilians against wailers, which is not 'evil' IMO.

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I'd have to disagree with that. On the surface, as in most of the comics that inspired it, CoX is 'black and white'. However, you don't have to scratch very deep to find a lot more ambiguity in many of the plots and arcs.

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Really? I honestly can't think of very much depth to the plots in CoH and the contacts I've come across in CoV have been, to say the least, almost pure evil.

Could you maybe give a couple of examples? Anyone?


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Doc Vahz wants to offer mankind immortality.
Maestro is only trying to restore his hearing
Clockwork king is locked inside his own madness, ruling a court of his own creations.

Those three are all misunderstood, and while their actions can be perceived as 'wrong', their intentions are not 'evil'.

Then we of course have you stopping DE attacking companies that are either bad polluters, or extensively use animal testing, and of course we shouldn't forget you 'collecting samples' of the hydra men by beating them unconcious...

On CoV side, there are multiple contacts who would be, using D&D terms, rather classed chotic neutral or even chaotic good, rather than evil.

For Example, The pirate in sharkshead who has you saving scrapyard's wife, Dr. Percey in CaD who just wants to continue his experiements in the name of science (few others fit here as well, at least the doctor in the new starter contact set), carnie contact in St. M. Who just wants some chaos, Hard Case, who mostly has you saving St. Martial from demon attacks and multiple others I cant remember off the top of my head.

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Now I just need to figure out how to make Fly fit my concept. :P Thanks for your help guys.

[/ QUOTE ]Rocket Boots, let you fly and add extra firepower to your kicks

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IMHO 2 acc, 2 hold, 2rchg in Glacier. its ACC isn't that good, with such a long recharge and short duration you need more hits on it.

[/ QUOTE ]That's what aim's there for

I'd go for something like:

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Exported from Ver: 1.7.5.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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01) --> Block of Ice==> Acc(1)Hold(3)Hold(3)Hold(5)Rechg(5)Acc(34)
01) --> Thorny Darts==> Acc(1)Dmg(15)Dmg(17)Dmg(19)
02) --> Skewer==> Acc(2)Dmg(9)Dmg(17)Dmg(19)
04) --> Fling Thorns==> Acc(4)Dmg(7)Dmg(7)Dmg(9)EndRdx(40)
06) --> Hurdle==> Jump(6)
08) --> Combat Jumping==> Jump(8)
10) --> Impale==> Acc(10)Dmg(11)Dmg(11)Dmg(15)
12) --> Ice Slick==> Rechg(12)Rechg(13)Rechg(13)
14) --> Super Jump==> Jump(14)
16) --> Aim==> Rechg(16)Rechg(34)Rechg(37)
18) --> Health==> Heal(18)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20)EndMod(21)EndMod(21)
22) --> Thorn Burst==> Acc(22)Dmg(23)Dmg(23)Dmg(37)EndRdx(40)
24) --> Hasten==> Rechg(24)Rechg(25)Rechg(25)
26) --> Glacier==> Acc(26)Hold(27)Hold(27)Hold(31)Rechg(31)Rechg(31)
28) --> Arctic Air==> EndRdx(28)EndRdx(29)EndRdx(29)
30) --> Thorntrops==> Rechg(30)Rechg(34)Rechg(37)
32) --> Jack Frost==> Acc(32)Dmg(33)Dmg(33)Dmg(33)Hold(40)
35) --> Ripper==> Acc(35)Dmg(36)Dmg(36)Dmg(36)
38) --> Thorn Barrage==> Acc(38)Dmg(39)Dmg(39)Dmg(39)
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Resilience has Stun resist and is described as resisting Disorientation effects.


[/ QUOTE ]I'd say it's likely to resist both stun and disorient seeing as they are 2 names for the same effect... :/

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any controle over the jumping height and distance? Dont wanna go rocketing half a mile into the sky trying to get down to the end of the street.

[/ QUOTE ]The toggle just increases your jump speed and height, you still can control the directions and height just as you can with normal jumping (or actually more as SJ gives you better air control).

The magnitude of hold on the enemy is irrelevant, the only thing that matters is if his status is 'held' (or any other mez), or not.

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Nor does Claws, and that doesn't get an acc bonus

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That gets an "endurance discount" instead

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Yes, it would if it wasn't broken

[/ QUOTE ]Claws is getting fixed, although with the fixes they currently have made it would get 30% higher DPS than any other primary (stalkers that is, but most likely same fixes will apply to scrappers), so they're still tuning it before releasing the fixes on live.

Dark is the most powerful MM secondary, no contest.
Can't say about poison, but dark is so active secondary that I'd suggest getting stamina, especially if you want to blast a bit as well.