MaXimillion_Zero

If you want to herd, take it, if not, don't.

Twilight Grasp, DN and Shadow Fall are all underslotted.

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speed (for hasten)

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*cough* lightening reflexes *cough*

[/ QUOTE ]You can never have too much recharge buffs.

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But slotting EndRdx on henches only reduces the end cost of casting them, right?

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It applies to the henches own attacks, reducing their endurance cost and meaning they don't run out so quick (especially with some pets such as the Commando, who has whole host of AoEs and drains endurance like a Humvee through 4 star )

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I believe it was the Recharges that had the change made to only affect the Power rather than the power+minion.

[/ QUOTE ]Not quite, there was no way to make recharges to affect the minions' powers, they just affected the summoning power, so they were removed altogether because you're only supposed to be able to slot enhancers that affect the hench, or both the summoning power and hench.

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In fact, there was only one instance I can remember where I *DID* have a row with someone over PvP, in Warburg. I'd spent ages getting my scientists, and on the last one, some swine ganked me and took my hard work away. When I asked him if that was REALLY necessary (It was a hero, so my getting a nuke didn't cause him any problems), his answer was, "Cause I felt like it". He didn't want the nuke himself, he just wanted to wreck someone elses fun.


[/ QUOTE ]I doubt it was "wrecking someone elses fun", but rather "having fun by killing a character in a PvP zone"...

Also, he could hardly know you were on the last scientist at that point, could he?

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O NO PVP IN A PVP ZONE SOMEBODY CALL THE INTERNETS POLICE

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You mis-spelled the word "teh" there, Xan.

[/ QUOTE ]Damn you FG, I was gonna say that

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if your wanting to drop toggles use repel

[/ QUOTE ]5% Chance to drop one toggle, WAY too unreliable.

Siphon power does indeed stack.

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Combat Jump is Immobilise, AFAIK. Acrobatics is hold. I think some of the combat pool powers offer a boost against some control effects, though.

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Some other ones that give protection
Weave is immob protection.
Aid Self is stun protection.

Resistance powers, these reduce the duration of mez effects.
IIRC Assault gives Placate and Taunt resistance.
IIRC Tactics gives Confuse and Fear resistance.
Health gives Sleep resistance.

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aid self is disorient

[/ QUOTE ]Disorient=Stun

Go for necrophilia, you won't be dissapointed

The DefDebuff in attacks is only 5%, not really worth slotting. ToHit in their tactics is only 3%, again not worth it. Maneuvers is 7,47% Def, which is nice. I would, however, recommend 3 damage.

/Thermal is a team set, if you want to solo, I'd recommend taking something else.

When you put your heal on auto, it's harder for you to control it than if you're just manually spamming it.

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I say it is a private channel, because it is not one that everyone is automatically a member of. (unlike help, global etc).

[/ QUOTE ]Nobody is member of global by default either.

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There are many chat channels in the game that are far better suited to other topics, and do not involve imposing your discussions on the entire population of the server or preventing people from using Arena for its intended purpose.


[/ QUOTE ] There is, however, no other channel DOES let us talk to the whole server, and that is the problem.

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And to the -XP the amount you lose is low, I remember the numbers were posted once (in the CoV beat forum I think) it's not some fixed %, as with so many things the dev like to use curves, basicly the higher the % damage done by a confused mob the lower the xp. it's roughly (going by memory here)
100% damage by confused mob, 0% damage by you = 0%xp
75% damage by confused mob, 25% damage by you = 40%xp
50% damage by confused mob, 50% damage by you = 75%xp
25% damage by confused mob, 75% damage by you = 90%xp
0% damage by confused mob, 100% damage by you = 100%xp

[/ QUOTE ]Actually, it's:

A.....B
0.....0
10....31
20....50
25....57
30....63
40....73
50....80
60....86
70....90
75....92
80....94
90....97
100...100

Where A is your damage, and B is XP gain, if only other source of damage is confused mob.

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Imagine you slotted your attack with 2 SO Acc. Thats 66%, or 0.66. Lets say your opponent has SR and got the 45% cap and for some reason (maybe he got Dark Melee) you are suffering a -10% Debuff when you attack. And you have no Buffs.

To Hit Value = (1 + 0.66) * (0.75 +0 -0.45 -0.1) = 33%

[/ QUOTE ]I believe you forgot to add the 25% defence boost all players have in PvP.

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Agree, my main point, however is that /regen is a Flat damage mitigator whilst /SR is a proportional damage mitigator.


[/ QUOTE ]Regen, however, can utilize the most +res and +def buffs, since those values have a cap, which the other secondaries reach easier, while there is no cap AFAIK (and considerably less buffs as well) for regeneration.

Arena channel is the channel with the best server-wide coverage (apart for help, which REALLY should be kept for it's only purpose), and personally, I will continue using it as a server wide announcement channel if I need to, as well as reply to people who ask questions there, as long as I get banned from the game for doing so, or we get a proper server-wide channel.

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MaX, u keep coming in with what looks like useful advice but its incomplete and is just a waste of time for people to keep asking for an explanation.


[/ QUOTE ] It wasn't advice, it was merely pointing out the fact that there is a bind command for autofire. [ QUOTE ]

Also, I wouldnt say anyone who uses heal on auto-fire is a Noob either.

[/ QUOTE ] I didn't say that, just that it often is a sign of that, at least according to my (and many people I know) experiences.

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EF is the first thing I drop always, its -Res & -Dam. There was a post on the US forums where he gave reasoning why u take less damage from an alpha strike if u use it.


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Yes But RI is an ACC debuff meaning you won't get hit at all and is a bigger Radius that EF.

[/ QUOTE ]You will still get hit with RI, just not as much

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EDIT: As far as I'm aware, short of remembering to turn the autofire function on and off before and after each fight, there's no bind for autofire.

[/ QUOTE ]Powexec_Auto, IIRC. And no, auto-healing is generally sign of an inexperienced player, especially when associated with empaths or thermals.

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this is a blaster board, many people here will have none-little experience as the melee ATs.


[/ QUOTE ]Most people I know play multiple AT's...

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Yes enervating field cant be enhanced except with a primary whos attacks have a 2ndary effect of -res.

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That's not enhancing the power, that's -res effects stacking.

[/ QUOTE ]Actually it is enhancing the power as well, since resistance resists resistance debuffs and thus the more -res the target has the more -res each invidual -res power does.

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Maybe it's my English, but for me that's multiplicative (or compound) effects, not "enhancing" the power itself (as in slotting enhancements in it).

[/ QUOTE ]Well, it's not enhancing the power itself, but it's directly enhancing the effect of the power, close enough for me

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As I said I have very little PvP experience.

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I have 275 PvP rating on my brute, but I may try this in PvE - been meaning to test if fury multiplies the base damage or the slotted damage. Which is a point I think ur overlooking.

[/ QUOTE ]Fury is a damage buff, just like enhancers and all other buffs.

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I dont know how to put this but, Max what is ur point?

[/ QUOTE ]The point is that instead of boosting the damage after all other factors have been added, or being a direct base damage multiplier, it is a damage buff, and thus is added to the total sum of all damage buffs and enhancements, and THAt sum is used as a damage multiplier. It is, of course, not clear from my post to someone who is not aware of how damage is calculated so I understand the reason for your confusion.