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Me. I cried yesterday...felt so awful inside that I did not have the will to do the laundry and thus went to work wearing dirty cloths. I also went to work with a headache from not sleeping well last night...sigh.

When I got off work, what a loooong day, I went to Big Fish and bought Virtual Villagers Vol. 3, 4, and 5. I guess I will be playing those.

Hugs everyone.

Lisa.

Lisa shakes head sadly and wipes away tears.

I know nobody wants my contact info, but my email addy is

kc5ixu@yahoo.com

Lisa.

If someone did sweep in and buy City Of Heroes they would have the most appreciative, loving loyal players any game could hope to have.

If someone out there is thinking of doing so...please do so.

Lisa-Hoping for a miracle.

Me too. Very much so.
Lisa.

NOOOOO...I am in tears.

I really loved this game. I played everyday, spent real money to support the game and buy all sort of cool things for my toons..toons I feel like are my kids....and..all gone.

Gone.

Poof.

This is the only video game I have ever played, and the only game I play.

I really thought this game was doing fine...I even got started playing a Blaster and was looking forward to issue 24 more than any issue.

Lisa-Very sad.

Hello all.
I am having great fun leveling a Dark/Devices Blaster, and I would like to slot a Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: Chance for Build Up in Aim...but...is that the best place for it?

I went to Paragon Wiki, read up about Procs, but left the site still being befuddled as I am math challenged.

Using Copy and Paste, here is a paragraph that probably contains the answer that I seek.

"It's base recharge time. If you have a single target attack slotted with a 2 ppm IO, the power would need to have a 30 second recharge to have a 100% proc chance. You could then IO it to ~100% recharge and combine that with 100% global recharge bonus to get the power's recharge down to 10 seconds, and it would still have that 100% proc chance. This is how all of the store-bought IO set procs work, as well as the ATO procs that are not global bonuses. This changes the math on "optimal proccing" significantly from the traditional "flat rate" approach, and causes the performance delta of optimal and non-optimal to be much smaller, so you can really slot these in any power you use and you will see them be effective."

So, in a nutshell, according to this, the Gaussian proc would be more effective, ala, fire off more times, in a longish recharging click power ,Aim, than it would in non-click powers such as Targeting Drone and Tactics

If that is so, than is it better to leave recharge enhancements out of Aim all together and four slot it with three TO Hit Buff common IOs and the Gaussian Chance For Build UP?

Or six slot it with the whole Gaussian set, which, for Brutes and Scrappers, is probably the best option as the bonuses the set yields are yummy...but I have a Blaster who is going to go for ranged defense...so these bonuses may not be ideal for my build.


Another question I have been trying to solve is whether or not to take Leadership on this Blaster.

I know Blasters are not the right AT to take full advantage of the benefits, but, even a dab of extra damage (Assault) is welcome, and I understand that Tactics has fear and confuse resistance, as well as better perception

As this Blaster is doing great in First Ward, I plan on taking her into Night Ward where fear and confuse resistance sounds like a no brainer. The problem I am trying to address is whether or not the level of fear and confuse resistance Blasters get is worth picking leadership for this particular Blaster. I have Aim, Targeting Drone, and also have a Kismet Accuracy slotted, so I am ok with the To Hit part which is so important come issue 24, but, fear and confuse resistance? And added perception to see Arachnos??? Yes please, but only if the resistances are strong enough to be noticeable and thus worth the pick. Are they?

Any answers for this multitude of questions will be highly appreciated.

Lisa-Confused, bewildered, befuddled, and trying to learn.

Hello all.
I, a scrapper/Brute player who has never gotten a Blaster past 30, am presently playing a Dark/Devices Blaster, and am loving every bit of it.

I am 27 now, and do not have time bomb or trip mine yet, but, as a solo player, I am getting a lot of utility out of the Devices powers I do have, which is everything up to Trip Mine with the exception of Taser..might take it in the future, but as of now I am not missing it.

I am almost half finished with First Ward, and have not had a single death...if this powerset needs fixing, than I can't wait for issue 24...I will need to put on shades to prevent being blinded by it's awesomeness

Lisa.

I have used Visa Gift cards occasionally, and as a result of this casual use, I see one giant problem.

Suppose you buy a point card worth fifty dollars.

You happily punch in all the card data, then buy your 50 bucks of points.

Denied.

You try again

Denied.

The problem is, when you buy points, NcSoft charges you tax. You will need not a fifty dollar point card, but a fifty-five dollar point card..and then you will see some change trapped on the card.

How do other online games who have point cards handle tax when buying points???

Anyways, that is my thinking as to why we do not have point cards yet.

Lisa.

Tombstone Cowgirl?

Quickdraw Sarah?

Tumbleweed Sue?

Lisa.

First of all I want to thank you all for putting up with my stupid questions, and even answering them....I appreciate that so much, and I learn from the advice I get.

I was playing my first Stalker, a Spines/Ice and was enjoying it so much I made a second Stalker, a Spines/Energy. I chose energy because I still don't have an /energy toon of any great level and that stun toggle sounded like the cat's meow...perfect for keeping a couple of bad guys out of commission for a bit while I pound on the rest. I also took into consideration the fact that Spines has two ranged attacks which would be good for getting the drunken walkers.

I am now playing this toon more than I am my Spines/Ice. She is now level 22 and is getting stronger and more fun with each new level.

Before I logged out of the game this morning I did my final tip mission. It was a COT mission where you have to kill three archmages. I had to hurry because I had to get ready for work and thus just cared about completing the mission, so, I ran right past all sorts of and ranks of COT....not one of them saw me!

I located the first, one shotted it, and moved on to looking for the rest..rinse and repeat. that was the quickest I have ever gotten out of that mission.

My question is, am I making a dire mistake playing this combo?

Is there something black and evil up in the 30s and beyond that makes this combo a bad choice, or can I happily keep playing????

Hmm..I want to keep playing anyways...if there is something bleak and ugly just around the corner, any tips on what to do to make it palatible???

Thanks so much is advance.....and now I have to scoot my boots to work.

Again.....thanks

Lisa.

First of all, congrats!

Now hmm, boy or girl...My husband came home with two orphan kittens, and they are both little boy cats, so, on the basis of this, I am going to say that you will have a bouncing baby boy

Lisa-Very happy for you both.

[QUOTE=Oedipus_Tex;4234036]It's funny, I have a lvl 39 Spines/Ice Stalker and I reaallly suck with him. I was actually on my way here to ask if it gets better. But, I am not a melee player really.

I'm at around 29% defense I think.. is the issue just I haven't tried hard enough to soft cap? Its also possible I just have no idea what I'm doing. The first enemy goes down quickly but the rest of the fight is a total slog, and I have to pop inspirations to stay in the fight at around +1x3.

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1x3 may be your problem....start at default and notch up the difficulty until you are challenged, but don't feel that you suck. Level 39 is when you are finally starting to get all your powers slotted. I think Spines and /Ice both are late bloomers, so keep on until you are in the middle to late 40s, then stand back and look at your performance.

Lisa-Can't believe I am giving advice on Stalkers when my highest Stalker (I have two of them now) is level 18...I do know Scrappers and Brutes though

I vote for Street Justice/Willpower, however, the wise people of the forums say Willpower is better on a Brute. I must not be wise though as I feel equally safe on my Willpower Scrapper as I do on my Willpower Brute.

That said my second choice for a fun scrapper build is also going against the advice of those wise people I told you about above. My Katana/Electric scrap was a joy to level. She went Redside to get Shadow Meld, and ended up falling in love with both Redside and with Water Spout...so if you see a Katana/Elec scrapper using Water Spout and giggling with pure glee on the streets of Dark Astoria that would be me.

Good luck.

Lisa.

And I did it!!

I two-shotted Nocturne!!!!

Two attacks is all it took!

No fuss, no muss!!!

Yay!

lisa-Grinning a Stalkerish grin