MisterD

Hell, he could be mind control and fighting +3 carnies. That would cause some missing. How about some constructive feedback. Also, saying he needs to get to 50 and slot an incarnate power is'nt much help right NOW is it? If every build had acc issues before 50, the game wouldnt be much fun. Obviously, we dont have acc issues with decent slotting.
Still, you are the one who sounds like the troll here Gem.

A bit unrelated but..concerning cheating AV tricks. When I first fought protean in teh newish hero side arc, I was using my elec scrapper. I saw the drain warning come up..and though, well, Im elec, doesnt matter. But oh no, he sapped ALL my end. To me, that is cheating. Its not a special power..he is energy aura, using his drain. To an elec, it should do NOTHING.

Technically..stalkers have an inherent that requires you to interact with them. Assassination does nothing unless your using Assassin's Strike (obviously not counting hide crits). For that matter...if you dont toggle Hide on for a stalker, which granted..is not likely..you wont get any benefit from the inherent.
While I'm on the topic..brutes and blasters inherents both require you to KEEP attacking. How is that not interactive?? Doms have the best inherent easily, you use it exactly WHEN you want to, knowing what it will do. And no other AT in the game can somehow get a perma inherent. (Well unless you count things like the fitness boost on Veats and things like that)

It works both ways..as people have said. Some leaders are just idiots, some are just leading because no one else will, for others it is their first time. If you join a league where the teams look like a bad mix..and you know they are..SPEAK UP. I hope you said something before you quit that league, at least pointing out why you quit.If the guy was an idiot, point it out. If he was a new leader, help him. Quitting doesn't do anything.

I also agree with the 'If you don't like a team you joined, make your own.' I had one BAF on virtue..the leader formed the team after a good 30 mins of the entire zone moaning that there were no leagues going. Then we get in, and he wants to pull NS to teh courts (he was from freedom, that's how we do it there). No big deal right, its a huge 10 foot from the wall pulling spot right? WRONG. Basically the entire league starts moaning and abusing him, saying the courts are stupid blah blah. The whining went on over the entire trial..with all the cry babies refusing to admit you don't HAVE to run baf that way.

If the above example, it is pretty clear who were the idiots..90% of that whole league! If you cant follow a simple direction from the guy who formed it..please, go away.

Another example. On Freedom, there's a guy who puts together, shall we say..'special' leagues. Teams of all brutes, all tanks etc etc. I joined one of these (before I knew him) and it looked simply awful. Did anyone quit before we started? Sure they did. In fact..the leader himself left. Then it was 20 odd people of bad AT mixes, all frustrated and angry. I took over the league, WITH the bad mix..and we ran a perfect baf.

The reason you might have found so many bad leagues recently, as a friend pointed out...double XP has just happened. SO there is a heap of freshly minted 50s doing the trials..without the shiny powers.

I think Keyes is somewhat fun, and than it should be tweaked. I agree with all on Snow's suggestions.

So far, I have taken over 35 toons through the incarnate progression. FOUR have done keyes. Thats right, 4. Two of these were just because Keyes was the only trial going at the time, one was leading it myself on a badger type toon, the fourth I actually looked for the trial.

The pulse is a gimmick. Plain and simple. A gimmick because the other incarnate powers have made the first trials easy. Requiring a heal or rebirth..a gimmick. I dont find dying to something like that fun. As Snow says..cut the damage.

My suggestion..the map is a huge reactor right? How about have some areas with radiation leaks..good radiation leaks. Something like a big + regen effect, if you stand near a core or similar. This would give people without heals an option..duck in between pulses to heal up, and then get out a return to help out.

Checked my combat log..had to get pet damage showing..and it is doing TWO tics..not three.

You want end red in your demons and the prince, for sure. They use it like crazy. Also..I cant recall the bonsues for all the normal pet sets, but I though most were rubbish. I usually slot tier 1 and 2 pets with 3 Nuc hamis then other slots for the special stuff.

Ohh..I meant literally..will check combat log. Didnt even consider that!

While I am here..RoA detailed info:

3 Ticks of 95.02 lethal damage over 1.00s on target

Three tics...so why do I NEVER see three..just two?


And thanks for the answers guys

Bill is correct..dont go assuming people play the same as you. I have taken around 20 heroes to level 50, all playing through the game..and I think only one of them had that badge before 40.
Fact is, clocks are a tough mob type, so I know I avoid them in arcs and police scanner missions as a lowbie. Also, they are pretty rare above 20 (do they even go higher?) and it doesnt take all that low to get over 20 anyway.
Another point, running the low level tfs, as a lowbie..is something I basically never do. Those tfs (not counting the new posi..which I think has few clocks now) are painful enough without doing them as an unslotted under powered lowbie. I will stick to doing them at 50 thank you.
Above 30, I can think of only a few missions where a player could kill a lot of Princes. The psy clock king mission from tina, the psy clock mission from harvey, and seem to recall unai having one.
And...perez park, by the boat house is the best place to hunt them I find. Small area they spawn in, and can get teh badge in about 5 mins. They are lower lvls than sky too.

Makes sense!
But...why is the damage is mids capping at 5 FS stacks..screwy?

Oh..so your saying..that first 100% comes from the 99%ish + damage slotting in attack powers? And then the FS goes on top of that? If that makes sense.

Mids is still odd...if I look at the damage info..I am at 30% (for being a solo fender) + 8.5 % from sets + 125% (5 stacked FS) + 100% (damage slotted attacks) which in mids..equals..213%. Which obviously does not add up correctly..Also, after 5 stacks of FS, if I increase it in Mids..the damage on my attacks does not improve at all. Also..oddly..the info in mids is showing a fender damaged capped at 400 not 300. Could that have something to do which teh strange numbers?

I have been playing around with an updated build for my kin/archery defender in Mids and have come across some weird things. Now, I know teh fender damage cap in game is 300%...yet in mids, with FS set to 4-6 stacks..the damage on my attacks is capping out.

Is that just an error in mids? Basically, I am trying to work out, on average, how many FS stacks I need to cap my damage..and is taking assault is a waste, or if it could mean one less stack.

I know this is meant to be 'geek' list..but, how are they defining it? Is it the 10 most powerful swords, from all over, the 10 most well know, the 10 most geeky? I freely admit too having heard nothing or very little about the manga type swords on the list. Does that make me less of a geek? I'm sure there could be a list of just swords that appear in manga and no one BUT manga nerds would even know about.
Also..regarding Excalibur..in my mind, it is not a geek sword at all. Ask almost anyone at random if they have heard of it and the answer will be a yes. But it is NOT a geek sword..is it a historical and mythological sword. The history and myth came first. Just because geeks use it for D&D or whatever does not make it suddenly geek property.

Agree with the point about Saberhagen's Swords. Although that is 10? of them..so a bit hard to rank. And what about another Moorcock one..the Sword of The Dawn? That is another awesome one. Unless it cant get on the list cause Stormbringer already is. And I find it a complete joke that the writer of the article has not even read an Elric book..do some research!

I have a fire kin corr, and cold corr (not fire primary though). I find both to be great team improving toons. Not too sure of how the dam/res question actually functions, that is..if +30 damage = -30% res. However..I do find the kin more fun to play. That may be due to having fire blast..but I find the kin seems to make teams steamroller more.

If anything, that could be because FS has a much faster rech than sleet..and you can stack it very easily. Of course, on the flip side, if you run in to use FS and the target dies..as well as the problem of actually BEING in melee. Cold is much easier to stay back and blast with and the -res will hit the whole mob, instead of most of the FS only buffing people in melee (not the team mates at the back).

Maybe someone who understands the numbers better can give you a better answer..but in short, both builds are gonna be fun and kick *** for teaming.

I have seen a heap of different methods on how to get him. Have tried them all..and have still only seen him TWICE IN FOUR years. The spawning is clearly totally buggy, and it seems to be more luck than anything else.

Ok..wtf? After the error, I click exit..and the launcher window loads..and the game runs? Umm..ok. Not sure what the error was for then..besides making me wait.

Right as I read that..I got that same error..
HTTP status 500: An unexpected condition prevented the server from fulfilling the request.

Any bright ideas?

Went to run the game this morning..launcher opens...the progress bar is empty and the text says 'Downloading (??.?? remaining).
Is this a new bug or something? Its been sitting there for 10 minutes.

Just my findings, but since the patch last night.. I have found..no lag, no being kicked for trials, no alpha slot loss. I read that the notes were meant to have optimized the servers and stuff with custom powers. It has sure worked for me..24 man bafs today, with a lot of MMs..no lag at all. Whereas before, especially during the prisoner phase, I would lag.
I guess it doesnt really help pinpoint the issues people are reporting..but I LIKE whatever this patch did. If it helps..I am playing in Aus, not the US.

How does that work..kick someone..Oh wow, I magically got more def! I can see how parry works, giving +def...but a kick?

Ahh...so its not like a constant heal over time for the duration? Cause that, power boosted..would be just crazy.

Question using Power Boost...you said if used before Foresight, it boosts the +def for the full duration. Is the Chrono Shift a click, and does PB increase the healing for teh entire duration also?