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Yep not expecting a great response but maybe get surprised. THanks for the info on where to post it.

Hey guys I am in the process of writing up a request for the Devs to create some kind of dedicated space for Costume Contests such as an Arena map or something of the like. Where at in the forums would I post this?

Some other thoughts are to allow others to "buy" time slots during your Regular CCs. It might go this way. You set up 5-10 minute intervals leading up to your big CC. You then advertise you have slots open for like 2-5 million INF(or whatever price you choose to set) a slot. Some who might benefit from this are up and coming SGs who are looking for ways to advertise their group. They pay a small fee, front their own rewards, and judge their own mini contests. They get notoriety and you get more INF for your prize pool. Not to mention they will undoubtedly bring along with them friends and SG mates to participate in your CC. Win Win for everybody.

I cannot speak for anyone else. However, I do not participate in Costume Contests for the Rewards. I simply enjoy seeing the occupation of a server come together and show off their various creations. Many times this leads me to inspiration for my next costume (dont worry folks, I would never rip off your unique and amazing looks!). I remember one time I was at a CC and was asked to throw out our favorite Emote. I threw out "the chicken dance" emote and won a little bit of INF. The payout wasnt that great but the chance to say I use to dance for INF was priceless! (I was young and needed the INF to put myself through University)

In any event, are larger Prize Pools gonna draw a larger crowd? Probably. Please do not let this deter you from organizing smaller CCs though! I love this feature of the Player created content! I have organized very successful CCs for less than 10 million INF. With some proper planning, you can make a CC very fun and interactive which will ultimately draw more players over the long term.

Also, you may check out my Forum Thread.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=241718

Please feel free to post there any CCs you would like to organize. I am really trying to revive these events. I believe they offer a great opportunity to show off the creativity of our fellow players that capitalize on the wonderfully diverse character customization abilities we have.

While the Statesman does in fact remove the co-op option I hope that wont stop anyone from coming out for the remainder of the TFs.

Any toons are fine with me. I will primarily be running my Ice/Ice tank. If that helps any. But again, I am not gonna limit any toons.

What: A full day devoted to running Level 50 TFs.

When: Monday March 21, 2011
Starting at 10:00 am EST

I will be starting teams to run the various level 50 TFs starting with the ITF on Monday at 10:00 am. We will probably move into the Statesman TF followed by the Lady Grey TF. After these we will move into the Apex and Tin Mage. These will mostly be Shard runs meaning Kill All mishes. If you would like to join me show up at Imperious Monday morning. If time permits, once we make the circuit we will fill in with other TFs or repeat runs for alts or what have you.

Sirken

***Disclaimer***

I did not originally intend to set out and write a diary about my time as an archery/energy blaster. However, I am having such a good time and it is such a different playstyle than I am used to, I feel that the experience merits being documented.

***End of Disclaimer***

Saturday March 12, 2011

I rolled Sirken up Saturday night. As I was starting a new toon, my RL buddy X43 decided to join me and rolled up a Sonic/Mental blaster. So "Call Back" and "Sirken" set out on their little adventure. First stop, we hit up our contacts in City Hall. By mere coincidence we picked the same origin so our mishes were the same. This led to a bid of speed as we did not have to run both sets of mishes. At level 3, we teamed with a friend on his Kheldian level 30 something. I have to admit, this was mostly to show off my awesome costume and perhaps get some schoolin from Local Man on my Earth/Storm. In any event, we ran his Tips mish and he logged. So Call Back and I continued on our City Hall mishes. At level 5 we logged for the evening.

Sunday March 13, 2011

I logged into Sirken and quickly ran him through the first set of Radio Mishes. Some first impressions of the toon...

I found it odd to slot this character up. Normally, I would slot at least 1 acc and a few endurance redux enhancements. However, as I am strictly focusing on building up my ST attack chain atm, endurance seems to be a non issue. Also, Archery has its naturally higher accuracy. Hmm. What should I do? Well, I did what any crazy blaster does in that situation...I slotted all damage! Snap Shot and Aimed Shot are ok. Fast recharging. I could usually 3 shot most even level cons. Level 4 brought Build Up. That helped LTs in the radio mishes. So far so good. Nothing really blowing my mind but nothing letting me down either.
THEN CAME BLAZING ARROW! OMG! I love this power. With Buildup I was able to fire this power and one shot minions, 2 shot LTs(with snap shot as follow up) and 3 shot any Bosses. That DoT fire damage is excellent. I found myself 1 shotting minions with Blazing arrow and even though I didnt defeat them I would flip targets and could usually rely on the DoT to take them out before they reached firing range on me. I finished up my bank mish and headed to the Hollows at level 6. Quickly ran through Wincott's arc. Picked up the frostfire arc. I logged today at level 8 sitting in front of Frostfire's door.

I know its very early but all impressions are good. Thanks guys for the wonderful suggestion. It definately fits the sniper mode I am going for while still allowing me the flexibility of being a steamroller on teams.

Ok so this is kinda unrelated to the original purpose of this thread but hey, its my thread..lol

Anyways, Last night after rolling up my Archery/Energy blaster, I jumped on a team with Local Man (who was on his Peacebringer) and ran a single Tip mish. We just used the mish to chat a bit. Well, he logs and I go about my business of meeting my City Council contact and running my initial mishes in AP. I run one mish. No biggie. I take out a few clockwork and call it a day. The second mish however introduced me to an aspect of the game I had Never seen before...The mish again was fighting clockwork but all of a sudden about halfway into the mish a stinkin Void Seeker pops around a corner and blasts me. Now I am fully aware that the voids spawn when you are teamed with a Kheldian but why in the world did this happen SOLO and like a half hour after teaming with Local? Surprised me needless to say. Anyone else have issues with this? Is this normal?

Thank you very much for that breakdown of the various sets Neutrino. I can see your points on Archery/EM. Thats exactly what I need to see.

Sirken:Archery/Energy Melee Blaster will be joining you all in paragon city very soon!

Ok so I am starting to see a trend of taking /EM lol. Honestly, I had pretty much figured that. Thanks for confirming my thoughts. I see that the type of snipe however is gonna be up to personal taste. Seen Archery, Psionic, Rad. I did like the explanation of Rad's alternate abilities of -def. That could be good. So lets refine this Thread a bit.

As most snipes are pretty much the same...What secondary effects would you suggest from the various primaries?

(PS. I am a bit worried about taking Archery for the fact that its Lethel damage. Can a case be made that this is not such an issue as I think? Please convince me as I would love an Archery toon for theme purposes)

I am looking to create a toon centered around sniping. This means I would like the hardest hitting, fastest recharging, fastest Interupt time possible. Some Ranged defense would be nice as well. While I am focusing on being able to Snipe, I do not want to ignore the other 15 powers in my Primary/Secondary. This will primarily be a solo/Duo build(though the other half of the duo will be subject to change) Any suggestions on building a Snipe focused blaster?

(Not looking for builds just suggestions, but if you have a build handy thats fine)

I am very sorry to hear you lost your Grandfather. I hope that these verses can be of encouragement:

Isaiah. 25:8,*9: “He will actually swallow up death forever, and the Sovereign Lord Jehovah will certainly wipe the tears from all faces. .*.*. And in that day one will certainly say: ‘Look! This is our God. We have hoped in him, and he will save us. This is Jehovah. We have hoped in him. Let us be joyful and rejoice in the salvation by him.’”

John 5:28,*29: “Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment.”

John 11:25,*26: “Jesus said to her: ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He that exercises faith in me, even though he dies, will come to life; and everyone that is living and exercises faith in me will never die at all. Do you believe this?’”

Psalms. 146:5,*9: “Happy is the one .*.*. whose hope is in Jehovah his God. .*.*. The fatherless boy and the widow he relieves.” (Right now God has such loving concern for bereaved ones.)

Psalms 37:29--The righteous themselves will possess the earth, And they will reside forever upon it.

After a few years of playing this game, I find myself looking for new challenges. One of the great things about this game is the fast paced action. When you get on a great team, you can steamroll content and crank out the XP/INF/Drops. I have a blast on these well oiled machines.

However...

There are days when I long for a bit slower, sneaky, "smarter" style of play. Now when I say smarter I do not in any way mean to say that the above mentioned team members are unintelligent. I mean a more deliberate, planned strategic style. Think Swat or Navy Seals. Their victims never even knew they were there. They strike from the shadows. Snipers are an integral part of the strategy. The battle is over before the enemies get one shot off.

Bearing this in mind, I am looking for any players that are already running a stealth-oriented SG/team on a regular basis. I would like to specialize as a Sniper of sorts. I would be creating a new toon so bear that in mind when inviting me.

Barring this, What type of toon would you suggest as a solo character? I am leaning heavily towards Blaster: Assault Rifle.

YAY! Another CC hit our fair city. Kaylala hosted one tonight. As she said she will post later I wont step on her tale. However I just wanted to say its good to see people organizing these. I had a blast.....despite losing.....hmm

heh anyways lets keep it going folks! Jump out there and start a CC today! I dont care if the prize is 500 million or 5 million. Its just plain fun to get together and see the amazing costumes that jump out of your brains and onto the screen!

HAHAHAHAHA Love that! Only he would be able to throw a fit like that....well him and my 2 year old grandson. Great work.

Just a neat idea would be to see Doctor Aeon muttering something about how everytime he steps out to get a decent cup of coffee some group of heroes decides to try to destroy his Web. or perhaps arguing with a barista about the price of his drink or something.

Rated 5 stars

I thought so. Thanks Local Man.

Ahh thats very good to know. I didnt realize there was no stacking. I think that the 2 in FR and Earthquake should be sufficient then.

I was talking to a friend and he says he read something about the Touch of lady grey proc having a higher than normal chance for firing. Is that true or just a perceived thing?

I was looking in MIDS last night and realized that there are 3 possible slots where I might place the chance for resist debuff IO in my Earth/Storm controller. Those would be Freezing Rain, Earthquake, and Tornado. I have a few interlocking questions regarding this.

1. Just because I CAN place them does that mean I SHOULD place them in all 3 powers?

2. If not, what powers would be the best to place it in?

Thank you guys!

Sirken

So I have decided on which powersets to level up next.

Can I get a drumroll please?.......No? well, um ok.

Well, I couldn't decide on just one so I actually rolled up 2 new toons.

Xi Nao Jientou: A Mind/TA controller.
AND
Rinjani: An Earth/Storm Controller.

I expect both will be highly educational and inspiring to play. Thank you for all your assistance, guys!

1:20: "OH Me no can take it!"

HAHAHAHAHA

Mind/TA huh? Well, it was on my mental list of sets to try out a while back. I noticed someone said it lacks in debuffs yet I noticed that there were at least 2 powers that debuffed resist and one that hit for 20% defense debuff base. Am I missing something? Well, I have a mind/ff(level 40) and a Mind/storm(level 10). I am gonna roll up a Mind/TA and see which one really strikes my fancy most. I really appreciate the feedback guys. I will let ya all know what I finally decide to focus on and then the build wars can begin. heh.

Thanks everyone for the replies! I was looking at a few things and what about Mind/Storm?

Any pitfalls here? Pros?

Thoughts? Thanks folks.