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It was a most epic way to get the MoLRSF. We pulled Numi, smacked her down, and then on the next pull we got all of them. And won. I was mighty pleased. PGTs are awesome.

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Succeeding with such chaos going on.. makes me feel like it means so much more.

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I'm glad we won but I prefer it when the single pulls work rather then epic slugfest when it is a Master Run. Keeps the blood pressure down

Great run gang! Now to send Devcon off into retirement......

What for? I've created an arc with a kill all, no problem. Did you have some spawn off the map?

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Ditto.

Any Regeneration character I have has one in Stamina and Quick Recovery, and it is beautiful.

If you are Electric Armor, place a second one in Power Sink.

Anyone know what the effect would be if one of these were placed in Lightning Field?

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Rest assured that unless there was a recent change with ish 15 (which I doubt) that if you put that proc into ANY end draining attack you will be giving stamina back to the enemy.

Quick Recovery, Stamina, and Kheldian transform powers are where it goes. QR and Stamina are always on and the Proc will check at regular intervals for the chance to bestow 10 stamina to your toon. If you have QR+Stamina, put one in each and enjoy. Kheldian Transformation powers are on until turned off so the proc will always run while you are transformed. If you are a Tripleform Kheldian and you took the Fitness/Stamina power then you can have a Proc in Nova, Dwarf and Human Mode. Only one proc will work in any form, but that's fine.

Last time I tested on TEST server with one of my electric brutes, Lighting Field would give stamina back to the enemies and Power Sink also gave stamina back to the enemies. So unless there was a change to the proc that I missed do NOT install it in Powersink or Lightning Field. Note: my last Test server check of the proc was a long while back but I've read of NO changes to the proc.

It was a couple issues back. Invul still has the psi hole (rassafrassin.....) but it is stronger then it was.

WP has no Psihole, offers Quick Recovery which if combined with Stamina means "what stamina problems"? and is overall a great armor set.

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So after 5 months of having no CoX but my un-updated copy of Mids' (I'm on deployment) I've decided I want to make a Mace/Shield brute when I get home.

...these will both be new sets to me, and I know they've gotten a lot of changes since February, some of which I know and some I don't.

Basically, I have some questions:

1. Can I skip any of the ST attacks in Mace? Seems like Jawbreaker and shatter are pretty similar, with new Clobber being useful.

2. How viable is Shields without any IO support? I was planning on taking the team powers (mostly because I like teaming and for the DEF debuff resistance), maybe tough and weave, but I don't want to have like 9 toggles to even live through a full spawn. Got that on my fire scrapper, thanks.

3. What kind of helpful tips/tactics have people found for shields?

4. How cool are the customizable maces? Especially with the new costumes I've seen that have been released lately.

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1. Haven't made a mace user so I can't recommend powers

2. While you could use SO or standard IO, you will want to slot up some stamina recovery as Shield can be a drain.

3. Many shield toons I see are Electric Melee so they can have Lightning Rod plus Shield Charge, or Super Strength for Shield Charge+Footstomp. Also you are not Captain America, and you and your mighty shield are not invincible, shield is a nice set, but it is not at the same durability level as Stone, Invul, WP. Its a cool set with cool abilities and its better then energy armor.

4. Paragonwiki.com has pics of the maces and shields. Many nifty items to be had if you can unlock em.

I find that Sappers and Illusionists are the best way.

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Udated list & a reminder that this is scheduled for tonight!

A Mr E-Man Production

Featuring Cold Satisfaction or Mr E-Villain

Mission: Master of the Lord Recluse Strike Force
Contact: Lord Recluse
Location: Grandville

Date & Time: Thursday, July 9 @ 10:30PM Eastern/7:30PM Pacific

Level Range: 45-50

Combatants: Longbow, Malta Operatives, Freedom Phalanx, Vindicators

Arch-Villain(s)/Hero(es): Agent Crimson, Kronos Class Titan, The Slinger, Back Alley Brawler (x2), Numina (x2), Manticore (x2), Sister Psyche (x2), Mynx, Luminary, Swan, Valkyrie, Malaise, Ms Liberty, Positron, Synapse, Citadel, Statesman

Current Team Roster:

1: Cold Satisfaction: Ice/Dark Corruptor -or- Mr E-Villain: SS/Inv Brute
2: Robin Rogue: Dark/Kin Corruptor (tentative)
3: Hatake Kasumi: Widow
4: Project 64B: Earth/Fire Dominator
5: Supreme Soviet: Bots/Traps Mastermind
6: Muse of Destruction: Crab
7: Teh Corrupted One: Rad/Dark Corruptor
8: Ms Burned Bush: Plant/Psi Dominator -or- Lynner: Sonic/Thermal Corruptor
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Strike Force Stats:

<ul type="square">[*]This Strike Force requires an 8-person team to start &amp; I will set it to No Temp Powers (which includes Veteran Reward Powers) &amp; 0 Defeats[*]6 missions (1 talk to)[*]Badge(s): Servant of Recluse, Master/Mistress of Olympus, Annihilator, Master of Lord Recluse's Strike Force for No Deaths/No Temp Powers (no guarantees ) plus progress towards the Monkeywrencher badge for Zeus Titans [*]Merit Reward: 25[*]This Strike Force (by necessity) will probably be limited to just one team – if someone would like to volunteer to run a second team LMK[/list]
Mr E-Man’s MoLRSF Mission Notes:

<ul type="square">[*]Stick together, listen to instructions &amp; do not be afraid to offer your opinion on strategy![*] First Mission: Completely clear to all of the doors - including the turrets. Wait for &amp; clear the ambushes (3?) after kidnapping the scientist (you may need to move him to the door to get the ambushes to spawn. Clear the left side to Crimson - Pets on passive to avoid Hero agro until we are set.[*] Second Mission: In the water to the Khronos Titan. Clear around the nearby mobs &amp; take out the Titan. Clear the mob in front of the door. Stealth &amp; TP to the end area if possible, if not stick together &amp; clear. Clear the two areas before opening up the door. After aggroing the Slinger, try to clear the surrounding mobs before taking him down to make it less hectic for when he spawns his bots.[*] Fourth Mission: After talking to Grillo (Third Mission), move to the base of the Atlas Statue. We may need to clear some nearby mobs first. Pull to the front foot of the statue (furthest from the Heroes). Pull/Kill order: Numina, Sister Psyche, Manticore, BABs subject to pulling circumstances.[*] Fifth Mission: Clear to the Vindicator door, while the rest of the team sets up back down the hall, someone stealthy should open the door. Pull/Kill order: Malaise, Swan, Luminary, Mynx, Valkyrie (x2) subject to pulling circumstances. Clear to the glowie. Set-up &amp; wait for the ambush. Clear to Ms Liberty. Use the rifle on her &amp; take her down.[*] Sixth Mission: Clear to the right side of the Atlas Statue (to avoid any cross agro). Stay together &amp; keep buffs/debuffs running. From this side, Pull/Kill order: Numina, Synapse. Clear to the left side of the Atlas Statue. From this side, Pull/Kill order: Sister Psyche, Manticore. From here, we can determine which side to pull from next &amp; which hero to pull. Of course this is all subject to pulling circumstances. Apparently if Statesman is mentally undressing Numina, it will result in an “All-Pull” situation. If this occurs, we will determine a strategy - perhaps logging out to reset the mission &amp; hoping for a better distribution of the heroes.[*]This is a work in progress[/list]
Come &amp; join in the fun and while you are at it show Statesman what you really think of him! Sign-up here or send a global to @Mr E-Man

Red Tomax Guide: The Future of Freedom Strike Force
Paragon Wiki: The Future of Freedom Strike Force

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I can be there with my Bot/Trap MM

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Well, it seems Southern_Comfort only has an issue with people sporting "Disruptor" or other pvp related badges as a badge title if they've farmed it.

As an aside, I can only hope this change will help zone pvp get more attention.

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The only poissible way to popularize pvp in this game would be if it wasnt a broken, frustrating mess.

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I'm sure it's been suggested before, but perhaps a PvP dedicated server should be setup. Have all the PvP Zones in it, with Warburg still being the "free fire no one is safe" zone, remove all the diminishing returns stuff and also have it set so that IO set bonuses don't count. Just normal IO/SO would be needed. Offer players ONE free transfer to that server for a PvP toon of their choice, future transfers either on or off the server would entail the usual fee.

Also, no I don't count TEST server as a "Dedicated PVP server" that is the TEST server and is subject to going down anytime for patches, updates, etc.

Just setup a dedicated PvP server and update it as needed to accomodate any adjustments to powers that occur.

If you are referring to Stone Armor, I go for the sets that an augment recharge as well as mobility so that my Stone Armor Brutes and Stone Tank are not symbiotically joined to a kin.

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I SO want a glowy energy body for one of my toons. That or at least the option for making a pattern/color glow where it's used on costumes.


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/signed

Hopefully I can get into test and try this today, looking forward to adjusting a couple of toons.

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Thanks for the feedback.
And I know it's been covered at nauseum, but trekking back to two lowbie zones to pay rent is ridiculous.

Devs if there's nothing coming to bases in the near term, at least plop a couple dudes in PI &amp; Grandville who can take the fracking rent.

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Although I tend to agree with your sentiment here, to be the Dev(il)'s Advocate here... I should point out that (unless the power is already off) - The TP Beacon for Port Oakes drops you - like 20 ft' from the door of the building with the Villain SG Registrar...

And, Hero-side you can take the Yellow Line Tram to Galaxy City and get to the Registrar there fairly quick. If you have a reasonably fast travel power, it's just a couple of SuperJump bounces or a few secs or so of SuperSpeed running away from the Tram... *shrug*

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Also Pocket D connects to PO, and its a short walk to the building to pay the rent.

Sounds like it's here to stay.

I also I rechecked Synapse's list of Badges that were to be yanked and didnt see XXV on the yank list......wasn't on the retain list either. Hm

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For completeness on the STF:

Link to thread #1 the penultimate post mentions an in game discussion with a GM

Who gave the Cimerorans Coffee ? Thread which could be related to the issue. Mobs being 'active' when spawned. If the Repairmen are spwaning 'aware' there first heal will fire before they can be hit.

Players have bugged it in game, I personally haven't because why start a TF when you know there is a bug that stops you finishing it ?

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It is beatable...if you have bubbler that has Force Bubble. We could have actually attempted a MoSTF that run it went so smoothly (two deaths...both completely random). It was even tanked by an Ice Armor tank (the bubbles helped with that one too). I actually don't know if they managed to heal any of the towers...

But, yeah, it should be fixed. Force Bubble shouldn't be necessary for...anything really.

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Nothing wrong with Force Bubble at all. Hm....given this STF problem perhaps I need to blow the dust off my FF/NRGY blast Defender....

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There's no notes concerning the Barracuda Strike Force final encounter.



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Power of Black Scorpion (Mastermind Version) now has the correct targeting information and help text. It also now works correctly when used on Reichsman. This power prevents Reichsman from using his Unbreakable power. If it is used while Reichsman is Unbreakable, it will prevent Reichsman from using it again.

So once the arena is debugged and the badges fixed.....who thinks their arena badges will be stripped thus necesitating reobtaining them?

Correct. An alt of mine with the dayjob badge destroyed an object in a mission and the XXV badge dinged.

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I think nericus said septad/pentad referring to the fact that there is one badge for both,

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Draggynn is correct.

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The one thing I don't get is how to get the lightweight badges? If you select those, do you auto-exemp down?

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Correct, if you select a particular weight class you will be auto exemped to the highest level in the weight class.

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Also, did I read right that for the Pentad, I could possibly get the hero badge just by having two characters of the same AT fight against each other? I don't actually have to have a full team of 5 on both sides as long as all ATs come in twos?

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Correct. I haven't actually tested this, but based on other observations I suspect that you only need at least one person on each team. The only way (I know of) to do this is to get two of the same AT since the arena starts filling up the roster from top to bottom (So to get someone on each team you need two with the same AT so that the second of the AT has to be put on the second team). But as long as you have those two, you can probably fill up the rest of the roster as much/little as you want. 5 against 1, for example, should work.

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I thought I understood that to be one vs one

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1 vs 1 will work. I also expect 5 vs 1, or 3 vs 2, etc. will work. So if you have a bunch of people who want the badge, you probably don't need find a matching AT for all of them, but rather just a matching AT for one of them.

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2 of the same type can get the Pentad/Septad badge on Blueside, however it appears bugged for redside.

Also the two do not need to be the same level and you don't need any other arena settings.

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tried doing an unrated pentad hero vs villain match, no badge- is it bugged?

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I've tried:

Hero vs. Villain pentad/septad : no badge for hero or villain
Villain vs. Villain pentad/septad : no badge

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And there's another patch on test this morning. No notes so far.

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Hoping for fix to Cuda SF

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Hats off to Hatter for some timesaving ideas on setting this up. It'll be a cinch on Friday. Cheers!

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I have an L50 Blaster available for this.

It's a shame that converting Base Salvage to Brainstorms and Brainstorms to invention salvage no longer gives progress.

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Will AE have double exp? I kinda hope not to see what results from it.

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I hope it doesn't. If it does, I almost shudder to see the amount of farms that will spring up.

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And is it now subject to the rule of 5 with all the other 7.5 increases ?

Was just looking at my real numbers and saw it only as a huge increase. Is this new and or intended ?

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LOTG 7.5 rechargers have always been seperate from set bonuses that offer 7.5 as a set bonus. I can't see them changing that, especially without any forewarning as it would be a rather huge IO nerf.