Oathbound
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Does a freaking boatload of new powersets count as one thing?
If not, well then a Melee/Support or Support/Melee AT. -
Indeed we've already seen that the Praetorian NPCs are getting a once over. They just buffed but Malaise's group a bit.
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if they left the PI arc Tyrant relatively weak (though probably a bit tougher than he is now) and instead included a TF/SF where you fight Emperor Cole who proves to be one mean son of a gun.
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Quote:I always had that problem (before I started getting black squares of doom), I just adjusted my Gamma for when taking Screenshots, and that seemed to work fine.Originally Posted by McBoo
The image that I capture using PrintScreen is darker than the actual image in the character creator. I have installed PSP which has tools to clear this up once I navigate my way around the learning curve.
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Quote:I think Cold Domination would be the best set to articulate your point.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I don't think that's entirely possible, as some sets already exist which blur the line. Traps, for instance, has three debuffs: Poison Gas Trap, Seeker Drones and Acid Mortar Two buffs, one of which is SIGNIFICANT: Triage Beacon and Forcefield Generator, a couple of control powers and a couple of damage powers. It's a bad of tricks.
As well, I wouldn't call Willpower a resistance set. It has SOME resistance, mostly to smashing and lethal damage, but it also depends on defence a LOT as well, particularly for any non-physical damage type. It also relies a lot on extra hit points and regeneration, as well.
Buffs:
Ice Shield
Glacial Shield
Frostwork
Arctic Air
Heatloss
Debuffs:
Infrigidate
Snowstorm
Benumb
Sleet
Heatloss
That's 5 buffs, 5 debuffs (1 power does both). So is it a Buff set or a Debuff set?
IMO it simply doesn't make sense to try and seperate out Support sets or Defensive sets 5+ years into the game. Each one is geared towards a single thing; Support = Team Mitigation, Defensive = Self Mitigation. (Enabling faster killing is mitigation in it's own right. Dead mobs deal no damage.)
I could just as easily argue that Willpower IS a resistance based set. Willpower has only 2 powers that provide Defense, where it has 3 that provide resistance.Quote:Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Well, then make that the defence option set, then. Def with some res, and some other tricks.
Invul is mostly res with a few tricks (Dull Pain) and some def (tough Hide, Invincible)
It doesn't take a huge leap of imagination (only decent and thorough testing and balancing, which is more the issue) to see a possibility.
Likewise I could argue Invulnerability, because while it gets twice as many resistance powers it can potentially gain as much benefit from those defense powers, more so if facing a lot of the elemental damage types.
Invulnerability with all powers 3slotted with Even level SOs gets 70.2% resist to Smashing/Lethal, but only 31.2% resist to Fire/Cold/Energy/Negative/Toxic where Tough Hide and fully saturated Invincibility give 31.2%defense to everything but Psionic.
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Quote:HAHA! My plan is working perfectly!Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
I do need to make you one, don't I? Did you let me borrow 1 or 2 LoTG's? I think I can work something up...send me a PM with some ideas, and I'll go from there.
Today my signature! Tomorrow, THE WORLD!!!
(If I'm getting a Sig Bar anyhow, should I get 3rd place for the Event I'll let the next in line have it. No need for two.)(Obviously if I win second place, I'll also let it fall to the next person since, well, I've already done my entire base for me.)(First place or bust!)
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Quote:Hey...Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
...and a lousy sig bar from me.
How come I don't have a lousy sig bar? (Shameless ploy.)
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Quote:^Basically this.Originally Posted by Thirty_Seven
Basically a character is "done" when it hits 50. There are a few exceptions. My blue- and red-side badger characters have both been 50 for some time now, and are played somewhat regularly to collect the odd badge here or there that they still "need."
The better question, for me, would be when is a character "shelved"? That happens a LOT more often. This happens for a lot of reasons, but mostly it occurs when some random new character sparks my interest and becomes the new "main" for a period of time. That might be until it hits 50, like when I started really playing my Kheld, or it may be only until a new issue comes out and adds powersets I want to try and a NEW temp-main gets created.
I make a lot of characters, some will get played until 50, some only a weekend, and others will survive deletion for long periods of time (inexplicably) and may never get above 23. -
1 - Pyro
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I love how the Forums always tell me that threads have new posts in them, despite ME being the last person to post in it...
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Ok, well, I was gonna take new reference shots of Oathy now that his powers have changed color, but I'm feeling very lazy recently, So IF I win, then I'll bother with it.
This is both of my entries in one, as they both revolve around the same characters, but with different poses.)
Figure I'd suggest pairing my forum namesake with Fenian Girl in one of two Guardian Angel-esque poses. He is a defender, as such I'd like to play heavily into that.
Pose 1: Oathy crouching on the ground with Fenian cradled in his arms, wings swept around them like a shield. The pair are contained within Oathy's personal forcefield, as a wave of fire washes in from out of frame breaking on the barrier.
Option 1: Fenian may or may no be injured.
Option 2: Perhaps the heat is so intense that it begins to break down the force barrier, burning Oathbound's wing.
Pose 2:Fenian girl stands at the ready in the middle of the frame with Oathy hovering above and behind her, arms and wings outstretched encasing them in a large force bubble, off of which bounce a spray of bullets/energy beams/fire/etc.
Option: Oathy could be semi-transparent for this picture to give it a real Ethereal vibe. Perhaps Fenian doesn't even know he's there.
Oathbound
White Costume:
Forcefield - Bright Pallette - White and Red
Psychic Blast - Bright Pallette - Red and White
Black Costume:
Forcefield - Dark Pallette - Red and Dark Red(almost black)
Psychic Blast - Dark Pallette - Red and White(light grey, as close to white as possible in the dark pallette)
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(Background info, not neccesarily related to the contest but possibly interesting or informative.)
Oathbound is a case of "He thinks, therefore he is." Though he doesn't know it, he was killed accidentally by an immensely powerful Illusion/Empathy controller (I don't have a name for him). Stricken with grief over this, the controller created an illusion and embedded it with as much of the young man's fleeting consciousness as possible, effectively resurrecting him, though there was significant gaps in Oathy's memory.
Eventually when the controller died, he imbued his illusion with the entirety of his psychic energy, prolonging Oathbound's life indefinitely. Oathbound fights crime and injustice, mostly because it's all that he can really remember ever doing.
As far as his appearance goes, there are a few things that can't be depicted in game. He's kind of an amalgamation of a Judeo-Christian Seraphim and a Hindu diety, in that he has six arms and six wings.
References (Of Seraphim/Dieties, not of Oath):
Seraphim wiki
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Notes about Oathy's personality...
He's outwardly very reserved and somewhat aloof, sometimes to the point of seeming cold, or apathetic. This is largely due to the fact that he has outlived nearly everyone he's ever met, so he is wary of growing attatched to anyone, knowing that he will only suffer their eventual loss.
He has a dry, sarcastic sense of humor, and rarely actually laughs at things he finds amusing or humorous, tending only a slight, sly smile. -
Quote:Very nice.Originally Posted by EnnVee
here is a pic of my newest body art this is only the line work and some minor shading done so far. Color will be added later on. The letters are A.I.W. and the meaning is Ambrozia Ivorie Wolf, the 12 / 10 represents the day she past away and the moons represent the year it happened as in '00' I have one more tat to go after this and I am D O N E !! the only way there will be a 5th is if I get one for my father who I lost to cancer in 1989.
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Quote:Here's a Slideshow of the old Volcano base, and the current Temple base to add.Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
Added to the original post...thanks Oathy!
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Quote:For the time being, here's some links to bases/rooms that I've constructed over the last year. There are several bases that I unfortunately do not have screenies of (which sucks cause there were some really great ones).Originally Posted by Pyro_Nympho
SECOND PLACE:
Some of you might know Oathbound from the forums, but not many know him for his Base Building skillz. Oathy has offered to do a remodel on your base...one room for now, but you two can discuss the details for an overall makeover. Thank you Oath for this gift as a Second Place prize. (He's working on some examples...=P)
My first real attempt at base building.
Library
"Treehouse"
"Sea Lab"
"Ice Caves"
I also have a Volcano Base, a Courthouse and a Temple base that I need to post screens of. -
1. Pyro Nympho - Any Day / Any Time - Lives in Central Time Zone
2. Starwind - Any Day (not 10/13 - 10/16) / after 7:30pm Central (lives in Eastern timezone) - photographer
3. Christopher Robin - Any Day with notice evenings after 7pm Central (Lives in Central -6 GMT) work best
4. Pirate Cashoo - Any Day / Any Time
5. Caemgen - Crazy schedule/ wait and see
6. Eddy Swan Fridays and Weekends - Any Time /Other days early morning only (lives on the other side of the planet )
7. Suichiro - Any Day/Any Time (Not 10/9-10/11, Lives in Pacific timezone)
8. DarkEther - after dinner during the week, after lunch or so on weekends (timezone unknown)
9. Oathbound - Any /Any - Eastern Timezone -
Ok, somewhat silly question, but...
How tall is Fenian Girl?
I have an Idea in mind, but it would look a lil silly if she was taller than my character (Though I may do it anyhow, and just say "Scale him up so that it looks right). -
Congo rats to the winners!
Quote:Curses, my lucky number, well I don't have a lucky number. My favorite number is 712 though...Originally Posted by Kai
Heh, nah, 29 is just my lucky number, proven once again
Can we start having contests be 1-1000?
No? How about 701-800? -
Quote:Despite Gravity being BY FAR my favorite set thematically, it does have some issues mechanically.Originally Posted by Thecatn
I hear a lot about MC and stuff, but hows Gravity? is it good or bad?
Be prepared for a slow trudge upto the late 20s, when you finally get your AoE stun.
Teamed you'll often be relying heavily on your secondary to be margially effective, becoming what amounts to a weak Defender.
Sure, certain secondaries fill in Gravity's weaknesses well, but any other Control set with the same secondary will still provide more to the team. -
Quote:Another thing I wonder if they could do is change it so that the Teleport is flagged as Does Not Notify Target, but the Stun is flagged as Notify Target.Originally Posted by Weatherby Goode
My suggestion for Wormhole's Split-Spawn problem:
-Raise the radius to 25 feet (which it really should be anyway).
-Make it auto-hit, but force the Stun to hit at -25%.
Voila. It doesn't split spawns, it isn't overpowered, and it doesn't use any new technology.
Since the mobs wouldn't be alerted until the stun effect is applied (like with every other AoE stun) it would prevent the problems faced by Grav Controllers taking Alphas to their face if using Wormhole within LoS.
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Quote:Halving the damage would be entirely unneccsary.Originally Posted by MagicalAct
A) Make lift an AoE, Halve the damage, double the endurance and recharge
Lift already deals just slightly more than 1/2 the damage it should.
Doubling the recharge puts it on a 12second timer, with a damage scale of 0.8, which is actually close to the standard for Target AOE attacks which range from .89ds on a 20s timer(Psi Tornado) to 1.26ds on 16s timer(Fireball). (Which converts to 0.534-0.945ds for 12seconds.)
Propel at 26 would be pointless, IMO. If anything should get pushed up that far in favor of *useful* early AoE control, it should be Dimension Shift, or even Gravity Distortion Field.Quote:Originally Posted by MagicalAct
B)Move Wormhole to level 12, out of fear of Gravity being too frontloaded(Even with plant in the picture) Move to DS to level 6 and Propel to 26.
Fire also gets all of it's main control powers by level 18 (with a situational control at 26), and it's the set that's actually *SUPPOSED* to give up control capability for damage.
I would suggest:
1 Crush
1 Gravity Distortion
2 Crushing Field
6 Lift(AoE) [OR Propel]
8 Propel [OR Lift(AoE)]
12 Wormhole
18 Dimesion Shift
26 Gravity Distortion Field
32 Singularity
Solid change.Quote:Originally Posted by MagicalAct
C)Cut the animation time to Wormhole (Could also change KB to KD but I'd be fine with just this as well)
Actually with a 6second recharge it *should* be a 1.32scale attack. In Fact, the Dominator version was changed to the proper 1.32ds with Issue 16, the Controller version is unchanged. (It's also a mystery why Lift for controllers only deals 0.8, when Levitate *the exact same power* in Mind Control deals the correct 1.32ds damage.Quote:Originally Posted by Windenergy21
Gravity has always had issues. My big things with the set are so. Lift needs to be normal 1 scale damage, not the .8 i think it is now.
The Devs have already stated that reverse KD/Repel effects are not possible with the current system.Quote:Originally Posted by Windenergy21
As far as giving it control, the perfect power for it would be what i call "gravity well" though i think there might be a power using that name in the warshades power list. But basically it works like a reverse bonfire, where it sucks enemies into the center and knocks them down. Same recharge and duration as ice slick and earthquake.
Instead of dimension shift, in place rather, call it Dimensional Vortex. A power like that at level 12, would help the set out a lot. As mentioned by the OP, wormhole due to the way it works is still not the end all control the set needs by far, the set needs a power like i just suggested.
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I vote for Arakhn, not because of attractiveness but because she's uber. (At least she SHOULD be... stupid weak NPC.)(Also, as much as I love Clamor for being a psycho crazy bish, she also looks rather freakish, and not in a good way.)
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Quote:CURSE YOU!Originally Posted by Caemgen
No winner yet... Errr, Kai snuck in while I was posting and snagged herself a winner!!
CONGRATS KAI!!!!
You get to choose between a commission by the Foo and a commission by the Foo!!
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I mean, Congrats!
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87!!!
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Already know what number Imma pick.... assuming no one ninja's in and beats me to it.....
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Uhh, death please. NO! Cake, cake, cake, sorry
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100%. The only one that I had to actually stop and think about was the Defense debuff question, cause I couldn't remember what all Lingering Radiation did (Sad considering how many Rad character I've played), but reading the other answers I knew they all had -Def, so there was no other option.
(I always get Lingering Radiation and Radiation Infection mixed up.)