Ohsirus

The Art of War AR/DEV

Urban Law Fire/Ice Tank

What you talking bout Willis?

RIP Michael, it feels like a family member has left us. Can't imagine a Party/ BBQ/ Wedding and you not be around. Sad day that a true musical/dance genius is gone.

Been there done that and the drop rate is extreeeemeeeely low. Not even worth the time.

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I was also thinking could it be the "Boss" farms? Or farms in general? IDK...

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Bingo. AE missions can be tough on a Tanker. I've tried the boss farms on my L33 Ice/Eng and it just doesn't hold up against packs that size.

LT farms however aren't usually too tough for him. Having said that, try IO slotting to get your Defense (especially Smash/Lethal) close to the soft cap (45%).

You may also find that Hibernate can be a fairly big deal in Icer tanking sometimes (probably my favorite T9 Tanker primary power).

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Don't fret, Ice is fine for most situations, but if your goal is to be the lead tank with zero support against 2 mobs of 54 bosses then yeah Stone is your friend.

Just built a Shield/SS myself and I have to give you props on that crazy recharge you have. Double Hasten'd what is your shield recharge?

Yesterday I was one of those lazy guys that fully IO'd out a toon using nothing but pre crafted IOs. I did peep at the recipe prices to see the markups on some, but I really didn't have the time or patience to go thru collecting and crafting.

So to all those that benefited from my 900Mill Stimulas Package, You're Welcome and craft on!

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The file is named coh.checksum - not the one Ohsirus specifies (that doesn't exist).

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Yeah Thank you, was at work and I couldn't recall the EXACT name.

Mind has always been the dark horse of trollers. I'm always impressed when I see a lvl 50 Mind troller cause that seems a very painful treck. I always wanted to try Mass Confusion out, but when plant went live and I got a taste of seeds I thought wow this is totally unfair to Mind trollers. Put some Range to expand its cone and it has a 20 sec recharge, just Seed, Root, Carrion, and reap the AOE XP.

I had a guy last night politely ask me was I busy and if I would help him xfer some in from his poor toon to his poorer toon. He gave me 5 mill and i offered him 50 mill, but he canx the trade and said " Oh no Ohsirus you almost gave me too much".

I told him no I didn't " You're my act of Kindness for the day". He said Wow, I just wanted to buy me some wings and Thank you.

IIRC the filename COHChecksum.dat sometimes needs to be deleted. I remember even after the OP instructions it would still re-download the game.

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To the OP: maybe just a new player who leveled a bit too fast to know the game well.

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You could have kindly told him "How about I do you one better, I'll give you the secret to a near endless supply of influence that requires minimal effort, no farming, and works while you aren't even playing the game!"


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But if you say that, then 300-400 mil shouldn't be a big deal, you should just give it right away.

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His main is a fully Io'd out F/K.

There was a time on my home server that there was count'em three full-time Khelds at play at one time and we all knew each other lol. Now can't go ten feet without seeing some Kheld zipping by, you would almost think it was some new AT introduced. Kind of bums me out I don't play mine anymore, would be a blast to try and organize another all Kheld STF again.

Now you might ask about the title, but I was reading alot of the other posts and reading comments on how influence's in-game worth has plummeted.

So I'm in the AH just checking my sales and a toon I teamed with once, but remembered me asked " Can you do me a favor and give me 300-400 mill so I can IO out my blaster?". Now when he asked for a favor I'm thinking ok he wants to do a inf xfer or he's a little short for some recipe. No, and he was serious. I had to explain that 300-400mill is not a favor and he needs to ask someone that's closer to being a friend than I am.

Geesh, remember when you could just give a guy a couple lvl 50 SOs for them to sell and you were the best thing since sliced bread.

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In many cases, the constant influx of inf far outstrips the influx of "stuff." This is especially noticeable with the highly sought items like purple and pvp sets and certain HOs.

It's just how it is. Players (real & RMT) are generating much more inf than the good "stuff" over any given period of time and without significant inf sinks, the inf will just continue to buildup over time, which is partially manifested when you see the RMTs constantly having to drop their prices.

Ironically, IMO I believe that the major inf "sink" in the game is people just hoarding inf for the fun of it or some kind of competition perhaps. That effectively takes inf out of circulation.

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I've noticed there are way more billionaires in game now. I remember when purples first came out, I put a staggering 80million on one and that was near unheard of. Now I just sold that same IO for 300 million last week. Toons have way more inf to burn thru, and purples don't drop in AE. Those farmers we hated in-game no longer supply purples to the masses.

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toon that is Melee, is able to "Tank" and hold aggro in even the most difficult teams and situations, but also can sustain a firm attack chain with enough damage to feel useful on large AoE oriented Teams or soloing large +2-+3 spawns for farming.


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If you weren't serious, it's kinda comical to even put a WS Dwarf as a real contender for your requirements. Kheld's Dwarf Forms have poor aggro control, nothing spectacular as far as damage output and on large AOE farm teams a fully eclipsed double mired Dark nova + 3 pets is your AOE lawnmower. Going to suggest you play the toon first and see what a Kheld offers-in game.

Really that depends on your purpose. I'm not a fan of buying IO sets with no purpose. I see alot of purpled out toons on the boards, that really provide no overall purpose IMO.

Issue 15 should be rolling out soon and more than likely everyone will get a freespec so be careful.

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i took a fire/ice when plant came to controllers and p.l'd it to 50 in 28 hours..so they are as fast.

fire/kin lvlin faster is a myth started by people who cant hold the old farmers jock..

fire/fire is the best since issue 2...but any can and do ok. shied/ss is ok as well..

the problem i have with my kin is the amount of resets involved..tanks can do dreck ( yeah i know some kinds do dreck but they cant do it as quick as i can)

dreck = more spawns and higher xp then demons or praeitorians.

this ='s more xp and less resets and plus freaks can self rez which ='s more xp in your pocket.

course ive only been pling with fire tanks since issue 2..so what do i know :P

this isnt saying fire/kins arent good cause they are..but you have more tolerance when your in the big dreck mish with afk'ers cause they can come back in better time then a bm mish or demon mish..and i think weve all had that issue before

less resets and more rezzed freaks = more xp and more influence...

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Back before Fire/Kins were the rage ,my ole Fire/Ice Tank combined with Dead Scanner mish was a sight to behold. Even after all the nerfs Burn/ED/Global Defense I was still herding Battle Maiden mobs 2-8man spawns and laying waste.

Not going to down Fire/Kins though, cause the right map/mobs/some support can lay waste faster than anything I've seen. Short of the ole Blaster Inferno next to a fully pulled map of Ninja flopping on a Ice Slick.

Another thing to remember is alot of people are just holding out till 50 to IO out a character and crafting IOs to fully slot out a lvl 50 can be really time consuming. When I hovered around the bill mark, I fully crafted/IO'd out a lvl 50 and it was nooo fun.

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ive made a billion time after time ..usually i dont bother going to 2 bil's cause im buying for a new toon ..no new toons this time..waiting for going rogue to spend my money

but i made it to the 2 bill cap this time again..this time nothing to spend it on

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QFT, Since I'm not lvling anymore I'm just trying to get as much Influence as possible. Working on my fourth piggybank toon, hitting 2 billion on a toon is easy since heroes are so free with their influence. I'm thinking Going Rogue is going to combine the markets and I Want be prepared cause there are soo many new toons I want on blueside.

HP Mobo repairs are crap. My DV9220 was never the same. Heat from gaming is what caused mine and my coworkers HP laptops to fault out. The Laptop is too thin and provides crappy airflow. Enough rant, Can't recall if the bios has a cpu limiter function, ie slow/compatibility mode. Check your bios.

Going to recommend, check out some of the Human/Dwarf guides already posted. If this is your first Kheld, play with it (out of AE Farms) and see if it's for you. Your slotting makes lil sense without showing the enhancements.

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ouch that really does suck :-(

on the plus side at least you didnt have to waste a bunch of respecs trying to get them out of other toons to slot in the ones you want them for now.

(yeah not much of a plus but still)

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I wasted 3 Vet Respecs on my PB stripping him near bare.

WB, Captain. I remember you from the ole Hami days also.