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I just dig out out 3 or 4 other posts to positive rep or negative from other people then come back and rep the post that I couldn't 1 minute earlier.

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I meant upgrading from a minion to a lieut to a boss or something to that effect, or the level of the pet relative to you or the duration. You wouldn't be locked out of any specific pet because you lacked the rep for it, it just wouldn't be as powerful.

They only make fun of her when she says 'aboot' and her when her jaw becomes disconnected from her head when she talks.



Gratz WW!

Hmmm...you could summon them as 'ghost versions' like the shard reflection variants as a way of explaining how they are 1. summonable and 2. fighting on your behalf.

It seems like you and Tig were the only ones who read beyond the part where rep was first mentioned before replying with a zomg PvP rejection.

PvP is just another aspect of the game that is underutilized. No need to get all worked up over it. If I could work vanguard merits into it I'd suggest something about that too. Brainstorms, SG bases, arenas, vaults, event salvage...all underutilized.

There are so many great concepts that the devs have started that they've done halfway. It's high time that they got to really working on fleshing them out instead of all these minor subgames. Part of that is synergizing things so it hangs together instead of just a patchwork quilt.

You make it sound like my suggestion was some kind of PvP only reward, when it only has a small aspect of it within. It's obvious that somehow 'for PvPers' is some kind of weird subset of the population that should be partitioned for you.

I'm not going to suggest PvP changes and improvements because that isn't germane to this discussion although you want to take it there.

Then it wouldn't affect you whether it was done or not? I find it very interesting how there's an anti-PvP mentality that's like a cloak of doom over the game...it's not even a neglect issue but an all out prejudice against PvP.

I just ordered one. And another as a hawt spare.

Hasn't stopped PvE people from chasing PvP IOs...nor shivans or any other badging activity in PvP zones.

No one ever said they forgot to, but again, doing most ancillary stuff in this game is optional, the rewards tend to encourage things or discourage them.

Just look at the rebalancing of rewards from AE and what it did for participation.

What's wrong with getting a better gladiator (higher level or longer duration) for having PvPed? Some people are claiming that PvP grants such few rewards that PvE is a better time sink for them. No suggestion has been made that having a zero PvP rep would 'gimp' the summons.

Heh, probably true, but people go into Bloody Bay to get shivans too. Too bad the zone is dead so no real PvP goes on on most servers anyhow.

Uh...that's the point. Would be nice to also promote underutilized systems instead of just letting things rot.

Only if you get zombies to dance with you during an apocalypse when you do /e thrillerdance.

automation
–noun
1. the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum.
2. a mechanical device, operated electronically, that functions automatically, without continuous input from an operator.
3. act or process of automating.
4. the state of being automated.

If you set up afk damage farming, it would presume that you've specifically formulated a scenario to optimize your incoming damage without getting defeated. Just because it requires no further intervention by you or anything outside of the game does not imply that there is no automation.

I would presume that your definition of botting is less precise than what you first suggested, as the latter two that I mentioned still do not require the attention of the player yet are still automated.

Again, I would make the point that using a control system that is external to the client which is automated is more productive to the term botting rather than using the officially provided tools to automate tasks.

So afk damage farming is botting? Putting a teammate on follow is botting? Seems a bit too tight for me if everyone here wants to ban bots. Control clicking to auto a power would be considered botting for that matter.

I would tend to think of botting as requiring external control/scripts outside of the default game.

I haven't tried any other OS VMs yet, but launching PD5 was fine, it was just when I started the XP VM (fresh or resume) that it would instaKP. The VM was SP2 so I might try a SP3 update to see if it handles being in a VM more gracefully (while CoH is running).

VMware Fusion 3 was fine...didn't try VirtualBox although I have it installed. Personally I like VMware since their updates tend to be much more stable but Parallels especially with 5, has been so responsive (application performance, not software support :P)

The machine is stable running everything else so I'm pretty sure it's confined to Parallels Desktop 5. Never had any issue with PD4 so perhaps the upgrade wonked up the XP VM.

Thanks for the extra data point. If SP3 still fails I'm going to try a fresh build of the XP VM and/or try transferring the VM to another Mac and fiddle with things.

There's a few optimizations that you can do to speed up ITF, and most of it involves concurrently doing the required goals in each mission of the TF.

For the first mission, it's always good just to cherry pick the mobs guarding the sybils, which is obvious. However if you have a good soloist, they can always move ahead to bunch up mobs so the rest of the team can catch up and defeat the guards. A pre-herder if you will.

Note that the biggest slowdown on this mission is when you have a guard that has run away. If you cannot keep track of where the guards went you're generally overaggroing then, or getting too far ahead where your teammates can't see which mob is the one to defeat. Generally a strong team doesn't mind much anyhow and will just keep mowing down mobs until the guards are down. However elegant play can always buy you a few seconds, and on ITF every second wasted shows up on your final tally.

Also, I believe that the key is always in the room with the 4 Sybils. Again if the team is strong, just have a single person (with stealth+SS) wait at the door and keep talking to the sybil at the door. If you're lucky you can get the key a little earlier and place the stealther in front of sister solaris, and then vet tp everyone right into the mob. Again the key to speed is to make sure none of the guard mob gets away. Of course turning off AoE stealths will make sure Solaris doesn't get lost either.

For the second mission, it is simply a pop the cyst exercise. If your team is strong they can split up on the map that is cross wise, otherwise they can always stick together. Usually the weakest link is the +def buffer, since they cannot buff themselves, although a lucky shot from an exploding cyst can drop a squishy rather easily.

The third mission you can use toggle debuffers to drag the generals to the computer, or you can simply cherry pick them. It really depends on how your team is set up. If there is a single general mob on the first bridge, sometimes someone runs over and picks him off while everyone else is on the computer.

If you are going to pull any General at all, it should be the one surrounded by the surgeons. Pulling the General surrounded by EBs is sketchy since not all of the EBs will come and it will confuse your team about what mobs are left to defeat. If you can't pull the surgeon General (hehe), then the use of hurricane or force bubble usually keeps him away from the healers, but a good team will not pin him and simply pull him to an adjacent General mob.

As far as the computer goes, pull both AVs down on the computer and go to town. Usually I force bub or hurricane all the mobs inward towards the computer, as opposed to outwards (which is what most people do). Pushing inwards is the better strategy with a kin in the scrum for obvious reasons. Also it keeps all the AoEs functioning at the highest efficiency and Gauntlet and auto taunting auras will keep the mobs pinned tightly around the computer. If the AVs are running around willy nilly, make sure your kinetic puts a siphon speed on both of them to keep them from running away.

After the AVs and computer are down, cherry pick the remaining Generals and leave the mission. Note that your team should monitor the remaining mob counter as well. If your team is very efficient at single target, you should make sure your team is dropping the roman counter faster than the Generals counter, or the AoE teammates stay behind to drop the almost defeated mobs as opposed to running off to find the other Generals.

On the final mission, take down Rommie where he stands. This is where your kinetic earns their pay most of the time. At the beginning your kinetic should be spamming transfusion as much as possible, since Romulus and his gang are buffed and do a lot of negative energy damage. This probably a good time to use Magus or a bunch of oranges and purples. Your team should also be herding as many of the surrounding cims to the AVs in order to keep the count dropping fast. This includes the cims on the vertical parapets east and west of Rommie. By the time you drop him for good, your team should be just above the halfway mark for the 300 you need...usually about 160 left or so.

Run to the other towers and pop the rest and you're done. You can split up or stay together depending on how well each toon does for cherry picking minions. That's all I can think of for now.

For most missions, your buffer(s) should be double buffing everyone when they can so the buffs are stacked heavily upon entry into each mission. This means that a good buffer and a good teammate will have up to 3 buffs for minutes at a time from the same buffer. For most people, this will mean they will be def capped for each and every mission but the last.

Yes and no. They help a lot, but the max targets can make the buff a bit uneven.

Red raids are less frequent than blue raids so training wheels like nukes etc. help to get everyone familiar within their roles.