RedSwitchblade

Originally Posted by Steelclaw

You asked for it...

Current Tournament Rules (the SEVERELY Abridged version):

* Each Server shall contain within it a single "team" of competitors all geared towards either a hero or villain alignment.

* Each team shall start with only two members... a team Captain and a Traderbot. The Captain shall actually play the game while the Traderbot is there solely for the purpose of playing the market and bankrolling the team.

* A new member shall be created to join the team when the last joining member of that team reaches 40th level.

* No Training, Dual or Single Origin IOs shall ever be slotted; Invention Origin ONLY.

* No Set Enhancements are allowed to be slotted prior to the character reaching 27th level. No Set enhancement lower than level 30 shall be slotted.

* Prior to creating the character in-game a spreadsheet shall be made plotting the exact Power and Slot allocation from 1st to 50th level. This plan shall be adhered to rigidly.

* A Reputation score shall be maintained for the character. This score is based on a mathematical equation using Badges earned (each badge has a different Rep value all kept on a separate spreadsheet), Number of Successful Missions run, Influence earned (earned inf only, that made via the market or sale of loot does not count), penalties for times defeated, and how long the character has been around. Also there is a bonus to Reputation based on how high a level the character got to before they had their first ever defeat.

* A Power score shall also be maintained for the character. Power = Temp powers/accolades/set powers + badge power values (spreadsheeted) + Level + slotted enhancements in powers + reward merits earned/spent + penalty for defeats. There is a bonus applied to power according to what the character's current difficulty settings are.

* A Teamwork score is kept based on prestige earned for the SG/VG by that character, enhancements they donated to the team storage racks, team missions they have done successfully, badges also grant a teamwork score, also there is a penalty for defeats occurring while on a team. The teamwork score is a percentage bonus applied to Reputation and Power when applying those values to the Team Rep and Power for that particular server.

* These scores (and others) are recorded at every level gain. Every 5th level they are exported to a separate spreadsheet so all characters progress can be measured against one another to see who was doing better at that point in the tournament.

Like I said, this is an extremely abridged version of my rules. I also have rules governing 50th level characters, when they can go rogue and switch sides. I have rules regarding my traderbots and how they level. I have rules about whose turn it is and what "bonus rolls" they get during their turn.

This is my tournament. This is my curse.

Heh. I love it tho'...

Originally Posted by Lothic

So to be clear you're saying you did not have the untimed Dreck mission before Going Rogue but now you do? That's pretty messed up right there - that would probably make you one of the only people left to have access to that mission.

I never doubted that the mission was probably still in the game regardless. The Devs apparently never really fully delete anything from the code even if they change an older version of something into something else. Case in point there were SGs out there who still had Items of Power in their bases for literally years after the Devs supposedly "removed" them from the game.

Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison

Am I the only one who recommends frankenslotting four heal/end/rech IOs and up to two resistance commons to taste?

Originally Posted by MarvelatMee

My SS/Fire Brute has served me well for quite some time. I just respec'd him into the Pyre Mastery and picked up Melt Armor and Fireball and now it's near ridiculous how quickly the crowds drop.

Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison

Dark armor, on a tank, only ends up with 31% resistance to toxic.

Fiery Aura matches that with one application of Healing Flames. Two stacks of healing flames beats that, and it's not hard to stack three times even.

Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba

I'll put a fiver on the 2:1 odds. I really do hate tanks BUT... I found bruising + sands of mu + blazing aura to be nasty on bosses last night. We'll see. Until I-19 comes out and I can start gearing BZB back up with incarnate stuff, I've got nothin but time.

Hell, I recreated Celmor the Peacebringer last night as well, and my hatred of PBs runs as deeply as my hatred of FA's inherent weakness.

Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA

GAAAH. You're just making my isolation from him even worse. Every other Brute I played was good, but he's the one I plotted on and schemed for before creating and was The One on paper in terms of awesomeness.

I've currently moved onto a Broadsword/Fire scrapper, in between other alts, but he's still a lowbie.

Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba

I went with a fire/fire tank name Big Bang Boy.

Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA

Stone/Fire was a horrific experience I found. The End costs were the most horrific thing of any character I've ever played.

I do wish I could try him out now with the new changes though, Fury + Build-Up + Fiery Embrace + Seismic Smash and the hammers. Yum. Damn you Great Divide, I don't want to be spending x2 subscriptions to access all my characters.

Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba

The problem with FA is player perception. It should not be considered a mitigation set. Its mitigation is *JUST* enough to keep you alive in *SOME* situations. There is a reason that its tier9 is a self-rez. You're *SUPPOSED* to be squishy and weak because the set puts out more damage than any other secondary.

On a tank, FA gives scrapper level mitigation.
On a scrapper or brute, FA gives stalker level mitigation.
(Only consider SO strength on the above statements.)

FA is not for those that wish to stand tall and stay upright in battle.

FA is a bomb. Change your battle cry to "Stop or I'll Die at You!" Rush in, hit FE, BU, any aoes in your primary, burn, RotP.

BE THE BOMB.

Having readjusted my mindset regarding FA as described here, I'm now considering making one after years of naysaying the set and even going so far as deleting my first level 50 villain which used EM/FA. If I do, I WILL be slotting RotP to the ED cap for recharge and damage.

Let's see... base recharge 300 seconds... down to 150 or so with just 3 SOs, but we'll need to get as much global recharge as possible for FE and Burn... say permahasten levels... need about 110+ hasten's 70.. 180+95... 275 total in RotP... 80 second recharge... niiiiice.

I can die a LOT every mission! WOOT!