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  1. One-handed energy blasts a la Iron Man would be awesome.

    I'd love to have different shield models for Thermal Radiation and Cold Domination too.
  2. Variable energy blast animations. By that I mean that the bolts swell and ebb in width before hitting the target.
  3. Sorry for the spam.

    I reviewed the build in mid-respec and decided to do away with Lotus Drops (and Temperature Protection) and just crutch on Burn and Blazing Aura. This let me put back in Rise of the Phoenix (with a good set of IOs in it), Conserve Power and Physical Perfection.

    The latest build is above.
  4. Props to: sixecks

    six came to me asking for tips on his build for FA and I saw I really could frankenslot a lot better when I looked at his ideas. I lobotomized his proposed build for his own Kat/FA and decided to go a slightly different direction with my own, keeping to theme at least.

    Feasibly, I couldn't output a lot of damage like I really wanted to. I put in NewBurn(tm) and Lotus Drops and decided to call it a day on the S/L softcap. I can still get within the city limits of the melee softcap, and the lethal softcap, with one application of Divine Avalanche. But with the Eradications in play, I prefer to think that boosted E/N defense would be optimal, as would the +HP and +MaxEnd.

    So, revised build is in the OP. I'd love to hear feedback from other builders, even if you're not an FA fan.
  5. I remember when the Arenas were just unpopulated holes in the ground instead of unpopulated things I leap over.
  6. Castle,

    I would love some changes on defensive animations. I would enjoy being able to change the animations for almost all of Willpower's toggles, so that they look more subtle. I really don't like the animation for Heightened Senses, for instance, and would want to make that the animation from an SR toggle.

    Broadsword could use some new animations, I always felt stupid using most of them, especially the one where I stomp my foot on the downstroke.

    Teleport, DEFINITELY. Of course, you haven't gotten around to telling us if/when power pool customization may happen so... how hard would it be to change teleport to a blink? I'd kill for a teleport that used the smoke poof from the Cast costume change emote. In fact, most of those animations would be awesome for toggles. I'd use Energy Morph for Elude in a second.

    Claws could use some loving in the animation department too, adding in some bestial effects.

    Assault Rifle needs some new animations too. But what the hell that even means, I can't say.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
    Sorry, I did not mean to imply that you were trolling in any way.

    It was more of a prod for more anecdotal evidence, as I find epic tales of Mastermind glory to be entertaining.
    Wasn't sure.

    Anyway I've seen a petless bots/Traps in action.

    Sit down kids, let me tell you the tale of Professor Freak.

    Professor Freak was a man who sold out his enormously flawed superscience to the villain world at large. Always thinking grandly and delivering poorly, Professor Freak was loved and reviled, depending on whether you were on the bystander side or receiving side of his genius, respectively.

    In 50 levels of my teamings with this NoBots/Traps, I was surprised to find that he still was as valuable to the team as ever, even if his only sources of damage seemed to come from pulse rifle blasts that could barely melt butter and seeker drones that actually managed not to slice their own master's head off in carnal lust for blood.

    One time, I saw what the fuss was all about, and it was a doozy. The sun, if you could call it that, was dimly lighting the obscured sky of the ruins of Atlas Park in some dismal, grisly future where Lord Recluse finally had hiked up his gonads, roflstomped Statesman, and proceeded to crap all over his kingdom by letting it calmly burn to ash around him. Content that he was secure in his Fortress of Burning Lolwut, Professor Freak merrily hopped, skipped, tripped occasionally, and finally stumbled across the landscape unnoticed within Recluse's shadow.

    We engaged Lord Recluse in all manner of attack that some would call downright uncivilized. Professor Freak spent most of his time tickling the Spider with his guns, until finally Recluse turned and looked at him angrily - only to be shot in the face ten times with an acid mortar that was loaded to the gills with Damage Procs, and a couple of seeker drones buzzing at him like angry metal bees. Oh, how the Spider hated the bees!

    Knowing he could not go it alone, or even with my assistance, Professor Freak calmly asked a few friends to assist in the beatdown.

    What I saw next was something that blew my mind. The team descended, and in pitched battle the Spider taunted them all with his army of Banes and his sliver of insurmountable health. Then, from the heavens above, descended a single Assault Bot. The label above its head was emblazoned in green with the moniker "My Life's Work" and it promptly landed, shouted an error code and made the bootup noise from an OS9 PowerPC, then exploded, killing the Spider. Sparks flew from Professor Freak as the Super-Villain Advisory Board granted him clearance to level 50. My jaw hit the floor for critical damage. This little turd of a character violated his idiotic noPet rule for an equally idiotic chance at glory with a marginally idiotic use of Detonator. I then imagined what he could have done if weren't an idiot.

    Never in my years had I ever seen something so amazing, until 3 weeks later when an Ill/FF named Subconscious scored the final blow to Lord Recluse, at the feet of Grandville City Hall, with a baseball bat after we took down his WEB device.

    That's the story.

    I know all too well the power of Bots/Traps in reality, but to say that even WITHOUT pets, you are super useful, is something else. Also Professor Freak is very real, he's a good friend of mine, and he's far from an idiot. But that moment blew my mindhole wide open.
  8. RedSwitchblade

    Issues after GR

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Slazenger View Post
    Well atm we are getting 2 issues at once, 1 if your purchase GR and 1 if you don't purchase, will this be the same for all future issues? or will it be the case that if you don't purchase GR there is not gonna be much in future issues for you?

    To me it seems they have created at lot of extra hardwork defining what some should have and some not, even down to coding lvl in implementing.
    Even when CoV launched, there was still content going to "Haves" and "Have Nots" every issue. I'd worry not, but the $$ for GR is well worth it, having played in the beta. Don't be left out, P-Town (Praetoria) is awesome sauce.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
    Yeah, but I had links and anecdotal evidence.
    I'm just here to give props and throw in my .02 on corroborating your viewpoint. Not troll. I just found Emberly's comment humorous and couldn't let go of it.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
    *Ahem*

    Bots/Traps
    I came back here after leaving from coming back after leaving to back up this statement. Again.
  11. RedSwitchblade

    Shadow meld ?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba View Post
    True. However, while I may be a complete aberration in many ways, how many high end scrappers don't respec fairly regularly? I can't respec Bill these days unless I buy a recipe off the market or a new freespec lands.
    If you get the arc done, it's like 3 days of tips to go back and respec properly and you're back in business. Or you can reinvest in a second build with all your IOs in duplicate... *shudder*
  12. Firey Assault all the way. BTW Fiery Embrace becomes Embrace of Fire on Tuesday and does not share the buff that Fire Armor users get.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Emberly View Post
    Came here to post this.
    I returned here to back you up after I already left.
  14. I am just not sure how much reworking it's going to take to make my Kat/FA that much more... scrapular. But it's totes gonna be worth it. Burn, your time is NOW!
  15. RedSwitchblade

    Shadow meld ?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
    I thought if you changed back to hero you could still keep your Patron powers as long as you didn't respec.
    This is true.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by je_saist View Post
    massive aoe damage and massive defense?

    spines / super reflexes scrapper
    spines / shield scrapper

    That's about it.

    No "Range" archtype is going to give you meaningful Defense Debuff Resistance. What that means is that all it's going to take is one -def attack, and you won't have any defense. So if you want to dish out the aoe damage and shrug off the attacks, start looking at the scrappers.
    I thought spines and shield didn't work together.
  17. Thermal... how does summoning FIRE not work for your concept?

    Thermal... skip the heal, take the shields and buffs. You can color customize the shield and illusion to look gnarly awesome together. My toon "Street Magician" looks pretty solid IMO, and Thermal makes the pets that more effective in combat. I'd do thermal for those reasons above any other.
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    I can't really see the Freakshow ever running anything - certainly not a whole country
    I just want to see scrap metal stapled all over the Eiffel Tower.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Terror1 View Post
    I hope its a oversight. Doms can be end heavy.
    I haven't had any problems on any dom with a +end power and domination, personally.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Silverado View Post
    No.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by je_saist View Post
    no.
    /jranger

    Fiery Embrace becomes Embrace of Fire and does not carry the new buffs.

    Consume, I don't think gets buffed either. Domination is a nice enough boon, I don't think Doms need it. I'm probably alone in that thought but I didn't see any feedback on that happening nor did I test it. Though I could, I'm just too lazy.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards View Post
    I'm putting down some wild and wacky speculation. Cities around the world. You'll get to visit many different cultures along with their own Heroes and Villains. It's not just about America anymore baby!
    COH2? No no no...

    WORLD OF HEROES: AFTERMATH

    Following the apocalyptic events of the Coming Storm that saw the end to Statesman, Lord Recluse, unleashed the Leviathan from its tomb and set back Portal Research 40 years, World of Heroes takes you across the globe; from Rikti-ravaged Tokyo, to the Hamidon's new resting place in Rio de Janeiro, to the Freakshow-run military state formerly known as France. Encounter new foes, new friends, new powers, and a vast environment that not only answers the question of "What's outside the War Walls?" but also answers the question: "Where could I be safe from the Battalion?"

    Stay tuned to 2013.
  22. Heh heh... 69 month vet...

    Oh crap. I guess I'm off the teaming list >_>
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fulmens View Post
    It seemed like a fair question to ME.

    I'm not on those forums much, though.
    *looks at what you wrote*

    Ah I see...

    *looks again at your post count*

    HEYWAITAMINUTE
  24. This one threw me for a loop.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Marcus Cole
    Quitting the forums. I'm tired of people calling me a d****e and blaming Paragon's problems on me. I DIDN'T REDUCE YOUR EFFECTIVENESS AND I DON'T KNOW WHO EMMERT IS.

    I've said my peace. I'm gonna go save Millenium City and fight sexually questionable robot cowboys there. Look me up @WhoIsEmmertAnyway.
  25. Quote:
    Originally Posted by megaman09 View Post
    Thanks for finding my misspelled word don't be so anal ,but anyway im

    thinking of grabbing both travel power early,build up,(along with as and

    hp)do i need fitness or is there something better to get at that lvl. oh one

    more thing im /wp out have it on brute,tanker another stalker you get the

    idea
    I love the way you type

    It almost implies you're rapping

    Kind of the like Antoine Dodson

    Auto tune.