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Just altering it to fit my own perceptions. I've found it MUCH easier to replace a scrapper than any other AT in the game.

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OHSHITRANDOMCLOSEDBETA!

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I keed. glhf

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Without going into the numbers, those sound like reasonable suggestions. As it stands right now, the STF is the only thing in the game in which a tank is on my priority list when I'm forming teams. I'm not saying tanks are bad or that I won't take one, just that they can become irrelevant quite easily on a decent/good team.

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Any AT can become irrelevant on a good team.
I've been on controllers, defenders, blasters, scrappers, brutes, stalkers, peacebringers, masterminds, corruptors, dominators, and widows where I could go AFK with no noticeable change in mission speed.

ANY AT can be made unessential on a good team. Damage, and Buffs can be wasted just as easily as defense.

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I remember those days as well. Those were some heated discussions in the blaster form. After the blaster buffs, it mellowed out alot.

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Sort of...

I can't remember if it was before or after the buffs, but I remember that we got all these Siren's Call Stalker kiddies in there trying to tell us that blasters were WILDLY overpowered, based solely on their experience as a Stalker, CoV-side, Siren's Call fighting ice/NRG blasters at level 30, which is golden time for blasters, and especially so for that build.

It's much more calm in there now... so much so that I never go in there anymore, there's just nothing to argue about anymore.

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I think you might have missed most of what was said during that whole debacle (assuming of course, that you're talking about the defiance 2.0 change). The PvP aspect of that whole flamewar was a minor footnote to everything else that was said.

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I think you'd be better off skipping DB entirely and going with flurry, kick, jump kick.

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I thought Web Grenade would be handy for keeping those damn squishies in one place, but I wasn't sure. I already happen to have a phase temp power with plenty of duration left, handily.

Cutting out Whirling Sword, Parry and Elude should free up a few powers. Confront I can do, how should I slot it? Also, my current travel power is Teleport, I figure Super Jump will be much more handy (and Combat Jumping should help with the soft-capping).

Sorry to ask, but what's DR?

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You might want to keep Elude. It'll be the only thing that'll get your defense up to that 45% marker. DR stands for Diminished Returns. Basically, all those bonuses and buffs you COULD get (via IO's, team buffs, etc) are cut down. That means your character that has soft capped defense in a PvE zone is only going to have around 32-35% at best. Pop Elude and that goes up to about 47%. Be glad you aren't opting to play a buffing character, as you'd be essentially useless in comparison to straight damage dealers.

For Confront, you'll want to slot it for Acc/Taunt Duration primarily. Unlike PvE, taunts have a to-hit check in PvP. Also, good call on getting rid of teleport. It's pretty much junk right now, as any suppression will make you completely unable to teleport. And while those web grenades won't immobilize anyone with Combat Jumping/regular immob protection, it WILL stop them from jumping (which can be a hazard, given how terrain can get rocky) and bring down fliers quite nicely.

Pick up confront. Sure, scraps have little to no use for a taunt in PvE, but in PvP, it'll cut your opponents range down dramatically. I can't overstate how important this is for a character with limited range options. You may also want to look into picking up a quickie phase power, either by speccing into the concealment pool, doing the Warburg patrol mission, or buying the etheral shift power. A well timed phase can make the difference between you dying horribly and living to make a comeback.

In zones, DR is going to hamstring your efforts to soft cap by a considerable amount. You may want to look into +HP sets, as those are currently unaffected by DR. And while Laser Beam Eyes does more damage, Shurikens can work in a pinch while also giving you the same epic pool as Web Grenade, which does a nice job of keeping people grounded.

I guess "Heart of the Hamidon" doesn't count, since you technically don't need to fight him to get it.

On the bright side, Hamidon is currently giving more merits on test than on live (52 compared to 40, or so I've heard), so maybe your server might see an increase in raids.

I don't think the real numbers have ever been accurate when it came to set bonuses and exemp'ing.

Reported Barracuda in GV as the villain SF contact. Checking on that...

Hero TF contact in Founders. Dr. Khan.

Still looking for the villain SF contact.

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Heroside content needs major revamps, full stop.

Make contact missions in the same zone. Slash and burn the hunts. Get rid of the 'Talk To' missions full stop.

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If this happened, I'd play blue side more.

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The "you'll get banned" thing is crap. Nobody I know has gotten banned.

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Oh well hey then, it's all good!

*rolleyes*


to OP:
the game's a lot like it ever was with some incremental improvements.

If you liked it before, you'll probably like it more now. If you didn't' like it before, I doubt anything they've done will change your mind.

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Basically, this.

There have been bans based upon how fast one has leveled using the MA system, but your chances of getting booted are still relatively low. If you hit 50 within two daysof rolling the character, you might want to be a bit cautious, regardless of the fact that you couldn't have done so faster outside of MA.

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Thought I'd fix the hyperbole to reflect the reality.

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No hyperbole. It's quite possible to 50 in under two weeks both in and out of MA, yet there were two characters I know of (and possibly more that I don't) that were removed for hitting 50 in two weeks' time using MA.

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The "you'll get banned" thing is crap. Nobody I know has gotten banned.

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Oh well hey then, it's all good!

*rolleyes*


to OP:
the game's a lot like it ever was with some incremental improvements.

If you liked it before, you'll probably like it more now. If you didn't' like it before, I doubt anything they've done will change your mind.

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Basically, this.

There have been bans based upon how fast one has leveled using the MA system, but your chances of getting booted are still relatively low. If you hit 50 within two weeks of rolling the character, you might want to be a bit cautious, regardless of the fact that you could have done so faster outside of MA.

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Heh, okay... thanks for that advice. Now.. my next question XD.

the Martial Arts power Eagle Claw... it says it has a special critical capacity... I'm wondering if it'd still give good damage if I slotted it with Absolute Amazement for Stun...

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I wouldn't recommend it. If you want to go the stun route for Eagle's Claw, I'd go with two Dam/Mez HO's, one Acc/Mez HO's, and three from the Mako set. That'll give you max Acc/Dam/Mez with close to 40% endurance and recharge reduction.

PvP was recently revamped in i13. Currently, there's less PvP now than there ever was since i6. RP is the same as it ever was on Virtue, so groovy. PvE is PvE. If you liked it then, you should like it now.

Castle has never failed to respond to any question I have, and he's always done so in a clear, concise, and polite manner. I may not have always liked the answers I've been given, but they are always there.

Needs more baby

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ENOUGH. Just go, already.

You people are acting like a bunch of whiny-[censored] four-year-olds, trolling all posts, cluttering up the forums with an argument that you've lost, knowing that the threads are going to be locked or deleted.

Funny thing is that some people probably were banned accidentally, and all you had to do was follow the normal procedures for everything to work out okay. However, your actions here are going a long way towards earning you a legitimate ban, the kind that doesn't come with a note saying, "Sorry, our bad" and restoration of your account. Good luck with that letting the time run out on your account thing.

If you want to leave, then get the hell out already. Why are you wasting your time with a game that you know you're not going to be playing much longer? In my book, that makes you pretty stupid or pretty scummy, take your pick. If you've really made up your mind, then GO. If not, then we've put up with this idiotic month-long WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH for long enough, it's time to put up or shut up.

You know what really sucks? Some of the people spamming the forums now are the very same people who I've had to read for years about how much they hate RMT spammers, but what you're doing is far, far worse. At least I know that RMT spammers have a financial motive for what they do.

But this... This is just a sad and pathetic case of a bunch of bullies trying to make the lives of others miserable. To hell with rules and civility, to hell with innocent bystanders who have nothing to do with your little crusade, just burn, baby, burn. I can't have my favorite toy, so no one gets to play either. I guess the thought never crossed your mind that if you don't like the way the game is going, you could just say goodbye to your friends and leave, did it? Noooo, you have to try to take the whole game down with you.

Well, I've got some news that might hurt your inflated ego. Your shenanigans aren't going to destroy the game. Trust me, over the years, I've seen bigger, way more respected names than you try over various stupid little problems they've had with the game. Guess what. Game's still here. Guess what's going to happen when you leave. Game's still going to be here, going stronger than ever without you.

All you're doing with these posts is needlessly pissing people off, and that makes you a griefer. And you know what happens when a griefer leaves the game? I smile. I celebrate, with whispers of, "Thank god that little bit of drama is gone. Now we can get back to having fun again." So yeah, good riddance. At one time, I might have felt bad that the game was losing any subscribers. I'm smarter now, and I realize that for the game to grow, we desperately need to get rid of the abject negativity that pervades your posts. /em wave.

You people are disgraceful. I really do try not to get mad, and I really do try not to encourage people to go, but with the way you are acting about this, the game will be much, much better without you. I'm not even going to dignify this thread with a "can I have your stuff." DELETE all your stuff and all of your characters so that you won't be tempted to return and so that we never, ever have to tolerate this mind-boggling stupidity again. Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya on your way out. Oh, and try not to cry too much when, five years from now, the game is still going strong without you.

I'm sure CO or DCUO or MUO or whatever FOTM game is out in a year or two that you try to ruin next will be happy to cater to your every whim.

Yeah, good luck with that, too.

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lol'd so hard

Who are "they" again?

Really? I've seen plenty of compromise. The repeal of the Rage crash change for one.

They aren't ignoring one side. They just aren't serving them exclusively, which is what seems to be the issue for some around here.

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You know, you people could just take this over to CoHFaces. 'Cause, ya know, it's kind of what the site is for...

I posted a picture of myself there, but my username is diabolically tricky to deduce. I doubt you'll be able to find it.

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I'm over there! Brunettes for the win (although my best friend is a blonde).

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Lux?

That's similar to how we ran the all-stalker LRSF way back in the day.

Everyone popped their tier 9, damage capped themselves on reds, and unleashed the rage on the designated target. Rinse. Repeat.

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I haven't done a whole lot of PvP, but my experience of it was large, seemingly empty zones, then ZAP! Assassin Strike! Placate! Critical hit! Dead. Two seconds.

Satisfying as that may be for the Stalker, it's not very competetive. If the pendulum has swung, then it's not an improvement.

Unfortunately, that's a failing in the concept of the Stalker class. Giving a class the ability to appraoch attack and defeat an opponent with little risk of retaliation is a recipe for PvP disaster. PvP has to be a competition, or it's worthless.

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Thing with an AS is, you have to keep still to use it. If an enemy was constantly moving, it makes getting that AS off VERY difficult. In the off chance that they did pull it off, if the target kept moving through all 3 seconds of the animation, they'd be far enough away to be able to heal up/recover before the stalker got close enough to follow up.

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Maybe she's in Nome...

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Hawaii, if I remember correctly. Honolulu, to be specific.