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Quote:What we need is would be three more /petcom commands like:Originally Posted by Bookkeeper_Jay
They need to make Pet AI a little more unique with the way they cycle attacks. An update a while back made it so that Critters tried to cycle through ALL of their attacks. Since Pet AI is tied to the Critter AI in this way, ranged pets are tempted to run in and make good use of their melee moves (and by good use I mean horribly insufferable).
petcom_all rangeonly
petcom_all meleeonly
petcom_all allattacks
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Quote:Well... I'm traps anyways so I'm ok, but it's good that they get 2x, it will help.Originally Posted by LtZerge
At level 24 you do get two protector bots. They will stack the shields on your bots, however they will not stack them on you. You only get one shield at a time.
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Hey All,
I'm not at that level yet, but I know around 24 or 26 you get a second Protector bot, does that mean that they stack their shields on the other bots and yourself? So Would I get 8% from one force shield from Prot. Bot one and another 8% from Prot. Bot two? and my other minons as well?
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Quote:I'm with New Dawn on this one, I think that Emp should have gotten a boost as well, and yes, I would take a reduction in Fort to make it a group buff, I still think it would be more useful to teams getting everyone at once even if it's a "lesser" buff. Yes, Emp could use a boost, while it's value to a small team is undeniable, on larger groups, it's value drops, and later on Debuffs > Buffs so...Originally Posted by New Dawn
This thread is about buffers rejoicing, if all was balanced before, it can't be that way now as some buffers have something to sing about whilst others have nothing new. Pain and Poison may not be part of the defender sets hence why a small mention.
But with all that said, i'd rather have the other sets buffed (as they are doing) then nothing at all, it's QoL after all. -
Hey All,
I heard there are binds that allow you to give reds or greens or purples to whatever pet (like my assault bot) with a easy click, how does one do that?
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Hey Folks,
So I switched to Bots/Traps and now I am teaming with /Darks instead of Kins so as long as I keep us together they survive much better, I think the Kin heal was part of the problem as I want my pets to be at range not meele.
They still die but now it's not twice a mish it's once every other mish or so.
With the changes coming to FF I might switch again, as the /dark Corr's can handle the debuffing, but I am looking forward to detonator
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Quote:So when is I20 going live? I picked traps rather then FF for my MM simply because FFG is fire and forget, now however, I have to rethink this completely.Originally Posted by Balthazael
For those that haven't yet seen the I20 overview:
Group Area Buffs: To make buffing easier for Teams and Leagues, these buff powers now affect all the eligible characters within a 30-foot-radius around the targeted character. (Previously, you had to target and buff each individual character to use these powers.)
- Cold Domination (Defenders, Controllers, Corruptors): Ice Shield and Glacial Shield
- Force Field (Defenders, Controllers, Masterminds): Deflection Shield and Insulation Shield
- Kinetics (Defenders, Controllers, Corruptors): Increase Density and Speed Boost
- Sonic Resonance (Defenders, Controllers, Corruptors): Sonic Barrier and Sonic Haven
- Thermal Radiation (Controllers, Corruptors, Masterminds): Fire Shield and Plasma Shield
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Hey Folks,
I have a Thugs/Traps MM now and I am finding that my minions are really squishy, now, I don't have the FFG yet so that might change but with that in mind...
Which Minions are the toughest? getting tired of healing and healing, if I wanted to do that I would have rolled a Emp.
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Quote:Thanks to everyone who replied.Originally Posted by Psylenz
Drop your seekers on the spawn. While the hilarity of the stun -tohit debuff takes effect, I run in (best if done with forcefield generator
) and drop the trap next to the biggest baddest guy. Then, I pop out and hit the mortar. I do it in this sequence to avoid the spawn from separating.
I had a feeling that it was more situational then a "use on every spawn" power like the mortar is. But I am doing what most of you suggested which is dropping it in a middle of a spawn with FFG that is
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Hey Folks,
I have had PGT for a few levels now and don't really understand how to use it, is it's effect only against those who were there when it went off (therefore, putting one down and running folks into it seems useless) or does it pulse or something?
Acid Mortar is pretty straight forward as is seekers and Trip Mines, but PGT?
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add this.
The email servers are not working, I Emailed my alts a TON of stuff and all I get is this when I try to access the items
" There are outstanding pending global email transactions. Please wait a minute and try again." -
Quote:cause as I mentioned before, it's Stealth vs. Tough/Weave. I think I am going to have to get an IO and hope it's enough cause I need tough/weave for those times that something notices me cause I don't have the HP to survive if the seeds misses....yikes!Originally Posted by Doctor_Kumquat
Strictly speaking, no. With three controllers you can stagger the seeds to keep all the baddies in your pocket, and stack immobs (and later Creepers) for solid damage.
However, with three rads, you could have not only perma-AM but darn close to permahasten if you took hasten - it shouldn't take more than an extra 30% recharge from sets to get there. Would having permahasten levels of recharge grease the wheels enough to make a serious impact in your group's oomph level?
You may hate superspeed, which is fine, but I've always found a stealth IO alone to be enough for my sneaking needs through almost any area. Would having full invisibility from the pool (and whatever extra LotG slotting boosts you can afford) be more useful? That's for you to decide. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Local_Man
Do you NEED Hasten? No. Is it worth a power pick and a slot or two? I say yes.
Hasten will help your most important powers on long recharges come back faster -- especially Seeds and Creepers. Hasten will also let your characters spam Roots faster, which is key to your damage. Hasten+AM gives you 100% Recharge. 3xAM gives you 3X30% = 90% Recharge. Hasten+3xAM will be 160%. Hasten adds a significan boost even with 3 AMs. Now if you were on a full team of */Rads, then 8x30% from 8 AMs would mean that Hasten would have a minimal benefit, but only as long as you were all together.
Your right Local, and I have done 3x AM with Hasten before, I might have to bite the bullet and use a stealth IO, cause i don't wanna get rid of Tough/Weave, while you can argue that with 3x RI and such the ToHit is floored, without some def/res if they do hit me at higher levels I'm toast. -
Hey all,
To explain my situation... I'm running a trio (triple-boxing) of three Plant/Rads. Now, with just level 12 DO's I can have a cycle of 2x AM going and then the other AM while the two are recharging.
I'm Going with Leadership (2x Assault, 3x maneuvers and 1 Tactics), Flight (Hover/Fly) and Tough/Weave, but I don't know if I wanna taken Speed or perhaps something else (like Stealth, I know you can IO SS, but I hate SS). When I get SO's I'll be able to have 3x AM going for part of the cycle at least, so I guess the question is..... DO I need Hasten?
I'm not farming or looking to do Av's (but I could really) just regular content/tips. -
Quote:Just regular Chit-chat really, I can always goto Atlas for RP'ing...Originally Posted by Kai
Are you looking for In Character chat, or just general chatter? Cape Radio's global is good for general chatter(just poke your friendly local DJ for an invite), but there sadly isn't much in the way of In Character chat out there, they seem to all implode over the channel owner's ideas of 'how to RP right'
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Quote:VU is full, I cant get it but I did join Radio Virute.Originally Posted by Jophiel
My two chatter outlets are VirtueUnited and Radio Virtue. VU might be full, I'm already on there so I don't know. Radio Virtue is a few weeks old. Neither is a constant stream of verbage but both are fairly active and invite casual chit-chat.
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Hey all,
I just resubbed and decided to give Virtue a try, everything is going ok except that I can't find a global channel where people chat, rather all the channels I am on are all about finding TF's and such (which is fine, but).
Anyone reccomend a channel thats not full that people actually yack on? I figured I would be RP'ed to death and I haven't seen much or any really.
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I'm trying Crash's fix right now but what worries me is that my updater says V1800.xxxxx should it not be 1900?
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Hey All,
So I'm building a team with three Trollers, all /Rad with Plant and Grav (fun fun fun) but I'm worried about Alpha's.
Yes, there is Plants Creepers and Pets and Grav has some tricks too but set-wise, what can I add (mostly positional +Def I would assume) to help out that are not too expensive. I plan to run 3x maneuvers with Weave but I would not mind getting some sets in there as playing at range means I can worry about building that type of def first, but again not too expensive (think, Thunderstikes for defenders). I'm also going with 3x Cloud so that anything that does get near will be held (at least some of the time).
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Quote:Mruahahahahahaah look what I started...... got a group of foes at each other, I guess I tossed my seeds at the right timeOriginally Posted by Local_Man
OK, are we going to turn this into a "which set is better" argument? The sets are different, with a different focus. Illusion is far better than Plant for single tough targets, but isn't nearly as good at AoE and large groups. Plant is good for mowing down larger low level groups, but isn't very good at handling Bosses and single tough targets.
Local your always OK by my book. -
They changed the size of the IO levels so you can actually read them tooo!!!!
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Cool, my toons have Fitness on them now without me having to respec, yes I have to level to get slots but still.
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weeeeeee I19!
Also you can now quit to Char screen instead of log-in screen!
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Quote:Now I know your not suggesting that we avoid a AT cause of the chance of a Lag Spike or an ambush!Originally Posted by Local_Man
Sure, that "one trick" is great . . . but if you have just used it before the ambush shows up, you might be in trouble. Or, as has happened to me once or twice, I target a guy in the middle of a big group and hit Seeds just when a lag spike hits . . . and find my character turning around to throw Seeds at the single foe behind me, completely missing the group . . . who just aggroed on me. "Oh, crap! Where's that Vines icon . . . "
Everything you said is correct of course, however as you said Vines are there and Roots and Creepers so you do have some recourse (or heck, just RUN!).
I'm a Plant guy, so take my defensiveness for what it is, it's my favorite troller by far. -
Quote:As Local is apt to point out Plant is a bit of a "One trick pony", however, when it's the best trick in the game you really only need one! Plant blooms (oh god the pun, the pun) early with Seeds and gets better with Creepers, sure, there are a few foes that you would want to avoid (confuse resistant and immob resist as well) but for the vast majority of the content out there (outside of GM's, AV's if you have Rad) your gold Jerry...Gold!Originally Posted by Local_Man
As for Plant and Electric -- Plant is a good AoE damage control set which is also the best set for early AoE control. By Level 8, you can have Seeds of Confusion and Roots, which can confuse a group and then Immobilize them -- which has the effect of an AoE Hold and is up pretty often. The AoE Immob, Roots, does twice the damage of the AoE Immob from other control sets. Plus you get AoE Damage from Carrion Creepers and the pet, Venus Flytrap (a/k/a Twoey, nicknamed after the plant in "Little Shop of Horrors"). Plant is a bit of a "one-trick pony." It relies heavily upon the combination of Seeds of Confusion+Roots -- it is weak against foes who resist confusion and Immobilize, and not real strong with single target damage. I
As for ST damage, you have your 2 standard attacks (the Hold and Immob) that with containment and slotting for Damage are good to go, combine that with say your Fire APP for both Fireball and the ST attack and you can hold your own, is it as damaging as Fire...no.. but much safer.