Roderick

While this is true for a Shield Tank, like you are playing, Recharge is helpful in other sets. Some click buffs that give +res have a long recharge, and some melee sets have a 1000 second recharge +Resist godmode. For these powers, the Recharge bonus is worthwhile.

And even though you didn't ask, one extra thing you may not have realized: The bonuses for slotting multiple pieces of a set are global. That means that if you slot five or more pieces of Crushing Impact in a single power, granting +5% recharge, that's not a +5% bonus to the power it's slotted in, it's an extra +5% on every power on the character, even temp powers and accolades that can't normally be enhanced. Of course, there are some powers that ignore these bonuses - Shield's godmode ignores all sources of +Recharge, so it wouldn't benefit, and Veteran Sands of Mu et al ignore +damage, so +Damage set bonuses wouldn't help it, but powers like these are the exception, not the rule.

He said that the fix is going live with or shortly after Issue 17. That means that the fix will b live before Going Rogue.

Yep. It forces the updater to re-checksum, which fixes some problems.

I was wondering about that one too. The only game I ever played with a "Bind" system was WoW, and they use BoE/Bind on Equip and BoP/Bind on Pickup.

Also on this list are the Kismet: +ToHit, Karma and Steadfast Protection: Knockback Protection, Luck of the Gambler +7.5% recharge, Gift of the Ancients +7.5% runspeed, the PVP IO that gives +3% global def, and possibly one or two others.

Not exactly. The merit/ticket roll uses the exact same mechanic as the mission complete reward: The level of the mission determines which pool the recipe comes from, your level determines the level of the recipe. In your example, the low level recipe would be obtained, but at the highest level it exists at.

No.

Yes.

Why should only villains be told? Are you suggesting that heroes are smart enough to figure it out on their own, but villains aren't?

Only if your account is inactive. That changed months ago. Maybe even close to a year by now.

That newsie still tells me about Willpower and Dual Blades. Someone needs to clean out his list of "Breaking News" items.

If you have 1.0 base Threat and activate Super Speed, the Combat Numbers report a Threat level of 0.0

As of the most recent patch, Broad Sword and Dual Blades can craft all three. Katana, unfortunately, got screwed, because neither of the alternate blades has a long enough handle for Katana animations.

EDIT: Someone needs to update the wiki to reflect this. I would, but I'm always nervous about messing with the pages with lots of tables and images. I know I'll break 'em eventually.

I prefer the Reapers and Mortificators who shout "Brains!", "Meat!" or the like.

How dare you suggest something so logical and sensible! Fie on you! Fie, I say!

Also, don't be surprised when someone comes in here and flips out because they followed your advice and got a Time & Space: Stealth, or a triple from a mez set. Remember: because you said they can get a good roll means tht they must get a good roll.

So, he had 5 characters more than the limit (Assuming "The" was a title, since it can't be part of the name), had two special characters when we're only allowed one, and included an ampersand, which isn't on the allowed characters list?

We got them already.

Go check out the Blessing of the Zephyr thread.

I think the OP means something a little different.

1- Player gets mezzed.
2- Player is about to die.
3- OSHI-!
4- [Self Destruction]!
5- Player unmezzes and blows up.

If I'm right, I'm gonna have to say no. That would be like allowing blasters to nuke or scrappers to Shield Charge while mezzed, even if the damage is way lower.