Schismatrix

Mids' will warn you when you have more than 5 of a set bonus in one of the detailed info windows. i don't recall which one at the moment. (Just so the OP knows that there is a simple way to check.)

Only a couple purple sets are really worth six slotting. Generally i use 5 slots on the rare occasion i use a purple set. Most of the time i build around set bonuses i'm looking for ones that the majority of purple sets don't supply, like defense.

Ack! You're right! Mea culpa. Still, i somehow doubt people who were on the verge of quitting RIGHT NAO stuck it out for another six months waiting for the surprise announcement of free server transfers*.

Unless they're like several people in the forums who announce that they've canceled their subscriptions every time a new issue is about to come out because it didn't contain everything they wanted, and yet are still complaining on the forums the next month and every month after.


*Time travelers might do that, but then they're only messing with us because they already know that they're going to be staying anyway. Time travelers can be such jerks.

MA/SR is a classic that's still fun to play despite not having any particular synergy.

Truth be told, while i play almost none of my original characters anymore i still like some of the classic combos like Claws/Dark Scrappers or Dark/Ice Defenders.

i miss the 4 Nether Shadows in the graveyard combined with Ashnod's Altar infinite mana loop.
Dump all the mana into infinitely plinking everything your opponent has with a Paralyzed Prodigal Sorcerer during your upkeep. (Devoting a few points to your opponent of course.)
It wasn't that long after i built a Blue/Black/white deck around that and Armageddon Clocks combined with CoP: Artifact that they changed the rules for Nether Shadows to negate the loop. Ah, memories.

Praetoria and Primal Earth are different dimensions that were basically identical with some divergences that widened rapidly early in the twentieth century.

Marcus Cole of Praetoria is known as Emperor Cole and is also called Tyrant by some.
Marcus Cole of Primal Earth is widely known by the name Statesman.

There are many characters who have counterparts in both Praetoria and Primal Earth. Consider them as being sort of like identical twins that live in different dimensions. They may have started out nearly identical, but growing up in different worlds has made them into different people.

Okay... i fail to see your point.
"Intend to do"? Well, nothing at all. i mean it's never been a secret that World of Confusion's damage is flagged to not generate aggro and it has been mentioned in the forums many times in the past. If Black Scorpion does change that it won't affect me in the slightest since even without aggro it's hardly worth using a power pick on unless it's slotted with procs or used as a set mule.

However, i am more than willing to try to find exploits with the power not generating aggro. On my Blaster that's not so likely all things considered, but i'm considering a few Controller builds.

That said, i can understand you feeling the need to crow about any sort of minor victory, so feel free to do so if Black Scorpion does see things your way. i'll even pretend to be crestfallen if it helps.

Edit: i mean, you did notice that i linked to the description in City of Data and pointed out that it's listed as not notifying mobs, yes? Do you seriously think i'm trying to hide an "exploit" by repeatedly and openly discussing it? An "exploit" that has been the object of discussion many times in the past? i think it's cute that you believe that the Devs are completely unaware of how a power that was created relatively recently works. Especially considering how much discussion and debate about its usefulness there was when it was introduced.

i suspect i've spotted the term that's being misapplied when used in reference to Durakken.
Seriously, there's no point in discussing/debating/arguing anything with him when he's made up his mind about something no matter how wrong his assumptions are. Most of the time he doesn't even bother moving the goalposts, he just starts trying to use more and more bizarre and nonsensical analogies and similes as justification. At least when someone moves the goalposts it means they realized their original assumption was incorrect and just won't admit it. When someone just keeps using more and more contorted and bizarre logic to justify the same error it means there's no possibility of progress or learning on their part. Just let it go.

Wait, is he playing the flute and smoking meth at the same time? Now that's multitasking!

Funny thing related new flight animations: back shortly before Power Slide was made available in game my flying electrical blaster used to to use the Power Slide animation for a few seconds after zoning. It looked like sky surfing. Add a disk under the feet and it's hoverboarding.

Guilty.
Since i didn't feel like locating and posting an image of one at the time i decided to let it pass until someone else mentioned it...

i've seen anomalies like that on occasion, but so rarely that it's hard to verify or reproduce. Furry_Saint's issue sounds like it's a frequent occurrence, but in an hour's testing i couldn't get it to happen.

i'd need to know more about the enemy factions and slotting where this is happening to test more.

Eh, as long as you don't mention [videogame] or [other videogame] or [any other videogame at all] it's not so bad. And that's only on the forums. (Which do seem to have become less frequented overall.) In the game itself it's just the same as ever, only better.

Welcome back, Prof. We kept the fires going in your absence, so pull up a log and warm yourself. Don't mind the chiggers on the log. They certainly don't mind you.

Wait, the free transfers were 18 months ago?! Damn, time flies. i mean, obviously free transfers couldn't have been much more recent that that since free transfers weren't announced until shortly before being made available and people who are on the verge of quitting because the game is dying would obviously have quit long before free transfers were given out if they were given more than a month or three later.

*checks Paragon Wiki*

Huh, Issue 18 was released on 16th of August 2010 and free transfers were made available right around then. That's a a bit less than five months ago. So you're saying that people who were about to quit 18 months ago hung on another 13 months waiting for free transfers that no one knew were coming until Issue 18 launched? (In fact almost all Dev statements regarding server transfers prior to Going Rogue made free transfers sound like a very unlikely thing due to the work involved in doing transfers.)

While i don't think making free transfers standard would have much affect on the game's longevity i wouldn't mind getting more free transfers, but for exactly the opposite reason you apparently have. Most of my alts rarely get played much after 50 and free transfers allow me to move the ones i rarely play to other servers to free up room for new alts on my favorite servers. That, and i didn't quite get around to seeding every server with a 50 or two during the free transfer period. Having 50s on every server allows me to team with friends doing any content on any server, and i've made global friends who play on almost every server at various times.

Edit: Completely forgot the first free transfers were at the beginning of 2010. My mistake. Six months, not 13.

The most common reaction to his assertion.

To get slightly more technical the patrol xp bonus only applies to enemy defeat xp, not mission or TF completion xp.

Neither had i, but since Furry_Saint was apparently experiencing an issue with Deceive causing aggro i decided to do some testing of my own.

So far it seems to work like it always has, causing no aggro, and that was with testing every non aggro generating confuse power i could think of testing under a variety of conditions.

Of course attacking a confused mob with an aggro generating power puts you on their aggro list, but neither they nor their allies are affected until the confused mob is no longer confused.

All Defender sets do well in teams.
In my experience Dark Miasma, Radiation Emission, Traps, and Storm Summoning primaries also solo pretty easily. My preferred secondaries would be Dark, Sonic, Archery, Psi, and Assault Rifle. Energy Blast is another i like, but i haven't played it very high yet on a Defender. Your preference may vary.

Yeah... no.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.Lies! All lies!

i can find nothing anywhere that corroborates your claim that lifetime subscriptions have ever been available for City of Heroes. In light of there being no evidence to support your statement i have decided that it must be true.

See? i'm starting to get the hang of this rumor and doom stuff. Eventually i'll be making my own foil-lined hats and posting (even more) incoherent rants.

i take it he's buried in California? Oh wait, California had earthquakes long before his burial.

All that aside i hope it's an interstellar war because the Martians are actually from another solar system with Mars as their local foothold, and not because the people making the movie are just too dumb to know what the terms they're throwing around really mean.