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Lets put it this way, so far every character I have that has faced an elite boss (even +3) has been able to solo it. No one can (or at least should be able to) solo an AV. Teaming isn't always an option. I have a mission with my level 41 scrapper that I dread finishing because it leads into an AV mission. I'm finding it hard most times to put togather a AV team.
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I had this same problem... I'm a lvl 37 spines/sr scrapper, and I kept putting off the "Terra" AV, knowing that, set on Invincible, I would not be able to defeat her. Putting a team together was near impossible, and only after 30 minutes of sending tells was I able to get another scrapper of my lvl to help provide the needed damage to bring her down - after both of us died several times (no healers or controllers would help).
If there's no major reward, such as a badge, I find it difficult to find help on AV's. Lowering my rep would have made our two-team mission into an EB, but I don't think the debt would have been any less.
Skiver - Lvl 37 spines/sr Scrapper (Protector)
Lif - Lvl 20 inv/en Tanker (Champion)
BTW: Yes, both of my previous (and highest) heros were ones severely impacted by I5 and ED. I'm very unhappy about this, and continue to play because, unfortunately, there isn't anything else out ther quite like CoH/CoV. I understand some people have no problems with ED, and others have MAJOR problems with ED, but shouldn't a company listen to the majority of it's paying customers when it comes to how they want to play the game they subscribe to?
If they don't want to do a blanket recall of ED, they should at least look at making individual changes to powersets that were most heavily affected (make exceptions to the rule).
I'm most familiar with SR, so I'll use that as an example: After I5, we were able to offset the major reduction in our Defense Buffs by 6-slotting the auto and toggle powers. But since these powers only take one type of enhancment (Defense Buffs), with one stroke (update) ED made SR one of the weakest powersets... Yes, they added some Damage Resistance to the "auto" powers, that takes effect the more health you lose, but after playing this way for months, this small addition, although slightly more helpful, is simply not enough. If they want to keep ED for the game, as a whole, at least make exceptions for certain powersets, or even just certain powers, to offset the major changes in game play (Yes, I KNOW some of you are gaming gods and have no problems with ED .... but you are NOT the majority .... you're just the loudest).
Or, in this same scenario for SR, up the % increase of the enhancements from 24% to 33%. This change alone would make a noticable improvement, as I've never been able to figure out why it's lower than the other SO enhancements to begin with.
I would just like to hear SOMETHING from Cryptic that says they're even listening to the millions of posts I've read in these forums, that says they're aware of the problems and opinions of MOST of their paying customers in regard to ED, and are trying to come up with a solution. Right now, silence is all I've heard...
