Smurphy

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I hate the new trend, "Must send tell with build." I saw that the other day so I sent a tell, "I'm built like a brick !@#$ house, can I join?"

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I usually say "Bad/ToTheBone" or "Awesome/Win". But my personal policy is not to join any pick-up teams where they say "We need X".

Cursed spelling!

The forums are Migrating to new message boards
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You will be getting shiny new functions and options to play with on the new forums but changing your forum handle will NOT be one of them so make sure you're happy with your name prior to the transition!

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I may be willing to sell my name to a high bidder. Open your wallets. Unleash your creativity. Create my new forum name that will be set in stone for all eternity.

How do you complement a well played Trick Arrow Defender? I don't want to hear "nice heals" anymore. What does one say?

Good arrows?

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No matter the mob or team size, you're not a farmer if you need help farming from other toons or players.

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What if you want help from other toons or players?

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Wanting help and needing it isnt the same.

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Hence why I asked the question.

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Its nice to have other 50s helping you, but how many times have you sat around Atlas on a "farm" team waiting for the "farmer" to find a lvl 50 tank?

/sigh

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Never.

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No matter the mob or team size, you're not a farmer if you need help farming from other toons or players.

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What if you want help from other toons or players?

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Learn something new everyday. All this time I've been playing with some really good tanks and never knew that "herding" was the term for what they do so well.

I've not had the experience of waiting for the tank to lead the herd to the rest of the team. Instead, most times the tank is way out ahead of the team and pretty much does exactly as Umbral described.

As a matter of fact, this seems to be fit in with the tactics I've seen in both my SG teams and PuG teams. We basically just steamroll the opposition.

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What really drives tanks crazy, is when you are running into a room in granite and you are passed up by a warshade that runs around agroing everything in the large room, then dragiing them back and dying. Taking the empath along for the hospital ride because they made the misguided attempt to keep the WS alive. I have seen blasters do this also. Then complain loudly when they faceplant. I dont have to herd(though it is useful with some foes/situations). Let me at least grab a little of the agro before you leroy jenkins in there. If you really think you want to tank, Ill give you your shot. Just dont be upset at eating carpet.

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I've had incredibly similar experiences. However, mine were when the Tank whined and whined when the Warshade went ahead and killed everything so the Tank didn't get to herd.

Is there any chance of me being able to single pull the heroes in the final mission on a Brute or Mastermind or any other non-Dominator AT?

People have, in seeming sincerity, said they deleted items to prevent marketeers from flipping those items and thus prevent prices from skyrocketing to "ebil arbitrator" level. There's some saying that comes to mind, though. I can't remember the whole thing at the moment. "When supply goes down..."

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Yea. I took Smurphs idea. It went to delete can. I dont have a ranged toon, so it didnt hurt me any.

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Did you really delete it?

The best way for you to lower prices is to delete it. That will stop flippers from ever getting their dirty hands on it.

I blame Role-Players. How the **** am I supposed to buy Pangeon Soil for a reasonable price when those RP "super" heroes have to look both ways before crossing the street and have to emote-warmup for 10 minutes inside the mission before it starts.

Sometimes being wrong is fantastic.

Enhancements = ~100%
Fury = ~200%
Rage x2 = 160%

Total = 460%
Cap = 850% - The game will display 750%. That number does not include enhancements (I think.)

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A Perma Mind/Psy will be able to permasleep the Phalanx almost indefinitely. When we do our Master runs on Infinity that's what we use:

1 Mind/Psy Perma
1 Mind/Fire Perma
1 VEAT
1 Brute
4 Corrs

You'll just need to spam Mass Hypno a few times then go from there. Good luck.

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Do you have any input on someone solo trying to actually defeat the heroes?

I'm hearing talk from several people that Confused Heroes on the Recluse Strike Force, specifically, will not damage each other.

To advertise for the Emp/Sonics a little bit more...

Each Emp Fortitudes the other.
Each Emp Clear Minds the other.
Each Emp Adrenaline Boosts the other.
Alternate Regeneration and Recovery Auras.

No stamina is needed. You have Recovery Aura. You don't need to slot, take or even use the heals once you hit Fortitude. Sonic attacks from defenders stack minus resistances, recharge and fire very quickly. Enemies will melt before your eyes.

I have two brothers that play and we come up with many many duos. This duo is the most versatile and has lots of fun buttons to press.

If you and your partner are both fairly experienced CoH players I suggest Empathy/Sonic Defenders. There are many many fantastic duos in CoH. The Emps have piles of buffs and fantastic debuffing attacks.

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I think it's gotta be the mind dom, but I'm really quite skeptical about your ability to deal enough damage to beat the regen.

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I took out a level 51 Synapse while he was Perma-Held.

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And yeah, chances of perma holding an AV are slim, but like somone already said perma CONFUSING is more likely.

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Chances? It's mathematically based and there is little to no luck involved. Sure I can miss occasionally but that's about it.

Is Confusion resistance on Heroes/AVs affected by purple triangles?

There are ways to get back there. I have been teleported back there by a teammate. I am unaware of the method to get back there. My teammate was also unaware and was also teleported by another.

Complete hearsay overhead in a global channel: Someone received a "probationary period" for leaving a toon back behind the wall.

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I heard someone solo'd an iTF with a mastermind. Don't know if it can be done here, but it's worth the discussion.

"The One"

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Multiple people have solo'd the ITF in multiple ways. Which Mastermind for the RSF? How do I pull the Heroes? That's what I'm trying to figure out.

I want to solo the Recluse Strike Force. Ideally I don't want to use Temporary powers. I plan on using inspirations. When plotting and scheming a character who may be able to succeed on this task assume that any villain archetype of any build is available at level 50. Further assume that all IOs are available and that the build can be made solely for completing this Strike Force. I'm looking for suggestions on the build to use and the exact methods on how to proceed. Then I plan on stealing your idea and taking all the credit.

The two most difficult parts of the RSF when solo are the final showdown with the Freedom Phalanx and fighting the giant robot Kronos Titan. These are the only parts I expect merit discussion. I expect that if those two phases can be defeated the rest can be defeated. Please feel free to suggest otherwise. When discussing the Kronos part I think the discussion is "Can I kill it without Temps? If no, can I kill it with temps?" I expect nearly all the discussion to be about the final Freedom Phalanx encounter.

A Mind/Psy Dominator was my initial idea. The plan was to get a build with massive recharge. Then I'd lather up the Freedom Phalanx with Mass Hypnosis and pull one Hero away from the bunch. I'd use my attack chain of Dominate --> Something else --> Dominate to perma-hold the AV. Something else included Total Domination, Drain Psyche, a 2nd attack or perhaps something else all while Telekinesis was running. I had significant trouble perma-holding lower level Heroes with this completed build.

Would it be possible for me to perma-hold a level 53 Hero indefinitely? What do I need to do so? I struggled with a massive recharge build, Total Domination, Domination and Telekinesis.

Would it be possible for me to instead chain Mesmerize? Can I fire Mesmerize, move around behind the Hero, Mesmerize again and not be attacked? Will I do enough damage? Can I modify this plan somehow?

I don't think I'd do enough damage for Kronos. I don't mind using Temps against him but I'd prefer not to use temps. Using temps on the whole thing would be silly in my view. I don't think I'd feel like I accomplished anything if I used a Shivan, an HVAC and nukes on each Hero.

My other options are using another archetype. The two that come to my mind are Brute and Mastermind. How can I single pull the Freedom Phalanx on either of these? Which targets should I shoot first? What is the procedure for single pulling? Is it simply not possible? Is another archetype potentially better?

I want Melee Attack/Buff. Defenders have Ranged/Buff so why not go Melee? Keep the damage modifiers and damage cap low if necessary.

I want Katana/Kinetics
I want Super Strength/Sonic
I want Mace/Radiation
I want Martial Arts/Empathy

Yes. Don't forget Dark Melee. I think those are all fantastic sets and I think they belong on Brutes. I just don't like them. I'd like Broadsword.

I have nothing against Claws and think they should be proliferated eventually. I'd just like every other possible set to be proliferated first. Subjectively, Claws have no appeal to me on Brutes. I want something that goes thump and makes it feel like I shook the earth when I whacked someone upside the head.