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Quote:Originally Posted by Rainbow Avenger
You can perma Eclipse with 120% recharge if you have Spiritual Core Paragon (i.e. the tier 4). This means that with five LotGs and efficient set bonusing you can permaclipse without Hasten.
Bling bling gold and moody goth purple? Ick.*wipes tear from eye* That's hilarious dude. But you know...if you built your character, y'know, better--you wouldn't faceplant so much. But more power to you for thinking you're better than the rest of us and building your character your own way.Quote:Originally Posted by Rainbow Avenger
I am the MFing Warshade. I don't do happy sparkly colours. I lurk in the shadows of my unctuous auras, wreathed in ultraviolet darkness. Mysterious, ominous, unattainable... Right up to the point where I faceplant and flash the whole team with my bright blue-for-a-boy underpants that this game forces me to wear.
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Tonight we ran the Lady Grey TF with 7 Warshades and 1 Peacebringer! We of course mocked the Peacebringer relentlessly. It was good fun.
Afterwards, we held a Kheldian themed costume contest, since this was a special edition of Kheldian Fridays! for Laylapalooza. @Zaloopa won with his Void Hunter costume (and it made me want to smack him with Gravity Well!), and Sha'Kira (@Issy Phrost) got honorable mention.
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Well, our first night went pretty well, I think! We had two full Katie Hannon teams, and only ran into a spot of trouble during the AV section for one team. We then went GM hunting (though my team could only get Jacks badge, as Jack had punched pumpkinhead one to many times
Then, my team went and ran a special edition of Kheldian Fridays! This time, it was 7 warshades and one lonely peacebringer. We teased him a lot.
Meanwhile, Layla's team went ahead and ran the Moonfire, and it went smoothly. By the time we were done with our Kheldian costume contest, we were both ready to go hunting for the Volcanic badge. It took several trips through Ouroborous, but we all nabbed ourselves a shiny new Volcanic badge.
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Quote:Well, there is that, yes.Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome
Or simply pony up the $15/month and get it all of course.
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If you head on down to the AT related forum of the powerset that you have the question on/about, chances are you'll find out anything you need to know if you ask there.
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Quote:Nope.Originally Posted by Liberation
First of all, I can't find anything in the forum rules about this, and don't recall anything in the EULA (yes, I've read most of it) about any prohibitions, but I want to make sure:
NCSoft has no problem with us trading these codes?
No way to tell at all, unfortunately, aside from actually putting it in. Be careful.Quote:Originally Posted by Liberation
Second, if trading the codes is okay, does anyone have any advice on making sure a code you trade for is legitmate and not just made up or already used? I would hate to trade the one I have only to get shafted. -
Quote:You...you fiend! Do you know what that would do?! It would doom us all!Originally Posted by Steelclaw
* Go to Virtue Server and hi-jack blimp above Atlas Park. Wait until population is at least 30% cat-girls and release aerosole Catnip.
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Quote:Before getting tier 4 for auction house, and tier 7 for inventions, the best you can do is buy the limited time access to them.Originally Posted by Guardsman
That helps a bit. Can see how you work your way up Architect availability, but it doesn't say anything about steps between 'no access' and 'lifetime access' to Auction House and Inventions.
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Quote:Or in other words:Originally Posted by Guardsman
I cancelled years ago, and am now back at the tail end of a 15-day code they emailed me sometime last month.
When Freedom hits - just how limited is stuff going to be? I've looked at the side-by-side comparison here - http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/f...cho.php#tabs-4 - but it's kind of vague.
Auction House is limited. Does that mean a certain number of transactions per day/week/month?
Mission Architect is limited. Can I play those missions, but not create new ones?
Inventions are limited. Do I get the basic types, but not the set ones?
Or is all of that shut off until stuff is unlocked somehow?
and while I can understand losing the global channels, being shut out of both Help and Broadcast seems kind of overkill.
No auction house for new free accounts.
No AE for new free accounts.
Small sized inventories, only small inspirations and no recipes/IOs at all.
You can buy 30 day access to these things via paragon points.
I think they get access to help channel, but *shrug* I kinda agree but there you have it.
Also, if you log in with your old account, chances are you'll have some vet rewards that will knock you into a higher tier and maybe you won't have to deal with some of this stuff. -
You'll want to look at the dev chat highlights for more details, but perhaps this will answer some questions.
Quote:Originally Posted by Von Krieger
We're going into our featured discussion: Paragon Rewards.
Tier 1, EVERYBODY gets this. Some people wanted to call it Tier 0, some marketing guy said it didn't sound marketing friendly.
Limited costume slots, but unlimited preview. Still customizable.
2 Global character slot tokens.
Cannot join SG's at the base tier.
Can't use IO's. Can still use TO/DO/SO and Hami-O's.
Limited chat channels.
Largely done to nip the RMTers in the bud.
"If you look at any games that have relaxed chat privalages, it is immediate and terrifying."
No Mission Architect access. Since itÂ’s a bit more of a drain on server resources.
Limited item drops, only small inspirations. No salvage. Cannot craft. No recipes. Cannot trade. Influence cap of 25 million INF.
I was wondering the first day of beta why I went from 1-15 without a drop.
No hero of villain merits. No auction house.
Limited enhancement inventory space.
Obviously no Incarnate access.
This is for a Free player. Someone who has never subscribed or bought paragon points.
They will get access to the LFG tool, the help channel, local chat, and be able to queue up for the Sewer Trail.
Returning players will have 1 reward token per badge you've earned, 1 reward token per year's subscription, and 1 token if you've ever used a code from a physical box. 1 total, not one per boxed set.
1 token per month and one token per 1200 PP bought.
Posi: "I had a friend of mine actually calculate how much he has to pay to get Tier 9 on day 1. He was excited about it."
This is going into the Premium tier rewards, since most VIP's have this baked in.
Going over a lot of things that VIP's get that Premiums have to pay for or have to unlock via tiers.
Zwill apologizes if this week's coffee talk is a bit try. Posi recommends the chat give tangent ideas.
Tier 2. You earn the Trustworthy badge. 3 months currently or 1 month once Freedom is out.
Can join SG's and SG Chat.
Private Tells.
Trading.
INF cap to 500 million
Additional inventory size.
+2 Salvage, +1 Vault
In game e-mail.
Mission Architect system, but you can't get tickets. Just to play content.
Reminder that this is for Premium players, non-VIP, non subscribers.
Tier 3
Loyal Badge
All chat channels. (Broadcast, Global, Etc)
Chat tangent: Bacon. Makes Zwill want Bacon.
Posi: "Bacon nearly killed my father in law."
Zwill: "Bacon has nearly killed generations of people."
1 Billion INF cap.
Increased inventory again.
Tier 4
Steadfast Badge
Can earn Vanguard Mertis and Reward Mertis
Inventory space goes up again
INF cap at 2 billion (the max)
Medium inspirations.
Lifetime Auction house license.
MA with tickets and XP and such.
Tier 5
Addicted Badge, 36 months
Permanent Mastermind and Controller access
Inventory size increases.
A thank you for sticking through.
If you previously bought access to them, you DO NOT get a refund.
Tier 6
Abiding, 57 months
Access to create MA stories.
Reminder that they will be selling limitless MA story slots.
Posi: "There is probably a server limit somewhere. But if someone hits it, we'll increase it."
Tier 7
Purposeful badge, 78 months
Tangent: Posi is astonishes that Zwill has to schedule his lunches and thus is a huge *********.
Zwill and Posi want the veteran token bar to change colors.
Lifetime IO Access
Piyerus: "I'm still a bit confused. Do we need the first badge in the tier to be in that tier, or do we need to totally fill the tier (get the final badge) to be in that tier?"
You do not make the selections in the tier. You just need to earn the amount of tokens for the badge.
Another reminder that the access mentioned here is Non-VIP players and that these are the AUTOMATIC rewards. Not stuff you have to pick and choose.
More inventory space.
Tier 8
Radiant badge
Zwill: "Not recommended to buy your way here at once."
They have measures in place to prevent single purchases of PP this high.
Large insps get added onto the drop table.
More inventory space.
VIP subscribers get +150 PP per month. Just under an extra $2 of PP per month.
Tier 9
The repeatables and the VIP exclusive Tier 9 things. Like the 3 aspects of Celestial armor.
Tier 8 is what they have the +150 PP listed in the document from Clockwork 01.
Reward meter has it's own button in the beta.
Posi doesn't want to answer " are you guys saying "Tier 8" meaning "you are currently filling in tier 8" or "you have finshed filling in 8?" because he doesn't want to get it wrong.
Arbiter Home Alone says that they're now called Reward Levels, rather than Tiers.
Second Measure shows his Sthulhu for president shirt. "Are you ready for some Real change?" "Why vote for the lesser evil?" "Go with the Elder God you know."
Posi sighs and apologizes for the piles upon piles of jargon and working on the game has gotten three times harder.
Posi: "If a VIP at Tier 9 drops to Premium, what will they lose access to?"
Incarnate system and powers.
Anything labeled VIP only, like time manipulation unless they buy it in the store.
Lose the VIP server.
Not going to get the PP stipend or the monthly transfer tokens.
You'll lose the 12 per server base slots.
You keep any banked transfer tokens. They do stack.
You will keep all Paragon Points earned from the monthly VIP stipend.
Tangent: The Coming Storm and saving PP for a rainy day.
"It's raining Shivans, hallelujah it's raining Shivans!"
Reading off the veteran reward token badges. Will copy/paste these in later.
Rookie, 1 token (freebie)
Trustworthy, 2 tokens
Faithful, 3 tokens
Dependable, 4 tokens
Loyal, 5 tokens (Tier 3)
Zealous, 6 tokens
Staunch, 7 tokens
Steadfast, 8 tokens (Tier 4)
Devoted, 9 tokens
Dedicated, 10 tokens
Committed, 11 tokens
Unswerving, 12 tokens
Addicted, 13 tokens (Tier 5)
Ardent, 14 tokens
Fervent, 15 tokens
Eternal, 16 tokens
Battle Hardened, 17 tokens
Tried and True, 18 tokens
Allegiant, 19 tokens
Abiding, 20 tokens (Tier 6)
City Traveler, 21 tokens
Honorable, 22 tokens
Enduring, 23 tokens
Genuine, 24 tokens
Distinguished, 25 tokens
Resolute, 26 tokens
Purposeful, 27 tokens (Tier 7)
Uncompromising, 28 tokens
Loyal Customer, 29 tokens
Tenacious, 30 tokens
Unshakable, 31 tokens
Diligent, 32 tokens
Persistent, 33 tokens
Radiant, 34 Tokens (Tier 8)
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And they could name him "Fourthwall Fred."
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Quote:Show us your build? I run a LOT of toggles on my WP toons, and I never run out of endurance. Oh, I definitely agree with what Gaia said--If you're running out of endurance, you can't attack as much. That is obviously detrimental to your DPS. You might even detoggle. And that is poor for your health.Originally Posted by Shuriken_BladeX
I have IOs on both characters mostly sets on the scrapper but the Tank is just getting completely drained. He's a WP/SS tank.
Also, in addition to all these excellent suggestions for fixing your build, lets not forget the obvious solution--Cardiac alpha and Ageless destiny. -
Quote:Most people work during the day.Originally Posted by Santa_Laws
Wish this had a daytime version
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I was under the impression that the Kheldians versions of phase did both, anyway? You had like 30 seconds of phase with a gradually increasing end burn. I could be wrong, I never take them.
I would prefer they just take off the nophase, and made the recharge longer to compensate. That way, if you built for recharge you could use it more often, but it's base would be about what we have now. -
Quote:How would you activate key 11? Double tap the 1 key?Originally Posted by Mageman
What I am looking for is 12 instead of 10 buttons in the row. That way, I can use the keyboard to quickly activate the ones I want. Being able to open a 4th row might be nice, but not the same as adding more buttons in a row. I don't know what the minus and equal keys are short-cuts to. Thus they are unimportant to me.
Maybe for 12 you hit 1 and 2 real fast
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Speaking of which, this starts today, people! I'll see you all tonight!
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Quote:Oh well, some fun is better than none, right? I know some people that will completely miss this event due to timezone/work/school issues.Originally Posted by Lorax
I hope so, but there are some issues. One guy is out of town and won't return till Saturday, so will miss the kick off. Another friend just got a new GF and he's been spending a lot of time with her. I told him he should buy her a Declaration of Freedom account and get her online, but, you know, young love can confuse priorities. Last 2 folks find out their schedules today, so will know soon. I myself am planning on being on Friday night and Sunday. Saturday, I may be on, but busy time at work, my skillz may be in demand there.
Thanks for putting together events. Sounds like fun.
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Quote:Good to know.Originally Posted by Zaloopa
FYI, stuns do not work. I've found this out both the hard way and the easy way.
Edit: btw, This was the easy way.
Edit 2: Also, since this one is co-op I'll try to be there on my villain WS. His hold is also slotted as an attack, but since the ski chalet is open I was able to go buy a golden rings temp power with my candy canes. -
Stop feeding the troll, guys.
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Quote:Sorry if I mistook what I thought you were saying between the lines--here, I've emphasized below why I said what I said.Originally Posted by Nyx
Ummm..I do need to address this because this was not in my statement at all. The dilema was not about doing something I didn't like, nor was this about the incarnate trials per say. It was more about the concept that playing an alt feel lack lustre, while playing the epic "Alpha" toon becomes sort of dull as well.
I enjoy the game much, but perhaps it's just changed for me over the course of time. I have done the journey, and know the results of the destination. But by using the logic of not doing something I don't like would suggest that Im not enjoying the game.
What I am not enjoying about the game now, is playing alts without power, and then switching to toons with so much power. And so the dilema is that the journey from point a to point b, has changed for me. (This has never been the case ever with me...I have never been that kind of gamer ever!!)
Im trying to get my mojo or excitement back about trying new things.
Quote:Originally Posted by Nyx
Firstly it has made them so powerfull in my eyes that I could do a lot of content I could not do before, but in doing that, also became a touch more dull in the process.
Secondly, I find that anything I make since then is dull or feels lack lustre, and it's almost feels like because I spent so much time working on these main toons (IOing, Trials, Etc) that doing the same for something lower seems offputting. It's like if they do not meet the expectations of the toons I have already made and made even better through the crafting system or incarnates just meet a deleted doom. It's like at level 30 I can tell if this is going to be a solid toon, and if it cannot destroy things like my level 50's, then I just lose interest.
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Heck, I have even switched to a red side toon for the sole purpose of needing to try new content instead of just becoming level hungry to race to the finish and get IO'ed and incarnated. This helped a little, because I had the option of playing some fun redside arcs, but in the end it really did not satisfy me as there were hardly any teaming options, and moreso nothing I can make now, really can ever top the two incarnates I made and I lose interest in the possibility of what they can be.
Im just finding myself logging in, looking at my toon selection, seeing my play toys...then hitting the log out button. I really don't like that feeling, but it is how it's been now for a while.I don't see why each of your characters have to become an incarnate. It SOUNDS like the grinding is getting to you, and for some reason the characters that aren't uber godly yet are no longer worth playing. Which is why I recommend taking a break (or at least cutting back) on trials for a while. Learn to like your characters for what they do, not what they could become. Make interesting concept characters. Set restrictions for yourself. Join a superteam and make new friends.Quote:Originally Posted by Nyx
Actually Sam...Thats about the issue Im speaking of. It never was before to me. It was always the progression to the point of end game. It was always about building something fun over something ultra mega powerfull, and it mostly was always about the fun time I would have doing it.
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They were always enjoyable before they were anything like they are now, and sadly, now that they are so epicly powerfull, they lost some of their charm. The personal touch that I had given them because A) the story changed to incorperate why they went to gain such power, which pigeon holes you into that story to begin with, and B) because they now are to shiney to even touch?
50 woes as I call them is happening with almost all of my alts now. Mainly because the process of making them perform later is daunting and sort of blah to me. I enjoyed it with two of my toons, but now even IOing is seeming a task/chore.
My Death Knell has become exactly what I have never been. It's become a powers game even to me. Which is so strange because I generally prefered playing support sets considdered to most as being underpowered. It's throwing me for a loop, because my dilema is that I don't want to play my epic folks unless Im making inf, and I don't want to play my lower alts because I have been spoiled by the former.
It's...just strange for me, because the only other game I have ever played that had done that to me is AoC, and although I could never ever be truly epic, if I found a really neato-rific flashy dagger...I felt a sense of accomplishment. But completeing a trial, getting a Judgement slot, or a lore pet, does not feel like an acomplishment, just something I can unlock over time through a grind fest, but is almost always going to happen for any toon that I ever choose to make.
I don't think the game has changed. Sure, we've gotten some endgame, but what was there before is still there. You can choose to ignore the incarnate system, and nothing bad will happen to you as a result. I think it's your perception of the game that has changed, and you got caught up in the rush for "Moar power!" that many of us have fallen for. So please, do yourself a favor and sit down and think about it, at least. Maybe I'm wrong, I definitely could be--but it couldn't hurt to take a look at whats changed for you, and what has caused you to start feeling this way. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Microcosm
It's a bit more than a 30 dps difference in favor of human form when both are totally maxed out.I am also curious as to the attack chain/build. I have a hard time believing human form puts out better damage than the dwarf in a tri-formers build without gimping the dwarfs attacks (or other aspects of the build) in some way.Quote:Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
What would this attack chain be, and what would the minimum amount of slots be per power? Also, I'm assuming it uses Orbiting Death, so no Gravimetric Snare? I just recently devoted some slots (two endoplasm's and a Gravitational Anchor: Immobilize) for locking down AV's.
Also, I find that I like to use my Dwarf Mire even against single targets for the to-hit/damage bonus. How would you manage to do that if you run toggles? -
Quote:On a tri-form? *shrug* If you say so.Originally Posted by Microcosm
Human can do a good bit more single target damage than dwarf if built right. I can also run weave, combat jumping, and maneuvers to make it more survivable than dwarf, though that's not what I was concerned with.
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Simple solution to your woes: Quit doing stuff you don't like. Voila. Honestly, no one is forcing you to run incarnate trials or IO out your characters to squeeze performance out of them. YOU are doing that to yourself. And if you don't find it enjoyable, don't come and complain to us about it. Just stop doing it.
Tangent: How is a Grav/Forcefield controller a walking credit card for the rest of your characters? No, you don't really have to answer this, but I find it interesting.
Anyhow, find whatever it is you like about those two characters, and find it in another combo. Or try the suggestions Winterminal gave. -
While a customizing option would be nice, I'm still waiting for the AI/UI fix. I'm really, really tired of mashing the "Go To" button to keep the pets from bum rushing an AV.
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Quote:I can't understand why you would want to be in human form (while on a tri-forming WS) for any length of time against a hard target. It just doesn't have enough ST damage as the dwarf could put out, and even assuming you took Essence Drain...the dwarf has better survivability.Originally Posted by Microcosm
They are invaluable on my warshade when stuck against a single target.