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Wouldn't work for me, that's the only time I can get on, hehe.

Nope, he's a jumper. I haven't had a hovering blaster since I started playing the game. Most of my characters, regardless of AT, are also jumpers. Not really any particular tactical reason for it, that's just my play-style.
The second part of your question I'm not really sure about. Most of what I've read says that soft-capping a positional is better than having lower values in more than one, and quite honestly it would depend greatly on how you play. If you actively seek to keep enemies at range like my blaster, than the S/L defense wouldn't really come into play all that much I would think.

By the way, what was the thread about fire blasters you were reading through? I'd like to give it a look-see.

I prefer Thunderstrikes as well. I usually like to put as much +accuracy and Ranged Defense into my ranged characters as possible, and Thunderstrikes fit the bill perfectly for those purposes. Them being inexpensive to buy and craft is a nice perk too.

Ruction! Sup man? Do you still play?

I think it's enough to tell about yourself. Have to keep some degree of anonymity, after all.

/facepalm

What they mean to say is you're a very beautiful woman, and your husband is a very lucky man.

Anyways, I'm a utility locator (locates and marks phone, TV, and gas lines so people excavating don't damage them) from around Tulsa, Oklahoma. Originally from New York, but I moved here in 2005 to be with my girlfriend (we're now married with one son.) Not much to say beyond that. I live a pretty quiet life with my wife, son, our 2 cats, and 2 cockatiels, and I play CoH whenever I have the time between home, work, and school.

Precisely. Just today I've already read 3 or 4 of these, and I'm already tired of them.

Already took care of that a while back. Signed both my accounts up on the 6-month plan a few months back. I'm set till February at least.

There's an inherent problem with that statement..

Hmm.. that's good to know. I was always under the impression it was a static value, but I suppose that makes sense.

I don't know. How can anyone answer for you? :P

Seriously though, the people who would want to stay heroes would be people who don't have any interest in playing red-side at all. The same question could be posed by them, albeit worded differently: 'Why would I want to be a vigilante? I don't like CoV.'
As for why anyone who plays both sides would be compelled NOT to switch sides, I would imagine there will be some kind of perk or benefit for not switching. What those are though, I couldn't say. Just wildly speculating.

Except, what is the definition of normal? People of different groups could have a very different idea of what is normal.

I wonder if you'd mind elaborating on this, because I don't understand. I'm not trying to rebut your point, I just don't get it.

I agree completely with your assessment, and I would add that it is exactly this that makes Emperor Cole evil. Not evil in the same way perhaps as say, Lord Recluse, but evil nonetheless. To me Praetoria and the Rogue Isles are two extremes on the same scale. Praetoria is ruled by a despot who forces the citizenry to live as he sees fit, because it will keep them safe, but adversely robbing them of their free will. The Rogue Isles, on the other hand, are the exact antithesis of that principle, representing essentially a dictatorial anarchy. You have a certain degree of freedom, so long as you don't cross Recluse.



This is a likely possibility.

Not likely, at least in terms of Regen. I used to duo my Claws/Regen scrapper with my wife's Emp, and he doesn't reach the cap with his standing regen (Integration, Health, and Fast Healing) + Instant Healing + AB + Regen Aura, at least I have no reason to believe he does. If I'm wrong, someone more knowledgable feel free to correct me, but my understanding was that the Regen cap can't be easily reached (assuming there even is a cap). AB's recovery though, is definately overkill unless used to help a blaster recover from a nuke crash.

Wouldn't this be of greater benefit to Rad/ defenders than any other kind then (as they would be able to stack the inherent mez resist with AM)? I like the idea, but I don't see how it can be executed fairly and evenly.

I do agree with an HP boost though. While perhaps not too much of a help overall, I don't see how it hurts either. If I'm not mistaken, defenders are tied with controllers for lowest base HP (excluding Khelds, I forget where they fall), so a slight boost could be given without doing much harm I think.

It most certainly does. Went back into Mid's and changed some things around based on your recommendations, and it looks much better.

Thanks much for the feedback