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Originally Posted by Hatred666

I remember Castle mentioning a while back about adding +HP to Invulnerability. What ever happened about that?

Originally Posted by BurningBear

Well, this is mostly good. But, is there a way to turn it off?

I hate, hate, hate the mission arc (and it's a whole arc) REQUIRED to get into Cimerora (I'm looking at you Lady Jane, you suicidal witch! I've even created rotating binds for taunts to her about her boyfriend to give her a reason to kill herself to use if I'm on a team.)

So I usually join a high level guy with a low level on another of my accounts and rush throught the low levels missions until you craft the Rikti cure, to get 2 of my guys access quickly at the same time. Usually when I am invited to an ITF and I'm on someone that doesn't have access because I hate the arc so much.

So will this still be possible? Or will every one of my characters be forced through this tedium where I'll be wanting to off myself with Lady Jane?

Originally Posted by Lacrymosa

Can we cut it out already?, By definition every class in the game is a "Defender", heroes are in turn defenders of justice. Yes the devs couldn't think of a name for the class. I guess priest was too archaic and medics or doctors where too definitive. Either way, if you come with a heal, you're going to be deemed healer, if you come with buffs...do the math. So on and so on.

Don't change decades of MMO terminology just too further boost you're ego. CoH teams will go on an prosper without dealing with semantics. Yes you're defender comes with blasts, and my tank comes with melee, I would love to see the face of the players on my team if I said I would only perform like an actual tank(moving slowly and hitting every 20 secs) due to the "title" given.

"Defender" is a vague word to use, yes it was a huge mistake by the devs. But don't make it seem like certain AT's aren't healer's, thats just obtuse. Every MMO lives by the holy trinity ; Tank, Dps, Healer.

Originally Posted by The_Robertroid

Stalkers don't get Energize. Read the article again.

Originally Posted by Thrunk

My first Shield/Axe was pacted with my brother's broadsword shield. Though often teamed together (and with others) our mindset - we aint gonna take grantcover cause it doesnt do anything for ourselves (directly). It wasn't until after hitting level 50 we both realized all the shortchanging we'd been doing.

Arguments aside on 'having to ask/ remind other's for our "due" buffs', how often have you been looking at those slacking, missed, inbetween times for 'your' speedboost, shields, bubbles, clearminds, forge, adrenalin boost, thaw, etc... times when you admire -or at the least respect- the frequency of the other player's ability to keep the buffs going, times when youre shouting at the monitor for the blasted 'buffer' to freaking hit the team with the buffs at least ONCE every 5 min..., times when you patiently or not-so-patiently remind your fellow to please sb...

Then look at the not so frequently used Grant Cover. Depending on slotting... it can be near a luck to 2 constant pbaoe buff. It's a toggle... you Don't Have to keep buffing your fellows... if they can handle the proximity/ your aggro hold/managing skills, mob sizes, etc... they get the buff. If not... well, it's not like you don't have it toggled up. Multi-shield teams... (not discounting leadership, etc), the overlapping Grant Covers can be jawdropping. Did a jawdropping VEAT ITF yesterday, amongst the funnest in a while and the overlapping assault, leadership, and maneuvers was impressive...

Even if you solo 100% of the time (I wouldn't suggest there aren't some that really do solo 100%... but I'd be surprised to come across them) That's 3-4 more slots of ...Luck of the Gambler? If you happen to be by yourself, don't toggle it on (yeah, 'duh').

I'm likely not going to be able to sell anyone to flipping to Grant Cover, it's a choice thing, but as a choice thing, at least consider looking at the team benefit aspects - especially for being a low maintaince toggled contribution that can hold sets that DO benefit YOU also. From a perspective, a teamed shield without grant cover, isnt that dissimilar to the chuckles directed at a kin without speedboost (I respect the decision while disagreeing with it) - and speedboost one actually has to pay attention to, imagine a kin's glee if it could just be a toggle that grants 2 min of sb, just by being near for a moment!

Originally Posted by Zem__

Yeah, hang on. Let me wipe the tear out of my eye. No, it's not sympathy. I am just laughing THAT hard. I'd love to have a Scrapper fan explain to me how having better criticals AND a higher damage scalar AND better survivability is their "special thing".

When they buffed Stalkers they had to improve something and I for one am glad it wasn't hiding or running away. I'm sure there are plenty of Scrapper-heads out there who think that's OUR "special thing."

Originally Posted by Leo_G

No, I'm pretty sure scrappers were saying "Aww, good for them. Now they're not lolstalkers anymore".

Originally Posted by Johnnykat

:Smacks Forehead:

Oh boy...here we go again with "extensive data-mining"...I love how this term gets applied to massive changes that inherently the devs feel they need to make, but can't fully justify it by any other means. I also don't understand why is it lately when the devs announce some new and interesting features - like new power sets or game content, they have to sour it by removing a game mechanic they admit to not really being a problem right off the bat! Posi states that the concern for bridging requests really wasn't as big as a problem as they thought! It was a misperception by the dev team! But hey, since our data-mining shows that requests for bridging isn't a problem like we "thought", then lets go ahead and change it quick now! Come on...the only reason why it doesn't show up in your data-mining is because you probably only looked at the last 4 to 6 months. Hello, that is how long AE has been out and there hasn't been a need for bridges - you already fixed that! LOL However you "over-corrected". If you really want us to use the non-AE game content again, maybe (and I cringe to suggest this) simply turn off auto-SKing in AEs or apply this new system only to AEs and people will eventually not abuse it (I mean enjoy it) so much. They will go back to the more "balanced" system that already exists! Now, you may reply with "well we don't want to see the spam of bridging again" ...well again, sounds like you "added" a new mechanic that is going to be awesome which is the email/broadcast filter. Based on actual game play (not short-term "extensive data-mining"), it's the broadcasting and emails that annoy people the most. If other players don't see how some other players choose to play the game, then obviously they can't complain about it. Hence, 1) add broadcast/email filters, 2) leave SKing alone or add your new way as an "option", 3) Fix AE so it doesn't auto SK and allow it to be the alternate mission creator it was intended to be.

Ultimately, the dev team really needs to consider how far it "over-corrects" a problem they recently created and not practically re-write the entire game in one issue. It was bad enough you couldn't adjust certain ATs for PvP, now you are taking that same philosophy to PvE. PLEASE seriously consider this new CoX 2.0 before you force it on us!

Originally Posted by BrokenPrey

Gambler's Cut it is better DPS attack for Kat. The best DPS attack chain for kat is Golden Dragonfly>Gambler's Cut>Soaring Dragon>Gambler's Cut repeat.

Gambler's Cut
ACT=.924
Dam 95%=112.7
DPS=122

Sting of the Wasp
ACT=1.32
Dam 95%=155.6
DPS=117.8

So just looking at both attacks Gambler's cut is the better DPS attack and it comes up a lot faster too. Also With IO you can put in some good Proc to up the Damage and put the Achilles' Heel Chance for res Debuff to make all your other attacks better.

*ACT= AdjustedCastTime = (ROUNDUP( Casttime / 0.132)+1) * 0.132

Originally Posted by UnSub

... who in turn stole from the Champions PnP game. It's the circle of life! :-)

Originally Posted by MentalMidget

Oh and since the devs loved you Mind Controllers so much that they gave you a real power instead of cats to herd, I couldn't come up with anything to help ya

Originally Posted by PanDemonium_NA

Ok, so I have never actually played a blaster past 16 or so and am looking for advice on what is fun and relatively pain-free to play. I want to be able to solo but will mostly play on teams.

What have been y'alls most fun blaster combos?

Originally Posted by PrincessDarkstar

Although the last few posts are confusing me a little I think we are still on the issue of Dwarf form not always working when getting mezzed.

The issue isn't that it won't work when mezzed, which is what we hve been promised. That would be a bug in the true sense.

The issue is that Dwarf has a ~2 second activation time, during which it is interruptable. And since the mez protection doesn't activate until the end of that time an incoming mez will interrupt your casting of the form. That is just the way the system works. It may be unintended, but it isn't actually a bug - it may even be intended.

The real thing you need to be asking for is for Dwarf to be marked as uninteruptble, then it would always activate - but it isn't the same thing as saying it is currently bugged.

The devs don't do everything the playerbase ask of them, but they are more likely to help us if we correctly identify the issue instead of just shouting and screaming.

Also regardless of the bug/no bug thing there has been a 'workaround' posted above with binds/macros and it is well worth using in the meantime, which is the advice I would hope any new people get rather than just telling them the power is broken.

Originally Posted by Liz_Bathory_EU

Wait..! This can't be right...

You will still have level restrictions on when you get the Midnight Arc entrance. Without the midnight badge no access to Cimerora.. without access... no ITF.

Isn't that the same with RWZ..? Then again. RWZ is a known location.. while Cimerora is a secret... a time portal...

Originally Posted by Duskwalker

Yes, and this isn't a bug. I'm sorry, but when I can tank in a form that is a quote 'Blaster-like form' then the issue of being mezzed is THAT big a deal, then I will deal with it. If it is STILL an issue for you, carry purples or make a build from IO's that helps you not get mezzed. It is PART OF THE AT, not a bug. If someone elses stuff stopped working, then it MAY be a bug, but this is part of us. The fact that we can do it all makes up for this MINOR issue. Honestly, it isn't even that big of an issue, just minorly bad. Get over it, or play something else, either way, it doesn't matter because your not going to get yor way because it would brake either of the AT's (expessially WS as far as I can tell having been playing one. ) Sorry, but not everything gets changed, look at Grav, people have been asking for Dim Shift to get changed forever, it never will. Hell, does it brake a class, no, does it make the class unplayable, no, does it glitch the game, no. The fact that we have any Mezz protection at all is a BLESSING! So quit your whinning.

Originally Posted by Fleeting_Whisper

Death is the ultimate form of mitigation. It's complete (unlike debuffs), and it's permanent (unlike controls)

Originally Posted by EvaDestruction

I haven't read all of this massive thread, so my apologies if this has already been brought up, but my biggest issue with auto-exemping is not so much the loss of high-level powers for a character exemped many levels lower. This happens already, because without it, the high-level character would be FAR too powerful for the low-level team. I'm guessing the reason it's considered a problem now is that exemping is expected to become more common, but anyway...

The problem I have is the loss of that brand new power you just got. It's levelling up, and not being able to select a new power until the team leader levels too...even if you are only one level above the mission holder. I would suggest limiting auto-exemplar to people two or more levels above the mission holder, just to maintain the "yay, new power!" aspect of levelling up.

Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain

PowerLeveling and Farming are completely seperate actually.

Powerleveling has people on a team... and they want EXP.

Farming is you SOLO and there is NO exp.

Anything else is just teaming.

Originally Posted by Fleeting_Whisper

Leadership is the option provided to me to let me pwn harder, regardless of team makeup.

8 Blasters/Scrappers/Tankers/Brutes/Stalkers with slotted Maneuvers have ~27.3% defense (almost equal to an SR Scrapper without IOs), before any other powers. 8 Defenders have ~42% (almost maxed out).
8 Blasters/Tankers/Brutes/Stalkers with Assault have +84% damage (almost doubling their damage slotting). 8 Defenders have +150% damage (just 55% away from their damage cap assuming 95% damage from slotting)
8 stacked slotted Tactics will net you between ~84% and ~150% tohit, which is enough to max out your chance to hit against anything except the wrong type of Mito in a Hamidon raid.

Let's review:
* Stacked Maneuvers can get you somewhere between an SR Scrapper and a single IO short of capped
* Stacked Assault can get you somewhere between doubling your damage enhancements and two reds short of capped
* Stacked Tactics will cap you against everything but the wrong Hamidon Mito

Pretty sure he's referring to "dead monster does not fight"

Originally Posted by LordXenite

Originally Posted by Sarrate

Negative, damage resistance resists damage debuffs. By lowering the damage resistance of the mobs, they resist damage debuffs less, making them more effective.

Originally Posted by Jade_Dragon

In what way is Placate measured as a percentage? Placate is not a -perception or -aggro, it is a flag applied to a foe which causes it to ignore aggro on that target. And it does have a magnitude. (CoD lists typically mag 4)

Originally Posted by Kruunch

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Originally Posted by LordXenite