galadiman
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I believe the sarcasm was related to the 'another' qualifier. Given that they have access to a damage aura, another one would certainly add to the madness, if I interpret ClawsandEffect's intent correctly.
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Package slider.
I'm sick and tired of having so much trouble trying to find those darned Christmas gifts - I would like to be able to make them larger so I can find them more easily.
What?
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I think this will work: /keybind_reset enter
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Excellent guide! Very comprehensive and organized.
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Quote:I would vote THIS. Though, another damage aura on my D/F brute would be sweeeeet... and destroy the game for most reasonable purposes.Originally Posted by SinisterDirge
Besides, giving my Spines/Fire scrapper access to another damage aura would be a bad idea.
Another PBAOE set mule, ready-made for sick proccin' DOOM, syrupy set bonuses, and a multitude of orange sugah.
[Wait, maybe this is an idea I CAN get behind...] They'd just have to boost the baddies another 10 or 15%... and thus it begins. -
Quote:I will boycott if they don't let us put it up to 11.Originally Posted by Another_Fan
You look at it and go what are they thinking ? They really need to make incarnate abilities only usable in incarnate content. Either that or between inherent fitness and these powers think about taking the difficulty slider to plus 6 or 7
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Google Sunshine Gardener "The Talisman".
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Never saw this stuff. Changing pants now.
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Quote:But I already put 5 slots in each of those!Originally Posted by Tired Angel
An alternative way to play around with the idea of no Fitness is use the current version and just put any slots you would use in it in a power like Sprint, Brawl or Rest. It won't give you specific numbers in terms of regen and recovery but allows you to play around with what powers you can pick when and what slots you would have available.
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Just kidding, I put 6 in each.
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Happy Birthday, MP!
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Quote:That is Effin A!Originally Posted by Fulmens
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Quote:Yes, the game is solo 'friendly', not solo 'takes you out to dinner, opens the door for you, treats you with respect, and buys you roses on your birthday without being reminded.' I mean, really.Originally Posted by Seraphael
Don't know about the US, but in Europe, even on the busiest server finding teams in natural level range is quite often very time consuming. Solo, Team and PvP efficacy should always matter in a balance equation.
(more seriously) - I leveled my archery blaster to 50 before any of the awesome buffs they got lately - and I soloed nearly the whole way. Granted, it took me almost a year. But I had fun, even while being frustrated sometimes. I didn't measure my e-peen against anyone else's, and I think that's the real problem very often. The way things are now, with all the benefits lower level characters get to make the trip easier, I don't see the problem. And I don't care if scrappers are the yumsauce or if dominators are waaay better, compared one to one. I wish it was easier for you to find teams on the EU servers, but I'm not sure the present state of affairs merits making blasters even better than they are now, because I feel the power levels are aok. -
Dumpleberry, I am very disappointed. Passing on the right is illegal.
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Quote:Assault! I needs me some extra orange!Originally Posted by _ryxx_
this is likely to often be me, in mp's bunch of hooligans. The funny thing is i really enjoy ioing out characters to their optimum performance, but my main kin def (or any kin really) doesn't require hardly any ios to be as awesome for teams as it is. I don't know what i'ma do with him after the fitness change.. Probably pick up repel ... Maybe assault? Grant invis? Shrug.
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Also, as has been said, oh, I don't know, about 763,234,674,564,456.7 times, give or take 3, comparing solo AT vs solo AT has never been a valid point of comparison for anything in this game. It's a TEAM game. I find blasters are desirable to have on a team, fun to play on a team, and hold their own on a team.
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To MP: Mostly, it's a matter of a) as you well know, she's the character I play 80% of the time, b) the few times that I PVP, i want to pwn someone occasionally, and c) the KB protection and the toxic damage proc (yeah, I'll be saving up for THAT one...) And I don't really think I'll be getting that full set anytime soon, with the way prices are now (the Javelin Proc was around 700mil+ this morning, iirc, and the quad and triple were close behind...) And the spreads aren't profitable yet. Curses!!
To GP: When you play as seldom as I do, and have only a handful of characters you really play, you can trick them out a little.
MP gave me quite a few marketeering tips, you too can be rich and famous! (Well, you're already infamous... so you can be rich... )
To Elegost: I find that having Hasten down for even as long as 5 seconds doesn't really ever cramp my style I'm not really looking for optimal attack chain (esp. running with MP's bunch of hooligans , they're always SB/AM/etc.-ing me. (Oh yeah, and thanks, hooligans!)
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No nukey? No likey.
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For Linarra:
Replace Fitness pool with Assault/Tactics/Maneuvers.
Drop Power surge (never use it), pick up Ranged Shot.
Move one LOTG +Rech from Hover to Maneuvers.
Drop the Travel/End IO from Hover, move the slot to Ranged Shot.
Drop Invisibility, pick up Ice Sword.
Try to replace 2 5-part Decimation sets with 2 5-part Gladiator's Javelin sets (ya, this one is the *****.)
Move a few other slots around,
keeping my Rech to a moderate 103.75%,
picking up a good melee attack just for funsies,
increasing my damage by around 20% between sets and Assault,
giving myself a sweet snipe for those pesky runners, and Profit!
That's just for Linarra. I still have to work on the other alts. -
Also, THIS. VERY NICE, Airhammer.
Quote:Originally Posted by Airhammer
This is the problem with the blaster AT as I see it.
Many people start playing the game as a scrapper or a tank or some other melee toon. The login the character screen and see an AT that has good hit points and high damage and has good resists and they play that. Then after a while of playing those they start playing blasters. And they feel pretty good.. right up until you hit the late 20's and early 30's where mez starts showing up.. Then they are totally shocked by how many foes mez because they NEVER noticed it before..
Now their blaster sucks and they cant handle the late game blah blah blah..
Ive played almost everything in this game and I can tell you this. Blasters are the AT I always tell NEW players to play.. I believe it teaches you HOW to play the game.
You learn very quickly what foes do what and how. Who stuns. who holds, who drains end etc etc
You learn positioning. How to break line of sight. How to use distance and cover and hover to YOUR advantage.
You learn how to manage your OWN aggro instead of relying on others to do it for you.
You learn TIMING which is crucial.. When to attack.. WHO to attack.. When to go ALL OUT and when to be the surgeon and remove specific foes from the battelfield quickly.
Im not going to get into all the data because I really dont bother with working up attack chains and focusing on DPS.. Sure I am somewhat aware of it.. but its not my focus.. The question I have is can I do my JOB as a blaster which is to deeat foes quickly and I cna assure you after playing numerous blasters as well as almost every other AT in the game to 50 that blaster do perfectly well at the higher levels.
There are several misnomers here that I find annoying however. Blasters CAN attack when mezzed. Defiance allows ANY blaster to attack with their first two attacks from their primary and the first attack from their secondary when mezzed. That means at least TWO attacks and something THREE depending on secondary for your blaster even when mezzed... The corruptor and the defender CANNOT do this..
Even if you are mezzed.. there is this little thing called a BREAK FREE people.. USE THEM..
I do not have ONE.. not ONE of these new high defense builds.. Yet I have played all these to 50
Airhammer-Energy/Energy. Great Mitigation from knockdown and with at least Two Damage Range HO's in EVERY attack. Hover, Powe Push and Boost Range you will rarely get close enough to hurt me. ANd if you do there is a nice Energy Punch. Bonesmasher combo waiting for you.
Sureshot- Arch/Devices Specializes is utilizing stealth and insane Accuracy and to Hit Buff to take targets down quickly. The combo of Rain of Arrows. Explosive Arrow and Fistfull or Arrow with THREE damage range HO's make a very quick attack chain. Plus having utility arrow like stun arrow are a big help.
Salvo-AR/NRG-Also uses range and wide cone attacks to his advantage as well as hover to keep a distance. Full Auto is a smaller crashless nuke that is up every thirty second combines with the LRM rocket from the Mutions pool he can make your day hell.
Taiyoken-Rad/Mental- I dont even know where to start. Range Single target.. Check.. AoE check.. PbAoE check.. Defense debuffs.. check.. Regen my health and stamina with Drain Psyche.. Check.. Build Up Aim.. Irddiate. Psy Shockwave Atomic Blast... trip to the Zig...
Taser Eec/Elec- The Blaptroller... Ranged Damage.. check.. Melee Damage.. check.. THREE single target holds with the Elec Epic Pool.. Check.. End Drain foes and keep them there.. check..
FyrePsyde- Fire/Mental... Not even gonna tallk about this one.. I have run farms with Fire/Kin controllers that have made them say DAMN i need to get one of those..
and I have a Rad/Fire I have at 32. I also had an Ice/ice at level 35 but i deleted it.. fun but I wanted an Ice/Cold deender instead..
My advicee to you is MAKE ONE.. PLAY IT and see if it is FUN.. dont let people scare you off from playing something... -
I like blasters. I don't care if people say they're 'teh suckzzorrs.' My main is an archery/ice blaster, purpled as much as I can get her purpled. Rain of Arrows is up every 16 seconds, unless I have a kin or a rad on the team or Secondary Mutation gives me another ridiculous 30% recharge boost. I barely need stamina at all, and when the new changes make Fitness inherent, I'll get Assault and boost my already sweet damage at least 12% more. The teams I run on love to have her, because she's a consistent source of pretty large orange numbers.
I occasionally faceplant, usually because I'm not paying attention. It IS 'active' defanse, and for people used to tanks, scrappers, and widows, this may not be a good fit. I'm glad I learned the game on a blaster. If this sounds like fun to you, then I suggest Archery, and I think Mental Manipulation might fit as well - I have another L50 Arch/MM, and she's pretty dang sweet as well.
PS: to darkmaster: On a team I'm on, I would prefer nearly ANY defender that ISN'T "Empathy" to an Emp. ESPECIALLY Rad, because Rad is 'the sugar that makes the medicine go down.'
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To answer your original question, yes (tongue in cheek answer).
Apparently according to this thread, you're not the only person.
I too hope for a few more placeable slots.
To address Peacemoon, I hear you, but I think the newer content may address this directly - I foresee tougher opponents coming our way, and possibly more 'epic' content (epic like as in, big/strong, not like for the HEATs/VEATs.) -
Quote:This. Also, Don't dis on Mustard. Mustard is teh Awesome. The yellow stuff currently, I used to like the brown, but I cycle in and out of it.Originally Posted by Warkupo
I like to think you're this fanatical when you see an object you don't want in the grocery store. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've run across you at least TWICE in Wal*Mart. This goes for everyone else as well; It's a product. If you don't want it, just dont' buy it. Acting like the mustard offended you because it's being sold and GOSH DARNIT I DON'T LIKE MUSTARD just makes you all look... Incredibly silly.
Now Miracle Whip, yuck, that stuff is Satan. -
Quote:This.Originally Posted by Bionic_Flea
But if I dip into the pool, I usually pick up both.
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Quote:You may be right, but the phrase is being used to market a game, so it might be grounds for a case...Originally Posted by Mega_Jamie
the game isnt called City of heroes. It just means "oh i seem to be an advert capable of invading your privacy and see you like a certain game, so im gonna pretend my game thats nothing like it, is like it to get your click"
Nothing illegal there, just wildly poor targeted marketing.
The illegal part is that they've used graphics from Guild Wars (namely the release images of the Derrvish class) in their advertising, for which they have been reported to FB for by myself.
Of course, I do hate our overly-litigious society, but hey, that looks like a juicy target for a nice infringement suit.
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Many things... mostly already said... but one I'm doing more lately since I'm using my Nemesis Staff a lot, if it's going to be the killshot, is,
"BLAM!"