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Forgot to mention that when I use that URL above I do not get logged in, even though I'm logged in here, and I'm still logged in when I come back. Weird weird.

So it might be "just" an internal server name, but it seems to by-pass the login somehow.

I have never, ever seen anyone shouted down in the help channel for asking a relevant question.

A problem with the help channel in game is that if you click on the Help tab and try to type, you get a weird error message. The Help tab is still bound by default to the /help command, not /hc. This is not noob friendly.

You're in the right spot and asking here is fine, but you might get answers for stuff like this faster if you just broadcast ("/b question here") your question in Atlas Park or similar well populated zone.

Unless you're on a trial account... those can't broadcast.

I'm pretty sure this is not the case. I regularly use Hover and Caltrops always sticks me to the ground.

Maybe there's a difference for activating a temp power vs. running a pool power, or something about the Temp Power you are using (I know there's at least one bugged temp travel power in game), but my experience sure doesn't match yours.


OTOH, I've never had that much trouble with Knives. There's less fleeing now in game, so my bots don't run away as much, and they seem to attack just fine. I'll try to find some Knives in a 'paper mish or something and test out the run-away behavior, but I don't think it stops my pets attacks completely.

Also, OTOH, I've seen similar behavior from NPCs who get slowed. The -Recharge really messes up the AI.

This.


Same for Share Pain in Pain Dom. I take Share Pain and Absorb Pain first, before the other single target heal, while I'm leveling.

On Pain Doms at least Share Pain has excellent recharge and almost no End cost (literally it's 0.15 End per cast). This makes it an excellent heal while leveling. Eventually I get both for flexibility, but at low levels before lots of slots are available Share Pain is vastly superior imo. I assume Absorb Pain is similar.

As long as your team is competent you are in no danger.

You stole my idea.

Additional ideas:

1. Mods/GM sets some preferences on their own screen so they don't have to set complicated commands each time. One click bans!

2. Subject of ban gets:

a. a large dark "shadow" around them which quickly gets smaller.

b. GM drops from the sky with extra large Carnie Strongman Hammer (it's an in game reward for a badge). Should be about 3x as large as regular hammer.

c. Huge "Footstomp" impact graphic around target (who dies immediately). Huge text above says "BAN HAMMERED", using text like with Containment or DB Weakened.

d. GM gets choice of emotes afterwards: /em various dances, /em champion, /em teabag.

e. GM gets choice of various models to use with the ban: Harlequin, Jack In Irons, Council Werewolf, Ghost Widow (Ghost Widow with huge hammer = funny), Scirroco, Miss Liberty, Statesman, maybe a few more.

f. GM then engages Jet Pack and rockets back up to the sky.

I use bots but I tend to herd them into melee range anyway for the extra attack and to foul the enemy AI when it tries to move. Lots of folks are saying it's more frequent than it used to be. I haven't really seen that but then I don't depend on keeping pets out of melee as much as some other sets do. Force Bubble (/FF) works for me if I need to do that.

As others have said, "full support" really isn't needed or a good idea. Concentrate on all aspects of your character, including damage.

One thing that hasn't been emphasized here is Villains. An Ice/Dark or Fire/Rad Corruptor would bring both excellent support and damage to a team.



Mastermind.

Anything/Dark Miasma is what you want. Dark Miasma has a couple of holds, IIRC, as well as an excellent heal and several absolutely top-rank debuffs. The debuffs are the queens of that set but don't overlook all the other excellent powers.

I'd recommend any MM except Ninja for just starting out. Thugs would be excellent, but Robotics and Demons would also be very good. Zombies and Mercenaries are ok and would do fine for a concept build.

Just to spell it out, that post says you can get the reward like a rare recipe ONCE, if you don't already have the badge. Once you have the badge, your reward is a large Inspiration (or 5000 Inf for the last one).

(The post says "50000" Inf but I'm pretty sure it was 5000 when I did it.)


So no dimished returns, it's a lock-out. You get it once, and that's it.

I thought that was the 78 month vet reward?

The Glowies used to be really loud. We asked for them to be turned down. The devs listened, but I think they went a little too far. Just nudge them up a bit, but not to where they were before.

This is completely wrong. Defense is additive not multiplicative.

You subtract defense, not multiply it. If you have 50% defense, then you subtract that from the chance to hit. 50% chance to hit - 50% defense = 0%.

However, there is always a 5% to hit, no matter what, and there is always a 5% chance to miss too. So that 0% gets converted to 5%. Likewise, a 100% chance to hit (or more) gets converted to 95% chance to hit, which is the most you can have.

That's why 45% defense is considered "the soft cap." 50% to hit - 45% = 5%, so more than that doesn't do as much good.

Note that this soft cap doesn't factor in level differences, debufs, to hit buffs, etc. So while fighting even con NPCs with no bufs or debufs, the soft cap works, but in other situations, it's helpful to have a bit more at least.

45% defense is considered a good number however because most of your fighting is against enemies with a 50% chance to hit.