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How is beating anything on a Therm in a no-inspiration duel even worth mentioning? Your opponent might as well have been in rest the entire match. No good MM would've agreed to such an arrangement, so I rest my case that this MM must've been bad. I don't believe you ever answered my question as to who that MM was, either. Mind letting me know? I want to laugh at them.

Also, wtf @ comparing PvP in a videogame to a baby in a stroller. There's no lollipop here, there's no stroller, and there's no baby - there's me and another player and last I checked 0-0 is a better end result than 0-1. As long as that math continues to hold true, I'll be using the powers and inspirations I have available to ensure that's how it stays. If I can't beat him, I'm not just going to lay down and let him have the easy kills - I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure the match ends in a tie because a tie is always better than a loss.

Comparing two completely unrelated powers does little to prove your point.

Again, you're suggesting these changes by assuming something is wrong with the power in the first place. You compared Hibernate to toggle IH - if Hibernate were a power that was essentially always on but still allowed you to attack and be attacked, you're damn right it'd be deserving of a change. It's not. Unlike toggle IH, Hibernate is available at best 30 out of every 120 seconds. Unlike toggle IH, you can't attack while Hibernate is running. Need I continue? Seriously, you're massively overexaggerating the abilities of Hibernate. If the devs determine it needs a change to how it works (which would affect PvE as will since those kinds of attributes are all-or-nothing, so there'd be plenty of uproar), they'll change it.

lolwut?
Seriously? Are you that naive? Good lord, you're an idiot.

I bugged this in-game and brought it up on the forums the day open beta dropped (I spent closed beta on my Windows desktop and only discovered the bug on my MacBook because I wanted to patch up the game while I was at work). Either the reports were ignored or they just decided "hey, it's only a few people." Maybe they didn't have enough data to know that it was a problem specific to GMA-powered Macs. I dunno.

EDIT: Make that the day after open beta dropped, just found the email response to my in-game bug report.

Why? You don't need them. Your AoEs should clean up most of a mob on their own, and Aimed Shot and Blazing Arrow should take care of the rest (Mind Probe if you get into melee).

Notice that I'm talking about the 90 seconds of every two minutes where Hibernate isn't available, thus removing it from the equation entirely. I'm not sure why you keep getting stuck on that. I'm pointing out that once someone comes out of Hibernate, you have at least 90 seconds to kill them before they're able to Hibernate again (unless they're close enough to their base where they can just run back in). Like I said, I'm talking about the ability of your team to kill a target, or the ability of that target and his/her teammates to stay alive, during those 90 seconds.

No one's admitting it's broken, or even an automatic escape. (Well, an I11 dual phase/hibernate Ice Tanker might've been "broken," but that's neither here nor there, and that's been fixed by the nophase period.) Hibernate is balanced by immobilizing you and rendering you incapable of doing anything as long as you're in Hibernate, being on a long-ish recharge timer, and having the nophase period at the end. It's neither broken nor an automatic escape power - any power activated before you click Hibernate will hit you anyways, and I've seen on quite a few occasions where someone hits Hibernate just a bit too late and ends up dying, essentially wasting the power. Adding an interrupt period to Hibernate turns it into a snipe power, or Aid Self, or Rest - you've got to be standing still and not taking any damage to use it, which is exactly the opposite of the situation where you'd want to use it (not to mention someone with offensive toggles could completely lock you out of using the power).

Look, we realize your idea of balanced and fun PvP is sprint and brawl. Meanwhile, the rest of us who like PvP with a bit of dynamic to it will continue to use the powers available to us and adapt to what our opponents to instead of whining about it.

The lightning bolt that LS fires is actually a small AoE. The problem with LS in its current incarnation is that you can no longer increase its attack rate via IOs or your own powers (LS inherits buffs and debuffs from its caster). Previously, you could make it attack faster, meaning you'd get more mileage out of the large chunk of endurance it cost to cast. Now, however, it fires maybe five or six bolts while it's active but generally the action will have moved on. If it was like an actual cloud and, y'know, moved with you, I think much of the complaining would be eliminated.

I agree with you here - things are a bit slower in Bloody Bay so your time as a Stalker might be a bit easier. Either way I'd seriously recommend Freedom as the location for your new Stalker, because it's likely the only server where BB is even somewhat busy anymore.

That being said, I'm tooling around in Mids right now coming up with a build that'd be best for BB-level PvP and it looks like Elec/Regen and Spines/Regen would be the best at that level. Something like this, maybe (this build really isn't all that wonderful, just kind of a step forward).

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.601
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Level 34 Magic Stalker
Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Concealment

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Havoc Punch -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(3), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), Acc-I(5)
Level 1: Hide -- Ksmt-ToHit+(A)
Level 2: Fast Healing -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(7)
Level 4: Reconstruction -- Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx(A), Mrcl-EndRdx/Rchg(7), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg(9), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(9), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(11)
Level 6: Assassin's Shock -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(11), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(13), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(13), Acc-I(15)
Level 8: Build Up -- AdjTgt-Rchg(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(15), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(17), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(17), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx(19)
Level 10: Dull Pain -- Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx(A), Mrcl-EndRdx/Rchg(19), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg(21), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(21), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(23)
Level 12: Placate -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(23), RechRdx-I(34)
Level 14: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(25), RechRdx-I(25)
Level 16: Super Speed -- QckFt-EndRdx/RunSpd(A), QckFt-RunSpd(34)
Level 18: Integration -- Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx(A), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(27), Mrcl-Heal(27)
Level 20: Combat Jumping -- ULeap-Stlth(A)
Level 22: Super Jump -- SprngFt-EndRdx/Jump(A)
Level 24: Stealth -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 26: Thunder Strike -- Erad-Dmg(A), Erad-Acc/Rchg(29), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(29), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(31), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx(34)
Level 28: Instant Healing -- Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx(A), Mrcl-EndRdx/Rchg(31), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg(33), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(33), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(33)
Level 30: Invisibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 32: [Empty]
Level 35: [Empty]
Level 38: [Empty]
Level 41: [Empty]
Level 44: [Empty]
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Assassination
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 7% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 7% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 7% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 7% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 7% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 7% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 7% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 7% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 3.13% Defense(Energy)
• 3.13% Defense(Negative)
• 1.56% Defense(Ranged)
• 1.8% Max End
• 15% Enhancement(Heal)
• 12.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 153.6 HP (12.8%) HitPoints
• MezResist(Immobilize) 6.6%
• 10% (0.17 End/sec) Recovery
• 1.26% Resistance(Energy)
• 1.26% Resistance(Negative)
• 2% XPDebtProtection

I'm not closed-minded, but I am definitely lazy when it comes to marketeering. Luckily, I play a lot and run usually a few task/strike forces every day, spending my merits on random rolls and selling what I don't need (and what I do need goes into my base bins until I have a character that can use it). Thanks to enough playtime and a bit of luck, I'm about 80 million inf away from my 5th or 6th billionaire (should hit it today if the two enhancements I have listed sell).

No, it couldn't. The situations where Hibernate would be needed most are the kind of situations where you wouldn't even be able to activate it. Hibernate's fine as-is - if you can't get a kill on someone the 3/4 of the time Hibernate or Phase isn't up, you're either doing something wrong or they're good at staying alive.

Obviously you've never seen a good dueler use the time they're in phase or hibernate to their advantage. I've lost track of the number of times where I've used phase or hibernate to wait out a situation that wouldn't be so good for me and come out when things are more in my favor.

Nothing in this game takes "hard work," only a little or a lot of time. Only reason I get Demonic is because it's fairly fast, as opposed to Eye of the Magus which is somewhat more time-intensive. I play mostly squishy support characters, so Demonic/Magus would do very little for me in a DR-on environment. Only character I use it a lot on is my Regen, since I have no real resists or defense to speak of.

You mean that taunting SS/Fire with phase that's incredibly annoying because it soaks up damage while disrupting spikes on the squishies? Sounds like a win-win to me. In a zone situation your role as a Brute (or Tank, or hell even a Scrapper to some extent) is to take damage and use Taunt/Confront to disrupt damage spikes. Sometimes people will decide they don't like you, and that's basically when you get to phase and then laugh at them as they rage at you in broadcast.

I phase or hibernate because it means I don't die. Not dying (or tying, if you'd prefer) is always better than dying (or losing). Given the choice between having the extra offensive firepower and having that oh-**** button for when things go wrong, I'll take the latter. I'm not going to give my opponent the win, or the rep, or the chance for a PvP drop.

So essentially you're choosing to focus on only their endurance instead of their endurance and HP. I know which kind of Therm I'd rather fight, and it's not the one that only focuses on end drain.

You don't need to drain their endurance all by yourself. They'll do it on their own just by continuing to run their toggles, and unless they spend the entire match running, attacking you back. Good for you that you can admit Elec/Therm takes no skill - the next step is to roll a build that does, and play with it so you actually get better.

Only AT's with Spirit Shark are VEATs, Brutes, and Stalkers. lol @ VEATs, Brutes will be able to stay alive during the animation due to their high HP and good resists, and Stalkers aren't a worry because they'll be hidden until the attack animates and they'll probably have run off or placated you by the time you're able to even find where they were.

I took you off ignore seeing as how you managed to go from borderline retarded to just completely clueless.

Most of the time, people will go into rest within sight range, so as soon as they pop out of Hibernate you can drop rest and get right back into the fight. Turning off your toggles doesn't give you end, it just means you'll be at the same point you were when the Therm went into Hibernate, which means he's got that much less work to do once he comes out.

Corruptors don't have Spirit Shark. They have Spirit Shark Jaws, which is a hold with a significantly faster activation time but still high amount of damage. Essentially, it's just another ranged attack that can drop toggles. Seriously, do you even know what powers are available to certain ATs in this game?

Most of the best players left still play on Freedom, and most zone players in Freedom RV are at least competent, which is better than I can say for most of Justice (especially redside). Unfortunately, Freedom AC has become pretty stupid over the last few months.

Incorrect. Anyone with half a brain will have you running because they'll just be able to outdamage you and kill you before they bottom out on their endurance. Heat Exhaustion on its own will be enough to catch many players off guard, but HE + the end drain from Elec is more than enough. You don't need more in your primary.

You make it seem like beating a bad MM is hard. Of course, if you're doing a no-inspiration match (I'm guessing you probably were), it takes a grand total of zero skill to win using a Therm and especially an Elec/Therm.