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Originally Posted by Test_Rat

I don't understand why people are proposing changes to stalkers directly.

Castle has stated the issues are systemic.

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Originally Posted by Firebeam

Do teams not like that power or something?
I love it.

Originally Posted by Doctor_Gemini

I think only one person is claiming the Curse makes the mission impossible. The rest of us simply think that a 5 minute duration is insane. I got hit with the thing twice on one character when I did this in beta and it just meant running away and sitting there twiddling my thumbs for 5 minutes waiting for it to wear off. That's not fun for a pretty much pointless ability. That curse ended up being the only thing I disliked about the arc.

Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex

BTW to those still struggling with Trapdoor, the trick I used to solo is to pull him, then run or jump to the bottom with your toes at the edge of the lava. Ideally, set it up so the catwalk blocks his ability to shoot you from the platform. He will jump down and try to shoot you from the lava. If you can, Immobilize him there. If not, a knockback (especially a ranged one) can keep him from trying to melee you. The lava will deplete his HP very quickly.

For the fight with the other AVs, I think you can make some of the ambushes appear ahead of time if you go to the end room BEFORE grabbing the glowie. Kill them, go back to the glowie, then go back to the room. If you have ranged attacks, you should be able to pull the first group of portals without aggroing the AVs. Then try to pull each AV back one at a time. Most builds can do it eventually with luck. A few low damage Controllers may be stuck though (I seriously wonder whether my Ice Controllers could pull it off from example because they don't put out a lot of DPS and their pet dies easily).

Originally Posted by Hot_Head_Mike

I decided to make a thread to see what people would do to make lower lvl CoH content better. As we all know the lower lvl stuff is very old and generic. What I would do is add in more Boss type villains that aren't just standard issue. Like include more Rogue Gallerys. Also I like the cut scenes, they are generally more plentiful in CoV mission content. So what would you guys suggest?

Originally Posted by seebs

I saw, once, a cartoon that had a picture of a harried mom in a kitchen covered with messy stuff, spatters on walls, and so on, and a small child. Caption: "I'm HELPING!"

I have toyed with the idea of building a superhero (or possibly a villain) who is "helping". Say, keeping Gale on auto. Slotting energy blast for knockback.

The question is... Would anyone ever willingly play with a character whose character concept was that the was "helping" in a woefully inefficient way? Would the humor value make up for the inconvenience?

And if so, what is the most inconvenient build you can think of? Emphasis on something that a sufficiently exuberant child might think was "helping".

Originally Posted by Kheldarn

Costume Codes are selling on e-Bay for $300?

HELLO, MARKETING! ANYBODY HOME? PUT TOGETHER PACKS OF COSTUME CODES, AND SELL THEM! YOU WILL MAKE MONEY!

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

How about no? Moreover, how about you get off my case for playing the way I want to play and asking for more options, hm? Does it burn you so much that I don't want knockback in my melee attacks and that I feel it CRIPPLES the attacks and makes them completely useless for more than once every hour or so?

What, did I kick your puppy or something? How does me asking for an enhancement to reduce knockback to knockdown piss you off so much that you'd insult my intelligence over it?

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And how does my saying that I have dumber things to slot for, meaning they're dumber to ME do anything to you? My builds, my powers, my choices, my judgement.

Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja

Just a heads up to those traveling in from out of the area.

A chance of rain is forecasted for Saturday evening and Sunday. It tends to be windy in the city so pack appropriate attire. Dress in layers. If you are flying in, expect delays in arrival/departure times at SFO, OAK, and SJO if it is raining.

Originally Posted by Hiruma

I recently came back to the game after about a year away, and have restarted playing along with my wife.

She's played Blasters and Corruptors previously, but until now not played any melee sets. She started a Fire/Shield scrapper today. At the time I started a Ice/Thermal Radiation Controller to go with her scrapper, although we stopped for the night at level 4.

My question is what might be a better match. I'm wondering if a more dedicated support, like a Kinetics/ or Empath/ Defender, meshed with something with half decent AOEs like /Archery or /Electric might work out better.

Thanks for any advice.

Originally Posted by eryq2

Yes, i did. The market people act like stuff doesn't exist or happen. There's normally a good handful of people in WW in Atlas and Talos. Also, in Cap. And that's just when i'm actually on or near those locales.

The real reason there's nothing in WW at any level other than 50 is the same reason that purples and salvage have continued to go up. Supply and demand is true, but the cause is AE. Nothing drops there. Purples ONLY drop in regular missions. Salvage ONLY drops in regualr missions. When people are in AE farming/pling, then no recipes and salvage are dropping. (other than level 50 or the max level that the 50s are getting) I know, because i do it alot, too. I get WAY more recipes that way than farming missions because the drop rate sucks, imo. I get more and more temp powers every time i run a farm and less normal recipes. I can kill 1000's of baddies and get a handful of normal recipes, not including purples. Do the same in AE, and get 1000's of recipes. But not purples and salvage. Therefore making the few purples that people actually get cost way too much.

Then add all the people that play with the market and not just use it. All the buying up all the salvage just to see if they can warp WW and the prices. And i'm sure it's being done with recipes, too. If people just bought what they wanted and sold what they didn't, it'd make WW much more enjoyable for most of the people.

Originally Posted by UberGuy

Did you think about what you were going to write before you posted that? Really?

Ignoring the gaping logical flaw in what you said there, let's talk about how many people are actually in the markets.

At the most, and in the most populated "transit" zones, I rarely see more than a handful of characters in the markets, even at prime time. How many people are you seeing?

Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja

This is getting closer. I'm getting excited.

Originally Posted by Fulmens

You can't do that for full benefits- at least not four on the same character.