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(looks at ~332 button programmable mouse he has for absolutely no reason) Uh, say again? I thought the mouse buttons only went up to 8 but I have this Corsair... Dangit - now I need to find out the maps for my 12 thumb buttons. It's not like I'm locked in my house and can't leave. @Spooky this was several years ago that I…
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If it was protection field, this person figured out how to activate about 10 of them in under 1 second on different targets (and had the E to do so, which should be nearly impossible). I'd say under 0.5 seconds, actually - virtually at the same time. Lit up everyone at the trainer with a different color.
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I figured it would end up being getting one or the other to work consistently if I wanted rotation so I went back to each power having a different color so I could keep my auras the way they were. The original goal was to get redirected force to have a different color bubble for each ally protected by it. I saw someone do…
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Necro alert - I got this working yesterday. That was yesterday. I tried both methods - the original and the simplified newer version at the link. Both seemed to work just fine yesterday. I then added the keybinds for the xbox controller into the mix, basically replacing the keyboard key with the button or combo I had been…
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Just wanted to update everyone that I finally did get Stoic Flight. A few weeks of Caprice ... wasn't welcome so I opened more boxes and got one. But hey I solved my problem so you can shut these boards down until I need another thing. That is all.
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LOL - no need for charity but thank you anyway. Please do not misunderstand. I do not feel like I should be entitled to an item or power. My issue is that the math doesn't work. I am sure there are several on this board who are irritated when things don't behave as they should and can identify with the feeling.
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over 300 boxes tried. It's gone, period. Nothing else has been anywhere near this rare. Edit: OK Poindexter-to-be, no other lockbox item since I have been playing the game (2009) has been so. Not counting deliberate Therakiel BS.
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I dunno - I got a better drop rate on the STO R&D ships than this power. Ain't never been a power IIRC I wouldn't get out of a box in 20 - 30 boxes or so. This one is different. Dunno why.
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160 shao lin boxes = nada. I call bs that it still exists. Still in the box description.
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So score matters now? Damn, been doing this all wrong. When referring to pets I was talking about Kiga/Ape. You know, where pets can easily ruin the run by attacking things they shouldn't. Eido? No problem with hybrid dpsers there? Kewl. Must be why there's all those successful runs lately. I wish I had the time to dig up…
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I am waiting for you to say, "well I can do it so..." (RE: definition of "casual?" You ain't it.) If some powers are the ones always being used, there is a good reason. There are powers in every set that rise up and powers that are hardly ever used. Same with power sets. For main tanks there is one passive that is…
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ok now I want to do cosmics with a lvl 20 archery/earth build.
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The problem with endgame content in CO has little to do with difficulty. It is the sheer amount of standing around and jockeying to get players into zones and roles. This I find ludicrous. Casual players can do it easily...*IF* they are pigonholed into these roles and power combos. Which I also find ludicrous. I love the…
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I thought it was a dress code thing and I play naked. So, #6? I choose 1,2, and 3 because "it depends." Don't have a lot of time most of the time but there are a few weeks a year I have nothing but time so I play in streaks -- almost never scheduled. So, when I play I am sometimes hardcore on this game, but that is like 2%…
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Very much that - thanks!
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Ascension also works really well as a GTFO. It doesn't ramp up like other travel powers. Saves your stars when cosmics are going wrong and you've used your rez already.
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No guarantees on whether or not I get this quoting stuff correct. Now you have me confused. Granted, I included the word "noobs" but really in order to be flustered by anything that can happen in a grab alert there's only a couple possibilities and that is not a real leap. You also included that it is possible to get…
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Normally I don't disagree with you much but this is self-destructive. Laugh @ teh noobs? Losing even a few players isn't a bright idea with a low-population 10 year-old game. I'll opt for perhaps not alienating some of the players on the chance the life of CO benefits from it.
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Haven't done this mission in a while but IIRC the best place I found to fight them is right in the doorway in melee range, even with a squishy ranged dps. I don't recall defeating the doc or not but I think I did since everything was crowded in one spot - now I want to go do this lair again.
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Yeah I was looking for something to put in the place of epidemic - maybe fractal aegis or a second AO.
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I dunno what you mean by "toggle." END IIRC was set to widen the 15% of max energy needed to proc supernatural power (that 15% being roughly equal to the cost of one tick of DE). I don't recall that he ever runs out of energy spamming DE this way. He does with cyclone over repeated maintains tho. But the build is centered…
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Oh and Life Essense works really well too. I chose DE because it is melee dmg and buffed by STR and Aggressor.
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Yep. And since people aren't doing them much now, well, thread.
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First of all, I said "pretty much," meaning "majority." Secondly, how many people are enthusiastically pursuing Eido for costumes? It certainly can't be many given the amount of activity. The GCR and SCR can more easily be obtained elsewhere.
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I suppose if I had less than 20 endgame toons, sure :) I can see that being an issue for someone with 1-3 toons they play all the time. Besides, with dailies I always end up with hundreds of extra GCR. Its SCR that limits what I can buy.
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What about skill? Not to bash any player. Rotations work on timing and some are better than others and latency plays into that. I have had variations in my dps (not counting RNG shenanigans) up to ~1000 just by being either fat fingered or smooth on my activation timing. When I am out traveling I have to relearn the timing…
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As a person who could certainly do Eido and adapt to it, I decided just after playtest it was not something I was going to get into. 1) I can get pretty much the same rewards from easier content. DING DING this is the primary reason Eido is doomed to be abandoned in current form. 2) When Eido started there was quite a bit…
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I haven't delved into the whole powerset changes thing for my TK toons so I can't comment yet. I am guessing I will just adjust and it will be OK but I don't have a melee EB toon either. I don't mind the Ego Surge nerf because it was ridiculously OP by comparison. I will have to rectal-con many toons but that's my own…
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Yeah in the same tokenless boat after helping with the original eidolon pts. I assumed they just changed their minds about handing stuff out.
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Hi - Not sure if this is the place to put this but the C-Store upgrade catalysts are listed in the ad at 50% off. They are currently only 20% off.
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First of all, thanks for the awesome thread. Saves a bunch of time figuring this stuff out. I'd be interested to know your thoughts on the dual-role tank/dps. There is no form that scales with CON unless I have missed it all this time (which is very possible) Yet tanks need pretty much almost all CON. I can get ~3800 dps…
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I think they both have EB toggled on usually, which given the above is more of a problem for haymaker than massacre. I can test for this effect though. The ranged dps in the LL/ES example would not though, nor would the WoW /PoP toon.
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I have internet service among the best in the world (ping=single digit) and yet have tells appear during or after effects, especially during ape. I'm also guessing I've died to dino green spikes sometimes when I have seen the graphic hit my toon and release block before the damage is applied.
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I tested my CCer in combat for the first time last night and it went pretty well. Mine is very similar to yours except I took INT over EGO due to energy issues. Also, thunderclap over TK maelstrom and no mental storm. I took no attack powers other than Ego Sprites and I have two PSI devices (the single attack 100' range…
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That explains quite a bit since there pretty much have to be blocks before animations are done. It seems the effectiveness of 100+% dodge must be like the %s for fusing mods. That forces changes in the build and how I play it.
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Ah, so avoidance is worth much more than DR going from your #s. That would make a substantial difference. But why not focus on getting as much avoidance as possible if you have dodge well over 100% from the TKs? Diminishing returns? I was able to get up to 193.5% dodge in the PH without any AoPM or anything. Just spamming…
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I tried building a CON PSS / DEX / STR UnarmedMA dodge tank for the original 3 cosmics and the mitigation never got anywhere close to defiance. I couldn't get avoidance up above ~85% before ramping it up (and then not to 100% IIRC) with entry-level gear (mix of heroic/merc). He has a rank 5 avoidance core in there and I am…
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I would agree about blocking needing to be able to negate holds on a late block - seems kinda counter-intuitive the way it is. That and most people's instinct will be to drop the block anyway if they are "in a rhythm" for a while and it takes a quick awareness check to break that rhythm. Especially if the fight runs long.…
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I guess I don't see that as unusual as IME lots of players do that, including me. As I said above I run 15 characters through cosmics, having multiples of every role except ccer. Healing myself and/or blocking only prevents me from getting top score and you already know there is no motivation for me there. I make the dps…
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OK so now you're telling me what my motivations are. That's cool. Could you handle the next argument with my neighbor? If you don't need any recordings then that will save you some time later. OK fine, I'm game. Look, you are having trouble with this for some reason Clarence-knows-why. I am guessing maybe it is because…
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I made a comment about previous cosmic runs. If you have a recording of it/them, please post and share. I don't have one. Future recordings do nothing to provide evidence for or against my comments about previous runs. I suppose my inability to alter space/time is your next complaint. Everything on this thread is an…
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You are correct, except the AFK soak tank risks not getting credit on a fast run. I do agree with the recovery part and hadn't thought about it. Probably because runs lately are so much better by comparison to 6 months ago.
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...because after the fact it can be tailored to exactly what they want it to be, regardless of what has happened in the past, making it irrelevant to the discussion and not real evidence at all. Well they never claimed it would solve everything, they were just responding to what you said about providing contradictory…
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KK your last sentence pretty much summarizes the OP. The title of the thread mentions DPS as a comparison but I made it clear I wasn't really advocating for nerfing the dps. Healing was brought up as a comparison but not in the OP. We got into this side discussion about healing based on two lines in a later post because…
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Yeah, that will totally solve everything.
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Don't haveta. :) People will see it for themselves. Unless of course, you would like to provide the contrary evidence yourself, but we both know that ain't gonna happen either, is it?
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Except it doesn't save anyone from dying unless you happen to target the person who was actually going to die right then. When the dps die it is generally because they lagged or did something stupid and not because a healer wasn't there. Decent dps recover on their own from AoE unless they miss a block or end up in a DoT…
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Strawman says what? I am not upset about healing at all. I benefit from the unbalanced scoring system by doing very little and placing very high. Makes me look better than I am. But then I am also punished by the same system when I tank, which was the original point. I said healing is too easy and unbalanced score-wise,…
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Heh - I'm not advocatingthat style or using it for anything. I am seeing people do it more often lately which is what prompted me to look at why. Since I am just holding down vitality I have time to watch. ;) However they are targeting, they are rapidly changing targets and hitting iniquity. Everyone is damaged after AoE…
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Work is slow today but the wifi isn't game-ready here :(. I've seen healers score first lots of times. When my main healer is the lone healer for 4-5 kiga tanks she usually places in the top 3, if not first, because she has to put out close to 6K HPS. Not just mine - most decent healers would/do too. The score comes easily…