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Originally Posted by ilovetheusers
That's a good one right there, from your first link: http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.asp...TopicID=717447
Moncro is recognized as one of the elite players out there when it comes to calculating or drafting guides.
He even had his toon drawn up by a fan in the last City of Heroes comic.
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Originally Posted by a d e p t
This is really useful from a link.
Enhancement calculator:
http://members.cox.net/cityofheroes/EnhancementCalc.htm
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Originally Posted by a d e p t
No cutesey way to say it so here it is. Getting the aggro is your job. It's your only job. Damage is for the blasters and scrappers. It's not that you are not useful otherwise but without you constantly taunting and herding the aggro hits all of us and we wind up running more than fighting, prolonging the battle.
:) :)
Absolutely true and I've made my peace with that. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by ilovetheusers
That's why I've built a scrapper with Invulnerability, "a d e p t", to compensate.
Holding the aggro is not my problem. I rather enjoy it now. Seeing +4 mobs not even putting a scratch on Stalemate's armour is just awesome. :cool:
The problem I have is that to be an effective, conscious tanker I HAVE to take either of the following series of powers:Coming to terms with my role is all fine, but having to select powers which don't fit into my idea of what I'd like my superhero to be would make it tedious to play. The first set of options is not the character build I wanted to have. I wanted Stalemate to be mobile and fast, not rooted and only hurling insults as an attack. That is what I refer to as being an "aggro anchor" - no movement possible.
- Unyielding Stance / Temp Invulnerability / Provoke / Taunt / Teleport - which means I don't move and spend my time cycling the "yo mammas".
- Unstoppable / Invincibility (PBAoE taunt) / Dull Pain / Provoke / Superjump and/or Superspeed
I'm just looking for the second option to be viable and to keep Stalemate from being useless if mezzed, and it appears that Unstoppable will fix that at 32 so it's all good. The problem is solved.
It sucks that to abide by my plans I have to compensate for a power which will leave Stalemate drained (like Nova for Major Blaze), but that's OK. Plus, with Energy Transfer and Total Focus, I'm not so sure that damage will remain exclusive to blasters and scrappers. I'm sure that others have also noted that my attacks have an excellent chance of disorienting foes, which gives us the upper hand quite often. ;)
It also sucks that for this build to be team-friendly that I had to wait so long and not only get frustrated by inefficiency (pre-respec), but to frustrate my teammates also. That was my complaint.
Don't get me wrong, I love this toon now and like I said, can't even find anything to respec at 34. He's my main for a reason.
But now, there is talk of changing/nerfing Invincibility, Unyielding Stance and Unstoppable after Issue 3, which is just... http://forums.windrivers.com/images/...s/rolleyes.gif
Anyhow, thanks for letting me vent.
Must be because I'm letting my wife take my place tonight and I could really use the cathartic, therapeutic benefits of CoH and had to find a replacement.
OK, I get it. I'm in the same boat, we all are. Sleep, sleep, sleep, mez, sleep, dead seems to be the biggest complaint of all COH players apart from the trolls who continually ask for power nerfing which is bull**** to say the least (why I dropped smoke). I've sent petitions about my powers and have made sure to write support back about sleep being spammed at us by certain bosses and LT's. I suggest that we all open a case with support when it happens. Perhaps they will listen and fix it.Quote:
Originally Posted by a d e p t
Lets get you leveled to 32 soon to get you unstoppable. :thumbs2:
Word. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by ilovetheusers
Another reason to keep Stalemate moving (US instead of UYS) occured to me: mobs don't naturally coalesce into a tight pack any more during fights. They get held just out of reach, or swept away in a stream of energy, or run away from fiery rain, or take off after imps, etc...
Plus, I can't protect aggroed teammates if they're out of UYS/Taunt range unless I drop my toggle and risk going for a nap instead. :p
Overall I thing keeping him mobile is the best course of action.
Or else, that level 34 respec might come in handy after all.
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Originally Posted by a d e p t
Yup. I'm in need of moving some slots (3) and maybe loosing flurry in favor of bonfire or smoke or repulsion bubble. Also, stealth in favor of inviso.
I don't know what else to change but may go against conventional wisdom of other fire controllers and skip the leadership pool. It would be nice to run it so I don't need to slot the imps with damage or acc. It would be nice for all of you too I'm assuming. Anyone still having major issues hitting?
my main concern is holding the Major back, he just wants to lv that xp hungry beast!! he's one bar from 34 again :( guess its gonna be closet time again, maybe i'll practice Irok, or Zero Ground...which should i choose, the controller (grav/emp) or the tank?
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Originally Posted by i n e p t
Either is good. Bring your favorite along and we'll try to powerlevel him one night. I'd like to PL a scrapper I built or maybe an illusion controller with empathy (mmmm, empathy). Dunno when time permits for this..
Gratz on 34. I'm 4 bars from 33 and I can't wait.
I'm barely halfway to 32 and hate you all. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/02/1.gif
Cass told me a bit about the game of hide-and-seek you guys had last night with CoTs. Here is that info to set up a "see through walls" script. :p :
Nice Bind Command to see mobs through walls:BE AWARE THAT THIS CAN BE CONSIDERED AN EXPLOIT
Type this as you see it in the game:
/bind y "vis_scale -1$$bind_load_file c:\cohkeybind\vis_scaleneg.txt"
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You will need to create 2 text files called vis_scaleneg.txt and vis_scalepos.txt and then put both of the files in the folder c:\cohkeybind.
Put the following in the .txt files you just made
vis_scaleneg
y "vis_scale 1$$bind_load_file c:\cohkeybind\vis_scalepos.txt"
vis_scalepos
y "vis_scale -1$$bind_load_file c:\cohkeybind\vis_scaleneg.txt"
MAKE SURE SPELLING IS AS YOU SEE IT
NOTE: You may need to make a cohkeybind folder.
By pressing y, you turn it on; then press y to turn it off. With these there will be no more blind coners. This may help you find mission terminals, body bags, boxes, etc.
I'll help Ajani set up his Teamspeak client when I'm on this evening.
4 in favor of Ajani's wife (sarsaparilla?) joining the SG, 0 against.
I was on double secret probation!?!??!?!?!? I feel so used... now I'm gonna go start my own SG. I'll call it the Really Cool Heroes who Aren't Members of the WD. Yeah, that's what I'll call it! And it will be filled with... really cool heroes! And then, I'll secretly start recruiting WD members, bringing you down from the inside... Bwahahahahah! That's just what I'll do!Quote:
Originally Posted by meatwad
There, there... all better now. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Carbonado
My own wife is still on that double probation. :p
J/K.
[WhisperMode=1] Tell me more about this RCHWAMOTWD... [whisperMode=0]
Thanks stale.
I think that whoever is on tonight should invite Ajani's wife.
I ran across some posts on fire/ff controllers and wound up writing a length post and have decided to respec asap. I will be doing the respec mission as son as I can (lvl 34) and I'm sure Carb wants in on this. Anyone else going??
I'm dropping the Stealth pool so no more invisibility but I am picking smoke back up. I am also taking leadership and slotting it. Expect to do 10% more DMG and ACC to go up a lot. With this running we should be able to take on higher levels a little beter. FYI, I will be staying in the back more now to avoid death as much as I can and will be using my holds (fire rings) that give me most of my aggro.
Lvl 34 Respec:
Archetype: Controller
Primary Powers - Control : Fire Control
Secondary Powers - Buff/Debuff : Force Field
Slot[01] Level 1 (Starting Primary) : Char /Acc,Acc
Slot[02] Level 1 (Starting Secondary) : Personal Force Field /DefBuf
Slot[03] Level 2 : Fire Cages /Acc,Acc
Slot[04] Level 4 : Deflection Shield /DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf
Slot[05] Level 6 : Smoke /EndRdx
Slot[06] Level 8 : Hasten /Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg
Slot[07] Level 10 : Insulation Shield /DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf
Slot[08] Level 12 : Flashfire /Acc,Acc,Dsrnt,Dsrnt
Slot[09] Level 14 : Recall Friend /Inttime
Slot[10] Level 16 : Teleport /EndRdx
Slot[11] Level 18 : Cinders /Acc,Acc,Hold
Slot[12] Level 20 : Dispersion Bubble /DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf
Slot[13] Level 22 : Swift /Run
Slot[14] Level 24 : Health /Heal
Slot[15] Level 26 : Stamina /EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec
Slot[16] Level 28 : Assault /EndRdx
Slot[17] Level 30 : Tactics /HitBuf,HitBuf,HitBuf
Slot[18] Level 32 : Fire Imps /Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Dmg,Dmg
Oh yeah, since I'm 32 now I got all my lvl 35 SO's. It's odd that all my powers seem to work properly again and SO's are finally available for Health and Stamina. I am recharging End much faster now. You have to make sure to get these as soon as you can Mr. Stale. They rock.
The leadership pool is nice, just make sure you slot it heavily with End Reduce SOs. It sucks up the endurance major.Quote:
Originally Posted by ilovetheusers
P.S. Last night was so much fun. I loved sitting on the CoH for about 45 minutes and not accomplishing anything. Could they hide that magician a little better next time. I mean come on!