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Originally Posted by a d e p t

This is my third iteration of the respec I'm contemplating for Stalemate:

Archetype: Tanker

Primary Powers - Defense : Invulnerability
Secondary Powers - Melee : Energy Melee


Slot[01] Level 1 (Starting Primary) :
Resist Physical Damage
.../DamRes,DamRes,DamRes,DamRes,DamRes

Slot[02] Level 1 (Starting Secondary) :
Barrage
.../Dmg

Slot[03] Level 2 :
Energy Punch(T)
.../Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg

Slot[04] Level 4 :
Temp Invulnerability
.../DamRes,DamRes,DamRes

Slot[05] Level 6 :
Combat Jumping
.../DefBuf

Slot[06] Level 8 :
Dull Pain(Inv)
.../Rchg,Rchg

Slot[07] Level 10 :
Bone Smasher
.../Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg

Slot[08] Level 12 :
Hasten
.../Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg

Slot[09] Level 14 :
Swift
.../Run

Slot[10] Level 16 :
Health
.../Heal

Slot[11] Level 18 :
Super Jump
.../Jump

Slot[12] Level 20 :
Stamina
.../EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec

Slot[13] Level 22 :
Whirling Hands
.../Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg

Slot[14] Level 24 :
Invincibility
.../DefBuf

Slot[15] Level 26 :
Resist Energies
.../DamRes,DamRes,DamRes

Slot[16] Level 28 :
Resist Elements
.../DamRes,DamRes,DamRes

Slot[17] Level 30 :
Super Speed
.../Run

Slot[18] Level 32 :
Unstoppable
.../Rchg

As you can see, I'm not taking Taunt this time around either. ;)



The last 2 entries are tentative.

Invincibility does a decent enough job of keeping aggro. Combined with Whirling Hands it's even better.


Please comment/suggest your opinions.

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That looks great,.. but you're going to have to complete the TV trial many times to get all that. I could be mistaken,.. but I think respec only allows you to make one change and then you're done. But again,.. I could be wrong (hopefully).

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Originally Posted by WebHead

That looks great,.. but you're going to have to complete the TV trial many times to get all that. I could be mistaken,.. but I think respec only allows you to make one change and then you're done. But again,.. I could be wrong (hopefully).

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YOU ARE WRONG, MISTER!!!!! :p


You get to reselect the entire structure of powers with keeping to the original primary and secondary powers. ;)


More info here: http://cityofheroes.gameamp.com/guide/viewGuides/92.php

and here: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...part=1#1436626

Respec details here: http://www.rpgexpert.com/3062.html

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Originally Posted by WebHead

Sure. I can help Fracas power level. :D

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Oh come on now!

He can get to the hospital on his own just fine! :p


Just dualing would be great. Did that with inept's ice blaster in Perez and we rocked hard, taking out mobs with 8-10 foes at a time in 3-4 blasts.

AoE RULES!!!! :cool:

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

This is my third iteration of the respec I'm contemplating for Stalemate:

Archetype: Tanker

Primary Powers - Defense : Invulnerability
Secondary Powers - Melee : Energy Melee


Slot[01] Level 1 (Starting Primary) :
Resist Physical Damage
.../DamRes,DamRes,DamRes,DamRes,DamRes

Slot[02] Level 1 (Starting Secondary) :
Barrage
.../Dmg

Slot[03] Level 2 :
Energy Punch(T)
.../Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg

Slot[04] Level 4 :
Temp Invulnerability
.../DamRes,DamRes,DamRes

Slot[05] Level 6 :
Combat Jumping
.../DefBuf

Slot[06] Level 8 :
Dull Pain(Inv)
.../Rchg,Rchg

Slot[07] Level 10 :
Bone Smasher
.../Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg

Slot[08] Level 12 :
Hasten
.../Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg

Slot[09] Level 14 :
Swift
.../Run

Slot[10] Level 16 :
Health
.../Heal

Slot[11] Level 18 :
Super Jump
.../Jump

Slot[12] Level 20 :
Stamina
.../EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec

Slot[13] Level 22 :
Whirling Hands
.../Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg

Slot[14] Level 24 :
Invincibility
.../DefBuf

Slot[15] Level 26 :
Resist Energies
.../DamRes,DamRes,DamRes

Slot[16] Level 28 :
Resist Elements
.../DamRes,DamRes,DamRes

Slot[17] Level 30 :
Super Speed
.../Run

Slot[18] Level 32 :
Unstoppable
.../Rchg

As you can see, I'm not taking Taunt this time around either. ;)



The last 2 entries are tentative.

Invincibility does a decent enough job of keeping aggro. Combined with Whirling Hands it's even better.


Please comment/suggest your opinions.

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No taunt? Also, why the hasten and super speed with super jump? Just asking. :)

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Cassiopea will be on tonight, in all of her 25 levels of deadly Dark Melee scrapper powers.

I might be on Saturday morning. Might be a good time for a TF.

Or some elegant 3-piece crime fighting.



BTW, I opened up a saved file from Hero Planner 1.55 to copy the above list.

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I'll look for her. I'll be on and off tonight. Kids want to go to the local lan game place and they will need rides.

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Originally Posted by ilovetheusers

I'll look for her. I'll be on and off tonight. Kids want to go to the local lan game place and they will need rides.

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Oh ok. "The kids" are the ones that want to go there. Gotcha. Riiiiggghhhttt. :thumbs:

After respec, this will most likely be what Aumakua looks like:

Archetype: Controller
Primary Powers - Control : Fire Control
Secondary Powers - Buff/Debuff : Force Field
Slot[01] Level 1 (Starting Primary) : Char /Hold,Acc
Slot[02] Level 1 (Starting Secondary) : Personal Force Field /DefBuf
Slot[03] Level 2 : Fire Cages /Immob,Acc
Slot[04] Level 4 : Deflection Shield /DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,EndRdx
Slot[05] Level 6 : Smoke /HitDeb
Slot[06] Level 8 : Recall Friend /Rchg
Slot[07] Level 10 : Insulation Shield /DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf
Slot[08] Level 12 : Flashfire /Acc,Acc,Dsrnt,Dsrnt,Dsrnt
Slot[09] Level 14 : Teleport /EndRdx,EndRdx
Slot[10] Level 16 : Detention Field /Acc
Slot[11] Level 18 : Cinders /Acc,Acc,Hold,Hold,Hold,Hold
Slot[12] Level 20 : Dispersion Bubble /DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,EndRdx
Slot[13] Level 22 : Swift /Run
Slot[14] Level 24 : Health /Heal
Slot[15] Level 26 : Stamina /EndRec

Looks like Inviso might go into the dumper or maybe not. Detention field may not go in, I have to do research but I need another thing to try and hit bosses with.

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Originally Posted by ilovetheusers

No taunt? Also, why the hasten and super speed with super jump? Just asking. :)

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Nope. No taunt. I'm just picking it up for the Terra Volta Trial and dropping it afterwards.

Don't like the idea that this power even exists in the first place. I find it does not suit the kind of character I was trying to build (but failed miserably the first time around :p)

Hasten is to get my attack rate up. Way up. So I can solo more easily and get my toggles available almost instantaneously, should they drop. Along with Stamina now, Stalemate should be much more interesting to play after respec with DPS much higher than it is now.

I have looked at a few INV/EM builds and realized that out of the pool powers, Hasten was one I would benefit a lot from. I was using Superspeed as a "filler" in later levels, but I might opt to open up my 4th and last pool instead, which would be Teleportation. Still thinking about that one.

Super Jump and Super Speed, if they can stack, should make things pretty fast too. :cool:



In his current state, with attacks 5-6 slotted, Stalemate is getting more enjoyable to play. I must have put the hurt on about 100-120 members of the Family last night before we teamed up - kept getting missions to hunt down 30 of them from various contacts. :p

Whirling Hands, with PBAoE is a surprise with 6 slots now. It also has an innate "taunt" of sorts. In one -2 mob I just stood there with Invincibility on and whirled away until they dropped. All 10 of them. Barely had a scratch from them. :cool:

I researched Invincibility a bit and realized why I thought it was offering sleep resistance, btw. It doesn't. But it does have a ToHit debuff, so that's why I was seeing less sleep/stun attacks hitting me. :p

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Originally Posted by WebHead

Oh ok. "The kids" are the ones that want to go there. Gotcha. Riiiiggghhhttt. :thumbs:

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I want to go too but I've got DSL, a gaming rig and the games I want to play already. I don't need 'em and neither does the kid but her bud wants to go. Heck, I'd go during the weekdays, I just don't feel like being the 35 year old hanging with a lot of 12-18 year olds.

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Originally Posted by ilovetheusers

I'll look for her. I'll be on and off tonight. Kids want to go to the local lan game place and they will need rides.

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Thanks.

She's lost her main partner during days (Fatespinner and his other characters) so I thought she'd appreciate getting into some action with you guys.

Plus, I took the last 2 evenings in a row, so if I don't want to sleep on the couch... https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Nope. No taunt. I'm just picking it up for the Terra Volta Trial and dropping it afterwards.

Don't like the idea that this power even exists in the first place. I find it does not suit the kind of character I was trying to build (but failed miserably the first time around :p)

Hasten is to get my attack rate up. Way up. So I can solo more easily and get my toggles available almost instantaneously, should they drop. Along with Stamina now, Stalemate should be much more interesting to play after respec with DPS much higher than it is now.

I have looked at a few INV/EM builds and realized that out of the pool powers, Hasten was one I would benefit a lot from. I was using Superspeed as a "filler" in later levels, but I might opt to open up my 4th and last pool instead, which would be Teleportation. Still thinking about that one.

Super Jump and Super Speed, if they can stack, should make things pretty fast too. :cool:



In his current state, with attacks 5-6 slotted, Stalemate is getting more enjoyable to play. I must have put the hurt on about 100-120 members of the Family last night before we teamed up - kept getting missions to hunt down 30 of them from various contacts. :p

Whirling Hands, with PBAoE is a surprise with 6 slots now. It also has an innate "taunt" of sorts. In one -2 mob I just stood there with Invincibility on and whirled away until they dropped. All 10 of them. Barely had a scratch from them. :cool:

I researched Invincibility a bit and realized why I thought it was offering sleep resistance, btw. It doesn't. But it does have a ToHit debuff, so that's why I was seeing less sleep/stun attacks hitting me. :p

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I get it, didn't even think of how much our toggles get untoggled now that suckpatch 2 has been applied.

As for taunt it's one of the things that gets the aggro off of others. You said Temp Invuln does it too but I've never read that and to be blunt, when I died 3 times in 1 hour the other night it didn't seem to be working at all. :thumbs:

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Originally Posted by ilovetheusers

I get it, didn't even think of how much our toggles get untoggled now that suckpatch 2 has been applied.

As for taunt it's one of the things that gets the aggro off of others. You said Temp Invuln does it too but I've never read that and to be blunt, when I died 3 times in 1 hour the other night it didn't seem to be working at all. :thumbs:

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I might have to reconsider Taunt then, as the range of Invincibility (not Temp Invul) is rather limited. I'll keep that in minde when I redraft, or replace Super Speed with Taunt at 30 instead.

Soloing is fun, but this tank was aimed to be useful in the SG first and foremost, so your comment is making some points here.


Did Aumakua at least recover some of his debt last night?

Those Sky Raiders were so unfunny. :mad:

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Originally Posted by ilovetheusers

After respec, this will most likely be what Aumakua looks like:

Archetype: Controller
Primary Powers - Control : Fire Control
Secondary Powers - Buff/Debuff : Force Field
Slot[01] Level 1 (Starting Primary) : Char /Hold,Acc
Slot[02] Level 1 (Starting Secondary) : Personal Force Field /DefBuf
Slot[03] Level 2 : Fire Cages /Immob,Acc
Slot[04] Level 4 : Deflection Shield /DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,EndRdx
Slot[05] Level 6 : Smoke /HitDeb
Slot[06] Level 8 : Recall Friend /Rchg
Slot[07] Level 10 : Insulation Shield /DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf
Slot[08] Level 12 : Flashfire /Acc,Acc,Dsrnt,Dsrnt,Dsrnt
Slot[09] Level 14 : Teleport /EndRdx,EndRdx
Slot[10] Level 16 : Detention Field /Acc
Slot[11] Level 18 : Cinders /Acc,Acc,Hold,Hold,Hold,Hold
Slot[12] Level 20 : Dispersion Bubble /DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,DefBuf,EndRdx
Slot[13] Level 22 : Swift /Run
Slot[14] Level 24 : Health /Heal
Slot[15] Level 26 : Stamina /EndRec

Looks like Inviso might go into the dumper or maybe not. Detention field may not go in, I have to do research but I need another thing to try and hit bosses with.

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I see you're not slotting Smoke. Not happy with it since Issue 2?

And Hotfoot (?) seems to have gone the way of the dodo also. :p

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Thanks.

She's lost her main partner during days (Fatespinner and his other characters) so I thought she'd appreciate getting into some action with you guys.

Plus, I took the last 2 evenings in a row, so if I don't want to sleep on the couch... https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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She says I'm her favorite. :p :devil:

About my respec build...

FYI, the order of power selections was done taking into account the possibility of exemplaring lower level characters and trying to properly slot the main powers at the same time.

Not easy.

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Originally Posted by meatwad

She says I'm her favorite. :p :devil:

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It's just because you're flame-broiled. :flames:


She really enjoys playing with the SG when she can. The atmosphere is relaxed and fun without putting aside tactics during gameplay. The other people she teams up with more regularly are very busines-like and almost completely silent. And if you're not sure of your role in the team with these guys, it can get pretty hard to follow...

And yes, meatwad, she does have a soft spot for you (and also ILTU) for the time and help you gave her when she was starting out. I'm confident enough to admit it openly.

Just don't forget to update your will whenever it is you buy that one-way ticket to Montreal. I'll need to know your height, btw, for the coffin. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif


J/K d00d.

Kinda cool when I was looking back in this thread today, how I initially thought I'd end up playing her character because of disinterest on her part. :eek2:

d00d, 5h3'5 1337.

That DM/Regen combo really packs a wallop.


And I barely helped her build her character.

She's chosen her powers and slotted them with only minimal input from me since she reached level 12 or so.

And to think that this is her second video game ever played... https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

That DM/Regen combo really packs a wallop.


And I barely helped her build her character.

She's chosen her powers and slotted them with only minimal input from me since she reached level 12 or so.

And to think that this is her second video game ever played... https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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What was the first? I'm guessing Frogger, Pac-Man or Virtual Valerie. :D

Arkanoid, you dork. :p

Brickbreaker on steroids.

She still plays Ricochet Extreme once in a while, but now that we have CoH there is little time left for it.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Arkanoid, you dork. :p

Brickbreaker on steroids.

She still plays Ricochet Extreme once in a while, but now that we have CoH there is little time left for it.

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So you're saying she's a whiz with a keyboard or a dial, but she doesn't have much experience with a joystick?

I'm avoiding that question - that's what I'm saying. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Originally Posted by ilovetheusers

Looks like Inviso might go into the dumper or maybe not. Detention field may not go in, I have to do research but I need another thing to try and hit bosses with.

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as far as holding bosses is concerned, i haven't yet heard of a power that could. they slow them down, debuff, etc. but will not completely freeze their actions. otherwise he'd just be another minion.

and for anyone who is making a defender with kinetics listen up... do not bother taking any travel powers at all. syphon speed gives u SS. inertial reduction gives u, and the rest of the team, SJ https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif im enjoying the difference in game play when using my defender, plus he's knockin' on lv20s door right now (lv19.7) might take him out for a wax job 2nite, so if u c me on with the toon Bomb Jack, give me a hauler!

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Originally Posted by meatwad

She says I'm her favorite. :p :devil:

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well her exact thoughts on that would be explained as follows: she likes the other blasters better because they leave her a chance to actually arrest peeps. she just doesn't like the Major as much anymore 'cause i keep wiping out mobs while she fights 1 dude, and then finishing it off just aggravates her.https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/02/1.gifhttps://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

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Did Aumakua at least recover some of his debt last night?

Those Sky Raiders were so unfunny. :mad:

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still have 23k debt for that last ride https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif they did not like us, at all https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/02/1.gif

So instead of trying to figure out Teamspeak, I went back to my old Game Voice software and thought I'd let you all know there is a free version, Game Voice Share.

http://www.gamevoice.com/Download/ga...e.asp?Page=148


I'll post my IP whenever I have it on so that we can start communicating as a team.

Should be real useful for the Terra Volta Trial.


BTW, I'm using a Plantronics headset with it.

If anyone is looking fot a headset, I stil have the MS Sidewinder Voice I got with UT2003.

PM me for details.

Hell no! I got me speakers and a Bob Barker microphone, just the way God intended it.

Ok then,.. that settles it,.. I'm off to Fry's. Be back in a bit. :D

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Originally Posted by meatwad

Hell no! I got me speakers and a Bob Barker microphone, just the way God intended it.

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u dont need it anyways. at the speed u type, im starting to suspect that u type faster than u speakhttps://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Originally Posted by i n e p t

u dont need it anyways. at the speed u type, im starting to suspect that u type faster than u speakhttps://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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You funny. :D

I can't see what you referred to about the 4 person limit bro. :confused:

So I'm house sitting for a few hours and won't be on gaming until probably late tonight, if not tomorrow sometime. But I went to Fry's and got a set of Logitech USB Headphone/Microphone thing-uva-ma-bob thingy's. I also have this SideWinder Game voice software installed on my laptop now to check it out. Pretty cool so far. Good recommedation Adept. Once I get back home I will set it up on my desktop PC for use with CoH. Perhaps we could test it tonight? Or if not, then tomorrow (busy weekend for me so far).

I'm going to be on almost every evening this week starting on Monday. I will probably exemplar after lvl 27 to be able to buy lvl 30 SOs afterwards.

So far, inept, Carbonado, myself and another SG member (can't remember - sorry) have confirmed their interest in the Terra Volta Trial on Monday Oct. 25. Time to be determined.

Carbonado has already confirmed his scrappyness will be lvl 27 by then also. He was also experimenting with Game Voice last night. He has done respec once also. Can he respec again?

I'll probably be on that night.

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

I'm going to be on almost every evening this week starting on Monday. I will probably exemplar after lvl 27 to be able to buy lvl 30 SOs afterwards.

So far, inept, Carbonado, myself and another SG member (can't remember - sorry) have confirmed their interest in the Terra Volta Trial on Monday Oct. 25. Time to be determined.

Carbonado has already confirmed his scrappyness will be lvl 27 by then also. He was also experimenting with Game Voice last night. He has done respec once also. Can he respec again?

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Hey! What am I? chopped liver? :sad:

I WANT TO DO THE TV TRIAL. I HAVE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING. If we don't do this trial soon, I am going to jump off a building. They're going to release expansion 10 before we ever do this TV trial. Hilary Clinton will be completing her second term in office. Flying to the moon in a space craft will be as common as ordering a #2 to go. I will be sitting by a pond feeding bread crumbs to pigeons before we ever do this thing.

Anyway,.. I'm ready when you guys are. :thumbs:

Revised TV roster: Bomb Jack, Carbonado, Raining Blood and maybe Buzzerbeater.

I hope you guys don't mind, but I've sent an email to a healer I've played with a couple of times to see if she was interested.

I will be on later this evening, after I replace my PSU. It's getting so flaky I'm scard it might damage my other hardware.

Perfect timing. :mad:

uh huh, it's the Major bro ;)

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Revised TV roster: Bomb Jack, Carbonado, Raining Blood and maybe Buzzerbeater.

I hope you guys don't mind, but I've sent an email to a healer I've played with a couple of times to see if she was interested.

I will be on later this evening, after I replace my PSU. It's getting so flaky I'm scard it might damage my other hardware.

Perfect timing. :mad:

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I'm assuming Stalemate v.6 is on that roster too right? And is Aumakua in on this action?

TERRA VOLTA TRIAL (Respec) Monday Oct. 25

Roster version 3:

Confirmed: Carbonado, Major Blaze, Raining Blood, Stalemate v.6.
Possible: Aumakua, Buzzerbeater.


I really can't remember who it was that had confirmed while I was online playing last time. Sorry if I missed anyone.

If the date is unsuitable for anyone, we should reschedule.

I feel strongly about this trial being done by the entire Phantoms of War SG as much as possible. ;)

also need a time of day for everyone. whats the best time, and a sure time we can all be on?