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I think you're misreading what I'm suggesting. I'm not saying you should roleplay your character having a cybernetic eye if she slots the +ACC enhancement. I'm saying that that the SO/DO system can be followed as a baseline to understand the difference between each origin. A character like IRON MAN would be more likely to have a cybernetics upgrade than DOCTOR STRANGE, who would be more likely to use magic relics than SPIDER-MAN or HULK, who are both science-origin because they were exposed to radiation. Using your technology-origin scrapper as an example, many of the single-origin tech enhancements ARE nanites in the bloodstream. She follows the baseline that the SO/DO system gives us. I don't much about Liberty Star's powers/background, but I'm guessing she has some kind of training to be a natural superhero in Paragon City. Even it's not from time spent in the military. I think you're caught in the semantics of the naming convention. Military training, or beginner martial arts, it's all training. That's the idea behind a natural origin. Even guys like Superman, who are natural by being from another planet, get their training from being experienced superheroes.

You want to use enhancement boosters on any generic IOs, so definitely use them on the recharge IOs in Hasten. They will boost the recharge of Hasten quite a bit. I can't speak for everyone, but using boosters on set IOs is a waste. 5-6 set IOs is usually going to max at their soft-cap. And you won't get the set bonuses if you play lower level TFs or Ouroboros mission. That's why most people attune set IOs.

If this is a question regarding what origin you should take, Technology or Natural, a handy guide I like to follow involves looking at Single-Origin and Dual-Origin enhancements and asking myself what makes the most sense ICly for this character to equip. SOs and DOs have a short bio about what they are, so you can craft some head-canon around them, and they can inform you about the origin of your character. For Natural characters, you can have the option of Gadgets (Natural/Technology), Relics (Natural/Magic), and Techniques (Pure Natural). If all of these sound like something your character has on their belt, I would say that you're a Natural origin. For Technology characters, you can have the option of Inventions (Science/Technology), Gadgets (Natural/Technology), and Cybernetics (Pure Technology), so if your character has all these in their repertoire, go with a Technology Origin. If we were going to go with Batman as an example, he's clearly known for his fighting style, as well as his gadgets, and he has been known to carry magical artifacts. He doesn't really use inventions or cybernetics. What are inventions or cybernetics? To find out, we can look at the description of any invention DO or cybernetic IO and find out what it says. Here's an example of a cybernetic. Here's an example of an invention Why does this guide work? Because the only thing that your origin does for you is decide what kinds of enhancements you can use. Beyond that, origin serves no other purpose. I like to follow the same train of thought as the game's creators, so I use the SO/DO method.

They appear in alignment and morality missions. A lot of the villains become heroes, and vice-versa.

And to be fair, CoH's mechanics were what every major MMO did at the time. (and still does) The only MMO I know that does it differently is The Old Republic, but that's just a Single Player RPG with MMO flavoring.

One of my biggest gripes about City of Villains. Mind you, these kinds of missions CAN be fun if you're actually a supercriminal rather than an outright supervillain. You're looking for a quick payday, and that's alright. Lots of comic book villains fall under that umbrella. Batman and Spider-Man's villains, especially. But if you're trying to be Doctor Doom, Mister Sinister, Magneto, Lex Luthor, or any other villain with bigger aspirations than simply hitting it big, you're gonna have a bad time. To be fair though, CoV at release simply followed the formula that most MMO questing followed, which was simple, reactive story telling. Someone tells you to do something, and you go do it. It did not set out to break new ground in the story department. I think that the writers of CoV caught onto the complaints being made by players, and started introducing story arcs in newer issues that gave your villain more of a commandng role in the story. Villainous tips also add more ambition to your character. There are LOTs of restrictions in the costume editor that shouldn't be there. One thing that Thunderspy did right is add more Head Detail slots, so you can have sunglasses with horns.

Contact missions contain story arcs that let you explore the lore of Paragon City. I highly recommend them. You'll discover lots of tidbits about various factions, their history, and their motives in the world. Most groups in the game have really rich, detailed lore that's ingrained in US and World history. You'll bust up gang wars, foil terrorist plots, interrupt demonic rituals, and disarm doomsday devices. You may even come face-to-face with the archvillain of the whole dang enterprise. One of the most memorable moments for many a new player is fighting Dr. Vahzilok in a level 20 story arc. Contact missions can be very fun if you immerse yourself in the story. But to do that you have to read the mission dialogue and all the clues that come in from completing missions, and reading isn't enjoyable for everyone. The writers in City of Heroes put in a lot of effort to make story arcs a journey full of twists and surprises. It can be just like reading a novel.

If you don't want to go through the lengthy process of levelling a fire farmer to 50, getting incarnates, and geting IOs, your second best option is to just run task forces starting with Positron and going all the way to Numina, then doing ITFs from 35 to 50. You're going to want to do all the TFs anyway to get the Task Force Commander accolade. I've done it and I've gotten my blaster all the way to 40 in a single night. The caveat is you have to form the task forces yourself. Don't wait on others to do it.

I've gotten characters all the way to level 50, only to remake them with the same powersets, albeit on a different AT, because I discovered they were more powerful.

A lot of players in this community are extremely rude when responding to feedback on the current state of the game. Last week, I posted to the Suggestions forum that the devs should consider a name release policy for Supergroups. The level or snark and sass I got in the replies was absurd. If the logistics are too complicated to implement, explain why and don't say anything more. Don't tell me to "pick up a thesaurus", just because I prefer "The Menagerie" for the name of my VG instead of "The Menagerie of Crime". This isn't limited to the Homecoming forum. On the CoH subreddit, I've been given lip because I don't like the graphics and sound effects of the new power sets. I don't have to be an animator to think the animations look poor. I would rather efforts go towards creating new storylines and new content instead of stitching together powers out of recycled sprites in the game. The costume creator in Homecoming is still extremely limited compared to Thunderspy. But instead, the devs gave us a cyclone on Whirling Axe. Who asked for that? Years ago, I posted on the forum AND the subreddit that the game needed a harder difficulty setting. I was met with unreasonable amounts of hate. Some players spoke up after recognizing how the overall community was treating me for politely expressing my opinion. And guess what? My idea was looked at because 4-star TF/SFs have become a huge part of the Homecoming server.

Plant Control/Time Manuplation Controller - Thyme-Lord

If we're still adding suggestions, can we get an AE portal for supergroup bases? I think it would be way more immersive for RP in between missions to take place inside the base as opposed to inside an AE building. It always reminds me that I'm playing a video game.

Right now, there's nothing for sale with Prismatic Aether that would interest me. If I had the ability to buy ONE weapon to holster on my toon for 250 Prismatic Aether, I would grind itrials from now until Christmas. I have a weapon master who would look perfect carrying knives as well as bow. Or maybe she want pistols to go with the assault rifle on her back? I think the potential for this would be insane.

Trick Arrow is a pretty defenseless secondary for MMs, and beasts benefit massively from +defense. So to mitigate damage, I took power boost + flash arrow. My goal is to get permapower boost on this build so that all my debuffs melt enemies into pudding I also proc'd the shit out of Ice Arrow and Acid Arrow. Ice Arrow hits like a sniper attack, and Acid Arrow does decent pbaoe damage to tightly packed groups. I have a lockdown in EMP arrow which fires pretty reliably on every target it hits. 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ToHit Debuff15: Cloud Senses: Accuracy/ToHitDebuff17: Cloud Senses: Accuracy/Recharge17: Cloud Senses: ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge Level 4: Glue Arrow A: Ice Mistral's Torment: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge19: Ice Mistral's Torment: Chance for Cold Damage19: Ice Mistral's Torment: Damage/Slow21: Ice Mistral's Torment: Damage/Recharge50: Ice Mistral's Torment: Endurance/Slow Level 6: Train Beasts A: Invention: Endurance Reduction Level 8: Call Ravens A: Annihilation: Chance for Res Debuff21: Touch of Lady Grey: Chance for Negative Damage23: Impeded Swiftness: Chance of Damage(Smashing)23: Shield Breaker: Chance for Lethal Damage25: Ice Mistral's Torment: Chance for Cold Damage25: Positron's Blast: Chance of Damage(Energy) Level 10: Ice Arrow A: Gladiator's Net: Chance of Damage(Lethal)27: Ice Mistral's Torment: Chance for Cold Damage27: Ghost Widow's Embrace: Chance of Damage(Psionic)29: Neuronic Shutdown: Chance of Damage(Psionic)29: Unbreakable Constraint: Chance for Smashing 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Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3%46: Steadfast Protection: Resistance/Endurance Level 38: Weave A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 41: Maneuvers A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed46: Kismet: Accuracy +6%50: Luck of the Gambler: Defense Level 44: Tactics A: Invention: Endurance Reduction Level 47: Scorpion Shield A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed48: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance48: Luck of the Gambler: Defense48: Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) Level 49: Power Boost A: Invention: Recharge Reduction50: Invention: Recharge Reduction ────────────────────────────── Inherents: Level 1: Supremacy Level 1: Brawl (Empty) Level 1: Sprint (Empty) Level 2: Rest (Empty) Level 1: Swift (Empty) Level 1: Hurdle (Empty) Level 1: Health A: Panacea: +Hit Points/Endurance11: Numina's Convalesence: +Regeneration/+Recovery13: Miracle: +Recovery Level 1: Stamina A: Invention: Endurance Modification13: Performance Shifter: Chance for +End15: Invention: Endurance Modification Level 1: Pack Mentality Level 1: Alpha Howler Wolf Level 1: Howler Wolf Level 12: Lioness Level 22: Dire Wolf 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Wow only 45%? Ok, I should definitely pull back on my ranged defense and shore up melee and AoE. Thanks a bunch!

I've finished a build for my Earth/Nature controller. Defenses are pretty weak because Nature is mostly a +resist set. I've got a lot of -tohit in both Earthquake and Spore Cloud to help mitigate incoming damage. I focused primarily on getting +recharge from set bonuses because Volcanic Gasses and Waterspout are pseudopets that do insane damage when procs fire, but they have long recharge times. I wanted to have both powers up for every mob encounter. Some people might wonder why I took Leviathan Mastery over a defensive APP like Stone Mastery. I wanted the waterspout for the theme, and that's non-negotiable in my build. I had some extra slots, so I threw them into entangling aura and put 5 unbreakable constraints in there. Is it efficient? No. But I had the money and I wanted more +recharge. I've tested this build out and I'm able to solo +2x8 mobs. Haven't tested it out further. I sacrificed some damage output in volcanic gasses for recharge. I used to have more procs in it, and the damage was incredible, but it didn't matter because the power wasn't available every fight. I was also able to solo the Kronos titan as a monster in the final mission of World Wide Red. I used lore pets. I was doing damage to the Titan without lore pets, albeit slowly, and my animated stone was tanking most of the heavy hits. But the mission was timed and a defeat all, so I opted to kill him faster. 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Damage/Recharge/Accuracy Level 6: Wild Growth A: Gladiator's Armor: Resistance19: Gladiator's Armor: End/Resist19: Gladiator's Armor: Recharge/Resist21: Gladiator's Armor: Recharge/Endurance21: Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All)23: Gladiator's Armor: Resistance/Rech/End Level 8: Hasten A: Invention: Recharge Reduction23: Invention: Recharge Reduction Level 10: Spore Cloud A: Dark Watcher's Despair: To Hit Debuff25: Dark Watcher's Despair: To Hit Debuff/Endurance25: Dark Watcher's Despair: To Hit Debuff/Recharge27: Dark Watcher's Despair: To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance27: Dark Watcher's Despair: Recharge/Endurance Level 12: Stalagmites A: Superior Overpowering Presence: Accuracy/Control Duration/Endurance/RechargeTime29: Superior Overpowering Presence: Accuracy/Control Duration/Endurance29: Superior Overpowering Presence: Endurance/RechargeTime31: Superior Overpowering Presence: Control Duration/RechargeTime31: Superior Overpowering Presence: Accuracy/Control Duration31: Superior Overpowering Presence: RechargeTime/Energy Font Level 14: Combat Jumping A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed33: Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) Level 16: Maneuvers A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed33: Kismet: Accuracy +6% Level 18: Earthquake A: Force Feedback: Chance for +Recharge33: Dark Watcher's Despair: To Hit Debuff34: Dark Watcher's Despair: To Hit Debuff/Recharge34: Dark Watcher's Despair: To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance34: Dark Watcher's Despair: Recharge/Endurance Level 20: Wild Bastion A: Panacea: Heal/Endurance/Recharge36: Panacea: Heal/Endurance36: Panacea: Endurance/Recharge36: Panacea: Heal/Recharge37: Panacea: Heal Level 22: Volcanic Gasses A: Superior Will of the Controller: Control Duration/Recharge37: Superior Will of the Controller: Recharge/Chance for Psionic Damage37: Superior Will of the Controller: Accuracy/Control Duration/Endurance/Recharge39: Superior Will of the Controller: Accuracy/Control Duration39: Superior Will of the Controller: Endurance/Recharge39: Unbreakable Constraint: Chance for Smashing Damage Level 24: Rebirth A: Panacea: Endurance/Recharge40: Panacea: Heal/Endurance40: Panacea: Heal/Recharge40: Panacea: Heal/Endurance/Recharge42: Panacea: Heal Level 26: Animate Stone A: Soulbound Allegiance: Chance for Build Up42: Expedient Reinforcement: Accuracy/Damage42: Expedient Reinforcement: Damage/Endurance43: Expedient Reinforcement: Endurance/Damage/Recharge43: Expedient Reinforcement: Accuracy/Recharge43: Expedient Reinforcement: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 28: Entangling Aura A: Unbreakable Constraint: Hold/Recharge45: Unbreakable Constraint: Hold45: Unbreakable Constraint: Hold/Recharge/Accuracy45: Unbreakable Constraint: Hold/Endurance46: Unbreakable Constraint: Recharge/Accuracy Level 30: Overgrowth A: Invention: Recharge Reduction46: Invention: Recharge Reduction Level 32: Tactics A: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: Chance for Build 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In your earlier reply you mentioned overkill in my ranged defense, but I haven't even soft-capped my ranged defense. In the build you shared, you opted for a lot of melee defense. Could you explain why?

Doesn't adding recharge enhancements to powers that proc reduce the effectiveness of procs? That's why I avoided slotting recharge enhancements in poison trap and acid mortar. And I've always heard that acid mortar is a proc monster.

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I was wondering if anyone could do me the kindness of critiquing my build. This is for an Archery/Traps corruptor. I wanted to soft-cap my ranged defense, so I took IOs that offered those set bonuses. Whenever a power benefitted from procs, I threw in a bunch while forgoing +recharge enhancement, as I didn't want to nerf the proc chance. I haven't gotten around to putting incarnates in the build. If anyone has any suggestions, I would be open to them. I took Energy mastery for the build up as well as the end discount, as I've found this to be a pretty endurance heavy build. Build up is nice since it makes my corruptor more like a blaster. Temp Invulnerability lets me put gladiator armor, which offers the +def enhancement as well as some good set bonuses. I've never used Temporal Bomb so I have no idea how it will perform, but i'm assuming it's an improvement over Time Bomb. 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Positron's Blast: Chance of Damage(Energy)33: Positron's Blast: Accuracy/Damage33: Positron's Blast: Damage/Endurance33: Positron's Blast: Damage/Recharge Level 14: Stealth A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 16: Force Field Generator A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed34: Luck of the Gambler: Defense34: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Recharge34: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance36: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 18: Ranged Shot A: Gladiator's Javelin: Chance of Damage(Toxic)36: Sting of the Manticore: Chance of Damage(Toxic)36: Gladiator's Javelin: Accuracy/Damage Level 20: Poison Trap A: Ghost Widow's Embrace: Chance of Damage(Psionic)37: Unbreakable Constraint: Chance for Smashing Damage37: Neuronic Shutdown: Chance of Damage(Psionic)37: Gladiator's Net: Chance of Damage(Lethal) Level 22: Infiltration A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 24: Seeker Drones A: Blood Mandate: Accuracy39: Blood Mandate: Damage39: Blood Mandate: Accuracy/Damage39: Blood Mandate: Damage/Endurance40: Blood Mandate: Accuracy/Endurance40: Blood Mandate: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance Level 26: Rain of Arrows A: Javelin Volley: Accuracy/Damage/End/Rech40: Positron's Blast: Chance of Damage(Energy)42: Bombardment: Chance for Fire Damage Level 28: Hasten A: Invention: Recharge Reduction42: Invention: Recharge Reduction Level 30: Temporal Bomb A: Superior Malice of the Corruptor: Accuracy/Damage42: Superior Malice of the Corruptor: Damage/Recharge43: Superior Malice of the Corruptor: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge43: Superior Malice of the Corruptor: Damage/Endurance/Recharge43: Superior Malice of the Corruptor: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 32: Kick (Empty) Level 35: Tough A: Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3%45: Steadfast Protection: Knockback Protection Level 38: Power Build Up A: Invention: Recharge Reduction45: Invention: Recharge Reduction Level 41: Combat 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Right now, selecting minimal fx for the patron armor only gets rid of the patron symbol. It doesn't actually change the hazy ripple aura that appears around your toon. I have to say, it's one of the ugliest auras in the game. I spend a lot of time trying to make my character's costume look awesome, and the armor totally ruins it. At least other armors in the game actually look like something. Ice looks like ice. Dark looks like dark. Even energy aura looks like an actual energy shield. If invulnerability and bio armor can get a minimal fx option, why can't the patron shields? If that's too much to ask, I'd be willing to settle for the scorpion shield looking more like kinetic shield from /ea.

Really? Most pool powers I"m forced to take just so I can grab a LotG mule, and I never touch them after that. I used to think i could use some of the fighting powers to play as a brawler, but they don't feel as nice as a scrapper or brute.

Play the character that inspires other people rethink their life choices. When you're constantly getting PMs in game saying what a great name/costume/concept you have, you tend to stick with that toon.

Is there a costume contest this week? Haven't seen a list of winners posted since early November.

I was trying to play some lower level tips because it's content that I've never explored before. I swapped builds to one that was level 29 and visited the mission computer. The level 20-29 tips were available for me to create. But once I left the base, the tips were no longer in my inventory. I tried this multiple times and the tips kept disappearing. I tried grabbing a level 40-49 tip with my level 50 build and the tip didn't disappear upon leaving the base. So I know this occurrences is triggered by my character being level 50, even though I'm on a build that's level 29. It's possible that this isn't a bug and could very well be by design, but I don't think I don't think I should be restricted from playing content just because I'm too high level.