twozerofoxtrot

Just my take but when we try to 1 for 1 CoH lore to the lore of other established franchises to find equivalence, we diminish CoH's lore as a result. Take it for what it is. Enjoy it. Get creative and make new things. That grows the lore, rather than subordinates it to something someone else wrote.

Is this why you can't type in characters from other languages (ex: Chinese) even if you have the keyboard settings for it? But the game does allow for you to paste those characters into the chat box....

I can't say if I feel it does. There's probably observable metrics that can definitively say if it does or not. I imagine builds are going to be a big factor because the margins will be narrow. For the record I play my own build, not Sovera's. But I'd rather play that Stone/Fiery than any Rad/SS. And I'd definitely pick it over Shield/Fiery, if only because it's much easier to deal with the End Drain. Also if we're talking about the spectrum of play with low level (exemplar) being accounted for, the Stone/Fiery comes online sooner and pulls a lot more weight than Rad/SS (prior to lvl 25).

It's a good thing. Akin to something being "badass." I personally don't think it's that great, but it does heal for a lot even if you're not hitting many enemies. But the massive recharge on Dark Regeneration sort of limits its utility in my eyes. It's not as useful for say surviving high, periodic burst damage from an AV versus having to make it through a particularly nasty group's alpha strike.

I second this. After the reworks this became a stupidly strong combo. Nigh unkillable with top notch AoE and Single Target damage. Better than Rad/SS. The only drawback is having like 27 toggles but you will have the endurance to run them. I see I'm about 6 hours late, but when you get tired of slowly backhanding single target bosses/EBs/AVs down to size, reconsider this combo. It's nuts.

I could get on this bus.

T1/T2 attacks (outside if Control Holds) are always set bonus fodder. Either ATOs or in some cases Very Rares. In the case of VRs, the low End Redux values of the set impact you less cause T1/T2 powers usually have lower activation costs, while the stacked up damage lets you get the most (consistent) bang possible per button press

I've done it on every AT. For me Stalker is prime. Tanker is good enough. The other two are flops.

TIE Advanced, my beloved.... ....did Andor just sort of give up on finding his sister or what?

Mids is my favorite game on PC. CoH is second.

On your specific combo, I would only use it as a 1slot mule for Preventative Medicine proc and basically ignore the power, otherwise. Sounds lame, but Doms are one of those ATs where slots are usually more valuable than power picks.

Your perspectives on the faction are yours to have, but you might be reading into something that was never there. As a player who only ever interacted with the game on Live via CoV, not ever having played a hero or blueside/goldside until 2019, Longbow always appeared to me as self-righteous vigilantes, and a sort of sneering, tongue-and-cheek parody of American mercenaries overseas. What you saw in them, I never did. What you see in them now what I always did. As for the truly good and honorable heroes? That's for us to play. And that's probably the point.

And why is it Tunnel Rat? Even if we lump in First Ward and Night Ward characters.... why is it still Tunnel Rat?

I have a Pain/Dark Def I really like. I don't both with power boost just for the sake of Blackstar, though. Doesn't feel needed at all. I'm not sure if the damage overall is anything noteworthy but shes does have several procd attacks including Anguishing Cry, which I use before Blackstar as sort of a double nuke. Anything alive after that usually isn't much longer.