Hero Star

Cant tactics be used to for fear protection? The biggest deal breaker for me on Fire Armor is the lack of End Recovery Debuff Resistance. I think Consume has End Drain Resistance, but one without the other seems kind of useless. I get, though, that Fire is more damage based and maybe not meant for soloing everything.

Yeah and not having defense debuff resistance in Electric it's like what's the point. I dont really feel like posting the build, but if I dont take weave/maneuvers I'll have better endurance(SS seems End heavier than EleM, especially with Rage) and add a better attack to my chain.

I have an Electric/Electric tank that has weave(luck of the gambler set) and maneuvers(mostly for shield wall, reactive defenses etc) and has 22-25% defense to everything. Basically capped res to all dmg. I notice on that tank when fighting mobs with -def debuff I go into the negatives. Is it even worth having defense on Electric? I'm leveling up a Electric/SS and am making a build in mids. I'll be capped to all damage(except Neg and toxic) and Might of the Tanker in LF should help with -res mobs, and have around 10% defense to everything(not intentionally). Will I notice a difference in survival?

If I have 95% resistance(90% cap on tank) and I get hit with -5% resist, will I still be capped or does it drop to 85%(or whatever the math is)?

I'm going to do some testing on beta since TW will likely have its base damage lowered. Rend Armor may still be a bit above GPB. Also, can some one tell me why it shows Rend Armor doing 32 and Greater Psy Blade doing like 40 at the character select thingy? Where as on Mids rend armor does more?

I've been trying to come up with a character with the highest dmg ST power in the game(with Crit). Would that be Psi/FA( Fiery Embrace + Concentration + Greater Psy Sword + Crit )? I was hoping the new EM prolif would allow Energy Transfer to crit some but it doesn't look like that will be the case.

Is Bitter Freeze Ray worth it? With the long cast time and since Chilling Ray is just sleep on Sentinel(which doesn't help with stacking holds). Is it worth the DPS or is another combination of attacks outperform it?

By rotation do you mean attack chain? Any advice for Dark Melee/FA? Right now at lvl 36 I do Fiery Embrace+Soul Drain+Burn+Shadow Maul+etc. What if I put it in Smite and used it before Shadow Maul? Edit: I know the character may not be high enough level to use these yet. Just trying to get an idea of the strategy for later on.

Okay thanks. Yeah that would be cool to know about the damage aura.

Cool. Is that because Followup has a duration so you can use the +50% Proc over that time?

Can anyone give me a rundown of how the Scrapper crit enhancements work? Is the effect global or just tied to that power? Thanks.

Going for the ol Mac from always sunny look eh? We need an ocular pat down power pool as well!

Is there a list of story arcs or ones that give souvenirs that aren't accessible in Flashback? I've got a character that I'm using to go through as many contact missions as possible, but it's starting to feel a bit grueling since I like team/leveling but I dont want to out level my contacts. I just want to know if there are missions that are worth doing this for.

It wasn't a serious proposal lol. I just think adding recharge to swift is a bit silly. I'm glad most people are just having fun playing the game without perfect attack chains etc. I think perfect balance is highly overrated and a game that caters to a minority of min/maxers is a bad idea.

I'd rather see a reverse to Enchancement Diversification before this change.

Is there a link to these or are they still being worked on?

What about user side graphic mods. Is that possible?

I think there's way too much stuff accessible at early levels. I'd like to see travel powers starting at lvl 14 again. But I'm old and nostalgic.

*screams in toxoplasmosis*

"When everyone's super, no one will be."

A bit off topic, but I'm not sure I like the idea of having too many archetypes. An archetype in the Jungian sense is a very specific set of characteristics that seem to bubble up out of reality itself. If we have too many, then we may as well have no archetypes and let people pick whatever they want, which may sound cool in theory but would drastically change the game.

I tried logging into beta, but it wouldn't work. Do you have to make a separate account?

I remember listening to Justice Radio back in the day, but I know there were other stations too(I never listened to Cape Radio and I think they still broadcast but it just doesn't seem that active). There would be many different DJs that hosted, but they would play music, have costume contests and other events, find a place for people to hang out and chat, etc. It's something I really miss and would like to bring back to Homecoming. I don't know much about setting up a broadcast station and DJing, but I would be happy to help get the ball rolling. Anyone have any suggestions or other input?

-I would like to see a continuation of the comics and story line. Seeing City of Heroes in a comic form really gave the game more depth. I'm sure there are plenty of artists here that would love to help. -More Story Arcs. Maybe update some of the older ones to give them more flavor and personality. -More supported events of all kinds. Zone invasions(possibly create another instance that is unaffected for normal play). -More superpowered NPC gang battles and maybe update NPC AI to give the environment more life. -Update textures and graphics. -Put more energy into marketing the game(publish articles, comic-cons, podcast interviews). -Option to have your characters linked to the website and be able to view stats/info/bio, post video clips, etc. -Ability for Supergroups to create a page with info/message board on the website.

I feel ya. My main Hero Star used to be Invuln/EM and I just can't make him again with the changes to ET. I also remember seeing you BZB. Were you on Justice or Freedom?