Argent Aegis

I just tried this. It is amazingly awesome. Makes Beam Rifle so enjoyable. This needs to be standard. I feel sorry for everyone else playing with me who has listen to the original sounds. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Did I say Thank you?

Major respect to all of you living on this planet longer (I will not describe anyone, except myself, as old or older). Also respect to all of you who are playing who have been enjoying this world for a shorter time. Goes to show that regardless of age, creed, gender, race, yadda...yadda that the gaming community here is COX supports all comers with advice, laughs, and sometimes fun general mayhem. Need more of this in the world. So all of you running on blue, red & gold, I salute you!

I'd create an alt on whichever server to join this SG.

Thought I saw that there was an episode or two on You Tube about a year or so ago. Not sure about all of them. My memory of enjoying that show probably wouldn't survive seeing it again now. Just as I don't want to re-watch "V" now. Back then Marc Singer was so cool in my younger mind between that and "Beastmaster" so I want to try to preserve that.

Stephen Wright......great stand up. I remember him doing an episode of HBO's "One Night Stand". I still think of couple of his lines occasionally. "Woke up today and found that everything has been replaced by an exact duplicate" and "I have instant water...I can't figure out what to add" ( I think of that sometimes with problems at work)

Google "The Phoenix" for Benu. It's a niche show that was terribly cheesey and barely a season. But you can track the actor to the best OG "Star Trek" movie. Hated the Wonder Twins. Despised that dang monkey too.

51 here. Not the oldest, but apparently part of a larger age bracket than I thought. So cheers to all of you who: 1) Looked forward to spending Saturday mornings with Blackstar and Thundarr. 2) Watched Superfriends before the Wonder Twins. 3) Thought finding the secret room in "Adventure" was the COOLEST THING EVER. 4) Listened to anything on 8 track...including playing with something called 2XL. And special respect to those that: 1) Played p&p Villians and Vigilantes 2) Know who Benu was, watched the show and can recall the movie the actor played a small but memorable role in. 3) Wanted to shout "CROMWELL!!!" in an English history class. No incarnates for me yet, but definitely the Vahzilok wasting disease.

I have thought, and still occasionally do, about going back to Defensive Sweep instead of CB. But right now I am hunting GM's so I need the big ST attacks. I have a few farms that I made for my Rad/Fire that I run my TW/BIo in. In those farms, I have an Elite in every spawn and extra adds that are triggered at different times. So I was thinking that I may try another build after I get T4ed out and feel I have proven to myself that I can take down most GM's. In that build I may take Defensive Sweep since ST will not be as needed as much. Sometimes I have four bosses lined up and would just love one more cone while Arc is recharging. The extra defense would be a nice alternative to clicking Shadow Meld, running through the 3 second animation time and breaking momentum. But that is on a scrapper, so if I was a brute, that would be an additional reason to take DS since they do not have Shadow Meld. Hmmm....., DS would be available for exemping down to levels where Shadow Meld would not be. So maybe a trip to the Beta server is needed for me. I need to consult the forum number crunchers and find out if the DPS/DPA/proc rates of DS and CB warrant a change like that. I am not confident enough to claim knowing how to calculate Arcanatime and Bopper's Proc chances with any certainty. I now wonder if putting the Scrapper Strike ATO would be better served in Rend Armor or in Crushing Blow (or Defensive Strike). Again, that is something I will have to use Bopper's tools to figure out. Sorry about the two long posts.

I have played brutes many times and absolutely love the archetype. To be honest, I was exploring TW/Bio on a brute before Jaegernault and his guide pointed me in the direction of using a Scrapper for this powerset. It is a very valid point about challenges trying to build fury when the KD and big orange numbers are preventing sustained fights where you can really build and sustain fury. It's one of the reasons Rad or Spines/Fire armor brutes are the go to for farming. There isn't a lot of inherent mitigation preventing attacks, (although I think spines has a -rchg effect), so the AOE's are chewing up the mobs as they are continually attacking a high defense and resist brute, generating fury. If it was TW, many of the mobs will be flopping around and not attacking when using some of the set's key attacks, so fury will build but not as efficiently as with some other sets. Once Scrappers get past that awkward teen stage things start gelling. Get the ATO's and other IO's in place and watch the wall of orange that fills your screen. Now the fury system worked like domination on Dominators....that would change everything. Brutes would chase recharge to make perma-fury. Geez.....that sounds sweet. Probably game breaking, but dang...what a wild ride that would be.

This true, Kraken went down easier than I expected. However since then I have soled Jack & Eochai, two DE monsters (don't remember the names but one was the crystal and the other stone) on Monster Island, and....Scrapyard. The DE monsters were done separately but Jack & Eochai where fought at the same time since they both spawned at that one spot in north Croatoa. Eochai was defeated first, then Jack. On all, I used the T3 Diamagnetic, daggers, and DNA Siphon but still no pets. The stone DE took me the longest. Jack sent me to the hospital once when I lost sight of my endurance and de-toggled right before he hit me with his terrorize. But that was on me for being distracted at the time. Overall, I felt that I spent less time on taking out each GM than I did taking down the stone DE monster. Since I have attempted to take down Scrapyard before and even with Diamagnetic and daggers it was a stalemate, the extra little from DNA siphon seemed to tip the balance and he went down in short order. I am under no illusions that I will probably find that there will be GM's and AV's that will be more difficult and possibly impossible for my current method/build and I am sure that having someone floor the regen with a -500% or -1000% debuff would do it sooo much faster, but the -regens I currently have definitely had in impact. I am going to try to find Deathsurge or Jurassik next and try them. No matter what though, this is a cool power combination and loads of fun. I have never had an AT that would throw up orange numbers like this one. So satisfying to momentarily lose sight of the group you are fighting due to all the orange Critical messages and damage numbers. This build is also the first one that I have been able to solo a GM with and I have been able to do things that I haven't been able to do before. My altitis has and will strike again (testing the waters of the Dom pool now), but I know that I will always find myself taking this guy back out for the the joy of bouncing packs of mobs behind walls of orange text and numbers....and the occasional GM/AV take down.

Yes - there is so much to appreciate for atmospheres in this game. I personally find just hovering in the middle of the Shadow Shard very relaxing. Or if I want the view, I look out the window out of Pocket D and listen to the music (I do try to ignore the huge Rikti Mother ship hovering out there). Just sometimes when standing on City Hall Steps in Atlas, and look at at about ten other players not making a sound (rare, I know), it can get eerie. But the silence of the years of shutdown is worse, so I will not complain too much.

Yes - that would have to be an option. Right up there with cut scenes. While occasionally cool opportunities for team screenshots or the odd selfie, cut scenes after your first go round are just momentum breaking. I do remember some forum post another time (live or HC - I can't remember) where Paragon City was called "City of Silence". The term stuck with me. Sometimes, if there aren't tons of powers running, there is an eerie sort of silence that settles in. You see people, but soooo very quiet.

This game is without a doubt great!! I tend to find myself using what free time out of RL here on my computer. There are so many things about this game, especially on HC, that is so right. I just thought some sharing some goofy suggestions that would not be unbalancing to the game would fun. Just a few more: 1) Be able to change the color of power slide power. Cool power, but purple does not color coordinate well with many of my costumes and many path auras just don't cover it up well. 2) Any chance of having some changing facial expressions? Sometimes it's creepy having a contact explain how the city can be coming to a fiery and painful end while all the time grinning at you. 3) More vocals like in the new(?) Galaxy City tutorial. I remember on Live coming back after a hiatus (kids being born) and going "WHHAAATTT!!!" when I heard an actual voice. Note to self...go play that tutorial again, I don't think I have done it on HC yet. This one is not as goofy, but yes, more AE slots would be nice. Not many because there are enough farms out there (guilty on contributing to that count), but maybe more slots given for story only content. Maybe even server specific slots or even account specific that would only be able to be run by, and invited into, by the author? OK - enough of the serious stuff. How about a restaurant instance where heroes/villians can have a food fight? I can see the billboards now. Have a beef with someone? Come to Up Chucks and throw it at them!

This...so many times I have used builds and read guides and advice. These people who provide this information and answer some of my stupid questions are what make this fun game even better. So....a well deserved thanks to all posters who have provided here on HC and on Live all those years ago.

This is like watching parents fight. Next thing I know, I'll be in Mercy bumming smokes from the VEATs.

Uh....no...no it certainly does not.. Maybe your friend is just really well versed in 80's movies. Says the guy whose avatar is from an 80's cartoon.

FORUM CRIT - your Sigh Assault hits Donuts and Cake for 100 points of drama damage!! Donuts and Cake are defeated!! Sadly looks down at splattered cake and donuts. I concede.... Runs back to the nether regions of the beta server carrying a soft capped cannoli.

So chalk it up to the big "DUH" of forgetting that DNA siphon has a -regen. I soloed Kraken in Perez with just me and daggers, no pets. Only used 2 damage insp since I was running low on time in RL. Thanks for the memory nudge.

Nods head with mouth stuffed with Savage cake and giving a thumbs up with one hand while hiding the half full delicious Psi donut plate behind back with the other.

I forgot about DNA siphon for the -regen!! Like you I rarely need to use it (although I have gotten the first damage taken badge, but that was more by intent as I was trading blows with Scrapyard during our first match for about twenty minutes - just because I could). I haven't chosen my Lore yet. Was leaning towards the Longbow since one of those has a -regen, but the Banished Pantheon is good too. I was just trying to see if I could do it first without pets. So back to saving the world to earn those incarnates. I just got my +2 level shift recently, so Lore is up next. I do have T3 Diamagnetic and that -regen is nice, probably part of the reason I was able to take down those Kraken Hatchlings a little faster than expected. As always, thanks for the input Jaegernault.

Are there other -regen temps besides the daggers? Just curious if I am missing out on/forgotten something.

Earth Assault is pie. Very good but sits heavy after eating a three or four pieces slowing you down as you try get the energy to take another delicious bite.

Tried to solo Scrapyard again - no go yet. Got the health to move a little & bounced him a number of times (that never seems to get any less fun), but just couldn't do enough damage output to take make any significant headway. Stalemate again. I guess I need to get all my T4 incarnates, add in envenomed blades, a Longbow lore pet and maybe even a signature summons next time. Kind of feels like cheating doing that though since I want to be more reliant on my build and ability...but maybe I am just fooling myself about taking down a GM. Eventually my antics drew the attention of some other players and Crapyard (yeah, the rivalry has devolved into grade school name calling) went down in short order. That being said I am still really surprised at the damage output of the build. Example - I found myself bored one evening recently, and decided to try the Abandoned Sewer trial solo (set at normal difficulty since I'm not suicidal), just because it was the weekly and in all my years playing Live and HC, I have never even seen the trial. Please note...I was under no illusions that I would succeed at this, but I wanted to see how far I could get in the 90 minutes allowed (spoiler for those TL:DR people - I did not succeed). I did however find myself amazed that I was able to get through to the Hydra, clear the Tentacles and Rikti and actually defeat all the Kraken Hatchlings (which to those who don't know are classified as Monsters) all in about an hour. However, being one person, at crunch time I could not make the health of the Hydra head budge much, even with the trial's temp powers. Then the force fields would re-engage and I would have to clear Rikti and try again just to get the same results. So the conclusion of this lengthy dissertation (sorry to all the non-TL:DR people) is that the build is so survivable that I was able to withstand and mitigate damage from Rikti, toxic from all tentacles. damage from the krakens, one embarrassing fall down the silo, and that crazy psy attack of the Hydra Head while dishing out enough damage to clear out Monster class mobs and big groups of Rikti. I'm not trying to brag or anything since I am sure many other players could do all this and better, I just wanted to rave about the builds provided and how much AWESOME this powerset is. Now I just need to figure out what I am missing to take down a damn GM. I just don't know how others have done it. I really want to check that off my list.

kiramon: Shows me a big plate of cake "Savage is like this cake, you like cake?" me: eyes opening wide, "Why yes I do, I like cake very much" oedipus _tex: clears his throat revealing a plate of donuts. "Psi is like donuts, you like donuts?" me: "mmmmmm donuts....." oedipus_tex: also shows me another plate with a Plant/Kin cannoli, "Just another option..." me: "hmmm....leave the dom, take the cannoli?" kiramon and oedipus_tex start to extol the virtues of their desserts to the forum onlookers. me: grabs a plate of cake, a plate of donuts and the cannoli and scampers off to the beta server to greedily enjoy them all. kiramon and oedipus_tex stop, grin at each other and in unison say, "Excellent, we got another one...muhahaha"