Jump to content

Kurrent

Members
  • Posts

    10
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by Kurrent

  1. A big part of why I love CoH/CoV is the sheer versatility that can be achieved with the combinations of archetypes, powersets, epics/temps and player skill. The challenge and fun's in figuring out how to make any particular team composition work to achieve to goals of a TF/SF.
  2. Phipps is worse. Weston Phipps's missions were the only ones that I started deliberately failing, because I felt filthy completing them, even with my villains.
  3. Another trick that I used is the Super Jump power or the Jump Pack temp travel power. Those both give you better body control while "skiing" and help considerably.
  4. Good to hear from you again, Arc. Hopefully I'll see you in-game too! K
  5. Labelling the storage racks is brilliantly simple. Excellent idea!
  6. Wow, so much hostility. I'm sorry that I offended anyone, seriously. I wasn't trolling, and I don't appreciate being called that when I was trying to share some of what I learned over 8+ years of playing the powerset in discussion in this thread. I'm also not trying to brag or "tut-tut," as it was put. I'll go right back and excise that last bit, since it seems to have offended people. That wasn't my intention, and it seems like it detracted from what I was trying to say. I have no need to engage in or respond to posturing on a forum when the whole point of Homecoming is to give us back something we loved. My DPS and mob kill rate were just fine, as the people I played with over the years can attest. I was trying to suggest a way that Elec Blast's end drain CAN be made more useful in some situations. That's all. Maybe what I've learned will help someone who reads this. If you don't like Elec Blast for this or other reasons, that's fine too. We're all entitled to our opinions, and we can express them in a civil manner without having to put down or insult others. K
  7. I redid this post because I really didn't like the way I came across, and I can do better than that. I'm testing the waters with Homecoming, because as much as I loved CoX and dearly miss my friends and Sisters, I'm not sure I really want to come back to this full-force. I had some fantastic highs and wonderful times, but I also had some really hard times, too. I've tried very hard to focus on the good and forget the bad, but just going the messages on these forums pokes at some painful memories. That said, I'm not sure if I can handle jumping right back in. I loved my family and friends on CoX, even when they sometimes drove me crazy (and I sometimes did the same to them). I've made a few characters on different servers, and I haven't really settled in on one yet. Someone has already claimed my name as a global ID (@Kurrent), so as of now, that ID is NOT me. My name's also already been claimed on Excelsior, so again, if you see a character Kurrent on Excelsior, it's NOT me. I'm using @JoKurrent as my global ID, so feel free to contact me there. I've sent a message to the current holder of @Kurrent to see if he/she might be willing to trade (or be bribed), and if that helps, I'll post an update here. If I come back, it's going to be someone older, wiser and with more scars. I have no axe to grind or grudges to hold, nor do I have anything to prove. I still have many characters dying to be brought to life, and writing doesn't let me bring them to life quickly enough for my taste. Maybe Homecoming will. To any of my old friends and Sisters, feel free to reply, either here to to @JoKurrent in game. I'd love to see you and think about good memories and bury bad ones, and maybe we could make some new good ones while we're at it. I've never found a force or family like my Sisters anywhere else, and I'm proud to have been a part of you for the last fifteen years. Maybe we actually do get another chapter to write in this story. K
  8. And Tink, Daisy, Fraz, Pro, Kal, Rose, I miss all of you terribly. You were incredible people and great friends, and you got me through some pretty rough times. I can never tell you enough how much I love and appreciate each of you.
  9. Just learned about this website and the whole Homecoming thing today. Not sure if I'm going to play much, but I prob will at least make an avatar at some point. It's just opening up a box full of so many emotions for me, most good, some bad. But a chance to see and work with some of my old friends is pretty hard to pass up. So, Kurrent from The Sisterhood and the Looney Bin checking in. K
  10. Mained Elec/Energy blaster for 8.5 years. I think I'm familiar enough with the Elec Blast powerset. Making endurance drain work isn't for everyone. It takes commitment, good slotting, and a dedication to bottoming out their endurance. But it CAN be useful in PvE. Now, that said, is it going to be worthwhile against an AV? Almost certainly not. I've managed to drop some AVs endurance, but not enough to be significant. Holding them, now, is a different matter. Holds are doable against AVs. But we're not talking about that, we're talking about endurance drain. Where is end drain useful in PvE? Crey/Paragon Protectors, to name one. You can easily solo Protectors with just Short Circuit and your basic attacks. Did it many times in Crey's Folly in particular. Once you've wiped our their end, no annoying Unstoppables or Moments of Glory to drag out the fight. Just about any boss and quite a few Elite Bosses can be drained dry, and even if you only get them to bottom out for a blip, that's enough to drop some toggles and let you lock them down with Tesla Cage and Shocking Bolt (from Elec Mastery pool). If you want to real effectiveness for End Drain, you need to double or triple slot End Mod enhancements in Short Circuit, because that's your workhorse for end drain, PLUS you need to slot at least one End Mod enhancement in EACH of your main three Elec Blast attack powers (Charged Bolts, Lightning Bolt, Ball Lightning). One was all I ever used in those three, and it worked great (I generally slotted Acc, Dmg, Dmg, End Reduction, End Mod, Dmg) for my enhancement in most of my attack powers for Elec Blast). I also put an End Mod enhance in my Voltaic Sentinel. Once you do this, you'll start to see your end drain having an effect on lieutenants and bosses (minions will drop before you bottom out their endurance). K
×
×
  • Create New...