cognimancer

I am experiencing similar issues. I was running solo missions in the Night Ward and would crash every time I entered a new mission. I could only enter one mission per log in. As soon as I tried to enter the next mission the map would fail to load and the game would crash. In fact, it makes me restart my laptop. I had no such problems (or any problems) prior to the latest update.

I fully levelled (50 plus incarnate etc...) a Bots/Traps. It is hard to explain exactly what makes it great but I do know a few reasons why it worked. 1) all the right debuffs in one place. Traps was given a very weak heal and was given outstanding debuff and damage in exchange. Acid mortar means that you will hit. Poison trap shuts down adds as well as most controllers and can wreck giant monster's health regen. Even the stupid seeker drones debuff accuracy, which compliments the defense granted by shield generator. And by the way, just throw caltrops and stand there. The AI poops itself and runs in circles everytime it steps on a Lego. 2. Shield generator. <-- it's really good. Mez protection is super important in chaotic fights. I played FF for a while and was jealous of the generator. Once it is out your endurance doesn't matter. It is clunky at times but so worth it. Bonus: when it blows up randomly at a quiet moment you get to watch your blaster friends freak out. 3. Aggro management. Normally, the MM draws hate by debuffing and healing. Traps confuses the AI. Acid mortar is a mini tank. Seeker drones draw fire. Occasionally something will pointlessly shoot at your generator. Poison trap lasts longer than the aggro list cares to remember. And as I said before caltrops can scare almost anything. Also, triage beacon is weak but it does not draw aggro the same way as AoE heals. The aggro managment makes you and your team highly survivable. Traps are strange. Definately not for everyone, but they work really well. I never felt underpowered with bots/traps. I was an AV killing machine.

I took both to high levels. I fully tricked out my Bots and got my mercs to 50 but didnt go all in. Short story: the Bots outperformed the mercs most of the time. However, spec ops are all kinds of fun. At high levels I found that the crowd control offered by the spec ops was less important than the support offered by protector bots. Also, the commando is dumb. I mean really dumb. The mercs use their cones (full auto) at max range vs single targets, which is terrible. Meanwhile the giant doombot will drop AoE rockets in the middle of packs that burn things to death. The thing that did keep me playing my mercs was the sound of constant gunfire. The mercs sound like the opening of Saving Private Ryan once the get going 🤣.

Thanks! This is what I love about CoX.

I started on Victory but Virtue became my home away from home. The Virtue community was always helpful and kind to me. I hope to join you all again. You may have known me as: Deathwork (Bots/Traps MM) Mud Devil (Super S / Stone Brute) Pyronecrosis (Fire / Psi Dominator) Cognimancer (Illusion / Rad Controller)

Necrophage here. My first 50 was born on Victory: Necrophage (Dark Melee / Regen Scrapper. I was no rock star, but I did get to taunt the Hamidon back when instant healing was a toggle 🤣. Victory was always home. I hope I see you all around soon.

Victory was my first server in Paragon City. Necrophage was my main and scrapping was my game.