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As an alternative, /bind shift+lbutton "powexecname Spring Attack" is also a quick way to activate the power with where ever you have your mouse located.

*sad music playing in background*

The problem with melee cones in my opinion, is that for melee ATs, the most efficient way to use them usually means playing to the least efficient way for melee ATs to play. For example, NPCs surrounding a brute tend to cluster 1–2 layers around the player. As soon as the player tries to jump outside of the group to line up a cone, NPCs will start moving around again making it difficult to line them up. If cones were wider and had shorter range, then at least it wouldn't be a struggle to hit more than 2 NPCs more reliably. You wouldn't even have to adjust damage numbers so long as you kept the area close to the same square footage.

Unsuspecting victims are the best!

You sound like me. In 7 years, I've had a lot of change in attitude. Change I'm glad to have made. I might have been slightly hyperbolic with my descriptions. Sometimes the teams not that chatty, but very much seems to move mob to mob with a good flow. And when anyone does chat, it's been polite and friendly. I've only had one sour experience and it was mainly the attitude of the team leader who kept insisting on trying missions at high difficulties the team wasn't built for and then rage quit halfway through the third mission in a rather disappointing fashion. But 1 bad team out of.... dozens and dozens, maybe? ...is pretty good averages. About half the teams I've been in have been pretty chatty.

Whoa whoa whoa! Animated costume pics?! How'm'I 'spose to compete with that?!

This has been my experience 99.9% of the time on Homecoming. Any group I jump into or form has been full of fun loving people. With non-stop jokes and shenanigans pouring out of every mission. I've had plenty of PUBs that when people leave, I'm actually bummed that the fun meter might drop, but then some other goofy loving son of a gun comes in and the fun keeps going. I remember Live community being pretty damn good, but I can't say for sure it was *this* good. Stop sounding like that one DMT trip I had!

Thanks for that extremely helpful advice. Now I just have to see if I can work up a build I like that doesn't require rework outside the two power choices.

I don't remember a "duplicate" button, but I could have sworn that there was a button to hold down when placing an item to have keep that same item selected for more placements. That is, if I placed a desk while holding that button down, another desk of that type was ready to be placed again without having to select it from the window again. Am I crazy (in regards to what I think I remember, I know in general I am)? Was this not possible before?

Don't beat yourself up. It was only added into the game later in its Live run.

Hmm, guess I'll have to tinker around with switching out my EPP for Mu. Though, having to go to villain side and doing Scirocco's arc doesn't thrill me. Do I need to go all the way villain or will being a vigilante work?

At work, so I can't use Pine's right now. But in regards to Endurance management, do you have Portal Jockey and Atlas Medallion? What about any +Max End bonuses? Having those on top of added +Rec can do a lot for end/sec numbers. [edit] Also, what exactly are you RP details to keep in mind?

I see a lot of love for Ball Lightning. What about Fireball? I'm really loving my Rad/Fire brute (lvl 42 at the moment). My build is aimed at soft-cap melee, 80+% S/L resist and 50+% resist for C/E/N, and a high amount of recharge. I want to farm with her but I'm also going to use her for strong team performance, so I've got Radioactive Smash, Radiation Siphon and Devastating Blow along with Melt Armor. Would it really make that much more difference to go with Mu instead? What about in terms of team play?

Probably mine too. Great colors and costume! And that chest piece. But I'll give you a pass because so many of your costumes appeal to my tech/robo bias. :D

Oh no, now people expect things of me... *feels anxiety attack coming on* What have I done!?

/bind [key combo] "beginchat /bind [second key combo] /target_custom_next This is what I use. So I hit the first keybind, which sets up the chat window to then type: [target name]" Don't forget the last quotation mark to close the command. Then your second key bind is ready to target what you want.

As mentioned, you'll have to be more specific about what your goals are. Also... My best guess is that's suppose to be Ice/SS?

I would say that your attacks don't have a lot of EndRed going on (just looking at what you listed without the benefit of seeing actual numbers). I would suggest the Cardiac for Alpha since it will add a lot more EndRed to your powers and can also boost your resists. Also, unrelated, but I wouldn't treat Radiation Siphon as a heal. It requires too many conditions to be relied upon as such, and works much better as an attack. Slot it for murder, not healing.

I consider Brutes to be the Mounds to Tanker's Almond Joy. Sometimes you feel like a taunt, sometimes you don't.

Great color use on Mystic Fortune. I also really like the simplicity with Phantom Avenger while still creating a presence and tone.

HA!

Thanks! She seems to get the most compliments in-game.

Agreed. XP boosters already do quite a bit. Save the patrol XP for when boosters no longer work.

Here's a few I'm proud of. Brohemoth Rad/Bio Brute – No special back story. Just your average bestial gym bro. And his alt costume for funsies. Rad Radio Rad/Sonic Defender — Shock Jock Molly Ringworm was forever changed in 1985 during a freak accident when she asked her radio show guest, Gary Numan, to perform his hit "Cars" on an atomically powered synthesiser. Sadly, Gary didn't survive. Dr Migraine Rad/Psi Tanker — No special back story... yet.