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Dropping a bunch of names this weekend. Let me know (via a reply below or forum PM) if you'd like one and we'll try to sort out a time. First come first serve. Here they are. Sea Maiden Deathwail Madam Mirror Lovebird Native Son Fair Maiden Torturess Badmouth Sister Salem Windy Doc Steam Copy Boy Rah-Rah Newshound Auntie Agony Agony Aunt Storm Devil Peaceman Mother Madness Bloodcrow Vignette Bounce Judge Midnight Soul Sister Brother Peace Peace Man Crime Queen Doc Wonder Rah Rah Cry-Baby Ohmboy Ohm Girl Sea-Boy Omgirl Starmaker Inkpot Windburn Sea Snake Caldera Snow Devil Swhirlwind Swirlwind Shakedown Danger Dame Stat Queen Mob Brannigan Simmer Donnybrook Doc Monster Hotfoot Pouncer Chanteuse Crybaby Aunt Agony Vim Vigor Kid Kahuna Rot Gut Pantomime Farce Slosh Slosher Doppleganger

This is correct.

I theorycrafted an Elec/Energy/Elec Sentinel that seemed like it would work pretty well.

I think the only way you're ever going to get a 'satisficient' level of RP is to join a themed group, or establish a small circle of close allies/friends with similar RP styles.

I teamed with you Rotgut on Everlasting! Was a fun group, enjoyed your debuffs and green whirlpools! Twas I! And thanks, it's a really fun character and build.

I'm running a Posion/Water Defender (shoutout Rotgut!), and it's the most fun I've had since the game went re-live.

Yes.

You used to be able to sell the two large insps from the tutorials for a decent starting amount of Inf. That helped a bit. However...I think your biggest issue is that you're buying TO Enhancements at all. Just like, don't do that.

If you are looking to find out who owns a name you want and/or used to own, /getglobalname is what you want to use.

This, a thousand times this. Using /getglobalname and then sending a gtell to the resulting player is a much, much easier method of tracking down owners.

doesn't containment only double the damage of melee attacks No, all attacks.

Fearsome Stare packs a not insignificant -ToHit debuff, and can also be four-slotted with Cloud Senses for an efficient 6.25 % Recharge bonus.

Am I missing something with Archetype Inherents? For example, setting a Controller's Containment to 'on' produces no result.

Electric/Cold was a known draining beast; on the old forums, there was a poster named Boomie who would share videos of his controller taking down Giant Monsters. I would imagine an Electric/Therm Controller could likely do many of the same things.

Mind/Traps was my initial thought as well, but mostly because the latter provides the former with another avenue to maintain Containment on an AV (aside from Entangling Arrow).

Huge fan of the name policy, thank you for implementing this.

What exactly does the Overwhelming Presence Proc do?

/jranger

Folks (read: the GMs) should keep in mind that in many cases, you're not talking about Marvel's attorneys; you're talking about Disney's. And they are infinitely more litigious and resourceful than Marvel could ever hope to be.

Did you shoot the nameholder a /gtell?

As someone who was very active on the Virtue Name Thread, this post does not reflect my experience at all (TW: anecdotal evidence). Any time I saw a name that I liked and contacted the owner, they released it free and clear, usually coordinating our playtimes so we were both logged in at the same time (thereby obviating the danger of losing the name in the interim). I'd never even heard of someone 'ransoming' a name.

Ah, good to know, I'll try that out. Cheers.

https://web.archive.org/web/20120904100456/http://boards.cityofheroes.com/index.php Caveat: there are a number of broken links, but by and large, the old forums are in pretty good shape. A great resource for Gameplay and Build Guides, at the very least.

Just in case it flew under your radar: there's a Minimal FX option for Hasten now.

You are correct, that is what it does. It's pretty much the same IO that we had from the summer event back in...2011? 2012? Something like that. Its "best" (read: overpowered) use was in Fire Control's Bonfire, but they balanced it.