PLVRIZR

Not sure what "Beta" was, but I was on the first retail distribution (remember when 40 was the top level and there were only four tank primaries?) and played almost entirely on Champion server. After my very first toon...NRG/NRG Blaster...I just wanna fly, man!...I made one of my favorite toons of all time: Kin/Dark Defender (Nosfera-too). Kin absolutely ruled the day and I made 50 in a heartbeat boosting tanks on the Chimera ninja map...well before farms and such.

Were you on TT, last week?

I single slot Taunt with the psi-damage Perfect Zinger enhancement...so it does (occasional) damage, as well 🙂

During the last TT and Sarah Moore TF, my "properly" built Inv/SS tanker (NUT) felt the same...😆

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Don't disagree, at all, but I take it and use it as a mule (five slot Impervium armor, which includes the psi-non unique)...don't even put it in my tray for usage...

Brunker, baby. Fire/MA is ridiculous. See Sovera's build (of which I copied/stole from without remorse for my tank - "Marshal Mayhem") for an incredibly tough and fun tank...that just buzzsaws through almost all content...

Best video game of all time.

I have it in Blazing Aura and haven't checked the combat log closely enough to see how often it procs. Again, I have this only on my fire farmer, and the "Big Mobs" mooks drop pretty fast already. 😆

Thanks, and that would make sense. Probably a rounding error, if 185% is max fury...

I hovered my cursor over the bar, with my fire farmer, in the Big Mobs Tunnel map...highest I saw was 93, while being completely surrounded and attacked. Don't know what the 0-100 numeric display equates to, however, I just cruise along leaving bodies in my wake...

Special thanks to Witty for leading SMTF. From someone who despises the shard, due to Wit's planning, efficiency and leadership, we finished in 1:08. Double merits and a Notice..."well" worth it! Probably wont' make Reunion, so see you all on Everlasting on the 19th.

The funny bunny 🙂 Is it just me, or does your codpiece/crotch/groin area have a tiger face?...

And I love Combustion, because my Fiery Melee tanker has MoT in it, so it's a quick recharging, almost guaranteed proc activation for the +Res. I put SGF in Breath, so I get the +Absorb almost every activation, as well. I head to the Hollows, every so often, to Combustion kill those Hellion bosses that were such a pain killing me with Combustion, while leveling 🙂

And I put GA +def, Steadfast +def and a Impervium psi resist in a three slotted Resist Physical Damage. To each their own!

I use it as a mule (five slotted Impervium Armor, including the non-unique psi resist), but don't even have it in my tray. This goes for all my Inv tanks.

Fire/MA: the Brunker, and compilation of Fire Armor builds. - Tanker - Homecoming (homecomingservers.com)

Engage @Sovera, the fire tank guru. 'nuff said.

Missed you, WB! Many thanks to Lorna, who led TinPex. Both TFs completed in a total of one hour...not bad! Much fun was had, many bad guys vanquished. Blue flame got a couple of us, but all-in-all, a very respectable outing. Catch everyone next week on Torch.

!Oh my Pancreas! Panacea...so the newbie won't be looking through the Auction House...under "organs". 😁

For tanks I've gotten a Dark/Dark to 50, now, and had a Fire/Fire to 50 on Live. I'd also argue that Inv/SS is "close enough" 😁 My first ever toon on Live was Eng/Eng blaster. I just wanted to fly, dammit! He finally made 50, after about ten years and 100 other toons to 50. I also remade my Rad/Rad defender from Live (and got him to 50 on HC) and he's an AV killer, for sure.

Nice build and a couple of observations. Please note that I exemp alot and if you're never doing less than 50 content, some of this may not apply or be as beneficial. I turn off all the Incarnates, first, and go from there... No level 30 power? Since you have ToD in Kick, I will assume it's in your attack rotation. For those toons that actually use it, I also single slot, but with Force Feedback chance for +recharge. Doesn't do much damage anyway, so not much loss there, but those times I get a recharge boost, I'll take it. Also saves some $$$ . Once I realized I could slot Gaussain's chance for build up in Invicibility, I went and added it to all my Inv tanks. Passive procc'ing, at its finest. It procs constantly. You'll lose 3.75% Toxic/Psi resist, but it's worth it, IMHO. Moving it from Focused Accuracy and putting a generic End Reduction IO in there is much more "bang for the buck". You'll also save some $$$ on one fewer Shield Defense. I'd replace the generic flight IO in Fly with a Blessing of the Zephyr KB protection. 14 pts. may seem like overkill, but you're an "Invulnerable" tank...getting knocked down is embarrassing 🤭. If you're dead set on flight speed, using a BotZ or Winter's Gift global travel IO will benefit all your movement speeds, not just fly. When you look at your (very expensive) AT and purple sets, I put the procs in order of importance. For me, for tanks: (1) MoT +res, (2) SGF +absorb, (3) Avalanche KD and (4) Hecatomb +dam. You've got Avalanche in the cone, same as I'd do. I'd put MoT in Barrage and SGF in Bone Smasher (fast recharging), so your killer +dam proc is in your AOE. If you're adamant on having an AT in the AOE, I'd swap in MoT, because with two stacks of the proc, you're nearing soft cap in N/E and in the high 70s in virtually everything else (even with Cardiac Core off). Speaking of recharging, you've got a buttload! Without Ageless, your toggles take almost all of your end (0.5/sec to spare)...which won't sustain much fighting. With the Focused Accuracy swap and replacing a LotG global recharge in Weave, for a generic IO End Reduction, along with putting all four End Red LotGs in Weave, you drop to 2.07/s usage. Finally, you can move a slot from Taunt (I'd put it in Stamina and add a Performance Shifter) and take Perfect Zinger chance for psi damage. Nothing like an insult so strong it sometimes reduces the opponents' health! It also gives you a bit more breathing room, with almost a full point of end/sec recovery difference.

It *really* gets rolling at 53 (vet lvl 3), when you start getting Empyrean merits, in earnest. About vet level 12, you've got enough Emp merits and threads to get T3 in four (if not all five) incarnate slots. THEN you really hit the pinnacle of this game.

When did you started playing CoX? Was it before or after the game shut down? Tell me a little about how you met the game. As others have reported, the game was being talked about, as far back as 2001-2002. I played many dice and paper games (mostly D&D/AD&D) in middle school, H.S. and college. (1975 - 1987). I found the dice and paper game "Champions" in college, in 1983, and played it until I graduated in 1987. When CoH debuted in 2004, I was one of the first to buy the retail version and subscribe. I played almost exclusively on the "Champion" server, because of the Champions dice/paper game. Have you played the game before the shut down in 2012? If the answer is yes, tell me about how you feel about the game’s “Death”. What was that experience like? Yes, since 2004. I was in Atlas Park (with another several thousand players), when the plug was pulled. It was painful. And when the game returned in 2019? What did you felt? Was it like a “Homecoming”? Yes, but I didn't find out about the game until Feb. 2020. I thought "Reunion" was appropriate, so I started rebuilding all my lvl 50s, there, until I realized it was the EU server and moved most of my toons to Excelsior. What was the first thing you did after playing the game for the first time in years? Begin re-creating my numerous lvl 50s. My handle is @PLVRIZR, so he's the first one I remade. Most of the characters in my signature are rebuilds from the Live days. What are your thoughts on the return of the servers? Did you brought something with you from the original server? (Avatars, builds, things like that) Absolutely. It has been a mission to remake all my favorites (and there are alot of them). Do you like to play with a specific character? (can be more than one) If yes, what makes it so special to you? I've been a tanker, since the beginning and still predominately play tanks. I'll happily jump to a support toon, if the team needs it, but PLVRIZR, NUTCRCKR and JAWBRKR are my "go to" toons.

Back on Live, I thought a Regen/Claws scrapper would be a cool "Wolverine" build...so I did it. Ground through the late 30s and got so disgusted I deleted and rerolled a SR/Claws. That guy ("Wolfen") rocked!