Nostromo21

Cheers, so if I try to rename an existing character, to one with an expired name, it won't let me, but rather give me the same name with a number appended? But if I create a new character it will just let me take it, with no notification...? Hmmm, I might have misunderstood, as I just tried it with several common names, and the rename just rejected all of them. I guess I'd need to know that a name has expired first, and then try to rename to it. Sounds very odd to me in any case.

What's not clear from the post is if I'm about to create a character with an 'expired' name, will the system tell me that before I take someone else's hero's identity...? Because I won't be taking it in that case, call me crazy.

The only thing that appears to be working is Excelsior getting overloaded, ahem.

And how would you like me to do that, given I mostly solo - go back in time and take screenshots...? I will however reset them all soon and record the date for future glitches in the matrix, as this is not the first time I've noticed this side-effect after major changes/patches. And I provided all the 'proof' that's required - my clear memory and recollection, across 70+ characters, many of which I know for certain I've logged into & played, well within the 200+ days the system now tells me they haven't been accessed for. I'm not accusing anyone of anything, most likely this is a system bug or glitch. Perhaps take our own advice and don't accuse people of lying without proof - it says a lot more about you than it does about them. Have a nice day ;).

For the record, not that anyone cares, I think this a terrible decision that will not solve whatever it is trying to 'fix'. It just means that returning players will get forced to rename toons, who they may have spent hours with working up a theme that matches the costume and powerset and NAME, only to have that 'stolen' from them by some speculator who they can now see running around Atlas with it with their toon, because for some reason CoH thinks that, unlike any other thing you 'own', a goods or service that in unused for some arbitrary period of time should be a free-for-all and anyone can just take it. Ahem. My only other issue is that all of a sudden, I see most of my 70+ toons under level 50 at 200+ days, when I an 100% certain I have logged into many, if not most of them within at least the last 100 days. What the hells is up with that??? Did you just add +100 days to everyone's expiry time to keep the whiners happy...? This will create a lot more unhappy campers than happy entitled ones, mark my words. And you know where that path leads...all the best with the decision!

My least squishy blaster I've ever tried is a dark/ninja. And I only use maybe 3 ninja powers. Back on live I got my ice/fire blapper Kelvin Ator to mid 40s through sheer force of will, eh.

I feel the same way about some other common mmo terms, such as 'proc', which just doesn't really describe what it's trying to ('trig' would be better, eh). There are others. For me, a mostly PvE solo carebear, I'd always rather know what AT/power combos are going to be the most fun for me and my play style. Not that I have any style, ahem. I do have rampant alt-o-holism, so of all the combos I've tried, the ones that have blown me away, not in any order, would be: - Ill/Dark troller - Necro/Dark MM - Dark/Ninja blaster - Fortunata - Peacebringer - Plant/Thorns Dom - anything Marine recently heh (Water Def was awesome) - any tanker if you have a face to roll 🙂

Cheers, downloaded for reference! Love the name btw 😉 The little I've already played of mine (Aquatica Nightshade, my dom is called Belladona Nightshade :), she is a beast in groups, where trollers obviously shine. Once I get closer to the full kit in the mid-late 20s, I'll take her on some solo plant marine clandestine work lol! I couldn't live without Stealth that long, and love my Fly/Mystic Flight (I also find Evasive Maneuvers a lot better than Hover, although you can save a pool power by going Flight/Mystic + Hover I guess). You get a damn good teleport with Mystic too of course, which is faster than Flight for traversing zones, plus you can macro auto-TP-retreat to high above mobs after alpha-pbaoe-ing them when you solo :).

To be sure! Honestly, the most obvious face-roll solo ATs I've played were tankers - almost too easy, if slow TTK eh. My Psi/Shield was ridonculously easy mode, but just not my preferred play style, as I generally don't like melee classes in mmos (unless I'm playing a hybrid or an arpg like D3/4/PoE/LE/etc). As someone says on the tanker forums: "Wanna be Godlike, pick anything...wanna BE a God...pick a tank" 😁

I couldn't play/enjoy a solo ranged/support/pet build of any kind without flight/hover/evasive, AND stealth of some sort. But that could just be me and my hit-n-run chicken play style, eh. Having said that, the few standouts so far have been my Plant/Thorns dom, Ill/Dark troller, Necro/Dark MM (Beast/Emp MM was also ok-ish) and possibly my Dark/Ninja blaster. All very effective and not-too-squishy in solo play, Squids and Fortunata have been fun into the mid 20s, but I need to deck them out with sets to really see if they shine or crack under pressure soloing. But with all those you have to learn how to play keepings-off of course: You've got to know when to hold 'em Know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away And know when to run 😁 So now you may have kicked my alt-o-holism in, and I have to go make a Plant/Marine troller I think. The little I've played of Marine of my Marine/Water Def into the 20s has been awesome I must say.

I've played a bit of both, and generally prefer Doms, as I mostly solo. Once you get perma-dom in the early-mid 30s, it's no-contest for me. Plant is absolutely epic, if only for Seeds of Confusion. I went /Thorny for the theme, but Dark is prob a lot better as a secondary. Mind (/Psionic) was a lot of fun. Dark/Dark is very good. Ice/Ice is also very good. I even tried Arsenal/Arsenal for shits n giggles, was ok but didn't get very high. Only thing is I wish Doms had Marine somehow, the newer powerset - although an Ice/Marine controller is not too shabby! 😉

I have an all-ranged Fortunata at 24 which I need to get back to. With fly/hover and all of the control & psionic dmg powers, plus stealth, she was a joy to snipe with from above, and pretty much soloed her all the way. And she only has SOs I just checked, not a single IO or set enhancement to speak of! I must check out Kaizen's build above soon and see how she fares into the 30s & 40s.

I'm going for Shifting Tides at 20 next, then Barrier Reef, Tidal Forces and Power of the Depths by 26, to finish off MA, then round out pools with most of the Water Blast powers from 28+. Even now it feels so good both solo AND in groups, I'm just floored (like most of the mobs are most of the time! ;). Will probably get the Leviathan powers from 38 just for the theme. I've skipped Hasten - do I even need it with so many powers...? Also, I grabbed Mystic Flight at 6 and Stealth at 10, so might need to insert Hover in there somewhere for the extra control while pew pewing.

I must say, playing this MA/Water Def feels more like a dps/domtroller/def all rolled into one! It's crazy OP... 😁

I more partial to this version 😉