Razor Cure

Yeah they do..but StoneArmour has about the worst Ex'd performance..especially if you HAVE granite, then respec'd out of all the shitty powers in teh set, that granite makes worthless. As for playing a blaster with IOs (and the mez gap, which STILL exists for blasters at 50+, unless they get clarion.)..you mean like..well..basically every single blaster that got to level 30 (cause they wont have that many IOs at that point). Yay, you only need to be on a league with 47 kins to jump! Actually, Granite on a tank (actually Rooter, granite doesnt show a -jhump) is -50,000% jump..IR on a kin fender is +2780% jump. So about 18 kins. All with IR. Good luck. lol.

Yeah..no. Doing that wont even be a sure fire crit on AS. Great solution. How is Slow AS boring? Thats like saying any other slow, long animation attack is boring. There is literally no better way to open a fight than AS from hide. Then cant hit you till it lands..and it does about the best damage in the game.

I was wondering about that. I didn't think it was that much but when I checked the power..CU goes from 168 damage at 0 to 217 at 3. That is a bit.

Basically..the set is a load of shit, besides one OP power that also comes with huge drawbacks.

OMG the CLANKET! That is so awesome! Also, totally not saying we need 'real' ads..just funny and stupid ones! I was thinking more about my Freak-run massage parlor. The ad could be like a superman type, in tights, face down on a massage table, with the massuer (or however that silly word goes!) leaning over him, all freakified, with teh punk hair and a clamour style bionic arm! For those REAL hard to get out knots in your back!

I had a Stj scrappa on Live, and figured I'd give it a go on a stalker, because their ATOs are stupidly awesome. The Stalker is 33 atm..and I have noticed.. The stalker version has Build Up, instead of COmbat Readiness. This seems to be a pure buff, and damage wise, it is. However...it does NOT grant the auto 'combo level 3' status at the scrapper version does. Why is this annoying? You dive it a fresh mob, hit BU/CR and the whack it with Crushing Uppercut, getting that sweet lvl 3 boost. On a scrapper that is. On the stalker..you sneak in, BU, then AS the big nasty (AS gives +2 combo lvls). And then crushing uppercut. But it is NOT at combo3. Can you use another attack in between to get to lvl 3? Sure can. But.. EVERY other stalker has the ability with the ATO in AS to do the following..BU..AS..Best Attack, with said attack getting an almost 100% crit from the chance to hide IO. But STJ cant do that. Granted, I could put the ATO in another power (which I will have to experiment with), but it just works SO good in AS. I am thinking that placing it in another attack might make the proc rate crappy, at least compared to AS, when it fire basically every time. The other problem. Both sets have 4 combo building powers...but the stalker has one of those becoming AS. Leaving 3, one of those being the pissy tier attack. that would basically never get used with a decent attack chain. Suggestions: Make AS a combo lvl 3 builder all by itself (perhaps the lvl 3 ONLY works when used from hide?) to make up for the lack of +3 in build up. Let Sweeping Cross be used as a finisher OR builder. If used at lvl 3, it fires as a Finisher. If less than 3 stacks are present, it fires as a builder. Add the combo level 3 buff to Build Up itself.

Recently while running around doing various story arcs, I have been noticing some of the signs around CoX. Maybe of these are quite amusing (i like the Family Pizza one..made fresh, by Made men) and clever! Obviously updating and adding to these signs would be a very minor priority for the dev team..and so I was thinking..let US do it. We could have some 'create a sign' type contests, where all that is needed is a resolution and file type, and a location (so people could tailor the message to the zone somewhat) and away we go! Those without artistic software, talent or inclination could simply submit slogans that others could use. Just picture it..a building in talos..the 'Get Freaky' massage parlor, obviously appearing in the freak-run terrority.

You know a good way to find out if you like the toon? Don't PL it. Why are you on this server? Seriously. Aren't there ones that give you like 8 slots per power and let you auto jump to 50? Not trying to be rude here in any way..honestly curious. Yeah cause farming every toon..isn't a grind right? Doing the exact same map on the same toon..over and over. That sounds super interesting.

Exactly. You did it ONCE. Once. So costume bits behind some kinda..effort..would not need to be done for every alt. I totally forget what was needed to actually unlock this, but even if the requirements were toned down a lot (say..to completing one of the RWZ story arcs), in order to make it much less of a grind, and something easily done on the journey to 50.

Did I say they won BECAUSE they earned bits? I am merely saying that costumes are totally a bragging thing, and something to feel proud of. Even if the lvl 50 who 'earned' a few costume parts didn't win, that does not take away the sense of accomplishment for doing that. Let's go to the next step. We aren't paying for HC. They dont need to give us a grind to keep us here. So lets go ahead and auto level everyone to 50, and give us whatever IOs we want, because..no one needs to grind for anything, ever.

Was it so bad having to earn things like capes, aura and other stuff? Like getting high enough to fight/help Vanguard, before actually getting to use some of their bits? Well..you wouldn't, right. But doesn't the reverse apply? Why can you get a costume part that adds something special to your concept (like vanguard armour) without having to DO anything? If the concept is so important to the character, wouldn't that unlocking be a clear progression of said character? Costume Contests say Hi.

Just to add my 2 cents..I totally feel like STF and Epic pools for blueside should also have an 'unlock' to get them. I know that would annoy a lot of people, but in a similar manner to the OP, I always felt like I earned the patron pools (that and the arcs all have some pretty amazing missions) and the RSF. I mean..WHY should Recluse give you this super task, unless he has seen you doing all that stuff first (that is, the patron arc). The patron poools are hardly 'better' than the epics..but those come for no work at all. Likewise, I also enjoyed getting to 25, and being able to earn an AUra. I mean..its cool we can get them at 0..but maybe if the creation auras were more limited and basic, and the aura missions unlocked some extra cool ones (or at least a badge?).

I know there was another thread on it..but I still think a Halloween IO set would be cool. Maybe with a fear type proc or something!

Oooh. Great point. Sonic SIphon giving YOU +rez and recovery, because you cant use your shields on yourself, and the set does have a lot of end heavy powers (well, 2).

That is true..although the -res on sonic is easier to have always going (at least on one target). Heast Loss is a pretty long rech..and honestly, looking at teh set just now..Heat Loss shouldnt even have -res. It doesnt make a heap of sense, even more so for a set about 'cold domination' somehow have more -res than a set based on resists.

Tar Patch is a power with totally DIFFERENT effects. Tar is -res and slow. Sonic has (i think) the most -res of any set, with two powers that do it (even though one needs a team mate). Liquefy does -def, a chance to hold, knockback (or down, I forget), and a totally huge amount of -to hit. Having it on the same rech as TarPatch would make it stuipdly good. ANd also mean that the main mitigation for a Resist based set..suddenly became -to hit. Make it a bit faster..not that much.

Off topic but...why are AE farms still SO much faster to level than anything else in the game? Risk Vs Reward and all. Back to the point..I woulnd't mind if Task Force gave extra rewards for certain tasks, in a similar way to how iTrails give astal/emps for tasks. Kill the RomulusPhalanx in under 2 mins, get 3 extra merits/rare salavge/rare recipe drop/whatever. Take down all 4 towers in STF, actually rescue Glacia and Infernia on LG (make it 500 merits, cause damn that mission is a pain!) etc etc. At the very least, Master runs should give something extra.

I just keep the Siege mission saved on a toon, and use it as needed on alts. But I agree, its silly that he isnt in the arc, since he used to be. There is other missions in teh arc with two AVs, so why not add him to the Nightstar one?

I like the idea of a super quick, close dagger set, with throw attacks too. The gimmick needs work though..you get a debuff just for NOT attacking fast enough? That would really favour secondaries with +rech and recovery. And it would need some kind of benefit too offset it..combo stuff with added effects perhaps?

Was it? I always thought the animations are SO much like the style of gun-fu in Equilibrium. Starlord just shoots, he doesn't gun-dance around (well..he DOES dance, but not while shooting I guess). Thinknig about the original question again, and what Brand said.. I am sure the snipoe changes made DP worse off, as all (most?) other sets got a super fast, great damage attack, that can be fired 'first' to do even more damage. The closest thing DP has to a snipe, Piercing, is slow (even if it looks quick, and awesome). Likewise, ExeSHot is also slow (compare that to Blaze, haha!) Then the Nukes. DOnt get me wrong, I love the bullet dance. But again, its SLOW. Granted, you get some def with it, which makes sense..but 10% def on an AT with none (usually) is not a heap. And the damage is DoT, which makes it kill slow too, and feel less damage than it actually is. So back to the idea of combos and build up..I think it would be really cool. Titan, water, streetJ all at least get some kinda offensive buff, and staff has the Form doing +damage. AR gets..shit. But that is another story. I think if you 'aim' a blast of fire (never mind the fact you are aiming it for teh get go, just to get it in the general direction), WHY can you not aim down the sights of a rifle, or a pistol (or turn of some low powered, limited use lasers, hint hint). An Aim/Bu/Combo would help DP a lot, and make the nuke hit harder (thinking about it, whats gonna do more damage, a blast of fire, or 20 odd pistol bullets..yep, of course its the ONE shot of fire). Perhaps if the first tier attacks, and the cone, built a combo of a few stacks, each with a +damage (or even +damage to teh secondary element) and then after max stacks, you get a 10-15 second hit of +35+ damage, letting you get to the next mob and nuke it. Or...just make Swap Ammo inherent (water and stj and tw dont need a separate power to get the benefits of what is basically the defining part of the set) and give it a Laser Sight click power.

I agree with this. I tried soloing a cap sf awhile back, and Infernal just would NOT stand still. He couldnt hit me or my pets, but just ran away every 10odd seconds, and ran a good 50 yards too! I also know there has been a few other threads talking about wanting harder content, and how 'most' people who play seem to just want AI that stands in a pack, and lets us hit it. Which..is true to a degree. But of the other hand, CoX has never been about super AI and AV fights with run/cover/dogge/special move/whatever else mechanics (aside from some of the incarnate stuff), and adding anything like that would annoy as many people as it pleased. But AVs running is annoying, especially with no immobs or taunts, and logically quite silly. WHy would something with 20 times your hp run? Even just having the AI run a bit near death would make more sense.

ooh dam! I Totally missed your reply Number 6! That screen shot..you have a lot of auras going!

Piercing Rounds should apply -res regardless of the Ammo type. The aoe part works no matter what ammo is loaded..why doesn't that?

I like this idea as well. It would let low damage trollers feel they are doing more than just using their secondary vs big baddies. Also..it could tie in with some of the threads and ideas for 'harder' content. AVs and GMs could have additional toggles/power available in the before break period. As it stands, hardly most AVs dont really have..powersets, just the general AV resists, maybe one Temp Invul kinda toggle, and perhaps a T9. With something like this, they could get damage auras, mez auras, etc etc.

Yeah I am assuming a bug. AS I said, 99.9% sure I hadn't done the arc. And even if I had..it would have been way over a week.