Yomo Kimyata

Someone took offense at the Ineffable F-Bomb, so after he got generic-ed I renamed him the Inexorable X-Bomb. Bring it on, I can keep this up all. day. Well at least for a few more letters.

Are these the ones who only play on Christmas?

Indeed!

I wish there were a way to A. make resistance-based sets more relevant and B. make defense debuff resistance less relevant.

I dislike the initial suggestion of seeding HOs and/or DSOs at a given price, especially one that is so artificially low. I dislike this because it in no way improves my personal playing experience and the only way I can see that it is improving anyone else's experience is that they want a given thing, but not at THAT price. Someone's judgment on what the appropriate price is nothing but an opinion. I wouldn't mind if all level 50s were seeded at 2bn, because much like rare salvage being seeded at 1mm, I'm generally able to get what I need for a lower price, and if I can't then I will save up for it. So that's one opinion of mine. I dislike the follow-on suggestion of making HOs convertible as well. This is mainly because I've been told that making them that way would prohibit slotting more than one in any given set -- that would make my experience worse. This is partly because this would advantage anyone who has accumulated huge stores of "worthless" HOs who then convert them and crater the prices of the high end items. And again, I feel that people are saying "Oh, I really want that, yes I do. But not at that price! That's too much because I don't want to pay that much." And that's fine, but I don't see that as a good enough reason. So that's another opinion of mine. As several have said, there are plenty of alternatives to HOs. Some are even better, but you can only slot one in a build. Mostly I use HOs because there is nothing else to spend inf on. At the end of the day, I think that there already is too much stuff on the /AH for a dwindling player base. But it will not shock me when or if all enhancements become free because that's what one or more of the devs want.

I suggest keeping your knowledge of their weakness to lethal damage mostly to yourself.

Dillo

I'd like to echo this -- if I only have room for three slots then I'll use 3x heal/recharge DSOs. The base recovery of PP is half that of stamina, so generally you are best off with the Perf Shifter proc and to put any additional enhancements in Stamina instead.

Using nerf bait to catch nerfs is certainly one way to go. But if you domesticate nerfs, then you can become a nerf herder and that's where the big bucks are.

The debuffs I like to inflict: * -damage. I *think* this is not resistible and does not get scaled down from level differences. * -damage resistance. Even when resisted, more bang for the buck than adding more damage. * -to hit. This gets pretty resisted, but I'm not going to say no to additional not-getting-hittedness. The debuffs I protect myself from: * -speed/recharge. 100% resistance is great, but I'm generally happy with 65%+. * -to hit. I will often pick up an epic pool power to prevent to hit debuffs.

Just wait until I27:7 when tankers get Trick Arrow as an epic pool.

Over the years, I have seen a lot of posts about "Should I make an X/Y character as AT1 or AT2?" And sure, you can make a poll or search out past posts on the AT1 and AT2 forums, but now that we have new reactions, why not keep it in one thread? Let me start by asking: Would you rather mostly solo level to 50 (ideally +4/x8 by 50, but whatever you want to handle -- I'm not sure I can handle +4/x8 on non-melee characters!): Defender Trick Arrow/DP (if so, please react "ramen") Corruptor DP/Trick Arrow (if so, please react "television") Blaster DP/Tactical Arrow (if so, please react "satellite") ? If you wish to give your reasoning please do, but it's not necessary. And I know, I know, of course "it depends" but I'm asking you, yes you, which one you would choose. And, of course, if you have a similar question, please ask it and set your reaction choices! Happy hunting!

You should use a domingator to play instead.

If it makes you feel any better, we already find you revolting.

I don’t have my glasses with me; is that an axe or a mace?

At this point in time, I'm using Domingator as "I agree" and Accordion as "Sad Trombone," and I look forward to finding more personal meaning in each of them.

This is all true, but also keep in mind that "logical" does not necessarily mean "profit maximizing" or even "profitable".

Domingator approves.

Domingator approves.

Did somebody say "real money"?

You know, I'm starting to get a little tired of youngsters running across something for the first time and thinking they invented it. I've known Bulgaria since before you were born! I used to watch Bulgar the Bulgarian on Saturday morning cartoons. I knew the Sofia King when he was just a prince! You kids get off my lawn!!!

Should be a 12.82% chance per pulse per enemy. I'm not sure how often Hot Feet pulses (I assume 10 seconds like most damage auras, but I really don't know), but I clearly see mobs getting knocked down, just not reliably.

In my experience (mostly melee), 85% is plenty but I wouldn't say no to 100%. Keep in mind that debuff resistance stops that amount of the effect from any given foe. 100% means that you never get slowed. That's cool. But 85% means only 15% of the debuff gets through. If you are fighting an Agony Mage and she hits you with Gravity Distortion, instead of -50% speed reduction it's now a 7.5% speed reduction for 12 seconds. If you are fighting three Agony Mages, then it is possible that all three get a -7.5% debuff on you at the same time for a 22.5% reduction, but again that's only for 12 seconds and that is if all three hit you at exactly the same time. The problem with debuff resistance is when you are fighting groups that toss out tons of a specific debuff. Every KoA minion can throw Caltrops, it's a base 80% speed reduction for 45 seconds. So if you are planning on fighting KoA all the time, definitely shoot for 100%. This comes into play with Cimerorans and defense debuff as well (and those damned Scrub Bots) of course.

No no no god no no. I don't know about you OKman, but if you log on a character on some shards, there are some people who will *instantly* hound you to join whatever you are doing. I don't want to have to hide because I am breathing and at or above a certain level.