Bill Z Bubba

Ok, gotcha. I missed the Agility Alpha mention. Side note: doesn't look like Mids picks up the enhanced buff from Agility for DDR even though MRA defense all spikes by nearly 5%.

Scrapper for me. Bio/Claws tank would also be pretty damn fun, I think.

I just want to know the current numbers laid out exactly as they were in the first round.

How? ED capped, my Shield tank stops at 87.81% DDR wtih doublstacked AD.

Spreadsheet says I have 8 brutes. BZB brute is fun on teams (claws/sr, of course.) Static Zing is my MA/Elec and I enjoy her whenever I play her. The other 6 will probably never be finished.

Cuz I love numerical purity. I only mention melee ATs cuz that's the hot topic. In my world. every AT and powerset combo could achieve the same xp/hr rate. while solo.

And your opinion on the topic is irrelevant to me. Balance should be achieved for balance's sake. Otherwise, it's City of Tanks as it is now.

So kill side switching and find out. I expect redside participation to increase.

It's the internet. The /sarcasmoff tag will never cease to be important.

People's happiness is irrelevant to numerical balance. In other words... fuck 'em.

That's such a false statement. There absolutely could be xp/time balance created with nothing more than AT mod corrections amongst the 4 melee ATs.

It's not negligible when you're built for 53.75% defense to MRA.

Side-switching created a ridiculous AT balance situation. It was one of the worst decisions the CoH developers made. Separated, there was no issue at all.

NCsoft forcing the money grab mentality was not the fault of Cryptic Studios. NCSoft killing the game was not the fault of Cryptic Studios. The game code being hidden for over half a decade was not the fault of Cryptic Studios.

Pants are for the weak.

I was on the beta server, the last to fall, when the lights turned off. There's a great deal of bitterness toward those that had this game up and running but kept silent about it, somewhat checked by the fact that what we have now is in thanks to them. I miss CuppaJo. And Castle and BAB. I know a lot of people dog on Castle but he was a good frood.

What a long, strange trip it's been.

Am I wrong thinking that the form bouncing is allowing you to skip some attack animations?

You fix brutes by rolling back the tank changes. Nothing else needs doin.

Exactly. They made the already ridiculously strong even stronger.

Ummm, point of order, I suggested a while back that the emp to reward merit conversion should be removed when I was reminded that it existed, having never utilized it. They are listening. It's arguable that what they choose to listen to is highly subjective.

Took BZB tank (sr/claws) into a +4/x8 arachnos radio mission, saw nothing of note. Had to eat the occasional edit: wrong name, catch a breath, not respite, when conserve power was down but never needed rebirth regen as I never saw health go below 90%. Survivability was never in question. Can't think of any reason Arachnos would be different in a tip mission but maybe?

... that's downright fuckin impressive.

That would be bad. And we'd all get banned. But, yea, it's no surprise. As mentioned before, the vast majority of us are here for nostalgia of days long past and the game has become something much changed. Many of the changes are downright stupid but that started long before the snap. Couple that with the world going to complete shit all around us, it's really no surprise so many of us are on edge and lash out at the slightest hint of provocation.

BZB will forever be claws and sr, regardless of which AT/body he's currently riding around within. And since we can't do claws/shield, it's the best option for claws/defense. (Nrg Aura is too damn clicky, same with Ninjitsu.) But yea... there's nothing quirky or unique goin on there. Pause for hasten and PB to fire off, click attacks. Nothing really interesting, just attack and don't get hit.