Clave Dark 5

Yeah, I tend to be a kind of haphazard player (don't tell anyone!) but I've rarely eaten carpet on this guy; I even tanked a few times and in SBB. Even though the AoEs aren't even like monster numbers, they sure are damn flashy numbers to pull out! I generally avoid purples and super-overcharged-IOs at +5 and all that, so the build might be given more weight with such. I am curious how yours solos, as I generally PUG.

There was also no announcement, either ingame nor here, just on Discord I was told. Does seem sort of haphazard somehow.

There's always some kind of path note explanation when stuff changes. Announcing "Christmas is live" is part of the signal to players that this stuff is available again, that's all. I mean, if you're ok with them rolling out anything as if it's an embarrassing redheaded stepchild they'd rather not comment on at all and sort of pretend doesn't exist, that's your choice I guess, but it seems weirdly out of character.

Not everyone lives on Discord. I'm not saying it wasn't started, I was just saying I didn't see anyone doing it; the rest is speculation.

I recall once seeing an annoying 50 leaving spawned snow beasts all over Sharkhead. That was on Live. I do think I've seen similar since though.

I've really had a lot of fun with my Sav/Shield stalker who's been tricked out to have three "attack teleport" powers*, which I think I use for something like two-thirds of my attack chain. I think it's really cool to target some guy up on that catwalk over there and - hey presto! - I'm hitting him without all that "trying to jump/fly up there and worrying about overshooting, did I land right," work. I don't have a main, I have a few main-ish toons - and he's one of them. OTOH, he does for the most part wear a goofy costume based on the cartoon character Pink Panther, so maybe it's a wash. *Savage Leap, Shield Charge, Spring Attack

I'd throw in stalkers as well for consideration, because the whole "walking around without being seen" thing is pretty helpful at the beginning. Stalker was the first AT I really "got" when I was starting this game.

Yeah, /jranger from me too. I've actually been contemplating a "lions only" MM build, sad as that sounds, because I don't give a fig for wolves.

Even if they don't respawn, you're being a $@#&! if you walk away from spawned snow beasts. Especially if you're a fifty in a lower zone. So yeah, it's a Snarky thing to do. 😄

I was logged in for a bit this morning and saw nothing about it anywhere, other than the snow which has been falling for what a week now?

Or did I miss something? I would have thought it would all go up on Tuesday, today. Has it all be available since the snow hit Atlas and just no one's talking about it in-game? ... Uh, not that I care that much, I mean, it's no Halloween, which is clearly the best holiday event...

Ain't it just the way?

I couldn't seem to find the option in there. It's also possible MIDS isn't updating for the super-latest build anyway. When I click it I get some kind of error message and click "install anyway" (or whatever it says), it does and restarts, but still no obvious option in the window about database swapping. Fortunately I'm not seeing holes pop up in builds I open, so I guess I can get by with it as-is. 😃

The thread about it's two years old now, that counts for something! The stalker worked out just fine, but I wouldn't chasing that fun again from a different angle.

Is that your Scrappy Dom of myth and legend? I believe I grabbed that build and took it to 30th or so but got distracted and never got back to it. I may have to go pick him back up and give him a fresh chance.

CT doesn't do damage, iirc (so many names to remember here), and I do sometimes still end up with no bamfs to bamf and have to resort to primary attack powers like AS, heavy sigh. If that's true about a Dom, then one could practically do nothing else, although that might be boring to play. Maybe drop Soul Extraction between, maybe a Dom group hold or something. I'll have to look into that.

For Christmas, generally it's just a themed costume on whomever I'm running at the time, but I did make one guy named something like Pagan Holiday that I tried to cover all the bases with, but I don't think he got past like level 20. I do have a lot of Halloween-ish toons though.

I've tried to use it and like it, but always get rid of it after about four uses, it looks janky to my eyes.

Looking into it, I haven't run either set yet and I like the feel of the character, so that's what I'm gonna make next.

I've run across both Monty and Captain Canada, yeah, they're A+ in my book.

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Funny timing! I just about burnt myself out playing League TPer for Monster Scouting in PI during Halloween (the Pink Bamfper says hi by the way), and that combined with a busy RL has kept me mostly away from the game for the past few weeks. This morning though, got to play for about half an hour, and just a radio team in Brickstown... And it was a lot of fun! It was really nice to see the city again, see what sorta costumes other people had, etc. There's that comfy ew Then on top of that, I feel like I've found my new project toon to start planning out a bit. That's always a draw: the concept starts to coalesce, I think about various power pools I might want, costume parts to match the concept, etc. I've always said this game is like being able to design your bespoke action figures then getting to play with them, and here I am planning another. That's what keeps me playing, I haven't burned out yet. As for the other stuff: I didn't move to another MMO. It's hypocritical of me, but I generally find all video gaming a waste of time, I'd rather watch a good film, read a good book, pet my cats... but damned if I can quit this game.

Huh, this has put me in mind for a Tuatha-based toon (you know, as a reindeer). No idea what that would be, Savage Melee something maybe?

I believe I heard they can (and have), but it's not easy, and it doesn't always end up 'looking right', so it's kind of "sometimes yes, sometimes no."

Have to admit that I also sorta feel like this. Like it has to mean a bit more than the others. If nothing else, we already have a number of "just because" invasions. Make these do something extra or get triggered by something special. Or maybe unlock a story arc or something after you get the badges from it, etc.