MoonSheep

lingering radiation is back on the shelf, baby!

haha, love this one

as someone who is thinking of making a radiation alt, this is good news! lingering radiation is back, baby

is it a picture book?

I made a battle axe scrapper and just hit level 26

i would say the need for speed genre the game has become is a result of two things: 1. people are simply better at understanding the game and its mechanics. once you’ve experienced the 1-50 journey multiple times you know what activities are most fruitful 2. the IO system broke the game and wasn’t right for CoH. all the minor tweaks for ‘balance’ are irrelevant in the face of IOs offering players a barrel of cheap high fructose corn syrup without IOs, archetypes become relevant again: defenders are needed for their buffs and debuffs, controllers are needed for their mez to reduce the chaos, tanks are needed for their sturdy nature IOs have created a game where every AT is the same added to this is the ability to juice up anytime on powerful inspirations by typing /ah (which i do with much frequency) as a result, the only priority is to deal damage. enemies pose no threat and the only variable is my ability to mash the keyboard until the enemy is defeated

such a ridiculous change to the game. i use 348 custom coded macros and have 7 keyboards, 2 foot switches, a drum on my back which i use as left click and a harmonica in my mouth which i blow into for right clicks and this just does NOT work for my use case do the devs even think about players like me with very normal setups? i’ll be deleting all the add-ons i’ve developed on my bespoke janky code repository. they have been downloaded tens of times. i’m done with this community.

a welcomed change - much easier to understand. nice that i can stack a reasonable amount of -res on my kin/sonic again after trying it out as a note to the devs, i’m not a fan of these overly complicated mechanisms like the version of sonic currently on live. combos and similar mechanics take away from the CoH experience by making the playstyle overly complicated

perhaps just swap super speed for it, or if you still want super speed, combat jumping can be sacrificial

nah, i get the reverse! i need to update my mids i'm highly tempted to make a rad/ice defender.. i've had one on test for years but never got round to it going to try this specific build out on test then consider making it soon as my 20 year anniversary alt and put some serious time into it. the proc for +2 mag hold in EM pulse has the potential to work very well given it has an insanely big 60ft radius. nearly perma hasten meaning pretty much perma accelerate motablism, should be good in both teams and solo blizzard having nearly -60% To Hit is an overlooked hugely powerful debuff for when things go south. blizzard + EM pulse has a lot of potential during big battles thanks for the inspiration mate Defender (Radiation Emission - Ice Blast).mbd

here's some changes i made, let me know what you think - still has reasonable defense, 30% ranged, this will be complimented nicely by the -To Hit in radiation infection. 45% resistance to S/L damage also - better utilised available slots, e.g Enzyme Exposure Hami O's give Def Debuff, To Hit Debuff and End Reduction, it must have been made with radiation infection in mind - changed the levels of some powers. having vengeance at lvl 20 will allow you to use it on Posi TF's and is very useful - picked up EM pulse, if you have other endurance drainers on the team it'll pair well - got rid of choking cloud, it looks nice but the endurance cost is so high and it's only mag 2 - i'm now tempted to make a radiation emission defender Rad Rad (Radiation Emission - Radiation Blast).mbd

seems like a really cool change, will try it out later

some interesting changes here adaptive recharge really changes things for dominators and controllers command-able controller pets a huge upgrade too

the build is fine and it’ll play fine, but i do observe that you’re not leaning into the radiation emission side of things from your primary, but you’re also not leaning into the huge proc damage potential from your secondary if defense is the largest priority, have you considered a rad blast/rad armor sentinel? it may be able to achieve your targets with less effort thoughts on the current build: - mutation is great and worth taking. if you were to pick soul transfer it means you can self rez then get others going again - fallout is a power with huge potential, massive debuffs, definitely has a place on the build, it’s a signature debuff. - i’d pick vengeance, when slotted it gives almost +40% def to the whole team and very good levels of +to hit, along with some extra +dmg - i’m not sure why there’s so much defense in the build, slot radiation infection with more -to hit and you should be surviving just fine. perhaps target 15-20% of your build to ranged defense at most, tough and weave are a waste of potential - have a look at the thread below for the damage proc potential of the radiation blast and mastery powers. procs will do well on a rad/rad given the -res from enervating field/fallout and ability to gain more -resistance from procs, especially in irradiate which is currently poorly slotted. it’s one of the best proccable powers in the game. it can be loaded nicely with resistance debuff and damage procs to become a signature power of radiation blast

i too am a hater of masterminds and used to actively exclude them from my kin-led KM ITF runs, however i’ve found the melee ones once i’ve hit them with fulcrum shift and speed boost can actually be quite good my biggest frustration now are players who stay entirely at range miles away from combat whilst the rest of the team has +300% DMG from FS having a wild time. those ranged players just aren’t contributing to the progress in such situations but kicking feels a bit harsh

the build overall looks not too bad, i don't tend to build for defense but i don't think you've sacrified much to do so - i would pick up gloom for the good ranged damage and keep both spectral terror and phantasm - smite has a fast recharge, so proccing it out isn't too effective - i find ice storm very underwhelming and would look to have something else haven't got much to say other than that, i quite like it. tempted to make an ill dom myself

keen to have a look at this when home later out of curiosity

bottom right every time, yolooo

haha, i was just going to make this joke also

this is the approach i take for most characters also. 15-20% is a good amount, a medium purple insp contributing an extra 33% keeps the alt nicely safe when needed allows for a lot of freedom in the overall build to maximise output and have fun building for defense is a legacy strategy that is no longer relevant in HC. /ah before missions is the mighty equaliser

3rd from last mate building for defense is a waste of time unless you’re an RPer. isnps are so cheap and readily available that i’d prefer to min/max my build and focus on maximum output

there was a similar thread recently, pasting below for visibility my summary thoughts: - the penalty for dying is so minimal that it’s usually not worth going overboard building for defense unless you’re a tank - inspirations are so easy to get hold of that unless you’re a roleplayer who wants to do a self survival challenge, just pop the insps - wait for the tank or scrapper to take the aggro, then jump in

“spontaneous PvP mode activated”

oh wow! i had completely forgot about that, thanks for finding when did the colour change? i started in summer 2005. i love the original look of the atlas medallion