MunkiLord

I disagree here. The most likely outcome based on how we've seen other rights holders act in the past is the other public servers are going to eventually be hit with C&D, regardless of how the negotiations with the HC team play out. It'll just be easier for NCSoft to watch and manage if there is only one authorized group, and any backlash will be far outweighed by the positive PR from the game coming back. But I could very well be wrong here, and NCSoft may not care as much as the typical corporate rights holder.

I do 1 influence because it's less button presses than 10.

Which ones are the newer i25 power sets?

I seriously doubt they are doing 3-4 minutes with bosses, I have yet to see that(though I admit that doesn't mean it's impossible). It's certainly possible to do 5 minutes with bosses as I've done it on my Blaster, but that was without teammates stealing my inspirations.

It sounds like you have bosses turned off when solo. That setting does not carry over when you have teammates, so when extra people you're having to deal with bosses and those are going to take significantly more time. Especially on sets like Spines and Electric Melee. I suggest using Hero Stats to compare your solo runs with bosses on and then bosses off. Even though it's slower, the xp/minute still might be better with bosses.

Assuming she's a hero contact, yes that's my understanding. When you switch to villain and rogue your hero missions should be abandoned and you'll have the ability to pick them up if you switch again.

I think I recall that initially that one was broken and doing way too much damage. I wasn't around for the last year of the game, so I don't know when that was fixed and if the fix caused any other issues.

I agree with this completely. I also agree with @justicebeliever that if the talks fail and the big servers get shut down, that would kill the game for me too. Even though I don't team all the time, and I am quite often quiet when I do(like I was on that Synapse TF we were on together), without a large-ish community, I know I just wouldn't bother.

My personal experience is that knockdown/up is the only thing that makes my Blasters work for farming. Without it the mobs scatter too much, especially on my /fire

Heroes and Villains can only go to their respective zones and co-op zones. Vigilantes and Rogues can go to any zone. But Vigilantes use Hero contacts and their missions, while Rogues use Villain contacts and their missions. So you can join either team, but only ever have access to Hero or Villain contacts yourself.

You're talking in absolutes here, and the game just doesn't work that way. Sure defense gets slaughtered on an ITF, but a Blaster generally doesn't have a need to just sit in the middle of mobs holding aggro. On an Ice/Fire defense is just there for the alpha strike. After that half the mobs are falling down because of Blizzard, half are slowly running away due to hot feet, and half are dead before Burn is done. Focusing on recharge and something else like defense are not mutually exclusive goals. All the recharge in the world won't do you any good if you've face planted in three seconds, and at the same time those defense will eventually fail if you can't get off enough attacks to bring down mobs.

I'm very hopeful the negotiations work out, I feel it's a win-win if they do. And if NCSoft didn't at least see the potential, they never would have came to the table at all. One thing I am confident in is that I expect any server of any noticeable population getting a C&D after these negotiations if they don't have a deal with NCSoft. This includes HC if the talks don't work out.

My guess is solo you aren't going against bosses and in groups you are. That kills my kill speed on my Elec/SD, and Spines/Fire will be similar. Musculature Alpha and Assault Hybrid along with Judgement and Interface will help with your clear speeds, but without a real taunt aura you're never going to be as efficient as a Spines/Fire Brute. I'd also suggest going to the P2W vendor to buy the offensive temp power. It cost 2.5 million for an hour, but if it increases your kill speed enough it's worth it.

I second this. DM will never be an AoE beast, but this at least helps some.

I'm definitely going to do it, I'm just debating if I want to yet. I have yet to make a Beam Rifle or Water Blaster, and those are on my list too. If only someone could pay me to play and test builds full time, life would be complete.

It means only that specific enhancement. You can have one of each from the set. Since you said you're new to enhancements, I'd also like to add that in order to get the set bonus they have to be slotted into the same power.

This is fantastic advice right here.

This is very possible if someone has both. But Combat Jumping is awesome and I leave it on all the time.

1. That's largely going to depend on what set bonus you're after. Many of the best defense bonuses come from six slotting a set, and recharge is typically at five slots. 2. In general I try to get the damage to about 95%, give or take, and then prioritize other stats depending on what I need. For example a nuke I'm going to prioritize recharge over endurance, but a tier 1 attack I will likely do the opposite. 3. I'd frakenslot for now, and replace the "lesser" IOs as you acquire your final stuff. Things like Miracle +Recovery and Numina unique for Health are good ones to get early, as is the Scrapper ATO proc that gives you +50% Crit chance when it goes off. I'm also a big fan of putting the Guassian's chance for build up proc in your Build Up power. I've never played Dark Armor, but I do know you have a ton of toggles, so Miracle and Numina are good ones to start with. You can get them both for about 8 million combined if you're just a little patient. 4. No, you're good. 5. My guess is the person likely did it to squeeze out the final bit of defense needed to hit the soft cap. Taking both is not typical for end game builds looking to min/max.

Recently remade my DM/SR, and maneuvers is completely unnecessary for getting to softcap, so I agree here. I still took Combat Jumping, but I take that on every single character because it's my favorite power in the game.

Yes you can use two damage auras, so go nuts. Though I'm not sure the best place to put the ATO in Spines, so I'm of no help there.

I like the way you think.

This is actually what I'm considering making very soon! But I already have two level 50 Archers and a level 50 /Fire, so I'm unsure if I want to repeat the same sets again so soon. But the AoE would be glorious! Plus I could slot a pretty good amount of KD in there(would take Bonfire too) so I could keep enemies from running away from Burn and Hot Feet.

It's probably not illegal logging in and playing the game, though even if it is nobody is going to go after the end users. If they wanted I suppose NCSoft could go after former players since we all agreed to an EULA years and years ago, though I have no idea if something like that is still enforceable. Everyone seeding the torrent is absolutely committing copyright infringement though, assuming that torrent has NCSoft IP somewhere in it. I actually don't know the contents of the torrent, but I feel it's likey using NCSoft IP.

The one and only reason is because they were a failing company that badly needed cash and NCSoft had money to potentially make it worth their time.