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Great turnout on Everlasting tonight. We were able to run two ITF teams (thanks Ronin and MsA for leading them, and two missions teams (thank for leading the second missions team Dark-Shield). After getting everyone in range, one of the missions team was able to speed an ITF, so 3 teams running ITFs tonight. Very fun and fast paced. Oh yeah, we got to do the Pali beat down at the start. I thought I had my lens cap off, but no other pics this week. 1/21, we're on Reunion for TTT and starting new Tanks! Meet at 9:30 AM PT by the King's Row Tram and we'll get rolling from there! 1/24, we're back on Indom, meet in King's Row at 6:00 PM PT. See you all soon!

Two TF teams tonight, thanks for running Yin Witty. My team ran Synapse and on the CWK mission Posi shorted up the freezy ray. No worries the Tanks handled the situation in usual Tanky fashion. Then we merged with the Yin TF team and finished the event with a Northstar beat down! Fun times. Although it looks like Glowworm is hitting me, he's really taking on a Clock Work. Penny, the CWK is down... Northstar blowing bubbles at us. Next TT on Everlasting (1/17). Meet in King's Row at 6:00 PM PT/9:00 PM ET and we'll get rolling from there! Also TTTR (Reunion) on the 21st at 9:30AM Pacific Time. See you next time!

Happy New Year to all, and we started out the new year with a great turnout on Excel. Enough Tankers showed up for 5 teams!! We ran 3 Tin Mage/Apex teams and two missions team. Thanks to Agoogala, and Ronin for taking the other two Tin/Pex's and thanks to MsA and Umann for taking the missions team. Unfortunately I was busy with tells and TT organizing and forgot to take the lens cap off my camera, so no pics this week. My team got bogged down with Battle Maiden so we were unable to run Tin Mage, but still a good time. next week we're back on Torch. Same Tank time, this time Torch! See you then!

That's a pretty nice "base" build. Thanks for posting.

Awesome, but I think damage might be a bit limited until we get Shield Melee....

Good times on Indom tonight. I think we had enough for 3 teams (I was a bit distracted by RL) and Ronin took the league star. Thanks to Agoogala for leading Posi 1 and 2 for us. Thanks to Ronin for leading Citadel, and thanks for MsA for taking the missions team (my apologies if I missed any team leads). Oh, and we opened with 3 Palis, thanks for wrangling those Agoogala Next week were back 1/3/23 we're back on Excel. Meet in King's Row by IP Gate at 6:00 PM PT/9:00 PM ET and we'll get rolling form there!

Great fun on Everlasting tonight. A good turnout with enough Tanks for four teams! Thanks for leading the "Tera-Spec" Ronin, and thanks to MsA and Agoogala for leading the other missions team. Welcome to all the new faces and it's always good to see our returning TTers. We ran missions, fought WL both in zone and his realm, and participated in a Nemi invasion. All-in-all a fun event. 12/27 we're back on Indom! See ya' there! Same Tank time, same Tank location! Oh, and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all!

Did some more mob moving today on TTT Reunion, didn't get pics, but I have to say Penny Yin's TF is idea for using Axe Cyclone to move mobs around. Great fun.

Hi all, Fun times on Reunion today. Welcome back to our returning TTers and to our first timers. We had fun running taking on two Palis at the start, running AV missions, a Yin TF, and finishing up with Lusca (I even stuck around for their Hami). Thanks for taking the start today Ronin. We'll be back on Reunion 1/21. Meet in King's Row by the IP Gate, and we'll get going from there. We are looking at starting some new Tanks here next month and will be doing either Blue side DFB, then King's Row for the Flight Pack, then Hollows. OR, we might start Gold side (*shudders). In favor of the Blue side start is that it's easy to add people in as needed. In favor of Gold side ... it's a change of scenery. Let us know what you think (you've got a month to think about this (well... try to post before week 3 so we can plan things out). See you all in game!

A good turnout on Torch tonight. Three teams. Thanks for running Tin/Ape Ronin and thanks to Dark-Shield for taking the missions team tonight. My team took on Manti with success and then the teams merged and ran some PI AVs. Welcome to all the new TTers that showed up, we hope to see more of you in the future. Next week 12/20 we're on Everlasting. Meet in King's Row by IP Gate at 6:00 PM PT/9:00 PM ET and we'll roll out from there. This Sat 12/17, we're on Reunion. Meet in King's Row at 9:30 AM PT. See ya' Then!

Hi all, As you may or may not know I'm a huge Rad fan (both Armor and Melee) since they were first talked about in the days of yore (original game/Player Summit). But, do to other things (Squirrel!) I haven't been running my Rad Melee toons much since the recent changes. I ran my Ice/Rad last night and dang, it seemed to take forever to take the bosses out. Have the changes crippled the set that much, or am I not working the mechanics right? Are there specific pairingss that make the set stronger? All the other sets I've been running lately (with maybe the exception of Electric Melee) just seem faster to me. Let me know your thoughts/tips/tricks with the set. Thanks,

Additional shots from 12/07 Tiki Toss (note the feet -top of frame ;)) BP swan dive with explosion I'd give this one a "10" for height This one just looks cool with the trailing lightning

Hard not to do this. Once you start it's hard to stop. Like eating potato chips...

I'm using MoTT (full set) and I usually have the +Resist bonus up most of the time (while in combat).

Confirmed, that the Avalanche proc is causing more of the scatter than normal. I tried the same tactics on another Axer and the scatter was greatly reduced.

I think on the toon shown in the pics I have the full set of Avalanche, which is a bad choice as the KD proc stacks with Axes inherent KD (probably adds to the scatter as well). I'll have to swap it with some thing, but atm I'm using it to up his Fire/Cold Def and I'm too lazy to figure out a better way to add that it back.

Under the "Fun with Axes" topic. Yes, you can move mobs using Axe Cyclone. It takes a little practice, but you can have fun moving them around. If you jump, then at the mob's head height, hit Axe Cyclone, you can "pull" them into the air. They do scatter but it's fun to watch. Once you can do that, you can start positioning them (to some extent). 1) you can jump towards and object and hit Axe Cyclone. I successfully did this and pulled a few mobs into a small dumpster. 2) Lampposts, if you gather them by and lamppost and hit it, it gathers the mob a little better, however the lamppost also provides additional scatter (do to the arc of the light arm(?)). 3) In low ceiling areas, there is little scatter, so if you jump then hit it, it pulls the mobs together nicely. 4) I successfully pulled a mob over a wall, onto a wall, etc... 5) it's very fun, give it try! We ran a BP mission and got to do a "Tiki Toss" as well. Very fun, but no pics at this time. Hopefully my teammate got some 🙂 If you haven't rolled a Axer, do so. They're fun!

Ooops, thanks for the catch on that. Of course it's 12/17, and I'm good with either Gold of DFB start. One though on DFB start, we should hit King's Row for the radios post level 10, pre level 14 to get Jet Pack reward.

Just a reminder, we're back on 13/17. Event starts at 9:30 AM Pacific! See you then!

A great turnout on Excel tonight. Thanks all for joining us! Welcome to all the new TTer's and welcome back all the regulars. Thanks to Ronin for leading Numina's and thanks to Kilo for taking the other missions team. Went to the WL's Realm, fought some AVs, you know, the usual fun! 🙂 12/13, we're back on Torch! Meet in King's Row by IP Gate at 6pm PT\9pm ET and we'll get rolling from there!

Do it, you'll love it!

Well... that didn't go as planned, but we still had fun and learned what we need to do for our next CoP attempt (Excel, Jan 31st). But we did take care of some AVs after and as always a good time teaming with everyone. We're back on Excel 12/6 (yes, that time of year already!) Meet in King's Row by IP Gate at 6pm PT\9pm ET and we'll get rolling from there! See you all in game!

As you already said, there really is no bad pairing, just tactics and play style. I'm partial to Fiery Melee, and with the current changes I'd recommend it even more. On a Tank I'd also highly recommend Axe. Recent changes provide Axe Cyclone with the ability to draw in mobs closer to the Tank. If you want the double teleport, then savage melee would also be an option.

Like "FRZNAVALNCH"?

Fun times on Indom tonight. Two teams, one did the weekly (Manti) and the other ran and ITF. Thanks for leading the Manti Col! Missions followed the ITF and we picked on an AV, and CoT. What a Tank sees in an AV mission... 11/29, CoP on Indom! Meeting in King's Row by IP Gate at 6pm PT/9pm ET and we'll get things rolling! See ya' then!