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I like the idea - a lot. A good sized SG could have hundreds or thousands of alts. Prob want to limit how many can be in the base at once. Set routines of generic figures coming and going and reskin client side would fix that. I would be neat to see myself (my other self) is active patrolling when not actively being played.

I've always liked making some origin specific flavor to the game. Origin specific power pools and/or make the travel pools have a different look/feel based on origin with characters able to select 'normal' or their origin. This would make it opt in. With many powers they can be customized to 'cast' which fits magic. It would take a lot of work and be awesome if there were more options that could be used to give origin flavor - gadgets for Tech, a set of different gestures for mutant, etc. Maybe enhance 'cast' and make it look/sound more spell like. There are ways to make origins relevant. PB/WS get their own intro quest lines. Lets add the same for each origin, more so then what city hall does as anyone can grab any of them.

Same level mobs? For example Jolting Chain does KD -- unless the mobs are 1-2+ levels below my char at which point they KB.

I have a Fire/Storm I rather like. Fire Blasters have a well deserved rep as debt magnets. They do big fat AOE that burns and stings and pisses off mobs. With my Corrupter I still piss things off, however, I have tools for protecting myself solo or team. Rain of Fire+Freezing Rain+Scourge is utter devastation. Add snow storm with some +slow (and/or +slow in freezing rain) and the mobs have a lot of trouble getting out of the ROF, stay grouped up enough to be hit with Fire Ball, Fire Breath, or whatever. Hurricane can be slotted for additional accuracy debuff and procs with other debuffs. Still having trouble with those pesky bad guys hitting on you? Toss out a tornado or two along with a pair of Lightning Storms. Storm has a pretty neat mixed bag of tricks -- a lot of 'soft' control, strong defenses, debuffs (Snow Storm, Freezing Rain, Hurricane, Tornado - you know tornado debuffs defense and stacks with FR, right?) and lastly some solid damage if you want (Tornado and Lightning Storm). It doesnt stack the way other sets do but IMO there is synergy of a sort gained by survivability, +damage from debuffs, and +damage from it's outright damage powers. Storm is a late bloomer and if your going to team you need to learn when and how to use abilities in a way that does not piss off team mates. Solo however you will be the mighty master of the battle field. Of course this is just one mans thoughts and oppinions :)

I used to have 3-4 of them. I really liked being able to turn into a freakshow tank... though at times I was asked to turn it off in groups as it was confusing.

I had a 40+ fire/kin on live who I played with friends and soloed. What I focused on was buffing the Imps solo -- with Speed Boost, Fulcrum Shift and all the other stuff they get mean. With a team same routine just buff the other plays first and imps second if you can. Having a heal that does an AOE on a mob is really nifty for repairing Imps. I used siphon speed and/or IR for my travel power. With the buffs in Kinetics being AOE now instead of 1 imp/team member at a time this looks more fun.

Inquiry: When your glorious work is done how will we access the data? I would likely start by wanting to find my own posts - in many cases that would lead to wanting to read whole threads and lead to old guides etc.

YEAH!

What format do you have it set to do the screen shot in? Where is your COH install? If the folder write protected?

On Live ROF was my Single Target Damage spell. Slotted more for damage and recharge then anything else. Once isnt always in a team and it is nice to be able to stack Char/ROF and burn mobs that are annoying you --- works great for nailing AVs to the floor too. AVs tend to have low immob resistance. I had Bonfire with a single slot on live and lowed it even though it could be situational. Indoor or any map with tight spacing if you caught (or pushed) a group into a small room or corner and Bonfire would perma lock them down as they keep bouncing off the wall and back into Bonfire. Outdoors put it on your own feet and keep most mobs from being alto to run up and smack you dead. Even make an island of safety for squishies. It was also the only power I know that got better if the mobs were resistant to it --- anything with KB resistance would instead of flying away from the center they would just fall down over and over. With a bit of recharge I could see having 3-4+ out at once.

Looks like you have things well under control. I was also thinking you could just box/google drive/whatever me a zip file to uncompressed and execute a file -- if it would be worth the time/hassle.

I've notice I will often run up to mob. Full Stop. Hit #4 to AS and have it abort then need to hit it again - I wonder if it is a collision with the mob that is doing it?

Now that NPCs are willing to talk (to me) again, I cant tell what they are saying because the chat bubble is too small and the text is not going into the NPC dialog chat window. Can we find a way to increase chat bubble size for 4k users? A control would be awesome.

Dont know your specs, am willing to offer some over night time on mine. I have an x4 nvme with about 700gb free for fast IO. I am guessing the processing is mostly single core work though. Not this machines best point.

Cool!

With the way procs are calculated now, is it per IO or per power? If I use the Sandman +heal proc in 3 attacks do they keep track of activation separately?

The problem is windows desktop scaling not playing well with the game. There are some posts with a work around... sorry dont have one handy. Or you can set the monitor the game is playing on to 100% on the Display Setting Control Panel.

I am never against thinking of new ideas and ways of doing things. I do disagree the end drain is pointless, having played and again am playing several electric characters, Storm/Elec Defender, Elec/Elec Dominator, Elec/Elec Stalker, etc the drain may not substantially and consistently affects mobs - no more so then the defuff from a Peach Bringer, Warshade or most other damage types, it does make a big difference for the attacker. All those chances to get end back add up and characters heavy into electric last much longer in a fight. With a couple choice end mods (for the powers that take them) you can do without Stamina and the costly IO for procing +end.

Works for me.... I seem to recall having to host images to put on the old forums, but it has been some time I may not be remembering correctly. Will your database be able to search by username? For example _Zep_ ? :) Thank you again! -Zep

I got some NPCs to chat with me today at Kalisti Warf.

Every AT and Every specific powerset has it's strengths and shortcomings. Some controller builds are more damage heavy then others. Fire/Storm or Fire/Kin for example. Something to keep in mind, even if you were not doing much damage keeping pets out, dropping them on a boss/AV for example will take up hits that would have hurt a PC. Even if the pets are not being individually targeted they are taking up spots on the AOE being put down against the group. Couple that with FF and you are just not seeing how much damage you prevented. Ran a Synapse yesterday on my Fire/Storm -- my main abilities were Flash Fire, Fire Cages, Freezing Rain, and Snow Storm on groups. I used Char and Ring of Fire on a lot of single targets. My damage output was likely the lowest on the team, lower even then the Defenders. Was pretty funny when I could tell one of the Blasters couldnt figure out why Bosses he was fighting would just stand there and twitch from time to time. Was I useful? I think so but I dont think too many in the group noticed. OP - I have a question for you, after this experience and knowledge gained - what (if anything) can/will you change on your build/play style to adapt and increase your effectiveness? Can you use this to learn and grow? (Or is that too real world :)

How did the stress test go?

Zep, you haven’t removed the Local tab from your chat tab(s) have you? No, I havnt. I see the random comments NPCs voluntarily make as you move about the city, I am talking about the ones where you used to be able to walk up and click on any ol civilian and they would say something.

This is Priscilla Pressman Special concordant to the Paragon News Network bringing you the latest as our very own local hero 'Zep' just closed down another secret base literally beneath our feet here in the Atlas Park neighborhood in sight of city hall. More details at 11. Reminds me when I was living in Concord, ca and a fairly large brothel was found across the street from the police station.

Not a lvl 1 priority, I get that, it sure would be nice to to see one of those tv station vans on the streets with a reporter and cameraman jumping out from time to time, 'On the news to night the hero.....'