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Level Range 30-39 Alignment Hero A Blood Spattered Journal 2 (defeat boss to free escort, defeat ambush, lead escort out) A Voice In Your Head 6 (2 bosses to free non-escort hostages, defeat named boss) -points for DE in 30s Cracked Cell Phone 7 free 3 hostages (Overdrive is optional helper) A Curious Black Jewel Case 4 4 (non escort) hostages to free, ambush on 2nd A Desperate Cry For Help 0 3 captives to free and escort, glowie An Obvious Trap 7 3 glowies, boss defeat Beethoven's 5th Symphony 0 actually merits a negative score. Free hostage that's aggroholic, tons of ambushes. On the plus side NPC appear invul to any dmg. Denmark Wants Muscles This Friday 10 destroy 2 containers, defeat boss I don't care. I want her dead! 9 defeat 2 bosses Noise Within Noise 7 3 glowies, ambush The Nemesis Meme 8 free Overdrive, free hostage, boss Truly Bizarre Rumors 8 free a hostage, defeat boss ambush Wanted Poster With Your Face 7 free 3 hostages, defeat boss Morality Crossing the Line (only option) 5 click glowie be wary of turrets and proximity bombs Level Range 30-39 Alignment Rogue 8UffOOn's Left Hand (PO) 10 defeat Shock Treatment A Long Line of Spirits (PO) 10 defeat boss (Soul Carrier), talk to NPC A Rather Persistent Spirit (PO) 10 defeat boss, click glowie ATTENTION! SLAVES OF ARACHNOS! (PO) 10 defeat boss, click glowie Darrin Wade's Wish List (PO) 7 click glowie, defeat boss, defeat another boss Demonic Pink Slip (SM) 5 defeat boss (-points for St M, Wailers) Dr. Aeon's Science Convention (PO) 6 defeat Arachnos spawn, free Amanda Vines, defeat Sky Dragon ambush Krazy Mark's KRAZY DEALS! (PO) 6 click NPC, go all the way back, click other NPC, defeat ambush Syringe Oozing Goo (PO) 10 destroy object, click glowie The RIP Wants YOU! (PO) 6 click glowie, destroy object, defeat named boss Mask Covered in Saliva (PO) 8 Rescue NPC, click glowie Mind Splitting Headache (PO) 10 defeat Rikti boss, click radio Sounds of Utter Chaos (SM) 7 glowie, boss and whole room (-points for SM and HUGE map) Morality Playing the Sides (only option) (Sharkhead) 4 free npc, escort to back of map, defeat boss, multiple ambushes, defeat Silent Blade Level Range 30-39 Alignment Vigilante A Blood Spattered Journal 5 5 click glowie (may be > 1, there were several false alarms), defeat boss ambush, council pool A Curious Black Jewel Case 3 3 (destroy 2 chambers, defeat boss, 2 glowies) A Desperate Cry For Help! 6 6 3 glowies, ambush A Voice In Your Head 5 5 3 barrels to destroy, boss (DE while you're 30s) An Obvious Trap 3 3 1 glowie, 2 bosses, free npc who turns hostile for another boss Beethover's 5th Symphony 3 3 3 boss spawns Cracked Cell Phone 6 6 glowie, boss, boss ambush Denmark Wants Muscles This Friday 8 8 (talk to, boss, glowie) I don't care. I want her dead! 8 8 defeat boss, exit Noise Within Noise 5 5 glowie click, boss fight, -points for not giving an exit button on complete The Nemesis Meme 9 9 click 3 bombs, that's it. Only -1 for being on Synapse finale map Truly Bizarre Rumors 0 0 5 bosses (you may only need to defeat students for 2 of them) Wanted Poster With Your Face 7 7 (defeat boss to free boss who turns on you) Morality Today's Newspaper (only option) 10 talk-to, glowie, defeat Frostfire who doesn't fight back Level Range 30-39 Alignment Villain 8UffOOn's Left Hand (PO) 0 0 for speed, 10/10, for xp rescue Shock Treatment, defeat all A Long Line of Spirits (CaD) 1 1 destroy high xp, no reward wall, find glowie, defeat boss ambush A Rather Persistent Spirit (PO) 8 8 free npc (mobs may be fighting each other), click glowie, defeat boss ATTENTION! SLAVES OF ARACHNOS! (PO) 7 7 click glowie, ambush then boss ambush Darrin Wade's Wish List (PO) 7 7 1 glowie, destroy 1 object, defeat "Rikti Thief" Demonic Pink Slip (PO) 4 4 speed, 10 Dr. Aeon's Science Convention (StM) defeat 2 2-boss spawn, defeat boss spawn, defeat CoT boss ambush Krazy Mark's KRAZY DEALS! 5 5 (PO) defeat boss, click glowie, defeat 3 different boss ambushes Mask Covered in Saliva (PO) 10 10 defeat boss Mind Splitting Headache (PO) 8 8 3 bosses, small map Syringe Oozing Goo (PO) 7 7 click glowie, click another glowie, defeat boss Sounds of Utter Chaos (StM) 4 4 talk to npc, click glowie, defeat boss (-points for StM) The RIP Wants YOU! (PO) free 2 NPCs, defeat boss, defeat another boss (Savage Siren) Morality Collapsing Ideals (St M) 6 click npc, defeat 2-3 bosses Level Range 30-39 Alignment Villain for Vigilantes *See post below Level Range 30-39 Alignment Hero for Rogues A Familiar Face (AP) 5 free NPC, click 2 glowies, boss ambush, click 3rd glowie, another boss ambush Arachnos Summons Order (AP) 0 free overdrive, talk to her, free Mangle, talk to him (*buggy one time), free overdrive again and escort Death Threat (AP) 4 defeat boss, destroy object, click glowie, defeat Stalwart, Desdemona's Daring Double Cross (AP) 0 click object, boss ambush, escort Desdemona to door as a combat NPC (so fighting all) Disabled Shield Generator (AP) 0 click glowie, rescue Frostfire, Miss Thystle, rescue Blast Furnace and lead out Get Rich Quick (AP) 3 free npc, talk to her, defeat boss, defeat Shock Treatment, click glowie Innocuous Slip of Paper (IP) 0 terrible location in IP click crate, defeat Hollow Point ambush, defeat Overdrive, talk to her Loose Lips Sink Ships (AP) 6 free 2 NPCs, rescue 3rd, click glowie, defeat Blast Furnace ambush Oldest One in the Book (AP) 6 free NPC, talk to, glowie, free other NPC Torn Flame Print Fabric 4 (AP) defeat Blast Furnace, talk-to, click glowie, ambushes (many), free Flambeaux, talk to her Morality Crossing the Line (only option) 5 click glowie be wary of turrets and proximity bombs

I have been making efforts to acquire the new "Between Realities" accolade, which includes a requirement to complete 25 alignment tip missions . Like many of you, I have a lot of characters here on Homecoming. Not all of them are going to get this accolade but I do want many of them to have it. That means completing tips and I mean a lot of them. There is a lot of variation on the "speedability" of these missions. In order to focus on the speediest tips, I made notes on what I found to be the ones I could complete the quickest. I decided to put some formatting around these notes and publish it here as a guide to anyone interested. A couple of caveats: These ratings are completely subjective. What I rate an 8 another may well consider 6, or 10 perhaps. There was no standard used so I don't really have an answer for why one gets a rating of 7 and another gets a 6, it's all based on "feels" at the time of completion. What do the numbers mean? I use them to put tips into 3 bands: 8-10, the A tier. I load up on these from the mission computer, up to however many are needed to reach 10 points, at once. 4-7, B tier. I might do one of these if it dropped from a mob and decided to do it rather than head back to the base to purchase one from "A". 0-3, F tier. Never purchase and discard if one of these happens to drop from a mob defeat. How did I go about this? To walk through an example of how I go about this, let's use vig tips. I run these from Atlas, it's a small zone, missions will at most be .8 miles away (the largest distance I've seen), most will be 200-400 yards away and has contacts you can use LFG to port to (like Wavelength). Starting at 0 alignment points, I'll grab all the "A" tier missions, I count 6 of those. Set them all up so you can see their distance and start doing them in an order that looks efficient. When those 6 are done and assuming I got no tip drops I want to use, I'll go back to the base computer and purchase 4 more. Then I go back and purchase the morality mission that I prefer. Repeat until you see "You have earned the Multifaceted badge". Or keep on going, I won't stop you. Note - although tips won't drop once you have 3 on a side (blue or red) you can purchase significantly more. I didn't state it explicitly but a tip costs 1 Reward Merit. Even if you're frugal about spending merits, you do get 40 when you complete the morality mission. Before posting the list, I want to mention I find blueside tips much friendlier for speeding. They tend to be in the zone you choose them, unlike redside which will likely send you to Grandville, if you're over level 40 at least. Grandville, in my opinion, is NOT conducive to speeding. If you have no issue with the 3 dimensionality of that zone, you may find it less objectional than I do. This isn't a complete list, it's all the hero, vigilante, rogue and villain tips available to those level 40-50. I did not include vill tips available to vigilantes nor hero tips available to rogues. I'll do those at some point. Not today. I happen to have a character in the 30s so I did all the vigilante and hero missions for 30-40 as well. Eventually I'll try to include all levels. Not today, not this month. All tips are now included in this thread. If you are interested in more details about each tip mission, see here: https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Alignment_Mission Formatting sucks, after 15 minutes of putzing around I stopped caring. Without further ado: Level Range 40-50 Alignment Hero Name Rating Description An Unstable Trigger 3 practically identical to the vig version. Also awards Eye of the Storm A Biting Wind 10 (almost identical to vig, maybe a tad easier [1 less enemy to defeat]) A Clever Trap 2 too many objectives (5 or 6) Art Psychics and You 4 (3 glowies, wait for ambush) Blatantly False Malta Plans 9 Defeat boss with hostage. Defeat boss that ambushes on that spot. Broken Pocket Watch 2 (4 glowies, 2 hostages, too much) Cloud of Odorous Smoke 5 (free Silent Blade, beat a boss, click something) Doc Quantum's Moral Quandry 7 free NPC, defeat boss upon ambush Elegant Party Favor 0 (escort 3 hostages) Explostion in Peregrine 3 2 bosses, 2 glowies Malta Gunslinger Action Figure 0 Takes too long with multiple ambushes. On the other hand 10/10 for rewards with Frostfire Miss Thystle's Plea 10 (beat 2 bosses) Out of the Corner of Your Eye 0 2 hostages to free and escort, Carnies, ambush, 1 pro: overdrive an optional ally Scrawled Bark 6 (4 hostages and a boss but the one time I did it they were all in one room. Shattered Jar of Flesh (in IP) 6 (2 bosses, would have score much higher if not in IP) Some Nut on Talk Radio 10 glowie, boss. The vig version is one of the worst but this is among the best. You Can't Keep Your Balance 3 (3 glowies, boss) You're a Cruel One, Mr. Phipps (IP at Ms. Lib's chopper) 1 free 3 NPCs (look for "torture agent"), click glowie, wait for ambush Your Life Story! Wait, what? 0 Free hostage, fight ambush, aggro hungry escort through KOA map. I'd score negative if I could Morality: One Good Spider 4 defeat 6 different mobs, escort some dummy The Usual Suspect 8 free hostage ("police captain"), defeat 2 boss ambushes Level Range 40-50 Alignment Rogue A Broken Nemesis Jaeger (GV) 2 2 glowies but lots of false glowies too. Ambush after each correct glowie, including Ms. Thystle and her Unstoppable ***A Hand Delivered Note (GV) 8 Free Silent Blade, boss ambush Bloody Bane Spider Helmet (GV) 2 Click NPC, ambush (multiple), retrace steps to beginning. awful Classified Mission Directive (PO) 2 too many objectives, 3 objects to destroy, 2 glowies + 1 boss Emergency Radio Broadcast (GV) 1 Escort mission + glowie click, at least it's a non-combat NPC so you can walk back easy enough Exotic Armor Schematics (PO) 6 3 glowies, ambush Extremely Annoying Ring Tone (GV) 7 talk to npc, click glowie, defeat ambush Filmed Announcement (GV) 5 4 glowies, defeat boss Just How Evil Are You? (GV) 0 rescue and escort two non-combat NPCs Lacquered Porcelain Shard (GV) 6 3 destructible objects, boss that can be illusionist Old Russian Ballad (GV) 6 (almost 7) click glowie (many false), click another glowie, click npc Rikti Artifact Rumors (GV) 4 5 glowies, ambush on last one This is How She Dies (PO) 0 Escort aggro hungry NPC Taper of the Frozen Flame (GV) 7 Destroy object, boss ambush Wanted: Uqua. Dead: Alive (GV) 9 Defeat boss, an boss ambush appears right at boss so not much additional effort Seeds of Destruction (PO) 4 (free Des, defeat boss ambush) The Dagger of Caernoz (GV) 5 (defeat Des, destroy altar, defeat Des again) Two Too Many Flambeauxs 8 Free Flambeaux, Free a different Flambeaux Morality: Easy Job, Easy Money! 0 wait for many ambushes One Rogue's Work, Another Rogue's Pay 7 glowie then a sequence of bosses, usually linear Level Range 40-50 Alignment Vigilante Biting Wind 10 defeat boss, structure, small map Clever Trap 8 3 glowies, shock treatment and entire last room Cloud of Odorous Smoke 10 a named boss. Also, this is the void farm An Unstable Trigger 3 Too many steps involved. This mission gives you Eye of the Storm after defeating Maelstrom. Art Psychics and You 4 Three glowies, a boss. It loses points because the clicks take a loooong time. Blatantly False Malta Plans. 8 Beat a boss, click a glowie, defeating ambush not required Broken Pocket Watch. 6 Nemesis, 3 bosses (and mobs), big map, chance to SLOWLY work on Fake Nem and Warhulk badges Doc Quantum's Moral Quandry. 10 Defeat boss, exit Elegant Party Favor. 6 defeat 3 named mobs, carnies, -1 point for the chance of an illusionist Explosion in Peregrine. 5 defeat boss to free npc, then click 3 glowies. Points lost for needing to do this in sequence, Blast Furnace must be freed first. Malta Gunslinger Action Figure. 10 beat the boss, click exit. Very small map Miss Thystle's Plea. 3 4 boxes to destroy, boss, then doppleganger ambush. Out of the Corner of Your Eye, 4 Simple, defeat a boss, defeat another boss, defeat yet another boss. Scrawled Bark. 6 3 glowies, beat a boss, beat an ambush. Shattered Jar of Flesh 0 Lots of enemies Some Nut on Talk Radio 0 Escort aggro hungry NPC You Can't Keep Your Balance. 5 (-points for mission being in FF) 3 glowies, boss ambush You're a Cruel One Mr. Phipps 6 (This is always in IP, maybe always at Ms. Lib's chopper, +points for beating up Phipps). Click on Phipps, beat boss ambush. Your Life Story! Wait, what? 7 Glowie and boss, would rate higher but KoA aren't speed friendly Morality Above the Law 0 Even if you get this as a "free" drop, it's worth spending a merit to do the other option. Lots of busy work I won't even get into. The Ends Justifies the Means 8 Free Ghost Widow, run to end, defeat boss, click glowie. GW will fuss at you but can ignore her, she doesn't need to be escorted. Level Range 40-50 Alignment Villain A Broken Nemesis Jaeger (GV) 8 just defeat a boss spawn, would be 10 but in GV A Hand Delivered Note (GV) 8 rescue silent blade, defeat silent blade Blood Bane Spider Helmet (GV) 5 defeat a boss, another boss spawns, defeat him, two glowies, in sequence Classified Mission Directive (PO) 3 3 glowies, ambush after each one, council cave Emergency Radio Broadcast (GV) 8 glowie, Polar shift ambush on the spot Exotic Armor Schematics (PO) 1 escort, ambush, awful Extremely Annoying Ring Tone (GV) 2 escort NPC to computer (short), defeat boss (ambushes, some take a while) Filmed Announcement (GV) 2 4 objects to destroy, 2 bosses (one ambush) Just How Evil Are You? (GV) 8 (2 boss spawns, ambush on the spot) Lacquered Porcelain Shard (GV) 2 free a mob then escort (not to door) Old Russian Ballad (GV) 7 glowie then malta ambush. Mission I had was in Arachnos base Rikti Artifact Rumors (GV) 7 glowie, 2-5 (lost track) skip ambushes then go find bosses Seeds of Destruction (PO) 7 defeat Des, find glowie, "Whip Cracker Badge" Taper of the Frozen Flame (GV) 8 (glowie, ambush at glowie) This is How She Dies (PO) 9 (defeat Overdrive then Des ambush) Two Too Many FlamBeauxs (GV) 6 Defeat 2x Flambeaux, 3 crates. Both Flambeaux are in same spot so not as bad as expected Wanted: Uqua. Dear: Alive (PO) 7 glowie, 2 destructable objects, boss, then another glowie. Despite objectives everything linear and fast Morality Hometown Hero (GV) 5 3 bombs, ambush after each one My Other Selves (PO) 3 lots of objectives but fairly linear Level Range 40-50 Alignment Villain for Vigilantes A Hasty Text Message (PO) 5 Blast Furnace, defeat Maestrom, go back to talk to BF, fight him, back to talk to Mael A tortured Scream (PO) 3 click glowie, ambush, then 4 altars, then boss Doctor's Orders (PO) 7 defeat boss, defeat another boss, defeat ambush boss Guilt-Stricken Trail of Blood (PO) 4 click object, free boss, escort (non combat) npc to end boss and defeat Merlin's Magical Minute (PO) 7 defeat boss, click machine, defeat same boss again (this is a PP farm) The Dragon's Whelp (PO) 5 free boss, escort this non-combat npc to objective (unmarked) then fight him The Failed Ransom (GV) 6 defeat boss, find other (friendly) boss who turns unfriendly, click object The Heeded Warning (PO) 3 defeat boss (who does not have a distinct name), click glowie, (slow) 3 ambushes The Superpyrite Amulet 7 (PO) defeat Mangle then Stardust ambush, talk to boss who turns enemy, destroy object The Two-Timing Twirler 7 (GV) free Flambeaux, she turns on you then defeat her, free Polar Shift who (surprise) does NOT turn on you, defeat ambush Morality Hometown Hero (GV) 5 3 bombs, ambush after each one My Other Selves (PO) 3 lots of objectives but fairly linear Level Range 40-50 Alignment Hero for Rogues A Pair of Broken 6 Sided Dice 8 Talk to NPC at door, click glowie, beat boss mob, click glowie Bootleg Video Case 6 Free NPC, defeat boss, then boss ambush Deactivated Arachnos Spider 3 defeat boss, click glowie, ambushes 3-4, free npc Gold Plated Monacle 1 free NPC, free another NPC, then another (in sequence) boss ambush Hello? Bonjour? Ciao? HOLA? 4 click glowie, defeat boss, destroy portal, defeat other boss Hologram of General Aarons -infinity glowie, ambushes (at least 3-4), escort NPC who will be captured as soon as enemy encountered Maniacal Laughter 7 free NPC, 3 glowies Replica Rikti Sword 7 free NPC, click crate, free npc Steam Powered Pigeon 4 click crate, boss ambush, boss ambush, find boss Your Personal Blog 0 free 3 NPCs (all will subject to die in AOEs due to level), defeat boss Morality One Good Spider 4 defeat 6 different mobs, escort some dummy The Usual Suspect 8 free hostage ("police captain"), defeat 2 boss ambushes

Snarky, this isn't meant as in-depth, but just some off the top of my head thoughts. 1. Psi Tornado doesn't do knock BACK so doesn't need any conversion to kb. It does knock up So you don't need Overwhelming Force. It is a fantastic home for the Force Feedback proc though. Using the power of (1-probability of no procs firing) it will have a very high chance of firing with decent mob density. I frankly would proc bomb it, there are tons of options. If you want to make up the lost mag 4 kb protection you could use Blessing of the Zephyr piece in fly. In general, you've got a lot of ST attacks from the primary. You could ditch one and you'd never notice. Personally I'd swap TK Blast for TK Thrust and NOT slot for kd conversion. This is a "personal taste" thing, I like to use it as "get outta my face" power. Tactics is sufficient for giving enough perception to attack stealthy mobs. I don't know of PVE cases (apparently it's helpful in PVP) where the Rectified Reticle proc is what makes the difference between an enemy being seen or not when you already have Tactics. So I'm saying just an EndRedux, or a ToHit/EndRedux (+5d) piece or a Cytoskeleton (ideally lvl 53) if you're living large. In Drain Psyche, in lieu of the two basic recharges there are heal/recharge and endmod/recharge HOs that would still get you to ED cap for recharge while buffing the stats of heal and/or end mod. With PFF, you've already got a "get out of jail" card and with Hasten active you've got only 5 seconds of DP downtime so I'm not feeling a lot of love for Force of Nature. The resists it gives is hardly god-mode (30% on top of no resists except for s/l). I don't feel strongly about this but I think there's something better to do here.

I always appreciated GE's genuine energy and enthusiasm. He was active in some private channels I'm in and while he was opinionated (and I didn't always agree with those opinions) he was always, always respectful and never dismissive. He is missed and the game suffers a loss with his absence. Rest in (electric) Power good sir.

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Andrea_Mitchell#Prevent_the_Banished_Pantheon_from_completing_the_ritual That particular mission is timed, you can't autocomplete timed missions. If it is that odious to you, you can simply let time run out. You can even play other missions while the clock ticks. Doing that though may not award you the temp power and MAYBE even the arc xp bonus (maybe it does). It is the last part of an arc so you will need to address it either by completing it or letting the timer run out. My 2 inf, it looks pretty easy based on stated mission objectives. Close portal, 4 artifact pieces to find sounds like 5 total glowy clicks to me. I do imagine you have to beat Archos as well. If you're not stealthy you can create "Grant Invisibility" from an SG buff empowerment statoin. It won't give you full pve invis but will make it so you can run around the map safely if you don't get too close. For clicking glowies you will probably need to defeat whoever is close to it (if any). Someone may say "just consume purple insps" but if 3-4 BP are attacking, someone is apt to get a hit in, just defeat them. I haven't done this since live so I don't remember specifics, I do remember it was popular for BP mask hunting once up a time.

1. /toggle vault is the command. 2. yes after moving from vault to salvage

Here are the PI contacts: https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Peregrine_Island#Contacts

I was cranking out morality/alignment missions today for the new badge and made special effort to take note if badge progress was made upon completion of the morality mission. It did NOT, on several characters I monitored. So the morality does not count as one of the 25 missions for the badge.

I've seen all the episodes, including the pilot referred to in the OP. That one I saw about a week ago. I'm not going to go on record saying this series was "good" but there were one or two episodes that made me laugh, the one that comes to mind is when she dated one of the Riddler's henchmen. I also remember thinking it was on an upward trend by the time it was cancelled, but not so much I was going to go letter writing.

If you're thinking "Oh shucks I missed the opening night, too late for me" then think again. This coming Friday is as good a chance to join up as the opening night was. I'd say for this next session you don't need to start as a Praetorian. Make a Marine Affinity and/or Water Blast character (or use an existing one you have) with whatever alignment you want and you can still join us on the gold side. Missions will no doubt still be in Praetoria, probably focusing on some Neutropolis and First Ward arcs.

The first one has been answered, there is no "penalty" except a penalty for being outside of the radius. If all 8 teammates are in range, all 8 will get ported, period, I've seen this happen plenty of times. The second question is a great one. I'd love to see this fixed. It's not game breaking but certainly "game annoying".

I logged a bug for this before. I'm not saying this to say OP shouldn't have created a new thread, I'm glad they did. I just want to consolidate the issue so that whatever devs may happen to be monitoring this (if any) it can help show there's a real, replicable problem with this particular room.

How and when I use temps is buried within several layers of "if..." statements. At the highest level, if the temp power is in-game time based or charge based. I'm including something lilke wedding band in the latter category even though it's limited by time, it's time of usage not in-game time. An example of the former is something like Kama from the St. Martial event which expires in 20 hours of in-game time. Then further conditions would be "is this useful?" For a lowbie controller a melee attack like that can come in handy. For others like melee classes, probably not. Rune of Warding and Iron Blade are examples of in-game time temps that I usually acquire and can find use for, at least one of them, for most characters at that level (mid 20s to mid 30s). For the temps that have less usage upon reacquiring, I really need to be in a bind to use those (Amy's Ward, Wedding Ring). Like, I need to be on a third failure of an AV on a solo tf before I'll use those. Easily replenishable temps, like Shivans, I use proactively on solo tfs just to end the AV fight quicker. I like to have a Warburg bio nuke in my inventory "just in case" but even though that can be reacquired its usage is a real last resort (only happened once on HC). Something like Enchantment of Serafina I'd have to figure if a team is going to need a boost against a psi av/hero like Numina or, well, Serafina. I'm not sure I've ever actually used it on HC. The psi resists is about the same as a small orange insp so, meh. The real bummer is you can't use these when you most want. Upthread it was mentioned using them on Mo runs but you can't, at least not the old school Mo tfs that award with no deaths. Temp powers (except for some travel) are disabled for those.

Have you ever thought "I wish I could find a team in Praetoria"? Well soon (exactly 12 hours from now) you can. That is, if you're either a Marine Affinity or Water Blast user. Don't forget your wet suit! So go ahead and create your character now (or within the next 12 hours) so you're not scrambling at start time. Of course you're welcome to scramble at start time as well, you'll just be a little bit behind, which is no big deal.

I'm sure my testing was flawed the first time, that's why you test a second time!

I gave it a second test and see the BU proc go off fairly frequently on me, never on a pet. No need for a video, thx though.

I just did a test with Gaussian's BU proc in this power and didn't see it fire off once. It's possible I wasn't monitoring something correctly. Does anyone have hands-on, empirical evidence (plz no "well it should..." responses) that the BU proc works and who does it effect, friendly entities within the tide? The player? I monitored both my MM pets and myself.

A booster multiplies the enhancement effect by 5%. For a level l50 IO, this becomes 42.4*1.05 = 44.52, or a final increase of more than 2%, which is significantly more than "a fraction of 1%". We all have our own definition of what provides utility but I find there's far more utility from boosters than converters because a booster will actually make your character stronger. I'm not talking about spamming them into purples because yes, in that case, with ED, you are getting "a fraction of 1%" for some (not all) attributes.

A very frequently encountered mob with KOB is the Cyclops.

If OP thought Hopkins was bad, I look forward to them being able to defeat Hopkins to hear their thoughts on the next fight (I'll stay spoiler free for this tf we've all done 250 times).

I've seen people say "I bet Marine would make a good superteam" well here's your chance to find out for yourself. My prediction? Yes, a very good superteam.

Looks like patrol xp (50%) on the alt which eventually got used up and then the xp became equal. So not a glitch.

That will happen when one of the team members is not in the same zone. Have everyone in the same zone and you should be fine.

It wasn't terribly uncommon on the retail servers to slot Mocking Beratement in Brute ST attacks for fire farming in AE. It has fire def and 7.5% recharge I had an SS/Fire I used for fire farming back then and I stole the build from the forums, so using these sets for a brute (or tank) goes way back.

I'm going to append to this, the same behavior is happening, same part of the map, but without pets. This time, it's the enemies. /whereami data: Server: Excelsior Zone/Mission: Office_60_Layout_04_01 Position: [473.3 0.0 2094.6] Doing the Manticore tf, in the timed mission "Catch the Countess" I entered the bottom floor of this room, most of the mobs teleported away, seemingly to [532.5 0.0 2217.8], at least some of them came back to me but not all. The other instances I mentioned were inconveniences, now I'm unable to proceed on this tf without GM intervention (hopefully). upate - I found the two mobs that didn't come back in a stairwell. The bug is still an issue though but I can proceed.