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Pick a zone and go through its content. There are definitely some contacts which need to be played on a lower setting if you are doing them for kicks. I just got to the point of trying to T4 builds via Heather's arc and got to the point I just needed a break from the game. Most of my characters are Level 50. All but a few are at least Level 30. I'm getting close to where all of my characters will be Level 50, and I'm just finishing them off, whatever that might mean, and logging in when I just want to play a fun build. Honestly, popping a build onto Beta pretty much covers me wanting to level a build. I don't lack in unplayed Steam games, so I've honestly been more playing over there and doing token logins for CoH. That and playing board games online with people. That can essentially be done for free depending on the games. There's also reading of books which I need to get back to my old pace. I've fallen behind. Plus, a certain series has hit a breaking point, and I need to get started in it.

Boosters seem to be the winner of supply and demand for my builds, so I would aim for using them for that.

So unsung I have no idea who they are, but I appreciate the fully pimped out highly Vet leveled characters who hop on a +4x8 Frostfire and make life easier for the lowbies. But seriously, there's a high 90% chance I have no idea who people are talking about in this thread, and I play on Excel.

In case you forget, they legally couldn't do it sooner. No one really knows if FF or X-Men are actually going to be good. They took time and still likely miscast FF. I highly doubt Hugh Jackman is going to be Wolverine in X-Men movies as the one part of the team. Marvel is so currently desperate they are greenlighting any and everything they can with Jackman's Wolverine and Deadpool. See Wolverine vs. Hulk. And no, that's not the first mention of it as Charlie from Emergency Awesome talked about how things changed for Marvel post Deadpool Vs. Wolverine. https://comicbookmovie.com/hulk/wild-new-rumor-claims-hulk-vs-wolverine-movie-is-now-in-pre-production-at-marvel-studios-a212463

Pratt was already in parts of well received movies. He was part of the Jurassic franchise a mere year later so I question how much GotG factored into it. Evans literally was already tried in a major superhero IP. Hemsworth is essentially a dude just waiting on the right part. Fine, Holland and Boseman were the unknowns. You also seem to be forgetting RDJ, Scarlett Johansson, Cumberbatch Benedict, and Samuel L. Jackson. Yeah, what a bunch no names they had starting that franchise. I mean, Iron Man had Jeff 'The Dude' Bridges as its villain. Mark Ruffalo had already been nominated for an Academy Award. I'm not even going to add in the sheer list of other actors who were part of the Avengers push as it's only stockpiling a list of names where even everyday people know who I was talking about even before Iron Man came out. Seriously, look at the cast of Endgame. Marvel made billions and spent the hell out of it until they found it was not sustainable.

I fully assumed this was going to be a return of the old gang for one final send off. I'm kind of surprised people though otherwise.

FF isn't out until next year. X-Men are 2026, IIRC. I have questions as to how bankable Alpha Flight is, but again, GotG. At least GotG had the toy factor. Young Avengers has been talked about for some time. Still no movie. Still hardly anyone attached to it who is bankable. At this point Marvel would have been better off letting Spider-Man be the movie franchise post Endgame and let Marvel build up their shows, and then when they were ready start up a FF or X-Men series with a similar Avengers focused type run do that, but waiting from Endgame to 2025-2026 is a long wait when billions are sitting on the table waiting to be made.

What teams are they starting over with at the time of the end of Endgame? F4 and X-Men aren't options. Even Daredevil was a work in progress getting over to the MCU. Sure, they pulled off GotG, but any and everybody thought that was a huge risk before it was shown to not be a risk. I think the biggest problem Marvel has right now is post Endgame is the sheer lack of new bankable stars. I'll die on the hill that I liked the Marvel shows more than most, but those worked as shows. I can't see any of them really being built as a significant entry point for movies. You simply can't name a actor/character which has been added post Endgame that makes you go, "That's a movie franchise right there."

Disappointed but not surprised. I had a sliver of hope for Kraven. I felt like the idea of Madame Web's character is an interesting idea if you strip Spider-Man out of it, but whoever green lit that character getting a movie shouldn't be in the industry. I never talked myself into watching the Venom movies because they never were that greatly reviewed. I feel like people saw them due to Venom versus them be standout movies.

I have the latest version of Mids, and I had no issue opening the file.

Weak in what way? Offensively or defensively? I know I looked at a guide talking about DP and Piercing Rounds was deemed one worth skipping despite having -Res in it. I would change the IOs in Enduring and Stamina to set pieces. The Chance for Build Up in Pistols isn't really doing much for you as I believe it triggers once per minute. I would also take Dual Wield instead. You could easily drop Teleport Target which isn't doing much of anything for you and Piercing Rounds to switch in the Sorcery Pool with swapping the travel power. This gives you access to RoP for a temp boost in Res. I assume that works theme wise for a magic origin.

Maybe someday I will get past /nin being click heavier and get one to 50. I just feel like that ship has sailed.

Playing other games means nil for knowing how slot in CoH. I played so much Diablo I get credited in the best known realistic user guide for the game. I played a ton of PoE. All of that knowledge is meaningless when it comes to slotting in CoH. Hell, my friend and I played so much FPS: Football I wrote a tool for it using JavaScript. For SOs, I do ST attacks as 1 Acc, 1 End, 3 Damage, and maybe one 1 Recharge. AOEs I do 2 Acc with skipping the recharge and doing the rest as a ST attack. Any toggles for mitigation are simply done 1 End Redu and three slotting for what it is meant for, see Res or Def. Same could be applied for debuff toggles. It isn't hard to figure out the rest.

I think my answer for optimal solo Scrapper is Dark/shield. Note, I'm not saying it is the most fun, but just the most optimal. In terms of SR's lack of taunt aura, that's what ranged attacks and mezzes are for. Mobs don't run away if the are KDed or disoriented.

Fire is still good damage for a Defender. The issue is DoT being clearly better on a Corr. I can't think of any aspect where Fire is actually better on a Defender.

I prefer Res based sets on ATs with higher Res caps, see Brutes and Tankers.

Someday I'll learn to not look at the wiki and just check CoD. That's still not a lot of resistance in a game which offers -500% Regen.

In short, Confuse and Terrorize are annoying. +ToHit Buffs are detrimental. Confuse and Terrify likely are coming via Psy or Ranged attacks. That's rather tolerable for a Shield or SR character as their positions will be soft capped at minimum. To my knowledge, WP doesn't offer resists to -Regen. See Praetorian Clockworks above.

I don't know enough about Storm to really offer advice. I will say I would pick SR easily over Regen.

And then the debuffs hit.

I refuse any other answer,

1. You said you haven't look at the code. 2. The repeated narrative across people who have actively worked on the code is it being a mess. See below, and don't get people started on code for the Auction House. The display for the last five sold is widely deemed wonky. 3. My thoughts while being an actual Sr. Software engineer? (chuckles) "Hey, can you change how we do these three reports. Instead of reporting on Sundays, we need them for Monday." (days later) "Please never ask me to do this again." Code changes cascade. They can cascade in places you never even thought about. What was a simple fix isn't. I mean, the game is literally balanced around players using ED. The war about ED was decided over a decade ago. Doing code for a pre-ED build is a sheer waste of time when things like KM and Regen are in the states they are. Or, you know, fixing the AH. It would be one thing if there was a genuine player movement towards the idea, but I can't see it happening even if there was.

Doing a pre-ED build is not pretty simply doing a checkmark. It would mildly be days if not weeks/months worth of work. It's perfectly fine to do a build using SOs and HOs but factoring in ED.

As someone who has a SR Scrapper going through DA arcs at +4x8, see KoV, I can officially say those issues are minor at best. I even farmed Heather's arc with taking on the final mob with bosses with no real issue. I've done missions which officially made me stick a fork into WP as a set.

The only mob type I can really see being easier for a WP to take on would be ones with high +ToHit buffs. At least WP has Regen to fall back on.