DanaDark

Some start in MIDs, some go with the flow at first before MIDs. Atlas Park mission line -> Kings Row mission line -> The Hollows up to Frost Fire. That is usually enough to know the character. Sometimes I dislike that power sets completely, the combo of them, the concept didn't work out, or whatnot. I regularly play around with new characters, delete, try new, etc. But I never go to 50 and then wonder what I am doing. If they pass Frost Fire and I like them, then they get a MIDs for sure if one wasn't already in place. This is around level 16. Sometimes I will go further to about level 22 where I start collecting enhancements.

The quick and dirty... Husband and I will be making two characters that will always be together. I would like to play a Martial Arts / Super Reflex character. He will play a corruptor. I am torn between tank and brute, but unsure and could use some advice on which would be better for all in game content. Would also like some advice on a synergistic corruptor set. Not looking for builds, just reasons to go with one or the other. Thanks!

UGH... I'm old and stuck in my ways and you're forcing me to change my way of starting the game... sheer cruelty! Less than 1 minute later and like 3 mouse clicks, up and running. Thanks for finally making my make the switch.

You're gonna get more xp out of having fun than trying to min-max difficulty in missions. A lot will depend on your character design. Some characters I have really excel with a single hard target while others do better with a lot of weaker targets. You'll need to fine tune your difficulty based on your character and playstyle.

Eh, I simply do not agree with the idea that the game should be balanced based on soloing x8 +3/4. If this was a post about how a full group of lvl 50 characters couldn't handle lvl 54 content, it'd be more relevant. I have felt for years that end game content in CoH has been vastly too easy akin to nuking fish in a barrel. I welcome difficulty, but definitely can agree that annoyance =/= difficulty.

Some good information here! I'm a software engineer and really enjoy hearing about how things are programmed. I definitely know how infuriating hearing "Its just a few lines of code" is or when people assume something should be super easy to do!

Unsure if requested before, but... Just like how we can now alter our innate walk animation, I'd like the fly pose options to be selectable at ICON. They are really fun, already in game, and would just be nice to have.

To each their own. People can door sit all they want, and farmers can decline such people all they want. I normally level through storylines, sometimes DFB then storylines and find it relatively fast enough. Sometimes I get a character to 50 and am like "Oh wow, I do not like this secondary power" and have to start all over. When its a combo of powers I have done both of before, I don't mind fast tracking a character by joining a farm or what not. In the end, that's me and everyone can play how they choose. Some enjoy the leveling journey, others do not.

Crappy teams do happen. And worse, diffusion of responsibility is totally real. Go in on a TF with a toon that is a little sub-par at the moment, I am sure the rest of the team is okay and we'll be fine... turns out we all thinking the same and BAM sub-par team struggling lol. I always try to focus on the task at hand and target enemies I need to etc. but I don't always know everything and a lot of content, especially TFs, is rather new to me. But, I pay attention and listen which goes a long long way.

OP should invest in using Invention Enhancements at lvl 25, can slot them at 22 and are a terrific bang for your buck. Other options would be to actively participate in fire farms to speed them along and thus move the income along as well. Additionally, there are more items that are valuable to players than boosters that can be purchased with merits. Finally, capitalism plays here. Perhaps your flooding of the market has caused a price drop in the item? If I see you selling so many for 1M ea and I want ANY chance to sell, I am going to have to undersell you. Complaining that other people are moving in on your sole market gig isn't going to endear you to the player base or make us sympathize with you.

I was happy before the changes. Now it feels too OP to me. I compare sentinels to scrappers, not blasters. Where scrappers need to run up and sit on the mob's lap, sentinels can just immediately start blastin'. To compensate, we do less damage. But not having to hug every mob is absolutely priceless to me. Being able to be next to the tank, totally in the fray and not worry while spamming our T9 is great. With our pretty nice defenses, I find I can tank just fine in almost all x4x8 PI groups, often veering off from the group and soloing some encounters. Additionally, melee hybrid gives a tank like taunt for 2 minutes which is quite nice.

Regen scrapper is alright I think. I've had fun dual-boxing a MA/Regen scrapper with a Grav/Time controller. The combo is quite fun really. I wanted something that can just keep going and regen allows for that very nicely. I'd hazard to say a brute would have been better since the keep going factor works very well with fury. Another thing that makes me like regen is grouping up with support characters. If I am maxed on DEF all by myself, getting DEF buffs don't really go the distance for example. RES and DEF buffs from the group go a long way it feels. As for a /REG scrapper to solo 1-50 content, a brute might be better for that to take advantage of the more HP and the fury build up. I do think /REG will definitely help you learn game damage types, timings, and the works. Otherwise I strongly suggest /Willpower instead as it really is what people think of when they think "Regeneration".

I'll need to start making more use of them. I rarely ever use them outside a text message on the phone lol. Again, sorry if my plea came across too rudely instead of the playful style I intended!

Oh internet, doesn't get playful nature across well and instead made me look mean and pushy. ><

Thank you guys for the information, it really helps clear some things up for me!