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Don't fret. We do exist. Like @Sovera said, there are those who like to take things slow. There are also those who dislike IO sets, those who like the dynamic of dependent team play, and those who prioritise concept and RP. Of course, compared to most people who prefer to be steam-rolling avatars of death that leave scorched earth in their wake, we're a small minority. But we do exist... in all shards. A month or so in, it is normal to feel everything seems to be speeding by while you're standing there like a headless chicken. You get used to PUGs. And hopefully, sooner or later, you find the people who play more of your style and pace. Incidentally, I'm part of the Long Riders. However our time zones and play hours don't coincide as often so we don't seem so "active" as an SG. But if you're willing to give it a go, hop on over to Torchbearer and give a shout for an invite.

My toons have their own factions and superteams. So it would be natural for the team to stick together and fight off other teams. The No Training (all level 1s) and Underdogs (all only as high as level 10s) will obviously get wiped off the arena almost immediately. The fight will be Golden Age heroes, Golden Age Villains, Dark Side, Aliens, Fantasy, and Normal folk with Tech, and my spiders. If any of you have run with an all spider team, it will be easy to see that the spiders will make short work of all the others. I'm sure some individual toons will put up a good fight, like my AV killers; but will inevitably fall under the might of 11 spiders. With all the other teams gone, it will be each spider for himself/herself. I foresee a tough fight between Krusty, the Tankermind Crab and Masie the Bane. I bet it will be a good fight and a particularly long one. With both at their def caps running double leadership, I'm afraid Masie's superior damage will succumb to Lord Recluse's protege--Krusty.

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I noticed that you and I would target the same enemy for snipe. So I let you go first or pick the one I normally won't pick. In any case, I overestimated my strength. got woozy after a couple of runs. Nothing a nap wouldn't fix though. I'll get stronger for next run.

I thought we were fighting, then I look back and Whippy's whipped out his cellphone and taking photos. Ha! no wonder your HP bar was always half empty. Missed you in the run, Dona. brought a pony for ya, too. had to eat it so it didn't go to waste. 😃

I think it's a huge step back in terms of playing roles as It makes the ATs awfully 2-dimensional. The set up reminds me of lesser MMOs where the healer-tank-dps dynamic is too ingrained. Also, if you take a closer look at comic book heroes, the Tank doesn't always just Tank. same goes for the others. I think CoH has taken drastic steps to prevent such a thing and open up interesting avenues for each player. Blasters (the AT that I play the most) can now have a bit of def/res. Not as much as a Brute, but enough. They also have access to a few controls like hold and immob. In the same fashion, Scrappers have access to Snipe from the Epic pools, etc. But have hope, there are SGs that run this sort of thing, but better. Each member is free to choose whatever AT, power set combos as well as which powers to pick/skip. Play what you like. The only catch is No IOs. By using only SOs, your toon is somewhat limited and prevented from becoming a Steamrolling Avatar of Destruction. What you do get is more reliance on your team mates and other ATs.

I remember playing happy camper doesn't work so well. You can time their waves and thin out the mobs in between.

40 Crey... pfft. Come to me when you've killed 1000 Longbow (Kristoff Jaeger) or when you've done a respec trial (Arbiter Leery) or defeated Ghost of Scrapyard (Crimson Revenant)

DP/Nin Blaster. I have found this to be my favouritest toon only recently. (I now have 3)

How dare they give freebies to the guy who runs bartertown?!? I think Karma just caught up with Yomo. 😃

Haha. yes. Rule of Cool takes precedence. I have a demon that only gets wings for travel power (Mystic Flight) and sheds them for everything else. You're right, the costume change does eat up a second or two, which can be jarring when you're in the middle of a tangle. He has a diff set of macros for SG runs, because SG has rules for being seen in public 😃 The macro I use is: /macro_image "xxx" Fly "cce 1 ccfurburst$$powexec_name Mystic Flight" /macro_image "yyy" Land "powexec_name Mystic Flight$$cce 0 ccrapidboil" (as you cans see, order doesn't matter... or maybe just for this particular macro) I'm not sure if it's possible to use your Domination status as the trigger... or if it is, how to. I just copy paste stuff that I barely understand. you can pick your macro_image (xxx and yyy) here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uHUi6BWFTYj4wbfGBs3LjZL88Fym6B-8EwDr18YZcY8/edit#gid=0 costume slots are numbered 0 as the first one, 1 is the second slot, etc. ccemotes are listed here, but I couldn't get some of them to work (I think some of them need to be earned/unlocked): https://hcwiki.cityofheroes.dev/wiki/Emotes#Costume_Change_Emotes Good luck and enjoy.

you can barely see him, but once you do he's clickable. Where cortex is, by the rubble, there's a crack on the cell door. You'll exchange a few lines of dialogue, then Cortex will turn hostile/attackable.

Hey Hombres. Just out of commission atm. My family and I got hit by Omicron and are on the mend. Too weak to play the game, so I'm stuck in the forums and watching videos. Will saddle up soon, hopefully.

The prison door where Cortex is, you're supposed to talk to Dr. Vahsilok. That will start the fight with Cortex.

haha, thanks @Techwright. If you want, I can send you the costume file. maybe your skills would do him justice in Paragon City. 😃

Tram exit. Dang tram exit. partly the reason why I moved to the Isles.

Or Lusca... Seaside Squid

Happy to oblige, my good sir/madame.

You can also pick up Sorcery Pool for Arcane Bolt (one of the best tertiary attacks IMO), Enflame (another good one if I can fit it), and Rune of Protection for status effects.

Turtles can breathe through their butts. I'll just leave that nice little fact nugget here.

Blaster or MM. Totally different play style if that's what you're looking for. No armour to speak of, but once you get used to them, they can definitely hold their own.

I always take Kick to open up Tough and Weave. Depending on the toon (AT/Powers) sometimes I do use Kick especially in the lower levels when I barely have any attacks. I used to put +recharge in it, but I don't think the effect was at all noticeable. These days I'd slot it with Slugfest +chance to disorient or +chance for KD (if I happened to have them, wouldn't go out of my way to get them just for Kick). I use it to buy me time and some sort of CC in lieu of my stronger attacks. By the time I can slot it with +Recharge, however, I have a decent attack chain available to me and I barely use it. Again, depending on the toon, I might keep the two aforementioned procs in case I do a lot of Pillar missions.

got one 😃

Here's a round of Conga Rats for your first 50! Yay, you. 😃 You're in good hands with Sensei Oldskool. And my two infs (which seems less next to Plainguy's and the rest of the advise up there, but anyhoo). If you're not into the numbers like me (maths and I are also not that close of friends), then focus on your particular play style. While there's a very good reason why people throw the words def soft cap around, The Sentinel in general is a very forgiving AT. I have some toons with barely anything slotted in their secondaries and they can still walk away after a tussle. Is it their "be the best your can be"? not by a long shot. But one advantage of levelling up your toon the long way is that you develop a certain way to handle their strengths and weaknesses. so take the advise up there (as dang good as they are) and put your own spin to it. mess around a bit -- respec recipes are cheap -- until you fine tune it to be a build that works for you. Enjoy your spanking new 50 😃