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Haha. I was joking. Love songs are love songs. It's your twisted minds that are putting ill-intent and malice into the songs. You should be ashamed, you... stalkers. =P

There is also an event in St. Martial for 35+ and scales to your level. It's near the casinos in Jackpot district. Start with defeating 15 longbow, then go inside to beat up Family. You also get the Oobatz badge after.

Ever notice how most "love" songs, if you really pay attention to lyrics, suddenly become very dark? If you think about it, this is all going on in the singer's head and the "target" person isn't aware of it. Hence we should rename the genre to Stalker songs.

As usual, I'm way late in finding out about these things. And I doubt if my connection and time zone will allow me to play with you guys. But the concept and character creation was reward enough in itself. I rolled a Fire/Elec Stalker. Back story: I wasn't even supposed to be there. As usual, Sal called in sick (ya, my ass! -- probably hiding from some bookie again), so I filled in for him. It as supposed to be a simple job. That place always had things breaking down, AC, Freezers, this time it was a faulty fuze box. There was nothing wrong with the fuze box, there were just too many things plugged into it. The owner of the place... what was it???... Frozen Fellas... Felons... whatever, Dario Feloni was a cheapskate who liked to DIY his own stuff and goes crying to us professionals when things go wrong. Last week, I heard it was a plumbing vent (I hope Dave's back's all right after that doozie), this time it was wiring. So there I was trying to sort the noodle mess Dario made in the fuze box while Dario was mouthing off that "it wasn't a fire hazard at all" when all of a sudden everything goes bright! And I mean bright like meet your maker bright. I don't know how long I was out, but when I came to, every one was on the floor, some guy was throwing up, and unfortunately Dario was still alive, the cheap bastard. The Police and Emergency Services came and pretty much just sent everyone home. I didn't even get overtime! Sal owes me big time. And then this happened. I felt all hot and tingly... and started turning a funny colour... grew a tail... and wings (too small to fly with)... and spewed fire. what the hell is this??? Only Sal knew, and my buddy Dave the plumber. Dave said I should go to SERAPH to get tested or something. Sal went on and on about turning into a dragon and how he had this helmet at his house and we can make a cool costume and fighting crime at night and stuff... Like I have time for all of that. I should have listened to Dave. ... and that's the story so far. I don't have a name yet. Still don't know if I'll play him or not, but his costume's saved. Oh, and for the costume. I also rolled for body type, then hit the randomiser. Then I just fine-tuned what it chose. It was fun. Thanks guys. 😃

As a dominator, you have control powers + range + melee attacks. You're like a controller in a bad mood. I personally like dominators and play them like blappers (I play my blappers like doms, too). hold enemies helpless in place while I slowly kill them. You don't get a lot of def/res, but you don't really need them if your foe is pinned down and can't harm you. 😃 I mostly solo, so it works for my style of play. In a team, it's a bit hard to say. Teaming in CoH is a big grey area where you can do as you please.

The main game for me is the character creation screen. The "one" afterwards is just a perk. I do enjoy the content and I'm still experiencing new arcs I haven't done before with over year of playing. I prefer the lower levels when I have no attack chain to speak of. It forces me to think on my feet as to how to overcome hurdles and complete the mission without dying. I tend to get bored with a toon in the late 30s, but push myself to finish until the toon dings 50... for some sort of closure, I suppose. At the higher levels, I find myself playing Pillar missions instead. I only have a handful of incarnates. tried them, didn't really like them. so I stick to lowbies and gimped toons. Each to his own, do what floats your goat as long as you're not trampling someone else's goat. The point of the journey is not merely to arrive.

It's not a bug. Your clones are not exact copies of you.

Came down from the trees??? I was told the ground came up to us. This contradiction to my view of how the universe should be cannot and will not be tolerated. I shall whine and complain until it is so.

Since def and res slottable powers are in short supply for blasters, try to squeeze in set bonuses to shore up def/res. Also, some secondaries will be more def-friendly than others... like Ninja Training and Devices. Then again, you're a blaster--your best defence is a good offence. Kill them before they know what hit them. 😃

As Grey Cat mentioned, there are players who do the pool boy challenge. As soon as the pool powers are available to you (Level 4) you're not allowed to take any powers other than the tertiary pool powers. I finished one a few months ago and I'm working on a new one... preferably with a different set of pool powers than the last one. Some of them are quite strong, like Sorcery's Arcane Bolt and Enflame. Presence's Invoke Panic is also quite usefulThe one I'm doing now chose Force of Will, and I must say the animation is a bit long, hopefully it will earn its way with procs. Other non-attacks like Unleash Potential and Unrelenting are also favourites.

The important thing is you're having fun playing the way you want to play. Enjoy and don't let anyone else tell you how to 😃

I have never slotted more than 2 perf shifters (end mod + proc) on any of my toons. none of them have end issues, although some toons with more toggles tend to consume more of the blue bar. I remember reading somewhere that the chance to heal proc has a factor that cancels itself out if you slot toon many. I'm not sure if that's also the case with the perf shifter proc. At any length, I always aim to get a bigger end bar than faster recovery.

I learned the ropes with a Sent. To me they were very forgiving with more than enough armour to be a cock-block between you and the nurse. (I remember my noobish self trying out other ATs for the first time and being more than first-name basis with the med bay staff... she was about to introduce me to her parents). And with Old Skool and Sunsette's help, I learned the rest of the game. From there, my play style morphed from a "hover-blaster with extra padding" to a non-hovering hover blaster, to an actual blaster and finally a blapper. Them tanky-rangey ones will always have a place in my heart. 😃

I take it you're a Spider to have Alan as a contact. He's one of the first contacts, then like most "official" spider contacts, he goes radio silent for some time. When you're at the proper level, he returns to your contact's list with the call button active. He's an on-going arc, but only has one story arc. could it be that you started the arc around 30-40 (first two missions), then forgot about him or had a huge XP surge (like an ITF or Market Crash) and then went back and finished the third? What level did it say on the mission list before you started it? If not, does he already appear in the Pillar's mission list? you can abandon it then do it from the crystal so that the mission and your level will be a match. I distinctly remember having to tangle with BAB on a lowbie spider, and it was tough.

If you're on UK time, it may be better to switch to Reunion which is active mostly during EU evenings.

If you want a crash course, I would suggest watching a few Ozzy Man Reviews on Youtube. 😃

No, you're absolutely right. I don't take too kindly to such talk. Thank you for reminding me. You may bow and leave now, off you go. 😃

The power of love... or as Tenecious D put it, the power to move you.

Hey. Welcome back. Running out of end at low levels is normal. You barely have any way to address it with slotting (since you haven't earned slots yet) and really not much you can do other than the obvious one: turn off travel powers, sometimes even sprint, that will consume end. you don't really need it while fighting. You can try slotting an End Mod in Stamina, but again, it will offer just a small percentage at that level. At level 10, you have 7 powers. If most of those are def/res toggles, then you're going to have to pick which ones to turn on. I tend to pick attack powers over def/res toggles and just hit and run. Plan your skirmishes into bouts you can handle before your blue bar runs out. The good news is, it gets better as you level. You can slot accordingly and get some nifty set bonuses in the process. Brutes and Scrappers are quite fun in general with a nice mix of offensive and defensive powers. /SD and WP are quite good, and Energy is also good. Elec/ is up for discussion, but I like it. Just stick with it until 30 then decide if it's worth keeping.

Me... with the star. Have me as the leader of your group and we'll all be happily confused together 😃

Awesome! Another RED Blood! Soon there will be enough of us to rule the world (line delivered like Plankton from Spongebob)... with ME as King of course. 😃

I've been playing over a year and a half now, and I'm still learning new stuff. That's what makes it fun. Incidentally, I'm not of the min-maxing or even soft capping camps. I prefer to think of being over powered and under powered as dependent on your play style and strategy. The best built toon can be crap in the hands of an amateur. In the same breath, I have toons that don't visit the trainer from level 1 - no other powers, no slots, not even rest. It's not a pissing contest, so just enjoy and play what floats your goat. pick the powers you like, don't get the ones you don't like, slot what tickles your fancy and don't let anyone else say you're doing it wrong. It boils down to how good you look doing it -- so craft the hell out of that costume! 😃 except capes. capes are definitely underpowered.

Unfortunately no, you can only get either hero side contacts (Hero and Vigilante) or villain side contacts (Rogue and Villain). For example, you start out as a Hero then switch to vigilante by either 10 tip missions + 1 morality missions (which start dropping at level 20 and earns you 40 spanking merits) or through Nul the Gull in pocket D, you can go to the Rogue Isles, but any contact there will ignore you and not give you missions. Similarly, you will have slightly different contacts and stories if between Hero and Vigi (or Villain and Rogue). You can however switch alignments as often as you like, but it might be counter productive if you're trying to experience a nice story flow. Here's what I do with every new alt: I do the Breakout Tutorial, land in Mercy and take it from there on normal XP (no XP boost from P2W lady). every now and then you get a choice of contact referrals. I just do them on the fly. The nice thing about the content is that it is not very linear, so you can do them pretty much in any order you like and the result is somewhat of a unique story in itself for that particular character. At level 15 I sometimes do Flashback arcs of the stories that I missed. not always. I do this while my powers are still relevantly limited to the level range. but most of the time, just following the flow of contacts is enough. I only try to have 1-2 active story arcs at a time, 3 at the most. otherwise my wee brain can't handle what's going on. haha. So you've reached level 50, but you have this aching feeling that you've only seen maybe a fraction of all the contacts out there, so you're missing out on a lot of stuff. Here's the fun part: Roll a new toon. try different powers on the same costume, different costume with the same powers, or totally different toon altogether... and do it all over again, but taking a different route than you did before. This, my friend, is how I became an altoholic. 😃

@Furius Awesome! You're right about the community. It's one of the best in all the MMOs I've tried in the past. It starts with the amazing devs and GMs and trickles down. of course you still get the odd asshat here and there, but it's just the law of probabilities doing its thing. Just don't mind them and enjoy the game the way you want to. A bit more advice from someone who prefers to solo (and also because I'm feeling chatty atm)... If you're into content, then I suggest you go villain. It's purely subjective, but I for one think red-side content is better than blue. you can change your alignment to Rogue which means you get red-side contacts but you can step on blue soil if you feel like it; similarly, Vigilante will have you see blue contacts with the ability to visit the villain part of town, as opposed to being pure Hero or Villain that locks you in your respective parts of Paragon City. Once you get your hero legs back, you can roll a Going Rogue or Praetorian character (not to be confused with the Rogue alignment) and try gold-side content, which I think is the best even in its unfinished state. But I'd save that for when you're comfortable with your toon. A lot of us also tend to Disable XP at level 7, 14, 24, 34, 39, 44 in order to not out-level some contacts and miss out on content. however, you simply can't get them all. In such cases, there's a Pillar of Ice and Flame in Ouroboros that lets you go back to any story arc you missed. You can access Ouroboros through a portal which you can earn or mooch off of someone (if someone activates theirs and you use it, you'll also get power yourself). Some supergroup bases will also have this Pillar which lets you do Flashback missions starting level 15. There are plenty of SG bases that give you access sans membership. some people are just nice like that. Play with whatever powers you like, wearing whatever turns you on, doing what you find fun. Enjoy the game. 😃