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Any idea on where we can look to find a way to start custom building our own pieces? It occurs to me that we don't NEED the exact pieces the NPCs use but we could build our own, test them, and submit them to the Dev's for server wide updates. To be honest, why would I NOT design my own parts? Take the light lifting off the new Devs so that they can focus on powers and mission content.

Restructuring armors so that they come out first. Hero armors at 35 pls. Restructuring Epic Power Pools anyway because hero power pools are pretty crap. For instance... My only choice as a storm/elec defender is... a power that requires things to be next to me and bunched up... which is the OPPOSITE of what hurricane and thunderclap accomplish. Also... why is a Defender interested in MELEE RANGE. Or, god help me, a SINGLE TARGET IMMOBILIZE when others get the MULTI TARGET. VSent sucks too, pls raise it to 180 second duration, double it's damage with a cap of two possible in play at a time. ANYTHING. Restructuring how they LOOK. PSI armor is F*ing ugly. It's always been ugly to me, it'll never change with it's little Brownian circles of ridiculousness. Even if I can't get a better look (why can't I? Swap it with a glow from temp invuln and give me a focused and ghostly energy halo from my head to be powering it) PLS let me turn it OFF. It's just UGLY. ALL other armors can be non-PvP suppressed, PLS PLS PLS give me the suppression here. This is our "epic" powers... pls make them at least as good as our regular powers by letting me shut off the ugly. This goes double for Villain armors... I don't want to see my "patron's mark" in my armor. I kicked the crap out of them and beat Lord Recluse into a bloody pulp and THEN curb stomped Rula-Wade. I think I'm done being forced to wear their tag. Pls add a "no patron mark" to our Villain armors. If this has already been done I can swap back into villain armors then but I'm pretty sure I'm still seeing Black Scorpion.

More psi blades option and WAY better animations pls. There's got to be some way for people to help with animations if we need new ones created. I have offered to help with that myself. I won't use Psi Melee while I'm glow-fisting things because... why would I? Psi Melee was designed around Psylocke Giving it a Green Lantern punching thing is highly questionable

No, I'm understanding that it's being given an increased dmg capability and a much wider area of affect. Turning it into Lightning Rod with + End. GM Kal is helping me get to test server as I type this (and hopefully my copy paste will work this time around).

PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS Do NOT CHANGE Dark Consumption! Dark Consumption is a utility power and should be kept AS a utility power to run the god awful amount of dark armor toggles because this set, regardless of how any one feels is SUPPOSED to work with Dark armor (another set that needs help). It is SOUL DRAIN that is a complete POS. A slow ass animation that gets you shot to hell when you use it on a large group (hurr hurr, I'm a tank, some goof is chuckling) but as Moncro can attest to SOUL DRAIN on a SQUISHY tends to get the SQUISHY KILLED by unmitigated aggro. The dmg buff of Soul Drain is totally shit, too. Won't believe me without evidence? Give EVERYONE a choice (not tanks, they don't count as they break the curve by literally absorbing all dmg anyway) between build up and Soul Drain and NO ONE will take Soul Drain. It's even more garbage SOLO when it's down to you vs a Boss. a 7% dmg buff (unless that's been fixed finally dear god PLS FIX THIS GARBAGE). For tanks Soul Drain is fine because they can herd people together and then pop it except with max target's it's still only 105% dmg (7% x 15 targets) which is hardly better than build up which is instant and doesn't require 10-20 seconds of prep time and herds (unless playing at x8 solo which is NOT what beginner toons do). Think about it: Soul drain was meant to be the AoE of Dark Melee. I cannot fathom WHY but it is. It has the extended range necessary to BE the PBAoE. It had the "bonus" (absolutely F*ing TROLL) of giving a damage buff which means that in order to DEAL Dmg the scrapper had to LOSE OUT on their PBAoE damage. To put that in perspective take the other melee sets and lower their DPS, shrink their cone to virtually non-existent and REMOVE BUILD UP and tell me you want to play a broadsword like that... a Spine like that. No one in their right mind would play any melee set that was forced to play in the mold of Dark Melee because it was ill-conceived when it was designed. Let me be clear: You're taking a single target only one-on-one style set and giving it a self-fulcrum shifting NUKE BLAST. That is NOT fixing something. That's sounds of TREMENDOUS overcompensation. I thank you as someone who ran Dark Melee for YEARS in considering my set and giving it a buff but this is RIDICULOUS. Fix SOUL DRAIN. Soul Drain is a completely WORTHLESS POWER. No one truly even gets a BENEFIT from Soul Drain. Every high level team is a nuke fest. Long time battles don't exist (except vs AV's which means 7% dmg vs build up's 80%) which means Soul Drain's Long Duration+low dmg vs Build Up's short duration+High Dmg is a liar's argument (cause the AoE won't be rechrg'd in time for the next group to still be standing). PS: Pls fix me so I can get into the test server and actually auto level a toon so I can try these and other changes myself. This is exactly the kind of thing I want to be testing. I can get to test and get a level 1 and that's it. I don't even seem to be able to copy things to test including my 50 dark/dark brute.

Pls keep the "I use THIS blast set to do this and it does blah blah blah" to a dull roar. This topic is focusing on STORM itself and how to make the most of this chaotic mess we call a primary. You only get two blahs, not three. While ALL blasts sets are lynchpins to any single storm def's success I'm not here to push any one set over another in terms of effectiveness (I'm finding water to be pretty healthy in that regard) but to scratch an old itch of how I wish the set was modified and changed from it's current jack of all to something better for Defender (and yes, that's Corr's, too) use. Controllers seem to be more than fine with their storm powers (Ain't they always been?). Been playing storm since probably I2 as a "true" storm/elec with fly. Ironically one of the most self-countering sets in the game. I re-PL'd to 50 and have been running incarnate trials in groups, solo stuff in DA at +2 and ITF's. I'm feeling like SNOW STORM isn't cutting it anymore. There has been a questioned raised as to how effective Snow Storm is by a PvPing earth/storm troller and that it's not nearly as effective as quicksand (and therefor tarpatch, liquefy, and so many others). I know there have been tweaks to the game since live and while I have kept my Mids and every few months theory crafted new builds all this time I'm finding some surprising changes having been made. I'm now upgraded to Pines and with these new powerpool sets and uber IOs I'm finding we can really push a huge envelope in some directions. As a Tank I'm pretty damn awesome for a squishy having only died once on a three melee ITF of scrapper, brute, and stalker and that was when Romu-Nictus Mired me and somehow insta killed me with his OPENING mire... still ticked about it. He had like a 9.75% chance to hit and I was just insta killed. I was the one that charged in for tanking the alpha, btw. I WAS putting myself into the line of fire but I had been more than strong enough the entire ITF so... My real problem is Snowstorm... My build is INSANELY tight right now and while I've tried different types of slotting I have yet to find Snowstorm to truly be useful. AV's seem to shrug it off, GM's don't know it's there but my end bar sure does.I'm already running 7 toggles while trying to summon LStorm and blast away... and 8th toggle is burning me out stupidly fast. Has anyone made Snowstorm useful to the point of locking down end game content bosses? Do I have to 6 slot the thing with end redux and slows? If so... why not drop the power for the Res from med pool so I am a more useful healer and take those two slots (extra) and put them somewhere else? Proc'ing hurricane, for one. More in O2 boost... or Hover for movement speed. Or even get TBlast for that extra punch with 2 acc/dmg and 1 dmg/rng HO? Or tactics? Let me real world it for you guys: As storm skirted tank do I need Snowstorm? If it seems to be unaffecting AV and GM's then I don't need it there, and unless we're in the middle of a 20+ mobs due to over pull I don't need it in a standard mob pull either. I floor all but bosses Accuracy between my Hurricane and stacked DEF. With Freezing Rain couldn't I slot KD or immobile proc's as well as slows in it and forgo Snowstorm? Has anyone ever had a moment when they said "Phew! Thank god I had Snowstorm"? And if so, compared to how many moments when you said "Thank god for FRain / Hurricane / SMist / LStorm"? I'm thinking the number is probably very, very low. Me Pre-ED https://imgur.com/TQMKnss https://imgur.com/XyBma00

Didn't a brute kick your butt after a 30 minute duel in Fight Club? OR am I mis-remembering that?

Hey, was asked to pop in and give answers: Relentless Desire is "FUNCTIONAL" RP character. That means I built her around a concept BUT I don't go out of my way to nerf the character by taking or not taking something I don't use or that I WON'T like such as the F*ING-UGLY-PSI-ARMOR-OMG-KILL-THE-CIRCLES-IN-THE-FACE-THEY-GIVE-ME-MINDACHES! Pet: Wasn't aware the Pet healed. Don't care still. Des would NEVER cooperate with the Mu. Officially she's not a tremendous fan of Arachnos but she works with them to further her goals. She has NO friends within the spider-boys I thought Levitate would be self explanatory: It's only slotted IO is the force feedback chance for +rechrg. It's there if I get hit by a slow and want to make sure I keep perma dom going. Prestige Sprints: There is a sprint with stealth IO in it but other than that nothing else. Snipe/Tactics question: I've had tactics before but in the end I couldn't get the slots FOR tactics nor did I want another toggle in the build. I do very solid dmg with while solo already, especially with judgement, and if I REALLY need more dmg I can pop reds and yellows to boost snipe. RP: Tactics enabled Des to actually "see" the invisible people through her telepathy Mass Hypno is in line with the RP and was originally my AoE control power, I didn't ever have the AoE Hold's until just this build. It was ALSO the only way to ensure a success on the MoLRSF. With everyone and their kid sister incarnated out the rear AND these new OP (and insanely easy to get) IO's MoLRSF badge is hardly worth the effort to get since everyone HAS it already. At least that wants it. Also, if exemp'd down to 20 for Cap Trial sleep rechrgs and leaves no trace of aggro behind allowing stealth Des to get the 5 glowie clicks to summon Bat'Zul if our stalkers are not up to the challenge. Mu line: Mu Armor is best energy armor because you can get it with only 1 power choice instead of the hero side where you have to WASTE a power on garbage to buy armor. Energy dmg is VERY prevalent in end game content still with MSR's and BAFs and KEYES. And Psi armor is F*ing ugly. I just... I tried it, okay? I even tried it AFTER Homecoming brought us back... It's too F*ing "woob woob woob woob" circle-lating noise sounding in my head. *hangs head and cries* Stupid circles. Force of Will Pool: I hadn't included it because it didn't exist until last week? This week? I've looked at possibly re-tooling her with FoW in the build, we'll see. Taking that jump? Not a chance in hell. Des is a TK flier, not a jumper. My "Perma Dom while afk" build has been theory crafted (just a few hours ago as I'm a graveyard worker) and runs with FoW but not the current regular build with solid DEF and RES numbers. I am not sure I want to swap into a whole new build (I would get more AoE by taking terrify though) which might grant more dmg and control but nerf my defenses. I'm thinking it over. A 200% active rechrg though with bursts to 250 (according to Pines, but in game I don't see the +rechrg component to Unleashed Potential) IS a really nasty offense. It sucks for defense though and those end-game final trials are going to take some serious defense... underground ... *sigh*.

mostly bunk however: For Dominators to get Illusion Control, Phantom Army has to be replaced with something else for the Dominator version of Illusion Control. PA is already OP in the hands of Controllers. Dominators would be broken with 3 invulnerable, on-demand, pocket tanks. And considering how much recharge Dom's are incentivized to acquire, they'd often have perma-PA. Probably the most competent reason given for why Illusion isn't given to Doms. Can I make a quick reply point? WHO CARES ANYMORE? It's not a monthly game. It's not subscribed to. Who CARES honestly who cares? It's the only set that isn't available to everyone. Let's bite the bullet and send it on as is. No one, and I mean NO ONE is going to suddenly find that they are bumped from Task Forces because a Villainous toon shows up with perma Phantom Army. PA on an 8 man task force? That's not aggro control, that's annoying the tank/brute that is doing actual aggro control. As for "Dom's use hard control to survive". How do you play a Dom? I play Brute or Dom nearly exclusively. I take a single target hard hold, eschew ALL immobiles, bypass the ridiculous rechrg of the AoE hold and I take the pet and w/e soft control I have like Psi is fear and sleep or Ice is ice slick, mass sleep, etc. I then go in and kill things. I don't see how a dom is going to have any trouble what so ever with phantom army being a thing, nor a team having issues with them beyond the KB. Pass it over, it'll FotM for a second then off to the next toon XD

:) Should I bring my Brute so Ultraaman has someone to look up to? Or my Storm/Elec Tank >:) Due to working graveyard I will not be awake at 7 CST, I wake up around 8 Pacific. You have my fondest wishes but that is all. Then again, you're a TANK. You can take it. Go make Ring proud.

*bumping private agenda* Y'know, if Ms. Liberty is crowded you could always train with a nice Arbiter in Mercy. He's next to Kalinda and is almost always open for helping people learn their powers. :) Otherwise, yeah, pls don't crowd. When I -do- play my 1-2 heroes I would like to train and move on. Stop costuming in Atlas. Serge is freakin' lonely people! I hear he's offering a discount if you punch out 20 Tsoo, too!

I don't think "we need more villains" is a good rallying cry as people seem to woefully misunderstand it. Kind of like Tanks were misunderstood until a few people did something about it. I think we need a DEDICATED Red Lights District night. The huge disparity on Excelsior of Blue to Red is around 4-7 times judging by Ms. Liberty/nameless white arbiter guy numbers of pure lolligaggers. If the numbers are similar across servers then I'd suggest setting this up IMMEDIATELY by choosing a server that is nice and stable and starting up the VG/SG for Villains (Absolutely do I suggest "Red Light District") as the name and then picking two days/nights a month to officially support Villain side. Remember folks, this game was brought back from the dead for people to ENJOY. Please don't let class-cist concepts block you from teaming with other people. If you want to be heroes, stop dedicating 100% of your time to inanimate and nonliving programs and be heroes to ME. Join me and some folks Red side for good times. It's not like you're ALL able to use RP as an excuse ("I play this game to feel like a hero."). Reason I bring this up is because it's true. Second reason? A BRAND spanking new player to CoX befriended me and in a span of a week has hit 50 with his first and only toon. He's trying to learn IO's and the like. Hears about the Quarterfield TF with bonus merits and signs up. Everyone has SS and speeds the TF leaving the Red sider Crab to get slaughtered over and over again by the mobs and though the team had Recall Friend apparently kept forgetting it. Then this person got D/C'd and missed out on the reward. Then they did an STF and got D/C'd, again, no reward. I quote: "F*ck Blue side! I'm coming back to Red so we can team up!" We gotta stop this Red-Blue mentality. We're 7 years matured. Don't run off half-cocked and forget new people are STILL new, whether they are 50 or not and PLEASE don't forget to support YOUR GAME. City of Villains is STILL your game. We are all each other's server neighbors. If you abandon one side then you abandon and cut off anyone who wants to try and play that side. That includes those nice, new people who will help support our community if we let them. PS: Don't ask me to run Red Lights Nights. I work graveyard 40 hours a week and am a landlord the rest of the time. We've got other organizers (I prefer that term to "cult leader" :P ) who can get this event going. And if the GM's support it by maybe tossing in a couple monsters or raids or such for Red side badgers then how cool of a way to get some support across? I'll be red side when I can but until I get the badge I'm not a one man army. We need some heroes to step up and shoulder the load.

I've seen the notorious Dottie roaming around. The clown girl cousin of the Taxibots who used to grant people travel powers from the Champion server. As with all things Dottie related when, where, how, and why is unknown, only that she has been confirmed in-game. And yes, when I discovered the Ski Chalet I wished for the Taxibots return so that I could SB down the slopes again. Hope to see the return. Until then the only thing to truly say is Excelsior!

Freakin' N-N, don't give these losers hope. I straight moved on, Proudly! Swear ... ... <_< Why you looking at me like that? anyway, those that know me know me, those that don't don't. The SG-less, Master of PuG's, especially PuG MoLRSFs, and indisputable Master of Eden (Woodsman TF) TF is alive. Lost Woodsman (no connection or relation to CoX hero of same name) stone/axe Tank Lightning v 5.3 (the original though less famous [darn you, Windgoddess]) storm/elec Tank King Stone Wolf Stone/Inv Brute Chilling Spectre (before Turboski darn it) Ice/Cold Corr Mechano Maiden Bots/FF Mastermind and a couple of alts no one will remember, I'm sure... o_o ^_^ CANDEH!

@Shotty Mario 's red side server Relentless Desire Mind/Psi Dominator Known for MoLRSF runs Ring Mistress Amour Pistols/Dark Corr Known as one of the first people with the perm power to shape shift into a blonde carnie ring mistress. I played numerous games and TF's of all shapes and sizes with her. Originally spelled the name Amore due to confusion in WHICH language we were spelling, played her to 50 only to re-roll and re-level with proper spelling Widow Fang Nightwidow played as a scrapper w/o cloak, pacify, or build up Candy Mountains known for playing in character and repeatedly ending her sentences by saying "or my name isn't.... CANDY MOUNTAINS". Numerous others