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Letting go of Def and giving in to the concept
hoodedKitsune replied to hoodedKitsune's topic in General Discussion
What are the 3 and 4 star teams like? I have tried 1 and 2 and had fun but never tried anything past that. Heck I haven't even tried the labyrinth yet because I have been spending the past months doing....well THIS! So far I have taken the advice in this thread to heart and am working on a Pyro/Time controller with a stage magician theme and loving it so far. I ONLY jumped to the test server to see if I could pick up all the powers I wanted for fun, not to see how "good it stacked up" at 50 and beyond. If anything it's....a strange feeling picking up powers only because I wanted to them not that I feel I need them. If anything I found myself struggling to pick powers after I got everything I wanted just to get to level 50. I figured I could work that out on live as it happens. -
OOOOOH Don't even get me started on the Carnie Strongman! I mean you would think of anything it would be the illusionist and I would 100% get that if it was...but the Strongman it's like (racks shotgun) GET IN THE HOLE!! Also kinda made me afraid of using Black Hole on teams yet. I use it all the time solo but I just imagine the freak out if I did it on the team and at the same time someone is pulling some group into the group we are already fighting.
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Letting go of Def and giving in to the concept
hoodedKitsune replied to hoodedKitsune's topic in General Discussion
That last part right there is what made me realize "What am I doing?" I was working on a character last week and the funny part was I didn't need the Fighting Pool, I KNOW I didn't need it and yet 10mins later I am picking up going, "Well ya know I do need to throw a Luck of, maybe add one more slot to Tough for a mule...", worse part when it was all said and done? IT didn't even add anywhere near close to soft capping Def or Res, just felt like after all these years I HAD to do it. 😫 -
I find myself lately in this runt where every time I start a new character with the ideas of all the power I wanna try and take, about into my 30s I find myself working on soft capping Def and end up no where near what I started off wanting to do. Don't get me wrong, the characters a strong and can stand the test of time but not what I started off wanting to do and then I end up getting bored with said character. I didn't used to always been like this, but at some point and time I find myself always trying to soft cap Def, and not just Def! If I am playing a Dom I am almost always pulled to making it a Perma Dom and whatever idea I started out with is long lost. Those of you who can resit making every character Soft cap on Def, not max Recharge, etc. How is it? Is it still fun, can you still rock with a team ready to do "hard" content and still walk out the other side giving a thumbs up? Heck it doesn't even have to be hard content to be honest, just in general, how is it? Heck I find myself where I can't even remember the last time I made a character that DIDN'T have me running to the test sever just to see how it plays out instead of jumping on live and simply going, "lets see what we come up with in the end". I can't be 100% mad at it because the amount of ideas I had for a character, played it on test and simply went "omg....I am so glad I did NOT try that in live" is crazy. I guess what I am trying to say without all the rambling is that it feels like lately I am restricting my own fun, but I am STILL having fun...just...I don't know 😫 feels like it's becoming harder and hard to come up with a new character and stick with it and not fall into the trap of a character that can stand toe to toe, but not what I originally wanted. That said I don't wanna lean too far into the original idea and spend 95% of my time on the floor. Does anyone else run into this kind of stuff or do I just need to take a small break and come back???
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A Newbie's impressions of soloing with XEATs
hoodedKitsune replied to Vedic70's topic in General Discussion
It's so strange to me. I have always found leveling a widow to level 24 to be a blast. yet so many people say it's a pain. That said I am on the other side of leveling SoA. OOOOMG leveling a SoA is SO PAINFUL to me! You get all these attacks/powers that you would think, "SWEET I am about to run though this map so hard" only for me to be resting after the second group 5mins later wondering why my attack feel like an AoE and cone of wet noodles while my End is giving me the cold shoulder and talking about how it's time we start see other people, and me begging my end that I can change...it never works out....wait what were we talking abut again???....stupid Stamina...I had a ring with +Endurance in my back pocket....why couldn't you simply wait till you were 21?! I haven't done the Peacebringer and Warshade in a long time. All I remember is people being mad at me because 99% of stuff with flying on my PB no matter what I did (was before IOs) and I remember my Warshade being stupid crazy powerful and fun, but it was such PAINFUL getting there that I am pretty much a "never again" thing to this day. Just feels like way more work than I am willing to put in just to get back to that point. I am also stuck now days wondering if I was a fool back on live servers when it comes to the Night Widow and the Fort. I simply remember trying the Fort and thinking, "Wow this sucks!" only to now be like, "I AM HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE!!!!" -
I find when people say to "play the market" to be the biggest joke of all times and nine out of ten said person IS playing the market...the whole market. I get most of my IOs from Merits be it the whole IO itself of the recipes, then using any recipe I do get in a drop and upgrading it later if I can. You can make some money here and there dropping 100 merits on an ATO or two and selling it in the market. You may our may not get the price you want and might have to let it sit for a while on sale but you will get something. I made a farm character once and it was nice for drop and all that, but I can't really keep a farm character because it burns me out on the game overall fast. I have to tip my hat to those who can run a farming character or two and still jump into the game with the same gusto, like REALLY I tip my hat to you guys, 🤣 It's why I had to stop playing Warframe! I can only run the same map over and over in one gaming session let long the next two gaming sessions in a row so many times before I am throwing up my hands going "OH SCREW THIS!" and the CC is flying out the wallet 🤣 a few TF and Trails, specially, for a weekly work great for some Merits here and there, but the real way I make it is joining a Hami Raid once or two a week and a MSR. level 45 being the sweet spot when you can join almost anything outside of level 50 plus stuff. If you can hang in there with SOs or a few crafted SOs (is that what they are called, can't remember?) till you get the stuff you need with Merits and lucky drops, you will be good to go, and anything you don't need and can save, slap into your SG base storage (make one or two if you don't have a base!) for another character who doesn't have to worry so much about the grind or getting passed a lot of inf. just be the right level to use everything! All this works for me but I am on like Torch. I plan on making a new character from scratch one day on one of the other two big servers and seeing if I can make it without sending stuff to said new character. A new server, a new Base, a hope and a dream and see what happens. Tho I do feel bad leaving Torch, how do you guys play on more than one server that do? Anyways, again this all works for me, and this forum is full of people with a lot of way better working ideas, plans, etc.
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Focused Feedback: Mercy Island RIP Precinct
hoodedKitsune replied to The Curator's topic in [Open Beta] Focused Feedback
Ah, I forgot lore wise the RIP is independent from Arachnos. I really was thinking Arachnos Agent or Official. Oh well, still love the place! 😁👍 -
Focused Feedback: Powerset - Dark Miasma
hoodedKitsune replied to The Curator's topic in [Open Beta] Focused Feedback
Funny enough had the game stayed the way it used to be where we didn't have IOs, set bonuses and maybe even incarnate powers but keep all the changes of mobs and stuff up to now, THEN (and only then) I could see have powers that puts groups of mobs in a timeout. The reality of the game is that we have at best almost always had stuff long the lines of, "Burn this group down...HEY Second wave is coming now, burn both groups down and don't let anyone get away......AWWW one got away, we failed getting this badge this run!" At best why hang on to what seems like an old game play/design and philosophy that was kinda outdated even back then? I am not gonna pretend to know what it's like balancing and coding stuff, but we have so many powers that are in a way useless and not in the Mid/Max type of way you see on the forums. There are a lot of powers that are "fun" solo and maybe make ya giggle, but trying them on a team only makes you wanna cry and sorry that you did. Some are a fast way to end up on a blacklist 🤣. The very fact some of these powers now days are only useable/useful because of IOs should speak volumes of a lot of the old way things here and there. Again I am kind of a nobody and don't often speak on the forums, so like I normally say... I could be 100% wrong and only leading to what might indeed be a Greek tragedy in the making. -
Okay but how did you slot it??? <.< I am asking for a friend and totally NOT taking notes.....
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Imagine my complete and utter disappointment....I do NOT see a large cup of coffee. The rest of my day is ruined....
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Focused Feedback: Mercy Island RIP Precinct
hoodedKitsune replied to The Curator's topic in [Open Beta] Focused Feedback
Finally got to check it out today. First of all the look at feel? Nailed it! Feels like it's not only a part of Mercy but like it's been missing this whole time and now it's at home. The look and art style a dead on for the area and the music? LOVING IT! The interior is just as beautiful as the outside giving the the perfect Rogue Isles Arachnos feel. Having both a quartermaster and SG registry there? VERY NICE! A little sad we have the ability to fix our settings for team size, mob level, etc, would be a nice spot to put a Fateweaver. Would having it be a logout spot for a day job in the future be out of the question? -
Focused Feedback: Powerset - Dark Miasma
hoodedKitsune replied to The Curator's topic in [Open Beta] Focused Feedback
This x10! For years even on live I have never understood why this power acts the way it does when it should 100% act like the Singularity pet from gravity control in that it pulls everything in and should hurt while doing so, but more of dropping it on the ground like say Tar Pit, matter of fact should be one heck of a one, two punch set up with the two powers. But that is 100% my own opinion and I could be totally wrong and begging for a Greek tragedy in the making. -
I started a Grav/FF not to long ago and this is VERY helpful. That said I have a question or two. 1: Does Wormhole need a KB to KD? or am I wasting a slot for that that could be used for something else or a proc? (what are some good Procs If even a thing?) 2: Same for Singularity, am I wasting a slot or is this so needed before mobs start flying everywhere? So far I am just level 25 and LOVING wormhole, kinda amazed at how fast it recharges so far without a lot of recharge. After reading this I am so picking up Teleport Target. I had simply played on Warmhole'ing groups into my pet, but learning I can do the reverse? YES PLEASE!
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So it isn't just me, also on a Mac
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Open Beta FAQ - Read This to Get Started!
hoodedKitsune replied to Jimmy's topic in Open Beta Testing
I am having the same Problem only the bind is not working for me (that or I am totally doing it wrong) It was working fine till I updated everything a day or two ago then I notice the freebies menu was gone -
When Is Hamidon? A lore question.
hoodedKitsune replied to vonBoomslang's topic in General Discussion
Do we know what Praetorian Hamidon looks like fully? -
Endgame/Hard Content Def vs Res or Both?
hoodedKitsune replied to hoodedKitsune's topic in Archetypes
Wow I am not gonna lie the idea of focusing one straight up DPS kinda sounds like not only a breath of fresh air but feels like something blasters should have always been doing. Thank you all, It seems I got some work to do on the test sever (big grin) -
Endgame/Hard Content Def vs Res or Both?
hoodedKitsune replied to hoodedKitsune's topic in Archetypes
Thanks, Def it is! That said, Regen really? I was not expecting that to be honest, but it totally makes sense. -
So I have been playing around with 2 of my blasters, one Firex3 and the other BR/Dev/Mace. Both are great, I have zero problems when it comes to damage and I say alive pretty well. What I have notice between the two of them is that while my Fire blaster has almost full on Res with about 36-40% Def, they can take a hit and pretty well when attacks get past the Def that and with knockdowns, hold, etc, they door very good for survival. My BR/Dev/Mace blaster on the other hand does VERY well at not getting hit with soft cap Def you know....until they DO get hit with a small padding of Res. I have only tried a few 2 star TF/SF and none of the new content that just came out, if I wanna try harder content which works better? A very strong Def with back up for getting hit with -Def, a strong Res with back up for getting hit with -Res or a mix of both with a solid attack chain? I want to pull this off with my next blaster which will be Seismic/Earth, sadly I am on a Mac so none of the joys of Mids, that said the guys and post here have been a MAJOR help with countless hours on the test sever. Should I go full Def, full Res, a mix of both or pick a different powers other than Seismic/Earth if I am really trying this?
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MAN, I remember those days! Seeing a group of 12 imps buzzed up with Kin; was high speed walking death in a blender! Can you imagine if we had Cold back then!?!
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Isn't Shoal Rush and Tide Pool like a one, two punch? Well that's the idea I got from it, if not needed it would really free up a lot of room for my build.
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Something of an experience tonight... (spoilers for Mr. G)
hoodedKitsune replied to Ultimo's topic in General Discussion
UGH! I have trouble with this arc on multiple characters that so much so I don't think I have finished the whole arc once. Like you said a lot of the mission are hard so much so that I can't even imagine trying to betray the old fart! He has been 5 steps head of me story wise way back to the whole clone arc at level 20. (heck not even sure if that is where it truly starts to be honest) -
IO Sets with Level Caps... Do you ever use them?
hoodedKitsune replied to ThatGuyCDude's topic in General Discussion
I think it was more so a design with rules that tried to keep characters from being "overpowered" but that was like way before the incarnate system which in so many ways throws the whole not being OP out the window. Most so I wonder if a lot of the old rules in some ways are outdated more so when updates and redesigns to Enemy types, that said (haha) I am nowhere near smart enough to know how you would undo some of those old rules and not break the game in someway haha! -
Thank you BOTH very SO MUCH! This is a BIG help! Now I know to keep the ones I have from drops and work on the rest! Thank you!
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This topic is perfect if I may do a little small hijacking. I am working on a Brute I just got to level 50 and read up on Purple sets finding out that they don't give you the stats if you drop too low in levels to which I have to ask. Is there a point in having them then outside of say maybe making one build where you stay at level 50 or never drop below 45 and then go nuts with purple sets (and kill your wallet!) while having another build for everything else? Don't get me wrong the stats and bonus are SO do die for, but is it even worth the time and money when outside of Trials and max level arcs, you spend 95% of your time around level 35 and lower???