Scarlet Shocker

Are you suggesting @Snarky is a scammer? How can that be? Scammers are blood sucking leeches who prey on the weak and helple... oh

Most of my invention salvage is more than cross, it's fucking livid mate!

@Snarky is loaded from all the donations he keeps getting. I'm sure he'll oblige if you tap him up for a Respec recipe or six

I've made a new toon; Foxy Frost - Beast/Cold. I will probably go LEviathan as a PPP - it's got some good defences and a nice AoE immob too.

ooh I love this. I am wondering if I can repurpose Glass Fox/Vitric Vixen to that concept now! I've also considered /Dark too

Well the fact that I have an incomplete understanding of the mechanics of Veng is possibly a clue to how often I take it but the sense of it seems rather... obsolete given how relatively easy this game is and how easy it is to survive generally. That said I'm currently teaming with a regular outfit and we are all pretty squishy so perhaps I'll think of taking it and experimenting a little.

I've very limited experience of Marine. I don't hate it but it doesn't seem to "fit" in the powers pantheon. I guess it does have that animal thing going on though.

I ran a Beast/Thermal (called Hot Dogs) to 50 and I really enjoyed that. Sadly it's on Runion so I tend not to go there any more, mostly due to low pop issues. I prefer to team. So I'm thinking of rolling a new Beast MM, but I want to try something different than Thermal for obvious reasons. There's a few secondaries that I don't want to play - FF is one since I recently ran a Bots/FF to 50 and I don't want to play Traps since that feels to static. I'm not keen to play another Poison toon since I've got many of them. Poison is a great set but I want to try something else. Beasts seems to be largely a melee (or close quarters combat) set and the main pets can be vulnerable in my experience, so I want to both protect them and debuff the enemies. I like Storm a lot but I'm currently levelling a Zombie/Storm so I probably won't play another right now. So... I'm keen to get your input. The real question of course is why you'd choose a set and then when at A/PPP level what compliments the build?

I do know it's Guard. That was a play on words. You're also correct that I can't slot UG in Manoeuvres, despite my brain playing tricks on me and my distinctly remembering that it lit up when I clicked the Proc in my tray. So in a way that question is moot, but thanks for your other input too. I usually put the Kismet Proc in my combat travel power but that's not a bad shout. That's not a bad idea either I will speriment

I usually like to take Maneuvers when my End use can afford it, especially on a squishy, but once taken I'm never quite sure how to slot it. I also like to take Tactics if I have the slots/end. It seems to me that's a far simpler proposition when slotting is concerned - just one additional slot and I can get the Gaussian proc and Rectified Reticle's Increased Perception there giving me substantially better chance to hit and thwart invisible foes such as Arachnos I don't usually take Assault because I'm never worried about being taunted, and Victory Rush does not exist in my universe. I can't ever recall having taken Vengeance either... killing enemies more switfly seems to be... redundant in this game. I may be missing out but I certainly don't feel as though I am. My challenge has rarely ever been to do more damage or defeat foes more quickly, but rather to stay alive and ensure I hit said foe. Not hitting slows down defeat more than damage IMO. However I find that Maneuvers and Assault suck up huge amounts of Endurance, which can make them inefficient. So basically two questions: 1) How to mitigate End costs in a meaningful way? 2) If taken and slotted with Procs do those procs function even if the power isn't toggled on? (This was also inspired by my Unbreakable Gourd thread which got moved to the MM section. If I slot UG proc and Res into Manoeuvres do I get those benefits without toggling it active?)

Thanks, yes I'd say I noticed a definite benefit. I also suffer End issues on this one so the idea of an UG proc + a Res gives me an End bonus so that's an extra reason to pick it! 😄

It's that time of year when the nights get their longest in the northern hemisphere so remember what today means to us all: Yule be sorry! Have a good one 🙂

Played my MM today and I did notice that even without the UG proc, just setting my minions to Defensive had a huge positive impact on play.

What would advertising actually do for this game? Where's the benefit? This is strictly a non-profit exercise and bringing in a new influx of players would put servers under additional pressure for no real gain. Population is good and steady, with capacity for some more but not many more. Do we need more players? I don't think that's a case that can be made readily. More players can only mean more costs which then means more donations. Things are good right now. Ain't broke, don't need fixing.

Ripper mate. Throw another kheld on the barbie and crack open another can of the amber liquid.

Vampires, relaxing

Paint it Black

Well this year Pantone have designated Cloud Dancer as the colour of the year, a kind of washed out white that might suit some palettes. https://www.pantone.com/uk/en/color-of-the-year/2026 However given recent news cycles, apparently there are thoughts they might change it to "Redacted Black" which would be equally disappointing.

Those who know, know. Those who don't, probably don't need to. If anyone is really interested in playing the game, they will find it. There is an agreement between HC and NCSoft that players are not party to. Have faith in the HC team that they are serving the game well and in the spirit of that agreement. They aren't advertising for... reasons (reasons we don't need to know)

That's an amazing toon. I had one of those on live and have recreated it here That's interesting to me. For reasons which should be obvious OP hasn't said what kind of AT or style they prefer to play but personally I'm a big fan of Controllers as a great AT with lots of mitigation and some very quirky mixes. I'm also a big fan of Poison as a debuff set and given it is primarily single target, pairing it with a set with plenty of AoE works nice. Plant/Poison, Dark/Poison work very well. Plant/TA is also very potent and quirky Some more input from the OP would be welcome to help refine his/her choices

That's gonna leave a ska

Got it, thanks!

I've heard of them. They are a low grade rip of the Pink Fairies!

Thanks. Can you give me the exact syntax for that please? Would it be /bindloadfilesilent Scarlet Shocker or would it have underscores, special characters or somesuch? Also why the "silent" there?

Here's an alternate theory: It's not the game that's messed up, it's the players! 🤣 The beauty of this game is that you can create a concept toon and suddenly... it's amazing but there are so many ideas to play and try and see and feel and do and operate and play and and and and... you have 1000 slots per shard and there's no limit to the number of accounts you can have. Go to town, play as many ideas as you can to your heart's content and then when you've done that, come back for more! Then rinse and repeat. And when you've done all of that and think you've had enough, there's one more thing you can do: Go hunt! Kill Skuls