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I've been interested in making some "Stand-Off" characters (you might see the thread in GD) By Stand Off I mean that I can stay relatively still and my enemies don't get close enough to me to do me damage. I'm having great fun with a Dark/TA troller currently but I wanted to try an MM. I'm not keen on the original MM pets but I'm thinking Beasts might be a very solid "defensive" choice - I've had experience with them before and enjoy them and given they are mostly melee, they'd be good at destroying anything that gets too close. I'm thinking maybe /Traps or /Storm as secondaries - Traps is probably a lot more "Stand Off" but Storm can just throw stuff around so if they get close they can be sent to the corner right away. Any other thoughts as to what would work as a Stand Off MM? I'm open to all suggestions despite my stated preference.

That's what she said!

In other news, moles are now in charge of terraforming our planet and creating new mountain ranges

There's a significant story progression between 1 & 2. I believe that Posi 2 is basically higher level to encourage players to choose them in order when at a playable level. If you've never done them before they add to your knowledge and understanding of game lore, so to have them equal or lower levels may give you the wrong orders It's clear as mud, I know but I believe that is the intent behind it

I genuinely didn't know this... we do a lot of the TFs with little time to read the missions and then ... we have to do them again! 🤣

Oh you poor dear. Let's go back to where it all began

Feel free to come up with something better

As you and others point out, it's imperfect. But as you have ably and eloquently also stated, nobody's under any obligation to use it. Personally I'm a bit of a fan - it makes my life much easier to get the best out of my toons and enjoy the game to the max. Are they amateurs? I do not know - I've no skin in the game other than as a user but I've always found the team responsive, helpful and appreciative of any input I've given them. But it's worth pointing out that a massive chunk of this project is run by amateur volunteers who give us a great gift and countless hours of joy. Mids and the team behind that are part of that joy in my book. Perhaps they need some particular skilz that they're lacking - if you have such, why not volunteer your services? (Not aimed at you personally but anyone who can do wrodecangling)

Slightly disingenuous considering it's a volunteer project run by people who have to build on what's gone before and collate their data from multiple sources. Yes it can be periodically problematic but IMNSHO it's an invaluable took that helps me enjoy the main game immensely. Patience young vampawan

Tommy Sabbath, with a big fookin' axe is probably ok, as is Salad Bloody Salad as a plant/pain troller

ok this is a slight diversion from the main topic but I'm getting a sense here that Doms may leverage Mag increases more? I have very limited experience of doms and generally find them underwhelming. Am I missing something there?

My God, man! you're asking me to recall a specific instance in almost 20 years of playing this game. Dammit, I'm a player, not an analyst. /em bones Truthfully I don't recall - I just remember getting stuck and dying because the BF I popped wasn't effective. It's not a singular occurrence.

I agree. I just don't like making people look stupid in public. Well... some people...

So... Break Frees I'm guessing that they remove Mag from status effects affecting the PC, holds, immobs etc. I'm guessing the better tiers of those remove more but do we have data as to what their actual effects are. I've known for a long time that often I'll need more than one BF to release myself but I'm hazy aobut the actual levels they "fix"

If a Troller or Dom is running ahead of a team with a Tank, I'd suggest something's gone a bit wrong in that scenario

Does Overpower and Containment affect Mag in any way? I have little idea how those things actually affect the game in a meaningful way. I suppose I should.. Overpower is weird because apparently it was always there but hidden, and then it appeared and then it seemed to go away and sometimes it shows up again

I forum on a different machine to the one upon which I game but I shall endeavour to sort something. It's a good point.

so... I guess the next question is how to increase Mag on a specific power. Is it just procs or can it be boosted in other ways? I guess there's no way to increase the duration of a power? (If there is I've been blissfully unaware of it)

yeah but nobody's getting up for about 60,000,000 years

So those "worthless" holds in control sets (looking at Poison and TA in particular) that do nothing but hold - actually with a Lockdown +2 mag suddenly seem pretty damned good in the round, amirite?

Salad Bloody Salad; Plant/pain I was never a heavy metal fan but as an honorary "Black Country Mon" I love what he gave to my adopted home territory. As a music fan and radio presenter with an eye on the jazzier side of the tracks I encountered his mentors (allegedly) in Jazz Sabbath, a small jazz quartet that he unashamedly plagiarised and ripped off. What listening to them taught me was that Black Sabbath had a very great body of work. It wasn't simply thrashing guitars and making noise. Listening to it you get some genuine musical craft and for all Ozzy's feigned weirdness and deliberate strange there was real, actual musical talent in Black Sabbath and they did change music for ever in a very positive way.

I kinda have an idea of what "Mag" is. I don't think it has much to do with red hats (or any other linux distro) but it seems to me it is about the "weight" of a power on an opponent. My question is more about how you accumulate and stack it, how do you make it meaningful... back in the day,we'd talk about Ghost Widow's 1000 mag on the LRSF... which basically ripped your proverbials off and there was no way you were getting out of that but that's not a thing these days it seems. What I would love is a guide to "Mag" but I've searched for it but... maybe my search fu is weak

I've had this issue for a very long time but my "Team Window" is very difficult to click on. It takes several attempts as though there's something blocking it that must be defeated. Hard to describe but it's the only window that I experience this with. All my other UI works fine.

That latrine buried in the tunnels in Grandville

The Login button but I also have to give massive props to that amazing person who one day said to somebody who knew what to do with it: "Would you like some code?"