Scarlet Shocker

Spandex Ballet lives She's a Staff/SR Brute. We started as a scrapper but then I remembered that according to the song "you're indestructible" so... I figured that would give her additional survivability. I checked both Kin Melee and Staff and both are great choices (I checked out most primary sets to be fair) but it came down to a coin toss as to which to choose so I chose Staff simply because I haven't played any iteration of that ever. That said I think Kin/SR would do great so if it turns out I hate Staff I will rebuild her I'm was also able to rock that 80s look in the CC with a bit of licence. The only thing I didn't go for there was the leg warmers - because the "baggy socks" in the CC looks like shit so I avoided that. I've tried taking a pic but it just didn't come out right. For some reason aliasing is higher in pics I take than in the actual game and getting camera angles right is well nigh impossible. Thanks guys, this has been many funs!

I find my lack of inf disturbing I caught myself bemoaning my short supply of inf the other night while trying to build a character to completion. However, it then occurred to me that in itself a lack of inf is a good thing because it encourages us to play the game, to earn the inf to build our characters to be the best they can be. Slotting from scratch is probably one of the biggest challenges in game - at least if you're getting close to a min/max build and need lots of procs, ATO sets and the like so it gives us a solid goal that is not readily completed unless you hoard all the things and have bucketloads of readies to hand to do that the moment you ding 50. So without the wherewithal to hand, I am forced to actually play the game, do missions, earn inf and other goodies in order to fulfil my dreams of being the best version of me that I can and... well that's rather fantastic actually. It means I have a reason to play, I enjoy playing, fulfil goals and engage with fellow players. That, to me is what an MMO is all about. I'm not poor by any stretch of the imagination but because I need to play to earn to build it works out great and I would say my experience is better than just racing to 50 before slotting and forgetting.

The question is not what's wrong with the Incarnate system, but rather what's right with it? There was a dire need for some quality end game and some of it that we have now is ok.... but by and large there is so much bad writing there and the entire concept of the "Well of the Furies" still grates and rankles as an abysmal effort of storytelling. But we have what we have and I doubt we'll ever get it retconned because it's too embedded in the game. Maybe CoH2...?

I was Badging over Goldside and thought of this issue when catching the transit. That problem doesn't exist there and so your entrance and exits are exactly the same

Again I'm not greatly familiar with melee attacks but I'd love to know your reasoning. From what I've seen of Street Justice that doesn't seem especially graceful or dance-like even if it is brutal

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Jessica Duncan is in Pocket D right now remember. She has VD

I think anyone who heaves up guys probably needs to change their life in quite meaningful ways

I genuinely thought this was a comedy thread with a punchline

Congratulations! 🤣 We've all done it. Team composition and coordination - it's still a thing in this game which is a good thing

you kind of make me want to revisit it, but remember we want not 👍

Don't misunderstand me. I love Kin melee as a set. But I've heard from a number of sources that it's very sub par and it does seem slow but in playing it I never found it to be too lacking. That said I'm not an experienced tanker so I am not the best informed. Overall I found that particular toon to be very capable as a tank on a team. Solo she sucks. But more importantly I have a Kin character and I don't have a stick so the choice is swayed by trying what I've never done before

I have an Elec/Kin tank and I do really like her but I've found that Kin is VERY slow. Not just a bit slow but almost to the point of being a controller slow without the AoE dps. I like your thought process but I think I'll pass on Kin. I do like the sound and feel of Energy Aura - I've never played it and on live I did have a War Mace/SR brute which was quite devastating so I think I might try something different. So far I'm leaning towards a Staff/En Scrapper - that's three new things in one toon.

My instinction tells me you might be true. To cut a long story short this is gold.

surely if I'm hitting someone with a stick, I'd need to monitor my combat logs? Joking aside, that is an interesting option. I rarely play melee and I think I've only played Staff once if ever. I got bored with hitting people in their feet but... that with SR.... hmmmmm Thanks! 🤔

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Many of my concept toons start with a name. That comes to mind and then the build fits around the character as required until I'm happy with the overall idea and it gets built and then levelled. If you've read many of my posts you'll have recalled Mesmermaid, Glass Fox, Vitric Vixen, Red Fedora, Tainted Gloves and Voice of Scythia to mention but a few and of course, Scarlet Shocker. Many of my characters have a musical hint to their names (there's more than one in this post already) and usually I can find something that works reasonably well to give that idea some realisation in game terms. A good example might be Reservoir Frog who is a simple enough costume, a Frog face and a formal suit (Piranha face of course) and often sporting dual pistols and some kind of debuff power. But Spandex Ballet has eluded me since live. She came to mind listening to some 80s trash way back when but here I am with a great name and no toon upon which to hang it. I have tried so many different iterations but it simply hasn't worked properly - which is I freely admit basically a gut feeling. But this one... just can't get it to stick. I've tried Heats, Veats, all kinds of AT, even MM but nothing has yet gone "this is what it needs to be" and I'm stuck. So... throw it out there and ask you lovely chaps and chapesses what you suggest would be a great fit for it. I see it as a female toon, and probably quite energetic, fast moving but... that's where I'm stuck beyond that. Over to you and thanks in advance

Ice Blast used to be the most potent ST damage I believe. I think Stalkers have the highest overall burst for a single attack but I don't think they can sustain it over their entire attack chain but an Ice Blaster is devastating but does have some wicked AoE too. I have it in my mind that TW did get quite a hefty nerf - so pays your money, takes your choice.

Allegedly! 🤣

I quite enjoy revisiting characters I've not played in a while but sometimes I'll take a look at their slotting and be like "WTF?!?! What was I thinking?" and that in itself is a new lease of life as I rediscover their foibles, strengths and weaknesses and also what I liked about them in the first instance.

when you have a tiny hole in your pocket and suddenly you're pulled through that tiny whole WHILE STILL WEARING YOUR PANTS you might find yourself in Pocket D. The reason it's all pink and fuzzy is because you're actually right next to a giant DJ Zero's scrotum! Now all you gotta do is ask yourself "Why would War Witch be there?"

poor kittens

/jranger Unnecessary thing is unnecessary