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I get this. I joined Live after the game was already going a couple years. I was broke and stupid. Or it felt that way. It must be so much worse now. There are things you can do. 1) If you like solo play I recommend playing story arcs. All maps in CoH are put together from a large but limited number of lego like parts. Learn the shapes, the hiding places, etc. You do not need to memorize, just start to get familiar. 2) Play the same content over a few times. Whether that is a Posi 1&2 a few times in a row, or once a day, or whatever content you gravitate to. Learn that "run" and it will be much easier on a fast moving team. The skills you learn being in sync with your team will help you even in content that is new to you. 3) Learn to recognize good leaders. Running incarnate content on Excelsior? Always join a team from Confusion or Oklahoman! Granted I will join anything I need a badge for, but developing a eye for who is good can help, especially in harder content. Get a friends list going.

Yeah, roflmao. They are committed to this. They are looking for bugs and minor tweaks mebbe. But they are going to roll this out looking 95-100% the way it does right now.

absolutely. This one weakly waters your enemies corpses while your team races through the mission to the next spawn. Theme baby!

I'm looking at this set and it appears to have a weaker Nuke than Elec...which is saying something. Gotta ask, when this is on a Sentinel does it actually just damage your own character as it's main effect?

I loved Willpower on live. In the modern game with inherent fitness and a strong build? Fughedaboutit. I can easily tell you hiw yo make s Dark Melee Willpower Brute an order of magnitude stronger! Reroll this as a Dark Melee Invulnerability Brute. You will solve all the problems you are trying to address of survival in tougher content and give up nothing (in Effective terms). I am not kidding. I ran a Dark Invul for about six months on HC and for about a year and a half on live. Dark and Invul fit together hand and glove. Get a Hyperstrike build and never look back

Everyone likes to use pictures from when they were young and handsome. Give a redsider some dignity!

a vampire always appears by surprise!

Agreed. I do post here when i drop TFs. Its been a while. There is a definite theme. I join a TF and it turns out they have a low level TF cranked +2-4. It was not in the ad and they will not turn it to + 0. I do not stay in abusive relationships

You are probably unfamiliar with my attempts at humor. Many times this will be while regaling the message boards with stories about my Task Force woes. PUGs can hurt. Now today I had quite the fortunate run. I logged in and got the last spot on a pug MoLRSF. These people crushed it. (Turns out it was Task Force Junkies on Excelsior….known criminal, and quite effective) Then they offered up a MoMLTF. I stayed. Sadly Recluse started one shotting people. Ah well. Still got a Hami-o. Then we did a Tin Mage and I got Army of Neu and Midnight Dodger badges. Then we did MoSewer and MoEden. A truly grand time. I had a cup of…something warm. Then joined another random PUG for a Silver Mantis. They were a good group…. Probably love their families, have well behaved pets. …they did the SF….adequately….. okay, now that you mention it they were a tad slow. But that is okay, I’m on a Tank and can always practice herding. But…that last mission….oof. I went up top and killed everything on the upper level….gun emplacements, troops, flyers. One team member came up to help. Maybe they had no travel powers. In the first group i would hope they would not dial it up…we were badging. The Silver Mantis group… I wanted that badge but I would have dropped in a heartbeat.

I only team to badge and steamroll content for merits exper. So if some methed out blaster wants to race ahead and kill everybody on the map....huzzah! Redsiders baby, we keep our eye on the money.

my threads never start on the rails. no worries. i have actually made a small donation to each of the players with new 50s i met this week. (as far as I could quickly determine new players with new 50s) I am not using the funds I have and if needed desperately i know how to make more.

Hey, the only snarky thing I said was "stay in the back. buff people, do not die" It was a Defender. Now, after they left, I told the team it was obvious it would happen. The person could not figure out how to get from Pocket D to blue side so they could get on a Master Khan? F me. We know how that story ends. If my mood was not so good this week I prob would have found a reason to quit before the first run kicked off. "Sorry, my pet bat caught on fire"

I have seen quite a few new players. People with first 50, people who have not run a dfb before, etc. Enough for me to notice a pattern. I wonder where the flow is coming from? If some content provider somewhere is mentioning the old classic? Or people want a free game with a character customization engine that is to this say unmatched and are each finding us more or less organically? Whatever the reason it is nice. I always need fresh faces on PUGs so I have something to bitch about…. Like the MoKhan that the 8 th player could not find the way from Pocket D to where the team was forming. Then predictably died. We restarted. So they could die in the first 5 minutes this time. The third time they dropped and we succeeded. Damn, it was so painful to watch. They were honestly trying. It was painful, and funny My PUG life.

couldnt squueze them all on anyways. Wanted to but was softcapping ranged defense. Another of my mad projects. A ghost marine AR/Dev/Munitions. And yes, I will take the BFG, um, LRM. lulz. its got a 225.8ft range. so what if its slow and does knockback. That crap is priceless.

MiDs is acting like the +5% Range set bonus from this Experienced Marksman PvP set is different than the +5% range bonus from say Bombardment. Letting me take 5 on the +5% from Bombardment and then another +5 from EM. Is this correct?

Let me guess.... They are reducing AE experience, lowering Brute's damage cap and nerfing Regen?

Start redside and do the tutorial. the experience is a ...little different.... but definitely immersive

Oooooh I was about to start a thread about Skyway lol. I have been on my Dark Dar Tank and badging with him. Now, Skyway Troll Rave, (if I am alone) I can get both badges in one event. Anyone that knows the event knows how. You leave them alone, they evolve into Supers, you kill Super Trolls until you get that badge. Then murder trolls like they kicked your dog. I have shown up at the last two raves. To be joined by....lets just say it...newbs. They do not want to team. They do not want (or cannot see chat?) how to do the event. Just a waste of time. No Super Troll badge.

wow. i feel better. i was on Dark and he really just KB me. i was okay survival wise course i have an insane heal

No badge, i got caught up in one once. Great exp, almost as good as me farming my alt. But not quite and not on my schedule. l am on a Tank with little KB protection. Yes, this is my fault. No I do not like the GM pinballing me everywhere. So, enjoy the random bucket of experience. I will be off badging.

Yes, I have switched to the Dark Dark. I played a Dark Dark Corruptor from late December until end of March. The Fire Dark Tank excursion was a need for melee lol. I look back and realize that I stopped playing melee when I joined Cosmic Council. They ran a lot of high end fast runs. I ran a Blaster mostly with them, and this Corruptor was the final evolution of that playstyle. But...they gone. I PUG a lot again. I could go back to the Dark Dark Brute I was on for about a year when I found Cosmic. But I think the Tank is where I am landing. Fire Dark Tanking is very good. But my theme of Dark is....almost compulsory lol.

it was not intentional. i tend to go in circles. but hey, April fools!

In general (being a Tank) power recharge does not affect me a ton. I have haste and global rech. So, I just need to punchvoke when times get weird. Rarely is this a make or break issue for me. As far as I can tell as long as I have fly on i take zero effect from tar patch, caltrops etc

I fly 99% time. It is one of the 10 toggles I always have on. Why you think I am End bar obsessive? lol. Vampires fly man. Perks.

Great suggestions. Here are the "improvements" This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Tanker Primary Power Set: Dark Armor Secondary Power Set: Dark Melee Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Fighting Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Death Shroud (A) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage (3) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (3) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown (5) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (5) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/RechargeTime (7) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 1: Smite (A) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Recharge (9) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (9) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (11) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (11) Superior Might of the Tanker - Recharge/Chance for +Res(All) Level 2: Dark Embrace (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (15) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (17) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 4: Murky Cloud (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (17) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (19) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime (19) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (21) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (21) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP Level 6: Obsidian Shield (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (23) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (23) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 8: Dark Regeneration (A) Touch of the Nictus - Healing/Absorb (25) Touch of the Nictus - Healing/Absorb/Recharge (25) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Healing/Absorb (27) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Healing/Absorb (27) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge (29) Touch of the Nictus - Chance for Negative Energy Damage Level 10: Shadow Maul (A) Armageddon - Damage (29) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (31) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (31) Armageddon - Recharge/Accuracy (31) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (33) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage Level 12: Cloak of Darkness (A) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (33) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage (33) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 14: Taunt (A) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage Level 16: Siphon Life (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage (34) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative) (34) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge (34) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage (36) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (36) Superior Gauntleted Fist - RechargeTime/+Absorb Level 18: Cloak of Fear (A) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Recharge (36) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Endurance (37) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Fear/Recharge Level 20: Touch of Fear (A) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Recharge (37) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Endurance (37) Unspeakable Terror - Disorient Bonus Level 22: Oppressive Gloom (A) Absolute Amazement - Stun (39) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge (39) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge/Accuracy (39) Absolute Amazement - Recharge/Accuracy (40) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Endurance (40) Absolute Amazement - Chance for ToHit Debuff Level 24: Soul Drain (A) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge (40) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge (42) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance (42) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage (42) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Recharge (43) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance Level 26: Fly (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 28: Dark Consumption (A) Multi-Strike - Accuracy/Damage (43) Multi-Strike - Damage/Recharge (43) Multi-Strike - Accuracy/Endurance (45) Multi-Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (45) Perfect Zinger - Threat/Placate/Recharge (45) Perfect Zinger - Accuracy/Recharge Level 30: Midnight Grasp (A) Hecatomb - Damage (46) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge (46) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (46) Hecatomb - Recharge/Accuracy (48) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance (48) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 32: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (48) Recharge Reduction IO Level 35: Conserve Power (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 38: Focused Accuracy (A) Adjusted Targeting - 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