Snarky

I liked a LOT of what Sir Myshkin said. I would say that there are just not enough cones on Corruptor to go there

I still remember my first experiences on Gold. It was challenging. The mechanics were just a bit hinky on some storylines but a very good job using CoH basic to tell “segmented” “player choice affected” arcs. I flat out hated the politics, and still do. Even worse they made an attempt to frame some of it as a philosophical discussion. And failed. (Which actually reinforces the political angle). They did a pretty solid job of telling the stories and wrapping it up. I suppose more content past Night Ward would look like….Shadow Shard. Finish two unfinished things at once… Another power pool? Okay if you insist 🙂

Retirement Zone for Old Supers? You know, tapioca pudding rewards and young punks the ancient Supers can pound, then stand around for 30 minutes talking about the old days over the poor schmuck while waiting for the police and ambulance

People are racing back to Regen before the nerf right now

My alt build for regular content. No warranty. Look for ideas. This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Snarkbringer non farm v 2.0: Level 50 Magic Brute Primary Power Set: Radiation Melee Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Radioactive Smash (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage (3) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (3) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 1: Fire Shield (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (5) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (5) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (7) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 2: Blazing Aura (A) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Damage/RechargeTime (9) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (9) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (11) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (11) Superior Unrelenting Fury - RechargeTime/+Regen/+End Level 4: Healing Flames (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime (50) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb Level 6: Fusion (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 8: Radiation Siphon (A) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage (13) Superior Brute's Fury - Damage/Recharge (13) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (15) Superior Brute's Fury - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (15) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (17) Superior Brute's Fury - Recharge/Fury Bonus Level 10: Temperature Protection (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (17) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (19) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (19) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 12: Kick (A) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 14: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (21) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (21) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (23) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP Level 16: Plasma Shield (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (23) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (25) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (25) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 18: Irradiated Ground (A) Obliteration - Damage (27) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (27) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (29) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (29) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 20: Consume (A) Obliteration - Damage (31) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (31) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (31) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (33) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 22: Weave (A) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (33) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (33) Shield Wall - Defense (34) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (34) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 24: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (34) Recharge Reduction IO Level 26: Devastating Blow (A) Hecatomb - Damage (36) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge (36) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (36) Hecatomb - Recharge/Accuracy (37) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance (37) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 28: Burn (A) Multi-Strike - Accuracy/Damage (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (39) Multi-Strike - Damage/Recharge (39) Multi-Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (40) Multi-Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 30: Super Jump (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 32: Atom Smasher (A) Armageddon - Damage (40) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (42) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (42) Armageddon - Recharge/Accuracy (42) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (43) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage Level 35: Fiery Embrace (A) Recharge Reduction IO (43) Recharge Reduction IO Level 38: Electrifying Fences (A) Bombardment - Damage (40) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (43) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (45) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (45) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (45) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance Level 41: Ball Lightning (A) Ragnarok - Damage (46) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (46) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (46) Ragnarok - Recharge/Accuracy (48) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (48) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown Level 44: Rise of the Phoenix (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 47: Maneuvers (A) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (48) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (50) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (50) Shield Wall - Defense Level 49: Tactics (A) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception Level 1: Fury Level 1: Brawl | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1665;721;1442;HEX;| |78DA6594594F135114C7FF6DA722D0524A59CA560A4829450AC57D8B1B62549A107| |933317584011AB16DA6ADD10FE09BD1A80F3E99B83EF801DCF5CD47FD067E03839A| |A851A3301E7AEE914B3AC9B4BF7BCFF99FE52E93BE3CE1FBF07EEA105CF54797CC6| |23173C42E972C6FDA5CC8CE7A0074CEE44CFBC2793B9B5BB0EC682E9F8BCE9BF6C5| |E8A5E87872AC66CD5EF1CFA4AD25CB4A9E36E7B266299BCFF138CCB6096BDECA15A| |DE464D6B2AF640E976D13FEE97C7E892616164B14B8AE329A2958D69CAF82539659| |A0F9800CE62CBBB8982DB41C2B6467932A613993368B258A18A62AFAE8BD16A31F1| |7E471DCC019FA1F34E0C659810CC3536CF4A54EBFD39B3260E087C04F864DF8C5F0| |6C4DA389BC2EF80CE5E267D88C068100431D1A05820CCF49EBD1C2B83CF8C409525| |866B84EAD78351778F1C45DB1DC204B8D5E430DEEB1C687FB020F181AF050E01143| |231E33BC206DADDE7FADF4DF28FD3749FF4DD2BF9BF6BB5EAFAA1E57B92A0F59FC7| |A38BF846B9670CD12AE15BF195E926740170544D42AA2B088C252C34DEA3F887591| |11C41FAEA1037F055618BAB02AE030BC2249687DE31D2324EA88A823A28E883A2A6| |A83BA6CD10A365A30E9512EC7054E32F4E294C037863E52B76995BBDA300CE5A2E0| |1635D7AE6F6E3B629CBA1F8302718121862D48080C33BC5EBB965A266F270A502EA| |A9598B41B830D052586419419DAA8E06E7DBBBBF19145B7A9CE1EBDCE1EEC762BF1| |1E8621EC15D827B09F2181030C6FD4C5FDBF227DB210098173B476037AA601AC182| |A93DBAB7C5779662BED88027815B8184C0A13D7C3C431CE358C609BC076811D0CA3| |D829B08BE12D6987B58269A0EA0CD25A25358B27294763548E460A2704D41909916| |84C5FE031DCA544210393C6C6CF93D365407F1C7A3B38F354B565842DD3861E832C| |2E0AE43858AEDBF819A3F97E567CAEB6C4D9F2A5DAD2CB4D7CADB6DCE1D53A48372| |DA5375179DE25E854695539FF009096D621| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Stone Regen. Live the dream.

Regen. So good they are planning on nerfing it next page I heard.

Never give up! Never Surrender!

I like cones and recently switched from Dark to Fire as a primary, losing one cone. But the added flexibility is worth it. I still have 5 cones. One from Fire, one from Mental, one from Force of Will, and two from Soul Mastery. But then i have a ranged ball attack for when a cone is just hard to place My preference is still to get to main spawn lined up in a cone thoroughfare of hate. With a lot of global +range that makes cones juicy and never running out of another cone. But the flexibility is really appreciated for when you do not have time to line up the cones Once you have "enough" cones to be virtually endless... 3 5 6 7 ??? You need to start talking about effectiveness. Overall damage, damage TYPES secondary effect, Knockdown, immobilize, and how that works with your attack strategy Only then will you be the Master on Cones

I did not enjoy the SSA, but it was as much technical as anything. The writing of the plot was plodding. Normal for almost all games. The missions with their intricate mechanics not supported by the game very well….bleh. There are some good, great even, arcs. The Radio. Just a hoot, and does not need to use anything you do not use for newspaper missions. The Slot Machine. Redside writing tends to be better than Blue. Gild maybe slightly better but again trying to ise gimmicks so many times instead of plot. Personally I hate the plot Goldside with all the political crap. But I will hive it a maybe better than Red because they tried so hard and did good work. I just hate the subject matter and cannot judge

Dark Mental Dark has 2, then Mental 1. Add Force of Will, 1 Cone, add Soul Mastery 2 Cones. 6 Cones total

I actually went with a Fire/Mental/Force of Will/Soul Mastery build for this. This gives me 5 (FIVE!) cones of varying damage types. Then a ranged ball and a bunch of ST ranged....AND a full PBAoE experience with the Fire Nuke, the Mental PBAoE attack, and the PBAoE sustain. Since this is SO I have Noooooo Defense. Which is why I was asking about strategies. I like the toon so much (and crawl teams are once a week...) that I built a second one on I/O, still no defense, and am just having a Blast.

I am very happy with the high end 20 year old Stratocaster Ultra and the $100 (brand new price) black “beater” Gibson I have. Damn you for making me want another guitar!!!!

If any of you have looked at my Blaster builds you know I tend to build for ranged defense. Preferably with a ranged set like Elec, Ice. Beam, etc. I recently started a Fire Mental with....NO defense. Just building for ACC, Rech, and maximum lulz. There have been faceplants. But I am getting a nice rhythm going with a team usually now. (Still experiencing some floor time). Now I can tell when I can unleash and when my itchy button finger must wait. When to stay at range and AoE (5 cones and a ranged ball) or when to jump in for the PBAoE madness. Right now at 42. How is this strategy affected at 50, in Incarnate Trials, and with the new content? Time will tell. OR you guys will! Can a defenseless Blaster use wise avoidance to get past most high end game situations. Or do I have to rebuild as a Blastank?

more cowbell

I am playing this new fire mental blaster Demon. I knew i liked it when i had to tromp over and do the tedious task of killing a bunch of Paragon citizens just to keep him “happy.”

Yes exactly. Although Range enhancers already serve one function in the power. I am not adverse to a a range enhancement doing both jobs. It is not a normal thing in the game, although i can think of other odd enhancement oddities

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 Blaster Primary Power Set: Fire Blast Secondary Power Set: Mental Manipulation Power Pool: Force of Will Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Fire Blast (A) Apocalypse - Damage (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (5) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (5) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 1: Subdual (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (46) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (46) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (46) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 2: Fire Ball (A) Ragnarok - Damage (7) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (7) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (9) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (9) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown Level 4: Weaken Resolve Hamidon Origin:Lysosome Exposure Level 6: Rain of Fire (A) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (11) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (11) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (13) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (13) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 8: Fire Breath (A) Bombardment - Damage (15) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (15) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (17) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance (17) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 10: Psychic Scream (A) Bombardment - Damage (19) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (19) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (21) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (21) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance Level 12: Aim (A) Recharge Reduction IO (23) Recharge Reduction IO (45) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 14: Project Will (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (48) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (48) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (50) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 16: Concentration (A) Recharge Reduction IO (23) Recharge Reduction IO Level 18: Blaze (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage (25) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime (25) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (27) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (27) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status Level 20: Drain Psyche (A) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Recharge (29) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Accuracy/Endurance (29) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (31) Preemptive Optimization - Accuracy/Recharge (43) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Endurance/Recharge Level 22: Wall of Force (A) Bombardment - Damage (31) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (31) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (33) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (33) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance Level 24: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (33) Recharge Reduction IO Level 26: Blazing Bolt Hamidon Origin:Centriole Exposure Level 28: Unleash Potential (A) Recharge Reduction IO (40) Recharge Reduction IO Level 30: Fly (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 32: Inferno (A) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage (36) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge (36) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (37) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (37) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage Level 35: Psychic Shockwave (A) Armageddon - Damage (37) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (39) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (45) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (45) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage Level 38: Night Fall (A) Bombardment - Damage (39) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (39) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (40) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (40) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance Level 41: Soul Tentacles (A) Bombardment - Damage (42) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (42) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (42) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (43) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance Level 44: Soul Storm (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (48) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (50) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (50) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 47: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 49: Tactics (A) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Sprint | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1652;687;1374;HEX;| |78DA7594594F135114C7CFB433145A10694140905576185A252A461365D3C43621F| |2E06333A1234C32769A2E2E1FC3C425EE0F1A8D9FC2E8B37E031F35EA83CB9B71AD| |67E6F41F6E6DB8613ABFB9E7FEEFB9F77FCF257375A5F5CDEBF429D2DA965DAB54C| |A2EF16FD92E1A196BCBD924BF45F8E9AD7567CF5BF92D3B67AE39455B868E22B251| |2914BC62D9CCD8F9B2E5663356DE29545CABEC78798AAF7B9E6BAE79C54D3BEB5DC| |C5E705C371A746D146C3B1793A8EB6C6D97DB034EDB56CE2E96B69D42FF6AC1D934| |33418A4B4E3E97DDF02AFEE4FEF7B51E5ED9083FA7FD656A8456D589664344299D4| |234073005744A025202D7FF5387891E531099A32780A78067024BBE464DA9D12199| |AE890E0316049AE908E0A840699228ACA8294C8BFCD6C3B4CC2F439DD720FEF3355| |132004D02AD1401340BACF8C7A5AA23F4470F227BE82FA02AB09734A30624708325| |2DAABA05EA38D471A83B21EAC434AB2C89D18E3A14A319F16A1F60969ECBFE2BBCF| |F36D5F236583E0FCBE761790A96DFE457BB92406B6F48B0C6AF0E75071D6C6A10E9| |210D1012D84F618021708B25899D52A8EA09FA21917EFA09F8253040DF05A6E9B7C| |015DE53979ABB0BEE0DC0BD01B83704F786E0DE08DFB26E7573DDD8D310E08C7F0F| |9504462FBD93E986E93DE003E0A3C0287DC23A17A4C22EF33AFBD44C7D48300188F| |1620E2843F8E3AD1CDC59FE1C5422FA20DD0DD712DD03DC1738480F018F04EEF8F7| |55B568848E856A431605C6E978A8562B270027055EF02463AA7A0C068FC3E071183| |C01832760F04B564FAAEA49A8A7A09E827A0AEA69A85FB17A462DD89986824D3514| |6C9C6D34551B4D3E972092E048528D24E9016F32C105A693DAAAFEC38D86F5FA7F5| |2D5F42E03D775751CF76BD2FF395A3F01C67F6DEC1F96D3FAB28BE25B63FF6D39A1| |73D3F5DB92C6D7B3AE9AAAFF00B69FDA9C| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

And now for something COMPLETELY different (for me) I normally play Ranged Defense Blasters. Here is a very undefended loose cannon build! | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1652;687;1374;HEX;| |78DA7594594F135114C7CFB433145A10694140905576185A252A461365D3C43621F| |2E06333A1234C32769A2E2E1FC3C425EE0F1A8D9FC2E8B37E031F35EA83CB9B71AD| |67E6F41F6E6DB8613ABFB9E7FEEFB9F77FCF257375A5F5CDEBF429D2DA965DAB54C| |A2EF16FD92E1A196BCBD924BF45F8E9AD7567CF5BF92D3B67AE39455B868E22B251| |2914BC62D9CCD8F9B2E5663356DE29545CABEC78798AAF7B9E6BAE79C54D3BEB5DC| |C5E705C371A746D146C3B1793A8EB6C6D97DB034EDB56CE2E96B69D42FF6AC1D934| |33418A4B4E3E97DDF02AFEE4FEF7B51E5ED9083FA7FD656A8456D589664344299D4| |234073005744A025202D7FF5387891E531099A32780A78067024BBE464DA9D12199| |AE890E0316049AE908E0A840699228ACA8294C8BFCD6C3B4CC2F439DD720FEF3355| |132004D02AD1401340BACF8C7A5AA23F4470F227BE82FA02AB09734A30624708325| |2DAABA05EA38D471A83B21EAC434AB2C89D18E3A14A319F16A1F60969ECBFE2BBCF| |F36D5F236583E0FCBE761790A96DFE457BB92406B6F48B0C6AF0E75071D6C6A10E9| |210D1012D84F618021708B25899D52A8EA09FA21917EFA09F8253040DF05A6E9B7C| |015DE53979ABB0BEE0DC0BD01B83704F786E0DE08DFB26E7573DDD8D310E08C7F0F| |9504462FBD93E986E93DE003E0A3C0287DC23A17A4C22EF33AFBD44C7D48300188F| |1620E2843F8E3AD1CDC59FE1C5422FA20DD0DD712DD03DC1738480F018F04EEF8F7| |55B568848E856A431605C6E978A8562B270027055EF02463AA7A0C068FC3E071183| |C01832760F04B564FAAEA49A8A7A09E827A0AEA69A85FB17A462DD89986824D3514| |6C9C6D34551B4D3E972092E048528D24E9016F32C105A693DAAAFEC38D86F5FA7F5| |2D5F42E03D775751CF76BD2FF395A3F01C67F6DEC1F96D3FAB28BE25B63FF6D39A1| |73D3F5DB92C6D7B3AE9AAAFF00B69FDA9C| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

i am starting a fire psi blaster a little out of my wheelhouse but Blasting up close has been a long Journey for me

All three of the arcs TraumaTrain mentioned are excellent. The Radio missions are in particular a wonderful story arc. They take you from port oakes to cap au diable and introduce you to where your villain really is in the redside hierarchy. The Slot Machine is a very short and strangely bittersweet twilight zone type arc. The TV is just evil and fits well with wrapping up the villain journey

Immanentize the Eschaton

I fly everywhere