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Thanks Chelsea Due to concept ( i know its not practical) I will switch out taser for time bomb. other than that this is ecactly what i was looking for.

So they added a TF to the game which is specifically not for PUG groups. ....just....danged.....really? Split the thing into 2-3 parts. At least you will have a crapshot run with a PUG of getting something

On a serious note all those things existed on live but I did not use them. I did not know them. I did not trust them. I did what i knew how to do. PUG content. Writing for the best gamers and doing it well deserves respect. These Devs have my respect. For that. They did a fantastic job Writing and publishing something that is akin to building a network of freeways in a busy city that only work well if every driver knows exactly what they are doing two miles in advance and is respectful of other drivers right of way is not good. I have to say I am taking a look at this and seeing traffic accidents ahead. A lot of really bad accidents.

sure. we race the itf for 11-14 minute runs weekly. top time is 4-7 minutes? something like that. that is not normal. that is not "forming Dr. Q try for speed" in LFG. that is not "aeon Relentless Badge run try for speed" in LFG. If badges were not attached (you get the badge for ITF for a 5 min run) then your point would be valid. But if you are a PUG player (as I was for a many many years) if you want those badges you are screwed. I still remember an Old Posi from live that disintegrated. I was trying to finish solo on a Blaster and kept trying to snipe the EB and escape down the elevator. sad. failure. The Devs have created a new petri dish for many of these types of events to form.

27 minutes? i saw (and listened on Discord) to a high end SG take an hour and a half on the mode up from easiest. these were dialed in people with long running badger toons. then the thing glitched on one badge and they headed in for a second round. but PUGs can do it in 27 minutes? sure, okay. i believe you. of course. you're a DEV.

Why they did not split this into two And give the master badge for completion of both parts I will never know. While the work on this issue was exemplary and the execution of the content was beautiful the lack of learning of lessons from CoH past…..just sad. Know your own history. Stop making mistakes of past Dev teams that have to be fixed later. No one wants a four hour event. No one. I am half terrified the Devs will make a no travel power badge for Dr Q based on the development concepts implemented in the Aeon. Again, incredible work. Too much for one sitting. Old Positron with Christmas lights and presents galore.

I run a LOT of Dark armor. If this thing was EARTH SHATTERING LIFE CHANGING I would have it on all my builds. I use it once in a while on mid level builds. it does not make the cut on final builds. But sure, alter the entre system because this PROC might help Dark Armor where it is struggling the most. Have a ball.

So aside from the explosive diarrhea graphics… How does Earth play? What range is it ‘comfortable’ at. What does it fo well? What do you wish it dud better?

actually this proc (theft of essence) is working exactly as intended. nerfing PROC builds and nerfing PROCs has everything to do with slotting every PROC possible for damage onto a build to the point that the underlying sets become unimportant and just a vehicle for game mechanics.

ding ding ding. thanks. i have it in stealth....which i did not have on first thing in the morning (brute) i already botched making coffee this morning. fill coffee maker with purified water. not quite enough. refill purifier. except i just sleepily poured in coffee maker on return from sink. sigh. overflow. now this. that does answer whether i should leave stealth on though. thanks.

My Kismet Accuracy is not being displayed by combat attributes in game. Level 29, have Shivan DiB 9% bonus, but the Kismet does not show. Any info?

do you have to be 50 for this to show. level 29, have done all goldside arcs through ouro. not appearing

Lol. I literally have zero proc builds. I slot procs when they occur naturally in set bonuses and such. So yes, according to the infinite absurdity of the universe this would cause the nerfing of procs

Dark Consumption has two uses in a late game build I have found. 1) an extremely powerful “o crap this mechanic has screwed my blue bar” fix, and 2) a great ghetto PBAoE damage, especially with a knockdown proc in it. Crowd control? Works like a charm

Rad Armor/Energy Melee would be my choice if I was walking into the game fresh right now. Knowing all i know and not locked into concepts and projects with deep history Rad Armor is very strong and very effective. I have not played it but the people I respect most point straight to it when asked what is the best armor. Energy Melee, since the change, is no doubt the smoothest and most effective set that I see. I have played it to 50. It rocks. The combo would be mad strong and I could make some robot characters with a great look and theme so easy. personally i am on Dark/Dark and Dark/Invul Brutes right now. Vampire storyline. Both those combos are insanely strong and I have them 50d on Tanks as well with the sets flipped. Dark/Dark instead of Dark/Dark. Invul/Dark Tank with a high recharge build is a juggernaut that, in my opinion, is less killable than a Granite Tank Damned light on AoE but tanky as can be and very strong against hard targets. The -to hit and heals/end recovery in Dark Melee along with (in my opinion) the best melee build up in the game pairs so well with Invul that i cannot resist going back to it.

I am currently soloing the game (every contact red/blue/gold) on a dark/invul Brute. I have two nearly identical builds slotted at 29. The one difference (and sole reason for two builds) is one has Stealth and the other has Taunt. Stealth, with Taunt aura off, allows me to quickly finish most solo missions. When I jump into a Task Force for badges or companionship I rotate in Taunt. I never used to take Taunt on Brutes but I am getting lazier as I get older and Blasters are getting crazier. Taunt lets me control a lot of the action fast in team play. But with no competition soloing PvE there is very little reason to throw a power pick at it. I can pull with P2W Blackwand solo.

I am only 50ing rarely now. But i play a lot. So i just email the rare new 50 a few hundred emps. Faster than shards by a little bit

As with everything in life, unlife, and gaming… it depends. If you will not use it the answer is obvious. For you. While I know many hardcore gamers who want to do the hardest content in the most extreme way….. I also am quite familiar with PUG groups who just want to bumble through on easy mode. We have a lot of both on the CoH fan base personally I am more of a bumbler. Give me more powers (that I grind for) and then let me destroy the city. Good times. If you want to save the city using two sticks and a rubber band have fun Mcgyver 🤪 But I know you have found things that you enjoy, whether it be fine tuning a market strategy or completing a master run with an SO toon. I believe the expanded options (and badges/rewards) are a great step forward in a positive direction for the city now, with all these Heroes so busy there surely must be a way to get control of the Hospital blood supply chain…

they moved one of the old ones...where to?

i can not get that whole process figured out. does anyone hace locations

anybody got coordinates....vague descriptions...screenshots....?

A Dark/Dark is hard to level. Once 50’d there are about 12 strategies (probably more) for solving all endurance issues. The one you mentioned is very good. At mid levels. Because Dark Regen is not an early power. I prefer to slot for rech/acc and have Dark Consumption up as needed. As an O crap i get the pay two whine endurance booster (and health booster and phase shift. Love me some options) at 50 you have Alphas and Destiny’s and team buffs that mostly resolve running issues and your strategies for constant end mgt become backups for when mobs/mechanics are hitting tour blue bar hard have fun. But be Dark. Very Dark

someone gave dobbie a sock!?!

has nothing to do with my statement. also, really crappy sentence structure. my statement. you are wrong. specifically, you are wrong because most times it is not the leaders fault most times it is a player who knows what they should be doing and fails. sometimes it is this old game code glitching. sometimes it is the leaders fault. but that is not what you stated. i disagree with your statement. because you are wrong.

So. First. You are wrong i do not say this because i am a leader. I am not. I hate leading i am saying this because you are wrong maybe the leader could spend more time organizing. However i am lucky enough to be part of a very organized group that explains things meticulously. Things still go wrong. Many times things go correctly. Good organization helps with that. fundamentally , and i cannot stress this enough, you are very wrong