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there is a good way to miss every ITF rolling lol. this is very common problem when trying to join ITF standing right by the team leader and no hope of making the team as it fills. "sorry" comes the tell after 3-5 attempts to send me an invite fail. off they roll.

I used to have this issue. I have not had it in a very very long time. I just assumed they had fixed it. As long as I started team Blue I can use base for anything I need.

I NEVER race to a call box. I pop up my map. Look at the location of the call box. Am I the closest player. Is someone moving in that direction? Those two questions resolve a lot about my next 30-45 seconds in life. Using the AH between missions for inspiration management is more important to the team success than having 2-8 of us going to a place that needs one. Or, I might just make a cup of coffee.

....what does the title of this thread mean?....errr in English.....

I played on live from the start of Redside. Classic. Hmmmm. Have you played without the inherent fitness powers and having to unlock a travel power by building up to it? I ran many Brutes that way. You say classic, i say pain in the ask me more details. I know many things that made the game so tedious back then

For your amusement (and mine) I have altered a character I have on live to be a "Blanker": a Blaster who builds more like a Tanker. The impetus for this was a new player who was doing what I considered very odd things with a Blaster build. But was offering up decent fire support in 4/8 AE farms with only a moderate number of face plants. I thought to myself...remember that electrical blaster you parked.... I have made many runs at Sentinels. A half dozen 50s, many hours gaming. Many TFs. Never found what i wanted. This....monstrosity....may indeed be that Sentinel. I do need to play test it. Just got it respec'd and noticed I could shave one more slot. Back to mids for the final build. Will respec and playtest this week. Build goals. 1) Tanky as possible with a number of "O crap!" buttons/solutions. 2) Fully Ranged 3) More damage than a Sentinel. (I cheated on that one I know) Achievements. 1) 45.01% Ranged Defense while in combat ( = 45%) 2) 75.56% Smash/Lethal Resistance. Standing stone cold just running passive toggles all the time. (Yeah, I know right?) ( =75%) 3) Phase Shift available for 30 sec about every 50 seconds or so. So long suckers. 4) Personal Force Field. Available about every 9 seconds. This was the power the AE Blaster was abusing that got me thinking... 5) Force of Nature available every 5 minutes. This beauty gives a 2 minute window of +35% resist across the board along with +100 End Recovery. There IS a crash at the end. See above for possible solutions. Hide, pop a sm blue, use either of the other two o crap buttons. Not a Invulnerable melee toon. The crash is dealable with in my opinion. As always feedback is appreciated. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.0.5.7 https://github.com/Reborn-Team/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Blanker: Level 50 Magic Blaster Primary Power Set: Electrical Blast Secondary Power Set: Temporal Manipulation Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: Force Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Lightning Bolt -- Thn-Acc/Dmg(A), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Thn-Dmg/Rchg(3), Thn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5), Thn-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7) Level 1: Time Wall -- TraoftheH-Acc/Rchg(A), TraoftheH-EndRdx/Immob(7), TraoftheH-Acc/EndRdx(9), TraoftheH-Acc/Immob/Rchg(9), TraoftheH-Dam%(11), TraoftheH-Immob/Acc(11) Level 2: Ball Lightning -- Artl-Acc/Dam(A), Artl-Dam/End(13), Artl-Dam/Rech(15), Artl-Acc/Dam/Rech(15), Artl-Acc/Rech/Rng(17), Artl-End/Rech/Rng(17) Level 4: Stealth -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), LucoftheG-Def(19), ShlWal-ResDam/Re TP(19) Level 6: Charged Bolts -- SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg(A), SprDfnBrr-Dmg/Rchg(21), SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(21), SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(23), SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(23), SprDfnBrr-Rchg/+Status Protect(25) Level 8: Aim -- GssSynFr--ToHit(A), GssSynFr--ToHit/Rchg(25), GssSynFr--ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(27), GssSynFr--Rchg/EndRdx(27), GssSynFr--ToHit/EndRdx(29), GssSynFr--Build%(29) Level 10: Chronos -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(31) Level 12: Zapp -- ExcCnt-Acc/Dmg(A), ExcCnt-Dmg/EndRdx(31), ExcCnt-Dmg/ActRdx(31), ExcCnt-Dmg/Rng(33), ExcCnt-Dmg/Rchg(33), ExcCnt-Stun%(33) Level 14: Fly -- BlsoftheZ-ResKB(A), BlsoftheZ-Travel(34) Level 16: Grant Invisibility -- Rct-ResDam%(A) Level 18: Phase Shift -- RechRdx-I(A) Level 20: Temporal Healing -- Prv-Absorb%(A), Prv-Heal(34), PrfShf-End%(34), PrfShf-EndMod(36), EndMod-I(36) Level 22: Time Stop -- Lck-Acc/Hold(A), Lck-Acc/Rchg(36), Lck-Rchg/Hold(37), Lck-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(37), Lck-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(37), Lck-%Hold(39) Level 24: Kick -- FrcFdb-Rechg%(A) Level 26: Tough -- RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctArm-ResDam/Rchg(39), RctArm-ResDam(40) Level 28: Weave -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), LucoftheG-Def/EndRdx(40), LucoftheG-Def/Rchg(40), LucoftheG-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(42), LucoftheG-Def(42), Ksm-ToHit+(42) Level 30: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(43) Level 32: Thunderous Blast -- SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg(A), SprBlsWrt-Dmg/Rchg(43), SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43), SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(45), SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(45), SprBlsWrt-Rchg/Dmg%(45) Level 35: Personal Force Field -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A) Level 38: Time Lord -- StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(A) Level 41: Repulsion Bomb -- Bmbdmt-Dam(A), Bmbdmt-Dam/Rech(46), Bmbdmt-Acc/Dam/Rech(46), Bmbdmt-Acc/Dam/Rech/End(48), Bmbdmt-+FireDmg(48), SuddAcc--KB/+KD(48) Level 44: Temp Invulnerability -- RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctArm-ResDam/Rchg(50), RctArm-ResDam(50) Level 47: Time Shift -- ImpSwf-Acc/Slow(A), ImpSwf-Dam%(50) Level 49: Force of Nature -- GldArm-3defTpProc(A) Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A) Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A) Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A) Level 1: Swift -- Flight-I(A) Level 1: Health -- Pnc-Heal/+End(A), NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(13), Mrc-Rcvry+(39) Level 1: Hurdle -- Empty(A) Level 1: Stamina -- PrfShf-End%(A), PrfShf-EndMod(46) Level 49: Quick Form Level 14: Afterburner ------------ | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1383;658;1316;HEX;| |78DA65934B4F53411886E75C4A8152A0DC916B8BDCE54031716B948B229210316E4| |92D27F5C463DB946264E9C23FE0421404C4286A0CFC09AFBFC1B873E30635315E13| |72FC7ADE9742E2A4ED33FDBEF92EF3CECCCCADF18ADD73B74F2B2D3CE6261617E7C| |FCA6FDECE0566122927A96404C592BE6EE78232EFA077FE52229DB217AC09D74EE6| |734E32E122AEFBC03FB794CD667279EBB27D4328EE9944DAC92EB989BC9349ABC86| |C26E35A53E99BCEA273D5719DFC72C8B74CBA4EEA5A3E8C7961EAA453E5FEBFB9AC| |6D2FD44C649DA43599C9256DC957A8B3DC244D45E53BAC0E861750EB82B8A9F40D7| |213341F915B60C963F04CFF91D87B1A7C2B60E97D72152C5F231F802312A5315633| |02BEADC2042B036409581D244BC1B0286AF8C19E6ED4235F4D1D396DF8B4C41BC01| |AC966FAB63A8DD4C1068334C1A600385A383CF6167CA2C3F7143CB64D3E035B9F93| |2FC071D1A40CB15AD920746A274F0A42EC29F48ABED7E41BB0F32DF98E7C0F86A4A| |130F3863FA256F4035829BE2AF854D577839A2915A12DC2FA93D25B2DEA9BB57B58| |17FD4CAE2057D75DB21331631253CF9EEB7FD0F7133CFE8BFC4DFE017BFE82BAF4D| |08858D5780736436CCD3CBBE67699B4C9FA0E61AFA97A63A0296B5A58B385E7DB5B| |4D46C0FE5A92E7DEBFAFFC5C31896DA34E6DDCF70079AAF01099B76315FB1E58231| |F8227D6C90D72137C298851CF187B9A126DBAB9BFEE46EC65470EA98F77A76F1FF7| |69C82315EEEFB046EAE427F877A4C620B5196C8716716A13A736E7A5A685359AB58| |59AF16D7057E247D8E3C828FA6E358B6F543E3254D43C787A9E77F13FEFAC597C97| |4AF32D7BE5C5F54A7541C9AF87365D4551A9E20A54E9B9804EBF1C8DF3337D3BB46| |88AF76D88F76D7AA0D8BBA71A8A77DDFB074951CD84| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

You have to play Redside. Report to Mercy Isle for processing. Move along.

We have a new person in our SG. I am not social but they did not seem crazy or dumb. We ended up chatting as they asked the beginner questions of CoH and they listened and asked creative questions to my responses They were respeccing madly even as we discussed the intricacies of CoH. Lamenting buying attuned purples. All the standard stuff. I ended up dropping 200 mil on them. Then the next day ran their 50 through a out 2 hours of AE to PL some vet levels ( where i made a good chunk of that 200 back 🙂 ) They are clever and engaged and running Incarnate trials with our SG and we ran Posi 1/2 today to start their badging I do not feel i have “ruined their authentic CoH experience. I think i have given them a ladder so they can step up to where we are all just standing around.

But can anyone solo him using no inspirations, no temps, no P2W, no powers, while standing on their head and whistling "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull.

I complain (loudly) about the bad ones. It is cathartic and hopefully instructive. I never quit or kick. Okay, if someone was starting to get verbally abusive, you got to kick. If someone is deliberately screwing a badge run (or wont stop when instructed) you probably got to kick. Someone is running off to kill mobs.....yeah, I am not seeing it. Someone sets the difficulty to high and will not listen to reason. I got to see how this train wreck plays out. Do the freight cars actually stand on end like in Hancock?

You kick peeps from TFs. Then immediately complain about elitism. does your head threaten to explode?

Synapse “speed run”. The thing gas mostly kill alls and a couple “kill most” to accomplish the goals. Oh no, some Blaster is killing a bunch of stuff. Somebody stop him the defender did not get to shoot it with anything yet.

can just roll a stalker and shift the name over

i came in from FBZ, technically a blue side zone...

LFG: Going for spider badge come to Ouro pst Me, Ouro portal, load to Ouro. Private tell: LF Spider badge. Long minute passes. Team Leader: "Come to Ouro" Me: "in Ouro" I check all my setting. Yep, still Rogue. Not queued for anything. Last thing I did was a ITF, successfully completed. Ouro is deserted. Team leader flies up. Team Leader: "Still wont let me invite you" Me: "Sigh. No worries GL" Not the first, only, or last time this crap happens. Is there anything I can do to make it better? Or is it just some crazy ass bug like Crab backpack showing up on all my characters or my team teleport button being greyed out until I pull power down and manually check I bought it....???

Helping a new player set up a Blaster. Can some kind soul post a strong Rad/Energy Manipulation build? Thanks

so.... i don't really need to construct a kill room then?

This is it exactly. The Khan I joined and ranted about earlier was NOT advertised as a +4. I did not realize it until we loaded in. I asked for it not to be +4 but the leader said "they looked at team composition" and decided we could handle it. I still kind of wish I could take him to Port Oakes docks for a long walk.

I wasnt kidding about the Khan either. We just ran one in under 20 minutes, semi-PUG team. The idiots who run them at +4 take more than that time on the final fight. exact SAME rewards.

and this is one of the reason WoW is 2nd tier gaming for me.

All my Brutes can handle 4/8. any I/O Brute should be able to. My "squishiest" Brute is my Farmer. I have a farm build for him, on fire farms, that is insanely good. Not my build, so I just use what others discovered. I have a Task Force build for him that is more reasonably balanced. For incarnating, getting accolades etc. Even with Fire Armor not being the sturdiest he is a beast. That is my build, and I have run Tanky Brutes a long time. But I do not want to run 4/8 with him except for farming. Outside a farm I want merits/badges/incarnate pieces. Most 4/8 is a waste of time, literally wasting my life for no reason. I have seen people run Khan TF at +4. Why? Why the F would you do that? So you can rub yourself and think about how much time you wasted for 7 other people? Instead of burning the final room in under 5 minutes you made them suffer 20-30. If only you could go out and stop traffic on the freeway for an hour your life might be complete. Pant pant. Okay, I'm done. Off soapbox.

Since i do not use mine for DPS as much i mule it for ranged defense and enjoy the hold. I have a decent ST chain and AoE work mostly

If you start a redside strike force on Excelsior it will fill. Not as fast as a Blueside, but with a little diligence it comes together. I can fill a redside DFB on Excelsior. It is painful a bit, but it is doable.

I do hours of work each week to keep myself in about a half billion in liquid Inf, which I usually blow on a new alt or super packs. But the point is I spend a LOT of time farming, crafting, converting to make the cash. I have yet to find the magical "spigot" that pours out treasure in the game. The closest I have come is farming, which is tedious. I can use my alt account farmer to PL my main account crazy new AT build idea to 50 in a few hours. Then use all that stored cash/enhancers to I/O the new toon. Then I do run the toon. To test, see what I like. But It was not like someone gave me the character. I have to farm. craft convert sell, conceptualize farm the alt, spend time devising an i/o build, respec, slot, tweak, then drop 50 mil in for must have travel powers at P2W. Then...the character is "ready" to go. It is fast. Faster than on live. But I cannot whip one out in less than a hard day, and it usually takes two. Add incarnating (if I like what is happening) and we are talking 3-7 days on the character before it is "complete" from idea in my head to 50 I/O w/ incarnates and a few accolades.

Was doing a Sara Moore last night on my Dark Dark. He also uses two holds. I could fast snipe a fake nemesis (not triggerring bubble but softening them up) then apply two holds. Now the thing is powerless. Then I burned it the rest of the way down. A teammate saw me do this and was like WTF? You can do that? O, yeah, you can do that. I use this same tactic for Paragon Protectors. Works like a charm.