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No, I was being serious. The most likely explanation is bitcoin farmers (or other intensive comp hackers) trying to create nodes that work for them, even for a day or two. It is the Tony Sopranos of the computer world. They will dump toxic waste in a stream if they can avoid a fee for taking it to a proper (and expensive) dumping site. Rather than buy comps and pay horrendous electric bills it is faster and cheaper to hack regular citizens. Things i learned in this thread actually.

bitcoin farmers trying to create zombie mining nodes.

current raw is 783 pounds 😮 my best is 5 sets 5 at 212. i have never just went for all out one press. i am old. something might fall off. i am hoping to 5x5 225 this year. but hope is eternal lol. anything over 190 or so feels ....heavy. on a gaming note i have switched over to blasters with a ice/ice i like and a dark/dark that is my new "main"

Yet it is still the easiet choice for support on a Farm map. Step 1) Find Farmer Step 2) explain you need a "real" outdoor map. Places like the asteroid do NOT count Step 3) rain down T9s AoE and Ranged snipes from extreme range and help farm.

Wise advice. Thank you. I will NOT stay in the future. I find it amusing that a few of the responders think I do not have good builds or that I do not run hard content. Maybe I am not a great builder. So I ask for great builds from the boards lol. Maybe i am not a leader of hard content. But I am a great follower. I take part in a Really Hard Way Magisterium every weekend. I just do what I'm told, but I take part. We get the Master Badge every weekend I been doing it as well. I will run some content at +4. It makes sense to me to run ITF at +4 kill alls. People need regular experience, incarnate exp, it is group farming, it is fun. There is a team that runs +4 ITF Master run, no temps no deaths. To me this is alien. Why? But, they state what they are doing clearly. I avoid like the plague. Do we say like the Covid now? I see no reason to run a Kahn at +4. there are no significant extra rewards and the time commitment goes way up. I do squats three times a week. They are hard. There are benefits. Doing the squats while standing barefoot on sharp gravel would net the same gains. But why do it? Because I can? Because it proves something? I'm mystified. Thank you everyone for your responses. (Even the wild ones!) Especially big thanks to those who wisely pointed out I just need to clearly state "You did not advertise this as a plus run, can you run it at +0? I do not do + runs on this TF" and then calmly stay or leave depending on how the situation evolves.

Soooo.... This is getting to be a regular occurrence. Answer a recruitment ad for a PUG. Like the Kahn I just joined. Wait for 8 to fill and go. As we go the leader says casually "I'm going to set at +3, maybe +4" ... Me and another person. "Maybe not a good idea, there are lots of AVs in last mission" "seen this fail a few times at last mission" crickets. We grind through it. Tough team, the last room only went 10-15 minutes.... F THIS with a cricket bat.... If you are running a F-ing +4 Kahn, advertise it as a +4 Kahn. Thats all. Do not make me your F-ing hostage. If I leave I ruin it for the other 6 who just showed up. If i stay I take 2-3 times as long to get the merits / badge I wanted. Did I mention F this with a cricket bat? I never put notes on a player. I put a note. +4 Kahn. I do not run +4 Kahns. If I see this guy on a team lead I will immediately drop, long before they finish recruiting.

This is a real issue. Not that lack of Redside activity is not a real issue...to some people. Let me preface my response with a statement. This applies to almost everything I say on the boards as well. I am ignorant about the details I am addressing. These are my opinions. They are colored by my experiences and my feelings. I am just a person reflecting on my situation and what I think might be going on. This game was build as two similar but separate platforms. Heroes, Villains. Then a third was added, because we needed politics evidently. The Going Rogue code was laid over these two creaky codebases as best as could be done. It...it ain't perfect. Most of the zones are written at different times by different people, copying, modifying, or creating new parts to make what they needed. Looking at you Cim. For whatever reason Rogues get a crappy run on team invites. I encounter it ALL THE TIME. And I miss teaming/League opportunities regularly due to this. Grrrr. I am 99.9% sure the Devs know the issue well. I am 99.8% sure they would fix it if it was easy. I am 85% sure this might involve detailed line by line parsing of code to figure out what in the snarl is causing the issue. They ain't paid. I still choose Rogue. I coose a Dark/Dark Blaster not because it is the 'best sets', for me I do not think they are. But they are the perfect sets for my concept. Same with Alignment. I would prefer villain, but I nod to the fact this is an MMORPG and try to team.

The only word I got here started with a F, and rhymes with luck. The peeps that run this server are hardcore City of Heroes fans, of course. As are all the people playing. I am so terribly sad over this. I am also grateful that Homecoming is here and has not been brought down by these types of situations. I want to thank the hard working behind the scenes crew who give us Villains, Rogues, ...and the other guys I suppose, a place to call home.

then i would have taken a shot at asking for Help with that "tough arc i cannot solo, 5 missions to go,, any help available?" If I was in game and not otherwise occupied I might jump in. Same with other veterans. Asking for what you need (exactly what you need) increases the likelihood of getting it. Redside has and always will be less populated. Dealing with it as such is a heck of lot smarter than coming to the forums with nebulous possible solutions the Devs might use, as most of this thread seems to be...errrr focused? on. One of the tools we have as a community is the global communications. Learning to use it effectively and clearly, while not a Panacea I/O, can change the situation for the better.

I suggest next time you go to Help channel and ask something like "Can someone please help with a boss I keep failing on?" On Excelsior I answer these type of requests regularly and there are usually 2-5 other people that show up as well. Asking for Help is viewed differently than asking if anyone is interested in running X content for no merits and usually little experience (by and large only primary team leader gets reward merits if any) Asking for Help will get...Help.

new perspective. please do not play redside. us villains like to be left alone in our misery and torment.

yes, add many restrictions back into the game. until YOU get what YOU want. if it is not working fast enough add more restrictions. courteous nod to your redside strategies and tactics. btw, have you considered inconvenience fees like charging in game assets to open various ATs? i suppose grinding levels is part of that, but i am talking just buckets of inf.

ice/cold corruptor has sick debuffs

you have to scroll down for it....who scrolls down past what they went to the page for? blaster...brute...etc i guess i will close this topic and just research it on my own. not in the mood to quibble over these things.

i never even knew that forum existed,

so.....without seeming too Snarky (Reg Trademark, Pat. pending) Which Forum would i seek advice on that question? Controller, Dominator, or Corruptor? Wouldn't each of those forums, while knowledgeable, have an inherent slant?

I was going to solo Redside on a Blaster. But changed my mind since I moved the Blaster project as my new 'main' and will be seeing quite a bit of it. Now i am thinking to do it on a Controller or a Dominator. Possibly a Corruptor. This will be a LOT of solo missions and story arcs at +0/x1 and then some PUG Task Forces for badges and fun. Character will bw enhanced, although slowly since it will not level quick. Which is more powerful? (I have run a very few Doms [grav&ice] and no Trollers. Tell me what is up with the choices if you would please. Yes, i am determined for it to be Dark/Dark/Soul. It is a theme I am doing. Focuses the feedback pretty well too!

I want to do this. Although a standout memory from live is a failed old Positron TF. As I remember it was a weekend day. We gathered up 8 and headed in, complete PUG. 2 dropped in the first half hour. Before an hour was up we lost another. That was the tipping point. We were going slower. We lost 2 more in the next half hour. That left 3 with just a few more missions. They stayed 1 more. I am on an Energy Blaster. I somehow get everything done except the last boss. The last boss is an EB not an AV. I know I have a chance. It was a long ugly fight. I kept pulling to elevators and trying to use them to catch a break and recover. In the end.....abject and utter failure. Despondency. But yes I would play it again. They really need to add a badge for this masochistic crap though.

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do Two can be as bad as one It's the loneliest number since the number one No is the saddest experience you'll ever know Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know 'Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do One is the loneliest number, whoa-oh, worse than two It's just no good anymore since you went away Now I spend my time just making rhymes of yesterday One is the loneliest number One is the loneliest number One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do One is the loneliest One is the loneliest One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do It's just no good anymore since you went away (Number) One is the loneliest (Number) One is the loneliest (Number) One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do (Number) One is the loneliest (Number) One is the loneliest (Number) One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do (Number) One (One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do, number) One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do (Number) One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do

i have an ice/ice blaster at 50. not the most damage on a blaster, but the absolute smoothest you will see at mid range. ice slick is only used tactically. drop it if overrun or if they rush you, or you are planning on pulling them through it. keep them at 30-60 range and use rains and cones to make them hate life

This is the 50 build of the character, that I have almost all tier 4 and accoladed. Switching into my main from the Brute. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.0.4.7 https://github.com/Reborn-Team/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Blaster Primary Power Set: Dark Blast Secondary Power Set: Darkness Manipulation Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Dark Blast -- SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg(A), SprDfnBrr-Dmg/Rchg(3), SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), SprDfnBrr-Rchg/+Status Protect(7) Level 1: Penumbral Grasp -- GrvAnc-Hold%(A) Level 2: Gloom -- Thn-Acc/Dmg(A), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx(7), Thn-Dmg/Rchg(9), Thn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(9), Thn-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11) Level 4: Umbral Torrent -- Bmbdmt-Dam(A), Bmbdmt-Acc/Rech/End(13), Bmbdmt-Dam/Rech(13), Bmbdmt-Acc/Dam/Rech(15), Bmbdmt-Acc/Dam/Rech/End(15), SuddAcc--KB/+KD(17) Level 6: Aim -- GssSynFr--ToHit(A), GssSynFr--ToHit/Rchg(17), GssSynFr--ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(19), GssSynFr--Rchg/EndRdx(19), GssSynFr--ToHit/EndRdx(21), GssSynFr--Build%(21) Level 8: Moonbeam -- ExpMarks-Dmg/End/Int(A), ExpMarks-Acc/End/Rech(23), ExpMarks-Rng/FSnp(23), ExpMarks-Acc/Dmg(25), ExpMarks-Dmg/Rech(25), ExpMarks-Dmg/Int/Rng/Rech(27) Level 10: Fly -- BlsoftheZ-ResKB(A) Level 12: Tenebrous Tentacles -- Artl-Acc/Dam(A), Artl-Dam/End(27), Artl-Dam/Rech(29), Artl-Acc/Dam/Rech(29), Artl-Acc/Rech/Rng(31), Artl-End/Rech/Rng(31) Level 14: Stealth -- Ksm-ToHit+(A) Level 16: Soul Drain -- SprAvl-Acc/Dmg(A), SprAvl-Dmg/EndRdx(31), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(33), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), SprAvl-Rchg/KDProc(34) Level 18: Abyssal Gaze -- Thn-Acc/Dmg(A), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx(34), Thn-Dmg/Rchg(34), Thn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Thn-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(36), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36) Level 20: Touch of the Beyond -- PrfShf-EndMod(A), PrfShf-End%(40), PrfShf-EndMod/Acc(50), PrfShf-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(50) Level 22: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(37) Level 24: Maneuvers -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A) Level 26: Life Drain -- Thn-Acc/Dmg(A), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx(37), Thn-Dmg/Rchg(37), Thn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Thn-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(39), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39) Level 28: Dark Consumption -- ClvBlo-Acc/Dmg(A), ClvBlo-Dmg/Rchg(40), ClvBlo-Acc/Rchg(50) Level 30: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A) Level 32: Blackstar -- SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg(A), SprBlsWrt-Dmg/Rchg(40), SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42), SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(42), SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(42), SprBlsWrt-Rchg/Dmg%(43) Level 35: Night Fall -- Artl-Acc/Dam(A), Artl-Dam/End(43), Artl-Dam/Rech(43), Artl-Acc/Dam/Rech(45), Artl-Acc/Rech/Rng(45), Artl-End/Rech/Rng(45) Level 38: Dark Embrace -- GldArm-3defTpProc(A), StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(46) Level 41: Soul Tentacles -- Artl-Acc/Dam(A), Artl-Dam/End(46), Artl-Dam/Rech(46), Artl-Acc/Dam/Rech(48), Artl-Acc/Rech/Rng(48), Artl-End/Rech/Rng(48) Level 44: Soul Storm -- Apc-Dam%(A) Level 47: Dark Pit -- AbsAmz-ToHitDeb%(A) Level 49: Tactics -- RctRtc-Pcptn(A) Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I(A) Level 1: Sprint -- Clr-Stlth(A) Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A) Level 2: Swift -- Flight-I(A) Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A) Level 2: Health -- Pnc-Heal/+End(A) Level 2: Stamina -- PrfShf-End%(A) Level 49: Quick Form ------------ | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1376;655;1310;HEX;| |78DA4D93C96ED3501885AF13BB531AD234299D87349D48DBB4E10590A080108DA8A| |85847A6B15A53D736194ABBE4151002099A0E8871C32B303C073BE605C30B94F0C7| |E75062C9FEECFFFA9CFBFB1EDFFCCE52E7EBCB77CF292D7AC131CBE5C279B956AC9| |29137D7ED35D5385AE5EC67B970DD74D7AD6276C92C6DE2D5C97F23AB55DFF74A95| |60C8B5C4296FBAB65F75CC8AEDB92AB2E2794EF69263AF6F54E2C1FD1577DB2EDB3| |76DC7AEEC76049555DFB28AB1E076D9328B56A9BC61FB43177D7B2D9B0FE6D8B2DD| |6261D5AB3A053CEFF6496B63726E24E5A2359AAD1B4AE94AE57415D2C810A887491| |D6C31C0DBFFB54ADD0805353BC992F8693585F7F7C1B603F210EC38229F80B7441B| |A6367C8C393AFF9075F09432400DECFA88FAA6680D6A8DA7E8A5EB19D8FD9C7C012| |65F92AF402789A81ADAD64FF03BFD99FC02F67D25BF8103DFC18808DBA155ED1FE0| |B7257E11FA45C2E8734007870CB2051C6925DBC0A8F845E9173D160CEBAA2A7E314| |D0BFC627B9877A4068EED9307E421983A025DD1C6D94B9C79A498478A79A499479A| |79A499C7B66813C8379CB8876F9B7E08E61E90F7C171E9BB07F3683DB3D04F90711| |9EBE57FD2DBA305354FBCFBD9573FFB9A605F13EC6B8A7D4DB1AF29F67547B483D0| |86061DACD1B48BB19C0776CB9CC35CC7E1146ABEE846F9AF8F3E0AE37B1E8367F6C| |81AB90F660EC0378271F63BCE4C33CC34C34CE798E91C339D63A66F453B8979B5C9| |B3F09B6F2C88F4FD4E1E67E83B43DF79FACED37781BE0BF45DA0EF7BD1CE725D677| |3C86147BE31CB5AF61A6A09598B45D6166B524B48F6FAC9DEAD0FE98A87ECE301AC| |D5B2DEB4B7DBE1B3A29FEC6DA5D5E5503F3AA4C2B7B434943F9B6B33A8FD6AAEA5B| |002BF9B6BFCABAE66A453CC50FF0BF9A2C366| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Redside...bestside. Few make the cut. Honestly most aren't willing to kidnap paragon civilians for live vivisection by Vahzilok. But I say if the job pays you just need to do it. Cash is king after all.

No Nein Nyet Not even! Well, maybe. But seriously. Redside is just the most immersive. The goal of most video games is to kill things and take their stuff. People are...everything you pointed out. Which is why Redside is just smoother. Arrest? What? With the AR Blaster? The Tank using KO Blow? That stuff you collect from them...you are turning that into Paragon property management? No? Just keeping it then... Redside is pure. Just kill the fools and take their shit. With a little having to deal with Arachnos treating you like an errand boy and peeps double crossing you.

Taunt is a great power. Glad you could squeeze it on. It is one of the most effective mob control powers in the game. Pre-inherent Fitness, back when you needed two powers to get a true travel power there were a lot of Brutes that struggled to squeeze taunt onto a build. We (and I was in the majority) decided to instead not take taunt. We developed a strategy of cannonballing into the new spawn and letting our taunt auras do the work while attacking. Once you have gotten in the habit of building and playing this way it is natural to come to the realization that taunt, while powerful, is a luxury not a necessity.