Snarky

It is an odd situation i have. I love super strength concepts. SS in game is good. But it does nit match my concept. If you compare Invul and Willpower and get a good idea on how they differ i would want a STrength power set that is maybe not as Invul and more WP. And ti really get my dream a Brute class that does not depend on Anger mechanic. So no Rage and no Fury. Just a Str/Will Brick who does super stuff

I like to do story arcs. I used to solo every story and side mission redside. Did it a few times. Recently tried again and made it past 30 before i wanted the thing incarnated these days i like helping out. It is real common on Everlasting for many people to jump into missions or help with difficult problems when someone gives a shout out. I do this quite often if i am not in a trial. and of course teaming and task forces. There is a lot to the game and i still do not have it all worked out. I need to do a Blueside story arc toon. Just worked out in my head a different plan for it. Go to ouro and look at each story arc listed and just do those and call it done. Traditionally i have hunted and scoured every contact and did every story arc and mission badge or not. and so... obsessing over gaming. Pretty much the meta activity here lol

I kind of wish I hadn't looked. no one wants to know where the sausage comes from I did not find info on if/when it would ever go live. not going to say what I did take away from it, for the simple reason I believe they will change it again.

I think that its a moot point. Not for simplistic reasons. For meta reasons. The future of CoX is.... in it's past. The Ouroboros gives us a stock steady tool to investigate (repair/destroy/rewrite) various timelines. It is an integral part of the game already. And, indeed, the pathway to Incarnates and the end game. The reality. We are players in an MMORPG. (unless I am a brain in a jar, in which case you folks may/may not exist.) By structure we log in and redo (endlessly, thanks Homecoming team!) the same stuff over and over. Do you know how many times I have done the Dam TF in the last few months?!? How many times do I have to stop this Dam problem?!? Surely there is another dam solution?!? Writing content for timelines and revisions and alternates of what the City is while exploring its depth of groups and plots is a great possible trove of writing/arcs/plotlines/incarnate stuff. Including Statesman stuff. All while adding breadth to the game without altering it. And if part of a storyline bothers you, either ignore it, or write an AE timeline mission and erase it! (might get picked up and used.) Bonus. All of it is City of Reuse. We recycle!

I honestly thought someone had completely mis-typed the description. Because the only way it makes sense is if it goes more damage when just used as an attack and less damage when grabbing End. Having it do more damage when your character is tanking on End is gimping the power, and seriously messing up the fake rules of comic book logic. When you are focusing something to damage, it does more damage. When you need to modify that power to do something else (like grab end) the damage suffers. Otherwise the power is less useful on well running builds. My DM/Invul Brute uses Dark CONSUMPTION as an attack! This took years to get comfortable with in a set that behaves real odd compared to all other attack sets. Now the design is to gimp the power further..... Um.. Wow. Just...really? Just haul out the nerf bat and have it do no damage, then I can drop it from builds without staring at it wondering what to do with it.

So. I know nothing. Most of you know this but just bringing anyone casually reading up to speed. I heard a rumor of changes to the Dark Melee attack set. Since this is literally my go-to set on my go-to ATs I am turning the holiday lights back on. I spoke with someone in game briefly. Does anyone have details on the possible changes, how likely they are to become reality, and what kind of timeline we are looking at? Thank you very much to the Homecoming Team as well. Dark Melee has always been a great, yet slightly off kilter set. I run dark off kilter concepts so it has worked for me. (I can't run water Blast, though I know how good it is, have nothing that fits in my head) Dark Melee has always just fit. From what I heard they are staying true to the sets quirks while modifying a few things to make it work better in the modern game. Can't wait!

I would suggest a new player not jump onto Sentinels. If I have to explain why it is not worth it.

I think in comics in general this goes one of two ways 1) The HERO who did X and we all remember and will never live up to 2) Revive everybody, it can be used in cheesy storylines and saves on writing another backstory to fill that slot.

I love to hand a beatdown to Clockwork King (Robo ChoMo) in the Synapse. Yes the reference is from Dwayne Johnson's evil invention SNL skit.

not exactly a TF but just finished SSD Who Will Die Redside. 7 arcs, all adding up to....a waste of time looking at horrid writing and (insert snarky comment here) It was bad, and crap and bad

Yeah. I have always liked the idea of blasting. Just, between the actual gameplay, the AT design, and my many drawbacks I have struggled with it. I had 50 Doms and Energy Blasters back on live. I would run for a week or two, back to Bruting. Same is holding true here. So far my favorite ranged character is a Dark/Mental Blaster I have at low 30s. Wow can you hover blast cone carnage! That thing is a broom in Synapse. I mitigated the one KB cone with Overwhelming Force. I am looking at revising the build plan I have as I level. I tend to build over-tanky.

so you didn't start face planting the Blaster until level 9?

There are few places that are comfortable Redside. On a busy Redside server ad hoc meetings might happen at the Black Market in Cap. But Fort Darwin. There was always a draw there, at least for me. So many criminal careers started there. It annoys me no end to see Longbow lined up in little rows in the very heart of Redside. Crazy spiderlegs has GV, few pretend to like him and no one likes GV. But Fort Darwin? C'mon. That was THE place. I realize effecting change by making this post has a very low success probability. But thought I would bring the topic up and see what the community thought.

It always depends on what you bring to the table. If you have loved range on every game and in every MMORPG you ever played, you will probably want a ranged character. (or as ranged as we get) Having said that Melee types are the most forgiving to newcomers, unshockingly. They have armor to help mitigate the issues when you walk into a trap we all know has been there for 10 years but it's your first rodeo. I personally love Brutes. My mains are Brutes, and a Tank badger. If you want to examine the game without being drawn into micro-examining every build and nuance I would say jump into the game on an Anything Attack / Willpower Armor Brute. Willpower Armor is something I used to solo all content on back years ago before shutdown. It is not the "Most this" or "Greatest at that" set. It is a wonderful armor that does a great job and you can pretty much ignore it and play. Whatever you choose, have fun! and welcome to Homecoming.

MA is mostly smashing? how much? going to need a metric crapton...

you can edit that crap lol?

most servers have a public base. On Everlasting you use zone-8888 create a macro /macro ZONE enterbasefrompasscode ZONE-8888 fastest mission exit to base to new zone in town

Belatedly the thought has occurred to me that is an excellent idea. I am actually going to start a base remodel and move from tech to magic caverns. Again, I do broad simple large stuff, so it is only a couple hour project total. I will rearrange the porters as I do this.

I rage quit when they announced the shutdown. So I never really raised a torch either. Glad you are back, this community is excellent. They are even evolving the game, thoughtfully and carefully.

Yeah, I just rebuilt a Brute I had on the shelf. 50'd, then incarnated to plus 3, and not really enough cash to build him. Now I figured the cash game. So.....I decided he wiould be my dedicated Redsider and be the one Brute with the Frenzy power I never get. ….and since I never run pure Redsiders….I was soooo confused lol

Sad part is my porters are redside / blueside. Just wandered up to one looking for pocket D (which I keep on blueside…) and got twisted out of my head and yeah, I use zone-8888, faster. except my storage trays/etc are in my base. so when shopping or crafting I go there

Going to leave this up. Because it is so me. and so funny. Someone spent 10 minutes offering suggestions in game, trying to help me. Then asked. You Redside? Because it was all my Blue connections you see. …./facepalm. Now I just got to rearrange the crazy crap I started throwing around the base in a fit of rage to try to fix the nonexistent problem.

I never base edit. Hate the thing. Soi I set up a base and done. Today all the TP points on a porter stopped working. plaques are there. I deleted porter, replaced, same prob. grrrr.

I ran a built out elec/elec Scrapper on live for a few months. Fully i/o’d. I never run scrappers. I was bery impressed. But then i alted. And in cash poor live that meant shattering the character for the i/o’s

Everytime you activate it you loosen up your face / cheeks, open your mouth, violently shake your head back and forth going “Buddle buddle buddle buddle buddle” just email that to @Snarky. Thanks