Snarky

you may be right. however....

how is it not true if the enhancer values show it?

in game displays for attuned enhancers are showing sets that are 10-20, 10-30, leveling with toon up to 50 and showing level 50 enhancer values... is this a new thing? is it true?

I think Indomitable is the only shard I did not get the Snarky name on!

i play Excelsior... which lately has had a "let Freedumb ring" vibe

I have rub a LOT of solo projects. It is unfathomable how much time i spent running Brutes through content. I have tried everything. Well, not Defenders, Widows, or Khelds. But you get the gist. Now my most recent project I have been badging on. And just wanting to knock out the arcs to get the badge. I have found some unique powers I had not realized synergized so well. The AR/Dev Blaster. It has standard Blaster powers. Everyone has a different preference for Primary blast sets. 2 things to point out is 1) fully ranged 2) the improved arc on Full Auto allows for the coverage needed. But Devices. Wow. There are some great utility powers and the fortifications of caltrops and mines. But the standouts for soloing are Smoke Grenade and Gun Drone. Smoke ‘nade allows you to stealth a glowie without fighting. Every glowie. Gun Drone is attacked before you by everyone. And it is sturdy. Carrying a pocket Tank and having unbroken stealth? Sure makes solos easy.

the drama ends, i am "the solution" now

please do, been watching for him today (off and on) and he hasnt shown. i am on a 30 and cannot clean zone rubble...and i struggle to find it lol

Here is my favorite AR Dev build. it sacrifices some ranged defense.,..for more range lol. and damage. also, you can throw a smoke grenade over 100' with this build to tohit debuff a group. Blaster - AR Dev Range Dam 3.02.mxd

More and more common with the (disclaimer, i am glad for new players) influx of players. My favorite was a recent advertisement for a BAF badge run about a week ago. The League fills and the leader says “does anyone know how to badge this, i have not done it before”….

i *think this is true. Also, is someone uses an AoE phase shift power you can phase in and attack them. Not sure how wise that is. The carnie bosses phase in/out and not sure if it is the same mechanic.

I wanted a certain badge (ghost widow) and so joined a team last night. Ad was “chill run full arc”. Gathered a team of 8. It was +2. On nearly every map the team split. It was, in my opinion, anything but chill. I never said a word and did what i could to help. When i wasnt face planted. AR Blaster sidekick. Maybe people think this is “chill”. In my opinion they have not experienced 1) a speed team 2) a team that can actually clean a map quickly. This was a brutal slog through Longbow, Carnies, and Crey. On a team with all the cohesion of a hamburger thrown out a car window at freeway speed.

Phase Shift and powers like it are oddball CoH. It is a normal power and to use it you must be free from mez. Although if immob you can hit it. In phase shift only others also phase shifted can attack you. Very very very rare. I cannot recall this ever happening. It is the ultimate “get out of jail free” card however. Enemies that see through stealth (rikti, rularuu, nemesis, etc) will see a stealther and flatten it. But a phase shift (while still visible) will ignore their attacks. Until your 30 sec timer runs out. It is best used in this mode to barrel through really tough maps as fast as possible. Keep in mind at the end of 30 secs you may have agro. Be ready to come out swinging… or in the case of my elec Blaster maybe Nuke and use ANOTHER type of invulnerability power lol.

With a melee toon it depends largely on what native (if any) defense it has. Then there are oddballs like resistance armor sets. Little to no defense and no defense debuff resistance. On a Dark Armor i build for near perfect resistance and ignore defenses. Then use non suppressed stealth, fear aura, stun aura to create a “faux defense”. The strategy for what to build is as varied as the player and AT/Primary/Secondary. Some Blappers build S/L defenses. For the same reason melee does. A lot of attacks in CoH have a S/L component and therefore will check vs this. My Fire/Fire Blaster did not ignore defenses but did not prioritize them in the build. Instead building for MORE upfront damage. When stuff is dead your defense is near perfect. Also, his combat Rez makes that playstyle highly forgiving.

Yeah. Fire Corr. I have not used rad but take a look at Dark. Very powerful on Corr. Three Fire/Dark Corr would be vicious

yeah, i finally did see that (1st time today!0 and i was on a team getting Ghost Widow badge lol. 785 badges at level 30, and i have not started Invention or Flashback yet!

horses? huh, i guess that makes more sense. I thought they said.... uh, nvm.

I have been waitinf for Jurassik to spawn all day. nothing. I have the event logs last 8 hours. nothing.

the typed defenses stack with positional defense???

Both. An attack is (usually) typed 2 ways. By positional and damage type. AoE, Ranged, Melee. Fire, Toxic, Dark etc. The game looks at both and gives the character the better of the two. Then calculates the hit. So with my little 52% ranged def Blaster (45% is “softcap”) there is a 95% chance of a miss from normal enemies. He is never in melee and AoE almost always has a shorter range than ranged attacks. If he hangs in the 60-100 ft ranged area he is pretty covered. Even though he has crap “damage type” defenses. A common tactic for Tanks and Brutes (non farm) is to softcap Smash/Lethal SL since a LOT of damage has a SL component…and therefore is checked versus their high SL defense.

On that Fire^3 (the build I posted yesterday) I carry 2-4 break frees, depending on content being run. A strategy i have is always having about 100 medium to large insp stored in AH. Then in 5-10 bids another 10-20 med purple, 10 break free, 30-60 reds bought. this allows me to hit my auction macro AH /macro AH AH to create. In-between missions I use this to replenish my tray Here is my Elect Temp Blaster. THis plays at range. All at range. Enemies are much less fierce at range. It has 52%+ ranged defense. Heck, it has 75% S/L resist! It has THREE 3!!! powers to become invulnerable or nearly so. Force of Nature, Personal Force Field, and my favorite, Phase Shift. Phase Shift will allow you to zip through the worst 4 star map with impunity. Be fast, the 30 sec clock is running. Blaster - Electrical Blast - Temporal Manipulation tank 4.0.mxd

Blaster (Fire Blast - Fire Manipulation) 2024 v 1.51.mbd

i play "similar" to this quite a lot. although i abuse start. but it is not a huge difference on a 1-10 character. I do not enjoy the new arcs. For petty reasons really. i find it maddening that whoever programmed all the NPCs in both arcs have them hopping around like grade school kids needing to pee. It destroys any semblance of immersion that might have been there.