Snarky

You lost me. Somewhere on the slide from im to oo I went down a side track. You see, when I play ANY game, tabletop AD&D 2nd edition where I started, Gamma World, Space Opera (the game…) or the genre, Rolemaster, or a hundred others…. I want to create a character. Sure, I’m a crap actor. But I enjoy the experience. MMORPGs are less immersive in that way, but more immersive visually. Snarky started out on Live as a SS/Willpower Brute using mostly SOs. He was a Villain in bright spandex with a helmet and a few small pieces of football looking gear brightly colored and slapped on. He was a small time criminal looking to make it big. I ran that character for the better part of two years. Sure, I alted. But I could not quit him. Then…. Something bad happened. My group was already playing a lot of White Wolf and I made many vampires, becoming more and more obsessed with trying to create the classic Nosferatu. Which was a joy for me and a pain for my group. Then I changed zip codes by a lot. After a while I discovered “we’re back baby!” And proceeded to make a SS/Invul Brute I ran for 6 months. But… the Darkness called. Dark Invul Brutes, Tanks, and finally Dark Dark. Which took a while for me to get, because Dark Armor is way more subtle than most sets. Then I discovered Cosmic Council and went on a binge of creating things that might be useful in their never ending quest for badges. That ended. But left me with a deeper understanding of CoH mechanics. And an Army of Darkness (squishies of all varieties) was created. And still I learned. I been exploring a lot more lately. I have to say this Fire Fire Blaster I am currently on, now that I know how to read tactics and mechanics, is just insanely powerful. Some type of Demon. A Snarky one lol. So, am I immersive or UI oriented? Is the canvas or the brush more important to the artist? Neither. You can grab some charcoal and paper and get an idea down. Of course it is nice to stab bright (or dark) colored paint until it vaguely resembles what is in your head. But it is what is in your head, and your ability to realize the concept within the constraints of your skill and the technology you have. That is what is important. I find the UI annoying, and i use the regular power button with an Auction Macro on most toons and a up to 10 macros on my Ice Blast toons for AoE placement. I just got done hunting Cim Surgeons, my usual task, by looking at the screen and mousing on them. No macro. Or just AoE the group they are in. Fire be like that. I do not use macros for hunts. I never learned how and I do not enjoy setting them up. I make a toon and want to run the powers. Not much is needed besides a mouse. Do I RP? I have never found an online group that would have me or that I want to join. Have not searched. But…. I am a bit Snarky in every message I post on LFG, Global, etc. Gotta keep the seasoning going!

I tend to be fascinated by the undead. which are in the same city as demons but not the same neighborhood. I run a lot of vampires, liches, zombie derivatives etc. My current project is a Fire Fire Blaster and I started the look out as a possessed set of armor and ended with a demon in armor. It just fits. The only other concept I have for this is a pathological Longbow type operative going vigilante on everyone. burn the crime out of the city!

i dislike temps lol. and since it is my suggestion.... of course its just something thrown out to the HC Staff, which I very rarely do. But it has been burbling in my head forever.

I know any dreams we have of further incarnate powers are probably never going to be realized. As I have played many, many alts I have found there are smaller things that could be incredibly useful. So here is my suggestion. At Vet levels, lets pick 10, 50, and 100. Of course those are placeholders, but it is line with my thinking. At these Vet levels Players choose one pool power, and it has to be from a pool they have not picked from. It will probably be best to restrict to the 1st powers in the group available when you have no powers from that group. The power cannot be added slots to in Respec. if the game allows maybe have the one slot, a sly way to add winters gift or that one more +4KB prot to get to 20 lol. If not, have the power given the equivalent of a hami +%/+% for acc/range, or whatever it does as a baked in bonus. This will give players a wider range of powers, none terribly powerful, yet probably great for utility. a TP other? A leadership toggle they never could fit in? A provoke? These powers will only work in 45+ content. They are awarded at level 50, er +. i find these powers are like the trim in a higher level auto. Not necessary or useful in the basic functioning of a car. But danged,... A/C, power windows, radar detectors.. (shhh...) are all really nice.

Thanks, due to my strange build plan (chasing mediocre overall defense number, acc, +dam) I slotted a full set of sup winters in RoF.

I know, I know…. Just jinxing the crap outta myself. Next gaming session will be tragic. So, much like the old tootsie pop commercial I was slow leveling a Fire Fire Blaster…then rampaged to 50. Now, my preferred method to level is to do every TF in (last available) level order. Red, Blue and Trials. This run I missed a Hess, a Dr Q (not unusual), a Treespec 2, a Sutter, and a Mort Kal. Some were slightly out of order because if someone else is forming an Ice Mistral or a Respec Trial you just jump on it. I formed probably a little over half. Taking first seven to send me tells. The posi 1 was a crapshow, and I wrote a bit about that. Everything else was good. There were some comical mistakes. On my part, as well as random teammates. Not sure why a Posi 1 is batshit crazy half the time. I want to say some people just run low level toons and never learn. But if they run low level they would know Posi. So maybe they just hang out on steroid 50s??? No idea. But it was a very comfortable experience. I knocked out 1/2 of Gold and almost all before 20 badge content before taking off the brakes and installing a rocket motor. I am starting to get the feel for Fire Blaster. It is an ambush predator. You just look at a group, size it up. If you can kill everyone there or 95% of them…. Just walk up to them and Blast. No apologies. If you cannot…. Wait for something to change the odds, distract, or find a way to pick part of them off without agro from everyone. There is no fall back once you commit. Just keep blasting until the spawn is down or you are. Funniest exchange of all my pugs this run. (Besides the crap posi i wrote about in tale of two task forces) was in a Terra Volta Trial. Me; “can i ask why you keeo teleporting those mobs out of the giant damage patches i lay down? Serious question.” Mad Wormhole Abuser: “what?” Me: “i was just thinking you may be a SkyRaider double Agent, because you seem to be helping them.” Mad Wormhole Abuser: “no lol. It stuns them. You can totally see the effect of me casting it”. Me….(to myself)…does this guy really think i am parsing out particle effects from different abilities to read combat situations? Really? Me (typed back) “so, you know you can teleport them back to the exact same position, right? So you do not screw up your teammates AoEs…” Mad Wormhole Abuser. “Alright Snarky. Just for you.” I swear. One time, fresh spawn, I went in, Aim, Buildup, Point Blank Nuke… wait, where the F. Oh…fifty feet over there. Huh…. Well, guess i will wander down to the reactor and do some defending down there. They probably going to be angry when they shake that stun off…

I am on a Fire Fire Blaster now. When I pug, leading or joining, I do not comment about team setup. But, since I usually run Dark types, I really ache at the lack of Defenders on modern teams. We see Tanks/Brutes 3/4 time. But true blue Defenders? Pretty Fing rare.

I madly obsess on my current project. What is in the past....

So… Rain of Fire does use and needs accuracy, right? Cauterizing Aura does no damage and does not break stealth even though wiki and mids say otherwise? Burn??? Needs accuracy?? Hot Feet…. Part of it needs accuracy? Which part? Bonfire…. Does mot need accuracy? Melt Armor does need accuracy? also, any tips on clever frankenslotting these powers?

oh! you saw...

I run a lot of Dark but I hate pets. In every game. IRL I love dogs and enjoy how cats disparage human existence with a glance. But in any game I abhor pets. So when I build anything with access to these I do not use them. In the few (like Dom) that I do take them on I do not activate them nearly as much as I should. Because I F-ing hate them. But…. Yeah, nope got nothing. They also add to the cannot see a damn thing in this cave fun…

considering turning off exp on my new project ang getting to 30 to get widowmaker badge. anybody know 1) is this still available. 2) when the event will end?

why you are a great team leader. where i just start to say things like. "Everyone ignore what i say and run around in circles grabbing agro.... GO!"

looks at the two tanks...

So that was the guy what used the pac nade eh. that was some sad shit.

and if they had said anything about the tactic before hand... i would have bowed out before we began. I expected, like 99% of all TF on Excelsior, to run at top TF level.

New alt....Snarkistopheles

very nice. always leave them wondering

….. so, there are some very good costume artists in CoH. I an not one. I even casually know one or two. But I do not compliment unless it is deserved. Some of these folks either hit random or they have the fashion sense of someone dressing for a comic con while on a three day drunk…

The important thing is you are enjoying the playstyle. Have fun!

On my new Fire Fire Blaster last couple days. The plan was to do all Gold and then Ouro blue red badges 1-20. But I forgot to turn off exp after doing all 1-9... So i levelled him to 20 and stopped ecperience. Then i badged all Red 1-9, including the Ouro badge challenges. Then Blue 1-9. Then i respec'd the thing to be at peak for 14-15 content. enhancers are at about .65 value 20 down to 14, and .7 20 down to 15. i micromanage this crap because to me it is fun. I rand 4 DFBs, then got lucky and on a variety of teams got 4 DIBs. I love those cheesy buffs. Was feeling good about my project. Time to test the puggish waters. Caught a SBB and got all the badges in one run. big grin. Then i joined a Posi 1. Just a standard Posi 1 ad. PUG. We started and i realize my plan is off. Level 8... I think i asked "why are we Fing level 8? response, because leader is 8. funny. chill. I was like, okay. odd but okay. 3 missions in, still level 8. I ask, is this some odd experiment? "This is great because the end fights are easier at level 8!" I mentioned there was a bug and Doc Buzzsaw can show up level 15. Might have been fixed, I dont know. Leader "if you do not like it F....... leave" I left. Joined a PUG Posi 2, and it went well. So i started my own Posi 1. Which went well, a little loose on the team cohesion, but going pretty good. We get to the last mission. i type out my longest statement ever "Please do not go near the 4th hero until we clean around the city hall steps" 6 of us can read. That is good numbers in any population, 75% then one peeled off to try to save the idiots freeing the 4th hero. While i say. 'please. stop. don't" There were deaths. Mine, of course, fire blaster. We get inside City Hall. Me "ignore anything I say and charge in all directions, and GO" They did one better and ranged both groups so they charged the front door. It was glorious mayhem. We make it to the shadow simulcrum fight. I got 2 big red inspirations, one medium, and 3 med blue, I checked my email items. One lg team orange. I grabbed that popped it, popped the reds, and charged forward like a Tank, aim build up AoE and down i went. Now, i did a helluva lot of damage in that charge. I may have dropped at least one. The team finished at least 3-4 of them. Then they started dying. i turned the blue into a wakie. got up, aim build up, killed a shadow firing everything. Then helped someone finish off a mage. Oh, during this time they somehow managed to piss off the room of mages. Because.... why the hell not. We finished another shadow, then i blasted what little was left in the mage room. 33 minutes. It was stupid fun. I think i will enjoy Fire blasting...

So i joined CoH/V when I bought a Good vs Evil boxed set from the local comp / game store. The game had been out 2? years. I ended up making a lot of huge Brutes that I ran forever. In an effort to learn about teaming (red, always dead) I went Blue for a minute and made a Tank. But, and this is the fun part.... I did not know how to change the camera angle. At all. So if I made a giant character.... I was staring at the back of my own head. So i made them as short as possible for a few weeks until I figured it out. Mini Me!

Then it says I need to make a deposit, so they can transfer trillions in infamy from an offshore account. And they will kick me down 20 billion. I just need to help them out with some funds to set up the transfer. I am so lucky!🍀