ninja surprise

When I try to take off flying and get stuck underneath power lines.

If this were like a single-player story-based game like Icewind Dale that I can keep forever and play whenever and I wasn't a grown-up with a job and family and other responsibilities, I'd go for the grind/unlock. But since it's a MMO with a billion combinations of powersets and an unknown lifespan I prefer quicker unlocks. We thought the Live game was going to last forever and it didn't. We hope these independent servers will last for years, but we don't know for sure. So my focus is trying new things and trying the old things with new toons and powersets in what little time I have. I don't want to grind and unlock everything over and over again, I want to play and team and TF and try out things I've never done before. I've already done most of the unlockable stuff on live at least once, and probably several times. There's so many storylines on red and blueside I haven't done

Fire Melee (Scrapper/etc) is supposed to be the damage king with no other mitigation or secondary effects, but isn't near the top of the damage heap. Mind could be fixed quick giving the "big" powers had quicker cooldowns. Particularly Mass Confusion, quicker recharge to make it at least as good as Seeds of Confusion, but worthy of being a T9. @Heracleahad some great ideas for improving Regen. The one I remember best is giving it super debuff resistance, to reflect how regen heals over everything. Give it maxed out debuff resistance to speed, defense, regen, end, etc, and that would make it unique amongst armors. And then people can IO it up to make it really good. Easy to implement and easy to rebalance later if needed. A quick buff would be to let it jump but have the rooting powers behave like Grounded in Electric Armor. So the set can jump and move but loses the buff when you're not on the ground.

To confirm (because I hate the names of the incarnate powers) Core is the build-up damage buff and Radial is the double-hit damage right? Are all these Bills Claws/SR?

Can we have the regular maps made more vidiotish? With all the additional markers added to the official maps?

Particularly true when your self-heal doesn't do double-duty as an attack, like the heals in Dark Armor, Rad, and especially Bio.

I just made two new Scrappers yesterday, and DFB'd with a bunch of other new Scrapper toons! Another OG scrapper is Dark/Dark. If you're feeling super nostalgic you can try running only one armor at a time! edit: My new scrappers are Psi/Shield and Dual Blades/Invuln, no OG there. After I got the Psi/Shield to 12 and then went to re-arrange him on the Character Select screen I discovered I had another with the same concept and nearly identical name at level 4 🤫

Something like this, two files, one named hover.txt and one called fly.txt. Put them in your \coh\data\ directory and they'll load without pathnames. Feel free to use a letter besides G, I just like to use that one to turn on my travel power. You can use a number or F# key though. hover.txt g "++$$powexectoggleon Hover$$powexectoggleoff Afterburner$$powexectoggleoff Fly$$bindloadfile fly.txt" fly.txt g ""++$$powexectoggleon Afterburner$$powexectoggleon Fly$$bindloadfile hover.txt" DISCLAIMER: When I use a single keypress for Fly/Afterburner, I have to press it slowly or sometimes Afterburner turns on but not Fly, or vice-versa. I think it has to do with their activation times.

I'll contribute my standard Insp binds. Since it seems the game doesn't use the right side of the keyboard much, I tied them to the inspirations they most closely resemble: i - insight/yellow/acc k - reds / damage (so pressing i, k, quickly to get acc and damage buff) h - greens/health j - blue/end (pressing h, j, quickly for more health and end) l - purple/luck m - orange/resist n - break frees Plus a set of bindfiles where pressing shift+letter combines the other insps to make that letter's insp. So "h" to consume a health, shift+h to make a health from any available insp (except from breakfrees or wakies). This way I don't have to keep my insp tray organized at all and can use them frequently. keybinds.txt H "INSPEXEC_NAME Resurgence$$INSPEXEC_NAME Invigorate$$INSPEXEC_NAME Dramatic_Improvement$$INSPEXEC_NAME Rejuvinate$$INSPEXEC_NAME Respite" I "INSPEXEC_NAME Sight Beyond Sight$$INSPEXEC_NAME Uncanny_Insight$$INSPEXEC_NAME Keen_Insight$$INSPEXEC_NAME Tactical$$INSPEXEC_NAME Insight$$INSPEXEC_NAME Precise$$INSPEXEC_NAME Keen" J "INSPEXEC_NAME Back in the Fight$$INSPEXEC_NAME Second_Wind$$INSPEXEC_NAME Invigorate$$INSPEXEC_NAME Take_a_Breather$$INSPEXEC_NAME Rejuvinate$$INSPEXEC_NAME Catch_a_Breath" K "INSPEXEC_NAME Furious Rage$$INSPEXEC_NAME Righteous_Rage$$INSPEXEC_NAME Focused_Rage$$INSPEXEC_NAME Tactical$$INSPEXEC_NAME Enrage$$INSPEXEC_NAME Precise$$INSPEXEC_NAME Keen" L "INSPEXEC_NAME Amazing_Luck$$INSPEXEC_NAME Phenomenal_Luck$$INSPEXEC_NAME Protected$$INSPEXEC_NAME Good_Luck$$INSPEXEC_NAME Luck$$INSPEXEC_NAME Amazing_Luck$$INSPEXEC_NAME Guarded$$INSPEXEC_NAME Shielded" M "INSPEXEC_NAME Resistant$$INSPEXEC_NAME Robust$$INSPEXEC_NAME Rugged$$INSPEXEC_NAME Protected$$INSPEXEC_NAME Sturdy$$INSPEXEC_NAME Guarded$$INSPEXEC_NAME Shielded" N "INSPEXEC_NAME Liberate$$INSPEXEC_NAME Escape$$INSPEXEC_NAME Emerge$$INSPEXEC_NAME Break Free" inspSmall.txt SHIFT+H "INSPCOMBINE Enrage Respite$$INSPCOMBINE Luck Respite$$INSPCOMBINE Catch_a_Breath Respite$$INSPCOMBINE Sturdy Respite$$INSPCOMBINE Insight Respite$$BINDLOADFILE inspMedium.txt" SHIFT+I "INSPCOMBINE Enrage Insight$$INSPCOMBINE Luck Insight$$INSPCOMBINE Catch_a_Breath Insight$$INSPCOMBINE Respite Insight$$INSPCOMBINE Sturdy Insight$$BINDLOADFILE inspMedium.txt" SHIFT+J "INSPCOMBINE Enrage Catch_a_Breath$$INSPCOMBINE Luck Catch_a_Breath$$INSPCOMBINE Respite Catch_a_Breath$$INSPCOMBINE Sturdy Catch_a_Breath$$INSPCOMBINE Insight Catch_a_Breath$$BINDLOADFILE inspMedium.txt" SHIFT+K "INSPCOMBINE Luck Enrage$$INSPCOMBINE Catch_a_Breath Enrage$$INSPCOMBINE Respite Enrage$$INSPCOMBINE Sturdy Enrage$$INSPCOMBINE Insight Enrage$$BINDLOADFILE inspMedium.txt" SHIFT+L "INSPCOMBINE Enrage Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Catch_a_Breath Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Respite Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Sturdy Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Insight Luck$$BINDLOADFILE inspMedium.txt" SHIFT+M "INSPCOMBINE Enrage Sturdy$$INSPCOMBINE Luck Sturdy$$INSPCOMBINE Catch_a_Breath Sturdy$$INSPCOMBINE Respite Sturdy$$INSPCOMBINE Insight Sturdy$$BINDLOADFILE inspMedium.txt" inspMedium.txt SHIFT+H "INSPCOMBINE focused_rage dramatic_improvement$$INSPCOMBINE keen_insight dramatic_improvement$$INSPCOMBINE take_a_breather dramatic_improvement$$INSPCOMBINE good_luck dramatic_improvement$$INSPCOMBINE rugged dramatic_improvement$$BINDLOADFILE inspLarge.txt" SHIFT+I "INSPCOMBINE focused_rage keen_insight$$INSPCOMBINE good_luck keen_insight$$INSPCOMBINE take_a_breather keen_insight$$INSPCOMBINE dramatic_improvement keen_insight$$INSPCOMBINE rugged keen_insight$$BINDLOADFILE inspLarge.txt" SHIFT+J "INSPCOMBINE focused_rage take_a_breather$$INSPCOMBINE keen_insight take_a_breather$$INSPCOMBINE good_luck take_a_breather$$INSPCOMBINE dramatic_improvement take_a_breather$$INSPCOMBINE rugged take_a_breather$$BINDLOADFILE inspLarge.txt" SHIFT+K "INSPCOMBINE keen_insight focused_rage$$INSPCOMBINE good_luck focused_rage$$INSPCOMBINE take_a_breather focused_rage$$INSPCOMBINE dramatic_improvement focused_rage$$INSPCOMBINE rugged focused_rage$$BINDLOADFILE inspLarge.txt" SHIFT+L "INSPCOMBINE Keen_Insight Good_Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Focused_Rage Good_Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Take_a_Breather Good_Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Dramatic_Improvement Good_Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Rugged Good_Luck$$BINDLOADFILE inspLarge.txt" SHIFT+M "INSPCOMBINE Keen_Insight Rugged$$INSPCOMBINE Focused_Rage Rugged$$INSPCOMBINE Good_Luck Rugged$$INSPCOMBINE Take_a_Breather Rugged$$INSPCOMBINE Dramatic_Improvement Rugged$$BINDLOADFILE inspLarge.txt" inspLarge.txt SHIFT+H "INSPCOMBINE Uncanny_Insight Resurgence$$INSPCOMBINE Righteous_Rage Resurgence$$INSPCOMBINE Phenomenal_Luck Resurgence$$INSPCOMBINE Second_Wind Resurgence$$INSPCOMBINE Robust Resurgence$$BINDLOADFILE inspSmall.txt" SHIFT+I "INSPCOMBINE Righteous_Rage Uncanny_Insight$$INSPCOMBINE Phenomenal_Luck Uncanny_Insight$$INSPCOMBINE Second_Wind Uncanny_Insight$$INSPCOMBINE Resurgence Uncanny_Insight$$INSPCOMBINE Robust Uncanny_Insight$$BINDLOADFILE inspSmall.txt" SHIFT+J "INSPCOMBINE Uncanny_Insight Second_Wind$$INSPCOMBINE Righteous_Rage Second_Wind$$INSPCOMBINE Phenomenal_Luck Second_Wind$$INSPCOMBINE Resurgence Second_Wind$$INSPCOMBINE Robust Second_Wind$$BINDLOADFILE inspSmall.txt" SHIFT+K "INSPCOMBINE Uncanny_Insight Righteous_Rage$$INSPCOMBINE Phenomenal_Luck Righteous_Rage$$INSPCOMBINE Second_Wind Righteous_Rage$$INSPCOMBINE Resurgence Righteous_Rage$$INSPCOMBINE Robust Righteous_Rage$$BINDLOADFILE inspSmall.txt" SHIFT+L "INSPCOMBINE Uncanny_Insight Phenomenal_Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Righteous_Rage Phenomenal_Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Second_Wind Phenomenal_Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Resurgence Phenomenal_Luck$$INSPCOMBINE Robust Phenomenal_Luck$$BINDLOADFILE inspSmall.txt" SHIFT+M "INSPCOMBINE Uncanny_Insight Robust$$INSPCOMBINE Righteous_Rage Robust$$INSPCOMBINE Phenomenal_Luck Robust$$INSPCOMBINE Second_Wind Robust$$INSPCOMBINE Resurgence Robust$$BINDLOADFILE inspSmall.txt"

Victory! I was one of the Qberts group, also had my own mini-SG but don't remember the name. My mains were Amasu (DM/SR scrapper) and Cute Kinetic (Grav/Kin Controller), and Ninja Surprise, Ill/TA controller. Plus so many alts. So good to see familiar faces again!

It does have a good mix, with up to three AoE. But damage isn't all that great. Wonder if it's balanced around perma fiery embrace?

If you enjoy it and have a theme you like then it's a great choice.

Bio is an acquired taste. Its defense is being all in on offense. You get hit points, recovery, s/l resist, and e/n defense. But you get squat debuff resist so slows and defense debuffs will get you killed before a heal recharges. It can be great fun and amazing to watch or super frustrating.

You'd really expect Fire Melee to do more damage since since its whole gimmick is supposed to be all the damage, with a side of damage and no mitigation or other secondary effects.

How about for an inf sink the enter base costs like 250 inf per use so lowbies can sell salvage to get into their base and poor heroes have to run to an actual base beacon like hobos. This is the only MMO I play so I don't understand why travel has to be a slog. Low max speeds, eliminating pool and primary/secondary stacking, putting long recharge on convenient powers, etc. City of Public Transportation. I like the accolade even though it'll be a bit of a pain to unlock a bunch of times, but at least vidiot maps helps there.

To be holistic, the build is quite similar regardless of the secondary, you just have to move the AoE sets to the corresponding power.

I didn't see a reply to this. If you're still wondering, I don't believe this is possible with a macro but with a bind you could do two bind files. One toggles on fly and afterburner, and loads file two. Two toggles off afterburner and toggles on hover, and loads file one.

Works the same on salvage too, which also suffers from the loss of focus problem.

Ironically then, you agree with the suggestion. The problem is that even if it's an 8-person team set to +4 with "Spawn EBs as AVs" turned on, the boss still spawns as an Elite Boss with no way to make it spawn as an AV. So if everyone on the team is a +3 Incarnate the team gets a +1 EB, which is a total letdown when you're psyched up to fight the Sentinel of Mot at the end of an arc. The request is to let those spawn as AVs when the difficulty setting requests it. And the difficulty settings allow non-AV hunters to spawn EBs instead of AVs, and to drop the difficulty level for fragile archtypes.

Nah, it shows who's taking the damage. My resist-based tanks can get that no problem. My defense-based scrappers never (hopefully) will. Blasters may get it eventually. Same with the debt badges, but in the opposite order.

A while ago I made a Fire/Fire dominator because I had a weird pizza dream where I imagined a very saucy character Roasting everyone with snappy quips, and made Roasted Cheese. But a few days after waking up I realized it wasn't as funny as imagined and left him behind. Then the other day I was loafing around the character creator and made another one. I have a couple more dupes of Axe Scrappers, and some others too. I've started using the character chooser "Search by powerset" thing to look for previously forgotten characters.

But they cost about $20mil each on the auction house, and that's not too hard to get.

Cool, I'll check that out. Swapping between the two T3's on my Shield/Stone, I could see the damage buff stack up to 45% sometimes, but didn't see a big increase in arrest-speed. Switching to the double-strike though, I saw more big orange numbers and that placebo definitely felt like faster defeats. I'll try the tool and see what it says!

Good thread. Came in debating a Savage/Regen but think I'll go with a different secondary instead. Invuln? Or SR. But I usually go SR.

Alternate option: play a Tank. Every attack does a AoE taunt so the critters keep turning around and coming back, no matter (almost) how much they want to run away. And you'll probably still defeat quicker than the Sentinel.