SlimPickens

goals would usually include softcap to one position (most important to your build- i.e ranged, melee) or softcap to several types, usually smash/lethal and energy/fire cover the most ground, depending on if the character is specialized for farming, certain enemy types etc. Recharge would be the next goal most people have, but capping def and getting perma hasten level recharge are usually mutually exclusive unless you start with a very high base in either def or rech to begin with before IOs. Some builds like dominators I would just build for rech, whereas others like a sent or a blaster will greatly benefit from the def route as priority. If you are going to be getting shot at or punched by enemies you cant lock down you usually will enjoy having softcapped def where possible. You may want to build for insta snipe, but trying to cap damage or to hit or any of the other secondary buff types is pretty much impossible without outside assistance from teammates.

my global could always use contributions to the altitis foundation. Its a terrible affliction, and the cure is just a donation away!

Still just a small in game price to pay per character for being able to Marty Mcfly it around town.

I was a little late to the return party, I just started my account at the end of last month, but I honestly didnt realize how fun this game still is, or how much I enjoyed playing it until the opportunity arose to actually play it again. Since 2011 when I left the live servers I have played other games and other MMOs, and enjoyed most, but nothing is quite like Coh, and the community is just different and... dare I say... better than other MMO games. So just a huge thanks to the devs who devote their time and money, they are part of the community too, and they are the best example of why this fanbase and community are so good. What other game has ever risen from the ashes like this one due solely to the efforts of dedicated fans like this one? Kudos Devs.

Well after multiple tries and having the map bug reproduce several times, I completed the mission, let the mission fail, did other mayhems then went back to the KR mayhem, and finally got a map loaded that did not glitch out and rendered my character in the proper location to get the badge. probably took maybe 5-6 reloads of the mission (including logging out and back in the next day) and it corrected itself. Case closed, but strange map glitch nonetheless.

my old main was a fire/rad controller, but I havent even remade him yet, was too exited to play some of the sets that were introduced since I left the game around 2011. My new main is a fire/time corrupter, and my current best new shiny is a plant/kin controller who i absolutely love playing. Ive got a few more newer sets on my list before i even revisit some of my old friends.

You can pick any mission from the contact. After he starts offering you a set mayhem mission rather than the list to choose from select the what else is going on option rather than the offered mission, and it takes you back to the full list, I didnt realize this at first and was just taking the offered missions randomly rather than being able to just pick each mission and not repeat any.

In general, the common consensus would be to build for positional defense rather than mez protection, since if you arent hit, you arent mezzed. And just carry a few break frees for the rare cases where you are hit through your softcapped positions. The investment in powers and IO slots to achieve even moderate mez protection compared to melee type ATs who have status mag protection built into powersets is kind of prohibitive, if you really want to secure windows of decent protection, use the sorcery pool for rune of protection, but this requires a 3 power choice investment. Personally, I just build for softcap range positional, then stay out of melee or aoes that might mez me, and on the rare occasion Im hit by something, just pop break frees and continue blasting, making dead the offending mezzer as priority. Why build for something that you can easily just use a handful of inspirations to avoid? Build to your strengths, which is pumping out more damage and play positionally so you dont get caught in situations where getting mezzed is frequent.

yes ive had no issues getting it on other characters either, just this one seems to repeatedly glitching out and the map is not registering the correct position of the character when i go to the badge marker. I am going to do some further testing later and maybe invite a teammate to see if they experience the same issue. I am using vidiotmaps but have been since playing homecoming, and have gotten the badge multiple times on other characters, so it seems to be isolated to this one characters interaction with this particular map.

Having trouble getting the king maker badge for my invader accolade. The map shows the badge location but when i try to reach it, my character seems to port off the map and the mini map shows me as outside the zone barriers. The physical location of my character is directly over the badge marker, but when i look at the mini map the game clearly thinks im not there and shows my location as being quite a ways off the outlined zone barriers. The mobs still react to me normally and I from all visual on screen seem to be standing right where i am supposed to be, but clearly from the mini map the game is registering my location some ways away. I have run all over the area trying to get the badge to trigger to no avail, the part of the map it is in is simply inaccessible via normal movement and I have tried completing the mission and starting over, but the same thing occurs each time. Help?

Doing the Maria Jenkins arc the other day for portal jockey. Go into mission with black swan (over halfway through arc) and complete objective which is free some prisoner citizen... then exit mission before realizing... I just missed the kill on black swan. Have to repeat whole Maria Jenkins arc now on that character... >:(

Did the Augustine with R_M earlier and his way is very legit. Was a pleasure to run honestly, none of the remembered tedium of the old days.

Nice guide. Now for invader does the contact allow you to choose any mayhem mission? As i remember it from live long ago you had to have a toon of the appropriate lvl start the mission because they were all lvl locked i.e. if you wanted the Atlas mission you needed a lvl 5 character to start it because the contact only offered missions in your actual lvl range. Has this been changed to the contact offering all the missions no matter what lvl the character talking to him is? Certainly will be going that route if so on alts after doing TF commander 2 times already on my first 2 lvl 50s....

How does one get the alignment power? I swapped over and back last week so have the countdown to justice now, but never had a temp alignment power prior to swapping that went away, is this something that requires a special alignment mission to get in the first place?

Was there a specific design reason behind choosing void judgement? I think maybe ion with its massive target cap might fit better for farming?

My favorite part of the pistol is when it misses. Ayyyyyy lmao. Hold on, ill be back in 25 minutes.

I agree, rage currently has far too much downside and defeats the whole purpose of the ability the higher your recharge rate is. Unlike a build up type power where it gets better with more recharge, rage gets actively worse the more its activated and crashes. As SS is a smash damage primary that is heavily resisted, rage needs a serious rework, the juice aint worth the squeeze.

SlimPickens checkin in. Played protector from launch 2004-2010. Thought it would be fun to put the cape back on. Torchbearer is my new home.