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So I am located in Singapore and I am really interested to play this game more. I understand from many goons that I can get from Amazon 60day subs for only $11. So Amazon doesn't ship this to me, is there another way for me to get a hold on those cards? Edit: Is Borderlinx viable for this purpose? https://www.borderlinx.com/SG/member/register Edit of Edit: Wow, it's really expensive to ship. All I need to is the code right? Can I pay some kind goon to just buy and I will ship to them and them send me the codes? jerichojx fucked around with this message at 04:03 on Oct 28, 2013 |
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Try asking the sellers, sometimes they will open and email you a code instead of shipping it. Ask them first though. Although sometimes they will say they will, do it, and then also send you boxed ones, and expect you to pay for the extra shipping anyway. Dunno what happened there.
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Oct 28, 2013 05:33
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Flesh Forge posted:Of the two, I'd put challenging strikes on Shuriken Storm in a heartbeat, no question. As far as what kills people in teams, yeah if you're actually trying to be The Tank, you need to get the minions and most particularly the lieutenants and master villains that tend to hang in the back and lob Chest Beam and poo poo. Most tanks (especially melee ones) just go for the scrum that rushes forward and ignore the back rank dudes. Don't listen to this guy, he is dumb, Sword Cyclone is way better.
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Oct 28, 2013 06:13
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But then I wouldn't spin in a circle shooting darts at mooks. Also, Sword Cyclone range sucks.
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Oct 28, 2013 06:30
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If your concern is killing, then Sword Cyclone. If you're trying to tank, though, Shuriken Storm is probably the best tanking utility that Martial Arts gets - It's sort of like Iron Cyclone, but better damage and doesn't have an advantage that draws targets in.
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Oct 28, 2013 08:15
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I kind of think of it as the Lead Tempest of martial arts myself.
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Oct 28, 2013 09:43
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It pretty much is. Has the same mechanics of having a higher chance to miss at longer range, and has the same +dodge while maintained advantage.
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PowerHouse http://powerhouse.nullware.com/ Link to this build: http://powerhouse.nullware.com/powe...K050mUB0tak438W Name: Bob of Hydra Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Dexterity (Primary) Level 10: Ego (Secondary) Level 15: Endurance (Secondary) Talents: Level 1: Quick Trigger Level 6: Agile Level 9: Indomitable Level 12: Brilliant Level 15: Shooter Level 18: Accurate Level 21: Daredevil Powers: Level 1: Steady Shot Level 1: Assault Rifle (Rank 2, Crippling Challenge) Level 6: Concentration Level 8: Lightning Reflexes (Rank 2, Rank 3) Level 11: Gatling Gun (Rank 2, Rank 3) Level 14: Bountiful Chi Resurgence (Rank 2, Resurgent Reiki) Level 17: Killer Instinct Level 20: Lead Tempest (Rank 2, Tread Softly, Challenging Strikes) Level 23: Masterful Dodge Level 26: Lock N Load Level 29: Support Drones (Rank 2, Rank 3) Level 32: Evasive Maneuvers Level 35: Rocket (Rank 2, Rank 3) Level 38: Gas Pellets (Rank 2, Oversized Pellet Bag) Travel Powers: Level 6: Teleportation (Rank 2, Rank 3) Level 35: Jet Pack Specializations: Dexterity: Combat Training (2/3) Dexterity: Gear Utilization (3/3) Dexterity: Deadly Aim (3/3) Dexterity: Expose Weakness (2/2) Protector: Fortified Gear (3/3) Protector: Bulwark (2/2) Protector: Debilitating Challenge (2/2) Protector: Defensive Expertise (3/3) Guardian: Fortified Gear (3/3) Guardian: Ruthless (2/2) Guardian: Find the Mark (2/3) Guardian: The Best Defense (3/3) Mastery: Dexterity Mastery (1/1) Any comments on this? I wanted a Ranged LR Tank with AR as Crippling. I did some pruning from my first try. jerichojx fucked around with this message at 13:21 on Oct 28, 2013 |
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Oct 28, 2013 13:04
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You'll be fine, although you could maybe drop one of the last attacks (probably rocket) and not miss it. If you've never really looked hard at Lightning Reflexes for tanking, I can tell you statistically it's very nearly the same as Defiance for purposes of protecting you from damage with similar gear and stats. Defiance is tied to Con, which you probably already knew, but LR doesn't care which superstats you have. PS: like other tank passives, IDF stacks brilliantly with Lightning Reflexes. You don't need to use it all the time (depending on who else has what in a team, you may not need it at all) but when you have a team of scrubs or all DPS types it's really strong. I generally turn it off for bosses though and just use a damage form instead. Flesh Forge fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Oct 28, 2013 |
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Hmm. I don't think you really need Gatling Gun and Lead Tempest. You usually only need one major AOE attack to tank / munch minions. I'm a big fan of Holdout Shot for healing. I use it on a number of characters, even one melee for a ranged attack/HoT power. So if you ditched Rocket and Gatling Gun, you could grab Holdout Shot and IDF as suggested below. Although maybe you don't need two heals and Support Drones either. Hmm. Might grab a circle instead, Circle of Primal Dominion can be good to help tank and have some KB resist... and minor heal over time... Otherwise looks fine from here...
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Oct 28, 2013 19:01
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I've been thinking that my vampire swordsman could use some wolf pets to summon - do pets still scale with PRE and INT the way they used to?
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Oct 28, 2013 20:53
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LordSaturn posted:I've been thinking that my vampire swordsman could use some wolf pets to summon - do pets still scale with PRE and INT the way they used to? Don't quote me on this, but I think pets just scale off of superstats now. Pre is still a good choice if you want to heal or bubble them, of course.
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Most pets ignore superstats entirely, as far as I can tell. Meaning (in the powerhouse at least) they show the same damage even if you have NO superstats, they seem to only care about your level. Cool thing I learned on the official forums: all offensive passives are garbage, their damage bonus is negligible and you can do higher damage using Defiance in Hybrid. 
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Yeah, actually, Defiance builds can put out higher damage than Offense passive builds. Provided the former is literally using the best gear in the game, while the former is wearing common pieces. Note that the person, afaik, who brought up this claim, also says that Might consistently outperforms Martial Arts. Yes, sure it does. Numbers totally back it up. quote:Roomsweeper - 341 DPS Seriously, every time I see him show up he's lobbying for a really specific Martial Arts playstyle to just keep getting buffed: A Way of the Warrior melee build that doesn't use the constitution stat. FakeishEdit: (Though should be noted those above numbers don't take in account other bonuses - The might moves will do more damage if the targets are knock resistant, and in the case of Haymaker, full-charging it against such targets produces really high and really volatile damage boosts. I don't know how, but I have pretty reliably been able to steal aggro using Haymaker on even green-gear characters. But then cut to those two Unarmed moves: Dragon Kick comes with a hefty energy boost and stun to back it up. BCF not only has an extremely powerful base punch, but it also burns the target over time.)
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^^^: Hah, speaking of Might, it feels really anemic to me. First I tried a heavy-knockback build with Roomsweeper and Haymaker, and that was a total nonstarter simply because of frustration with KB. Now I have a character using Demolish and Thunderclap, which do no KB, but the damage seems really really bad. Granted she's 13, but charging Demolish for 2.5 seconds to do 1.2k damage to an alert dude is not proportional to other power options... That thread is painful to read. And I mean, I guess you could argue that the damage bonus you get from going melee/ranged and an offensive passive isn't high enough to warrant doing over Defiance in hybrid stance (I'm not sure I agree, but I can see the argument being made) but saying they're useless? Seriously? That is just cry wolf bullshit. My offensive passive characters (once they get actual decent gear) are plenty sturdy enough for the fact that they're not SUPPOSED to be mobile brick walls. Is Goonling going to solo Kigatilik? Noooo, but so loving what? WarLocke fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Oct 28, 2013 |
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Demolish isn't really the DPS power, it's the setup/-resist debuff power. Follow it up with Haymaker or something. e: as long as you are actually doing damage, ANY amount of added damage is worthwhile if you think time is a valuable commodity. The correct amount of damage is: infinite. The correct amount of defensiveness is: "just enough". Also have you actually TRIED to solo one of the big uber hard dudes? You might be surprised, Sanction can solo Mega Destroid easily and that's just with Quarry/BCR. Flesh Forge fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Oct 28, 2013 |
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^^ Demolish does really hold its own as a DPS move, but I think it is a little less than optimal, since it doesn't get the knock bonus, and also the simple fact it's really inefficient, energy-wise.WarLocke posted:Hah, speaking of Might, it feels really anemic to me. First I tried a heavy-knockback build with Roomsweeper and Haymaker, and that was a total nonstarter simply because of frustration with KB. Now I have a character using Demolish and Thunderclap, which do no KB, but the damage seems really really bad. Granted she's 13, but charging Demolish for 2.5 seconds to do 1.2k damage to an alert dude is not proportional to other power options... Demolish is actually really good. I think I've gotten like 2.3k or something out of a 40 tank in alerts using it, though it's been a while. That number does get higher after it hits once, considering its defense down. The big problem with the might setup is that it really takes a while for it to really get rolling (you are going to hate your life before you get haymaker). Also, its at a huge disadvantage in alerts, since I'm now pretty convinced that 'tough' rank enemies (everything fought in alerts outside of bosses) are entirely immune to fall damage, and the fact that Might moves trade off damage in exchange for knock. In standard PvE, against non-tough enemies, Roomsweeper does enough damage with fall and hit combined to instantly kill most enemies instantly. The knock-heavy might character can actually be played fairly feasibly with a setup like this: quote:PowerHouse http://powerhouse.nullware.com/ Tactics here:
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You've got Enrage with Endorphin Rush in there but no Defiance. Is Endorphin Rush no longer tied to Defiance (the tooltip still says duration is based on Defiance stacks)?
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For your sentry picks, why not sentry aura over precise? More damage is great of course but I like that +6% resist all on tanks. e: oh that's not a tank is it.
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Flesh Forge posted:For your sentry picks, why not sentry aura over precise? More damage is great of course but I like that +6% resist all on tanks. I make it a habit in most builds I do to just choose some odd tree classification for the heck of it. You could easily just put Vindicator there and be done with it, but I like experimenting, and if it were Vindicator you'd probably know what the specs are already. quote:You've got Enrage with Endorphin Rush in there but no Defiance. Is Endorphin Rush no longer tied to Defiance (the tooltip still says duration is based on Defiance stacks)? I'm pretty sure it doesn't synergise with Defiance anymore, but in any case, the healing on it is very low. From what I remember, it scales up duration with higher constitution, and scales up healing power with strength. It's basically just there for a little more survivability backup, really.
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Tonight we did Nemcon with a pubby whose character was a leatherdaddy that summoned pet bears.  His nemesis was a cornrowed black criminal with jumpsuited prisoner henchmen, who threw spears at us.  Also, his supergroup was P.R.I.D.E. 
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So, hypothetical situation: You check the bank of an old character and there's a couple power replacer unlock drops just sitting there. You could toss them on the market but what are the odds of people actually searching for stuff that doesn't drop anymore? Alternately, you could advertise in Zone; but what price to ask?
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I think there are certain items that are sought out by pvp nerds because they add effects to the attacks they power replace, however, I'm not exactly sure which ones those are since I started after On Alert.
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So the Amazon vendor the for $11.99 Champions Online 60 Day Time Card won't open and send me the codes. Any kind US goon can order 3 for me and I'll pay them via PayPal or something?
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HukHukHuk posted:I think there are certain items that are sought out by pvp nerds because they add effects to the attacks they power replace, however, I'm not exactly sure which ones those are since I started after On Alert. Really high grade weapon replacers for the munitions set (purple qularr minigun, to name one I think) are still a good deal more powerful than most standard equipment pieces today, provided the character is using the weapon in question. Especially considering their buff, the dual-pistol ones might be worth incredible amounts. All that aside, I'd recommend posting up a WTS announcement in zone, see what prices you get - good for both getting a general reading of interest, as well as avoiding the sometimes atrocious auction house fees.
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Hey, here's a question I'm not sure about, but I'm about to need to make this nemesis soon: Can you use punctuation in nemesis names? I want to name ADAM IV's nemesis 'Eve 2.0' because comics are corny that way. 
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Yeah, you can. I know someone in game who has a character named M.A.R.C.
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Some new costumes got added. Kind of a weird selection, but it's nice to see more in the store for sale instead of just in lockboxes. I can't say I would have ever expected the cardboard armor set.
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Kelp Plankton posted:I can't say I would have ever expected the cardboard armor set.
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If that cardboard armor set can be set to Metallic, there is going to be an influx of blocky early-20th century robots.
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One of the options for cardboard armor is a paper bag mask. poo poo just got real.
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Flesh Forge posted:One of the options for cardboard armor is a paper bag mask. poo poo just got real. I've already seen lovely gimmick characters. 'The Flaming Poo' and 'Buttherface' were especially memorable.
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How many box gundams are running around right now?
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Playing around with Powerhouse, and maybe it's just me but I'm not seeing many cases where going with Gaurdian(/Warden) and Vindicator isn't the best option. I mean, look a this build: quote:PowerHouse http://powerhouse.nullware.com/ I was originally going to go Protector/Sentry, but the big perks in those trees (6% heal on being CCed, 6% damage resist aura) I'm not sure outweigh the potential to have 75-80% damage resistance and 45-50% damage bonus from gear in addition to crit buffs & severity, heal on kills...
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WarLocke posted:Playing around with Powerhouse, and maybe it's just me but I'm not seeing many cases where going with Gaurdian(/Warden) and Vindicator isn't the best option. Exactly. That always is going to be the best specialization option for a solo-based build, because it has high offense, high defense, can reflect damage (using guardian or warden), regenerates on kill (vindicator), and has high severity. This is why, when I post builds, I sometimes spice up the spec choices for the build, since that combination is so utterly boring and everyone already knows what specs to pick in those trees anyway.
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There was a time when there was no reason to make a character without Teleport and Minimines - hopefully they'll find a way to make Specializations into an interesting set of choices again. So do the regen-on-kill and damage-reflection abilities work well? D'Antarion is starting to get to the point where those things might matter: quote:PowerHouse http://powerhouse.nullware.com/ Everything past level 26 is speculative. I like that Supernatural Power gives me largely unlimited use of Devour Essence - usually when I'm using that, it's because poo poo went wrong in an alert and I'm trying to recover a bit. Command Animals is there because he's an evil vampire and he should have evil black wolves following him around I'm not sure about the Specs, either - is 4% bonus damage better than +20% Offense from gear? Especially with TBD/AS - it seems like it wouldn't be.
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WarLocke posted:Playing around with Powerhouse, and maybe it's just me but I'm not seeing many cases where going with Gaurdian(/Warden) and Vindicator isn't the best option. For straight DPS people yeah vindicator/(guardian|warden) is pretty hard to argue against, but for tanks or support/control, not so obvious. There are some cool features for both Protector and Sentinel in particular. I think the weakest spec trees are really Brawler/Avenger. e: Man if you're gonna take Dragon's Bite, try to rank it to 3, it's so good. Flesh Forge fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Nov 2, 2013 |
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Brawler is fine if you stay behind the target, its a flat multiplicative 10% extra damage, and some of the debuffs really help. However you will probably pull aggro and go splat right away.
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So I'm rollin' around in this game with three of my bros, and one of them just designs the worst costumes ever. It's fantastic. The three of us are like, muted colors and tights without too many bits or decorations, and he's a 7 foot tall hulking blue-and-black angel that shoots lighting.
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Would love to get feedback on this Might/Elec tank Link to this build: http://powerhouse.nullware.com/powe...O0011F03bIm09gO Name: Starbreaker Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Strength (Primary) Level 10: Constitution (Secondary) Level 15: Dexterity (Secondary) Talents: Level 1: The Master Level 6: Acrobat Level 9: Accurate Level 12: Boundless Reserves Level 15: Agile Level 18: Enduring Level 21: Energetic Powers: Level 1: Clobber Level 1: Defiance (Rank 2, Rank 3) Level 6: Mighty Leap (Nailed to the Ground) Level 8: Uppercut (Rank 2, Rank 3) Level 11: Devour Essence (Rank 2, Crippling Challenge) Level 14: Thunderstrike (Rank 2, Rank 3, Challenging Strikes) Level 17: Bountiful Chi Resurgence (Rank 2, Rank 3) Level 20: Demolish (Below the Belt) Level 23: Haymaker (Rank 2, Rank 3) Level 26: Masterful Dodge Level 29: Electric Sheath Level 32: Supernatural Power Level 35: Energy Shield (Phalanx Defense System) Level 38: Energy Wave Travel Powers: Level 6: Heroic Flight (Rank 2, Rank 3) Level 35: Lightning Flash (Rank 2) Specializations: Strength: Physical Peak (3/3) Strength: Aggression (2/2) Strength: Brutality (2/2) Strength: Juggernaut (3/3) Warden: Fortified Gear (3/3) Warden: Ruthless (2/2) Warden: Tenacious (2/2) Warden: The Best Defense (3/3) Vindicator: Aggressive Stance (2/2) Vindicator: Merciless (3/3) Vindicator: The Rush of Battle (3/3) Vindicator: Modified Gear (2/2) Mastery: Strength Mastery (1/1)
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