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The newest patch brings us a bug: Whenever you put away weapons, your character EXPLODES. Well, they make an explosion sound whenever putting weapons away. This has hilarious implications for griefing. EX: Walk into club caprice, repeatedly use lead tempest/sword cyclone/eye of the storm/brimstone and block to make a series of very loud explosion noises. EDIT: You can literally skip the middleman by just taking the Heavy Weapons Guard power; it will play the sound whenever you block rapidly. Bluhman fucked around with this message at 05:52 on Jul 14, 2011 |
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Bluhman posted:The newest patch brings us a bug: Whenever you put away weapons, your character EXPLODES. That's it, I'm naming my next character Michael Bay to hang out in Club Caprice.
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Jul 13, 2011 15:03
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That's a feature, not a bug.  And yeah, I'm not sure the weapon pack is really worth 380 cryptic fun bucks, although they are some fairly nice designs. The big rock axe does finally maybe make a powerset that fits the old premium rock costume set though. In any case, have some images.   
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Jul 13, 2011 21:15
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Asimo posted:That's a feature, not a bug. I just wish that instead of an axe they added a rock hammer or something, that'd look way cooler.
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Jul 13, 2011 21:29
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Skin availability, by the way: Medium only Medium only Medium only Both Heavy only Medium only Both Both Aphrodite fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Jul 13, 2011 |
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Jul 13, 2011 21:31
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FlyinPingu posted:I just wish that instead of an axe they added a rock hammer or something, that'd look way cooler. Also since it isn't obvious from the screenshot, the first weapon in the second image is named a "mace" in game, and has four prongs in a cross-shape.
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Jul 13, 2011 21:43
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Until they add an electric guitar as a wieldable costume option for Heavy Weapons, I'm not buying any weapon set.
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Jul 13, 2011 21:56
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Jan posted:Until they add an electric guitar as a wieldable costume option for Heavy Weapons, I'm not buying any weapon set.  Actually, I was kind of hoping there'd be more "gimmick" weapons in the pack. That's one of the few things City of Heroes has over ChampO in terms of customization at the moment.
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Jul 13, 2011 22:19
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Gimmick weapons would probably be their own pack, if they ever do them.
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Jul 13, 2011 22:29
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It's not even a gimmick, it totally fits my RP Biography™!
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Jul 13, 2011 22:33
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Given the catering to the RP crew, I'm surprised the anime-style Gigantic Fuckoff Interdimensional Hammer wasn't in this.
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Jul 13, 2011 22:42
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delfin posted:Given the catering to the RP crew, I'm surprised the anime-style Gigantic Fuckoff Interdimensional Hammer wasn't in this. Are you kidding furries don't need anime hammers!
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Jul 13, 2011 22:43
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The horse dildo sword missing though? Didn't expect that.
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I've recently picked up this game, and was mostly playing around as a Silver with the Munitions archetype. Today, however, I decided I liked the game enough to at least give it a fair try, so I bought a month of Gold and set out to make a custom Archetype character. I'm trying to go for a combination of single sword and darkness. They probably don't really synergize well, but I like it for the character I'm making. My question is, what should I pick for my superstats and if there are any powers I should really avoid, from either set. And, if the combination REALLY doesn't work at all, if you guys have any suggestions for something that would feel similar. Maybe one of the darker sorcery types could replace Darkness. Single Blade has to stay though.
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Everything works well enough in the game. You might need to respec to do Elite stuff or PvP, but you can hit 40 and group fine with any build. I would recommend Darkness be your focus and you take some sword skills, though. The other way around probably won't work as well. Single Blade is luckily the MA tree that relies least on crit stats, so you can still use it with Darkness friendly superstats. Con/End are usually what Darkness builds go for, but you can use Int or Rec just fine too. End is good to keep because a big Energy pool, while normally an annoyance for any other build, is good with Dark Transfusion. If you do swap something out I'd swap out Con, not End. Also keep in mind that unless you're really set on a specific sword model or something, Heavy Weapons are wielded in one hand for animation reasons. I think Single Blade probably works better, but it's an option.
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Hmm, thanks. I'll have to figure out a happy medium between being effective and following my idea. Thanks for the help, in any case.
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The big thing that'll intrude on your effectiveness pairing those two specific sets is a general lack of synergy. Darkness doesn't rely on setting anything up, whereas Single Blade relies heavily on applying and then rupturing bleeds. Also, rupture damage can crit now - it's not AS crit reliant, but crits REALLY help Single Blade. What I would recommend in terms of specific powers is grabbing Void Shift and Scything Blade + Swallow-Tail Cut, and maybe Dragon's Bite and uh... I guess the bleed form, even though your incoming focus stacks will be minimal regardless. Maybe go with Lightning Reflexes and the Unarmed form. This way you can use Darkness attacks principally as your damage-dealers, and be able to effectively blink in and drop in some juicy bleeds that you can then refresh (and give yourself a nice chunk of endurance for refreshing, because it's a Dragon attack). You'll still end up doing most of your damage with Shadow Embrace or Ebon Ruin, but it'll encourage a mobile and flexible playstyle I think.
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doomfunk posted:The big thing that'll intrude on your effectiveness pairing those two specific sets is a general lack of synergy. Darkness doesn't rely on setting anything up, whereas Single Blade relies heavily on applying and then rupturing bleeds. Well, my thinking was that he wouldn't be Rupturing. Honestly if it was me I'd just take Scything to put Swallowtail on, and Dragon's Bite to pop Rush. That's all you'd need from the set. I wouldn't recommend any passive but Shadow Form for soloing, though. Darkness attacks are already relatively weak.
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Ebon Ruin isn't, especially with Nyctophobia, but I see what you mean. The thing is without a high dodge chance his Rush will be pretty pitiful considering his triggers for the other three forms will be infrequent at best. If you go with Shadow Form, go with the single blade form and just be sure to apply and refresh your bleeds whenever possible between Shadow Embrace and Ebon Ruin.
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Bluhman posted:The newest patch brings us a bug: Whenever you put away weapons, your character EXPLODES. Is that what that is? I've been hearing explosions all day and kept looking around to see where it was coming from. I wasn't getting that it was tied to weapons, because in my case it was playing when my character lowers her fists.
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My main runs darkness / fighting claws with LR and the dodge toggle. He seems to kick plenty of rear end.
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Asimo posted:For example, I've been half-considering doing a semi-joke "anime martial artist" Force/Might hybrid. Hmm. I'd buy it, IF you can recolour Force properly(it's been a while since I've used Force, and I forget if it could be). Look is everything, after all. Celestial has a blowback centred on you that has a perfect animation. If it's the same one as Eruption, go with that, otherwise, consider it. Hmm. Phoenix Flight instantly makes me think Souther, but how to pull it off? Teleport's a obvious movement for him. Bestial is a little too feral, but his fighting style is all slashing and bleeding-I may not have a choice. Wish they were a single line rather than all jagged(Nitpick, nitpick...) Aura of Majesty can fit, as can Regen and certainly Resurgence(What else can we call hiom closing hism wounds by sheer will?). Bountiful Chi would work too for that too. If you wanted to get closer to his other appearnces in the games and such, you can approximate his launcher though Inexorable Tides. Eh, it's all guesswork. Bloodly fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Jul 14, 2011 |
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Haven't gotten it sorted out yet, but force bolts and force cascade later in, roomsweeper/havoc stomp and haymaker and mighty leap... probably Defiance on top of it and random active offenses/defenses and things like IDF to improve survivability. It'd lack a good toggle, but it'd keep Enrage up, be decent at both ranged and melee without too much overlap, and be perfectly serviceable for just about every content you'd throw at it. You can do a surprising amount in a Freeform build with even a little attention to it. Only thing throwing me off is the super stats. (Str/Con? Str/Int? Hmm.)
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Captain Thalidomide has hit L40 as a Freeform Glacier, essentially. I'm thinking of retooling him as a more focused tank, capable of going toe-to-toe with Blood Moon undead hero types and pulling some aggro. This is what I have so far. (Keep in mind this'd be a Full Retcon build, not a leveling build, though I structured it that way anyway to some degree.) Superstats: Level 6: Super Constitution Level 13: Super Presence Powers: Level 1: Ice Shards Level 1: Ice Blast -- Hard Frost, Crippling Challenge Level 6: Frost Breath -- Frost Bite Level 6: Swinging Level 8: Snow Storm -- Eye Of The Storm, Rank 2 Level 11: Invulnerability -- Rank 2, Rank 3 Level 14: Ice Shield -- Frigid Air Level 17: Avalanche -- Rank 2, Challenging Strikes, Rank 3 Level 20: Conviction -- Rank 2, Rank 3 Level 23: Resurgence Level 26: Inertial Dampening Field Level 29: Defile -- Rank 2, Plague Bearer Level 32: Imbue -- Rank 2 Level 35: Ice Sheath Level 35: Ice Slide Level 38: Bionic Shielding -- Rank 2, Rank 3 Talents: focusing on CON, PRE, END, REC My thinking: Between Frost Breath w/adv, Ice Shield w/adv and Snow Storm, chilling enemies reliably should be pretty easy. This allows Ice Blast tap spam to hit for decent chip damage against single targets. With Crippling Challenge, that also builds a decent amount of threat. Invulnerability - IDF chops henchman damage down to negligible levels, meaning that blocking is a fast energy builder. This also works well with Snow Storm w/adv; turtling up sends energy soaring while enemies kill themselves. Quick full bars allows for a lot of Avalanche, which builds threat and also does good AoE damage. Ice doesn't really have a good single-target big zap, so I worked in Defile and colored it blue. It's energy-expensive, especially when charged fully to enable Plague Bearer, but blocking builds that quickly and Imbue jacks up damage even more. (Imbue also works strangely with the Ice maintains. It affects only the third hit on Avalanche, but affects EVERY hit in Snow Storm, including the 'enemies take damage when attacking you' pulses from the advantage.) Ice Sheath is there as a hold-buster and to boost damage at intervals. Finally, the heals. Resurgence is there mostly because, well, Super CON. Long recharge, but Imbue + Resurgence can heal a lot of health in a hurry. Conviction is more for rapid band-aids. Bionic Shielding can be swapped out, but I put it there because it scales with PRE like the others, it has a fairly short recharge, and I can use it on others if needed. Unbreakable was another thought for that last slot. Am I on the right track?
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Look into Palliate for a heal. r3 has +41% health return and temporarily increases presence (which means more threat). Also, look at Circle of Primal Dominion. It's a nice tank aid.
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After finally kicking my WoW addiction, I've rediscovered how fun CO can be  This of course means I must show off some of my characters.          
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Jul 14, 2011 18:19
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Prygelknabbe posted:But can he move his ENTIRE HIDEOUT... by an inch?
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Jul 14, 2011 19:05
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You know mom's not gonna tolerate those kinds of shenanigans
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Jul 14, 2011 20:08
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I did a thing. Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, I don't know. Of course he has an Energon Axe.   
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Jul 14, 2011 21:47
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Amazing absolutely amazing.
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Jul 14, 2011 21:55
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What the hell powerset did you give him?
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terminal mehmet posted:What the hell powerset did you give him? Heavy Weapon EB for the axe. Power Gauntlet to have a PA power so I can choose Laser Sword. It's not like I'm going to play him or anything, I just did it to swing energon weapons.
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Jul 14, 2011 22:26
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I bet you could make a viable build.
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Jul 14, 2011 23:21
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Probably. All you would need is the axe, Assault Rifle with an alien tech-ey skin, and Might powers.
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Jul 14, 2011 23:26
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What do I do with all this crap?
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Felony posted:What do I do with all this crap? save it for crafting other crap down the road. Looks mostly like arms crafting materials.
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Being stricken with the curse of alt-itis, I've been dicking around with my Sentry ripoff. Most of my characters are knockoffs of Marvel/DC guys. I initially felt bad for being rather unoriginal, but after seeing three identical Hulks, a near-perfect Flash and even Galactus all in one night, I no longer care.  Here he is, hoisting a forklift like it ain't no thang.  And using his eye beam powers on some fool.  I particularly like this one for the look on the bad guy's face.  And he even has a moment to make time with the ladies.  
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Grandpa Pap posted:Being stricken with the curse of alt-itis, I've been dicking around with my Sentry ripoff. Most of my characters are knockoffs of Marvel/DC guys. I initially felt bad for being rather unoriginal, but after seeing three identical Hulks, a near-perfect Flash and even Galactus all in one night, I no longer care. Grandpa Pap posted:And using his eye beam powers on some fool. 
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Asimo posted:I also wish eye beams didn't suffer the Power Armor Toggle Curse, since they're a pretty awesome and (I believe) unique SFX, in being the only powers that emanate from the eyes. It's arguably worse than the other power armor toggles too, since they're intentionally middling damage and no-cost in order to be stacked atop the other toggles, but that means they're pointless to use alone. You can make various energy builders and tier 0 blasts emanate from the eyes. It's no laser beam, though. After attempting to create a build centered around critical-hit eye-beams, I can safely say it's one of the most useless powers I've ever used. I mean, alone, my energy bulder does more damage than it.
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Asimo posted:In fairness, Sentry is a fairly transparent Not only are they garbage in terms of damage, you can't even really stack them with the other toggles because they TAKE UP THE SHOULDER SLOT, so you can't activate them if you're using mini gun or the shoulder launcher. This is the stupidest poo poo, especially when you consider none of these powers have overlapping animations. The toggle system is just so hilariously slapped together; you only have 3 slots, Hands/Chest/Shoulder, and you can only activate one power at a time from each of those. For the hand slot you have, what was it, Power Gauntlet, and the energy builder if you get the advantage (which is garbage because, as a toggle, it loving disables all your other powers while you're using it, so you have to stop maintaining it if you want to use any other attacks.) There's also that other one where you shoot lasers out of your hands and it kind of shoves things? Iunno. For the chest slot you have micro munitions and chest beam. Despite using two different slots, you cannot use chest beam with any of the hand slot powers, as chest beam is a charge power. So for hand/chest "synergy" you either have to use power gauntlet and micro munitions or laser hands with micro munitions. Since the energy builder advantage is loving terrible and Power Gauntlet is hugely outclassed by Chest Beam, there is no situation in which you'll be using a hand slot. The laser hands are also dumb why would anyone even use them just use Chest Beam it is the only good attack. Mini Gun, Shoulder Launcher, and Eye Beams all take up the same slot. Shoulder Launcher is a pretty good opener and just generally does a good chunk of damage, and mini gun applies a nice debuff with the advantage. Eye beams is the worst power in the entire game and should never be used. Mini Gun is probably the only power that properly "synergizes" with the others, as it's genuinely useful while using either Micro Munitions or Chest Beam. Shoulder Launcher works with Micro Munitions, but it doesn't really synergize aside from the fact that they can be used at the same time. You really can't use it with Chest Beam as both take up too much energy. The few combinations that work work pretty well, but the entire system is just really, really stupid. EDIT: The only true advantage of being able to activate the powers at the same time is near the beginning of the game when you can use a power replace without totally maiming your stats; the power replace will proc all the goddamn time, meaning you'll pretty much kill everything within about 2 seconds. It's also amazing for lowbie PvP, as power replace damage goes straight through blocks and I believe even Defensive Passives. Crocoswine fucked around with this message at 08:50 on Jul 15, 2011 |
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Asimo posted:In fairness, Sentry is a fairly transparent Oh yeah, I remember reading how they were even going to have his costume be red and blue up until a last-minute decision came down from above, so I definitely had no regrets. quote:I also wish eye beams didn't suffer the Power Armor Toggle Curse, since they're a pretty awesome and (I believe) unique SFX, in being the only powers that emanate from the eyes. It's arguably worse than the other power armor toggles too, since they're intentionally middling damage and no-cost in order to be stacked atop the other toggles, but that means they're pointless to use alone. Yeah, as part of my character's build (basically Might), they work nice as a sort of "ha ha, got ya" to the villains before the beatdown commences, but otherwise it's pretty much just a case of using it because I will add that it's a strong testimonial to this game, though, that you can pretty much think of just about any comics hero in existence and create someone that just about duplicates them (in powers, if not also in costume) completely. I know it's been said many times before but I've wasted hours just playing around in the character creator recently. Thanks, CO, for helping me rediscover my inner comics nerd.
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