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Hi All,

New to the NG, new to CoH. Been on about 3 weeks.


I've been flying my first few characters just by hope and guess. My best
character is 11th level blaster (lightning/force).

Does the game ever get to a point where it won't let you have new powers or
enhancement slots?

My character has hover now. Any reason why I shouldn't grab flight at 14th
when I can first get it?

Any advice?


--
John Trauger,
Vorlonagent

"Methane martini.
Shaken, not stirred."

"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common.
Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to
fit their views
....which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that
needs altering."
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"Vorlonagent" <jt@otfresno.com> wrote:
> Any advice?

1) Read the manual. It has quite a bit of useful info, but can be a little
scattered. Also, unless they've updated it, it's a couple of major revs
behind the actual game.

2) Pick up the Prima guide to CoH. If you're going to play, it's probably
the best single source of info you can find.

3) Find the Hero Planner utility and play with it. It doesn't tell you a
helluva lot about the powers, but it lets you mess around with different
builds and see what powers can be taken at what stage. Helpful to make
intelligent build choices.

--
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-= Shenanigunner: Level 29.9 Natural Tanker, Fire/SS, M =-
-= Sgt Glory B: Level 16 Tech Blaster, Electric/Energy, F =-
-= Duke Miasma: Level 8 Science Controller, Grav/Force, H =-
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Shenanigunner <nsp@nitrosyncretic.kom> wrote:

> 2) Pick up the Prima guide to CoH. If you're going to play, it's probably
> the best single source of info you can find.

I would recommend against this, unless you have the money burning a hole
in your pocket. Prima "strategy" guides are really mostly just reference
material that winds up obsolete at the first patch. I've yet to find
anything in a Prima guide that wasn't readily available for free on the
internet, and the game even lets you play in a window so you don't have to
alt-tab.

 

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Brian Trosko <btrosko@panix.com> wrote in
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> Shenanigunner <nsp@nitrosyncretic.kom> wrote:
>
>> 2) Pick up the Prima guide to CoH. If you're going to play, it's
>> probably the best single source of info you can find.
>
> I would recommend against this, unless you have the money burning
> a hole in your pocket. Prima "strategy" guides are really mostly
> just reference material that winds up obsolete at the first patch.
> I've yet to find anything in a Prima guide that wasn't readily
> available for free on the internet, and the game even lets you
> play in a window so you don't have to alt-tab.
>

Or, for the die-hards, on a second monitor open to several different
sites.

HeroStats is another good utility to pick up early, but not to worry
about later in your builds, as it shows which powers have good built-in
accuracy and recharge times. And it's nice that it counts the bad guys
needed for certain badges (Paragon Protectors especially).

Prima is good for the player up till 35/37 as the zones maps in the
books list the stores sites, and some requirements for them also. And
you can get it cheap at Borders now, saw it on the discount table at my
local store.

 

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Brian Trosko <btrosko@panix.com> wrote:
>> 2) Pick up the Prima guide to CoH. If you're going to play, it's
>> probably the best single source of info you can find.

> I would recommend against this, unless you have the money burning a
> hole in your pocket.

I found it useful, and it costs about the same as one month's playing fee.
The info on the net is kind of scattered and hard to find, but makes more
sense once you have the overall grounding. But you're right about it being
somewhat out of date.

--
-= Victory Server =-
-= Shenanigunner: Level 30! Natural Tanker, Fire/SS, M =-
-= Sgt Glory B: Level 16 Tech Blaster, Electric/Energy, F =-
-= Duke Miasma: Level 8 Science Controller, Grav/Force, H =-
-= the Nonpareil: Level 7 Magic Defender, Emp/Rad, F =-
-= Mean Mr Mustard: Level 7 Natural Tanker, Inv/Stone, H =-

 

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"Vorlonagent" <jt@otfresno.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>Hi All,
>
>New to the NG, new to CoH. Been on about 3 weeks.
>
>
>I've been flying my first few characters just by hope and guess. My best
>character is 11th level blaster (lightning/force).
>
>Does the game ever get to a point where it won't let you have new powers or
>enhancement slots?

Yes, when you reach the level cap of 50.
This is a LONG way off for most people.

>My character has hover now. Any reason why I shouldn't grab flight at 14th
>when I can first get it?

Absolutely no reason at all.
Fly is one of the more fun travel powers, but be warned, it has HEFTY
endurance costs and will require 2 DOs or 1 SO endurance cost reducers.
[I slot 2 DO end reducers (I give fly a socket at 15), then swap an end
reducer for a flight speed when I reach SOs.]

You'll need 4 flight speed boosters to reach the flight speed cap - this
is NOT required, but it's nice at high level when you have some slots to
spare and want to fly faster.

Xocyll
--
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr

 

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J Anlee <janlee@ameritech.net> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>Brian Trosko <btrosko@panix.com> wrote in
>news:crv91m$d78$1@reader2.panix.com:
>
>> Shenanigunner <nsp@nitrosyncretic.kom> wrote:
>>
>>> 2) Pick up the Prima guide to CoH. If you're going to play, it's
>>> probably the best single source of info you can find.
>>
>> I would recommend against this, unless you have the money burning
>> a hole in your pocket. Prima "strategy" guides are really mostly
>> just reference material that winds up obsolete at the first patch.
>> I've yet to find anything in a Prima guide that wasn't readily
>> available for free on the internet, and the game even lets you
>> play in a window so you don't have to alt-tab.
>>
>
>Or, for the die-hards, on a second monitor open to several different
>sites.

Bleh. Personally I find the sites info then save it to disk, so it's
available locally without needing a connection - then it's displayed on
the second computer (networked but not set up for connection sharing)
along with Hero Planner.

The good is you always have it even if the site dies/crashes/gets
hacked.
The bad is it doesn't update unless you go and get newer info.

>HeroStats is another good utility to pick up early, but not to worry
>about later in your builds, as it shows which powers have good built-in
>accuracy and recharge times. And it's nice that it counts the bad guys
>needed for certain badges (Paragon Protectors especially).
>
>Prima is good for the player up till 35/37 as the zones maps in the
>books list the stores sites, and some requirements for them also. And
>you can get it cheap at Borders now, saw it on the discount table at my
>local store.

Handy I guess, but I preferred using the in-game replacement maps that
show stores. I guess there's even replacement maps showing all the
badge/plaque sites, but I have no interest in those.
The maps SHOULD show the stores and should have come from cryptic
showing them.

Xocyll
--
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr

 

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"Vorlonagent" <jt@otfresno.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
>
> New to the NG, new to CoH. Been on about 3 weeks.
>
>
> I've been flying my first few characters just by hope and guess. My best
> character is 11th level blaster (lightning/force).
>
> Does the game ever get to a point where it won't let you have new powers
or
> enhancement slots?
>
> My character has hover now. Any reason why I shouldn't grab flight at
14th
> when I can first get it?
>
> Any advice?
>
>
> --
There's no level at which you don't either get to choose a power or
enhancement slots, so knock yourself out with Fly. I think Hover and Fly
are great for a blaster because you stay out of melee range, which becomes
more and more important as you level. In addition to the flight power pool,
consider starting on the the fitness power pool. Stamina, which can be
taken at 20 if you've taken two other powers in the fitness line (Swift,
Hurdle, Health), is considered a "must have" power by many.

 

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In article <KOudnR6IMNHTmn7cRVn-jQ@sti.net>, Vorlonagent wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> New to the NG, new to CoH. Been on about 3 weeks.

Welcome to the game, and the group.

> I've been flying my first few characters just by hope and
> guess. My best character is 11th level blaster
> (lightning/force).

The game is very forgiving, especially at the early levels.
Eventually, in the 20s, if you haven't built very well you'll
start to be noticably outclassed by more experienced players, but
at 24 you get your first respec, which allows you to correct any
errors.

A friend of mine actually quit the game when his 23rd level
Energy Blaster ran a mission with a 22nd level Fire Blaster and
saw the devestation that character could wreak.

Happy ending, he realized his mistakes and started playing again
with a Fire Blaster of his own. Made it to 34 or so, but found he
didn't like dying as much as you do as a Fire Blaster. Now he's a
Tanker.

> Does the game ever get to a point where it won't let you have
> new powers or enhancement slots?

No. Eventually there will be times when no *great* powers are
available, but you can always get something.

> My character has hover now. Any reason why I shouldn't grab
> flight at 14th when I can first get it?

No. Get it right away.

--
Neil Cerutti

 

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"Vorlonagent" <jt@otfresno.com> wrote in
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> Hi All,
>
> New to the NG, new to CoH. Been on about 3 weeks.

Cool!! Welcome to the group. This is a pretty handy group. We have a lot of
people here who know quite a bit about the game.

> I've been flying my first few characters just by hope and guess. My
> best character is 11th level blaster (lightning/force).

Ahhh, electricity/energy. Never played an electricity/* blaster very far
(got to about L4 before I figured out that the graphics annoyed me), but I
have an energy/energy blaster sitting in the wings at level 15.

> Does the game ever get to a point where it won't let you have new
> powers or enhancement slots?

No, it doesn't. At the lower levels, you get new powers at even levels, and
enhancement slots at odd levels. At levels 32 and up, you get new powers
every 3 levels, and 3 enhancement slots each level in between.

> My character has hover now. Any reason why I shouldn't grab flight
> at 14th when I can first get it?

It depends on how your powers are going. When you get to level 13, start
paying close attention to the powers that you are using, and the powers
that you widh you had. Sometimes, you will find that you absolutely *need*
a certain power, and thus it might be adviseable to put off flight.

I know that with my energy/energy blaster, at 14 I took energy Torrent
instead of flight. I found that I needed a decent cone attack for getting
mobs off my back. Once I get him to 16, he will get flight...



--
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Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> wrote in
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> The maps SHOULD show the stores and should have come from cryptic
> showing them.

Ummm, they do. Or at least they did last weekend.

Just open the map, and then use the slider on the (right hand side I think)
side of the window to zoom in. Once zoomed in, you can drag the map around
to center it on your character.

--
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"Neil Cerutti" <neil.cerutti@tds.net> wrote in message
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> In article <KOudnR6IMNHTmn7cRVn-jQ@sti.net>, Vorlonagent wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > New to the NG, new to CoH. Been on about 3 weeks.
>
> Welcome to the game, and the group.

Thanks and thanks.


> > I've been flying my first few characters just by hope and
> > guess. My best character is 11th level blaster
> > (lightning/force).
>
> The game is very forgiving, especially at the early levels.
> Eventually, in the 20s, if you haven't built very well you'll
> start to be noticably outclassed by more experienced players, but
> at 24 you get your first respec, which allows you to correct any
> errors.

I don't think I've done too much bad. At level 11 the character has the
first 4 Electrical powers plus Power Thrust, Build Up and Hover.

I have changed out my enhancements sometimes. My Hover originally had
flight speed and I replaced it with Defense Buff. Either way it was too
slow for combat maneuverability. Some other posts have illuminated why.

I've settled to constant pattern of 2x Power (10 or 10+ at my level) and a
reduced Endurabnce (10 or 10+) on the attack powers.

I'm a little disappointed that the Force secondary didn't have much in the
way of distance-damage powers, but even at 11th level, plain ol' Power
Thrust has worked good for backup when my distance attacks are cycling.

When attacking, whether in a group or individually, I usually lead off with
a Ball lightning, then close distance to deliver a Short Circuit before
backing off and working the character's bread and butter: Charged Bolts and
Lightning bolt. I really want a third attack power so I can retire Brawl
entirely and keep Power Thrust in reserve to keep physical types off me.
Zapp will help, but it's a sniper blast and not a whorkhorse power like CB
and LB. Guess I'll be waitng for Tesla Cage.

I guess that's why Fire/Ice combos are popular. That and some cool SPFX...


--
John Trauger,
Vorlonagent

"Methane martini.
Shaken, not stirred."

"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common.
Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to
fit their views
....which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that
needs altering."
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In article <5d08u09jf9dnkbr1jtkef74tc2rtvhqjb4@4ax.com>, Xocyll wrote:
> "Vorlonagent" <jt@otfresno.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
> the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>New to the NG, new to CoH. Been on about 3 weeks.
>>
>>
>>I've been flying my first few characters just by hope and guess. My best
>>character is 11th level blaster (lightning/force).
>>
>>Does the game ever get to a point where it won't let you have new powers or
>>enhancement slots?
>
> Yes, when you reach the level cap of 50.
> This is a LONG way off for most people.
>
>>My character has hover now. Any reason why I shouldn't grab flight at 14th
>>when I can first get it?
>
> Absolutely no reason at all. Fly is one of the more fun travel
> powers, but be warned, it has HEFTY endurance costs and will
> require 2 DOs or 1 SO endurance cost reducers. [I slot 2 DO end
> reducers (I give fly a socket at 15), then swap an end reducer
> for a flight speed when I reach SOs.]

Also note that just one Dual Origin endurance reduction
enhancement is enough to allow you to fly indefinitely as long as
no other toggles are running.

> You'll need 4 flight speed boosters to reach the flight speed
> cap - this is NOT required, but it's nice at high level when
> you have some slots to spare and want to fly faster.

In addition, some Blasters get a real benefit from using 6 Fly
Speed enhancement in Hover. If you plan to do this, you shouldn't
bother until your late 20's or early 30's.

--
Neil Cerutti
I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I
just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.
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Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net> wrote in
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> In addition, some Blasters get a real benefit from using 6 Fly
> Speed enhancement in Hover. If you plan to do this, you shouldn't
> bother until your late 20's or early 30's.

I find that 3 fly speed SO's in hover gives me quite good combat
maneuverability. I wouldn't 6 slot it unless you are putting defense in the
other 3, and even then not until you have SO's, anything less and the
defense boost is too small to notice.

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>
> Ahhh, electricity/energy. Never played an electricity/* blaster very far
> (got to about L4 before I figured out that the graphics annoyed me), but I
> have an energy/energy blaster sitting in the wings at level 15.
>
> > My character has hover now. Any reason why I shouldn't grab flight
> > at 14th when I can first get it?
>
> It depends on how your powers are going. When you get to level 13, start
> paying close attention to the powers that you are using, and the powers
> that you widh you had. Sometimes, you will find that you absolutely *need*
> a certain power, and thus it might be adviseable to put off flight.
>
> I know that with my energy/energy blaster, at 14 I took energy Torrent
> instead of flight. I found that I needed a decent cone attack for getting
> mobs off my back. Once I get him to 16, he will get flight...

My 0th character was a Force/Ice Blaster and he grabbed Energy Torrent real
fast. As with Ball Lightning, Energy Torrent was his choice for an opening
attack when engaging a mob.

I call him my 0th character because he was built on a freind's account when
I was up for a visit in early December. I'd really like him back as a
unnamed high-level hero traded him nothing for like 99,000 influence when he
was 5th-6th level. He maxed out his enhancements real fast when he hit
7th...


--
John Trauger,
Vorlonagent

"Methane martini.
Shaken, not stirred."

"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common.
Instead of altering their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to
fit their views
....which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that
needs altering."
-The Doctor

 

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In article <q82dnS8x_tSXkHncRVn-iA@giganews.com>, The Soliphist wrote:
> Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net> wrote in
> news:34ifk2F4bpaeeU2@individual.net:
>
>> In addition, some Blasters get a real benefit from using 6 Fly
>> Speed enhancement in Hover. If you plan to do this, you shouldn't
>> bother until your late 20's or early 30's.
>
> I find that 3 fly speed SO's in hover gives me quite good
> combat maneuverability. I wouldn't 6 slot it unless you are
> putting defense in the other 3, and even then not until you
> have SO's, anything less and the defense boost is too small to
> notice.

It's not really worth it to slot for defense at only +1% per
Single Origin enhancement. Fully slotted to 11% +Defense, it does
stack nicely with Weave and Stealth, though.

--
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Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net> looked up from reading the entrails
of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>In article <5d08u09jf9dnkbr1jtkef74tc2rtvhqjb4@4ax.com>, Xocyll wrote:
>> "Vorlonagent" <jt@otfresno.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
>> the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
<snip>
>>>My character has hover now. Any reason why I shouldn't grab flight at 14th
>>>when I can first get it?
>>
>> Absolutely no reason at all. Fly is one of the more fun travel
>> powers, but be warned, it has HEFTY endurance costs and will
>> require 2 DOs or 1 SO endurance cost reducers. [I slot 2 DO end
>> reducers (I give fly a socket at 15), then swap an end reducer
>> for a flight speed when I reach SOs.]
>
>Also note that just one Dual Origin endurance reduction
>enhancement is enough to allow you to fly indefinitely as long as
>no other toggles are running.

This is NOT my experience at all, which is why I stick a socket on at 15
to hold a second DO until 22 and the SOs.
1 SO is certainly enough, but 1 DO doesn't seem to be - at least not on
all ATs.

Xocyll
--
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr

 

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Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net> wrote:
> It's not really worth it to slot for defense at only +1% per
> Single Origin enhancement.

Really!

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-= Shenanigunner: Level 30 Natural Tanker, Fire/SS, M =-
-= Sgt Glory B: Level 16 Tech Blaster, Electric/Energy, F =-
-= Duke Miasma: Level 8 Science Controller, Grav/Force, H =-
-= the Nonpareil: Level 7 Magic Defender, Emp/Rad, F =-
-= Mean Mr Mustard: Level 7 Natural Tanker, Inv/Stone, H =-

 

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Shenanigunner <nsp@nitrosyncretic.kom> wrote in
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> Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net> wrote:
>> It's not really worth it to slot for defense at only +1% per
>> Single Origin enhancement.
>
> Really!

Defense SO's are 20% improvement to base value. Hover (and Hasten, and
Combat Jumping) has a base defense value of 5%, so each SO improves your
overall defense by 1%. Which was what I was getting at earlier, I wouldn't
six slot Hover unless you plan to use it as your only travel power. I have
heard six Fly Speed SO's in hover brings you up to the base unenhanced
speed of Fly.

For a defense power that doesn't require a 3-power commitment like Weave,
slotting Stealh (7.5% base) with 5 defense buffs gives you a 15% defense
bonus. Overall though, if you can afford taking three powers from the
fighting pool, Tough and Weave are the best you can get, with a 15% base
smash/lethal resistence and 10% base defense bonus, respectively.

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In article <Xns95DB922CA56C2nitropressatnitrosyn@216.168.3.44>,
Shenanigunner wrote:
> Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net> wrote:
>> It's not really worth it to slot for defense at only +1% per
>> Single Origin enhancement.
>
> Really!

Yes, it's really only +1% per SO.

Yes, it's not really worth it.

However (I thought I wrote this somewhere), it has nice synergy
with some of the other +Def power pools.

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In article <7639u0d5349kq5d9vh8bj8t16tbfm6otc7@4ax.com>, Xocyll
wrote:
> Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net> looked up from reading the
> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the
> signs say:
>>Also note that just one Dual Origin endurance reduction
>>enhancement is enough to allow you to fly indefinitely as long
>>as no other toggles are running.
>
> This is NOT my experience at all, which is why I stick a socket
> on at 15 to hold a second DO until 22 and the SOs. 1 SO is
> certainly enough, but 1 DO doesn't seem to be - at least not on
> all ATs.

I just checked this with the toggle costs calculator, and Xocyll
is, as expected, correct. 1 DO doesn't *quite* negate the
endurance drain. Here are the numbers, for a character without
Stamina.

Endruance regeneration rate: 1.67 e/s
Cost of Fly: 2.00 e/s

Cost of Fly with 1 DO endurance reduction:
Level Cost (e/s)
-3 1.75
-2 1.74
-1 1.73
equal 1.71
+1 1.70
+2 1.69
+3 1.68

So there's still a little bit of endurance drain with just one DO
and no Stamina, but you can Fly a long time before you run out.
Even with a -3, you can fly for about 12 seconds per endurance
point you have remaining, which for me was always long enough to
get where I was going, but might leave you in the lurch if you're
trying to fly away when you endurance is almost gone.
endurance point.

Thanks for the correction, Xocyll.

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Marcel Beaudoin <mbeauINVALID@sympaINVALIDtico.ca> looked up from
reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good,
the signs say:

>Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> wrote in
>news:cp08u0597amgj4tan5060vtdd1bg4u3urp@4ax.com:
>
>> The maps SHOULD show the stores and should have come from cryptic
>> showing them.
>
>Ummm, they do. Or at least they did last weekend.
>
>Just open the map, and then use the slider on the (right hand side I think)
>side of the window to zoom in. Once zoomed in, you can drag the map around
>to center it on your character.

That wouldn't show me anything since i've had replacement map textures
that show the stores for a few months now.

Even with the new map options, show/hide stores isn't an option, though
you can toggle contacts, gates, mission destinations, names, and a few
others.

Xocyll
--
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a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr

 

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Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net> looked up from reading the entrails
of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>In article <7639u0d5349kq5d9vh8bj8t16tbfm6otc7@4ax.com>, Xocyll
>wrote:
>> Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net> looked up from reading the
>> entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the
>> signs say:
>>>Also note that just one Dual Origin endurance reduction
>>>enhancement is enough to allow you to fly indefinitely as long
>>>as no other toggles are running.
>>
>> This is NOT my experience at all, which is why I stick a socket
>> on at 15 to hold a second DO until 22 and the SOs. 1 SO is
>> certainly enough, but 1 DO doesn't seem to be - at least not on
>> all ATs.
>
>I just checked this with the toggle costs calculator, and Xocyll
>is, as expected, correct. 1 DO doesn't *quite* negate the
>endurance drain. Here are the numbers, for a character without
>Stamina.

As expected? Whoh.

I just call em as I see em, and flight is a power I used extensively.

>Endruance regeneration rate: 1.67 e/s
>Cost of Fly: 2.00 e/s
>
>Cost of Fly with 1 DO endurance reduction:
> Level Cost (e/s)
> -3 1.75
> -2 1.74
> -1 1.73
> equal 1.71
> +1 1.70
> +2 1.69
> +3 1.68
>
>So there's still a little bit of endurance drain with just one DO
>and no Stamina, but you can Fly a long time before you run out.
>Even with a -3, you can fly for about 12 seconds per endurance
>point you have remaining, which for me was always long enough to
>get where I was going, but might leave you in the lurch if you're
>trying to fly away when you endurance is almost gone.
>endurance point.

My point exactly - it's no good having a toggle that actively drains you
since that may end up getting you in trouble - arriving low on end to a
hostile landing zone or not having enough to escape with. Not to
mention ambushes.

I'm a big believer in NOT having to rely on inspirations or rest breaks,
since sometimes you just don't have those options.
This is due mostly to my soloing a lot, since there's no backup to help
with 'extra' inspirations, healing, shields, etc.

This has been somewhat harder to do on the tanker than it was on the
scrapper, especially after I got and perma-hastened.
Sockets seem much more limited with invuln than they did with regen, but
things are still progressing fairly well.

If I had more enemies, missions would be considerably harder - I like
that the max diff setting boosts the critters heavily but doesn't seem
to increase their numbers. Especially true in freak missions.
I'd rather fight normal size groups of reds than large groups of
oranges.
[The end of that sentence sounded a bit weird - sudden visions of
Sunkist Samurai.]

>Thanks for the correction, Xocyll.

No problem.

It's all about the fun, and dying isn't fun.

Xocyll
--
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr

 

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In article <t2kdu05ckas400gh5fcg6g022lpaq53oi9@4ax.com>, Xocyll
wrote:
>>I just checked this with the toggle costs calculator, and Xocyll
>>is, as expected, correct. 1 DO doesn't *quite* negate the
>>endurance drain. Here are the numbers, for a character without
>>Stamina.
>
> As expected? Whoh.
>
> I just call em as I see em, and flight is a power I used
> extensively.

I hadn't used Fly with one DO for over four months, so my memory
fogged, and I forgot it does drain endurance at a very slow pace.
Upon reflection, I realized your recollection must have been
fresher.

> It's all about the fun, and dying isn't fun.

*Almost* dying on the other hand...


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Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net> looked up from reading the entrails
of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:

>In article <t2kdu05ckas400gh5fcg6g022lpaq53oi9@4ax.com>, Xocyll
>wrote:
>>>I just checked this with the toggle costs calculator, and Xocyll
>>>is, as expected, correct. 1 DO doesn't *quite* negate the
>>>endurance drain. Here are the numbers, for a character without
>>>Stamina.
>>
>> As expected? Whoh.
>>
>> I just call em as I see em, and flight is a power I used
>> extensively.
>
>I hadn't used Fly with one DO for over four months, so my memory
>fogged, and I forgot it does drain endurance at a very slow pace.
>Upon reflection, I realized your recollection must have been
>fresher.
>
>> It's all about the fun, and dying isn't fun.
>
>*Almost* dying on the other hand...

Yep that was why Shadeling tried to solo Monsters and AVs.
A fight you can't win isn't fun.
A fight where you're never, ever in any danger isn't much fun.

A fight that's touch and go the whole time and in the end you triumph,
if just barely - that's FUN!

This is something the Devs seem incapable of understanding.

Xocyll
--
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr