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by Letania
April 26, 2005, 5:51 am
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: Blizzards so called 'Honor' system is a.....
Replies: 45
Views: 9373

Couple things: Given the raw amount of stupidity contained in alliance (I am alliance) on pvp servers, the pve servers must be a field of swaying peasants yammering and waving pitchforks. It must be an absolute blast for a group of 60 horde to wade through them. PvP servers are a bit tighter on bala...
by Letania
April 26, 2005, 5:25 am
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: Battlegrounds (yes plural) next patch...
Replies: 14
Views: 2177

I have a low 50s Rogue on Arthas with 300 or so HKs at the moment. They're all small group or solo pvp. Being a rogue in this case it's obviously easier to avoid ganks but some zones have it bad. Arthas is among the first servers that was launched and it's fairly heavily populated on both ends. Most...
by Letania
April 8, 2005, 9:41 pm
Forum: World of Warcraft
Topic: The Ironforge Airstrip
Replies: 5
Views: 1151

i got up there once, couldn't again. Gnome hopped up the mountain near the ranch in dun morogh. Has a gryphon station without a gryphon master, a couple bunkers, steam tanks, the runway obviously with gyros. Most curiously is that it has a tunnel to IF that has a thin wall blocking it off (can see t...
by Letania
March 25, 2005, 10:44 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Name 5 games that...
Replies: 54
Views: 10604

Dungeon Master 2
U.N. Squadron
Final Fantasy 2
Secret of Mana
Master of Orion 2, 3 sucked
I'd love to see sequels to Baldur's Gate 2 and Starcraft as well
by Letania
January 29, 2005, 4:38 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: This for real?
Replies: 9
Views: 3454

Yes it's real Full-Parrying her super is lunacy, the crowd had good cause to go nuts. One missed parry and he'd KO, not sure how much money was on the line but it's Evo so I'm guessing a lot =p Don't read the following paragraph if you don't play Guilty Gear Daigo is pretty insane, I'm trying to get...
by Letania
October 16, 2004, 5:37 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Evil Genius
Replies: 9
Views: 1105

Absolutely adored dungeon keeper 1 and 2 from a fun factor perspective. Played this demo the other day and liked it, going to have to pick it up. One question though;
You can play as one of 3 evil masterminds
Any major differences between the three?
by Letania
October 5, 2004, 4:56 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Who's who on Champion
Replies: 8
Views: 3245

Both Champ: Letania - Fire/Rad Controller Sinair - MA/Reg Scrapper Allendra - DM/DA Scrapper Allendria - Fire/En Blaster Sue P. Adix - Dark/Storm Defender Drazeel - Kat/Reg Scrapper Victory, on extended break: Letania - Ill/Rad Controller Victory, Retired chars: Letania X - Fire/Dev Blaster Sinair -...
by Letania
September 22, 2004, 6:22 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: What to do with my scrapper this time around....
Replies: 32
Views: 11521

It's the same game it's always been. All about combat, with some story elements thrown in (on a side note, the mission exp has been boosted a TON so the story is actually worth following). There's a few more trials in now and, as far as I know, there's uber enhancements now. I can see a small-team (...
by Letania
September 22, 2004, 2:33 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: What to do with my scrapper this time around....
Replies: 32
Views: 11521

Well ok. But if a blaster AEs a pack, 'taunt' isn't going to do shit for him, an AE attack + proximity aggro might... If a blaster is tracing a single target, taunt isn't going to do shit there either, blasters don't let single targets live long. Unless it's a boss, and the scrapper probably has the...
by Letania
September 21, 2004, 11:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Talcum Powder and Testicles.
Replies: 60
Views: 3940

After five years of knowing you, your adventures in disaster, genital or otherwise, still amaze me.
by Letania
September 21, 2004, 5:42 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: What to do with my scrapper this time around....
Replies: 32
Views: 11521

That is one really late build up. Build up helps a ton at leveling, getting it at 49 is almost pointless. 3 recharges is optimal effeciency, let's take a look at the math. Build up recharges at 90 seconds, with Hasten on (70%), plus 3 green SOs you get a recharge time of 33 seconds. With 4 green SOs...
by Letania
September 17, 2004, 6:21 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: DOTA - WC3 custom map
Replies: 36
Views: 5547

so unless you've got a ranked account you're SOL.
Ranked as in, ranked? Or just a non-peon icon?

In-house games are definitely worth it, you can pop out 25 wins with a race easily under the new ladder system, regardless of how bad you suck.
by Letania
September 17, 2004, 6:18 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Latest word from States'
Replies: 4
Views: 2302

4. We removed the stun ability from the Rikti guns; this was always in before, but I didn't like the precedent of giving minions a lot of stun ability.
wow heh
Blasters getting 1 shotted makes me happy in the pants.
seconded

I love the dev communication on the boards.
by Letania
September 17, 2004, 5:27 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Yay, it's live (Issue 2)
Replies: 13
Views: 4251

You get hit with an electric shock that makes you writhe, that writhing animation is sleep (like tesla cage), I right clicked the debuff wondering wtf was going on and it said Charged Brawl Sleep I couldn't move or anything, unlike disorient. It's definitely a pain in the ass and totally inappropria...
by Letania
September 17, 2004, 5:06 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Yay, it's live (Issue 2)
Replies: 13
Views: 4251

Miir I was on my scrapper late last night, fighting fucking outcasts.

It's the charger minions, when they charged brawl you it SLEEPS you, and wet ice doesn't stop sleep, which is a huge oversight. So I don't think disorients were the culprit (I can't believe they'd let wet ice be THAT bad)
by Letania
September 14, 2004, 7:51 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: DOTA - WC3 custom map
Replies: 36
Views: 5547

Man, I hate to say it, but it looks cool, now. I played a really early version of all stars, a long time ago, and it sucked ass. ASS . But looking at that hero list it looks like things have totally changed, and if they've pulled off the rock solid balance that made the original dota so good, I'll h...
by Letania
September 14, 2004, 7:46 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Dawn of War
Replies: 24
Views: 4864

Could really give a shit less about who comes up with what, and then who steals those ideas. Whoever does it right, wins. I've heard high praise of this game from friends of mine, a few of which I played WC3 with for years. If they call it a good RTS, it definitely has my attention; but I'm waiting ...
by Letania
September 13, 2004, 3:07 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: DOTA - WC3 custom map
Replies: 36
Views: 5547

People still use the channel warfat?

that's awesome heh
by Letania
September 1, 2004, 9:32 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Massive! (Issue 2 on test)
Replies: 24
Views: 8060

Decoys and Imps got nerfed, this is true, but my Phantasms are fine. Decoys are crowd control anyways, I need to test their new aggro more.
by Letania
August 22, 2004, 12:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kind of a weird/cool video
Replies: 12
Views: 1387

the irony of the avatar with that post =p
by Letania
August 20, 2004, 10:39 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Is the game dead?
Replies: 18
Views: 6484

I took a break, came back and am enjoying it still. I had to get out of the EQ mentality of powerlevel to the end game THEN enjoy yourself.

It's quite fun, but the balance annoys me. AE is all out of whack.
by Letania
August 6, 2004, 3:47 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: City of God
Replies: 1
Views: 386

Very well done movie, I hardly realized it was with subtitles after about 15 minutes. Strongly encourage seeing it, even if it isn't your thing.
by Letania
June 27, 2004, 2:14 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Have they done the big update?
Replies: 5
Views: 989

Not in yet. It's on test and prepping to go live.
by Letania
June 20, 2004, 5:01 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Task Forces...
Replies: 28
Views: 5207

I'm not big on defenders, though kin/dark interested me. I think that archetype and Scrappers need help, along with mind controllers, Earth/Ice tankers. It just seems like kinetics is very suited on a controller, along with radiation and storm, because they don't require a lot of attention mid battl...
by Letania
June 20, 2004, 12:28 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Task Forces...
Replies: 28
Views: 5207

Siphon is single target though, which I'm not worried about because I can just mez the heavy hitters. Do you run permahaste? Was wondering how long the buff part lasted Another thing that would be incredible is Speed Boosted Phantasms, I'd LOVE to see that =p Been thinking about it and the next grou...
by Letania
June 19, 2004, 9:28 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Task Forces...
Replies: 28
Views: 5207

Yea I got mine doubled but until I get tactics maxed I need PA's offensive power in too many situations :( I've been wanting to try a Kinetics character since release, but haven't had the opportunity, I'd try Fire/Kin but I'm worried that the imps would die too fast without a good debuffing secondar...
by Letania
June 19, 2004, 5:56 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Task Forces...
Replies: 28
Views: 5207

Have you seen Fire/Rad? It's better than illusion heh Enervating field + tactics + radiation infection + smoke with Imps is just insane. Plus fire has 2 AE holds to illusion's 1, and fire has an AE root which I would trade just about anything to have because my Phantasms knock shit ALL OVER. PA + 2 ...
by Letania
June 19, 2004, 1:15 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Task Forces...
Replies: 28
Views: 5207

controllers can replace tanks. Certain controllers (Illusion, Fire), are brutally strong whereas the rest are underpowered (relatively). It's very easy to lockdown a group, since ranged damage is pitiful if the mobs are anything less than red I can take a full volley of 15 attacks. Put Group Invis o...
by Letania
June 9, 2004, 9:20 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Who still plays?
Replies: 22
Views: 4756

If you want to have a ton of fun, take a friend (just one), roll scrappers, probably regen due to null downtime and risky playstyle, and duo. Just duo, any more than duo or if you add blasters and it will get really easy. Kill large packs of shit, you'll die a lot, unless you're both spines (and eve...
by Letania
June 3, 2004, 1:55 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Burn/Ignite Nerf Plans
Replies: 4
Views: 1007

Anyone who knows a burn tanker (or has a friend inclined to roll one) can get level 40 easily, that's why it's a big deal. You could have 3 accounts among 2 people, one levels a burn tanker to 40, the other levels a char to 32 on the other account, then makes a burn tanker on their first account, po...
by Letania
June 2, 2004, 7:55 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Burn/Ignite Nerf Plans
Replies: 4
Views: 1007

They need to hurry the fuck up honestly. I've sat in a group with a level 40 burn tanker friend of mine (he took like 2 weeks to 40, wasn't playing THAT hard), and got more exp, with two other people leeching too, than any group or solo situation I've been in. And I've been in a lot. This guy was so...
by Letania
May 30, 2004, 9:30 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: More build advice.... and is Parry worth it?
Replies: 6
Views: 1140

Build up is vary nice. It doens't last very long but you completely ream the mob that you're hitting during the timeframe. Keep in mind once you have Damage SOs (particularly 4+) in a power, Build Up's usefulness is diluted, as it doubles the base damage after enhancements are taken into account. T...
by Letania
May 30, 2004, 4:39 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: More build advice.... and is Parry worth it?
Replies: 6
Views: 1140

Go 6 slot QR and pump that bitch with DOs - owns. I'd be SHOCKED if any chain of attacks runs you ooe using 6 slot QR/DO'd. DO's and later SO's are the key with QR. Integration is your father... Only things that can shut me down are level 40 devouring earth, and that's like 1/40. You really need thi...
by Letania
May 28, 2004, 4:33 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Lost interest?
Replies: 16
Views: 2271

Maybe having no unique loots really does kill the game...
It will... I still enjoy it though
by Letania
May 25, 2004, 4:27 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Upcoming Changes!
Replies: 16
Views: 1999

Only increased damage on Flares; they note powers by first stating the power pool then the power, like Regeneration/Instant Healing. Fire Blast just happens to be named the same as the pool it comes from If that made sense Very VERY nice changes to fire blasters though, I've felt they hogged way too...
by Letania
May 23, 2004, 11:00 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Souvenirs (How many ya got?)
Replies: 9
Views: 1411

what the hell? I have like 3 souveneirs and 2 pages worth of contacts who won't talk to me anymore and just take up space. how they hell do you outlevel a contact? missions are generated based on your level. Story arcs, of which the Souvenir's are rewards, are keyed to certain level ranges. Like yo...
by Letania
May 19, 2004, 4:48 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Character Advice
Replies: 24
Views: 2864

Ice patch is good; Hot Feet isn't. You must mean Hot Feet cause I can't find anything else in either fire set that is a slow. Hot Feet is pbae anyways, worthless for a level 38 blaster (doesn't open till 38). Shiver is pretty good too, though I think it can miss. Chilling Embrace owns ass when you g...
by Letania
May 19, 2004, 11:34 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Character Advice
Replies: 24
Views: 2864

Fire is an endurance hog, true, but a mob shouldn't hit a floating blaster in melee. As to trops, if it's enhanced properly it gets ridiculous. It's basically a cliche spiderweb, if anything touches it, they're held fast for the duration; it's not an issue of mobs running through it. Once you get so...
by Letania
May 19, 2004, 2:59 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Character Advice
Replies: 24
Views: 2864

Yea I welcome them. They need to cap that shit pronto. I don't think you can have any 'flavor of the month' controllers, at least not relative to Blasters. But, yea I noticed a shitload of threads on the controller forums after I rolled her, 2 days after actually. Funny how that works... Hope it doe...
by Letania
May 18, 2004, 11:38 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Character Advice
Replies: 24
Views: 2864

Do NOT go empathy to support a Blaster. To keep a blaster up later in a duo you will be unloading heals into them.. may as well make a defender if you want to do that. Storm is probably the best option for duo with a blaster. Basically - you Snow storm + Freezing rain = Damage magnification and an i...
by Letania
May 18, 2004, 5:42 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Hasten and Stamina Questions
Replies: 6
Views: 1135

Update on Hasten HAste doewntime is getting revised. I will release a formula or an excel sheet to let you calclate the downtime with differnt RT enh. Dowtime will (soon) be 14 seconds w/ 6 SO RT Enh (about 3 seconds with 6SO RT Enh that are +3 levels than you) Despite his abysmal typing I'm quite h...
by Letania
May 16, 2004, 6:28 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Hasten and Stamina Questions
Replies: 6
Views: 1135

I believe Hasten has a 1 min reuse if slotted with 6 SOs.
That's what I heard just after the patch, but then a day or so later I heard Geko hosed his math and it's actually like 17 seconds...

Since I've seen no confirmation of the latter I'm just staying the hell away from the skill
by Letania
May 16, 2004, 5:30 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Hasten and Stamina Questions
Replies: 6
Views: 1135

First, is Stamina worth 3 powers? From what I hear, yes, I just want to confirm from someone first hand. Unless you're a regen scrapper, yes. I can't think of another character type that wouldn't benefit a lot from stamina. Should I spend the next 4 levels just preping for Stamina at 20 or should I...
by Letania
May 11, 2004, 1:11 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Scrapper Build advice
Replies: 9
Views: 1802

No, they're prolly going to increase the recharge on hasten. It's still gonna be a good ability, just not one that will be up all the time. Yah, that. Previously, a sword scrapper with Hasten could chain Disembowel, Hack and Head Splitter endlessly for massive single target damage. You can still do...
by Letania
May 11, 2004, 6:04 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Scrapper Build advice
Replies: 9
Views: 1802

ok STOP I'm a scrapper with regen (multiple scrappers with regen actually), I know about this. You got teleport, good, so toss SJ. Totally unneeded. CJ is good however - the defense. DON'T get the fitness pool powers, Quick Recovery will take care of you FINE once you get DOs in it. As regen you ABS...
by Letania
May 7, 2004, 3:31 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Need help killing an Archvillain
Replies: 14
Views: 1904

"The LD Healer" work better? =p

The Russian?
by Letania
May 2, 2004, 2:33 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Augments...
Replies: 15
Views: 1742

Actually, unless you put a shitload of flight speed enhancers into hover it will *always* be a lot slower than walking. For most ranged combat builds, including support classes, Hover is one of the only defensive buffs we really get - and the Def. gain from hovering is major. I'd suggest putting a ...
by Letania
May 2, 2004, 2:23 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Any good tip for the 2nd power pool for electicity blasters?
Replies: 7
Views: 1066

either way, unless you are building your character in some weird way it's probably too early to be thinking about a second power pool til you are in your 30s. I disagree. Hasten is ridiculously powerful at any point in the game and allows you to really knock shit around. Stamina is also an amazing ...
by Letania
May 2, 2004, 6:02 am
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Need help killing an Archvillain
Replies: 14
Views: 1904

Dead, dropped Natural SO because I was leader at the time :o

poor ny
by Letania
April 28, 2004, 3:40 pm
Forum: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Topic: Fuck Ebgames.com
Replies: 9
Views: 1254

You can still cancel the order from EB. Those assclowns will just jerk you around until you tell them to cancel it.
ya exactly. Did that earlier today and then went to plaync and got my key in under 10 minutes.