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Mercury Fred
Banned
Thanks for the recommendations. I want something wireless though, so my kitty doesn't chew through again =/
ChronicleX
Banned
Ok 2H Weapons are Broken in PvP, Serious Broken. Their stun does NOT have diminishing returns like other stuns, you cannot use your PvP trinket or any skill to get out of it so 2 people using 2H can stunlock ANYONE to death. Cannot be blocked or dodged, your just screwed the second you get hit once.
Not fun.
Not fun.
ChronicleX
Banned
DY_nasty said:
It is. The 2H stun requires you to bash on the Melee attack button to escape it, all other stuns require you to hammer on block and can be escaped from etc. It's pretty broken atm.
Mercury Fred
Banned
Does anyone like any of the iconic powers? I kind of forgot they were there and was thinking of trying some out...
BattleMonkey
Member
The later ones you get at higher levels are great since they give you big permanent stat bonuses.
Hard-Light Shield is useful. I'm not sure what it scales with, though. At higher levels it seems to go down fairly quickly. But then, I do only use it in the most absurd situations, so it lasting longer would probably make it too strong 
I've heard good things about Heat Vision, and Amazonium Deflection is apparently SuperBlock, reflecting attacks back at the attacker. It does use power, however.
Batarang is a short range cone stun/knockdown. It's good, but Throwing Knives from Acrobatics is better unless you NEED the stun (or don't have Acrobatics). Longer range, half the cost, faster animation, twice the damage.
I haven't used/heard much about any of the others except that everyone hates Word of Power.
I've heard good things about Heat Vision, and Amazonium Deflection is apparently SuperBlock, reflecting attacks back at the attacker. It does use power, however.
Batarang is a short range cone stun/knockdown. It's good, but Throwing Knives from Acrobatics is better unless you NEED the stun (or don't have Acrobatics
). Longer range, half the cost, faster animation, twice the damage.I haven't used/heard much about any of the others except that everyone hates Word of Power.
Ah yeah, forgot about Neo-Venom. I should give that a shot. Most of what I'm good at is absurd amounts of damage and it adds another 50% weaponization, so when I throw a truck it'll be absolutely certain to kill something
Edit: Hmm, not sure. It gives me about 2% worth of defense and raises my damage... a bit. Seems to boost crit damage more than anything. Only lasts for 10 or so seconds, though.
Edit2: Just tried Sonic Shout. God damn, it's retardedly expensive. It's a lot like (dps mode) Shout from Shapeshifting except that it costs something like 700 power if you let it go all the way through.
Edit: Hmm, not sure. It gives me about 2% worth of defense and raises my damage... a bit. Seems to boost crit damage more than anything. Only lasts for 10 or so seconds, though.
Edit2: Just tried Sonic Shout. God damn, it's retardedly expensive. It's a lot like (dps mode) Shout from Shapeshifting except that it costs something like 700 power if you let it go all the way through.
Second day. Got to lvl 20 with my first char and I'm not even power leveling or stuff. I'm wasting a lot of time doing races and low level quests.
My last MMO experience was Everquest, where it was normal to spend two weeks, even one month getting one level. This is so brutally different. :lol
My last MMO experience was Everquest, where it was normal to spend two weeks, even one month getting one level. This is so brutally different. :lol
krypt0nian
Banned
Sblargh said:
Yeah they want you to roll alts in this. Hell the achievements require it.
BattleMonkey
Member
Word of Power was such a waste of a point, I gotta respec it off someday. Besides it healing only for a tiny useless amount, it also has a long charge up to use that just leaves you floating in air getting beat on by enemies till it goes off.
Yeah, it's my "Everything in this room must die NOW" powerLonestar said:
Still, I don't need it much thanks to Intimidate + Full Auto.
I've tried out almost every iconic power now. Some of them have different names once you've actually got them...
Amazonium (Amazonian) makes you near-invulnerable and hurts anyone who attacks you for up to 5 seconds. It's very strong, but the massive power cost means you probably can't use it very often. Also, you have to hold it, so you can't do anything else while it's active.
Sonic Cry is a pretty impressive area stun, but it has a long cast time, a big power cost, and is interruptable.
Lasso is like Taser Pull from Gadgets or Grapple Line Attack from Acrobatics. Just a stun and pull.
Heat Vision is a simple single-target damage attack that pushes the enemy away. Not particularly strong, but it's not terrible.
Freezing Breath (Cold Breath) is pretty strong if you stick it out (has interruptable ticks like all the other breath/shout attacks), and it eventually roots the enemy.
Pheromone Bloom (Pheromone Garden) seems to be ludicrously powerful (I've been doing 400-700 damage with it, and it's an area attack), but it's slow as hell and interruptable. It's actually not that expensive considering what it does. It stuns as well.
Breath and Pheromone actually seem pretty good. If it wasn't for the cast time, I'd definitely use Pheromone.
chesspieceface
Member
Dumb question, but how can I see the XP I currently have? I have no idea how many XP to get before my next level change...
Was doing the OMAC duo today. Never done it before. The guy I was with seemed to know what he was doing. We get to the room where you can activate turrets and then have to fend off 30 OMACs when between waves the guy asks me if I'd ever done this instance before. I told him no and he bails. Fucking awesome. Next thing I know, someone else joins in but can't get in because the gate is shut, then I end up knocking out with two more mobs left to kill. I go back to where I was and who should be meeting me there but GAFs own Varna. We clear the instance and Gotham U and then part ways for the day, so much thanks to him.
The purple bar below your abilities.
chesspieceface said:
The purple bar below your abilities.
Mercury Fred
Banned
Cool, thanks for the opinions on iconic powers.
Anyone on KJ feel like raiding Circe's headquarters with me? I'm keyboardless but have a headset...
Oh, and what's up with the wormhole devices? Anyone use 'em?
Anyone on KJ feel like raiding Circe's headquarters with me? I'm keyboardless but have a headset...
Oh, and what's up with the wormhole devices? Anyone use 'em?
Thinking about buying this game, i have a few questions though.
First of all, is it fun?
My favorite thing to do in WoW was the instances/ raids. Are there a lot of them? Are they good? How early on in the game do you have access to them?
Is there any sort of trial? If not, is the first month or something included with the purchase of the game?
First of all, is it fun?
My favorite thing to do in WoW was the instances/ raids. Are there a lot of them? Are they good? How early on in the game do you have access to them?
Is there any sort of trial? If not, is the first month or something included with the purchase of the game?
BattleMonkey
Member
Arg the frustrations of lowbie characters. It seems like always its torture to get done the missions at Metropolis hospital with all the jerk wad lvl 30's going around ganking people.
PvP is working pretty much par for most games I have been involved in, and I am having alot of fun with it.
Have the usual 30s sharking the noob areas, have been able to take out an assortment of baddies of different types from levels 7-10 or so (I am 5) but always have a level 30 or two come in soon after.
They tend to like to shark around the rally points too, but such is the nature of the beast.
Is there somewhere to see your pvp stats other than just the feats?
Oh, name is Professor Arkham
Have the usual 30s sharking the noob areas, have been able to take out an assortment of baddies of different types from levels 7-10 or so (I am 5) but always have a level 30 or two come in soon after.
They tend to like to shark around the rally points too, but such is the nature of the beast.
Is there somewhere to see your pvp stats other than just the feats?
Oh, name is Professor Arkham
chesspieceface
Member
Leunam said:
ah of course!
And what does Already Collected means in the item description? Well I get it that it becomes Already Collected after I equip it, but what does this mean for the item?
krypt0nian
Banned
BattleMonkey said:
Group up and take them down. :lol
It's such sweet justice to take down a griefer +10 levels than you.
Mercury Fred
Banned
krypt, we still need to team up!krypt0nian said:
BattleMonkey
Member
krypt0nian said:
Problem is that it's not easy to do, and the spawn points for both sides are right next to the hospital area. Also it was not a single griefer, a league called "The Syndicate" apparently is just going around butchering players in that area. Just trying to get those quests done there so I can move on. It's always been a clusterfuck of ganking in that one spot.
chesspieceface
Member
Leunam said:
So I need to equip any item first to get the style in the style tab?
Sometimes I'd be responding to help shout and end up patrolling a lowbie area like Metropolis Hospital and after about 5 minutes into it I realize that 4 other 30s rolled in to clean house as well. It goes from being a simple hit on one griefer to an all-out purge of every red dot in the area.
So uh.... shout for help, it works. lol
So uh.... shout for help, it works. lol
lastplayed
Member
BattleMonkey said:
It seems to be a constant problem for the heroes on Death & Glory. Villains seem to vastly outnumber heroes, so even if we do manage to gather a group, it just invites an even bigger villain group most of the time. It just became too much hassle so I'm giving PvP a rest for now.
Mercury Fred
Banned
Indeed.Lonestar said:
And thanks again for the run. Sorry for the communication wonkiness =/
Don't you think it would be cool to configure certain scenarios if you are a villain, say you wanted to make a bank robbery. You could plan it out, buy a disguise etc. If they set off an alarm a hero could be summoned. Whomever wins gets quest rewards and marks. I think that it would allow for a unique gameplay component which is sorely missing in a superhero game.
To me even the villain quests are to heroey. I want to cause some mayhem.
To me even the villain quests are to heroey. I want to cause some mayhem.