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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    eh. goes to show their data mining techniques. would be much easier to just search for the destroid destroyer perk, but hey, that doesn't proc for all the stuff you can do to "help out," such as distracting assassin droids while others fight the big guy.

    so I'm thinking of trying dex/ego with regen. melee EB, laser shield/laser knight, some melee attack (probably chainsaw), two gun mojo, bullet ballet, ice shield, and some other ranged stuff, mostly munitions with the killer instinct inate passive. ice shield will be my main sheild, and laser shield just for the auto use when melee'ing.

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  • NATIKNATIK DenmarkRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Honestly I think they are insane if they don't just say "every account who logged into the MC zone gets it" which I think is what they mean.

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  • LawndartLawndart Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Sarksus wrote: »
    I'd like to know that it worked, though. I helped defeat three or four Mega-Destroids and nothing happens save for getting a little resource. I'm not even getting XP from these things.

    Considering every open beta character gets wiped tomorrow, I don't think the XP value for Mega-Destroids was high up on Cryptic's to do list. :P

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  • AkinosAkinos Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    eh. goes to show their data mining techniques. would be much easier to just search for the destroid destroyer perk, but hey, that doesn't proc for all the stuff you can do to "help out," such as distracting assassin droids while others fight the big guy.

    Destroid Destroyer might be for the open mission that is always on in MC?

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  • MobiusMobius Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Sarksus wrote: »
    I'd like to know that it worked, though. I helped defeat three or four Mega-Destroids and nothing happens save for getting a little resource. I'm not even getting XP from these things.

    Were you bumped up to level 40 at the time? Because I'm fairly sure you don't get exp once you're at the level cap....

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  • DuskTwilightDuskTwilight Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Mugaaz wrote: »

    This is not true unless you play an equal amount every month from the start for those 13 months. If you log in once a month <snip>

    Irregardless

    "Irregardless" is not a word.

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Akinos wrote: »
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    eh. goes to show their data mining techniques. would be much easier to just search for the destroid destroyer perk, but hey, that doesn't proc for all the stuff you can do to "help out," such as distracting assassin droids while others fight the big guy.

    Destroid Destroyer might be for the open mission that is always on in MC?
    i've recieved it one one character at the open mission yesterday, one character at the powerhouse during the event, and one character at the city hall during the event

    so did you get to log in as one of those bots or what?

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    one thing that upsets me is that you can't pick more than one energy builder. yes, i'd like to spend another power point to have two energy builders, let me. i want one melee and one ranged

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  • NATIKNATIK DenmarkRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    The Destroid Destroyer perk is entirely unrelated to the event, it is just a counter for how many destroids you have killed like Rustler for Burnside ghosts and such.

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    ohtay

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  • AkinosAkinos Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    Akinos wrote: »
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    eh. goes to show their data mining techniques. would be much easier to just search for the destroid destroyer perk, but hey, that doesn't proc for all the stuff you can do to "help out," such as distracting assassin droids while others fight the big guy.

    Destroid Destroyer might be for the open mission that is always on in MC?
    i've recieved it one one character at the open mission yesterday, one character at the powerhouse during the event, and one character at the city hall during the event

    so did you get to log in as one of those bots or what?

    Waiting on the go-ahead.. :)
    :twisted:

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  • MugaazMugaaz Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I was fooling around yesterday and noticed you can use your achievement point ingame to purchase new costumes from achievements you've completed. Cool idea, I like it.

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  • Fartacus_the_MightyFartacus_the_Mighty Brought to you by the letter A.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    eh. goes to show their data mining techniques. would be much easier to just search for the destroid destroyer perk, but hey, that doesn't proc for all the stuff you can do to "help out," such as distracting assassin droids while others fight the big guy.

    so I'm thinking of trying dex/ego with regen. melee EB, laser shield/laser knight, some melee attack (probably chainsaw), two gun mojo, bullet ballet, ice shield, and some other ranged stuff, mostly munitions with the killer instinct inate passive. ice shield will be my main sheild, and laser shield just for the auto use when melee'ing.

    Does Ice Shield have some kind of special advantage, other than chill? If not, you might be better off going with Energy Shield once it's working properly. The innate property is supposed to be that the block resistance lingers for a few seconds after you stop blocking, though as far as I know it's never actually worked.

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  • GONG-00GONG-00 Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    Woo, got real choppy all of a sudden!

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  • DuskTwilightDuskTwilight Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    So did XP get un-nerfed or what?

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  • eelektrikeelektrik Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Akinos wrote: »
    Dig some digging re: Steam.

    No preorder but it will be available the 1st with special in-game items (I don't know what).

    Hope that helps.

    Gracias, I will be buying it up on the 1st then. Thanks for looking into that.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    so is this thread title accurate and the open beta is over
    the last posts seemed to be talking about playing

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  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    so is this thread title accurate and the open beta is over
    the last posts seemed to be talking about playing

    It ends today, as in tonight at midnight.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    bah, nevermind then

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited August 2009
    oh so I can't play any more after tonight?

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    oh so I can't play any more after tonight?

    Not until the head start.. starts. Little less than seven hours to go before the servers shut off.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited August 2009
    oh well :(. This was a fun videogame but I don't think I'll buy it right away. definitely not until they let you skip the tutorial

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  • MrSupaflyMrSupafly Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Actually servers are up until 5pm tomorrow. extended beta due to the outages.

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    oh well :(. This was a fun videogame but I don't think I'll buy it right away. definitely not until they let you skip the tutorial

    I am under the understanding that in Live you will be able to skip the tutorial. Let me dig up a link.

    Edit: Unrelated note: What are the chances we can get special ops and secret agents in as Nemesis Minions?

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  • VoroVoro Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Just a heads up, but apparently the lifetime and six month subs are limited, so you might not be able to wait until the last minute to buy them.

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    Due to high demand, we’ve only got 1000 Lifetime subscriptions and 500 discounted 6 Month subscriptions left, so make sure you grab them before it’s too late! You can check out our current offers at our exclusive specials page. Once we’ve run out of 6 Month subscriptions, you’ll still be able to purchase them, but at their standard price of $77.94 (that’s a savings of $12 from the normal month to month rate). There are no current plans to offer another Lifetime subscription plan, so if you’ve been on the fence about it, now’s the time to buy it!

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    eh. goes to show their data mining techniques. would be much easier to just search for the destroid destroyer perk, but hey, that doesn't proc for all the stuff you can do to "help out," such as distracting assassin droids while others fight the big guy.

    so I'm thinking of trying dex/ego with regen. melee EB, laser shield/laser knight, some melee attack (probably chainsaw), two gun mojo, bullet ballet, ice shield, and some other ranged stuff, mostly munitions with the killer instinct inate passive. ice shield will be my main sheild, and laser shield just for the auto use when melee'ing.

    Does Ice Shield have some kind of special advantage, other than chill? If not, you might be better off going with Energy Shield once it's working properly. The innate property is supposed to be that the block resistance lingers for a few seconds after you stop blocking, though as far as I know it's never actually worked.
    I already am getting energy shield, i just named it laser shield. what's bad about chill effect? if I'm blocking I get some choices:

    Electric = Return Damage
    Force = Energy Gain
    Ice = Chill
    Energy = Nothing, can be used while meleeing (also lingering damage redux, not block)
    Tele = Nothing, Lingering Front Block
    Might = Dmg Buff for 1 attack, knockback while blocking 1 per 10 sec
    Darkness = Gets better the longer you block
    Magic = Nada, lingers non-physical blocking

    Out of all of those, I feel giving a ton of enemies a chill effect debuff would be the best for enemies.

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited August 2009
    I think the blocks should all be pretty much the same and part of character creation

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    yousa crazy

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    so if my impression of this game is right, you start off with no energy then wail on them with your basic attack for a while then fire off other attacks?

    or is it that you start with full energy, wail on em with everything, then have to use the basic to get it back up again?

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  • FaranguFarangu I am a beardy man With a beardy planRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    I am so remaking my telepath character when live starts. Quite a number of AoE's, and the basic psi blast power is a nuke when charged.

    I plan to make the word xavier into a verb for this character.

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  • PonyPony Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    so if my impression of this game is right, you start off with no energy then wail on them with your basic attack for a while then fire off other attacks?

    or is it that you start with full energy, wail on em with everything, then have to use the basic to get it back up again?

    It depends on your Equilibrium, which is the default point that your blue bar is full to use your big attacks.

    Your Equilibrium is based on your Recovery stat.

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  • SarksusSarksus ATTACK AND DETHRONE GODRegistered User regular
    edited August 2009
    You get some energy and it takes like two seconds to start filling up your energy bar so you can use bigger attacks. That's the case with my force character, at least. I also need to enter my energy form in order to use my biggest attacks due to the energy costs (energy form reduces energy costs significantly). The Energy Refraction advantage for force characters is awesome for this. I enter my energy form every five to ten seconds so I'm able to use an attack like Force Cascade as often as I would the Force Blast at lower levels.

    http://champions-online.com/node/106015

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  • Fartacus_the_MightyFartacus_the_Mighty Brought to you by the letter A.Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    eh. goes to show their data mining techniques. would be much easier to just search for the destroid destroyer perk, but hey, that doesn't proc for all the stuff you can do to "help out," such as distracting assassin droids while others fight the big guy.

    so I'm thinking of trying dex/ego with regen. melee EB, laser shield/laser knight, some melee attack (probably chainsaw), two gun mojo, bullet ballet, ice shield, and some other ranged stuff, mostly munitions with the killer instinct inate passive. ice shield will be my main sheild, and laser shield just for the auto use when melee'ing.

    Does Ice Shield have some kind of special advantage, other than chill? If not, you might be better off going with Energy Shield once it's working properly. The innate property is supposed to be that the block resistance lingers for a few seconds after you stop blocking, though as far as I know it's never actually worked.
    I already am getting energy shield, i just named it laser shield. what's bad about chill effect? if I'm blocking I get some choices:

    Electric = Return Damage
    Force = Energy Gain
    Ice = Chill
    Energy = Nothing, can be used while meleeing (also lingering damage redux, not block)
    Tele = Nothing, Lingering Front Block
    Might = Dmg Buff for 1 attack, knockback while blocking 1 per 10 sec
    Darkness = Gets better the longer you block
    Magic = Nada, lingers non-physical blocking

    Out of all of those, I feel giving a ton of enemies a chill effect debuff would be the best for enemies.

    Nothing wrong with chill, but the min-maxer in me says that lingering resistance would mesh better with regeneration.

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  • SabanSaban Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Anyone care to elaborate what you have to do to get the rewards from the end of beta event? Killed 2 Mega Destroids and nothing.

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  • AkinosAkinos Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Saban wrote: »
    Anyone care to elaborate what you have to do to get the rewards from the end of beta event? Killed 2 Mega Destroids and nothing.

    They are being tracked internally. Worry not!

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  • SabanSaban Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Oh trust me i worry.

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  • Toxic PickleToxic Pickle Thash grape! Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Incidentally, the lingering block with energy shield does work. I used it on my flame character (I even tinted it red so it looks like a flame shield. So awesome.) and would block for a second while getting hammered by those nuke-bots, and would continue to block their attacks while I charged up Pyre, dooming them to Hell.

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2009
    Akinos, help me out here. I can't find the reference. What was the official word on skipping the tutorial in Live?

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited August 2009
    Akinos wrote: »
    Saban wrote: »
    Anyone care to elaborate what you have to do to get the rewards from the end of beta event? Killed 2 Mega Destroids and nothing.

    They are being tracked internally. Worry not!

    what if you get killed and come back and its already dead? so long as you get a resource reward, does it count?

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