The game's been live for less than three weeks. Probably gonna have to wait a bit for a trial unless they add an "invite a friend" thing.
Re: Might
Shockwave is probably the best AE power in the set.
Havoc Stomp is way expensive (although it looks like it may have been reduced) and often isn't enough to take down henchmen in one charge. Add in the knockback effect and that can be pretty frustrating.
Shockwave is more than strong enough to shut down henchmen, can turn off travel powers with the advantage, and knocks enemies to the ground after a full maintain. Downside is the recharge but I find it's usually fast enough for it to recharge just as I get to a second group of enemies.
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edited September 2009
Build time questions!
I'm working on a Mainly-Ice build, that's going to throw in some Fire for flavour, as well as a few things that I think work with the concept. I mainly had a couple of questions on some powers. I'm always on a team with friends, so I don't need a defensive passive (got a Con-stacked Supernatural guy with decent Presence, Iron Cyclone, and the taunt advantage, I think).
I also have Ice Shield, but I'm told it's useless unless you rank it up, as Rank 1 (anything) Shield has the same damage reduction as Block.
I've picked up Drain Life (Rank 3) to use as for Single Target damage on the hardier dudes left from my AoE, and to top up my health if I need it, and also Roomsweeper, in case something breaks from the pack to beat on me. The fact that both of these attacks use the left arm, which is cybered up TO THE MAX on my character just makes it look cooler.
I was toying with Heat Wave instead of Drain Life for ST damage and a hold (which Ice lacks, other than advantaged Ice Burst, which I want to avoid because it's not great in our team), but the 20 second recharge and the fact that it seems to take a few seconds to hold something seemed non-optimal. I also tried Fireball and Fire Strike, but this was last night before the buffs, and I didn't like them so much.
Eventually, I'm hoping to pick up Thermal Reverberation and Flashfires (as Flashfires looks AWESOME and seems to apply Clinging Flames 100% of the time) for a nice instant AoE + energy recharge, something else that Ice lacks.
Currently picked The Hero base statline, superstats in Dex and Endurance (for high max energy, crits and Ice Form) and I'm boosting Ego and Presence with talents and equipment to help mainly with crit severity and aggro management. Any thoughts or observations to make? Other than Ice Shards being like the worst energy builder ever.
The drop rate of henchmen has gone down, from an average of ~19% to 6% chance of a drop per defeat.
Eh? I wonder what magical server had a 20% drop rate on henchmen, because it certainly wasn't on the one I played on. Me and a friend spent an hour killing +3 mobs en mass a week ago in MC and got ~5 drops between us. And about a bubble's worth of XP. :P
[edit] Man, Ego Storm is going to be even more awesome now.
Have played maybe a few hours since release due to life taking over. Made me a sad panda. BUT! I handed my notice in at work on Monday, five years to the day that I started there and walked out at 14:00 on Friday a free man. That means for the next five weeks all I have to do is eat and play Champions. Five weeks. It's like having a summer break...except it's practically autumn. Not directly related to Champions I know, but it makes me oh so happy.
More directly related: Anyone using a 360 controller having issue interacting with things? If there is just one thing to interact with, say an NPC, then it's fine. I press up and then A to interact and all is well. However, if there are multiple things, such as several loot piles, I press up and it give the option to press A and cycle through said intractable items but pressing A does nothing, all I can do is press B to exit out of it.
I can't afford the game right now, but the character creator is a game in and of itself. For this guy I went the Spirit of Vengeance throughout the ages look. He was a Spirit during the War of Independence and the Colonials call him The Spirit of Liberty
Probably make him Fire and single sword, if they have a cutlass or something close, just for the sake of the character.
Wait, can you use a character creator without owning the game? I'm holding off on the game as well, but being able to make characters would be pretty cool.
More directly related: Anyone using a 360 controller having issue interacting with things? If there is just one thing to interact with, say an NPC, then it's fine. I press up and then A to interact and all is well. However, if there are multiple things, such as several loot piles, I press up and it give the option to press A and cycle through said intractable items but pressing A does nothing, all I can do is press B to exit out of it.
Yes, same thing here. That and there is no way to use your equipment/quest items. I just use the mouse when I have to. While annoying it is sooo much fun to play with the controller I can't imagine playing any other way at this point.
do pet builds still suck? I was so hoping for a toon with an army of pets to kick everything's ass, but instead I have an army of pets that nibble everything gently.
Ah I couldn't resist. I enjoyed CoX, and it seems this is pretty much better in every way. Time to have fun with the no doubt extensive character creator.
So where is the equivalent of the WoW auction house in this game? I crafted a couple things and I'd like to sell them.
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TheScrupleThe Oldest of BridgesRegistered Userregular
edited September 2009
There's an auction house in Millenium City Renaissance Center. It's the building whose interior looks like a stock trading office. I can't speak to how good it is, in my experience, prices were WAYYYY to high for everything, but it's there.
The Auction House is going to take a few months to be useful. Cryptic's still futzing around with the economy (there's a patch on the Test server that drastically changes the economic balance) so I give it a few months before it levels out and starts becoming a place you can actually buy and sell useful things
Step 1. Go to Control under Options and select First Person Shooter controls, and Shooter keybinds
Step 2. Manually adjust the controls like so:
Face offscreen target - OFF
Tab Targeting - Camera Center Out
Reset Inactive Tab Target - ON
Click unselects target - ON
Unselect Offscreen Targets - OFF
Auto Target Prioty - Closest to Camera Center
Visible Auto Target - ON
Only Attack if Target is Selected - OFF
Select Auto Target on Attack - OFF
Melee Can Ignore Selected Target - ON
Assist Target on Attack - ON
Never Auto-Attack Objects - OFF
Target Threatening Enemies - OFF
Select Attacker if Attacked - ON
Stop Moving When Interacting - ON
Auto-Attack - Maintain
Then go into Keybinds, and change the following:
Set mouse-look toggle to Numpad Enter, instead of Right Click Drag
Set Right Click Drag as an alternate key for Block.
Congrats, you are now playing like it's a real video game instead of WoW!
NEVER TOUCH THE TAB KEY AGAIN. In fact, I recommend disabling it entirely.
You target people by pointing the center of your screen at them. You play with mouse-look toggled on, turning it off only to interact with windows or your inventory.
Hell, turn on the reticule if you have issues knowing where the center of your screen is (not a problem for me and I find the reticule distracting so I leave it off)
Hold left-click to use your energy builder, right click to block, WASD to move, and the normal number keys to use your powers. Use E (not Z) to interact with NPCs or objects.
Can I not mail resources between characters? I can't seem to figure out how.
nope, no way to yet. you can use a SG bank to transfer though, if you have access to resources on both characters. (or i think if neither of them are in an SG)
I'm using a Saitek Cyborg v3 controller, which comes with complete keybinding software, so you can set everything to keyboard equivalents. It's even got options for the analog sticks to set directions to correspond to keys and the mouse as well.
My controls are:
Left Stick: WASD
Right stick: Mouse
Face buttons, L1, R1: Jump (on X) and the other 5 buttons as Numbers 1-5, which are linked to those slots on the power tray.
L2/R2: Ctrl and Shift (which is also block). Using those as shift keys plus 1-5 gives me the full set of power slots.
DPad: Z, Tab, Alt, and X: Z is the general interact button, I've got Tab Targetting if I need it, Alt plus the number keys gives me the Device slots, and X is for toggling between mouse cursor and not
Select and Start: M and Esc, so I can quickly hit the map or go into options/quit.
I've got the whole FPS scheme setup, so it controls like an action game. If I need to interact with things, I hit down on the DPad (X) to switch to cursor.
One other thing I've got set is the "always face camera" Off and I toggled Free Camera on as well, so character movement and the camera are unlinked. This way it plays like a third person action-style game, where my character runs in any direction, and I manually turn the camera to face whichever way I want. Plus this way makes it easier to spin the camera around to look at me character.
Alrighty, I've updated the OP a bit. Split guide section out of useful links and added weapon model and FPS mode guides.
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I thought that was just a gimmick guild, but if you give me the info (theme, requirements, whatever), I'll add it.
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Just_Bri_ThanksSeething with ragefrom a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPAregular
edited September 2009
Really, are they all not gimmick guilds?
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...and when you are done with that; take a folding
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
So, what, are gimmick guilds not "good" enough to show up on the OP? Sheesh.
So far, we've got PACT, which is the "main" guild, plus a few other offshots, because PACT gets full really fast. I don't see why they shouldn't all be mentionned, with a little tagline as to their theme.
Well from my perspective there are the general PA guilds that anyone can join just for knowing about PA (PACT, 5th Beacon), and then there are the offshoot theme guilds like P.A. Joe and your Spy guild.
I honestly haven't really kept track of the offshoots, and I didn't really think that people who weren't already participating in PA Chat would really be involved in them, so I didn't list them in the OP. Regardless, if anyone has a themed guild they would like me to add, just post the: Name, Theme, Requirements. So for example (and correct me if I'm wrong P.A. Joe's):
P.A. Joes
Theme: GI Joe Spoof, fighting Viper
Requirements: Most members are spoofs/homages to actual GI Joes, but any basic soldier theme that has a name with latent homoerotic undertones is acceptable.
Not trying to start a drama war, just trying to keep the post neat and organized
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So, am I just not doing something right, or despite what it says in the character creator can you not color the inside and outside of capes/trenchcoats independently? Because it has options for it, but they don't actually do anything.
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Re: Might
Shockwave is probably the best AE power in the set.
Havoc Stomp is way expensive (although it looks like it may have been reduced) and often isn't enough to take down henchmen in one charge. Add in the knockback effect and that can be pretty frustrating.
Shockwave is more than strong enough to shut down henchmen, can turn off travel powers with the advantage, and knocks enemies to the ground after a full maintain. Downside is the recharge but I find it's usually fast enough for it to recharge just as I get to a second group of enemies.
does.. does that mean it no longer has a 30 second cooldown? or is it more useless than ever before?
I'm working on a Mainly-Ice build, that's going to throw in some Fire for flavour, as well as a few things that I think work with the concept. I mainly had a couple of questions on some powers. I'm always on a team with friends, so I don't need a defensive passive (got a Con-stacked Supernatural guy with decent Presence, Iron Cyclone, and the taunt advantage, I think).
Core powers: Ice Shards, Frost Breath (with 100% Chill Advantage), Shatter (with the 'doesn't always remove debuff' advantage), Ice Form.
I also have Ice Shield, but I'm told it's useless unless you rank it up, as Rank 1 (anything) Shield has the same damage reduction as Block.
I've picked up Drain Life (Rank 3) to use as for Single Target damage on the hardier dudes left from my AoE, and to top up my health if I need it, and also Roomsweeper, in case something breaks from the pack to beat on me. The fact that both of these attacks use the left arm, which is cybered up TO THE MAX on my character just makes it look cooler.
I was toying with Heat Wave instead of Drain Life for ST damage and a hold (which Ice lacks, other than advantaged Ice Burst, which I want to avoid because it's not great in our team), but the 20 second recharge and the fact that it seems to take a few seconds to hold something seemed non-optimal. I also tried Fireball and Fire Strike, but this was last night before the buffs, and I didn't like them so much.
Eventually, I'm hoping to pick up Thermal Reverberation and Flashfires (as Flashfires looks AWESOME and seems to apply Clinging Flames 100% of the time) for a nice instant AoE + energy recharge, something else that Ice lacks.
Currently picked The Hero base statline, superstats in Dex and Endurance (for high max energy, crits and Ice Form) and I'm boosting Ego and Presence with talents and equipment to help mainly with crit severity and aggro management. Any thoughts or observations to make? Other than Ice Shards being like the worst energy builder ever.
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[edit] Man, Ego Storm is going to be even more awesome now.
Paying homage to...
Damn, just realized that I have to get a bulkier belt. Oh well, as they say in the business, we'll fix it in post!
Hooraydiation wrote: And I don't care how distraught you are. It's just impolite to shoot yourself when someone has their dick inside you.
More directly related: Anyone using a 360 controller having issue interacting with things? If there is just one thing to interact with, say an NPC, then it's fine. I press up and then A to interact and all is well. However, if there are multiple things, such as several loot piles, I press up and it give the option to press A and cycle through said intractable items but pressing A does nothing, all I can do is press B to exit out of it.
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Hooraydiation wrote: And I don't care how distraught you are. It's just impolite to shoot yourself when someone has their dick inside you.
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http://forums.champions-online.com/showthread.php?t=69342
It's a thread with all the various weapon models and how the 4 color selections correspond.
Wait, can you use a character creator without owning the game? I'm holding off on the game as well, but being able to make characters would be pretty cool.
go fck yourselves.
What's this now?
Yes, same thing here. That and there is no way to use your equipment/quest items. I just use the mouse when I have to. While annoying it is sooo much fun to play with the controller I can't imagine playing any other way at this point.
Take Roomsweeper instead of Mighty Leap. You can take Mighty Leap later, but having the AoE damage from Roomsweeper is something you will enjoy.
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Here's the video from the previous thread too.
nope, no way to yet. you can use a SG bank to transfer though, if you have access to resources on both characters. (or i think if neither of them are in an SG)
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My controls are:
Left Stick: WASD
Right stick: Mouse
Face buttons, L1, R1: Jump (on X) and the other 5 buttons as Numbers 1-5, which are linked to those slots on the power tray.
L2/R2: Ctrl and Shift (which is also block). Using those as shift keys plus 1-5 gives me the full set of power slots.
DPad: Z, Tab, Alt, and X: Z is the general interact button, I've got Tab Targetting if I need it, Alt plus the number keys gives me the Device slots, and X is for toggling between mouse cursor and not
Select and Start: M and Esc, so I can quickly hit the map or go into options/quit.
I've got the whole FPS scheme setup, so it controls like an action game. If I need to interact with things, I hit down on the DPad (X) to switch to cursor.
One other thing I've got set is the "always face camera" Off and I toggled Free Camera on as well, so character movement and the camera are unlinked. This way it plays like a third person action-style game, where my character runs in any direction, and I manually turn the camera to face whichever way I want. Plus this way makes it easier to spin the camera around to look at me character.
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I thought that was just a gimmick guild, but if you give me the info (theme, requirements, whatever), I'll add it.
Black Desert: Family Name: Foolery. Characters: Tome & Beerserk.
(Retired) GW2 Characters (Fort Aspenwood): Roy Gee Biv
(Retired) Let's Play: Lone Wolf
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
So far, we've got PACT, which is the "main" guild, plus a few other offshots, because PACT gets full really fast. I don't see why they shouldn't all be mentionned, with a little tagline as to their theme.
For instance im an homage to snake eyes called harrier.
we got a coldweather sniper called ice job, underwater combat veterinarian called sea biscuit, etc.
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Well from my perspective there are the general PA guilds that anyone can join just for knowing about PA (PACT, 5th Beacon), and then there are the offshoot theme guilds like P.A. Joe and your Spy guild.
I honestly haven't really kept track of the offshoots, and I didn't really think that people who weren't already participating in PA Chat would really be involved in them, so I didn't list them in the OP. Regardless, if anyone has a themed guild they would like me to add, just post the: Name, Theme, Requirements. So for example (and correct me if I'm wrong P.A. Joe's):
P.A. Joes
Theme: GI Joe Spoof, fighting Viper
Requirements: Most members are spoofs/homages to actual GI Joes, but any basic soldier theme that has a name with latent homoerotic undertones is acceptable.
Not trying to start a drama war, just trying to keep the post neat and organized
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(Retired) Let's Play: Lone Wolf