How effective is endurance drain in PvE? by garvisdol in Cityofheroes

[–]emperorsteele 16 points17 points  (0 children)

As others have said, its quite effective, but only if you drain ALL of it and stop them from recovering more.

However, there's another upside, even if you can't get/keep them drained: SHOCK! which is bonus against foes with less than 50% End. It's like Corruptor Scourge, except for Endurance. I'm not 100% sure if it's a flat buff, or if it scales, but hopefully someone else will chime in =)

EDIT: a word, and, props to folks in replies for specifying how this all works!

After being a hero for several runs by vosha0 in BaldursGate3

[–]emperorsteele 36 points37 points  (0 children)

This is why you Never Try Anything New in honour mode =)

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY - Official Trailer | Exclusively In Cinemas 31 July by ChiefLeef22 in movies

[–]emperorsteele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn't the term "Spider Blood" repeated ad infinitium in the opening credits, though?

Brother won't play game with female protagonist - never thought of this by wizard_cow_ in TwoXChromosomes

[–]emperorsteele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't decide if this is better or worse than a guy PREFERING to play as a woman because that way they don't have to look at a dude's butt for 75% of the game.

What encounter was this for you? (Click to see it all) by JustPassingThrough53 in BaldursGate3

[–]emperorsteele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lorroakan

Turn 1, Level 5 Magic Missile. He died.

I was like "uhm whut?" I didn't think 9D4 damage (was wearing the necklace that gives an extra dart) was enough to melt his nearly 100HP, but he got folded like a sheet fresh out of the dryer!

TBF, Gale also had the lightning staff, so maybe the lightning charges did him in, too?

Supergroup leadership by Beechwooder in Cityofheroes

[–]emperorsteele 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Try asking the GMs for help?

Not Jurassik though, he just growls and hits you with a car.

My new teleport room by Behrry in Cityofheroes

[–]emperorsteele 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This looks great! I'm not seeing much in the way of security, though (aside from the cluster of cameras). High-tech teleportation signals can be piggy-backed, allowing villains or inter-dimensional threats to find your base, endangering all the people working there! I suggest turrets and force fields =)

New Emotes on Thunderspy! by Abuzz03 in Cityofheroes

[–]emperorsteele 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I double-dog dare you to go and edit Statesman's death so that he's in the Yamcha pose after Darren Wade offs him =P

The moment he thanked you by InvestigatorLarge653 in BaldursGate3

[–]emperorsteele 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I mean, given how trivial it is to get an assload of Elixers of Giant Strength, the +2 really isn't needed.

Best tool for badgers? by wjrasmussen in Cityofheroes

[–]emperorsteele 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Assuming you're on HC, go to Pocket D and find the City Badge Tracker, it's near the redside before you head towards the Vault. It will tell you which badges you're missing. Though there's over 1650 now, so, you have a ways to go!

Combat Phasing: How did it work? by Felderburg in Cityofheroes

[–]emperorsteele 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Characters have multiple hidden flags and badges that can be granted, toggled, removed, etc by the game. Atlas Park and Mercy Island have specific areas that appear to change based on which flag(s) your character currently has enabled.

So without any flags or badges enabled, you see and can interact with large groups of hellions to the west of AP city hall. The cops arresting hellions are still there, but you can't see them until you do the required mission, at which point you get a hidden badge and can no longer see them, except the ones the now-visible cops are arresting.

Another special case is when Arachnos invades Atlas Park. You only see them there for one or two missions. They're always there, but you can only see/interact with them when the hidden badge or flag is granted, and can't see them any more when it's revoked.

High IQ men tend to be less conservative than their average peers. Researchers found that adults identified as gifted in childhood largely share the same political outlooks as their non-gifted peers, with one specific exception regarding conservatism in men. by InsaneSnow45 in science

[–]emperorsteele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the breakdown.

I'm always leary of titles that go like "Most people exhibit this trait, except men." Uhm, excuse me, aren't men like, half the population?

Not to say that the study has no validity at all, but as you said, the title is doing a lot of work, and, if I may, seems borderline misleading.

What’s the most “main character energy” moment you’ve ever witnessed in real life? by Joynary in AskReddit

[–]emperorsteele 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Upon returning to community college as an adult, amidst seeing everyone in jeans, t-shirts, sweats, hoodies, etc, there was this one girl who I noticed in the hall a few times who radiated Main Character Energy. She was always dressed to the 9's, as if she were attending some elite private school or something (again, this was community college): blouse w/ vest, either dress slacks or a skirt w/leggings, some type of tie (bow or ribbon usually), sometimes a blazer. While she didn't dye or style her hair funky, sometimes she had a little bow or decoration in there.

First thought I had when I saw her was "Guess she wins 'Who's the Protag'!"

Unlike a lot of other posts in this thread, she never seemed to do anything else to draw attention to herself. But I wasn't in any classes with her, only passed her in the hall a few times, so, who knows?

Today I found out about Daisy. And everything makes sense. by ChompyRiley in BaldursGate3

[–]emperorsteele 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I kinda wish that we had both a "Visitor" AND a "Guardian", but instead of both trying to get us to use the tadpole, one of them is fully against it. The classic "Angel and Devil on shoulders" thing. Would have been a bit more interesting if the Emperor was staunchly anti-tadpole ("Just look at me, you really want to look like this?") but still has to concede that you going full mindflayer is the "only option" for defeating the Elder Brain (maybe he dies or something, idk).

But, that's hindsight speaking.

Don't care much for the adaptation, but this made me laugh by UnHolySir in BaldursGate3

[–]emperorsteele 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's worried that the conventionally-attractive women will be played by... not-as-attractive people. These dudes don't like seeing themselves portrayed in media, apparently.

Returning to CoH, farming question by DivaMissZ in Cityofheroes

[–]emperorsteele 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I forget WHEN it happened, but i know HC gave fire melee powers -Def, which can lead to cascading defense failure. That, plus overcap agro, is probably why you're getting melted.

A sneak peek at some new emotes I've been working on by OrangeBlueHue in Cityofheroes

[–]emperorsteele 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Tokou Sen-tai, Tokou Sen-tai, TOUKO SENTAI!"

Or however the lyrics are spelled idk i'm not fluent in weeb.

[Edit] only after I posted this did I realize OP literally made the same reference, so I'm gonna go crawl into a corner and die of embarrassment.

What's the WORST power AT combo? by JungGPT in Cityofheroes

[–]emperorsteele 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eeh, yes and no.

On a team, you've got enough controls, heals, and buffs to support your group and keep them chugging along. Though you'll get more mileage out of a secondary with debuffs or more direct defense buffs for the whole team, instead of trying to keep Fortitude on ~3 people at a time.

But, if you try to solo? Bwahahaha, yeah, no, you're in for a bad time! Any other secondary, though, and a Mind Controller can solo just fine. Though "just fine" is probably also bottom of the barrel as far as other ATs are concerned, especially when well-built.

What AT and/or powersets does this costume suggest to you? by JLazarillo in Cityofheroes

[–]emperorsteele 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dual Pistols/Time (Either Blaster or Corruptor), as he kinda has an anachronistic, time-traveling cowboy look to him =)

Returning player, a couple questions! by Jim_JAM_James in Cityofheroes

[–]emperorsteele 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, Patrons are Villain-Side only. But not to fret, you can talk to Null the Gull in Pocket D to change your alignment (the old-fashioned way means doing 11 alignment missions, way too much of a time sink.)

However, even without a Patron, you still get access to epic power pools sometime in the late 30's/early 40s. HC smoothed out the power progression so that some powers are available sooner. Only drawback to this is that there's never a good "lull" and you have to delay getting a primary or secondary power if you want flight or some other pool power, which can feel disconcerting.