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Okay, I recently hit 40 with my blaster and I thought things would be easy going and I would be more motivated to level...
Well I was wrong. Now every mob I fight is doing more and more damage to me. At 39 I could easily take down level 40 lieutenants, but now I am being 2 shotted by level 41 liuetenants. I already have more debt than I ever had during 39. I am doing mishes on rugged (soloing due to Justice's sudden lack of teams) Is there anyone who has characters that can help or an explanation for my sudden difficulty doing mishes? Any help would be apreciated. thank you.
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| 08/02/07 15:30 |
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LordXenophon
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It's not your imagination. The bad guys really are doing more damage. They gain access to more and better powers with level, just like you do. You're also just starting to fight some of the nastiest enemies in the game.
On the other hand, you also have access to more defenses than ever. Large inspirations should be dropping more often, you have more slots to put on defensive powers and you've had more opportinities to pick a defensive power. If you can make it to 41, you gain access to epic power pools, which for Blasters have plenty more defensive powers. If you haven't been taking defensive powers, then you will be relatively weak compared to other Blasters your level.
        
          
          
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| 08/04/07 19:25 |
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RonJ73
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My suggestion for the 40+ game.
AVOID MALTA AT ALL COSTS!
If you don't have psi resistance/defense...
AVOID CARNIES AT ALL COSTS!
Quite frankly, your best bet, stick with Council and Freaks.
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| 08/04/07 21:20 |
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Sturmwolf
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*lol*
You can't avoid Malta and Carnie forever.
Between 40+ to 50 all of my contacts gave me either Malta or Carnie.
So your screwed up anyway.
You can try Firebase Zulu after you hit 40, but I'm not quiet experienced with the Rularuu, so I'm not sure if they are a smarter choice.
Malta; just don't run into mobs.
take a look first.
Make sure you didn't miss a Sapper and kill them first.
And everything will be fine.
Carnies, bite me, I don't have a clue what's the best way to take down a Ring Mistress.
They are the BIG problem.
Ever other Carnie Mob is no problem.
I'm listening to real music.
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| 08/04/07 22:11 |
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Aurrius
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Few things here.
Pack plenty of greens and purples.
Also, team a lot.
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| 08/05/07 01:06 |
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LordXenophon
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Best way to take down a Ring Mistress? Pop a yellow and a Break Free before you engage. The Break Free keeps you from getting held and the yellow counters her to-hit debuffs. Nothing else she does is really all that obnoxious.
Or you can pick powers that do the same things. Or go with the purples, so she doesn't hit in the first place. Or just go with a team, so she can't stop you all at once.
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| 08/05/07 04:01 |
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RonJ73
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| QUOTE | *lol*
You can't avoid Malta and Carnie forever.
Between 40+ to 50 all of my contacts gave me either Malta or Carnie.
So your screwed up anyway.
You can try Firebase Zulu after you hit 40, but I'm not quiet experienced with the Rularuu, so I'm not sure if they are a smarter choice.
Malta; just don't run into mobs.
take a look first.
Make sure you didn't miss a Sapper and kill them first.
And everything will be fine.
Carnies, bite me, I don't have a clue what's the best way to take down a Ring Mistress.
They are the BIG problem.
Ever other Carnie Mob is no problem. |
You most certainly CAN avoid Malta the entire time.
Scanner missions. You never have to face malta at all. When you get the right level, hit the Praetorian missions, they're better experience anyway, and for some of them, you can farm AV kills.
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| 08/05/07 05:30 |
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E.V.I.L. Lemons
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| QUOTE | *lol*
You can't avoid Malta and Carnie forever.
Between 40+ to 50 all of my contacts gave me either Malta or Carnie.
So your screwed up anyway.
You can try Firebase Zulu after you hit 40, but I'm not quiet experienced with the Rularuu, so I'm not sure if they are a smarter choice.
Malta; just don't run into mobs.
take a look first.
Make sure you didn't miss a Sapper and kill them first.
And everything will be fine.
Carnies, bite me, I don't have a clue what's the best way to take down a Ring Mistress.
They are the BIG problem.
Ever other Carnie Mob is no problem. |
With my 50 I never hit one contact with Carnies or Malta you just have to go to the contact and click "About the Contact"
thingy and it will usually tell you want group there interested in
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| 08/05/07 06:15 |
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Randy7
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I thought the last ten levels were the best! My scrapper was finally developed and the bad guys were a blast. The only issue I had with Malta were the guys that drain endurance (my memory fails me...getting old). Other than that they were great.
I recommend teaming a bunch (generally not an issue at this level...just hang out at PI) and I use my weekly drop on the hunting missions. They're a pain and don't really add anything to the story line.
Randy
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| 08/05/07 06:56 |
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Chaos_Theory
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Te enemies at this level are tough very tough. Before lvl 40 I could blaze through any mission with any team. But once I got introduced to Carnies I face planted a lot and teams nearly always wiped. I enjoy Malta a lot and find them easy as long as you take out the sapper first. Carnies are just all around hard in my opinion.
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| 08/05/07 07:20 |
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With my 50 scrapper, carnies are a piece of cake. Malta, on the other hand, not so much. Carnies are vulnerable to lethal typed damage and he's a katana scrapper, so they go down quick.
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| 08/05/07 08:16 |
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Solarix
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Praetorians are good for 40-50, they are only smashing/lethal and those are the most resisted types of damage. just hit them fast enough so they dont hit back, highly resisted damage means that they have high damage values.
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| 08/05/07 09:23 |
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Sturmwolf
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| QUOTE | | Praetorians are good for 40-50, they are only smashing/lethal and those are the most resisted types of damage. just hit them fast enough so they dont hit back, highly resisted damage means that they have high damage values. |
What your talking about?
All preatorian do different types of damage.
Even the minions, depending on their master.
A lot of them do energy damage or even psionic.
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| 08/05/07 15:45 |
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RonJ73
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I was thinking the same thing, I know there's quite a bit of Energy Damage, especially in Anti-Matter's mission. You can farm some of the Praetorian missions that ARE only Smash/Lethal though and get some good levels out of them if you have a good team.
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| 08/05/07 16:03 |
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Sturmwolf
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Most likely Battle Maiden, because her minions are the weakest (imho) and giving a good xp per min ratio.
But in fact I am sooo against farming a mish.
Boring and unsatisfying.
There is always a "next mission" and you will miss a lot of fun if you just repeat the same mish over and over again.
I'm listening to real music.
Real Rock, real Gothic, real Rap, real Soul, real Funk...etc
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| 08/05/07 18:03 |
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RonJ73
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Well...in that case, if you want an element of control over your missions, you can always do Scanners.
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| 08/05/07 20:01 |
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Welcome to life as a high level blaster!
(and for those who compare it to being a high level scrapper, I say HA HA HA! Not even close.)
It actually gets a bit easier as you go through the 40's, as you pick up epic powers. Force Mastery is nothing but defense, and will fill in many of the gaps you're missing. Grab everything but Repulsion Field (unless there isn't anything else you want). It's a *meh* power, IMO.
Malta does make life interesting, but they do give good xp, and if your a blaster with good range attacks, just hit them hard before they hit you, bring lots of break frees, and have fun with the challenge. If the mish difficulty isn't insanely high, you should be fine. The Gunslingers give me more trouble than anything else, even sappers, but they go down just like anything else. Don't go through this game avoiding things just because they present a challenge. Face them! Learn how to beat them!
If you do the Peregrine Safeguard mish, it has Malta, Carnies, AND Arachnos, which in high levels, is every bit as nasty as any other mobs. Lots of stealthy enemies, end drain, and immobilize/stuns. Bring a team and have fun.
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| 08/06/07 07:59 |
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Solaronn
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| QUOTE | *lol*
You can't avoid Malta and Carnie forever.
Between 40+ to 50 all of my contacts gave me either Malta or Carnie.
So your screwed up anyway.
You can try Firebase Zulu after you hit 40, but I'm not quiet experienced with the Rularuu, so I'm not sure if they are a smarter choice.
Malta; just don't run into mobs.
take a look first.
Make sure you didn't miss a Sapper and kill them first.
And everything will be fine.
Carnies, bite me, I don't have a clue what's the best way to take down a Ring Mistress.
They are the BIG problem.
Ever other Carnie Mob is no problem. |
That's not actually accurate. Avoid Crimson and Whats her name, his associate in FF, and avoid MAdeline Carey (Though I liek her arc) and the newspaperman in PI and you'll avoid malta and Carnies, though I like carnies.
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| 08/06/07 08:35 |
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| QUOTE | | QUOTE | *lol*
You can't avoid Malta and Carnie forever.
Between 40+ to 50 all of my contacts gave me either Malta or Carnie.
So your screwed up anyway.
You can try Firebase Zulu after you hit 40, but I'm not quiet experienced with the Rularuu, so I'm not sure if they are a smarter choice.
Malta; just don't run into mobs.
take a look first.
Make sure you didn't miss a Sapper and kill them first.
And everything will be fine.
Carnies, bite me, I don't have a clue what's the best way to take down a Ring Mistress.
They are the BIG problem.
Ever other Carnie Mob is no problem. |
That's not actually accurate. Avoid Crimson and Whats her name, his associate in FF, and avoid MAdeline Carey (Though I liek her arc) and the newspaperman in PI and you'll avoid malta and Carnies, though I like carnies. |
Indigo is Crimson's partner. The Madeline Carey arc has a crazy in love AV at the end. She's the ubermensche.
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| 08/06/07 08:44 |
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what I actually like about Madeline's arc is she actually becomes posessed by the Carnie, and you have to rescue her. It's carnie-liscious!
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| 08/06/07 08:58 |
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Man i know how u feel Mech. My main 2nd-Chance is a lvl 39 emp def. ive been stuck at 39 for so long. If i cant find a team im pretty much in stand mode. Just standing there tell i get sick of the area then i move on and stand some more.
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