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Hijaru Ta

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z0mg a newb

hey i'm new ;D

just wanted to say i got my trial to work, and after two days i bought the game ^^
Till now it absolutely rocks, and at the moment i'm a lvl 15 blaster. I'm trying to get to lvl 18 now, because i want the teleport power ( didn't know how to get it at first, so i thought i chose 'fly' but *luckily* i chose the wrong power ^^)

well that's all, i hope i will be welcomed to the CoH.GA family well as i was welcomed at the GW.GA family ^^

btw...
HEY ALL ;D

;edit;
some typo's T_T

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03/26/08 20:02

Mech beta

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RE: z0mg a newb

You might want to plan out a build for your guy, or one of the Ampers could do it (Warron...) Just list your Power pools, and we can help ya out.

City of Heroes
Burnt Scar 50 Fire/Devices/Fire blaster - Triumph
Goblino 33 Broadsword/Willpower Scrapper - Triumph
City of Villains
Mech Beta 50 Robotics/FF Mastermind - Triumph
Demon Juggernaut 20 Energy/Invul Brute - Virtue
Brawl: R.O.B!
**Post ends here**

03/26/08 20:08

Nasazi Peace

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RE: z0mg a newb

Hi new person...if you need help with a build let me know ill convince waron to help ya =D what are all the powers you have so far?

Gaia online....love my avatar? come play with me =D

above is Warron peace...really thats how he is =D

03/26/08 20:13

robot mind

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RE: z0mg a newb

Wellcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:) Ok now i have that over with.
Can we have a list of your powers?

I'm not a altoholic...no really i only have 1000+ toons...thats not..really...never mind.

Ninja Strike!!!

03/26/08 20:25

Hijaru Ta

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RE: z0mg a newb

My powerpools are (i think o.O)
-Energy Blast
-Fire Manipulation

i use the skills:
-Power Bolt
-Power Blast
-Energy Torrent
-Power Burst
-Sniper Blast (love this one ^^)
-Aim

-Fire Sword (for killing one foe with low health)

-Hover (for the defense)

-Rest
-Brawl (almost not using it)
-Prestige Power Slide
-Zero G-Pack

and thnx for the welcome ^^

GW IGN: Hijaru Ta
CoH IGN: Hijaru

03/26/08 20:28

giles202

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RE: z0mg a newb

Hello, hello.

Welcome to gameamp!!!!

I like the idea to go opposite of fire/eng blaster. The build looks good so far, grab th build up etc etc. fire sword is always fun (no matter what people say ;) ). I too like sniper blast....ok love sniper blast.... >.> Build looks good so far. Go with what you feel and let us know and we will criticize your decision to the up most degree! jk lol :D

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03/26/08 21:12

Deadman54

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RE: z0mg a newb

Welcome to the site! I think you'll find the community here very helpful. You're in good hands with all of our resident Blaster builders here. Don't forget to pop into the Gameamp.com Chat Channel in game and say hello :)

Si vis pacem, para bellum

03/26/08 23:08

Phedre_D

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RE: z0mg a newb

Welcome to the COH side of things, Hijaru Ta! This game is indeed amazingly fun! One note of disappointment for you though. The gameamp.com ingame channel is only on the US servers. There are a couple of us playing on the EU servers but most of us are US side. (Even several of the Europeans like me play US servers.)

One of the great funs of your first toon is just getting a feel of all the options. There are quite a bit. You will quick enough get a feel what is useful and what not. There are some very powerful power planning tools out there but I would stay away from them for now. First be the newb for a bit. And bombard us here with questions. We love questions.

03/27/08 04:37

Hijaru Ta

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RE: z0mg a newb

wow this welcome rocks :D
thanks all ^^
I'm starting to get the hang of skills, and what to upgrade or not. I do have a few questions;
-Is there a shortcut to open up in example; Broadcast, team etc.? don't like clicking them T_T

-Can i get another Zero G-Pack after this one ran out of time? *have to use it till lvl 18*

-What's 2+141, i keep getting the answer 144 on my calculator, but that doesn't seem right o.O The teacher keeps hitting me T_T

well, thanks in advance :D
and again thanks for the welcome ^^

GW IGN: Hijaru Ta
CoH IGN: Hijaru

03/27/08 07:39

Phedre_D

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RE: z0mg a newb

QUOTE

You can sort of. Switching is indeed kind of troublesome, and will always result in tons of mistells. I believe there is key-combo to switch but you can set up binds.

/bind g beginchat /send "broadcast"
/bind h beginchat /send "team"

Now when you press 'g' you switch to your chat window automatically and your text will be send to broadcast. And with 'h' similar. But somehow I am not 100% sure "braodcast" and "team" are correct. If not somebody will correct me. You should also have a look at this spiffy bind and macro thread.

QUOTE

-Can i get another Zero G-Pack after this one ran out of time? *have to use it till lvl 18*

Nope, it is a one-time thing. But you can get a raptor pack from the lvl 16-20 safeguard mission. Also quite handy.

QUOTE

-What's 2+141, i keep getting the answer 144 on my calculator, but that doesn't seem right o.O The teacher keeps hitting me T_T

I know the answer to this one, but I will only tell you if you come over to the villain side. Which you should do anyway. Much more fun there :)

03/27/08 08:00

Str0ker

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RE: z0mg a newb

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-Can i get another Zero G-Pack after this one ran out of time? *have to use it till lvl 18*

Nope, it is a one-time thing. But you can get a raptor pack from the lvl 16-20 safeguard mission. Also quite handy.

The raptor pack is for the 5-10 Safeguard mission.

http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/bookone.php

03/27/08 09:56

Phedre_D

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RE: z0mg a newb

Oops, you are right. In that case you need to find some heroes in that ranged and exemplar down to get it :)

03/27/08 10:09

Hijaru Ta

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RE: z0mg a newb

well, i'm lvl 18 now, got teleport (it rocks, and it's fun if i teleport high in the air and teleport a friend next to me =3)

still have a few questions (z0mg)
-why is this game so awesome?
-is teleporting the fastest way to travel?
-will i see one of you ever in-game? (i'm on the Union server)

;edit;

-i did a mission today, where i had to save L.Jenkins, and he was standing in the midst of a group full of enemies...coincidence? o.O

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CoH IGN: Hijaru

03/27/08 12:59

Warron Peace

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RE: z0mg a newb

Without really knowing your playstyle, I can't give you a build for your blaster. It seems you prefer single target attacks, which isn't a bad thing. Fire Manipulation has some awesome AoE potential, however, so you may want to consider some of those attacks, especially if you team often.

Teleport is considered the fastest travel power in the game. 3 slot it for range and nothing can keep up with you. Slotting end redux helps for those longer trips.

For energy blast, be careful when teaming, as you may inadvertently knock an opponent away from the tank or scrapper, which can annoy them. Try to position yourself to knock enemies into nearby walls, or if you can, try to hover above the field, making your knockbacks into knockdowns. That'll make your melee teammates happy. =D

Give me some hints as to how you want to play your blaster, and I can give you some more solid build advice. Are you mainly ranged, or do you like to get into melee for attacks? Things like that will help me to help you.

W.P.

03/27/08 13:23

Hijaru Ta

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RE: z0mg a newb

wow thanks for those tips, they are awesome. Never thought about Knockback>KD. I play a ranged energy blaster, i only come close if i see the tanker has trouble and to blast them away with one of my energy skills (keep forgetting their names >.<)
That's all i actually do xD. I open with Sniper Blast to do some nice damage on a boss, then usually cycle through all my skills, and when he is Knockbacked again, i use Sniper Blast again to finish him.

;edit;

forgot to ask, how can you see if someone of your team lvl'ed? o.O

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03/27/08 13:34

robot mind

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RE: z0mg a newb

Well as i don't play with sound i just wait 'till the other ppl on the team say Gratz. o.O

I'm not a altoholic...no really i only have 1000+ toons...thats not..really...never mind.

Ninja Strike!!!

03/27/08 13:46

Hijaru Ta

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RE: z0mg a newb

ah that's why, thank you.
*always plays without the sound on, only my own music*

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CoH IGN: Hijaru

03/27/08 15:00

DocterPink

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RE: z0mg a newb

So, Energy/Fire? Huh...don't think I've ever seen someone with that build b4. Sounds kinda fun actually...

Anyways, from your deion, looks like you're trying to go for a single target killer kinda person. I think I can manage some sort of build for that. I'll try and keep all the powers you have already (sorry if I miss some >.<)Here's my attempt. Oh, and since I'm assuming you don't know a lot about IOs and such, I'll just put in regular enhancements on the powers:

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.30
http://www.honourableunited.org.uk/mhd.php

Your Blaster: Level 50 Magic Blaster
Primary Power Set: Energy Blast
Secondary Power Set: Fire Manipulation
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Flame Mastery

Hero Profile:
------------
Level 1: Power Bolt Dmg-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(3), Dmg-I:40(5), Acc-I:40(37)
Level 1: Ring of Fire Acc-I:40(A), Immob-I:40(46)
Level 2: Power Blast Dmg-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(3), Dmg-I:40(13), Acc-I:40(19)
Level 4: Energy Torrent Dmg-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(5), Dmg-I:40(13), Acc-I:40(37), Range-I:40(40)
Level 6: Power Burst Dmg-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(7), Dmg-I:40(7), Acc-I:40(19), Range-I:40(40)
Level 8: Sniper Blast Dmg-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(9), Dmg-I:40(9), Acc-I:40(39), RechRdx-I:40(39)
Level 10: Fire Sword Dmg-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(11), Dmg-I:40(11), Acc-I:40(39)
Level 12: Hover Flight-I:40(A), DefBuff-I:40(43), DefBuff-I:40(43), Flight-I:40(43)
Level 14: Fly Flight-I:40(A), Flight-I:40(15), Flight-I:40(15)
Level 16: Build Up RechRdx-I:40(A), RechRdx-I:40(17), RechRdx-I:40(17)
Level 18: Swift Flight-I:40(A), Run-I:40(46)
Level 20: Health Heal-I:40(A), Heal-I:40(21), Heal-I:40(21)
Level 22: Stamina EndMod-I:40(A), EndMod-I:40(23), EndMod-I:40(23)
Level 24: Aim RechRdx-I:40(A), RechRdx-I:40(25), RechRdx-I:40(25)
Level 26: Explosive Blast Dmg-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(27), Dmg-I:40(27), Acc-I:40(40), EndRdx-I:40(42)
Level 28: Consume Acc-I:40(A), EndMod-I:40(29), EndMod-I:40(29), RechRdx-I:40(31), RechRdx-I:40(34), RechRdx-I:40(46)
Level 30: Hasten RechRdx-I:40(A), RechRdx-I:40(31), RechRdx-I:40(31)
Level 32: Nova Dmg-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(33), Dmg-I:40(33), RechRdx-I:40(33), RechRdx-I:40(34), Acc-I:40(34)
Level 35: Fire Sword Circle Dmg-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(36), Dmg-I:40(36), Acc-I:40(36), EndRdx-I:40(37)
Level 38: Power Push KBDist-I:40(A)
Level 41: Burn Dmg-I:40(A), Dmg-I:40(42), Dmg-I:40(42)
Level 44: Char Acc-I:40(A), Hold-I:40(45), Hold-I:40(45), RechRdx-I:40(45)
Level 47: Fire Shield ResDam-I:40(A), ResDam-I:40(48), ResDam-I:40(48), EndRdx-I:40(48)
Level 49: Rise of the Phoenix RechRdx-I:40(A), RechRdx-I:40(50), RechRdx-I:40(50), Heal-I:40(50)
------------
Level 1: Brawl Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest Empty(A)
Level 1: Defiance

There you is. You have plenty of ways to keep your range. Hover will keep you out of melee and if they still get too close Power Push and Burn will make them go away. Also, along with a nice array of single target damage and knockback, I threw in Explosive Blast and Fire Sword Circle for some crowd control. Char from the Fire Epic set (which become available at lvl 41) gives you a decent hold, Fire Shield will give you some more protection from damage along with the defense from Hover (which is sadly very small, but not too bad) and if you do happen to die, Rise of the Phonenix will fix that problem quickly.

I made the build with fun and playablility in mind. So while it may not be the best build ever, I personally think this would be tons of fun to play. And with moves like Consume, Fire Shield, Hover and Rise of the Phoenix, health and endurance shouldn't be a problem.

Hope that helps you out some! Oh, and welcome to GameAmp and City of Heroes! :D

Heroes:
Spectral Storm, lvl 50 Illusion/Storm
Powerlevel Man, lvl 50 Fire/Kin
Rider of the Flames, lvl 26 Fire/Fire Blaster
Sound Barrier, lvl 24 FF/Sonic
Cap'n Ghostbeard, lvl 24 DB/Regen
K'zilix, lvl 12 WS
And, lvl 8 Invuln/Fire

Villains:
Lt. Surge, lvl 40 Elec/Stone
Skull Cyborg, lvl 29 Bots/Traps

And various other lowbies...

Server: Infinity

03/27/08 15:27

Hijaru Ta

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RE: z0mg a newb

wow that looks awesome o.O *i don't know any of those skills*
but still, i found paragonwiki (go me!) and searched for Rise of the Phoenix, great skill o.O (maybe b/c i'm a low lvl it seems great but still)

but what is 'Ancillary'?
i now have teleport so i'm getting confussled xD

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03/27/08 17:41

Warron Peace

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RE: z0mg a newb

There are generic power pools available to everyone. Ancillary power pools are pools available only to your archetype, and only from level 41 on. They are often powers normally available to other Archetypes, as Char and Bonfire are Fire Control powers, Fire Shield and Rise of the Phoenix being Fire Tanker powers.

They are designed to add more versatility to a character, by giving melee characters ranged attacks, giving squishies some extra protection, and giving support toons some offensive abilities.

W.P.

03/27/08 18:58

Anachron

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RE: z0mg a newb

Salutations and a grand hello to you.

Welcome to gameamp.

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03/27/08 20:49

A-C-X

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RE: z0mg a newb

Hiya Hijaru!!!!

I just wanted to say!:
shit i think my mouse is broken...

ahh well..
ohyeah welcome :D, lol i did not even introduce myself XD
going to do it right away!

see you in game :)

*Handshakes*

03/28/08 09:15

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RE: z0mg a newb

Heya, welcome to the game and the site !

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Midnight Phantom - Level 35 Martial Arts / Ninjutsu Stalker. [Union]
Darkspire - Level 43 Dual Blades / Willpower Brute.

Heroes:
Choshu - Level 50 Katana / Super Reflexes / Body Mastery Scrapper.
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03/28/08 10:51

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