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Overhead five feet from me
Sep. 1st, 2011 12:55 amI set this silly character's battlecry to "I'll shit up your butt!" Moments after hitting it in a mission, I hear, "I can't believe it fit!"
i21 (and the near future), what to make
Aug. 31st, 2011 01:15 amNew sets:
Beam Rifle (Blasters, Corruptors, Defenders)
Staff Fighting (Tanks, Brutes, Scrappers, Stalkers?)
Street Justice (Tanks, Brutes, Scrappers, Stalkers)
Time Manipulation (Defenders, Corruptors, Controllers, Masterminds)
Titan Weapons (Tanks, Brutes, Scrappers, Stalkers?)
Proliferation:
Blaster: Dark Blast (primary), Dark Manipulation (secondary)
Controller: Poison (secondary)
Defender: Thermal Radiation (primary), Fire Blast (secondary)
Scrapper: War Mace (primary), Battle Axe (primary), Energy Aura (secondary)
Tanker: Super Reflexes (primary), Martial Arts (secondary)
Brute: Broadsword (primary), Katana (primary), Regeneration (secondary)
Corruptor: Psychic Blast (primary), Poison (secondary)
Mastermind: Sonic Resonance (secondary)
Stalker: Ice Armor (Secondary)
I'm thinking of, in no particular order:
Beam Rifle/Poison Corruptor (probably the ultimate single target killer in the game)
Super Reflexes/Martial Arts Tank (With the +Def from Storm Kick it should be able to hit 60+% defense very easily, pretty awesome)
Something/Ice Armor Stalker (HABAKKUK THE FROZEN)
Psychic Blast/Something Corruptor (PSYTHON, I knew I got that name on Virtue for a reason!)
Street Justice/Something Something (named U MAD, because I have the name on Virtue >.>)
And that's really all I've got. I don't know enough about how Street Justice, Staff Fighting, or Titan Weapons will play mechanically to pick a good combination (though Titan Weapons with its 'momentum' mechanic that makes attacks speed up seems perfect for Brutes). A lot of the other choices would've interested me in the past, but Mace/Axe/EA for scrappers seems a bit late to the party now, same thing with BS/Kat/Regen for Brutes (and I hear Regen is more than lacklustre for brutes right now). I wanted a Demons/Sonic MM, but I've got a Demons/Forcefields one already, so I think it would play too similarly to something I have already.
Dark Manipulation for Blasters has me kind of excited, because there's some great stuff in there, but I don't know what I'd pair it with for the primary: Dark Blast on my Dark/Kin Corr turned me off to the set so hard I refuse to make a Dark Blast anything again.
Anyone else got any cool ideas for the new stuff? (And did I miss any upcoming power sets? I *think* I got them all, but it's entirely possible one slipped by me.)
Still wanting Ice Armor for Brutes, Devs, some day, please >.>
Beam Rifle (Blasters, Corruptors, Defenders)
Staff Fighting (Tanks, Brutes, Scrappers, Stalkers?)
Street Justice (Tanks, Brutes, Scrappers, Stalkers)
Time Manipulation (Defenders, Corruptors, Controllers, Masterminds)
Titan Weapons (Tanks, Brutes, Scrappers, Stalkers?)
Proliferation:
Blaster: Dark Blast (primary), Dark Manipulation (secondary)
Controller: Poison (secondary)
Defender: Thermal Radiation (primary), Fire Blast (secondary)
Scrapper: War Mace (primary), Battle Axe (primary), Energy Aura (secondary)
Tanker: Super Reflexes (primary), Martial Arts (secondary)
Brute: Broadsword (primary), Katana (primary), Regeneration (secondary)
Corruptor: Psychic Blast (primary), Poison (secondary)
Mastermind: Sonic Resonance (secondary)
Stalker: Ice Armor (Secondary)
I'm thinking of, in no particular order:
Beam Rifle/Poison Corruptor (probably the ultimate single target killer in the game)
Super Reflexes/Martial Arts Tank (With the +Def from Storm Kick it should be able to hit 60+% defense very easily, pretty awesome)
Something/Ice Armor Stalker (HABAKKUK THE FROZEN)
Psychic Blast/Something Corruptor (PSYTHON, I knew I got that name on Virtue for a reason!)
Street Justice/Something Something (named U MAD, because I have the name on Virtue >.>)
And that's really all I've got. I don't know enough about how Street Justice, Staff Fighting, or Titan Weapons will play mechanically to pick a good combination (though Titan Weapons with its 'momentum' mechanic that makes attacks speed up seems perfect for Brutes). A lot of the other choices would've interested me in the past, but Mace/Axe/EA for scrappers seems a bit late to the party now, same thing with BS/Kat/Regen for Brutes (and I hear Regen is more than lacklustre for brutes right now). I wanted a Demons/Sonic MM, but I've got a Demons/Forcefields one already, so I think it would play too similarly to something I have already.
Dark Manipulation for Blasters has me kind of excited, because there's some great stuff in there, but I don't know what I'd pair it with for the primary: Dark Blast on my Dark/Kin Corr turned me off to the set so hard I refuse to make a Dark Blast anything again.
Anyone else got any cool ideas for the new stuff? (And did I miss any upcoming power sets? I *think* I got them all, but it's entirely possible one slipped by me.)
Still wanting Ice Armor for Brutes, Devs, some day, please >.>
oh the people I know, never change
Aug. 23rd, 2011 12:33 am[WHiSPER X]Mace van Hoffen: You'd say there would never be anyone who could mass slaughter kittens with fire. You'd say that ... and be wrong.
[WHiSPER X]Kittism: Arrest him....
[WHiSPER X]Reisma: I saw what Mace did in Helsinki at the kitten farm
[WHiSPER X]Kittism: Arrest him too!
[WHiSPER X]Kittism: I will not allow this rebeliouc actions in my domain
[WHiSPER X]Mace van Hoffen: hiya Reisma ... and I thought we agreed you'd never disclose my role in Kitten Dachau?!
[WHiSPER X]Reisma: I didn't! You just did :o
[WHiSPER X]Mace van Hoffen: curses! foiled again
[WHiSPER X]Kittism: Arrest him....
[WHiSPER X]Reisma: I saw what Mace did in Helsinki at the kitten farm
[WHiSPER X]Kittism: Arrest him too!
[WHiSPER X]Kittism: I will not allow this rebeliouc actions in my domain
[WHiSPER X]Mace van Hoffen: hiya Reisma ... and I thought we agreed you'd never disclose my role in Kitten Dachau?!
[WHiSPER X]Reisma: I didn't! You just did :o
[WHiSPER X]Mace van Hoffen: curses! foiled again
Big Old Gun
Aug. 18th, 2011 09:37 am
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I think I'm more in love with the ridiculously sized gun that I can get than anything else about Beam Rifle >.>
My fastest 50
Aug. 16th, 2011 02:32 pm
10 hours, solo, pwning crap like whoa. Click on the thumbs if you want to see the ding and the 10 hour screenie.
Official New Circle of Thorns Costumes
Aug. 9th, 2011 12:30 amhttp://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=267927
I think they look pretty great. Maybe a little too glowy (and the Death Mage's back spikes are silly), but I can get behind it.
I think they look pretty great. Maybe a little too glowy (and the Death Mage's back spikes are silly), but I can get behind it.
Shiny time manipulation animations
Jul. 25th, 2011 08:35 pmJust follow the link http://imageshack.us/clip/my-videos/545/ajz.mp4/
Staff Fighting
Jul. 24th, 2011 02:38 pmApparently some idiot linked this (now deleted) video on the official forums (in a now deleted thread):
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This thumbnail is all that remains. :(
Why do I miss all the good things?
[LiveJournal]Bubbawheat: [Burnt Matchstick 50 tnk Pin] So, there was a thread about a video posted on YouTube with supposed animations from the unannounced staff melee powerset. It seems they were gotten using demoediting and the beta client...
[LiveJournal]Bubbawheat: [Burnt Matchstick 50 tnk Pin] ...and the thread discussing the video has been deleted.
[LiveJournal]Thea Anastasis: [Jill Palacios : 50 : stlkr inf] TRUST NO ONE
[LiveJournal]Thea Anastasis: [Jill Palacios : 50 : stlkr inf] orry. I'v had coffee
[LiveJournal]PatrickAT: [Confusionette 35 Cor Inf] I want Office Brawling. "Stapler!"
[LiveJournal]Noxilicious: It got deleted?
[LiveJournal]Noxilicious: Huh, maybe it's not fake, then
[LiveJournal]Bubbawheat: [Burnt Matchstick 50 tnk Pin] I saw the video before it was taken down. The animations looked very good, reminded me very much of Kilik and Seong Mi-Na from Soul Calibur.
[LiveJournal]SpaceNut: [Electrinox 50 Bla Inf] interesting...
[LiveJournal]Thea Anastasis: [Jill Palacios : 50 : stlkr inf] that'd be pretty cool
[LiveJournal]Bubbawheat: [Burnt Matchstick 50 tnk Pin] In fact, before people started saying things to make it seem much more like it was genuine. I though it wa a hack using Soul Calibur animations.
[LiveJournal]SpaceNut: I have wanted a staff set for a long time
[LiveJournal]Bubbawheat: [Burnt Matchstick 50 tnk Pin] poor Samuraiko thinks this leak might lead to them removing the /demorecord feature from the game.
[LiveJournal]PatrickAT: [Confusionette 35 Cor Inf] People were dumb to post it on the official forums.
[LiveJournal]Liz: I hope not, but I hope it means they are more careful of what they let it into live.
[LiveJournal]Liz: in the 'hidden code' or whatnot.
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This thumbnail is all that remains. :(
Why do I miss all the good things?
[LiveJournal]Bubbawheat: [Burnt Matchstick 50 tnk Pin] So, there was a thread about a video posted on YouTube with supposed animations from the unannounced staff melee powerset. It seems they were gotten using demoediting and the beta client...
[LiveJournal]Bubbawheat: [Burnt Matchstick 50 tnk Pin] ...and the thread discussing the video has been deleted.
[LiveJournal]Thea Anastasis: [Jill Palacios : 50 : stlkr inf] TRUST NO ONE
[LiveJournal]Thea Anastasis: [Jill Palacios : 50 : stlkr inf] orry. I'v had coffee
[LiveJournal]PatrickAT: [Confusionette 35 Cor Inf] I want Office Brawling. "Stapler!"
[LiveJournal]Noxilicious: It got deleted?
[LiveJournal]Noxilicious: Huh, maybe it's not fake, then
[LiveJournal]Bubbawheat: [Burnt Matchstick 50 tnk Pin] I saw the video before it was taken down. The animations looked very good, reminded me very much of Kilik and Seong Mi-Na from Soul Calibur.
[LiveJournal]SpaceNut: [Electrinox 50 Bla Inf] interesting...
[LiveJournal]Thea Anastasis: [Jill Palacios : 50 : stlkr inf] that'd be pretty cool
[LiveJournal]Bubbawheat: [Burnt Matchstick 50 tnk Pin] In fact, before people started saying things to make it seem much more like it was genuine. I though it wa a hack using Soul Calibur animations.
[LiveJournal]SpaceNut: I have wanted a staff set for a long time
[LiveJournal]Bubbawheat: [Burnt Matchstick 50 tnk Pin] poor Samuraiko thinks this leak might lead to them removing the /demorecord feature from the game.
[LiveJournal]PatrickAT: [Confusionette 35 Cor Inf] People were dumb to post it on the official forums.
[LiveJournal]Liz: I hope not, but I hope it means they are more careful of what they let it into live.
[LiveJournal]Liz: in the 'hidden code' or whatnot.
Peacebringer Build
Jul. 24th, 2011 12:26 pmI transformed a warshade build I found into a Peacebringer build, because it had perma-hasten, and that's something that's pretty awesome to have. I think in actual gameplay this build would play a lot like what I want from a PB: it can chainsaw spam Gleaming Bolt for the debuff, pop into squid form for good AoE damage, or tank fairly well in Lobster form (15 second recharge on the heal if Hasten is still up from when I was in human form, pretty good IMO). It also packs the PB ally heal and a few buffs for the team (leadership and Grant Invis).
It's also pretty expensive, which I don't like a lot, but I've got a ton of cash laying around that I haven't spent on anything so...
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.942
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ZAWARUDO: Level 50 Natural Peacebringer
Primary Power Set: Luminous Blast
Secondary Power Set: Luminous Aura
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Leaping
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It's also pretty expensive, which I don't like a lot, but I've got a ton of cash laying around that I haven't spent on anything so...
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.942
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ZAWARUDO: Level 50 Natural Peacebringer
Primary Power Set: Luminous Blast
Secondary Power Set: Luminous Aura
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Leaping
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Yay fewer cutscenes to sit through!
May. 25th, 2011 03:51 pmAutomatic Cut Scene Skipping In Incarnate Trials: If all the characters in a League have successfully completed an Incarnate Trial, the introductory cut scene for the Trial is automatically skipped so you can dive straight into the game action. Interstitial cut scenes (those in the middle of a Trial) are not skipped.
It's almost like they listened to me
It's almost like they listened to me
Picture it, if you will:
Apr. 12th, 2011 11:52 amOne league.
48 Thug/Traps Masterminds organized into 6 teams.
288 Mastermind Pets.
480 or so Gang War pets.
48-96 Acid Mortars.
48 Force Field Generators.
96 Seeker Drones.
One Hamidon.
1008 Pets.
288 Mastermind pets suddenly exploding due to Detonator.
Let's make this happen, people.
48 Thug/Traps Masterminds organized into 6 teams.
288 Mastermind Pets.
480 or so Gang War pets.
48-96 Acid Mortars.
48 Force Field Generators.
96 Seeker Drones.
One Hamidon.
1008 Pets.
288 Mastermind pets suddenly exploding due to Detonator.
Let's make this happen, people.
Mortimer Kal Strike Force
Apr. 6th, 2011 01:15 amSince no one wanted to go one it with us, we (Cosmic and I) just duo'd it. I borrowed Bruiser of the Slain from Sam's account and NevadaGirl from Amine's account and we were off with those two leeching the ride.
It was cake until the last fight where Posi was getting obscene heals. Until we noticed that the heal's strength depended on where the healer died. So we used Amine's pets to kill the healers on the far side of the room, Sam's taunt aura to anchor Posi, and then proceeded to wail on the jerk until he died. We did bust out Shivans, but I think we could've taken him without them: it just would've taken longer and I really need to get to bed soon. :p
It was awesome.
The team, arranged just-so by the cutscene:
And here's Positron taking a nosedive into Bruiser of the Slain as his systems fail and we emerge triumphant with the Flames of Prometheus.
It was cake until the last fight where Posi was getting obscene heals. Until we noticed that the heal's strength depended on where the healer died. So we used Amine's pets to kill the healers on the far side of the room, Sam's taunt aura to anchor Posi, and then proceeded to wail on the jerk until he died. We did bust out Shivans, but I think we could've taken him without them: it just would've taken longer and I really need to get to bed soon. :p
It was awesome.
The team, arranged just-so by the cutscene:
And here's Positron taking a nosedive into Bruiser of the Slain as his systems fail and we emerge triumphant with the Flames of Prometheus.
Elec/Shield Scrapper
Apr. 4th, 2011 11:50 pmHero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.93
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Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Presence
Ancillary Pool: Blaze Mastery
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This is the "How sickening can we make an Elec/Shield scrapper if we have infinite money" build. Soft-capped to everything, perma-hasten, Shield Charge and Lightning Rod up in 24 seconds, Fireball in 9... it's pretty disgusting.
Next is the "Actually affordable Elec/Shield Scrapper" build I came up with. Big powers are only up maybe every 30 seconds (depends on if Hasten is up). No alpha slot in this build, but if it is, Hasten is *almost* but not quite perma. 43% Melee/AoE Def, 36% Ranged Def. Better Endurance situation than the more expensive build.
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Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Presence
Ancillary Pool: Blaze Mastery
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This is the "How sickening can we make an Elec/Shield scrapper if we have infinite money" build. Soft-capped to everything, perma-hasten, Shield Charge and Lightning Rod up in 24 seconds, Fireball in 9... it's pretty disgusting.
Next is the "Actually affordable Elec/Shield Scrapper" build I came up with. Big powers are only up maybe every 30 seconds (depends on if Hasten is up). No alpha slot in this build, but if it is, Hasten is *almost* but not quite perma. 43% Melee/AoE Def, 36% Ranged Def. Better Endurance situation than the more expensive build.
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Playing with a Rad/Fire Blaster
Apr. 3rd, 2011 04:17 amHero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.93
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Level 50 Magic Blaster
Primary Power Set: Radiation Blast
Secondary Power Set: Fire Manipulation
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Force Mastery
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Came up to 36.7% Melee, 30.1% Smashing/Lethal Defense, with 3 PBAoE attacks, 1 Targeted AoE (used point blank) and 2 damage toggles, plus Consume to try and contain the massive endurance drain. Consume is up about every 72 seconds (without hasten), which probably isn't fast enough. Also 46.7% Smashing/Lethal resist. And two panic button abilities (PFF and Force of Nature) for those times when being in melee range is a bad idea. 77.5% recharge without hasten, which isn't too great. But it runs Acrobatics so there's Hold, Immob, and KB Protection out the wazoo. Toggles are about as reduced in end-hungriness as is possible, and uses a monstrously expensive kin combat set... but I think I'm pretty satisfied. Running Stealth gets you even more defense across the board, but it's an atrocity to the already dangerously threatened endurance bar.
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Level 50 Magic Blaster
Primary Power Set: Radiation Blast
Secondary Power Set: Fire Manipulation
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Force Mastery
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Came up to 36.7% Melee, 30.1% Smashing/Lethal Defense, with 3 PBAoE attacks, 1 Targeted AoE (used point blank) and 2 damage toggles, plus Consume to try and contain the massive endurance drain. Consume is up about every 72 seconds (without hasten), which probably isn't fast enough. Also 46.7% Smashing/Lethal resist. And two panic button abilities (PFF and Force of Nature) for those times when being in melee range is a bad idea. 77.5% recharge without hasten, which isn't too great. But it runs Acrobatics so there's Hold, Immob, and KB Protection out the wazoo. Toggles are about as reduced in end-hungriness as is possible, and uses a monstrously expensive kin combat set... but I think I'm pretty satisfied. Running Stealth gets you even more defense across the board, but it's an atrocity to the already dangerously threatened endurance bar.
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Iloai Seiuli: Level 50 Mutation Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Katana
Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Weapon Mastery
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This is what my draft build below turned into. Almost the same thing, with a smattering of lower level IOs in it - making use of what I had in my bases already or were sent to me by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
psyrin1227 (who has an awesome and different Katana/Regen build that tanks Hamidon like nobody's business). Not gonna bother with posting my stat totals since they're essentially the same as seen below.
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Iloai Seiuli: Level 50 Mutation Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Katana
Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Weapon Mastery
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This is what my draft build below turned into. Almost the same thing, with a smattering of lower level IOs in it - making use of what I had in my bases already or were sent to me by
psyrin1227 (who has an awesome and different Katana/Regen build that tanks Hamidon like nobody's business). Not gonna bother with posting my stat totals since they're essentially the same as seen below.Kat/Regen Scrapper Draft 1
Mar. 25th, 2011 08:34 pmHero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.92
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Level 50 Mutation Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Katana
Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Weapon Mastery
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Those touch of death pieces are gonna break the bank. I already have 3 of the 5 panacea pieces in my base, so I don't mind getting the other two. Hasten isn't perma, but it's pretty close. Dull Pain *is* perma and that's even more important. One hit of Divine Avalanche soft-caps me to melee.
My numbers with Hasten, Dull Pain, and one Divine Avalanche stacked are below. Not shown is Instant Healing because I can only have it up for 90 of every 180 seconds.
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I am generally pretty happy with it, though I regret losing Shuriken for a fast-spammy ranged attack. I'll just have to use Blackwand and pretend it recharges faster.
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Level 50 Mutation Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Katana
Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Weapon Mastery
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Those touch of death pieces are gonna break the bank. I already have 3 of the 5 panacea pieces in my base, so I don't mind getting the other two. Hasten isn't perma, but it's pretty close. Dull Pain *is* perma and that's even more important. One hit of Divine Avalanche soft-caps me to melee.
My numbers with Hasten, Dull Pain, and one Divine Avalanche stacked are below. Not shown is Instant Healing because I can only have it up for 90 of every 180 seconds.
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I am generally pretty happy with it, though I regret losing Shuriken for a fast-spammy ranged attack. I'll just have to use Blackwand and pretend it recharges faster.
