Everybody has probably seen this site, but I just discovered it, so...

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I'm pretty sure most of you already know about this, but I just stumbled across a great article about the thinking, design and engineering behind it, as well as an update on its progress.  (Plus, it's a great intro to the idea behind the clock for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about.)  Here.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

I just looked through the infobox company (which has been imported from Wikipedia I think), and I think we can do better for Fenspace:

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Ok, here is the planned build of my Sonic/DP fender.
I'm putting it up because I fear I've done something wrong. I'm currently at 35 (no sets so far) and I'm noticing that while things haven't hit a wall like they did with cool comfort, things are getting harder.

My problems center around:
Mobs are introducing my face to carpet
I can see five (three of which I are serious) ways to solve this problem:
[*] more defense debuff -> better DPS
[*] more accuracy debuff -> better defense (what I did with gamma)
[*] more damage (blaster style solution)
[*] better defense (on a fender? ha!)
[*] more HP (see above)

So I ask for anyone with sonic or dual pistols experience to chime in:
is this just the side effect of hitting more resistant foes?
will this get better with set bonuses?
am I missing something?
or should I resign myself to eventualy not being able to solo on this toon?

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.942
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Sonic Overpressure: Level 50 Science Defender
Primary Power Set: Sonic Resonance
Secondary Power Set: Dual Pistols
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Power Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Sonic Siphon

• (A) Accuracy IO
  
• (3) Accuracy IO
  
• (15) Recharge Reduction IO
  

• (A) Analyze Weakness - Defense Debuff
  
• (3) Analyze Weakness - Accuracy/Defense Debuff
  
• (15) Analyze Weakness - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (17) Analyze Weakness - Defense Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (17) Analyze Weakness - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (46) Analyze Weakness - Chance for +ToHit
  

• (A) Resist Damage IO
  
• (13) Resist Damage IO
  
• (31) Endurance Reduction IO
  

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (5) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (5) Devastation - Damage/Recharge
  
• (9) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (23) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (46) Devastation - Chance of Hold
  

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (7) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
  
• (7) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
  
• (25) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  
• (31) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
  
• (42) Endurance Reduction IO
  

• (A) Resist Damage IO
  
• (13) Resist Damage IO
  
• (45) Endurance Reduction IO
  

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (11) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (11) Endurance Reduction IO
  

• (A) Flight Speed IO
  
• (31) Flight Speed IO
  

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  
• (33) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge
  
• (34) Impervium Armor - Endurance/Recharge
  
• (34) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (43) Resist Damage IO
  

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (19) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
  
• (19) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
  
• (21) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  
• (36) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
  
• (42) Endurance Reduction IO
  

• (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
  
• (21) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (27) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
  
• (37) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  
• (43) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
  

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (23) Endurance Reduction IO
  

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (25) Endurance Reduction IO
  

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  

• (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (29) Devastation - Damage/Recharge
  
• (29) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (36) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (43) Devastation - Chance of Hold
  

• (A) Defense Buff IO
  

• (A) Touch of Lady Grey - Defense Debuff
  
• (33) Touch of Lady Grey - Defense Debuff/Recharge
  
• (33) Touch of Lady Grey - Defense Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
  
• (34) Touch of Lady Grey - Recharge/Endurance
  
• (36) Touch of Lady Grey - Defense Debuff/Endurance
  
• (40) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage
  

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
  
• (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
  
• (45) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
  
• (46) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
  

• (A) Obliteration - Damage
  
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (39) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
  
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (40) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (40) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
  

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  
• (42) Recharge Reduction IO
  

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  
• (45) Recharge Reduction IO
  

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (48) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (48) Resist Damage IO
  
• (48) Resist Damage IO
  

• (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (50) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance
  
• (50) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge
  
• (50) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Healing IO
  
• (27) Healing IO
  

• (A) Empty
  

• (A) Endurance Modification IO
  
• (9) Endurance Modification IO
  

• 17% DamageBuff(Smashing)
  
• 17% DamageBuff(Lethal)
  
• 17% DamageBuff(Fire)
  
• 17% DamageBuff(Cold)
  
• 17% DamageBuff(Energy)
  
• 17% DamageBuff(Negative)
  
• 17% DamageBuff(Toxic)
  
• 17% DamageBuff(Psionic)
  
• 1.88% Defense(Smashing)
  
• 1.88% Defense(Lethal)
  
• 1.25% Defense(Fire)
  
• 1.25% Defense(Cold)
  
• 1.88% Defense(Psionic)
  
• 3.75% Defense(Melee)
  
• 2.5% Defense(AoE)
  
• 2.25% Max End
  
• 23.8% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
  
• 2.5% Enhancement(Held)
  
• 65% Enhancement(Accuracy)
  
• 72.5 HP (7.13%) HitPoints
  
• MezResist(Held) 8.8%
  
• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
  
• MezResist(Stun) 4.4%
  
• 12.5% (0.21 End/sec) Recovery
  
• 42% (1.78 HP/sec) Regeneration
  
• 1.58% Resistance(Smashing)
  
• 1.58% Resistance(Lethal)
  
• 4.73% Resistance(Fire)
  
• 4.73% Resistance(Cold)
  

...with all the Pocky I can eat.

So, Eirtakon, Irelands oldest and largest anime convention is entering it's sixth year with a bang. And I'm sitting here an hour after doors-open already flat broke, with a bag full of Gunpla and a moto-slave kit that's real special, 4 whole series of anime and I'm waiting for Otaku no Video to begin.

It's looking like it's going to be another epic year here.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?

Well, we have a 3d resources thread, but that refers more towards using them to make pretty pictures. I was thinking more of something like this.

Since there is currently a sale on complete DIY kits I decided to finally take advantage of it.

There is thingverse, which has all kinds of cool stuff, like this math toy, or this Ultimate cos-player tool.

I could make the models myself but I haven't done that since I was a freshman in college, I have no clue about the current generation of tools. So does anyone have other cool things to share?
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?"
B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

There was a lottery over on the Daz forums today - the first 100 people to follow the rules got to pick a number between 1 and 100, and four of those numbers were connected to prizes. I picked the very last available number... and won http://www.daz3d.com/i/shop/itemdetails/?item=13039]this mechanical beastie.

(Yeah - I almost never win anything. I was just taking the number so the lottery winners could be announced. Go figure.)

I really should use it in a render, but I'm coming up blank. So... Who in Fenspace might use something like this, and against whom would it be used? Any ideas, anyone?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Steam HackSome common sense advice as well.

That would be today, naturally, 11/11/11, and especially at 11:11:11. I was on the way to the dentist in the morning, but having napped off my screwy reaction to the anethetic I expect to be good for the PM.

Anyone else?

- CD
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows

Marma-Lad!
(FZASH!)

Zesty, like a streak of orange rind in the night!

(WHOOSH!)

Evil-doers are toast with MARMA-LAD on the case!

(SPLURRT!)

With their get-away car tangled in sticky gel, those bank robbers will never escape the justice of MARMA-LAD!

(Childen laugh and a merry-go-round squeaks as it spins)

And MARMA-LAD is welcomed by the community!

(A late-teen boy with spiked up red-orange hair, a yellow-orange bodyglove, and a darker cape lifts and spins a girl in the ages 9-12 demographic around, then sets her on the ground and speaks to the camera as she hugs him, not tall enough to reach above mid-torso.)

"I'm Marma-Lad, and I look foreward to being a productive member of the team. Thanks for watching the tape!"

(fade to black, then static)

- CD
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows