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Guide to building a character in Champions Online that won't fall flat on its face:

Posted 09/17/09 at 5:33 PM by Adoriele
Updated 09/17/09 at 6:20 PM by Adoriele
General: Your framework picks don't matter. Really. Like, at all. Which framework a power is in is only relevant until you hit level 26, after which you have access to every power in the game. For reference, here's a table for how early you have access to powers, depending on whether you've been focusing on its framework:

 Focused FrameworkUnfocused Framework
Tier 1Level 5Level 8
Tier 2Level 8Level 17
Tier 3Level 14Level 26

Level 1Energy
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Ghost of Chance

Posted 07/30/09 at 4:17 PM by Adoriele
Preface: As mentioned in previous comments, I'd rather dump heavily mathy things here than in the Moonkin threads, because it's easier to keep out of clutter. This post was prompted by comments on determining NG uptime when spamming Wrath. The talk referenced (fuck if I'm going to edit this post because I'm putting it on my blog instead of the thread) is Peter Donnelly shows how stats fool juries | Video on TED.com, with a followup article at Statistics of Coin-Toss Patterns | Skippy Records. As...
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A Tale of Two Ratings

Posted 03/03/09 at 3:38 PM by Adoriele
Updated 03/04/09 at 9:16 AM by Adoriele
Another week, another case. Dropped in my inbox yesterday, this one's not looking for help so much as asking a question:

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Originally Posted by Fillos
hello,
well I've been reading the moonkin topics since i started to "pewpew" in LK and I can follow the logic of the common opinion about gear and rotations and stuff. I stick to it, because it makes sense.

However I am kind of curious if you ever thought about leaning more torwards crit? Tell me if it's total nonsense but even despite
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The Importance of Being Earnest.

Posted 02/19/09 at 2:15 PM by Adoriele
I recently received the following PM from someone asking for help. Let me stress that the way that this was worded is what made me decide to take the case. He's comparing himself to another Moonkin. He provides enough data points to prove that he knows at least partially what to look for, but is still at a loss as to why he's doing less damage than a person he believes he should be better than:

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Originally Posted by Brenhew
Hello,

I've been playing a moonkin for about 2 months now (switched from
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