Action Figures In Action!

In Champions Online, you can get what is called an Action Figure. It's basically a non-combat pet. You can get them in-game or get them through a special offer.

In this Early Start weekend, I already have two:

Foxbat Action Figure (pictured, left) - I got this since I bought the lifetime subscription of $199. Foxbat is one of my favorite villains because he's kind of a funny guy. You meet up with Foxbat in the tutorial and he's kind of charming. You'll meet up with him later in Millenium City. Yesterday, big Foxbat got to meet mini-Foxbat:

Mega Destroid Action Figure (pictured, right): I got this through the End Of Open Beta Event this past week. All you had to do was damage one of the level 40 Mega Destroids that were attacking Millenium City. Luckily, the devs let us automatically level up to 40 as well.

I should be getting one more next Tuesday when I input my retail code since I preordered with Best Buy.

Arming Your Champion

Only recently have I felt that I have a good handle on the game. My highest level character in open beta was a hero with mostly electricity powers. Because of that, I missed out on a lot of weapon upgrades.


So, I went back and made my main character from closed beta:

Technoblade

Technoblade uses powers generally from the Dual Blades power set. Eventually, he'll have some of the higher powers from Power Armor and Gadgeteering.

He will be my main character initially. I want to level him to 40 before I make another character.
I love that I can change the weapons that I use. I start out with normal samurai-style swords. Then, I got these cool flaming short swords.



Later, I got these interesting Vibro-clubs. The Dual Blades power set can be tricky. It feels underpowered between levels 1-10. By 11, you really start seeing good results. However, because I gave Technoblade mostly Dexterity and Ego to get those great critical hits, his defense is not so good. Regeneration definitely helps but he doesn't feel as invincible as some of my other characters. I'll definitely have to get Medical Drones.

Finally, the actual game gets underway tomorrow with the Head Start weekend for those who preordered with Best Buy and Gamestop. Everyone else will start next Tuesday when Champions Online appears in stores.

Medical Drones: Get It & Love It

There's a few must-have powers in my humble opinion. The first big one is Regeneration from the Supernatural power set. Because there's no pure healing class, you can't depend on others to heal you. And obviously no one will heal you when you solo.

Some kind of enhanced blocking power is good and Electric Shield from the Electricity power set is as good as they get.

Since you can't get enough healing, Medical Drones is definitely the next step.



Medical Drones is from the Gadgeteering power set. While it may seem like a lot of overlap with Regeneration, there are advantages with getting both of them.

Medical Drones heal not only you but also everyone on your team which, includes other pets and even NPCs in escort missions.

Since your Medical Drones can die from your enemies, Regeneration is always good to have as well. Remember, you CANNOT get enough healing and Regeneration and Medical Drones heal you automatically.

Open Beta is ending soon and the Head Start weekend starts this Friday. I have to promise myself I'll only make ONE character and stick with that ONE until level 40.