Adeon Hawkwood

The other option is to reroll him as a Traps/DP Defender. You get a bit less damage than a Corruptor but the Traps powers are more powerful (as are the debuffs from your pistols). If you want to roll as a DP/Dev Blaster you'll get a lot more damage but the secondaries are very different. Devices is often regarded as one of the weakest Blaster secondaries whereas Traps is one of the stronger support set (I would argue that solo it IS the strongest for a Defender/Corruptor but I'm biased ) .

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If you have to choose then Empty Clips but as others have said it's well worth looking at getting both.

Dual Pistols for Defenders (and Corruptors) is always going to be a tight build. Most blast sets need 4 or 5 powers to give you a decent attack chain and the rest is optional depending on your primary and personal inclinations. Dual Pistols has that but also has two very useful debuffs (Swap Ammo and Piercing Rounds) a hold instead of a stun and a crashless nuke meaning you really want 7-9 powers instead of 4-8 for other sets. So realistically if you're doing Dual Pistols on a defender or corruptor you really want a primary where you can easily skip two or three powers and are probably not going to have room for leadership powers (essentially you're trading leadership buffs for better debuffing through your secondary).

I have posted builds multiple times either when I was looking for feedback or as an example build for someone using the same/similar powerset combo. I have no reason to believe that my builds harbor some secret knowledge known to few (in fact I'd go the other way, I'm idiosyncratic in my builds and they often sacrifice some power for "what I want"). I've gotten ideas from builds other people have posted and I in turn hope people get ideas from my builds (or at the very least a good laugh).

It depends a LOT on the character. I tend to favor taking out the minions first because that plays to the strength of the majority of my characters. But in general, here are my thoughts for the ATs I'm really familiar with:

Blaster, Defender, Corruptor: It depends a lot on the set, AoE heavy sets such as Fire, Archery and Assault Rifle are much better off killing the minions and then focusing on the boss. Others that are single target focused or have an AoE mez (generally a sleep) are better served killing the boss. Some which have good single target hard mez capability (like an Ice/Ice Blaster) work best by mezzing the boss and killing the minions first.

Controller: I generally prefer to hold the boss while killing the minions and then finish him off afterwards.

Tanker, Scrapper, Brute: Again somewhat set dependent, I lean towards killing the boss first since that means I get more mileage from my AoEs against the minions (especially on a Tanker) but more AoE heavy sets (especially Shield Scrappers) can AoE the minions to death quickly and easily and then focus on bosses.

Warshade: Depends a bit on the situation but assuming I'm in lobster form boss first so I have more enemies to fuel Mire.

The old base salvage no longer serves any direct purpose. Some people collect it so you might be able to sell it. If not you can convert it into invention salvage at an invention table (convert it to brainstorms and then the brainstorms into salvage).

I disagree about Leadership. Yes all of the toggles are weak individually. The reason is they are intended to stack on a team. If everyone on a team takes a leadership toggle or two the team gets a strong benefit.

The math is correct so yeah, as long as you don't fight higher con enemies you should be mostly ok. The one exception is Rain of Arrows. The power says it has a high accuracy modifier but from testing it seems like the pseudo pet it summons (which performs the actual attack) has an accuracy of only 1.00x so you'll definetly want some accuracy in Rain of Arrows.

Like characters based off of other licenses they are technically a copyright violation and NCSoft could get sued if it was bought to the attention of the copyright holder. The problem that when you publish an arc everything in it becomes the property of NCSoft and they are, technically, distributing it for money. So if the arc contains content that infringes someones copyright then NCSoft is illegally distributing derivative versions of the material.

Well first off welcome to the forums. To answer your question you are not a Healer, you a Mezzer and a Buffer. You see, unlike other MMOs Healing is a very weak form of damage mitigation in CoX. It's useful up until about the mid-20s at which point people start slotting SOs and the value of healing as a form of damage mitigation drops off sharply while other forms of mitigation become much more important. Healing still has it's place but good buffing can easily render it unnecessary.

Now this isn't to imply that Empathy isn't a useful set, after all it only has four powers that are really heals. The critical power for Empathy in the higher levels is Fortitude. The provides a strong damage and defense buff to one character. A good empath can keep this going on at least 3 characters at once and by careful selection of who needs it can prevent a lot of incoming damage as well as increasing outgoing damage. Additionally Empathy has four other useful buffs. Clear Mind provides mez protection and can theoretically be kept on the entire team 100% of the time (although in practice this frequently isn't the best use of your time). Regen Aura and Recovery Aura are both very powerful team buffs that can keep your team healthy and moving without any intervention from you but unfortunately aren't up all of the time. Finally Adrenalin Boost is a lovely buff that provides a huge recharge boost to a single character (it also boosts regeneration and recovery) which can, if used sensibly, allow characters with game altering powers to use them a lot more often.

Now to answer your questions regarding Defenders versus Controllers. In theory Defenders are a hybrid (De)Buff/Damage class while Controllers are a hybrid Control/(De)Buff class. This should mean that defenders get better damage and buff powers while Controllers have worse damage and worse buffs but the ability to lock down a spawn providing 100% damage mitigation. However in practice while Defenders do get better buffs than Controllers they are only slightly better and Controller damage at high levels is equal to or better than Defenders (particularly for Fire and Plant Controllers). It doesn't really make a huge difference in a team setting so I would say play a Controller if you prefer to deal damage less directly and are willing to wait a bit for it to get good and play a Defender if you prefer more direct blasting.

However whichever way you go do not pigeonhole yourself as a "Healer", healing is the least of your powers and while it has it's place skilled use of your other abilities renders it unnecessary.

Can you post the data link or the data chunk please? It's much easier to examine a build in mids than in the forum post.

In regard to your build I will point out that a pure support FF defender doesn't really benefit from IOs (I will ignore the question of the usefulness of a pure support defender at all). In general IOs provide damage mitigation in the form of defense or increase the effectiveness of your powers in the form of recharge. Force Field as a set doesn't really need much recharge (as opposed to other sets like Traps and Empathy that really benefit) and a pure support toon doesn't need damage mitigation.

Frankly I would say leave this guy with SOs and find a character who will benefit more to IO. If you really want to IO this guy then I would say build for defense, take the presence pool and make him into a Tankfender. He will at least benefit from set bonuses that way.

http://tomax.cohtitan.com/data/power...rk_Consumption
http://tomax.cohtitan.com/data/power...ery.Power_Sink

From an Endurance recovery point of view Power Sink is FAR superior. They both provide 25 endurance per enemy but Power Sink is autohit and has a 2 minute recharge time compared to 6 minutes for Dark Consumption.

The other thing to consider though is the rest of the set they are in. Dark Consumption is a level 41 power in it's set while Power Sink is level 47. So if you're short on space DC might be a better option since you don't need a pre-requisite. On the other hand if you do have three power choices available for your epic DC might still be a better option since it opens up the rather nice damage buff from Soul Drain while Power Sink requires you to take either Electric Fence or Thunderstrike which may or may not be powers you want (I will admit a certain fondness for Thunderstrike as a "git outta mah face" power).