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I do have to say that in I-trial stuff, which it seems the developers are wanting to push, a Tank is actually helpful, not just a brute or scrapper sit-in.

Also Ill/Rad has AM = 30% more recharge.

Most of the time I am fine with the number of slots now. It makes building interesting and challenging, the slots are actually worth something. The biggest exception are Khelds. So many powers that need slots. :/'

Also, there are some powers that I wish could have more than 6 slots. Things like Siphon Life that need Acc, End red, Recharge, Damage and Heal, or Dark Regeneration which I would love to slot for End red, Recharge, Acc, Heal, Proc and Taunt. >.>

I know for my Ill/cold troller. Perma Hasten is a must to make sure that PA always recharges in 59 seconds. (also 125% recharge in PA).

(also, @PleaseRecycle. You are justifying sparing one slot and spending many more for the same amount of bonus. 15% recharge in hasten (3rd slot of recharge) = 1 slot. If you really need hasten up, then it's worth one slot. But in your example, you would slot 3 slots for 15% (3 LotG) or even more like 7-12 slots for the Taunt set. Yes, it would apply to all your powers, but if the person making the build really just needs hasten up. One slot is so much cheaper.

Hai Miki!

On a side note. I would just make a PvP IO proc of your choice and stick it in a shiny box. Never know when you might want it.

I wish you luck :/

I rolled an Elec/TW Tank and my goals were similarish. I wanted soft capped Range defense, capped S/L/E resists, 3k HP, perma Energize and Aid Self.

I got Soft capped Range, a good 15-20 second downtime on Energize, I did fit Aid Self in, but only 2.5k ish HP :/ (melee soft capped with Def Sweep.)

*With Cardiac I was able to hit 85% res to Smashing/Lethal, So I assume with Resilience I could cap it.

Its nice to slot 3-4 Eradications for great E/N defense and a higher +HP bonus.

Because you refuse to wear pants :P

Nope. They don't have to do it. There are millions of better and easier ideas to try before this.

I would think we would want to increase the length of the -Regen in EMP Arrow, since the -regen only lasts 15 seconds :/ Not a whole lot can be done with that, imo.

You can trust the Titan Community. They are just average joe's (and janes) that want to help as much as they can. I have not heard one bad thing about anyone there.

Two words were drilled into my head in my programming classes.

Unit Testing

I don't want to sound mean or obnoxious, but we do understand the term Soft-Capped Defense, correct? You seem to be saying that soft cap defense = specific typed defense at 45% and capped defense = specific positional defense at 45%. If this is indeed what you are thinking, than that is wrong. If you are using the terms interchangeably because you think they are the same, that is also wrong. Capped defense defers depending on AT's but is >175%. The soft cap is an artificial term meaning 45%, or the pseudo cap for defense because adding more defense does not really help in most situations.

Now, on to your question. If you will indeed always be able to stay out of melee range, than ranged soft cap will be helpful, though difficult to attain since the BotZ nerf First and foremost you need Perma PA. That is the most important thing for an Illusionist. By the time you have Perma PA, your build will be EXTREMELY tight to fit in that extra defense to hit 45%. You can do one of three things. You can work your mind numb trying to hit 45% Ranged Defence, work towards 32.5% so that when you are in trouble you can pop a small purple to get you to the soft cap, or you can assume that you will be debuffing their to hit (which when adequately slotted you should have around -35% To Hit) so only needing 10% defense. These solutions go from hardest to easiest, but also safest to least safe.

I personally use Super Speed cause I like to go fast. So I go Smashing/Lethal/Energy soft cap (using Mace Mastery). But it seems that's not your style.

Hope this helps.

Didn't notice that you can (don't know why you would) slot for damage. If only poison had better -Regen

The worst part about Rularuu is not the Psi damage, its the +100% to hit, massive - defense and -res thrown around and the holds that get thrown around.

Which is why my DM/Invuln is awesome in the shard tfs.

That's fine and all, but looking at the pro's and con's Cold will come out on top.

Cold's Benefits:
-60% defense
-30% resistance with Sleet
-33% resistance with Heat Loss
Two Places to put the Achilles Heal Proc for another -20% resistance
+3.75% defense [Arctic Fog]
-50% damage Benumb
-500% regen Benumb
-93% mez strength AND buff strength
Team +defense shields
+15% res for Energy, Negative, Fire, Cold : Arctic Fog
+60% Slow res with Arctic Fog
+63.5% * 2 recovery with one target effected by Heat Loss
And lets not forget the cumulative total of all the -recharge = 490%

Rad Pro's:
11.58% heal (117 HP)
-25% defense (can slot 1 AH proc for a moderate chance of extra -20% res)
-25% to hit
-22.5% res
-20% dam
-500% Regen + -1000 Regen if we are willing to use EM Pulse
-75% rech
+20% dam buff (which doesn't effect PA)
30% recovery
+51% mez resistance
+30% recharge
A rez and a use on dead body power (Fall Out, which is pretty sweet)
A crappy AoE hold toggle power (its pretty bad)


These numbers are base. So most can be enhanced. The argument about AM vs Heat Loss in level range is kinda moot because you are only lower than level 38 for a short period. You are going to be over that for a whole lot longer, and when your not you will have a team to help. Heat Loss is 4 times more powerful than AM for recovery. Sleet should be perma, meaning it recharges in 30 seconds. If sleet isn't up at the start of a mob, it soon will be, so you can start summoning Spectral Terror to cut the Alpha strike that way.

I agree that AM is a pretty great power. The +res status effect is a great thing that nothing else really gives. However, because you have toggle debuffs (totaling 1.56 endurance per second usage base) you use up almost all of your +recov gained by AM for those two toggles alone :/ (They also have a fairly long recharge of 8 seconds :/ and a cast time together of 5.6 seconds. This means if some one does kill your anchor before the mob is dead, you have to wait 13 seconds before debuffs come again.)

Endurance might be manageable on a rad, but its forgettable on a cold. No worries what so ever. Also, with cold's Arctic Fog's defense, I am able to soft cap Smashing/Lethal defense with no IO bonuses, and Energy Defense is a small purple from soft cap. (This is with Mace Mastery, which also gives you two more places for AH procs and another pet that deals Toxic damage).

So with that ET change, we would put the old ET animation back, but then add a recoil animation for the self damage?