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That's VERY heavy slotting of Dark Nova. 1-2 End Mod's is all you'll need. You won't even need them in your blasts, because tbh, in 2-3 eveything'll be lying down and you can pop out to Human and Stygian.

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Duly noted. I'm assuming, then, that the 3 tohit buffs remain and that I should slot for them earlier?

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Speaking of which, Stygian is fine with just the default slot with an Endmod in it. With 2 endmods in it, you'd get full health and full end off 3 minions.
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Antagonise has a small Taunt duration, so you may want more slots in that if you get chance. Maybe those ones from Stygian.

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Will do.

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Im guesing the old builder didnt let you put slots in your forms until after collecting them? That's now changed. (I see from your slotting of TP)
You'll be able to slot your inherents from level 1, so that might free up some slots for you.
I havent seen a builder built for it yet tho. I had to use a pen and paper.

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Not quite sure what you mean here. You mean my slotting of the 2 inherent TP powers? How exactly has that changed?

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Eclipse you'll just ant 3xrecred, and maybe 1 dmgRes.

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Does it not need acc to hit the mobs in the first place or am I out of touch and it uses 'corpses' [img]/uk/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] instead?

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I've found that mypets are quite accurate, so maybe swap out an Acc for a Dmg.
Out of my Nova form blasts, I've only slotted Emanation for Acc, all the rest seem fine with ToHit Buffs

Again, slotting Dwarf for Endred is really not useful. Putting those 3 into the forms 3 most used powers would benefit you more.

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Replace the acc slot in Nova with something else or take them out altogether?

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Whoops, just noticed no Quasar. Any reason you're leaving out your nuke?.........and not slotting Unchain Essence for damage? these are your two biggest hitters. damage wise

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Was going for a form-max build but, given your suggestions, I'll be able to slot Unchain Essence more now.

As for Quasar... True, it a big damage power but, having used inferno on my blaster, I'm just not a great fan of novas. *shrug*

Thanks for the advice, great help! [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Having used this excellent guide, I am toying with the idea of having a WS build that uses human form only to supplement the other two forms (buffs, heals, mezzing effects etc.). Sadly the most up-to-date builder isn't available to me at the moment but here's what I've come up with:

Exported from version 1.5C of CoH Planner
http://joechott.com/coh

Archetype: Warshade
Primary Powers - Ranged : Umbral Blast
Secondary Powers - Support : Umbral Aura

01 : Absorption damres(01)
01 : Ebon Eye acc(01)
02 : Shadow Bolt acc(02)
04 : Gravity Shield damres(04) endred(5)
06 : Dark Nova endrec(06) endrec(7) endrec(7) thtbuf(9) thtbuf(17) thtbuf(50)
08 : Starless Step acc(08) acc(9)
10 : Hasten recred(10) recred(11) recred(11)
12 : Sunless Mire acc(12) recred(13) recred(13) acc(42) recred(46)
14 : Shadow Cloak endred(14)
16 : Twilight Shield damres(16) endred(17)
18 : Gravity Well acc(18) acc(19) hlddur(19)
20 : Black Dwarf damres(20) damres(21) damres(21) endrec(23) endrec(23) endrec(50)
22 : Stygian Circle endred(22) endred(27) recred(29) hel(50)
24 : Nebulous Form endred(24)
26 : Gravitic Emanation acc(26) acc(27)
28 : Unchain Essence acc(28) acc(29)
30 : Super Speed runspd(30)
32 : Dark Extraction acc(32) acc(33) dam(33) dam(33) recred(34)
35 : Grant Invisibility endred(35)
38 : Eclipse acc(38) acc(39) damres(39) recred(39)
41 : Penumbral Shield damres(41) endred(42)
44 : Aid Other hel(44)
47 : Aid Self inttim(47) inttim(48) hel(48) hel(48)
49 : Resuscitate recred(49)

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01 : Brawl acc(01)
01 : Sprint jump(01)
02 : Rest recred(02)
01 : Shadow Step endred(01) endred(3) range(3) range(5)
10 : Shadow Recall endred(10)
06 : Dark Nova Bolt acc(06) dam(25) dam(37) dam(42)
06 : Dark Nova Blast acc(06) dam(15) dam(36) dam(37)
06 : Dark Nova Emmanation acc(06) dam(15) dam(36) dam(37) endred(40)
06 : Dark Nova Detonation acc(06) dam(25) dam(36) dam(40) endred(40)
20 : Black Dwarf Strike acc(20) dam(34) dam(45)
20 : Black Dwarf Smite acc(20) dam(34) dam(45)
20 : Black Dwarf Mire acc(20) recred(31) recred(31) acc(43) recred(46)
20 : Black Dwarf Drain acc(20) acc(31) hel(45) hel(46)
20 : Black Dwarf Step endred(20) range(43)
20 : Black Dwarf Antagonize acc(20) acc(43)


A couple of notes:
1) Shields and human attacks are poorly slotted for the reason stated above - they won't be used much except those with utility (hold, disorient etc.)

2) Slotted Stygian Circle but, frankly, I'm not sure what would be optimum...

3) Slotting for Eclipse is also a grey area, I'm afraid.

4) Took the medicine pool to fill out the late levels, give me a little more utility in a team and provide myself with an added heal.

5) Not sure about this but would it be worth taking slots from elsewhere (shields, maybe) and slotting DN Emanation and Detonation for recharge?


Any other thoughts welcome - I'm really not sure if this is viable but it does look good...

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1. Brute: Aisla
2. Brute: Wonka
3. Brute: Blitz Arrow
1. Stalker: Lotus_X, Shadow Whisper
2. Stalker: RedCommisar
3. Stalker: Pious, .Dragonfly
1. Mastermind: Cognito, Crack Head
2. Mastermind: _Max_
3. Mastermind: Silver_Weasel, SCRUB R BOT-1
1. Dominator: Leif Roar, Greenbuck
2. Dominator: Gideon
3. Dominator: ShadowGhost, Mistress Gravity
1. Corruptor: Hot_Head, Dark Animator
2. Corruptor: Carrien
3. Corruptor: Stasis_, Wax Lyrical

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Hi folks, don't mean to usurp Leif's project but I was a little bit curious about the above list. Haven't seen quite a few of you in a while and some not at all.

There are a couple who've left but was wondering if any of the above would like to continue as we could always use more people! [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Anyway, this isn't about pressuring anybody, just would like to know either way.

Thanks.

Meaning also that if a couple of us can't make it, CT really gets very empty indeed...

Personally, I can't see a way to encourage more folks to attend. We've tried cookies, kittens, vodka and waffles (but not sausages... no, never sausages...) and, while I'd love to see more members of various RP groups turning up, it doesn't seem to be happening...

Perhaps the time of year is also a factor (think GG is suffereing a little too) and we shouldn't get to disheartened but can be hard at times given the low turnouts.

So, my point? Em... agreement with Wonka and Spyre really.

*begs whoever reads this to come to CT*

((Em...

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...in preparation for Sunday's Task Force...

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You mean Saturday, right?))

Should be around tonight.

Sorry to hear that there was such a poor turnout last night. I did turn up but was quite late and the Tower grounds were quite empty.

Must recruit more villains...
*steals some of RC's kittens and vodka (though that's probably a bad mix...) to entice people*.

((Nice job with the editing - look funky [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] - and I hope you don't mind, MR, but I thought I'd tidy 'em up a little [img]/uk/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Heroes Unite!
Team talk
Battling the Clockwork King!
Task Force Tornado Complete

I also hadn't intended on have the UI on... silly confusing slash commands [img]/uk/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] but it seems to have worked out nicely [img]/uk/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].
Heck of a TF though, thanks everyone! [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]))

Ana lay curled in a hollow in Eastgate, clutching the haft of her axe. Fragile whispers clouded her sleep and wove intricate and unsettling dreams. Her eyelids flickered as past events were relived and tainted by a presence she knew and shied away from.

The sky brightened almost imperceptibly and as the weak light revealed her face, Ana roused. A thin thread of a thought not her own lingered as she opened her eyes. There are promises to keep, Fräulein…

Lying on her back, she gazed at the sky, reflecting on nothing as the ominous thought faded. Fear of what the thought and those akin to it meant had driven her to seek her friends under the statue in Galaxy but she had found little solace there. She knew they meant well but still felt herself drifting further from them, something she was unsure how to rectify…

Her mind clear, she rose and looked around. There were indeterminate rumbles in the distance. Perhaps falling shells, perhaps super-powered combat… It mattered little to her as an immediate concern. Eastgate had met with a large-scale invasion and, while the city’s defences, defenders and heroes were holding on, the area itself was overrun with Council soldiers and little else. She no longer knew whether or not her presence made a difference but resolved not to allow self-doubt hinder her.

The district had once been a pleasure to behold: lightly forested with rolling hills and charming houses. The Hollowing had changed that and reduced the area to one of perpetual conflict, a virtual war zone. The Council invasion, however, had turned it into a graveyard…

Her gaze had rested on the middle distance as she considered these changes. Ana shook her head angrily at the danger of such an activity and, having strapped her axe to her back once more, moved out of her hollow and made her way to the river’s edge. Kneeling, she removed her bracers and thrust her hands into the cold water. She scrubbed them vigorously, ignoring the dull ache that cold water always brought from her scars. She splashed water on her face and scrubbed it too before settling back on her heels and letting the water run down her cheeks and neck. She ran wet fingers through her hair to tidy it, picking plant detritus out when she came across it. Wiping her hands dry on her leggings, she reached for her whetstone and oiled cloth.

Her axe gleaming, she stood and replaced her bracers, adjusting them idly as she looked around. Another rumble shook the ground and see scanned the horizon for its source.

It will be a busy day, she thought, spotting smoke in the distance. I had best begin.

((Looks good - Ana'll be there and early enough this time too... [img]/uk/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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...unable to use their powers/slots chosen at level 27 and beyond.

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Pretty sure it's just the powers they lose with only a slight decrease in enhancement performance but I am open to correction on that.))

I don't know a huge amount about DA but I'll make a couple of suggestions.

1) Put 3 dmgres in your shields.
2) You shouldn't need an endrdx in SJ - you don't want it on in combat and you won't have to worry about end outside of combat.


Beyond that, it looks fairly good. I'm sure others can advise you further, though.

Looks pretty good but I'll chip in anyway.

As has been said previously, you won't get much return for any damage enhancements in Dark Consumption and Soul Drain. Personally, I rethink Dark Consumption's slotting: you're /regen with a 3-slotted QR and stamina, I'd suggest no more than an acc or two and maybe a rech in it. You shouldn't need it too often (or at all, perhaps, though YMMV) so that slotting should be plenty.

I'd also highly recommend getting both Recon and ToF earlier - great early game powers.

Your attack chain will be quite slow without another attack but - unless you're willing to go with SS or fly for travel, I can't see a way to fit one in... And jumpkick has a terribly long animation for very low return...

Anyway, the build is good overall, so I'd say you'll be fine.

Have fun!

Tilting her head to the side, Ana moved along beside the bookshelves looking at the spines of the various volumes collected there. Her steps stopped briefly now and again as she paused to clear the dust that obscured the titles. Blowing the dust away revealed little, however, and she soon reached the end of the bookcase.

She turned away and looked around, her eyes sliding past the bodies on the ground. She ran a hand idly through her hair and frowned. Things were not going well. It was over two weeks since she’d found a tome that had been even remotely useful and her searches and interrogations since had yielded only one possible avenue of investigation – it was bad enough that she had considered it, let alone accepted… Moving away from the books, she forced that line of thought out of her head.

Stepping over the robed figure on the floor, she left the chamber and made her way to the nearest exit. Oranbega had suddenly left her feeling cold and the desire to leave for a time was overwhelming.

The wooden doors opened easily and the lack of any great noise from the hinges spoke of frequent and recent use. Ignoring this, Ana looked out across what was left of Eastgate, not truly seeing the battle that raged there. She did notice a group of mages gathered below her, however, and, hefting her axe, started toward them.

The Circle members ignored her until she spoke. “I am searching for some information. I would greatly appreciate if you were to provide me with what I seek.” The mages looked at each other and then back at Ana. They began chanting and, assuming an offensive stance, Ana moved among them...

Afterward, one lay on the ground in front of her and, kneeling, she made her request again, specifying what she was looking for. The mage was silent and a noise made Ana look up. A squad of Paragon City police were under fire from a group of Council soldiers. Frowning, Ana looked around and finally saw what was going on.

Stepping away from the lone mage, she stalked toward the nearest Council soldiers.

I have been negligent, she thought, I believed aiding Kata would be enough, that such an action would allow me to resume my search. The soldiers hadn’t noted her presence yet but some of the policemen had and seemed to take heart from it. I must make amends. She stopped and braced herself.

I must do more.

A soldier turned and Ana moved… I will be idle no more.

As I said on CTOOC, sorry to hear you're planning to leave but I hope you'll still come to the Clocktower meets on a regular basis. I always enjoy a Wonka toon .

Apologies for my no-show last night, just wasn't in an RP mood, I'm afraid - couldn't get into it. I shall hopefully return this evening and I expected you each to have found three more RPers to bring to CT!

Well... at least I hope you all come to the Clocktower... that'd do... I guess... *sigh*

Personally, I have one damage enhancement in Punch, one in Haymaker and that's it. None in KO Blow or Foot Stomp - nevermind brawl or boxing (1 acc each). The rest are acc, endred and rech.

Only lvl 35 at the moment so I may throw a couple more damage in soon but, as MaX says: it's not a priority.

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That's nice to know. Care to offer some suggestions, then?

Looks better alright but my woeful lack of knowledge about /elec hampers my advice, somewhat...
Regarding pool powers and SS:

1) Boxing is probably better than Kick (and I wouldn't really slot either a huge amount - you'll get better return from slotting your SS attacks) unless you really want the knockback/down...

2) Air Superiority is a great attack and, IMO, you can never have too many attacks! I've read elsewhere that Fly and Grounded might not be the best combination but I don't know enough to say for certain.

3) I'd think about slotting your shields with EndRdx as well, keep yourself in the fight that little bit longer - maybe your attacks too, I've found that works wonders.

4) Personally, I'd take Punch up front and forgo Jab altogether - you'll probably have to rely on Brawl a bit to fill in the attack chain for a while but it's worth it. Of course, you could always take Jab and respec it out and Punch in later. Entirely up to you. Keeping it will work well for fury.

5) I'm open to correction on this one but I imagine Lightning Reflexes will see Rage fully ready with only 2 SOs...

6) I wouldn't go overboard on your damage aura (Lightning Field) an Acc and a couple of EndRdx will see it dishing out plenty of damage combined with fury.


Anyway, that's enough from me... In the long run, you'd do best to find what works for you - there's always the respec trial (if you're patient enough )


Have fun!

Helgriz,

I'd suggest thinking about getting your travel power a little earlier. I don't know a huge amount about Elec armour but I imagine you could leave Lightning Field for a while (and slot it with EndRdx too) and take Lightning Reflexes a little later as well.
But it's up to you.

One thing I can't praise highly enough, however, is Rage. It's one of the defining powers in SS though I'd suggest 2 rech and 1 tohit buff would be plenty to slot it with.


Hope that helps.

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One question, how do you all manage to keep track when there are about four conversations going on at once plus various global chat channels?

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Trained monkeys. You should get a couple - real time savers, they are. Though the amount of money I have to spend on bananas... tough on the wallet.

Practice, really. Though once it starts going above 4 conversations, it definitely can get tricky and the global channels get neglected.

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Pool power (Leaping): Combat Jump (1 endrec, 3 def), Super Jump

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Really don't think slotting CJ like that is worth it. I fairly certain that CJ with 3 slots for def will net you about 5% def versus 3% def with a single def slot and no endred...
Those 3 def slots would be much more use (IMO) in your attacks as rech/endred.

((Read the title? What do you take me for? I expect my information to handed to me - I certainly don't want to *look* for it!

In my defence, I'm terribly... no, there's no excuse, is there? ))

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Also everyone, bury Wonka in kittens when you get there.

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My kitten supply is quite low, I'm afraid - would you be willing to donate some of yours for such an important task?

<whiny teenager>
I'll do it tomorrow!
</whiny teenager>

But yes, I shall not be on tonight but shall return (should anyone care to flee ) tomorrow.

((Well, count Ana in, please. She is always willing to help a friend - sometimes too willing... - and I enjoyed the last one

Any particular time you were thinking of?))

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NOOOO! No! No! No! This is the first step towards angst and uberplotting.

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My that's a strong reaction there...

Angst and uberplotting? Well, given the old GG thread, you have a point but I like to talk about my characters. No one else does...

By all means, place it in the RP forum just make sure to have Union, Villains, Clocktower and the time, I guess.

Wonka can have the official Clocktower whip and use it liberally at the first sign of angst... Though I do hope he doesn't get carried away with it...

Yup.
Where folks write up what happened either at the meet-up or to their characters at the meet-up from the previous night. Generally to keep those who couldn't attend up to date regarding what's going on with others and with plots.