Angelstar

I'd say drop it in, just not till later. When you start spamming the big attacks like Oil Slick, EMP, Disruption and Rain you can find yourself repeatedly taking chunks out of your blue and you could need it then. If your going to keep the attacks light or buffs end slotted however you can probably happily get by without it.

Exactly, this is kind of what I'm liking about PvP, every new player you meet, in the zones or arena, is a new puzzle to unlock. Mucking about with friends has got me so far but this one had me stumped and I'm not entirely sure how many effects translate to PvP. Thanks for all the help, shall be looking to try these ideas and a new one of Tp Foe with my back already to a wall to see if that works too...

Ouch, 4 Break Frees? Yeah, would imagine thats not gonna last long as a tactic with limited insps. Is it an all or nothing thing? 4 or don't bother? Or could I use a smaller number to slow the repel factor enough to keep me in range long enough to attack?

Okay so i'm not much of a PvP'er but looking to learn, last night i got involved in a 1 on 1 in the arena against an Ill/FF controller with my Elec/Energy Blaster.
What followed was not pretty as I was consistantly pushed around any time i tried to get into blap range for burst damage, where most of the builds damage comes from by Force Bubble.
Also I couldn't even tp foe my enemy to me as even queing my power said he was out of range immediatly for blaps. Is there some way i can get round the repel effect with an insp, pool power or some other sneaky PvP trick i'm not aware of?

Captain Deathwish, Level 21 Broadsword/Inv Scrapper reporting for the last slot!

I'd be up for that, put me down with Winters Embrace, Level 35 Ice/Ice Tanker

Okay so does anyone know vageuly what the Accuracy buff he gets from the yellow tower is? Would I be better going at him with say 3 purples and 2 orange per minute or just accepting my fate and going for 5 orange? Good to know I haven't missed out any obvious def/res buffs though.
Has anyone tried pure energy Absorbtion/End redux endurance management and managed it?
Did not know about the global def buff IO, although i dont really have the spare 10m or so that kind of rare Enhance is going for these days..

Okay so i've found myself on a few STF's and each time it seems if theres a Granite to tank recluse we win, if there isn't, we lose. As someone who hates the idea of Granite i have become determined to attempt, if it is possible to come up with a build for my Ice/Ice to become a PvE aggro grabbing Recluse Tanker. I was hoping to take the Arctic mastery pool but frankly i'm willing to sacrifice concept to manage this.
I've dropped every attack but Taunt, Ice Patch, Greater Ice Sword and Freezing Touch and ended up with Tough and Weave, only problem being I'd have to drop Stamina to get Aid Self and don't know if Energy Absorption could make up for it. Also aside from Combat jumping are there any other obvious powers for getting more defence i've missed?
(The lack of a Hero Planner file is due to posting at work)

Edit, Forgot to add i'm already running every Defence Power from my primary barring Permafrost...

Ditto, another patch another failure to even acknowledge the problem, yet they find time to fix unfortunate errant particles on invulnerability, not good priority.
It's occasional in missions, outside it's impossible, turning what should be a swarm/mastermind killer power into a minor annoyance as the ones without KU protection occasionally fall over...

Sign up Pinpoint, Level 28 Trick Arrow/Archery Defender

I'd be up for trying this one, i'm good pretty much any night as long as you post with a day or twos notice so i can juggle stuff around.
Would be Mistress Teknocon 42, MM/Bots

Seems to be a lot of FOTM builds everywhere you go to be honest, think I only bumped into 1 none regen scrapper and that was Kat/SR, more ice blasts than an ice cream vendors convention and a dash of tp foeing Dev/traps/MM's, nearly every controller was illusions and a solitary Ice/EM tank.
Shame really as i was hoping that zone PvP would be a more casual place where the less min/maxed could play...
Only difference is on Defiant there's fewer FOTM's because there's fewer people in the zones...
I have noticed a rash of Stalkers farming RV with heavies and never dropping their invis though, just standing near the target till the heavy catches up, assume its the same union side.

Right, so i've had double Xp and a week to get some Union based PvP in as well as Defiant.
Union seems to have a much larger PvP population, which is for the better i feel, sadly however my Hero for that is trick arrow and of course oil slick never seems to light in there. Both servers mostly use Bloody Bay for Shivan gathering, the occasional character sitting around looking to attack the farmers, Unions Sirens is much busier and there seems to be the odd fight in Warburg. I never got high enough to see RV Union side so i couldn't say, but i actually came across a real sign of the problem on Defiant side, Heroes and Villains working together to farm RV...
Two half decent sized teams who instead of actually fighting each other are taking turns on turrets. Occasionally someone will enter the zone obviously looking to PvP and broadcast turns into a barrage of abuse from both sides aimed at the fighters, and since i'm primarily a Defender i can't even do that as my solo ability is virtually none.
Personally i'd love to see the complete elimination of drops, rewards and debt in RV so at least if you go in there and see a dozen people scattered between the sides you dont waste time running around trying to get in a team only to find their all farming...

Dammit, so basically i need to use the double XP weekend to PL into PvP range?
On test is it Zone PvP or arena? plus doesn't test tend to be the home of the uber PvP SG's?

I'd keep the endrdx in Web grenade, i've found it really taps me out and i don't even use leadership, you'll want to spam it to help keep people in your traps. Also i'd add at least one exra slot to fly, you'll hate yourself for the slow speed otherwise.
Otherwise seems like a solid build, enjoy!

Is it just me or does it seem this way since I9?
Is it all going on in Union where I don't have anything high enough to take part?

Bloody Bay = LRSF/STF Shivan farming
Sirens Call = Ghost Town
Warburg = Ghost Town
RV = Recipe/Salvage/Badge farming

I know the server has never been packed with PvP goodness but there at least used to be the occasional 3-6 vs 3-6 kinda thing but now, nothing.
I've always prefered the less serious, less powerbuildy PvP of the zones where even a PvE specced character can have some fun (Because frankly i'm a pretty mediocre PvP'er) but I9 seems to have taken what little life it had left.
Are there secret meeting I'm missing or are other people seeing this too?

I'll be the first person to admit i'm not a "serious" PvP'er where every slot and every bonus counts but I've enjoyed a little sucess out in the zone with TP using a Stalker approach to my Blaster.
Appearing from 160+ yards away straight into Total Focus Range can be a surprise for the squishier enemy types. The advantage of being a blaster being that if you do miss melee range because they moved, unlike a scrapper/tanker you can still put significant hurt on the enemy. Pair 'porting with hover and you can take the Eagle Eye view of your prey and if you part of a team play exactly the same role as a stalker, wait till they start an animation then appear next to them from the sky, take your foe out and disappear before the enemy can react.
The trick with chasing people using it seems to be taking advantage of the scenery to pull you distances up short as needed, trees, buildings and signs are all your friends here.
Is it ideal, nope, is it great fun, i'm gonna say yeah

If i have a base with a myriad of rooms already set up and running and then in order to take advantage of the lack of rent on the smallest plot size i wanted to downgrade but wanted to keep all the crafted kit in there can i do such a thing?
Would i have to first rearrange the rooms so that they fit in the smallest sized grid or will i get the opportunity to move the rooms around to shoehorn them in afterwards?

Edit: Also, would i get the prestige spent upgrading refunded back into the SG?

Ditto, assuming more stupid deadlines dont come up

Real life has decided to step in and as such i'm stuck working late tuesday and i'm gonna have to drop out, sorry all

Count me in, Agent Sable, 50 NRG/NRG Blaster

Count me in, Starlight Blade, 36 Katana/Regen Scrapper

Count me in, Pinpoint 20 TA/Archer

Count me in, Agent Sable, 50 NRG/NRG/Munitions Blaster

Starlight is rather Dwarf heavy at the moment, hence wanting the respec, so i'll be acting as more of a secondary tank to help Block rather than a heavy damage dealer