Zetargos

going to agree with Kali...controllers take place just about in every MMO I have ever played. Ultima Online had bards that could confuse monsters to attack one another for example. WoW as stated has mages with polymorph, hunters with trapes, etc.. Even SWG had classes such as bounty hunters, rangers, and smugglers that had shots or abilities that caused people to be slowed, stunned, or dazed.

Claws/da very nice combo deleted mine years ago after reaching 50. Needed room and at that time server transfers and slots weren't available. I also played mine right before claws got a major overhaul and became much improved...my goal was to play it partially up to 50 and then complete the trip with the advent of the patch that would fix many of claw's problem as a set. However it was so much fun I was 50 before the patch went through.

I enjoyed playing claws/da, its combination of range and melee abilities along with added mitigation with knock down and knockback made it my third favorite dark armor combo (katana 1st, broadsword 2nd...yeah I know so much variety there).

Zetargos Kazhard...long time member of the Dark Armor legion. We've seen our numbers grow over the years. Vastly misunderstood and underestimated set by the masses. I remember the days when only three or four (Games Master, KayConstatine, Des, Q just to name a few) people would honestly reply to a dark armor question. Katana/DA is my favorite combination in the game...been playing it for the longest of any of my other characters. Build has gone through multiple changes from beginning of not understanding the game and not picking up stamina until lvl 30 to its current incarnate that has little room for improvement IMO.

I've come and go over the years...currently active in the game right now.

I never joined in the past because I really don't follow the entire league...just a couple of teams. I use to watch just about every game but now that would require devoting all sunday, monday night, some thursdays and some saturdays. With all that football on tv, I wouldn't be able to really do anything else...plus my girlfriend isn't a huge football fan as it is so watching the two teams that I do is really all she can tolerate.

Plus if it doesn't happen on the LoLions or the Eagles (or their rivals) then I really don't know as much as I would need to know about my own ff team.

eh I don't for see me quiting anytime soon. Right now I don't have the time that it takes to dedicate to a game like wow or aion. This game however allows me to play a little here or there and not really miss anything special.

I will let Shu know...

took a little time but I got him back dancing

The thing is how customizable will MA really be?

Is it going to be as simple as going from the old Storm Kick animation...or is it going to allow you to change attacks like eagles talon into a cone. Because honestly MA's animations isn't what made me not like the set...it was the endurance used to damage done that really sucked about MA. Eagles claw (use to not sure now) cost just about as much as headsplitter without the benefit of a cone.

no but I do refer to them as sorostitutes

Dark Armors true endurance useage comes from relying on using dark regen for key survivability...theft of essence (healing set) chance for endurance proc actually just about negates the endurance cost of dark regen all together once properly slotted. In fact dark regen usually costs me nothing or on some occasions with a large enough mob I actually gain endurance.

Death shroud is standard damage aura cost

the resistance toggles are cheaper than most other armors

cloak of darkness doesn't really need to be ran and really isn't a factor

and Oppressive gloom saves you endurance if you consider how much mitigation is gained from pretty much taking out all minion damage.

Cloak of fear shouldn't really be messed with due to being able to stack stuns from mace or em as mentioned above...

I would also suggest cj so that you don't have to run cloak of darkness as you immobolize protection.

Other tips...your attacks cost more endurance than your secondary (with the exception of dark regen). Try to get a good amount of endurance reduction from frankenslotting your attacks if you don't have a planned out build for maximizing your defense.

eh the game never really had end game content to begin with...and pre IO's I was soloing things that were considered challenging by the devs.

I just think your getting more bitter due to the lack of that 8'0 tall insect in your life as of late

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Crikey! Didn't you leave too?

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yup but honestly what other MMO can you play for 15 minutes and achieve all you really need to for a week.

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For me, it's more confirmation that I need a new game (and have lined a few up).

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mkay... I thought you'd left a while ago. I mean, you certainly weren't posting for quite a while.

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roy rarely posts...as you can tell from the 739 post count in 5 years of playing time.

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My latest is a spines/dark. WHEW. I have so many toggles that i can't even attack. I jump in a mob and hit spine burst and i'm half consumed already. I have 2-3 end red in each toggle also.

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other than death shroud and cloak of fear the toggles of dark armor are not your problem. They really should only have 1endred total as the other endred slots are pretty much wasted. Slot your attacks with 1 endred and you will see a greater return than your toggles.

death shroud and quills...2acc 2endred 2dam
cloak of fear...honestly I would just drop that power all together and run oppressive gloom.

Thanks for the build suggestions, I think I am going to try out des's suggestions simply because I feel it keeps the integrity of what makes dark armor dark armor...might not seem like a mez toggle is important but honestly getting a couple of DA's or just being there to help teammates with additional stuns means more than just minions are being effected.

quick question on the zephyr set des...can I just slot those in hurdle instead...saving me a power choice?

probably body mastery just because dark really has no slow protection so if I get hit with a slow I can hit hasten.

some reason all I get from copying your mids code is an error on my mids...thanks for the time though to looking into my build.

So I've been back for abit and need a little help with my katana dark armor. I am trying to get him to become more survivable without changing much in regards to his current build. I will consider power changes though if you can give out basic numbers and why this is a good change.

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Is there any reason *not* to juggle your toggles?

If you're packing 3+End/Sec recov, then hats off, but most of us aren't. :P

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Before the existence of IO's I've never found the need to juggle toggles once stamina was taken. Slot endurance in your attacks (2 do's until so's) and you will find thats enough endurance reduction.

For the SM/DA...honestly Stone Melee is one of the heaviest attack sets I have ever played (of course this could have changed since I have only came back to the game recently) and would never pair it up with anything that didn't have a way to gain its endurance back through some sort of ability.

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Maybe but, at least its pretty.

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thats actually my biggest complaint...even the dudes look like chicks.

hmmm thats some good tasting drama.

KOTR or SWOR is the next game I will be playing (same game btw)

thats Knights of the Old Republic or Star Wars: Old Republic...not sure what the official title of it will be called.

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The dancing guy makes me think you are a warm and caring individual.

I heard it's a trap.

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its kind of like a bait pile for hunting animals...all the cuddlies come out...bam Golden Dragonfly to the face.

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Did you really imply that this game is challenging? The only challenging aspect of this game was PvP and they killed even that in I13.

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Yeah I've always said that the game is only as challenging as you make it...which is a shame because I shouldn't have to start eliminating powers I have access too just to push the limits.

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Sure, zet resubs just as mine is expiring. Conspiracy I think.

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nah tired of collapsing guilds in WoW and honestly I don't/won't have the time needed to do the end game raiding. So its not so much that this game is better...this game can just be enjoyed with little time involved.