Willowpaw

I just tried this again, using up a full tray of inspirations (mix of purples and reds) and still failed. I took down each clone as it was generated. But there just wasn't enough time between each cloning for me to deal enough damage to Trapdoor to make a difference.

That's what a Bifurcation is? I thought that meant he was going to pull a Protean every time that notice came up. Didn't realize that meant he was duplicating himself.

What clones? As far as I could tell, it was just me and Trapdoor there. Didn't see anyone else.

I apparently could not hold enough inspirations to hold him off, and simply could not make a noticeable dent in his health.

And even if the inspiration technique would work, that is poor design. Shouldn't a hero be able to win by, say, using all those powers that the last 50 levels worth of adventuring were spent acquiring?

That was a precautionary measure. I figured with all those AVs there, it would be best to sneak around instead of risk having to fight any of them.

Progress so far (not counting the Talk To missions):

1st Mission: Easily stealthed
2nd Mission: Failed. Could not make a dent in Trapdoor and ended up running out of inspirations

And that is it for this arc for me for now. Guess it is time to go for extensive sets after all.

I'm about to attempt Mender Ramiel's Incarnate arc on my Archery/Ice Blaster. At the moment, she is using mostly generic IOs with very minimal set bonuses here and there.

If the game is still balanced around SOs, this should be no problem, right?

Here is her current build, which will remain this way until I get around to respeccing her for inherent fitness and to recover those extra 2 slots from Flight:

01 => Chilblain ==> ACC / Rooting Grasp(x5)
01 => Snap Shot ==> TStrike: A/D / A/D/R Dev: A/D A/D/R Chance to Hold
02 => Aimed Shot ==> TStrike: A/D / A/D/R Dev: A/D A/D/R Chance to Hold
04 => Fistful of Arrows ==> ACC(x2) / DMG(x3) / RNG
06 => Blazing Arrow ==> ACC(x2) / DMG(x3) / Apoc: R/A
08 => Swift ==> FLY
10 => Aim ==> RCH(x3)
12 => Hover ==> Karma -KB
14 => Fly ==> FLY(x3)
16 => BuildUp ==> RCH(x3)
18 => Health ==> HEAL
20 => Stamina ==> END-M(x3)
22 => Ice Patch ==> RCH(x3)
24 => Hasten ==> RCH(x3)
26 => Combat Jumping ==> WG: Slow Resist
28 => Ranged Shot ==> ACC(x2) / DMG(x3) / RNG
30 => Chilling Embrace ==> END-R
32 => Rain of Arrows ==> ACC(x2) / DMG(x3) / RCH
35 => Freezing Touch ==> ACC / HLD / Neuronic Shutdown(x4)
38 => Stunning Shot ==> ACC(x2) / ENR / RCH
41 => Shocking Bolt ==> ACC(x2) / HLD(x3) / RNG
44 => Charged Armor ==> RES(x3) / ENR(x2)
47 => EM Pulse ==> ACC(x2) / RCH
49 => Explosive Arrow ==> Detonation: A/D / Air Burst : A/D / Posi Blast: A/D / D/RCH

So, is this build viable for this upcoming arc or will I need to come up with a whole new plan based around extensive set bonuses in order to have any hope of getting through this solo?

You can only have 5 of the same bonus (same bonus name). Any beyond that are wasted.

(/em shakes fist at Lucky666 for being faster on the forum)

He threw himself at the ground and failed to miss.

My primary version of Therm (Virtue) is a Dark/Dark Defender with his powers colored to look like heat powers. The Freedom version is a Fire/Rad Controller that I made for that weekly Fire/Rads night (which I have not done in a long time).

I remember someone here mentioning a few years ago seeing, "Eek a Mouse! Run!"

And wasn't there an attempt to get a super group going where all the characters had the name of a destructable object from the Safeguard/Mayhem missions?

"Parking Meter has defeated Paladin."

Perhaps someone should make a character called An Inanimate Object. That could be good for a few chuckles.

I'm just surprised that there hasn't been a single post yet in this thread to the effect of "Wow! I'm really surprised I managed to get (insert name here so obscure that perhaps only one or two other people who ever lived might have even briefly thought of it.)"