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  1. Auroxis
    The second I saw that Time Manipulation animation, the Time Warp song started playing in my head.
  2. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by StormyDarkness View Post
    Guess with Tanker bruising and my -dmg use with him, it'll make it more powerful. Or, at worse, people in my party doing -resistance makes my -dmg more powerful. Interesting...
    It's one of the reasons why Kinetic Melee is great on Tankers.
  3. Auroxis
    The thing is that KM is terribly outclassed by SS on brutes. Same damage type, superior self buff mechanic, and superior attacks. Unless you're after the damage debuff (in which case you'll be better off as a tanker), there's really no reason to go KM on a brute besides concept reasons.

    On scrappers, KM is the best smashing type primary available(sorry MA) at least until Street Justice arrives. It also has great synergy with FA due to Power Siphon, even with the fear component of Burn.

    Edit: Second best to DM, depending on how many enemies you have around you.
  4. Auroxis
    Dark Armor would work, seeing as it's got a ton of psionic resistance, has some control powers, and can be colored.
  5. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by StratoNexus View Post
    That was one thing I didn't love either, but I did not want to use the term Tank, since it could be confusing and I had already spent too much time on something that would just be for demonstration purposes. I do think it conveys the needed information, especially for a new person trying to figure out what the various ATs can do.

    Protector, Aggro control, enemy engager were all terms I considered and passed by. I am sure there is a better word or phrase, but it is just not coming into my head.
    Crowd Control?
  6. Auroxis
    SS/FA is simply the best for everything(except maybe GM soloing), get with the program.
  7. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AIB View Post
    Very nice work.

    Of course, I see you are using Warworks offensive pets and not 1 IDF and 1 Battle Orb (non-offensive). (Check out the precise way I worded my doubt...)

    I think you should give AVs a shot. It just seems like the next step. Or did you skip a step?

    Are Rikti Pylons considered to be a greater challenge than AVs?
    I skipped it, basically. The time it takes to down a Rikti Pylon is used as a metric for your DPS, so I felt it would be best to go for a Pylon instead of hunting for AV's.
  8. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LSK View Post
    The only thing that's at 32.5% is melee def and AoE def, Range is at 33.1% def, and fire/cold is at 31.2% def while the rest is UNDER 30% DEF. s/l is at 29.4% a purple inspiration only gives you 10% so if your saying you are at 32.5% then that purple will give you 42.5% def soft cap is at 45% def.
    A purple inspiration gives +12.5% defense. Positional defenses all at 32.5% means that getting S/L/N/E/F/C defense to 32.5% as well is pointless.
  9. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AIB View Post
    I really doubt that the IDF Commander (time limit is 3:20 btw), even with Fort and Adrenaline Boost, could cause it to happen.

    Maybe....just maybe...with a really good build and very judicious use of the top tier inspirations...maybe...but I doubt it.
    Adrenalin Boost and Fortitude are incredible on Lore pets, I have no doubt a good Empath could do it.

    I mean, if I can down a Rikti Pylon in 1:20(see video in sig), AV's should be easy.
  10. Auroxis
    Agreed with the above. Also, there's an Elec/Elec softcapped build I have saved that might be of interest:

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  11. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LSK View Post
    If you want to be rude about it i can as well, FYI on your build you needed 3 purple inspirations to get them to be Soft Caped not 1.
    Also why dont you prove it then. All I did was helped out a bit and then you get all mad.
    You didn't help out, you made it worse and called it helping out. Going "you mad" isn't helping your argument either.

    You do not need 3 purple inspirations to softcap with that build, you need just one if your defense is at 32.5%.
  12. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze View Post
    Here's one with 41.5% damage bonus and possible be ok on endurance

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    Add in Musculature and should put out some nice damage
    You can actually squeeze a bit more into that if you take Kick instead of Boxing, put Explosive Strike into Kick and Mako's into Brawl. You'll need a spare slot for that, I'd probably go for the one in Lucky.
  13. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LSK View Post
    um actually you have the build at less then 30% soft cap with s/l I twiddled around with it a bit, got it to soft capped for ya.
    Have you ever stopped to consider that maybe S/L defense isn't needed when you have positional defenses covered? If I wanted to build for S/L defense, I would have. The point is to have all positionals softcapped with either one purple insp or the -ToHit powers from Soul Mastery. If all I wanted was S/L defense I could have fit a lot more recharge into the build than you have, or softcap E/N defense as well.
  14. Auroxis
    [QUOTE=magikwand;3754468]
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LSK View Post

    Well, he cleverly sidestepped the tradition of people not posting anything and asking for builds. He just posted a questionable build and asked for other people's build.

    I guess the qualifier will have to change for giving advice, heh.
    I personally find it easier to post a build than to give advice, especially if I have a build saved and the build in the OP is really bad.

    It might be less helpful in the long run, but hey it's something.
  15. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Microcosm View Post
    Which is part of why I chose electric over sr for my db. But with electric you need to get some s/l defense for comparable survivability with an sr, which leaves sr able to slot more +dmg. Whether that extra +dmg is enough to overcome a damage aura (especially with reactive) remains to be seen.
    That depends on the build, but comparing the softcapped builds I have, the damage aura ends up contributing twice as much DPS reactive considered.

    SR is still softcapped to everything(besides psi) instead of just S/L which helps a lot in certain situations, while Elec Armor has an easier time picking up powers like Water Spout and Ageless due to its self heal and endurance management.
  16. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Deus_Otiosus View Post
    Yes, but only if you are using Katana and DB, which says more about Katana and DB than it does about SR.


    Unless you can literally show that you can do this across the board with primaries that both SR & SD can use.
    Let me correct my phrasing then:

    All this adds up to more DPS potential with SR than with SD, if only one target is in range.

    I simply cannot agree that having no access to Katana and DB shouldn't be considered when comparing the DPS potential of SR and SD.


    Quote:
    On the other hand, SD has SR beat by a mile in AoE.

    It has SC for one, and for another SR will not have parity with AAO in an AoE situation, which by definition means you have target saturation.
    This is definitely true, though I've grown to appreciate DB's AoE with Sweeping Strike(which is damn handy during the hostages stage in the BAF trial).
  17. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Shred_Monkey View Post
    This comment baffles me... there's always going to be at least 1 target in range of AAO when you're using a melee attack. How does no +dam beat some +dam?
    1. SD can't use Katana and DB, the best DPS primaries besides a well saturated DM.

    2. SR has extra recharge, which means either more DPS with Dual Blades or room for a bit more damage bonuses from IO sets.

    3. SR is easier to softcap, which means you can get a bit more damage bonuses from IO sets.

    All this adds up to more DPS with SR than with SD, if only one target is in range.
  18. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LSK View Post
    Any build can get Soft cap with barrier even that expensive one with hardly any def.
    Not for the entire Barrier duration unless you build for it.
  19. Auroxis
    Though I highly doubt it'll do any good, I'll post the FA/SS build I have anyway:

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    -Lots of HP
    -S/L/E/N defense softcap with Barrier.
    -Close to S/L resistance hardcap with Barrier.
    -Good damage for both AoE and ST.
    -Darkest Night for extra mitigation.
  20. Auroxis
    I love these kind of threads.

    Even if we did post our best builds they'd just end up bad after some "modifications".
  21. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Werner View Post
    You're right. OK, that's a trivial change by moving the proc to Blinding Feint and with the saved slot, adding a Gladiator's Armor to keep the soft cap.
    247 DPS
    Now, endurance use has climbed a bit and accuracy has gone down, but for the sake of argument, we'll say it's good enough.

    Any other suggestions? Katana or Dual Blades.

    I will point out that I was not trying to make the ultimate builds here, but rather to compare top end damage with very similar builds. The Gaussian move seems in the spirit of the thing. But then, at this point, the Gaussian set is probably a poor use of slots, so we should do something else, but then I'm straying further and further from the template, so I'm not sure I should go further. I'm sure we could do similar optimizations on Katana if we're straying from template, though picking up a similar damage boost might be difficult. Or maybe it wouldn't be. I think I only picked up about a 7.5% damage enhancement with the Gaussian proc, and on a set already highly damage enhanced. Katana is less damage enhanced, so a couple more damage bonuses might do the trick, and we have a ton of recharge to trade. But trading that recharge isn't really in the spirit of what I was doing.

    For that matter, adding incarnate powers will kind of invalidate my whole analysis. Since at the high end we'd be taking incarnate powers, these builds and analysis are really yesterday's news. We should really build some modern builds to compare. That's not really something I'm chomping at the bit to do, though.
    I think the Gaussian's proc belongs in Tactics, but having 1 proc in Blinding Feint while having 2 procs in Soaring Dragon is wrong. Also, you have the purple Damage enhancement over the Damage/Recharge one in Golden Dragonfly, but you didn't do the same for Sweeping Strike. I think you should take Musculature into account anyway.

    The shorter activation time for the DB chain also helps in terms of -res stacking and Reactive. As for Blinding Feint not lasting long enough, that's not the case with enough recharge.
  22. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by StratoNexus View Post
    I am fascinated as to your reasoning behind this statement? Is it just because of the lack of AAO or do you find the list lacking in some way even for /SR?
    Purely because the top DB chain is better than the top Katana chain. Nothing else.
  23. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ghost_Ripper View Post
    As I said before these are based on Werner's DPS comparison spread sheet, if you have a question as to how or why, ask Werner. I just copied and pasted
    I don't have any question, I'm pretty certain the list isn't accurate in terms of DPS potential.
  24. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PleaseRecycle View Post
    There are two problems with using pylon times for this. They have human error baked in both in the build and in the fight, and not all combinations are represented. How does MA/SD look, for instance? That would be a slightly more fair comparison to DM/SD and FM/SD than MA/SR is.

    Well, and another problem is that crazy pylon soloers are going to be using saturated AAO and soul drain unenhanced for damage to absolutely maximize their times. Those are very specific conditions for DPS evaluation.
    SR can easily pull ahead of SD if you take away AAO saturation.

    As for that DPS list ghost posted, it isn't very representative of actual DPS potential. Katana being better than Dual Blades?
  25. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Person34 View Post
    Soul mastery for darkest night I'm guessing? Hmmm... I never thought of that approach, thanks for the tips guys.
    It's also important to use purple inspirations wisely.

    I'm guessing your Brute teammate had 45% S/L defense and wasn't accustomed to using inspirations. Then along came Carnies and Malta, so he just face-planted instead of using purple +def inspirations.

    Soul Mastery, with its goody -ToHit, could mean you'll need to use one inspiration instead of two.