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  1. Auroxis
    The thing is that with IO's, Soul Mastery, and Incarnate powers, FA can be made survivable enough while still putting out the best damage.

    Maybe not enough to take on things like +4 Carnies solo, but survivable enough for most content.
  2. Auroxis

    Barrier

    POST-ACTION

    T4 Barrier Core works like this(Taken from Dispari's Guide): Barrier Core Epiphany: +90% RES/DEF first 10s, 32.5% next 20s, 7.5% next 30s, 5% last 60s (120s total), 60ft radius

    So for the majority of the time, the resistance and defense bonuses aren't significant enough to replace Tough+Weave. You could however build around them, getting up to 40% defense instead of 45% from IO's.

    I'd rather save it for when it's needed instead of putting it on Auto, considering it's essentially a god mode for 30 seconds.
  3. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chaos Creator View Post
    No, FireKin Master's F/K build was awful. absolutely horrendously bad.
    Yep. I also find that players who boast about their bad builds aren't good enough players to make up for it. Players like FKM are a prime example of stubbornness and self admiration getting in the way of self-improvement.

    So yeah, a build isn't all that counts. But if you're not open-minded about improving your build, the same often applies to your play-style.
  4. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ghost_Ripper View Post
    Ok, thanks so much for the intelligent and mature reply. I get it now, my build isn't optimal for Farming. I realize that haveing Dual and now even Tri builds would be more advantageous. The caveat there is, who the heck wants to poor that much infl into one character?
    It's an SS/FA Brute, pretty much the most overpowered combination in the game if you put your time/inf into it.
  5. Auroxis
    You can't be the "best farmer evah" if you can't post top numbers for the most efficient farming maps. Sorry.
  6. Auroxis
    It will affect both toggles and click powers during its duration.

    Look at the video in my signature, and watch the Ranged Defense attribute at the far right. Watch how it spikes when I use PBU.
  7. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EvilRyu View Post
    If you look at how good incarnates and IOs are then you dont need defenders for their debuffs and suck *** damage when you can get more damage from everyone else.
    If you look at how good Reactive, Judgement, and Lore pet damage is then you don't need a bit of extra damage when you can get better buffs/debuffs instead.
  8. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EvilRyu View Post
    So what does a defender bring to the table that the other ATs that have those same sets do then? a 20% higher buff/debuff is a bit of a wash once you consider how much more damage the others do.
    Because people need the better buff/debuff capabilities to stay alive? Dead people deal no damage.

    And before you bring up how people don't need buffers to stay alive due to IO's and incarnate powers, I'll say this: 20% higher damage is a bit of a wash once you consider how much damage Reactive, Judgement, and (buffed)Lore pets do.
  9. Auroxis
    It would be nice to have the option of customizing current pets before adding new pets, though I wouldn't oppose adding more neutral pets.
  10. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by UberRod View Post
    Crushing Impact and Obliteration gives recharge bonuses.
    Fixed your post.

    Also, it's worth delving into the APP's for extra purple set slots and useful attacks.
  11. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ghost_Ripper View Post
    I am not tyring to come off smug
    Could have fooled me.


    Also, get moar recharge.
  12. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sardan View Post
    I know for a fact my character is 35 times better than Comfort's character. I once solo'd the Rikti Mothership Raid just for laughs. I won't tell you what it is, how to make it, or how to play it.

    Because my kabbalistic gnostic knowledge must remain sekret lest it break your feeble brains due to awesomeness overload.
    plz show build will pay 1inf

    Also, this thread has gotten quite low. Which is an improvement over the rock bottom where it started.
  13. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LadyMage View Post
    CM I actually slot range, but end isn't bad either, but then I play to the back of the pack with my empath being psi. Another power that doesn't require much.
    I slot it for recharge personally, I find it helpful when exemping down.

    And yes I agree, Doctored Wounds>Numina's on an Empath.
  14. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Emberly View Post
    I was sold at "put on SOs they enchance much better than IOs".
    I just stopped reading at the "ok listen to me really bad" part.

    I'm seeing a lot of lazy posters lately, it's quite disheartening. A bit of punctuation goes a long way.
  15. Auroxis
    You can always count on Defenders contributing more mitigation and force multiplication to the team, and you can always count on Corruptors contributing more damage to the team.

    This is how it has always been and I can't see how proliferation will change anything.
  16. Auroxis
    Whoa that's awesome, MSPaint wizardry right there.
  17. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Biospark View Post
    Dark/Sonic

    Rad/Sonic

    Blast sets are kinda suited to taste in my opinion, so you could go something else besides sonic and be fine, but sonic will dramatically increase your damage.

    Several posters have indicated soloing GMs with Rad/Sonic, so that is FotM for defenders these days.

    You mentioned Empathy. Did you just recently look into defenders ?
    Sorry, not being snarky, but Empaths suck at soloing anything tougher than a Lieutenant.

    Mine currently can solo +0/x3 no bosses with Uncommon Ion, Spiritual, Reactive, Storm Pet, and the Rare Clarion for perma mez protection. And I STILL manage to face-plant regularly.

    So dont choose Empathy if you are looking for a Super Hero.
    Empaths can solo AV's and possibly GM's, it just takes a while for them to get there.

    /em points at sig

    That said I wouldn't recommend Empathy for soloing, but if all you want to do is solo those tip missions at the lowest settings then it doesn't really matter what you roll.
  18. Auroxis
    1. Either fix the data-link of add a data chunk so we can port the build into mids.

    2. I strongly recommend you reconsider stealth, seeing as you can still get stealth with the +Stealth IO proc.

    3. As for Incarnates, IMO Spiritual Alpha is the most important choice to make as an SS/Elec Brute. Extra recharge benefits both powersets on a brute very well, and the extra healing power is welcomed for Energize.

    4. Here is my recommended high-end build for SS/Elec:

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    5. Here is my personal top-end build for SS/Elec:

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  19. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kioshi View Post
    Well sorry to ask the same question but can you elaborate on this? That didn't clarify anything for me, all I know is that in the beginning it was bugged so you could get 1000% rech or something and then it was changed to giving 100% max but not working again for ... 10 seconds I believe. That's the way it's now isn't it? My brute certainly doesn't have 200-300% extra rech because of the proc.
    I was mistaken, Pine cleared things up:

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pine
    No, the way the FF proc used to work was it would roll for each to hit roll on each target, and you could walk away with 10-16 stacks of +100% recharge each. And could be done as often as you wanted.
    Then it got nerfed severely, making it unable to stack and some complex suppression mechanic was added. The most recent change to the proc removed the suppression, AFAIK.
  20. Auroxis
    Why would you want to rely on Overload? It has a devastating crash.

    Anyway, EA will definitely improve, but in terms of potential with IO's ELA still wins out. How much are you willing to invest? If you're going for the long haul with deep pockets, go for ELA. If you're not fond of putting tons of influence into one character, go for EA.
  21. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by UnicyclePeon View Post
    After elec, which set has the most convenient aoe in the primary?

    Lewis
    Convenient is a very subjective term. Super Strength might be convenient to one person due to Foot Stomp's ease of use, while it would be intolerable to another due to the rage crash.

    Claws may be convenient to one person due to the sheer amount of AoE powers, while the positioning required to execute them would be inconvenient to another.
  22. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    That's why I specifically said "if you're talking about sheer DPS"

    And if you're just talking about pure offense, the sturdiness of the character in question isn't relevant.

    In practice, the top damage dealer for DPS will probably be a scrapper or brute. Maybe a VEAT. Your DPS takes a big hit when you're dead.

    On paper though, the Fire/Fire Dom wins.
    Yep, especially when most of the damage is fire which is rarely resisted nowadays.

    Still, too squishy for my taste.
  23. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar View Post
    Really? I find that pretty surprising if it's accurate, I would've thought a blaster or scrapper.
    It might be the case for single target DPS, but /Fire doms don't have a lot of AoE to complement their DPS. And they aren't very sturdy.
  24. Auroxis
    Brutes are what you want. SS/FA in particular is the pinnacle of damage-dealing, and can be incredibly hard to take down if built and played right.
  25. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Supermax View Post
    Hmm really? I had charged brawl the whole way until about 47 or 48, when I switched it out for jacobs ladder. But it does so little damage, I was kind of glad to drop it.

    And JL....I know its activation is similar to punch, but for some reason it feels twice as long. Don't know why.

    Either way, I don't think ANY elec melee attack chain would be considered a "top attack chain". It's practically a pure AoE set. But in your opinion, what WOULD be the best ST chain for me?
    The best attack chain for Elec Melee is CB-JL-CB-CI. It needs quite a bit of recharge into CI, but if you use that attack chain and slot expensive procs in the right attacks(see the build I posted), you can put out pretty respectable DPS.