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  1. Auroxis
    Rolled a KM/Fire myself recently, holy smokes the DPS potential of it all.
  2. Auroxis
    It should be better than WP against a small number of enemies, but that wouldn't be my main concern. With most of your survivability dependent on clicky powers, I would imagine redraw and combo execution issues would arise, and seeing as you're used to WP this could get frustrating after a while.
  3. Auroxis
    IMO softcapping E/N on an Elec Armor character is a waste of slots, and you can see just how much offense and self healing power was sacrificed in the build you posted. The only softcap I would go for is S/L.
  4. Auroxis
    You can use Ignite and Buckshot alongside Burst and Slug, and you can slot Burst with a -res proc.
  5. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by slainsteel View Post
    Well IO'ed toons by themselves are rare. What's your point?
    That Tankers can compete with Scrappers in DPS given the same investment?
  6. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by slainsteel View Post
    5 minutes is not particularly fast compared to a really good scrapper/brute.
    Not particularly good? most of the times over that pre-I20 are by either DM/SD scrappers(who require set-up times) or SS/FA Brutes. Time under 5 minutes were pretty rare.
  7. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by slainsteel View Post
    Why would I bother posting video proof on this? You're trying to convince me that a Fire/SS tank can out-damage a DM/SD; that is um, kind of silly. Read the Rikti Pylon Thread, or talk to someone who knows how to actually play the game. Hell do a search for highest melee dps, you'll see calculations that place DM/SD scrappers and brutes as some of the highest DPS toons in the game.
    I found that part hilarious.

    If you were to read the Rikti Pylon thread, you'd see Nihilii has soloed a pylon with his FA/SS Tanker in under 5 minutes well before issue 20 hit.
  8. Auroxis

    Dual Blades/SR

    POST-ACTION

    Keep in mind that at a certain recharge point with the top chain you will be better off going for Musculature over Spiritual for DPS. I believe that happens at about perma hasten levels.


    Here's a top-end DB/SR build I made not long ago, switch from Musculature to Spiritual and the DPS decreases significantly.

    http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...35FE0772D2D9B4

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  9. Auroxis
    A straight-up damage buff would be much simpler, and would also mean I don't have to respec two of my main characters(slotting endmod into AB and Drain Psyche will be meaningless).
  10. Auroxis

    Potential

    POST-ACTION

    That highly depends on the goals of your build. Think of the craziest things you want to do with your scrapper, and coming up with a fitting combination will be easier.


    For example, I wanted a single target DPS juggernaut that doesn't rely on having multiple enemies around, so I picked Kinetic Melee/Fiery Aura.

    Another person wanted a balanced scrapper with good damage contribution and survivability, so he went for Broad Sword/Shield Defense. He then decided he wanted a Scrapper that just doesn't die, so he picked Dark Melee/Invulnerability.
  11. Auroxis
    Quote:
    I too have done a Pylon run where PS was up 90% of the time, but I've also down follow-up runs where CS very rarely Critical'd PS. In those fewer situations, its lack of up time is glaringly potent, and its because of those events that it is best not to promise Awesome, and only give what-is.
    I don't think a single pylon is a good measurement stick anymore with how fast people are droppin em these days. My long term plan is to have a scrapper that can drop the mothership shields solo.
  12. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by John_Printemps View Post
    The most you're likely to get it down to at the peak is 30 second recharge, which is virtually "Perma". The power ramps up for 10/s, stays peaked for 10/s, then ramps down for 10/s after it's 20/s duration expires. This becomes an average of (assuming 156% peak is reached) 104%. To compare, the last time I'd checked my KM had it down to 36 seconds, which is an average of 86.67% Damage Bonus.

    The rumor mill says its better on Stalkers because Power Siphon is hugely difficult to maintain constantly to get that higher damage bonus. Where-as Stalkers get Hide-Bonuses, plus burst shots of 100% out of Build Up without having to ramp. If I recall correctly, though, Build Up average to 30/s recharge is like having a 30% damage buff over that 30/s duration. So it's whether you want instant burst, or continuous boom that takes some work.
    This is before taking into consideration Concentrated Strikes' critical recharge and activation time for Power Siphon, right?
  13. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nihilii View Post
    This would require fairly high recharge in burn. I would rather go for SB BB Burn SB CS.
    My planned build already has the recharge for it, I was just wondering if I missed something as KM isn't something I know a lot about.

    Here's the build:

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  14. Auroxis
    How do you guys think Burn would fit in there? I've been thinking of QS-SB-QS-Burn-CS, with purple procs in both Burn and QS, and the -res proc in Burn.
  15. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    I was just saying there are other options. It is not a case of "This is the ONLY Alpha you can take, EVER!"

    If you aren't concerned about the extra resistance, you do not need Cardiac at all.
    I personally have Spiritual on both my Elec Armor characters(Brute and Tanker), as I like having the extra recharge and extra healing power out of Energize.

    The issue I have without Cardiac is using Energize and Power Sink more often than I'd like to keep my endurance up instead of saving them for mitigation, and having to use oranges/barrier/empowerment buff/cimeroran day job to get 90% S/L when needed.
  16. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    Why? The LAST thing an Electric Armor anything needs is more end recovery. Power Sink is available every 30 seconds, and that should be enough to keep even the end hungriest build rolling in endurance.



    Again, why? Electric Armor does NOT need more end management tools. The only purpose Cardiac could possibly serve on an Electric tank is a little bit more resistance. The extra damage from Musculature would be more useful.
    It is helpful for long AV battles. Sure you can use Power Sink every time it's up, but I'd rather use the activation time on attacks instead.

    Also, having 90% S/L res is damn sexy.
  17. Auroxis
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by War-Nugget View Post
    Yes they do. So buff 'em good! Just.. not with +recharge, as no: that will not help them.
    Incarnate pets are affected by +recharge the last i tested.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ultrawatt View Post
    I would think so. Thats why an emp was able to kill a plyon in 1:30.
    And the extra recharge from AB let me kill it in 1:20, without it the time would be a bit over 2 minutes.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDSyHmLG-oA
    http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...postcount=1615
  18. Auroxis
    The easiest to work with IMO are Super Strength and Electric Armor.

    Super Strength doesn't require you to slot for much accuracy due to Rage, and Elec Armor doesn't require you to slot for much endurance reduction due to Energize and Power Sink.


    This is purely in terms of "slots gained", which isn't a good criteria for choosing a character IMO.
  19. Auroxis
    On the BAF trial, not only can you use your dispersion bubble to affect the whole league, you can use your force bubble to repel the escapees(so i heard).

    On the Lambda trial, the targeted bubbles are helpful during the glowie hunt, as people often like to run it on their own with no support.

    Overall with increased mob To-Hit chances, softcapped characters can always use extra defense.
  20. Auroxis
    I would personally add endurance stability as one of the goals, did you check for it?

    Also, try to get the PVP -Res proc into GD, it helps a lot for DPS.

    As for perma hasten, IMO you're close enough to it without the purple set in boxing. With the same amount of slots you can get +4.5% damage through kick and brawl.

    Here's my build:

    http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...58FF07ED99DCE5

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  21. Auroxis
    Sonic/ and /Mental are the best for supporting DPS for sure. Sometimes I think of offering my Sonic/MM as a debuffer.
  22. Auroxis
    If they could make a downloadable "super" version of the game which had a better engine and re-made graphics for everything while keeping all other resources of the game, that would be good. Though that would be a tremendously expensive endeavor.
  23. Auroxis
    Elec/Elec is more defensive than Fire/Elec, giving you very good sapping potential overall.
  24. Auroxis
    Fire/Elec gets access to the best attack chain and a damage aura.
  25. Auroxis
    Here's a build similar in style I made a while back.

    http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...2DE3FF554BD43A

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