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  1. Bill Z Bubba
    It is true that I am NOT hurting for end right now. I just ran through several scanner missions at +2/x8 with FF, FS, Eva, Tou, Wea, CJ and Sprint all running. Never dipped below 75% on the end bar.
  2. Bill Z Bubba
    Provoke's a place holder until I get the 60 month vet badge. Then it becomes fly.

    How'd you get the ... where'd the... damn, that's pretty.

    Thank you, Iggy. Come the vet badge and fly replacing provoke, that will be my new build.

    It's perfect.

    EDIT: Unless BAB figures out the redraw thing... then it's back to the drawing board.

    EDIT: Found a slight problem. Swapping out the crushing impacts for the touch of deaths drops the total recharge for FU to 185.76. It needs 184.1 for my chain. Due to the less than exact nature of arcanatime, I've found that I need at least a 5% buffer on the recharge or there's a pause. However, changing the ToD Acc/Dam/End to Dam/End/Rec fixes that. With +81% global acc buff, that should be fine.
  3. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Jeminiks View Post
    How about before we get ANOTHER crappy S/L Set, they give us some more Elemental Love.
    You are aware that part of dual pistols ...

    duel.. dual... oh DAMNIT.. now the forums have got ME confused...

    duel: a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people
    dual: double: consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

    Ok, good... I got it right.

    Anyway... dual pistols gets a change ammo power. It *IS* an elemental set. Or Lethal. Betting on Lethal, Fire, Cold and Toxic.
  4. Bill Z Bubba
    If you're ready to dump aid self, tough and weave are great picks for SR.

    Not only does tough take some of the edge off incoming S/L, it stacks with the passive scaling dam-res nicely. Plus it's the only place an SR can stick the Steadfast +Def Unique.

    Were I to be an aid self user, however, I'd skip the fighting pool entirely.
  5. Bill Z Bubba
    Hmmm.
    Softcapped. Check.
    No smashing/lethal resistance. hrrmmm.
    25.5 HP/sec regen. Pretty good.
    1424.337 HP. That's mighty low. No accolades?


    Maybe my current build will give you some ideas.
    It's .3% short of softcap on range and aoe.
    17.6% S/L resists
    31.2 HP/sec regen
    1933 HP
    And WAY overdone on recovery.

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  6. Bill Z Bubba
    My main would happily go and as a magic origin creature that has already handled the RWZ challenge and solos pylons for fun, he would have been a valuable part of the team.

    No doubt slaughtering thousands upon thousands of Rikti before being taken down.

    However, he wouldn't deserve any heroic accolades for doing so. Upon his demise, he'd just end up back in Hell where he would go about creating a new body to send back to Paragon.

    Not really a sacrifice when you can come back from the dead.
  7. Bill Z Bubba
    It is so far past time for the devs to allow offline sg invites and promotions.

    I have a second game account on my master account that I almost never use. Occasionally during freebie weekends, I'll log it on just for the halibut.

    I have pondered taking ownership of my brother's two accounts since he now appears done with the game, but I'd really never have reason for more than one of them.
  8. Bill Z Bubba
    I'm still hoping that the 72 month reward is the LAST reward. End it there.
  9. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Who watches the team window when there are baddies that need killin'? And if the woman that makes me such nice coffee is talking, why would I focus on the cries of death from my friends in voice chat?
    I'm Bill Z Bubba and I approve of this message.
  10. Bill Z Bubba
    Happy birthday, Manoa. Hope you're having fun.
  11. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Neeto View Post
    yeah lets all do that and see what happens.
    What happens is the same thing that happens now:

    Those that have figured out how to afk farm for PvP drops get rich.
  12. Bill Z Bubba
    I have no idea. Many? Several? Poor guy has been reshaped by dev changes and player whim so often.... there's just no tellin.

    I will say this: He's a hell of a lot tougher now than he was back in the parma-lude days.
  13. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    My wife orders a variety of different raw coffee beans, roasts them once or twice a week and then grinds the roasted beans just before making the coffee.
    That be a well chosen mate. Gratz to you!
  14. Bill Z Bubba
    I couldn't figure out how many freespecs have been granted over the years. I've used them all. Then 3 from the trials. I'm at 54 months on vet rewards, all those gone. This last one was purchased for 130mil. Oh yea... and the one respec recipe I actually had drop.

    Soooo, that many.
  15. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lord_Thanatos View Post
    How long did it take to tweak the build to get it to that point Bill? :P
    1.5 billion inf and ... 15-20 respecs?
  16. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    4. Have an extreme build designed for regen + max hp AND don't get hit twice in a row so they can regen back the damage they take in time.
    <--- 1930 HP. 30HP/sec regen. No aid self.
  17. Bill Z Bubba
    The answer in quick form:

    Disable Bloom, Depth of Field, Desaturation FX

    Water effects disable or set to low

    FSAA and AF disable.

    Go into ATI's catalyst control center and force FSAA and AF there.

    Enjoy.
  18. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    As an aside, Quickness is too weak, provably so. I haven't said that in almost a year, so I thought I'd stick that in there.
    Even considering the run and fly speed buffs, slow resistance and the fact that it's a passive?
  19. Bill Z Bubba
    Hasten provides a 70% recharge buff when active.
    Quickness provides 20%.

    My claws/sr has 97.5% global recharge buff but does not have hasten in his build. It's not hard at all to find the 50% more recharge buff from SetIOs and you then wouldn't have to deal with hasten's end crash or the lack of its buff when it's down.

    That said, if you plan to PvP with your claws/sr, it's not a bad idea to go for max recharge, meaning hasten+quickness+everything else you can get in there, so that you can get elude up as much as possible.

    If you have no plans for PvP, hasten is only useful if you're trying to go for one of the end all be all attack chains of doom for max DPS.
  20. Bill Z Bubba
    The last time I sat down to figure out final DPS on various claws chains with different slotting, I found that the decimation chance for buildup (for focus) increased DPS by almost exactly the same amount as any of the damage procs that proc at 20% for 71.8 damage.

    However, that was over time against hard targets like AVs and Pylons. Until my last build, I also had the gaussian chance for buildup in followup, but decided that getting followup's basic stats up higher was more important to me.
  21. Bill Z Bubba
    I just want to remain in good enough shape to handle the zombie apocalypse. Course... I never do any cardio so I'm probably gonna die. But at least I'll be able to carry a LOT of ammo.
  22. Bill Z Bubba

    BS Weapon redraw?

    POST-ACTION

    That redraw bonus was always false/hokey anyway. Claws redraws, but has no accuracy buff. MA doesn't redraw, but has one. DB also redraws without higher base accuracy.
  23. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler View Post
    Head's up, I've had to retract my previous statement. I've run into a complete roadblock related to shields and weapons that makes this method I was using un-workable. So it's back to the drawing board with the whole thing.
    Can't use DB or claws with shields anyway. Leave the change in for those sets for the time being?

    EDIT: I know the answer should be "no" because a proper solution works for all the sets and a proper solution is what you should be going for. Still bummed.
  24. Bill Z Bubba
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper View Post
    Unless he expands his list to include Regeneration, that's not the way I read it. Looks to me like any powerset on that list won't cause redraw for another weapon, but weapons already don't cause redraw for themselves. I read the entire think as a joke.

    But then maybe I'm just a pessimist. After all, it is possible to combo the Patron mace powers or the Munitions APP Assault Rifle with other powersets in this list, and those do cause redraw normally. On the other hand, the list doesn't include normal Assault Rifle or Katana.
    Most of the time BAB makes sure that his jokes are obvious.

    I read it as "nothing causes the redraw if you're in combat for any of the following powersets..."

    This seems pretty straight forward:
    "This means that you will be able to use any power in a chain with a weapon power, and not have to redraw the weapon...even completely different weapon powers."

    he wouldn't have posted what he posted if he was just telling us "claws don't cause redraw with claws."

    That means:

    Now: Followup, focus, slash, reconstruction, redraw, strike, followup, lazerbeam eyes, redraw, focus, slash
    become soon: followup, focus, slash, reconstruction, strike, followup, lazerbeam eyes, focus, slash

    Which is damn cool.

    As for assault rifle and katana, he mentions those with:
    "The rest will have to wait until sometime after GR:"
  25. Bill Z Bubba
    SpiritFox,

    I'm currently using a different alternative for FU slotting:

    mako's dam/rec
    mako's acc/end/rec
    mako's acc/dam/end/rec
    crushing impact acc/dam/rec
    crushing impact acc/dam/end
    crushing impact dam/end/rec

    Two reasons I did this are needing the recharge in FU for the fu, slash, focus, strike, repeat chain, and it gives me another 35.2 HP

    Final stats on that are:
    Acc: 80.94
    Dam: 96.3
    End: 80.94
    Rec: 96.3