Blue_Centurion

is it 12 or 15 seconds, i've seen both mentioned here

Interesting data chart thanks. So, based on your math (looks right, so lets call it 100% correct) there is an obvious decline in return after the 145% global recharge mark. But the chart is a few fixed data points, and therefore let's delve between the points.

So, considering a build with Hasten, what is the floor for comfortable global recharge so you are PermaDom, and what is the mark you want to shoot for to be "comfortable" before you turn your attention to other build goals?

Mother Mayhem. And its not why you think. For even though she has mythical prortions it is truly her personality that has me hooked. Cause I am naturally drawn to crazy ladies.

I have deleted my previous 50'd Grav/Energy Doms. I remember 2 specifically but I think there was a third as well. We all know why.

I am giving it one more chance. I love the animations, and the downplayed pure gold/silver age animations are just to die for. They fit well with many of my concepts.

I am going to throw a crapton of money at this to see if I can get it where I like it. Perma-dom with breathing room, and softcap Range Def are my build goals. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

I have not playtested this on test. (was farming iTrials on "real" instead) Can anyone give me a heads up about attack chains, how the power changes really work, etc.

Thank you.

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I actually like the End Game Trials. But I will run endless Blueside TFs with kill alls, boring as those are. I was disappointed (and quite verbal about it) with the TPN. it is repetitive, glitchy, and it's cheat mechanic (the 1000 yd boot to the head) is invisible and stupid. On the other hand I love the UG, from soup to nuts. I will run the LAMs and BAFs regular, and with a good team Mom is worthy. Keyes is okay since they changed it. (thanks Devs)

I initially complained about the reward rates in the Trials, and in fact I gutted and deleted a Tank I ran for months in the trials (and spent 400 mil tier 4ing) because his success rate was so poor. Whether anecdotal or not every Blaster, Scrapper, and Brute I have rolled through the Trials has buried his success rate at getting rewards. There are only so many Trials I will do getting commons before I delete. He hit that wall, and I should have stopped long before I did with him.

I am posting here partly because I do not want to incur similar frustration with this Scrapper. Much like the Tank, i like this Scrapper, and want to have him around, and not get so frustrated I burn him. So, in a way this thread is my cry out for an intervention lol.

I have soloed Praetoria several times for the badges. On Brutes only, my preferred solo toons. Squishies are hard for me solo, and I would think Praetoria would be insanely hard. The enemies in Preatoria are "cutting edge" mobs, with the latest datamined ways to challenge characters. The arcs are neat, but some of the missions have grand little tricks in them like "stand here and wait for the endless ambushes to successfully complete this" I would rate this content the hardest to solo in the game for a solo low level player.

It has been pointed out Praetoria is very quiet compared to other zones. Hard to find teams, especially big teams. Its great content, well written, but hard.

Try running on Virtue heroside for awhile. Or Freedom. Get with some teams, see how you like it. And GL.

I started an SG in late December for some themed characters. Only I am in it. With many alts. Just loading in the final teleporters this week. Blueside, all zones. And I got cheated out of some prestige when I side swapped to get one characters Patron powers and was not in SG mode for like a week of trials and did not realize it. Argh. Always re-SG mode when side switching.

As far as the post about the Devs not wanting solo SGs? was getting around it for years by having someone invite my alts. (This is not my first solo SG, more like my 7th) Now I have a Free-premium account that I invite through. The Devs keep trying to tell us how to play the game, without looking at how we play the game. Another example. The team up Teleporter. In their minds we would all Queue like good little Praetorians. Completely ignoring the fact that we preform teams for all content on everything we do. Then they look at the player base and are like "You are doing it wrong, thats not the way it is designed to be used." Uh huh. Maybe the Devs should start designing for the real people player base they got instead of that mythical princess player base they have in their imagination.

Yeah, I posted upthread about my incredible streak last weekend. But Oranges? i see soooo many Oranges. And each time I get one I get excited just for a second cause I am hoping that color is purple lol. then bummed. But I make them, sell them. I dont market them well, but I make some off them and increase the I/Os in the game, which is part of my evil plan, muah hah hah.

Wait, is he serious?

Hunches further into desk chair, grips mouse resolutely. Glances at snack cupboard to ensure stocks of cheetos, hot pockets and jolt soda. "I'm ready."

I'll go 10 mil a run. I will go 20 mil a run for a good farmer who can actually pull +4/x8 fast. But 300mil? Course, those are the old ambush farm rates. But I will not hand over 300 mil to a stranger for "possibly" the next hours work. The comp dies, dog ate my homework, AFK, Wifeagro, life happens.

Also, the best farms I have ever gotten were free, by far. I had one squishy teleport me around a warrior map in PI. No sure how he did it, he would TP every 5-10 seconds, everything died, everything. A level a run in high 40s and FAST. Another fellow(or fellowette) pulled me on one of the indoor AE crawls for an hour. Huge exp. I'm on Virtue now, and farming is very frowned on, at least in public. But of course I have friends that ticket farm, dont mind doorsitters for company. Also, I love TFs. So, I just run content. Plus, a lot of 50 door and tip teams on Virtue take anybody, I mean anybody. Virtues answer to AE I guess. GL in your strategies.

Oh, crud. I thought it was which one I wanted to kill. You mean which one do i think should die in the SSA?

Crud, i was gonna have one of my main Brutes off Marauder and grab them gloves. Yeah, could I ever farm with those bad boys.

Check out anything from Dechs Kaison on Dark Armor. He even puts up videos of the insane stuff he does using Dark Armor.

I have played it for thematic reasons a number of times. It does have End issues, and I have always paired it with Dark Melee to partially solve those issues. I believe Dechs uses Claws a lot, so obviously he knows many other tricks. Slotting (for me) is imperative to get right with Dark armor, even if just using SOs. In fact I have a Dark/Dark Scrapper that has only 3 -KB I/Os and the rest SOs, at 50, ran him through enough trials to +3 him (slightly more actually...) and he is a straight up beast. I plan to someday create a big expensive Dark/Dark build with all the shineys, but havent gotten around to it. It is one of the strongest armor sets around, but it takes careful planning to get it to shine. Good Luck.

I've done a ton of iTrials on my main Scrapper. I am at currently 59 Emps, most earned since they started dropping. No Catalyst. 3 Purp recipes, no Catalyst. (okay, 2 of the purps were on an ITF) But no Catalyst. So, Do i need to plan to earn around 500 Emps worth of farming to Catalyse 6 ATOs? Which are then character bound? And no guarantee I will get the six then, just decent odds? I am being serious. This doesnt seem reasonable.

or spend $30.00 on gambling with reasonable odds of getting 6. But no guarantee of even getting one. And i need 6. 5 are useless to me (near useless). So i can spend $30.00 and get 3-4. Spend another $30.00 and get none. Then what, spend $30.00 more? Look I like the game, I have been a constant subscriber for almost 5 years, AND I have bought lots of cash worth of stuff since Freedom ($15-$45 a month on top of sub) but do not ask me to gamble a hundred dollars for this. If starbucks asked me to Gamble a dollar at a time until two coins lined up and they gave me coffee I would pretty much do what I am doing here. Explore other options for coffee. I will pay for stuff. I will pay good amounts for stuff, I have seen me do it. I have bought enough tuned Kin Combats to kit out 2 characters, tuned reactive armors for one, tuned LOTG sets for 2, tuned Thunderstrikes for 1. (I am talking multiple sets of each, sometimes 4-5 sets) I will pay good real money for stuff at the store. But asking me to give you money and you give me nothing, then ask me to give you more money? I get irritated really fast with your business model. Really irritated.

Blasters cannot PL in cave farm. If you can prove they can post video. without Video it did not happen. Seriously though, the thread has been up for over a day. I could have researched all day yesterday for exactly my power sets, costume, name options, went home, started a character, and in less than a nights work be at mid 20s Tank. The OP said he has plenty of cash, so cram in some Kin Cmbts, +3% Def Globals, a few other choice I/Os and be ready. Then tonight be Tanking/Meatshield for his Blasters and everybody be happy. No need to PL to 50, no need to make complex team dynamic (I heal/buff, they blast, how do we hold?) The One Tank 2 Blaster (As pointed out by Forbin) team dynamic is so very strong the only way you can screw it up is by designing a really horrid tank, not tanking taunt or a strong taunt aura, or agroing multiple mobs until agro cap is a distant memory. When my wife started a new Blaster (her 1st character) I went right to a Tank. One with a very strong taunt aura and taking Taunt. She loves duoing with that guy. He sits up all the pretty targets and she blasts them out of his range (she chose Energy, of course...) and Then he taunts them back. She has endless fun. I endure it.

Here is my issue. I need to run X amount of content iTrials and Dark Astoria i22 stuff to get 6 catalysts to Catalyze my Scrappers ATO set. Or spend slightly over $30.00 real money for a decent chance to get 6 in packs (look upthread for the napkin math) but I could get NO Catalysts if I spend the $30.00, or $60.00, or I might spend $90.00 and get 5. I am expecting a chunk of change back from Uncle Sugar from overpaid taxes, and was gonna make some microtransactions, probably more than I should. But NC Soft has a hole in their head if they think I'm gonna dump endless streams into their slot machine looking for a Catalyst or two.

Keep in mind a Tank is very powerful for this job by mid 20s. (Especially if you drop in the Kinetic combats and two global +3% def I/Os) BUT the agro cap is 17. That is the max mobs you can possibly control. After that the agro spill will wipe your friends in a few seconds.

The Catalysts are very valuable to you if you are delving into the world of ATOs. But use caution on how you build. When acquired the ATOs are a set of 6, "Orange level" enhancers. When you Catalyse 1 you have a set of 5 "Orange" and 1 "Purple". Some people specifically Catalyze three to get the 2 and 3 enhancer set bonuses twice, once at the Orange level, and once at the Purple level. Good Luck. Oh, ps, I'm green with jealousy lol.