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Quote:I play on Virtue. I've seen plenty of people get along just fine without Stamina for general missioning.Originally Posted by Seraphael
I've heard that too many times on these boards. Of course, no one NEEDS just about anything. But if you plan on having fun, if you plan on keeping up with your team to contribute in a meaningful way and plan on being to be competetive, then it's not practical to be without Stamina for most power sets in the game.
Higher base recovery would make a bad situation a little better. Nothing more, nothing less.
Would I ever go at their rate? HELL NO! But there are people who do, and get by just fine and have fun.
The problem is, with much of this thread, it's really "I can't have fun without Stamina, but I'd REALLY REALLY like to take another power pool instead"
I know that feeling. I have that feeling almost everytime I look at my main's build and go...I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT this Power Pool for the concept, but I can't fit it in! If I want to be up to my other points...
Ie...I have to have Leadership, Fitness, Fighting and Fly! Now I could skip Fly, but even then, I'm using just Hover, and for my concept to really work, I need Phase Shift, which could be covered by a temp power, but then it doesn't feel like my concept to me. It feels like a temp power.
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Okay...why is the fact that Rage works on all powers that big of a deal?
Last I knew, Soul Drain, Build Up, Follow Up, and Blinding Feint ALL worked on any power used while their buffs were up.
Now with Follow Up and Blinding Feint, I guess one would argue, you wouldn't want to add in the redraw, as that would lower your DPS (curious though, is Gloom a great attack for a Claws Brute to take?), but Build Up and Soul Drain are less likely to worry about redraw (as long as Build Up is being used by a non weapon based set/spines).
Second, while I love Billz chart, because it gives an idea of what the sets are capable of, his test was more about Brute/Scrapper disparity than anything else.
Scrap Energy 151 3.3
Scrap Claws 149.6 2.9
Scrap Fiery 149.3 3.1
Scrap Strength 142.1 2.9
Scrap Dark 141.6 3.1
Scrap Martial Arts 141.5 3.6
Scrap Warmace 141 3.7
Scrap Dual Blades 136.3 3.5
Scrap Stone 131.8 3.5
Scrap Katana 128.6 3.2
Scrap Battleaxe 123.3 3.2
Scrap Broadsword 121.7 3.1
Scrap Electric 103.6 2.9
Scrap Spines 80.1 1.6
*Brute Strength 127.3 2.9
I look at that list and my thought is...hmmm...Super Strength came in 4th place, but really it's SO CLOSE to Dark, Martial Arts, and Warmace...that the fact it's not NEARLY as overpowered as anyone thinks it will be. That's less than 1 DPS difference between Martial Arts and Super Strength. MARTIAL ARTS! The set everyone usually thinks needs a bit more tweak.
So you go into the other factors of...AOE. What does this make me see...BUFF DRAGON TAILS AOE! Give it the same numbers as Foot Stomp for END/RCH/DMG and increase it's Radius to at least 10ft if not 15ft like Foot Stomp. I'm thinking 10ft, and just say Footstomp gets the extra 5ft for it being a Tier 9 AOE.
If it's ported, will it become a popular Scrapper Primary? Well...OF COURSE! It's not going to be popular because it's OP. If it's ported over unchanged, with Scrapper Mods, it's going to be popular because SCRAPPERS WILL BE BETTER WITH SUPER STRENGTH THAN ANY OTHER AT.
That's no different than now with Elec/Shield being considered better on Scrappers than Brutes.
I also don't think that list took into consideration, Rage's NO DMG period. With no damage going on, wouldn't that lower the DPS a bit? Billz would have to answer if he did that or not, as I just don't know.
Biilz also didn't include a Scrapper Super Strength version on first list, so no idea how it ends up there with high recharge, but then, that first list also used Gloom in the chain, which Scrappers don't have access to.
And I still can't help but agree with Billz. If it's not OPed on the other ATs, it shouldn't be OPed for Scrappers.
It'll be a top performer for Scrappers, but it won't be THE TOP PERFORMER for Scrappers. It may turn into the TOP ALL AROUND SET for scrappers, but some set has to take that spot. -
Quote:It would change nothing. People would still be gasping for air, and going "I NEED STAMINA" look at the VEATS, who get extra END REC as their inherent ability.Originally Posted by Seraphael
I tend to agree somewhat with the OP. The endurance mechanism is tedious. The need to take Stamina in almost every build is tedious. Making base recovery a little higher would be an improvement on the overall gaming experience.
No one NEEDS Stamina. We all want it, because we love going fast and love going nonstop.
We don't want to sit around and rest. We want to be in the fight smashing buttons.
If that's what you want, you build for it. Can you do it without Stamina? Yes. Is it tougher? Yup. Is it doable. Yes. Is there costs to it? Maybe, depends on how you build. -
Quote:You want the ATs with lower damage mods, to get use less END on their attacks. Because they're using the same END on attacks as someone with a higher damage mod.Originally Posted by Ultimo_
I didn't bring up any of that, I was responding to other people who brought them up, including you.
You're not correcting anything, youre deliberately calling me a liar in an effort to provoke me. As I said, there's a name for that.
I've said repeatedly what I'm after. In this thread, it's less onerous endurance management. That's ALL.
Example...
Ignoring Debuffs...and mind you this is a bit off since the recent added damage to Defenders in i17...
Defender is using Attack 1 which does 100 damage to target for 10 END.
Corruptor is using the SAME attack which does 150 damage for 10 END.
Now Attack 1 is the same for both ATs when it comes to END/RCH/DMG formula, but the Corruptor has the higher DMG MODIFIER...so the Corruptor basically has better DPE than the Defender.
So, to take out 300 Hit Point Target, the Defender has to spend 30 END, while the Corruptor only spends 20, using the next 10 END on a new target and thusly keep on moving.
That's what it seems you want. Am I mistaken?
Well, it's the damage mods, between the different ATs, that change the DPE. And that's balanced by what the AT brings to the table for the team. You pick a defender to solo with, you know this going in.
And since this is talking about solo. With the recent damage buff to Defenders now, their solo ability has been brought up to par. I mean really, I never really heard alot of people complain about soloing Corruptors. Defenders sure, but not Corrs. And now Defenders are equal with Corrs on Soloing.
Or is this about a Scrapper soloing a mission faster than a Defender? At which point, I have to think duh. But put them into a team enviorment, that Defender is adding so much more to the team, the team moves faster.
If you don't like teaming, then pick an AT more suited to soloing.
If it's because of powersets, why not instead suggest new ATs...maybe a middle grund Ranged/Buff set, that does more damage than a Corr, but who's buffs are even weaker than a Corr.
I've played every AT except Kheldians to a significant level (Dom is at lvl 32, MM is at lvl 47, every other AT I've played to 50 except Kheldians)...it's not that hard to manage END. The reason people PL to 20, is because they don't know how to manage end, want an easier time of it (face it Stamina makes it easier), or they're tired of low levels.
If I can run my Defenders (before the dmg boost) unslotted, keep my end up, and solo with them (be it slowly), non stop in a mission, anyone can. I'm just not up to Billz skills at this game. -
Quote:This is one of the reasons I keep hoping for a more open AT to one day be created that can maintain balance.Originally Posted by ForumSniper
Daredevil - MA/SR Scrapper
Elektra - DB/Dark Scrapper
Black Widow - DP/Elec or DP/Dev Blaster
Punisher - AR/Dev Blaster
Doc Samson - Inv/SS Tanker
Abomination - SS/Inv Brute
Wolverine - MA/Regen Scrapper
Typhoid Mary - Fire/Psi Dominator
Emma Frost - Psi/Psi Blaster with Body Armor EPP for the Diamond skin (yeah, it's a stretch - could just ignore the Diamond skin)
Jean Grey - Mind Controller
Magneto - Grav/Psi Dominator
Dr. Doom - Bots/FF MM
Nick Fury - Mercs MM
Kingpin - Thugs MM
Stick - Ninja MM
Ice Man - Ice/Ice Blaster
Banshee - Sonic/Psi Blaster
Storm - Storm/Elec Defender
Mephisto - Demon Summoning MM
Black Tom - Plant Controller or Plant Dom
Hawkeye - Archery/TA Corruptor (or Archery Blaster for the non-sucky version)
Sabretooth - Claws/Regen Stalker
Marrow - Spines Scrapper
Moon Knight - ??? Stalker maybe?
Dr. Strange - ??? DS MM? can't really be done
Deadpool - Can't really be done
Rogue - Can't really be done
Taskmaster - Can't really be done
Nightcrawler - Can't really be done
Quicksilver - Can't really be done. Or rather, can be done with one power pool and 3 powers total (Hasten, Flurry, Superspeed).
Iron Man - Can't really be done IMO. NRG/NRG Blaster, or Doc Mike's Defender version I guess. Although a squishy Iron Man makes my eyebrows twitch, as does an Iron Man with visible force fields and gimpy blasts.
For Emma Frost...Psi/Psi/Ice Blaster. RP Ice as diamond. -
Quote:Well, I was thinking in an MMO since, and the closest game I could think of at the time was Diablo 2, and even then you need drink some potions.Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
Really? You mean I haven't played Doom for the last 5 years? Huh. Imagine that.
Been awhile since I played Doom. Wasn't a lack of ammo kinda the same thing as END though? Again been awhile, but I can swear weapons had ammo. -
Quote:I think this is why we see all the complaints.Originally Posted by Dirges
No this won't work. Some people, myself included, will take stamina no matter what. I have characters that have +end powers and I still keep stamina. I like to have it those times when things do not go my way, I don't need it, but it suits my style.
Truth is, less down time fits most people's style, but some don't want to do what it takes for less downtime, they just want it handed to them.
Pick powers, press buttons, and not worry about anything.
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...for those in RP SGs that are suppossed to be more hero and less anti-hero style, how do you handle it when a character in the SG becomes a killing machine?
Is your RP SG even cannon based? I mean, lets face it, cannon wise, any and every wound/death can be fixed cannon wise in RP. Yet, I've yet to see an RP SG that sticks to this.
IE...OMG! You can't just instantly heal me! You're a godmodder!
When cannon speaking, this is indeed what happens.
What if the morals of the SG is suppossed to be not killing. Slicing up a criminal doesn't mean you HAVE to kill them (even the devs have said the animations are more of eye candy thing as well as the names just sounding cool)...and the players start going all kill happy.
Do you kick said player from the SG? I'm curious how other SGs handle such a situation. -
Quote:If I have to take it, I'll have to take it...my hard part in figuring this out on the END use, is I'm not sure how well I can stand to play the combo up to level 35(Power Sink)/37(fully slotted Power Sink) without it.Originally Posted by Werner
Yeah, I'm assuming fairly extreme levels of recharge to run the very best possible chains. I certainly wouldn't be surpised if Claws is better at more down-to-earth levels. I'll open the new window... yeah, for basic slotting, Bill has Claws at the top for Scrappers.
I'm pretty sure you could do a Dual Blades/Electric Armor without Stamina. Haven't tried it, but it certainly sounds doable.
But concept wise, I'd love to get certain Power Pools/Epic Pools into the build, if for nothing else than Concept reasons. -
Quote:Hmmm...it depends on what you want to go for with your Kat/Elec if it will be a tight build or not.Originally Posted by Midnight_Hero
Yea so far the Kat\Ela is looking to be a very tight build, I'm going with stamina and fighting so I'm going to skip on a travel power and just go with sprint+hurdle+ninja run. From reading a lot of the replys here I can almost see the wheels turning as people think about builds and concepts.
If you're less worried about AOE, you could skip the Cone, PBAOE, and Taunt, and possibly DA if you have enough Recharge.
In my own experience with Electric Armor, I prefere to slot Lightning Field with ENDMOD to help keep the end bars of enemies drained with the use of Power Sink, over damage.
So, it's a possible way to build.
However, I LOVE Katana's PBAOE attack (Lotus Drops) because I just love the animation. So I find it hard to passup the attack.
That said, I've made purely single target focused toons, and it hasn't bothered me with soloing or teaming. Even if PvE is more about AOE. -
Quote:Agreed with Billz here.Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
For the record, due to the mistake of posting in this thread in the first place, I'm viewing your posts to properly followup and carry through with my mistake.
Team based archetypes aren't supposed to be "fun" to solo. Thinking otherwise is irrational. I don't like soloing defenders because they aren't designed to solo. I don't like tanks for the same reason. I don't like controllers for the same reason. I don't like stalkers because I don't like Hide.
Lies. I have *proven* that a non-solo based archetype with an obviously pathetic for soloing powerset combination can solo without issue. Is it slow? Yes. By design. Is it "fun" for me? Hell no.
Now listen carefully to this next part because your complete refusal to accept it as fact is the reason I ignore you in the first place:
Team based ATs are team based meaning they don't solo as quickly as the ATs that are designed to solo because they are given tools that are more beneficial to teams. Tools that soloist ATs lack.
Yea, I know... frelling news flash for everyone.
There's a reason I get torn between my solo oriented toons and my team oriented toons.
I can solo my team oriented toons. In fact, I've soloed 0/0 content on different versions of Defenders/Trollers with no enhancements slotted. So I know they can solo. And with slotting, I can solo, and it still doesn't seem as fast as my more solo friendly ATs.
This is one of the reasons I've had a hard time with my main (and namesake) when it comes with concepts. Team friendly ATs you can build to make extremely tough and kick some serious butt, but I never find them to be as tough as my Scrapper.
But no matter how tough I build the more team oriented ATs, they never seem to compare to how tough I can build a scrapper. However, when I play a scrapper on teams, I can't help but think I'd add so much more to the team as say a RAD/DP Defender with the debuffs, at the cost of being a bit more squishy feeling (some of this is due to a lack of mez protection). -
Quote:I've said it once, and I'll say it again. There is nothing wrong with how the END use in this game is handled.Originally Posted by Ultimo_
Well, I've been away for a while, and I've been trying a number of other games. Today, I came back for a bit to see if I wanted to buy Gong Rogue, something I'd been looking forward to. It revealed something to me that I've said before many times.
This game is tedious. Compared to other games, it gets really tired, really fast. I word it that way deliberately, because I'm talking about endurance use.
Characters in this game go through endurance way, way too fast. It's especially bad for characters that rely on toggles, such as Defenders and Tankers, but as a general principle, endurance use is prohibitive. That means we spend a lot of time standing around, either waiting for our endurance to recover, or using one or two powers for fear of running out and detoggling (which usually means instant death, at least at higher levels).
As a rule, it's more fun to be using your powers and fighting the enemy than it is to be standing around, often as a punching bag for the NPCs because you lack the energy to fight back. In no other game is this problem so pronounced. Other games have power usage, but it's prohibitive here.
I've said it before, I'm saying it again. Endurance use needs to be recalibrated. It should still be part of the game, but it should not be so prominent. It's not in keeping with the source material (when was the last time you saw the Thing gasping for breath out of exhaustion), and it's just not fun.
(All comments reflect my opinion. You may disagree, and I welcome any thoughtful posts that do so, but try to avoid flaming. The point here is to see if there is a significant percentage of the population that feels as I do, and if so, to be able to show that to the devs for consideration.)
If you want a game where you you can just go attack non stop, then maybe a MMO isn't your type of game.
Every MMO I've played has some sort of END use style mechanic in play. I've played CO, WoW, FFXI and CoH.
You want to attack non-stop and never rest, then work on your build, take stamina. CoH is no different than any other MMO. People want to keep attacking non-stop. This isn't a CoH exclusive gripe.
And for those who want more realism in the game, it's even more annoying to see this complaint coming from them (not saying you the OP have this complaint just making a point).
"I want realism in the game! And I want more ENDUSE!"
Then grab Stamina.
"I don't want to grab Stamina! I'm tired of taking Fitness on every toon!"
Then from a realistic point of view, your toon isn't fit, and is thusly sucking wind.
"Nu uh...they have such and such power in use"
Oh well then, build better to show it that way. Right now, your robot is low on energy or you mutant concept really just isn't meshing with in game mechanics.
...and tedious? This MMO is really no different than any other MMO i've played in terms of repetitiveness. The question becomes, do you have fun playing it. If you're not. Then take a break from it. -
Quote:The only difference now, is that peope get to tell stories of how it took them 2+ years to get their first 50 to unlock the epics, versus those young wipper snappers who get them the first few days of playing.Originally Posted by Transcendent_One
First off, let me say that I understand there is a tie in between the lvl 20 for epic AT's and the GR expansion this summer.
However if the goal is to attract NEW blood to the game, the last thing I would think we want is to have a group of people who haven't even learned the intricacies of the first 5 AT's as well as the game play.
So far over the past few weeks I have run into many epic AT low levels, and/or PL'd lvl 30/40+'s who have NO idea how to play their character, or how to team well. They alienate themselves due to not having any idea how to play. (not to mention giving epic AT's a bad name)
TOO BAD that this system was placed, and too bad it can't be retro acted upon to go back to 50. GEEZ where is the 1st lvl 50 reward now????
Just because you've played every basic AT to 50, doesn't have anything to do with how good they'll play the epic ATs.
Matter of fact, the VEATS imo are the easiest Epics to play. They're ranged scrappers for the most part, who could be made to hold aggro if built for it.
Unlocking them at lvl 20 means nothing, other than "I had to wait to 50 so everyone else should." when this is brought up. -
Quote:I see where I went wrong. It appears it depends on how much +RCH you have going, and always looking at both of Billz threads, Claws beats out Katana with less recharge, while Katana pulls ahead with more (I think that's how it was...dont want to open a new window for itOriginally Posted by Werner
Actually, Katana's top DPS is higher than Claws, but I figured the Follow Up stacking on Lightning Field would probably make up the difference and pull it slightly ahead.
Looking more closely, using my old Super Reflexes DPS template, Katana is pumping out 242 DPS while Claws languishes at 226 DPS. However, a different chain with 225 DPS keeps Follow Up triple stacked maybe 2/3 of the time. Let's say triple-stacked full time for our first pass, so 3*37.5%*12.5 = 14 damage per tick added by Follow Up, and ticks every 2 seconds. Nope, not going to be enough to make up the difference, and that was exaggerating the buff. Plus Katana has more -resistance going on. So on closer examination, I'm going to change my mind and say that I would expect Katana/Electric to be capable of higher top end DPS. )
I went my Dual Blades/Electric Armor myself. My only question is, can I get by without Stamina and still never run out of END. -
Quote:I think it comes down to more of a teaming situation...Originally Posted by Newty
I kinda disagree on that Smurphy, I myself am a "limited" (as kat would say) build. Ever since day one of me making this character she has been focused on Empath, and only Empathy. With only two attacks from Radiation Blast. Many may say that specialized builds are limiting your contribution. But in my eyes, Heals and Buffing are as equally contributive to a team then damage or holding/controlling/debuffing is.
Okay, they may not exactly be a necessity however they are contributive, just because you don't attack and blow stuff up doesnt make you not contributing. You are merely contributing in some other way.
I do kinda disagree, but meh. I won't hold it against you. It isn't in my nature to do so.
Neutronic Girl is only known for her empathy output, one of the notable empaths on the Union server within certain circles. Some of the points raised in this thread, I do disagree with. But heh, thats just opinions.
Yes, there are times you'll be focusing on the healing aspects of your toon.
But for many, at least in the later levels, this becomes less needed.
Yuo see, the team also has a Cold Dom Troller on the team, shielding everyone and then locking things down.
The tanker's holding aggro.
Scrappers are going nuts.
Even the blaster hardly seems to need the use of the Empath's heal.
So now, the Empath is basically throwing out Fortitude and the Auras (maybe AB), then standing around waiting on one of the blasts to recharge.
Now, its whoevers toon it is, but I have to say, I know when I see an Empath with just one heal in the late game, while I don't kick them from the team, I cringe a bit, even more so when I start teaming and realize the heals aren't really needed.
I cringe even more when I see an AR or Archery Defender with the tier 1, but no tier 9. I mean really, no tier 9?
I have yet to see an Emp/DP with just the tier 1, but I'm sure someone made one.
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Quote:If you really want to go through with this...could just have it happen in a public area invite your friends, and let others show up if they're in the area.Originally Posted by CaptainAmazing
Alright folks I have a question. How many folks is big enough to call a radio station and what kinda incentive is there I should be finding?
My activity? A wedding. Issue? I don't know enough people closely to invite more then. Twenty but I would like to somewhat make it bigger. Does rules and formality demand I make it public open or invite only. Do I individually invite folks or post on thier general boards?*
Then there's the wedding itself. Who plans these things ingame anyway? O.o*
Any ideas to help my head rolling? (of course the wedding is ic and in game )
-C.A.*
I missed an in game friends wedding. And BABs showed up to it. To bad it only lasted a month and got retconned out. :/
Better luck to you though!
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Quote:You have a point, Sam. Statesman isn't related to Dominatrix. He's related to Ms. Liberty. That's two completely different people and he could see them as such.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
What's wrong with wanting to see your granddaughter's lookalike pole dance? It's not like the Statesman is some disintegrating old man gawking at a young girl. Thanks to the magic of comic books, they both look like they're the same age.
Speaking of which, Hequat looks pretty good for a woman that's, what... 50 thousand years old? -
Quote:Well, Claw's top DPS is better than Katana's. Add in FU double stacking for LF (which would be the same damage adding ability for both without FU)...I'd give it to Claws.Originally Posted by Werner
I haven't done a specific comparison, but my money's on Claws/Electric.
But I think you know that.
I think the question would be, which one can get their best DPS easier without sacrificing added defense. -
Quote:Well for normal play (lvl 35+) I found alot of what helps Electric Armor's survivability is getting enemies drained of END quick!Originally Posted by Werner
Heh, we see the same numbers and have opposite reactions. I don't think you're going to have big recharge bonuses out of a survivability-spec'd Katana/Electric. A half heal every, say, 45 seconds doesn't strike me as particularly good. I have a full heal every 15 seconds or so on my Katana/Dark. And while I might go minutes between heals, sometimes I hit it as fast as it comes up. So having Aid Self as your emergency back up heal might be useful, at least if you can pick it up without major sacrifice. On the other hand, if you can make room for Aid Self, you can easily make room for Hasten instead, and get Energize back faster, which might be a better overall choice. So you're probably right.
My Elec/Elec Brute could take on Cims if she could get them drained fast enough. You relied on the resists to get them drained, then recovered as they stopped doing lots of damage.
That was before the heal.
But I also find it alot tough to drain AVs. So PS might not go far enough on AVs to do that. *I dont remember* -
Quote:When they went about nerfing EM. I didn't care about the stun in TF being reduced. Still don't.Originally Posted by Ehina
I never played TA, but I 100% agree with the OP about Energy Melee.
I had a EM/WP brute I liked to play before the nerf (and I dont think it was my most powerful character from far), now she's not fun anymore but feels slow as hell in the single target department, while being totally worthless on the AoE side. My SS/ and SM/ brutes deal the same kind of single target dmg, in a more fluid way, while being much better on the AoE side.
- The ET nerf was really horrible to the set. I wish they would have lowered the dmg a bit, or even better, raised the dmg done to oneself (as it's supposed to be the reason behind such a high DPA attack). And I dont dislike the new animation from a graphic point of view. But the set now has its main 2 big attacks around 3 sec animation time and thus lost most of its fun and fast pace.
- There was no reason to remove the mag 4 stun on TF considering how long is the animation (a very fast seismic smash still holds at mag 4).
From my point of view, it's just one set less to play with. Sad story.
But what you say in the first comment is really it. the set feels slower. I'm hitting dead enemies more often (two attacks versus one).
I even suggested raising the damage done to self to make up for it even more. No go. :/ -
Quote:Since I didnt keep up with the comics when they stopped sending me them free in the mail. I have to know! did it work?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
That was a side effect brought on by the writers probably not getting out quite as often as they should
The real reason was that Statesman wanted to get her to change her evil ways, and to help get her to be more normal, several of the female heroes took her out clubbing - with mixed results -
Quote:Okay. Why'd they kidnap her to just watch her poledance?Originally Posted by VileTerror
Why? To watch her pole dance. We've already gone over this, Brand.
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Quote:Okay. Sooo...Praetoria attacks first. Then Freedom Phalanx goes in. Why did they kidnap Dominatrix?Originally Posted by Nos482
Actually it was only the Freedom Phalanx; and Dominatrix´ kidnapping was just a little side-mission for Statesman. The main reason they went there in the first place was a praetorian attack on Portal Corps and the theft of a device to navigate while dimension hopping...which Tyrant wanted for some kind of conquering plan.
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Quote:I've been toying with KAT/ELA, and I think it can be made OMG uber, as long as you can find the concept to go around the power choices and the influence/patience to build up to it...Originally Posted by Midnight_Hero
So I'm thinking about making my first all out AV soloable toon and wanted to see what people thought of this combo. I ussually build for concept but I want to try building a more min\maxed toon. As I don't farm and play kind casually this would be a work in progress for a while. (I do have a couple 50's so I can help fund him a little) Anyway just looking for advise on this combo both lvling and at 50 with AV soloing\pylon soloing etc the end goal. Thanks in Advance!
With ELA's end recovering ability, I can't help but think END just won't be as big of a concenrn for a Katana/ELA, so it comes down to defenses and DPS.
GC-SD-GC-GD-Repeat I was able to get to, except for a 4.5 second downtime on Hasten...add in roughly 30% defense to melee/smashing/lethal, to stack with the resists and heal, and likely end drain...I can't help but think one wouldn't need the use of Divine Avalanche all that often.
But it's an extremely expensive build...and possibly better can be made...but my goal when looking at it was trying to get the best DPS, and as much Defense as possible.
But another consideration with the build is that to keep the END up to keep running the DPS chain, means redraw and using Energize and Power Sink (And again, I only think the end is sustainable...haven't done the true math on it).
Here's the build, but mind you this was just an excersize in me looking at Mids and seeing what I could come up with (money being no object...I really want to restate that part as I used 7 PvP IOs in the build) and basically just passing time...
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...is Mids correct? Is Fire Blast Really better DPSA than CAK?
Would I be better off replacing CAK with Fire Blast?