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Per Mid's, Devices with 3 Lvl 50 IO To Hit Buffs is 21.99%. I'm not clear on how to interpret that number. Is Mid's accurate? Will the snipe effect round up?

With IOs, Origins really don't matter anymore. You level up to 22, get Level 25 IOs, then get to Level 47 and work on sets or level 50 IOs. SOs was really the only thing that mattered what your Origin was. It would me nice to see some kind of proc effect or interesting buff vs. your opposed Origin and maybe a resist to the same origin or vice versa.

So, taking your build as a foundation, here's what I came up with. I ended up 4 slotting the LotG in the different defense powers because I ended up with extra slots.

I took Stealth because I like the way Stealth + Super Speed + Combat Jumping combine to make an excellent Sneaky/Mobile combination. Not so much for the extra defense.

Getting that many of the LotG Recharge will be crazy expensive, but it will be ok in the meantime.

Comments? Suggestions?

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You've done a good job with the guide. I do have some observations from my WP/Dark tank that might help.

For WP, I took them all. I just couldn't make up my mind. Strength of Will just does a 50% endurance drain, instead of the usual crash, so it isn't the "Auto Death" button that some of the other tank powers are. I slot it for recharge and resist, two each.

I take Resurgence, it's handy, I slot it for EndMod, so when I rez, it gives me back more endurance, which has been my only problem with it. I don't die often, but when I do, it's usually in the middle of a mob, so just carrying wakies doesn't work well for me.

Dark Powers:
Shadow Punch 2 Acc, 2 Dmg and 2 Acc Debuff
Smite 2 Acc, 2 Dmg and 2 Acc Debuff
Shadow Maul 2 Acc, 2 Dmg and 2 Acc Debuff (Yes, the cone is really pointless, but it's melee damage. What can you do?)
Taunt - currently one slotted with Range, but your two slotted with Taunt makes sense.
Siphon Life - It's a heal that hurts mobs. Slotted 2 Acc, 2 Dmg, 1 heal, 1 Acc Debuff (or Rech Redux)
Soul Drain - 2 Acc, 2 Dmg, 2 RechRedux
Dark Consumption - 2 Acc, 2 Dmg, 2 RechRedux
Midnight Grasp - 2 Acc, 2 Dmg, 1 RechRedux, 1 Acc Debuff
Touch of Fear - 2 Acc, 2 Fear (this almost never works on bigger stuff, for my 2 cents, is purely optional. I am respec'ing out of it. Holding a Lt. or Minion isn't very useful to me.)

Boxing, Tough, Weave, Hasten,

I like taking the energy set, Focused Accuracy, Conserve Energy, and the new Physical Perfection (+Recovery, +Regen) make the Fitness Pool moot, and for 1 power instead of three. With Quick Recovery, this is plenty of endurance, and when you get caught without a Kinetics, use Conserve Energy.

The lowest priority powers from either set are Resurgence, Touch of Fear, and Smite or Shadow Maul. I took both, but you can do ok without one of those two.

Hope this helps some.

Good guide, I really like the way you focused on just the Armor half of the set, makes more sense to me.

8/31/06 Patch notes say Lightning Reflexes does boost flight speed.

I would like pointers on Primary & power pools to offset EA's holes.

I am trying a Dark/EA Brute, the heal helps a little, but not sure it's worth it. He's only 10th, so not sure yet. Medicine maybe?

What about travel powers? I am tempted to use SS, with the rocket pack and jump packs for vertical travel, but was already starting with Fly (just cause I like to fly).

Do I still need Acrobatics? Is this Pool Power better than Grounded? For PvP do I need both?

I am mostly wanting to build towards PvP. So I think I want a lot of resist, some sneaky, and one shot damage/disorient, so I also have Energy/EA. So far, I like Energy/EA a little bit more than Dark/EA, but Dark's better attacks seem to some later in the set. But for PvP, knocking off toggles seems more important than ToHit Debuff. Thoughts?

I am also trying Concealment, but it doesn't seem to work very well, maybe stacked with Super Speed?

Suggestions?

These are my thoughts EXACTLY.

As an event it rocked.

Snowballs are way fun.
Ice Skating is very entertaining!

Cupid and the Evil Shamrock are around the corner. Now I actually look forward to all of those Hallmark Holidays.

Will one Tough Mother roam the streets on Mother's Day? Will the steet workers riot on Labor Day? What about the Evil Menace of the Dead Presidents? OOOooooh I can't wait to find out!

Some friends of mine quit CoH to try out EQ II. The rest of us have been telling them about the WL event. Now they are being all whiney because EQ doesn't do that.

The reason we play these games is because they are supposed to be fun! These events may have some issues, but so what? I think there almost NEEDS to be a way to occasionally power level guys so you can try out different character classes. I've been playing since the game went GA, and my highest guy is only 34th. A couple are in their 20s. most of them I get to about 15-20th then decide to try something different.

I've played almost every MMORPG since Island of Kesmai on CompuServ, and this one is more fun than any of them. I get lost of cool powers, I fight bad guys, and wear spandex. How can I go wrong?