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Thanks guys, all of this is very useful. I'm hearing the whole stealth,invis path for 3 lotg but I can't bring myself to drop tactics which I consider to be an absolute necessity for my domi who lacks any other form of acc boost bar a kismet. Also tactics helps my pet.

I'm slotting an earth\earth domi and I've put my kinetic crashes in stone mallet and heavy mallet as well as water spout. I had to take it out of earthquake since it was bouncing them out of the area of affect grrrr...

Still, I've managed to squeeze enough rech to get dom down to 70 seconds. Truth be told, I can't stop playing it like a brute, hold target + seismic smash ftw!

Thanks, I'm at the BM as I type this

Hi,

Mids allows me to slot 5 sets of Kinetic Crash which gives 7.5% recharge anf further allows me to slot 2 Lotg 7.5% recharge enhancements - WITHOUT going over the limit for 7.5% recharge bonuses.

Does this mean that the Lotg is NOT counted as a set bonus and in theory you could slot another 5 of them or is Mids wrong. (In the final figures, Mids says i get 37.5% from the Kinetic crashes and a further 15% from the 2 Lotg's

Help would be appreciated before I go ahead and spend some inf

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but is anyone running an Earth Domi and would it make sense to put this proc in there or does it only have a chance to fire off when you use the power and not once the power is activated?

Help would be appreciated.

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Fix ET bug

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There's an ET bug?

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Yeah, my game locks for about 2.67 secs every time I use it. Anyone else having this problem?

Fix ET bug

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not what i ment, You have 3 more powers after that nade, none of them have sets in that give any recharge what so ever?

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Sorry if was not clear, none of my other powers above 40 give 10% recharge or any recharge bar other than Web Nade.

Anyway, bonus rules aside, I made some ammendments to your build (hope you don't mind). I'm not sure its perfect but I'm sure others here can point out the faults

a)
Removed the slot for ACC from fire cages (with 5 purple sets, you wont be needing that in there), put it in Stamina and put the Perfomance Shifter +END in there. This way it will have more chance of going off and if I'm not mistaken, if you put it in SPD BOOST, it'll give the +END to your target and not yourself.

b)
Slotted up Tough with 4 x Imp. Armour - can never have too much end imo

c)
Swapped Cinders with Flashfire, kept Purple set in Cinders but swapped Hold/End for Acc/Rech. You are a kin, if you're desparate then you've got the tools for +end and an aoe hold is worth having up asap.

d)
Slotted set of Stupefy in Flashfire - it's all about the recharge baby! Oh yeah it's also about the recovery!!

e)
Slotted Mind over Body in same way as Tough, see above.

f)
Removed a slot from Hot Feet and put it in Health, slotted Health with 2 uniques. RECOVERY !!!!!! (I also figured with 5 purple sets intedned, expense wasn't a consideration in this build)

g)
Removed slot from Pet Set and put it in Super Speed, Hami'd up - nothing like capped speed !!

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.4006
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Level 50 Mutation Controller
Primary Power Set: Fire Control
Secondary Power Set: Kinetics
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Psionic Mastery

Hero Profile:
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Level 1: Char Apoc-Dmg:50(A), Apoc-Dmg/Rchg:50(3), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(3), Apoc-Acc/Rchg:50(5), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx:50(5)
Level 1: Transfusion Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx:50(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg:50(7), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg:50(7), Dct'dW-Rchg:50(17), Dct'dW-Heal:50(31), Acc-I:50(31)
Level 2: Fire Cages Ragnrk-Dmg:50(A), Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg:50(19), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(19), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg:50(23), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx:50(23)
Level 4: Ring of Fire GravAnch-Immob:50(A), GravAnch-Immob/Rchg:50(17), GravAnch-Immob/EndRdx:50(29), GravAnch-Hold%:50(29), GravAnch-Acc/Rchg:50(42)
Level 6: Hurdle Jump-I:50(A)
Level 8: Hot Feet Armgdn-Dmg:50(A), Armgdn-Dmg/Rchg:50(9), Armgdn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(9), Armgdn-Acc/Rchg:50(15), Armgdn-Dam%:50(15)
Level 10: Siphon Speed Acc-I:50(A), Acc-I:50(11), RechRdx-I:50(11), RechRdx-I:50(31), RechRdx-I:50(43)
Level 12: Hasten RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(13), RechRdx-I:50(13)
Level 14: Super Speed HO:Micro(A), HO:Micro(50)
Level 16: Health Numna-Regen/Rcvry+:50(A), Mrcl-Rcvry+:40(25)
Level 18: Cinders UbrkCons-Hold:50(A), UbrkCons-Acc/Rchg:50(34), UbrkCons-Hold/Rchg:50(37), UbrkCons-Acc/Hold/Rchg:50(40), UbrkCons-Dam%:50(46)
Level 20: Stamina P'Shift-EndMod:50(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg:50(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:50(21), P'Shift-End%:50(25), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc:50(34)
Level 22: Speed Boost EndMod-I:50(A)
Level 24: Boxing EndRdx-I:50(A)
Level 26: Tough ImpArm-ResDam:40(A), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(27), ImpArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(27), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(43)
Level 28: Weave LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(A)
Level 30: Flashfire Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg:50(A), Stpfy-Acc/Rchg:50(40), Stpfy-EndRdx/Stun:50(40), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx:50(46), Stpfy-Stun/Rng:50(50)
Level 32: Fire Imps S'bndAl-Dmg:50(A), S'bndAl-Dmg/Rchg:50(33), S'bndAl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(33), S'bndAl-Acc/Rchg:50(33), S'bndAl-Dmg/EndRdx:50(34)
Level 35: Transference Efficacy-EndMod:50(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg:50(36), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:50(36), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg:50(36), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc:50(37), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx:50(37)
Level 38: Fulcrum Shift RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(39), Acc-I:50(39), Acc-I:50(39), RechRdx-I:50(46)
Level 41: Indomitable Will RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(42), RechRdx-I:50(42), LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(43)
Level 44: Mind Over Body ImpArm-ResDam:40(A), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx:40(45), ImpArm-ResDam/Rchg:40(45), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:40(45)
Level 47: Psionic Tornado Posi-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx:50(48), Posi-Dmg/Rchg:50(48), Posi-Dmg/Rng:50(48), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(50)
Level 49: Inertial Reduction EndRdx-I:50(A)
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Level 1: Brawl Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest Empty(A)
Level 1: Containment



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It's the only purple set I have above 40.

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Was there really a need for this statement?
Furthermore, when I'm malefactored to lev 40, my 10% recharge from my purple'd Patron webnade (lev 41) instantly disappears from my combat attributes lowering my 207.5% recharge to a measily 197.5%. If you are correct, can you explain my data please?

Awaiting more arrogance ... Hilarious

Hi Mate,

The game wont allow you to have a particular set bonus any more than 5 times. That means, if an io set grants a 10% recharge, you have that bonus 4 more times. Similarly if you slotted a set that gives 1.88% max health bonus (which is common amongst quite a few sets) you would only be able to slot 4 more of ANY set that gave that bonus, even though the bonus was from a completely different TYPE of set.

In your case, uve got 7 purple sets (hope you've robbed a bank btw) and your attempt to gain a 70% recharge bonus has been limited by the game's "cap" to only allow you to have 5 of that particular bonus i.e. 5 x 10% rech bonus - even if the bonuses come from DIFFERENT sets.

My opinion would be to drop the pet set (its sucks anyway) and drop the stun set as you can gain 6.25% recharge from Stupefy Stun Set and its reasonbly cheap. Its good to have the purple sets in your earlier powers as they'll work even when malefactored (as long as you have the power - hence purples better in early powers) Can you take Cinders earlier??

Hope this helps, let me know if unclear.

You're kidding with that build right?? You do realise that you get 2 powersets on each char?

TF Farmer and proud. Stop calling for nerfs, the devs have shown that they lack a bit of common sense in this area (cough cough .. ET ...) and are a little heavy handed. If you don't wanna run it in 10 mins then don't, personally I like the challenge of seeing how quick I can run a TF, not everyone likes to play the game like you. Some of us have done all the TF's many times over and properly with our first toons and all we want is the recipe, so that we can io up some pvp project that we cant be bothered to level. If I do that, what business is it of yours? U pay ure subs I pay mine, u play your game, I play mine.

Quit your job, come TF farm with me. By the time I'm done with you, you'll think Archus is the only AV in the game and that purples are the only insps. (Dont you just love the Ouroubrous Portal)

Eden trial for CoV plx.

Oh yeah:

Your mobile phone is only used to find out if your mate d/c'ed

With regards to the thigh highs and patent leather, take it to mean you try to get ure wife to dress up like your toons (my preffered being those costume items )

Got bored waiting for servers to come online so here we are:

10) All of your friends' name's are shortened versions of their main toon.

9) You have a mandatory PC running Mids at all times and every toon you make has been prepared on Mids to 50 with a full io build before you've even logged on.

8) The pain in your wrists that troubled you a few years ago is now the only thing that tells you your still alive.

7) What people are wearing in the street serves only as inspiration for your next character's cossie.

6) You start telling tell your friends/spouse/kids that you're afk or you'll brb.

5) You try to encourage your wife/girlfriend to wear thigh high boots and patent leather outfits.

4) You're best friends with Katie Hannon and the Ice Mistral.

3) You thanked the one above when they decided to give extra slots last in the last issue.

2) You've actually stopped speaking to people in team chat ... it affects your xp/time.

and...

1) The idea of a threesome involves you logging on an alt.


Please feel free to add some more, I'm sure they'll be more accurate and funnier.

True, but I usually apply that unwritten rule if I happen to catch someone 1v1 or its an agreed duel. When its 3-4 heroes vs 1 villain you cant moan if I pop and insp or 2 (or 20) in order to survive and perhaps fight back. I've dealt with blasters who pop a load of reds and come to nova me and that's fair enough, they'll get one shot at it and if they fail to kill me (nova vs 90% eng res :s ) then they've wasted all their insps and have to zone.

Like I saidm the rules of PVP are essentially laid down by the devs i.e what is possible ... is possible. Unwritten rules? sure but only when I want a challenge

What can I say, I'm sorry that you and 2 other heroes were attacking me and that I felt like popping a few purples and yellows, reds, greens etc.

Man if every time I moaned when a blaster/troller popped a break free when I web-naded them, I'd begin to sound like my misses.

It's PvP, there are no rules other than the ones the Devs have coded into the game. If you're a hero and I'm in the mood - I'm taking you down, with or without my accolades/tier9/arachnos heavy melee ftw! elite bosses and big fat reds/greens/purples/oranges and yellows I so graciously receive from executing every type of longbow warden the game has to offer - again and again and again.

For the record, I walked away from that battle unscathed

Mother's Love - I'm waiting

Golden Girl, you are hereby banned from making any posts on this forum P.S. Sorry for the mistaken identity, loose hair ftw!

Hi,

On the first day this was available, around 20 of us got creamed (from miles away) attempting this on UNION.

Has anyone taken him down yet? (photographic evidence please )

If not, I am interested in doing this one week. I have seen a post in the US forums about doing this on Villains and there seems to be a pretty good gameplan (link to follow).

Please respond if you are interested - it will take a few weeks to get this together if the response is big enough.

Meanwhile, check this post out from the US forums:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....=20#Post8454526

So glad to see that my original post has digressed into many flaming wars, boy am i glad i read through of all of this to discover what is and what isnt a science, because there aren''t any other websites on the net that could give me that kind of information.

Still, nice to see 85 responses on one of my threads

Have fun PVPing guys and like i said before, they are just pixels.

Yeah, I noticed this last night when there came a point that I just couldn't score a single hit on anyone cos they all had such great def buffs.

If you think about some classic PVP builds (RAD/PSI and ?/STORM they centre around killing the opponents to-hit. If you've got focused acc etc you're ok but Villains lack such buffs and if you see a brute with tactics, well lets just say I haven;t seen that many.

It would be interesting, maybe it would encourage to fight more tactically if the playing field was more level.

Hi,

Just wanted to say thanks to all those who rose to the challenge and came to RV last night to hand my vitals parts to me on a plate. I haven't seen that many people in RV since test server granted us all LV50s.

It eventually turned into an EVIL vs Gathering fight with some harsh lessons in PVP combat perhaps more for the red-side than the blue.

674 or whatever your name is, (blaster - cold/eng) you've got a deadly blaster although I did wonder what would happen if I met you with my brute in a dark alley and your emp defender was busy straighting his hair Anyway ty for the fun guys, PVP like that is a rarity for me in this game (probably cos I've spent the last 2 years levelling my chars)

We'll do it gain sometime.

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to put in my two cents I dont see how people can brag at one on one PvP when the system is designed to be balanced for teamplay and PvP respeccing out my main would gimp its PvE effectiveness.

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There are many facets to this game, some enjoy pure PVE play, some 1v1 PVP and some Team Based PVP. There is an intelligence in designing a build that goes the distance. The 1v1 match is exciting and prestigious. I'll admit, I prefer pitching brutes,scrappers and tankers against each other as opposed to other classes but again, just a personal preference and tbh after I've spent a year, well over 200 million inf and countless hours designing a super build in MIDS shouldn't I be allowed some bragging rights when I take down another brute/tanker/scrapper or any class for that matter.

I don't think the "system is designed" for anything as specific as what you had in mind, the creative freedom that this game allows (chest slider included ) is what I find great about this game. Hell I know some people who get excited about Gladiator matches and wont even want to lose one for fear of their stats being affected (no names mentioned that would be "evil") btw, Gladiator matches are really fun !!

Is the system designed for making a character, levelling it up to a mediocre level and sitting in the chalet RPing all day?? Well, again, its all a matter of personal preference. The DEVS certainly didn't encode anything to stop that kind of behaviour did they? (although sometimes I wish they would have).

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The title says it all but I'm still wetting myself over the tanker I attacked and killed late last night in RV.

Amazed that I actually detoggled him (he was stone I am EM/ELA) he starts saying all sorts of nasty things in broadcast. Apparantly he was farming and I quote "really needs the infamy" and he took time out to thank me for "nothing".

Anyway, if you wanna take the easy route (like I did) and farm/level in RV (2 purples so far) make sure you can handle yourself (and your emotions) when I come and wtfpwn you with my brute.

For others who read this post, I'm getting kind of lonely and the competition from the blue side has been ... pretty weak. Bring it on!

Just be a good sport when you win or lose, they are pixels after all.

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if he was in granite you didnt detoggle him, granite has mag 21.65 mez protection, thow in rooted and its mag 34 which to put it in context is over 3x brute mez powers and just under 3x other tanker mez powers. Its hard enough to stack em stuns over tankers normal mag 13 mez protection (but is possible) so I would assume he clicked the wrong button.

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Yeah, I was wondering that as well but if u factor a heavy into the equation, its not totally impossible (assuming he didn't have rooted on - possible since he thought he was alone in the zone and would have needed all the endurance he could get to fight the turrets). Is it rooted that gives the massive regen bonus as well because I managed to take him down pretty quickly?

I'm not saying for sure that I was responsible for detoggling him but I did land a hit on him and his granite disappeared and the stun aura appeared around his head (signs of a classic detoggle) Also, the likelyhood of a level 50 tanker accidentaly turning off his mez is surely less than me and my heavy stacking 20 points of mez on him (I'm also spamming web envelope). I am very well slotted for recharge (crushing impacts x 4, lighting reflexes and hasten). Also, you can have 1000,000 points of mez protection but if you have no endurance then you have no mez and I have power sink and lighting field both of which drain end and I did catch him mid battle. Do the turrets do -def? cos that would mean that the heavy had no problem scoring hits on him, increasing his chances of the mez being stacked and being detoggled.

Again I was amazed that his shields dropped.

For the record, I agree with everything Mother's Love has said. There is a general code that one should follow in PvP. An easy kill is fun - once, after that it's just plain nasty if they dont attack back and really no fun to kill them again (is there a badge for reputation - then it might be necessary to kill them again ) I'm generally pretty well mannered and if someone gives me a good fight I'll tell them so (without trying to patronize them )
As for Magneto - I have been known to defeat my enemy and carry on farming as if they are not there when they come rushing back for revenge and when I am done killing the longbow in the area take the time out to send them back to hospital.

Still waiting for some decent spandex to show up

@Blaps - living in RV at the moment.

The title says it all but I'm still wetting myself over the tanker I attacked and killed late last night in RV.

Amazed that I actually detoggled him (he was stone I am EM/ELA) he starts saying all sorts of nasty things in broadcast. Apparantly he was farming and I quote "really needs the infamy" and he took time out to thank me for "nothing".

Anyway, if you wanna take the easy route (like I did) and farm/level in RV (2 purples so far) make sure you can handle yourself (and your emotions) when I come and wtfpwn you with my brute.

For others who read this post, I'm getting kind of lonely and the competition from the blue side has been ... pretty weak. Bring it on!

Just be a good sport when you win or lose, they are pixels after all.

I've been working on this question for a bit now and I've been levelling an ENG/ELEC viciously for pvp purposes.
There are a few holes but they can be filled with IO's.

There is, however. no better feeling than fighting a tank and detoggling him cos hes got so much stuns stacked on him, taking the time out to 2 shot that annoying blaster trying to jump on his bandwagon and then watch the tank run away - and thats at level 35 vs lev 50 tank. Cant wait to get this one up to lev 50. It is a flavour of the month build but that doesn't mean it isn't fun. Roll with a speed booster or a thermal rad corr and you'll see what I mean. Get aid self in there though, im struggling without it in PVP because I wanted air sup for pve purposes while i levelled. Take hasten superspeed and combat jumping for io purposes (stealth/+to-hit/+runspeed etc.) Make one and spend every hour thinking about how to squeeze that bit more out of it.

Currently I'm working on a build that when done will have +46% acc bonuses from IO's as well as +47.5 recharge (lightining reflexes + crushing impact bonuses + lotg +recharge) 117.5& rech including hasten. My Energy transfer will be up in seconds and thats not including base buffs before a good pvp session (also force of nature +20% rech)

Watch this space.