Dechs Kaison
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What Scene is referring to is the AI. The AI will not use its heal unless it can get the full effect off. If the heal is 800 HP, and your drone is missing 799 points, he won't be healed. What tends to happen is the bot then dies without ever getting the heal. The recharge on the heal is fast, so smaller heals more often do better for you.
Anyway, the way I slot depends on "budget."
SOs/Common IOs: 1 ACC, 1 END, 2 DMG, 2 DEF
Set IOs: Blood Mandate (priority to triples) and 2 DEF common IOs.
Purple IOs: The three purples that didn't go into Assbot, plus a Blood Mandate ACC/DMG/END, plus 2 DEF common IOs. -
This makes me want to know what a team of all empathy/sonic defenders could do. All the stacking forts and ABs and RAs and -res...
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Quote:I'm the sort of person who would, and you've seen my play my MFing Warshade.Originally Posted by seebs
I just saw the link in your sig.
This is awesome. I am not sure whether I'd play it, but I'd sure love to be on a team with the sort of person who would!
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No, you have to be a villain and do a patron arc to unlock patron pools. After that, you can become a hero and still have the patron powers unlocked, however.
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Quote:True. I really don't consider anything before GDN and ED, though. Actually, basically anything in the Jack era of balance was broken one way or another.Originally Posted by Rad_Avenger
Depends on what time period you're looking at, and what comparison points you're using.
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Quote:Just popping in here to say two quick things.Originally Posted by Alevan
Heya. I have a BS/DA Scrapper and long ago, it was said Dark Armor sucked.
But NOW, I heard they fixed it and Dark Armor is really good.
Dark Armor has never sucked. Any previous sucking was due to operator error.
Nothing has been done to "fix" Dark Armor since the endurance reduction of the toggles when it was changed so that you could turn all toggles on at once. -
Quote:S'alright, I can't fault you for it. I did the bubble farms back in the day. Sadly, all the characters I PL'd in that manner have been deleted. For some reason I can't stick with a character after PLing it. I think I need that slow level up process to not only get acquainted with the powersets, but to actually gain an appreciation and attachment to the character.Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome
Right at the moment I have WAY too many half finished projects in the 25-35 range; a couple of them monkey babies. Yeah, I confess, I took advantage of that to PL a few sets I wanted to try into the mid-20's. Sometime I'll get around to actually playing them.
Look at it this way: I wanted a bow and arrow as a kid. My dad bought me one, and I loved it for a week. Then I never touched it. My cousin wanted a bow and arrow. His dad bought him dowel rods and string so my cousin could build a bow and arrows. Then, after the kid figured out how to make a good one and shoot it, his dad bought him a bow and arrow. He still uses the bought one and is even learning to hunt. -
Quote:Just tested this; you are incorrect. My Warshade has inherent fitness, and I was able to shift into both forms and keep my fitness powers, both in my buff bar and in my combat attributes.Originally Posted by Legion_of_One
No one has posted anything post I19 to point out that the inherent fitness that we were told would be available in Kheldian forms is not actually working that way.
The buff icons drop when you change forms, and the numbers drop from combat attributes. So, did Castle actually screw up , or is this working as intended? Maybe this is a known bug?
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Quote:Never said your stony couldn't teleport. I said stone tanks are very lacking in maneuverability.Originally Posted by dave_p
So... your DA's allowed to TP, but my Stony's not?
Just because I say teleport is invaluable, that isn't saying I use teleport as my sole means of travel. Keep in mind how impractical it is to teleport 100 feet. I can combat jump that far faster, thanks to the animation time.
Yeah, you may think I'm going over the top. The best built Stone Armor will survive longer than even the best built Dark Armor, all other things being equal. Don't forget, though, that Stone Armor would have to survive twice as long for it to mean anything, because Soul Transfer allows for a get-out-of-defeat-free-and-stun-everything-near-me. Once I can survive longer than Soul Transfer recharges, there's nothing that can defeat me and make me lose aggro.Quote:Originally Posted by dave_p
Hey, all the love for DA, and I'm getting mine to E/N cap too (already had S/L from long ago), and I know just how survivable they are. It's not going to touch Stone at the very top. That very top is rarely needed, granted, and DA is more fun to play for the most part, but let's not get too full of our love for DA, shall we?
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Quote:Didn't have room for them...Originally Posted by Rylas
I thought you didn't take the mez toggles... or am I remembering wrong?
UNTIL INHERENT FITNESS!
Now I have OG, coupled with quicksand from the epic to keep them from wandering far, both one slot wonders.
I also added teleport, which I have found absolutely invaluable to tanking. Clogged door? Teleport. Slows? Teleport. Caltrops? Teleport. Master of disables ninja run? Teleport. -
Quote:Yes it does.Originally Posted by Terror1
it does not work in fire imps
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I just rerolled my peacebringer as a rad/nrg blaster; I colored all the powers blue/white. He's only level 16, but so far it's been a blast. He plays a bit like a scrapper, what with irradiate and more melee attacks than ranged ones (I skipped the eye blast). Energy Punch and Bone Smasher do heaps of damage and stun occasionally to boot.
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Second best nothing. All the survivability in the world means nothing if you can't get where you're going.
Try Dark Armor.
My DA tank is softcapped to S/L/E/N defense and has over 85% resistance to psionic. Dark Armor has the best self heal in the game on a 30 second base recharge (enhanceable to 15, possible to push farther), is practically immune to endurance drain and recovery debuffs, has a perception buff and resistance to debuff, can mez enemies around it in two different ways, and on top of it all, doesn't even die the first time. -
I just tested it, and the fortune buffs do carry over into forms.
I imagine the thought process is that you cannot buff yourself with fortune. -
This was brought up a while ago. Here is Castle's response.
Quote:Originally Posted by Castle
Temporary Powers do not function in Crab or Squid form. -
One thing I didn't see mentioned: The stun/fear wears off long before the taunt duration expires. You shouldn't care if mobs wander. They are still taunted and will come right back.
Yes, OG and CoF have their own taunt auras (at least for tanks). They don't amplify each other, but even running just OG will taunt enemies. -
Quote:Yeah, but I'll bet he was an arrogant jackhole.Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
One of the best Tankers I've ever met was Dark Armor.
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Have you seen my guide? Give it a read through, I'm sure it'll help. The link is in my signature.
If you don't have Gravitic Emanation, that's probably one of your major problems. Being able to stun 10 targets and bunch them up for a Sunless Mire is pretty MFing good. -
Quote:Fix'd.Originally Posted by Castle
Here, we're Super Powered and it's a pretty good bet that your DPS isn't too low.
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I would say Stone Armor, if only because LR is a second teleport.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Griff Mender
Maybe I'm just defensive about it because I truly enjoy playing my PB. Its a really fun toon to play...Don't get me wrong guys, I'm one of the people that used to love playing my PB. If you look back in the thread, you'll see my exact thoughts. Life as a PB was amazing until about level 40.Quote:Originally Posted by Timeshadow
I'm with ya Gruff and I'm willing to bet the rest of the posters to this thread are too. We love playing our PBs; that's exactly why we wanna see them get a tune up...
What happened at 40 was, I believe, epic powers. Blasters were getting resistance or defense shields and scrappers and tanks were getting control powers and fireball. Suddenly everyone was a jack of all trades and a master of one.
The only thing going though my head was "What the hell? I thought I paid for this versatility because it was too powerful, and now everyone has it." -
Not anymore, Cainus. Welcome to i19.
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Quote:You are missing most of the argument here. It's not that they don't do the damage of a scrapper/blaster and can't out tank a tank.Originally Posted by Griff Mender
Maybe I'm missing it (a distinct possibility) but why does a toon have to be the best at something to be fun? So, the PB doesnt out damage a scrapper or blaster, it doesnt out tank a tank. Ok. So? It can't be fun?
It's that they can't be enough of a tank for the not enough of a scrapper/blaster they can be.
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I've managed to do alright with Dark/Fire but I constantly wish I had more mitigation in my secondary. Elec or stone particularly, for all the reasons above. Knockdown and stuns will help a lot.
Kinetic Melee is another good choice, as the -dmg stacks nicely on the already resisted damage you're taking. As a bonus, the synergy between Power Siphon and Death Shroud is excellent.
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Quote:Good, because you're not understanding a lot about Kheldians.Originally Posted by Bounty_Assist
That is all I will say.
The level requirement was already lowered from 50 because it was a mistake to set it there. The level gate kept the population very low. I've only seen the number of kheldians increase since the level was lowered.
Epic means tied to story, not overperforming.
Warshades do not need a buff. I'd like the transformations to happen faster, but that's just my thoughts.
Peacebringers do need some work. That much I'll agree with you on.