Dechs Kaison

Steelclaw never ceases to deliver pure comedy.

PLEASE someone make this into an MA Arc. I will play it repeatedly.

Please add the link in my sig. It's a guide explaining the benefits of hitting the soft cap with defense, backed up by probability and statistical analysis.

Thanks!

I'd like to add that epic does not mean, should not mean, and never was intended to mean "better" than other ATs.

If you PL'd to 50 just to get an "epic" thinking you'd be über... you're going to be sorely disappointed with the VEATs and HEATs.

No one's mentioned it, but you should put the Achilles Heel chance for -resist in there somewhere.

1. MM's don't need to worry about set bonuses so much because they only apply to you, not your henchmen.

2. That being said, you're pretty much going about this the wrong way entirely. When it comes to slotting your henchmen, you want to put an Achilles heel -resist proc in all three. Split the purple set up to help you slot all three tiers to the ED cap for accuracy and damage. Then find a place to put the unique defense aura and resist aura. This is doable if you frankenslot (use mixed sets). Three acc/damage is equivilant to two acc and two damage.

3. Acid mortar could use some accuracy and definitely an Achilles Heel -resist proc. Seeker drones could use some accuracy as well. You are way overslotting the -tohit. Frankenslot some stun too.

4. You really don't need your personal attacks. Seriously, they don't do enough damage at levels above 20 to make a difference. Take the presence pool for provoke. It'll save your henchmen.

5. Since you seem to have an infinite amount of infamy, get a Panacea chance for +heal/+end and put it in triage beacon. It's a PvP IO, but it has the chance to proc every 10s on anyone in range of the Triage Beacon, including you. Speaking of +end procs, put the one in Stamina.

6. SLOT CALTROPS!!!! Caltrops can take sets from PBAoE and Targetted AoE, which means you can have six procs in it. SIX! If you want to do damage, this is how.

7. I don't know why you don't like webnade. It's useful against bosses to keep them from running. Even if you don't think you'll fight AV's, you will see elite bosses. Frankenslot some accuracy, endurance, recharge, and immobilize. This power is needed.

Semi-old news by now, but I'm excited nonetheless.

We'll be able to summon and equip before going into the missions, so ambushes and door patrols aren't a problem anymore.

We won't slow the team down at the start of every mission!

I won't have to worry about that nasty end sink at the beginning of every solo mission.

And most importantly: Group fly is now useful! I used to have it for BotZ bonuses, but now it'll be really useful all the time.

Freespecs don't stack. If you have one, and an issue comes out and you didn't use it, you don't get a new one. I'm guessing it has to do more with the code not allowing more than one freespec, so this is not likely to get implemented.

I do, however, support this idea. Freespecs are always nice.

I'm going to echo most of what these guys have said. My first MM was bots/bubble. At level 44, I walked away from my computer during a solo fight with a downgraded AV. The fight was over when I came back and I hadn't lost.

Bots/FF is incredibly tough to kill, and you don't really need stamina until you're rocking all three leadership toggles and dispersion bubble.

Level 24 is pretty tough. The whole 18-25 levels suck pretty bad. No Assbot, only one Protector for most of it so he's not shielded, and scrapyarders. Bloody scrapyarders. I routinely go back as a high level just to kill scrapyarders for fun.

Once you get to 26, things get a lot better. You will only have the AoE of the Assbot's flamethrower, but it's still something... Once you hit 32, life becomes easy street. Not only do you have MASSIVE AoE damage, but your prot bots get -tohit seekers which compounds on your defenses. Use force bolt and force bubble to position enemies for maximum burn patch damage. You will love this build. No doubts, you're going to love it.

You know, there's something written here. There has to be.

But all I read was "whine whine whine."

We're all getting cool stuff. I'll bet scrappers complained when the devs added all the stalker buffs to bring their crit rate on teams above scrappers, but it was still something good being added for someone. Quit your ********.

As I'm typing this, it appears that I will be first.

Alas, I know this to not be true.

Either way, it was a great read.

Thanks as always SC.

EDIT: Holy crap! I was first!