Deevian

This is kind of the biggest fear I have with this build. I guess I'm going to have to get my brute close to 75% fire resist and see how bad it is. But I'm hoping perma DP can offset the difference.

All the information can indeed be found here:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...aker%27s+guide

But, it did probably present a bit too much information and wasn't exactly clear about everything so here:


Start off by by typing :
/bind_save

This will save your current bindings to a file called keybinds.txt in your default CoH folder.


Then save this following file in your C:\Program Files\City of Heroes
(assuming default installation path). So you just create a standard text file named damage.txt, copy the following text into the file then save it.


w "+forward$$inspcombine insight enrage$$inspcombine luck enrage$$inspcombine catch_a_breath enrage$$inspcombine respite enrage$$inspcombine sturdy enrage$$inspcombine break_free enrage$$inspcombine awaken enrage"
a "+left$$inspcombine keen_insight focused_rage$$inspcombine good_luck focused_rage$$inspcombine take_a_breather focused_rage$$inspcombine dramatic_improvement focused_rage$$inspcombine rugged focused_rage$$inspcombine emerge focused_rage"
d "+right$$inspcombine uncanny_insight righteous_rage$$inspcombine phenomenal_luck righteous_rage$$inspcombine second_wind righteous_rage$$inspcombine resurgence righteous_rage$$inspcombine robust righteous_rage$$inspcombine escape righteous_rage"
space "+up$$inspcombine bounce_back focused_rage$$inspcombine restoration righteous_rage"
mousechord "inspexecname righteous_rage$$inspexecname focused_rage$$inspexecname enrage"



So now you should have a file called damage.txt in your coh folder with the above text copied into it.

Set a macro/hotkey to, or simply type it out :
/bind_load_file damage.txt

This will load the macro, note this version of the macro works off of you movement keys, so as you move around you automatically combine your inspirations.

Also note this version also combines ALL inspirations into reds, if you want one, such a purples then simply remove those from the macro:

For instance this is a version that does not combine purples:

w "+forward$$inspcombine insight enrage$$inspcombine catch_a_breath enrage$$inspcombine respite enrage$$inspcombine sturdy enrage$$inspcombine break_free enrage$$inspcombine awaken enrage"
a "+left$$inspcombine keen_insight focused_rage$$inspcombine take_a_breather focused_rage$$inspcombine dramatic_improvement focused_rage$$inspcombine rugged focused_rage$$inspcombine emerge focused_rage"
d "+right$$inspcombine uncanny_insight righteous_rage$$inspcombine second_wind righteous_rage$$inspcombine resurgence righteous_rage$$inspcombine robust righteous_rage$$inspcombine escape righteous_rage"
space "+up$$inspcombine bounce_back focused_rage$$inspcombine restoration righteous_rage"
mousechord "inspexecname righteous_rage$$inspexecname focused_rage$$inspexecname enrage"

Set another macro/type in:
/bind_load
to turn off the macro

This will undo it by loading your default bindings(the keybinds.txt you save at the beginning of the process)

one last thing, the binds also set the mousechord(both mouse buttons) to pop red inspirations.

This post confuses me, there have been numerous and specific posts in this thread that directly deals with this problem with blaster farming. First blasters get an AE immobilize with redside PPPs, secondly they can pick provoke, which, while far from optimum, can be made to do work.

Moving on, I don't like the Rad/Fire build. It has no self heal, does not have significant defenses and will just die in an ambush farm without some serious purp/orange/green inspiration usage. It would probably be a good build for a more general purpose blaster than can do non-ambush style AE farms, but it will never hold a candle brute farming, which is my aspiration here.

But lets be serious here, if blaster is going to be a truly phenomenal farmer, we have to tip the scales in it's favor by putting into place some very specific conditions that will allow a potential blaster farmer to excel.

First it has to be able to do ambush farms, they are by far the most efficient type.

Secondly, the most reasonable method of gaining enough defense to survive in a ambush farm is by using vengeance, this means I am not only narrowing the scope of this build to farming only, but specifically the type of farming that you have lower level(and dead) characters constantly in tow. This really is the best chance of success.

For instance, take a look at the following build.

It flies in the face of common slotting, to be sure. First of all, it assumes perma-vengeance, so lets just be clear on that. I also have two purps in it, which I think are normally a red flag for farming builds, but they are cheaper purps and this really isn't a conventional "farm" build, but more of a power leveling build with a somewhat different focus.

It has amazing defenses:
45 S/L, without popping a single purple, it also has 40+ to all positional.
45.5 Smash resist, 43 lethal resist. Within a few oranges of softcap. My farming brute has absolutely no problem keeping 4 purps up an entire farm run, keeping 3 oranges should not at all be a problem here. DP is going to take care of any endurance and patch healing problems we might have as well.

This means it would be very easy to spend the entire farm at softcap def and max resist with perma DP granting enormous regen/recovery. These are the requirements to survive a ambush farm and this build accomplishes that.

The build also has quite good recharge:
106% before hasten. Enough that hasten only needs one slot to be perma. Even though it looks like it has 3 seconds downtime, the force feedback proc will easy bring it to perma. This is also assuming you at least have the first tier spiritual incarnate slot.

Lastly, this build is an AE powerhouse.

Psychic Shockwave, Hail of Bullets, Bullet Rain, Empty clips, Psychic scream and piercing shot. This build should put out far more damage than the average ss/fa/mu brute.


My real question is which primary will put at the most AE damage over time. It is probably DP, but it might be AR or Fire and at this point I'm doubting rad can keep up. AR looks particularly interesting with full auto, flame thrower, buckshot(it's knockback is actually quite nice because a lvl 54 mob drops the KB value right into a knockdown, and it is a perfect home for a force feedback proc which all my builds have been getting some rather amazing results from lately) and ignite, I just have no actually experience with AR in general.

In the "very best farmer" thread, a niche build focused on farming, imagine that..

Good to know, thanks.

You can have 2 completely independent builds and 3 once alpha is unlocked. There is an additional cost, of course, in creating a whole new enchantment set but the gains of having two purpose specific builds(farm/TF/etc) are significant.

So you didn't find any good templates worth following but the one you "threw" together is?

feedback:
Ditch the procs in blazing, damage procs in damage aura is bad, they have a 10 sec cooldown.

taunt, why do you need taunt? You abilities have taunt built into them for free as a brute.

for that one purple set, you could have 5 luck of the gamblers + 3 billion left over.

fiery embrace: your at damage cap without it most of the time, you can take it down to one slot as you these slots have no set bonus possible.

Hasten is perma with 2 slots with good recharge, (don't forget to include the 30-40%, you get from having the force feedback proc on 30-40% of the time)

I don't see any cohesion in build at all. Is it farm specific? In fact, how is it better at all compared to Ultrawatt's build?

It looks funny to the non-farmer, perhaps even outright abysmal, but in the fire farm, it is a efficient and relatively cheap build that allows for totally domination.


You can see it has:

• 95% recharge
• 47% fire def With Vengeance(I always farm with lowbies in tow, either paying or friends, thus I always have a target for vengeance. )
• 90% Fire resist

A big deal: All of the brutes attacks have a taunt built into them, this prevents mobs from running away even while standing in burn or at extremely low health. For all of the brutes advantages, this may be one of the most significant. The only way I can see this being overcome is being mimicking brute taunt, and the only way I see to do that is: Provoke.

There, I said it! I think there may be a reason to use provoke with a blaster and also that it could form the cornerstone of an efficient farming strategy.

But, I am not sure if provoke exactly replications the affects of brute auto-taunt, can somebody confirm this?

If so, I will proceed in much greater detail, but there is no point if provoke will not replace brute-voke.

But you did speak for Nihilililil..

Here, let me do what nihiliijhilija should have done: Add actual information to the thread.
It seems almost forgotten now, but we were actually talking about the ss/fa/mu build.

This is the build I use, it is based off of Ultrawatt's build posted earlier in this thread.

Highlights:
95% global recharge
47.7% fire def(with vengeance, more on that later)
90% fire resist(obviously)

Let me explain a few choices that look weird at at first.

Mocking in consume:
Consume fills you up at target cap with or without endmod so its most important stats, recharge, is still maxed, plus we get 7.5% global recharge for dirt cheap.

Vengeance:
solo farming is for the birds, there are a lot of people out there with both a lot of money and a lot of character ideas, yet lacking time, this is a win-win. Most people pay between 8-25 million inf per run depending on team size and length of run. Powering lowbies means there is a endless supply of unconscious allies, thus vengeance is up perma, providing a huge defense boost to the point that I don't even pop purps anymore which allowed me to place purps into the auto combine insp macro, increasing average damage bonus, I spend about half the mission damage capped(+675%). One thing is, make sure you don't pop vengeance before it runs out, it seems to just waste it.

Stupefy in jab: not a big deal, never an important skill and perfect to pick up 6.5% global recharge.


Everything else should be pretty standard stuff. This build is definitely under a billion inf, especially if you are patient with the market, unlike myself.

Order:
Get cheap stuff first. Luck of the Gamblers last. Fill any holes with Base IO's until you get the sets. It will only take a few days of play to get make enough to buy everything.

You don't catch on that fast, that's OK. let me explain it to you. The confusion on my part is on what meaningful piece of information you were attempting to share with us. Your "core powers rule" remark made so little sense I was giving you the benefit of the doubt that you were talking about a alpha slot. As there could be some sort of argument suggesting rushing to total core revamp, the first level shift alpha, before worrying about sets. My gut feeling says this is probably wrong considering the ease of acquiring inf and thus sets with even a SO ss/fa/me brute, and I would feel bad about being dead weight on the WST's.

It's funny that you keep referencing Obitus's post as support because he basically says you are wrong.
"Often, you can find a set that does both jobs for you; sometimes you can't."

It may be the case then sometimes you can't find a set that does what you want in some other build, but that is not at all the case with a SS/FA/MUfarmer. You either get yourself farmed to 50 or farm yourself, but either way, you can easily and quickly hit 50 with no IO. Then you have decisions to make, if you listen to your "core powers rule" ("Personally, I enhance core powers individually first and foremost, and then and only then, care about getting some set bonuses"), what the hell do you actually do?

The build works just fine on SO's, set and everything else just makes it go faster, you already have your "Core". With a good insp macro can you solve whatever problem your having be it end, damage, or def. So as you get money, you're obviously going to be buying set IO's, according to your "advice", I wouldn't want to start slotting cheap sets into powers, like crushing impact? According to you I should spread out set IO's throughout my build getting a few extra %'s here and there sacrificing the 30% or so dirt cheap recharge you can get(crushing impact, etc). I had 5 full sets two days after I got my brute to 50, and he is fully slotted a week and half later.

The truth is you weren't adding anything to the conversation, no useful information at all. You are the white noise I find extremely irritating, you are the type of guy that talks because they like the sound of your own voice.

Now I'm sorry everybody that I even took the space to put this response here instead of posting useful information but I promise to make up for it by properly summarizing everything useful I learned about ss/fa/mu farming and collecting it in this forum(but probably not this thread). Once I get the full picture that is the level shift alpha slot and concrete numbers, I will make a new post in a guide format with a search friendly title to share useful information with all who seek it.

read this thread from page 10 on, coming out of it, you will be drunk with all the knowledge you need to make an amazing farming brute.

I'm guessing that because you were the one I was making fun of, you objectively decided it was not funny.

set bonuses are much much faster.

I just started my brute a week or two again, I get to play 2-3 hours a day weekdays and 4-5 hours a day on weekends. So far I've farmed about 3 bill and have all non-purp sets in my build completed. I don't want to bother recording my numbers until I get mu, which I will tonight. But from a pure anecdotal standpoint, I'm probably make a 200-300 million inf per hour in just kills plus another 300 mill off the the stack of 999 tickets(roll for bronze 10-14, get many +recovery/regen plus various other defense based sets that sell well, sell for 30-40mil ea, profit..)

Comparable gains in core don't come close, especially when you look at the fact that not only do I get the set bonus but also the set enhancements "frankenslot" the powers in which they reside in, bringing acc/damage/endrux/recharge all to or close to EDD limits.