Derangedpolygot

Even if one doesn't need buffs, they're still nice to have

Teaming is still fun at times, and often necessary for debuffs.

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From the large Combat Attributes window, right click on a number you'd like to track (like current hp) then select "Monitor this attribute" (or something to that effect). It will pop up the window you see in the screenshot with that attribute. You can monitor up to 10 of them.

You can also reorder / stop monitoring an attribute by right clicking on it in the smaller window.

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Oh wow.. I can even select *which* atts to track. This is crazy cool, thank you for the reply.

I know, such a simple thing.. But it makes me happy since I must monitor so I don't attack while I have a negative 10,000 dmg bonus.

TY
Acidon

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I have discovered Procs do not suffer from Rage Crash, and can be used to do some damage during the downtime. It's nice to finish someone would got to a life sliver just as you crashed.

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Chapter and verse , it's actually a bit more complicated than the other reply says.

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CURSES!

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So for the first time in a long time I hopped on my EM/EA. I noticed I had been running GW's arcs, so I just set the mission and teleported there.

I was on relentless, but I tried it for the hell of it. It was the Dr. Crow mission, so I ended up running into Citadel.

I was excited, because although I'd never finished the build, it's /EA, so energy was soft capped.

I hadn't prepared at all, but the fight went pretty well, until I got him down to about half health.

I wound up ET, and while it was animating, Citadel pulled out ET and killed me. Apparently he has the old animation. Damn. Made me remember why I never finished his build.

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Also Paragon Protectors and Valkerie have old versions of Moment of Glory. Cheeses me off everytime they use it--Not gonna hit for 3 minutes.

The Mastermind version does Regen instead (Corruptor version will in PVP only). Not sure why...

Well, you do aggro an enemy if you shoot the dude next to him. I suspect it's something similar.

Most of the Target AoE set loack good recharge. Javelin Volley and Ragnarok break the mold, but CrAZy expensive.

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Lockdown in Poison Trap?

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Bad.

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You'd think that after 5 years in the game, I'd know this stuff. I admit it, I don't. IO's are SRSBZNS, and I've never really gotten a really firm grip on them. I get the gist of how they work, set bonuses and the like. I have a few 50s under my belt, had a tank done completely in IOs, and was unimpressed by his performance. (For some mysterious reason, I found that a lvl 35 SS/WP tank using singles outperformed the IO'd lvl 50 SS/INV tank. Still can't figure it out.)

So, I'm giving the IOs another shot. I have a toon selected, and my goal is to take him back through Oroborous and get all his badges for defeats, taskforces and the like. But one thing confuses me.

Let's say I slot him with level 40 (or even 35) IOs.

What happens to those IOs when I flash back to a level 15 or 24 mission?

I'm completely confused regarding this.

Could one of you folks that knows this stuff like the back of your hand throw me a bone? I'd really appreciate it.

TIA

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Not a stupid question at all. Just complicated answers

Generic IO's become stronger than SO's at around lvl 40. (SO's Max at 38.3% if slotted +3 to your level, lvl 40 IO's are 38.6%) IO sets are greater than the some of their parts. Multi-enhancing set IO's grant a greater bonus than usual. They divide their bonus (i.e an Acc/Dam splits by 2, an Acc/Dam/End by 3), each division increases the split values by x25%:
A Lvl 40 Acc/Dam gives 24.1/24.1, instead of an even split of 19.3/19.3 (1.25 times the base)
A lvl 40 Acc/Dam/End gives 19.3/19.3/19.3 instead of 12.8/12.8/12.8 base (1.5 the base)

Much like any enhancements, the amount of enhancement you receive will scale down when you exemp. I think the amount drop to what an IO of that lvl would grant(38.6 at 40 will be 19.2 at 15) Even SO's start losing then shine below 25-30 and drop to DO levels.
Set bonuses disappear if you drop to a lvl that you couldn't slot the IO's (lvl 50 IO set bonuses will disappear if you exemp below lvl 47).

As for WP/ vs Inv/, Willpower is a very potent powerset, and tends to perform better than Inv is many ways (like actually having Psi resist and defense!)

Hooray!

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Hi guys, so far i only noticed one bugged IO but there may be more:

DETONATION : The 5th set bonus is gone! After bonus number 4, the two following bonus are marked as a 6 and they indeed both work only when you have the complete set slotted. So basically, five-slotting Detonation is not anymore giving the 1.88% AOE defense. I noticed it on my VEAT and he is missing the bonus in the RealNumber screen.

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I noticed this and /bugged immediately. I use Detonation for my blasty types for the Range, the AoE set bonus and that's it. I've already dumped the set on more than one toon, figuring it'd be wekks before they fixed it (if ever).

Not at all. It's either "Unknown" or "Down".

Also Maintenance is usually in the mornings. They must have run into something particularly problematic to do midday maintenance.

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I have problem with WW/BM transporter temp power, that is in 20-25% of cases it will show selection window for split of second and close it immediately without allowing me select destination. After that, the power is gone, and I'm still in the same location, where I activated it.

Anyone else experienced that?
Are there workarounds?

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I have not recently, but I did long ago with the CoV ferry system. It's definitely a bug.

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I can't get on either even though it says servers are up.

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If you watch that page long enough you will see them go down again - then up again - then down again - been watching it do that for like 15 min now.

Also, yes the updater is giving me the coh wep page not the mini page - but mine started doing that earlier today before the down time was even announced

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Still says Up. As far as I know, when they are 'up' but locked out to all but Devs, then it's Unknown. Even then, I can't even get past the login server.

Looks like they've screwed the pooch with this new patch

You see the Green.

They do gain the damage bonus. Good question whether they build fury or not.

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Best way to slot it is 3 acc/mez HOs, and 3 tohit debuff IOs from the undermined set to get capped accuracy, fear duration, immob duration, hold duration, tohit debuff, and some end reduction and recharge (for casting the lich again faster if he dies or you die).

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But....you can't put Recharge into Henchmen powers....

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As much as I hate to back Silver he has extensive experience with sonic

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Hi Mel, what an unpleasant surprise.

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...Guess I stepped into somethin'

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across the street from the Vanguard DPO in Founders.


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unless he was moved since the last time i was on test.

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Thanks, I spent a hour looking for him. He's in a rather inauspicious place.

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How do Archery/MM blasters work out later on? I am having a heck of a time with mine (Level 10) because the redraw kind of annoys me...Do you guys feel like it is worth the constant redraw, or does it bother you as wel?

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I find the Bow reappears very quickly. My Arch/MM mostly attacks with the Bow.
He doesn't have Psychic Scream(a great power but, yes, redraw), and Subdue rarely used.
I 6-slotted World of Confusion with the Coercive Persuasion, and works fairly well for Melee mitigation(3 secs of Confuse is still 3 seconds they aren't attacking you). Drain Psyche and Psychic Shockwave I use mostly for what mobs stay in melee.
I combine Concentration & Aim (In that order to mitigate the redraw) for a nasty, nasty Rain of Arrows.

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I always take Shout, it's High damage

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It has lower DPA than Shriek

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DPA doesn't take into account the extra -20% res from another sonic attack (in this case Shout)

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Sonics does best when one uses every last -res attack. The -res from different attacks will stack.

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Shout actually hurts the -res stacking and therefore your DPS, because of the high animation time.

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Not in my experience. Shout has the longest duration of -res. I've also tried an attack chain without it, and it takes much long to defeat things. In a team I just toggle between targets and hit them with each with something (even Shout and Screech). Enemies drop fast.

The enhancement value will scale down to what the IO's would grant at that lvl (i.e. a level 50 IO would grant that of an lvl 15 IO when exemp'd to 15th) It doesn't matter what level that enhancement is to begin with.
What does matter when exemping is what set bonuses you can use at that lvl. A full set of lvl 50's will only grants set bonuses as low as lvl 47 (the lowest level one could slot a lvl 50). A set of lvl 30's grants as low as level 27.

A mix is complicated. Let's say you have a full set of Crushing Impact. 2 of them are lvl 30, 2 are 40 and 2 50:

At level 47 up you gain all 5 set bonuses.

At level 37 and up only 3 of them would 'count' toward the set b onuses, and you'd lose the 2.5% Psi resist and +5% recharge.

At level 27 and up only 1 would 'count' and you would only get the 2.2% immobilize reduction.

I personally try to slot lvl 37 IO's so I kept set bonuses at lvl 34+ (good for the higher level arcs and I hit the ED cap fairly well)

I always take Shout, it's High damage. I slot it with 2 range (one IO and one dam/range HO) and 4 parts Devastation.

Sonics does best when one uses every last -res attack. The -res from different attacks will stack.

I think that's a great idea

It would allow the new costumes to make oneself a 'shape-shifter'

Even if the timer remains at 15, it'd still be a neat rick

I figured out a neat rick for Elec Melee. Charged Brawl, Havoc Punch and Jacob's Ladder have a sleep component. They take Sleep set IO's. Doesn't sound like a big deal, but you can slot Call of the Sandman Heal Procs. My Elec/Elec Brute has it slotted in CB HP and JL. Doesn't seem like much, but it does help me heal up in combat.