Desitre

Originally Posted by beyeajus74018

I've been on Freedom for 6 months now, and decided for a change of pace. While googling each server for some research of reputation I read that Pinnacle is the drunk server. Sweet! I never play while drinking but it's a funny nickname for a server to have, even if it really isn't, lol.

I rolled one hero (scrapper) and two villains (MM, Brute) to play on Pinn from time to time. My global is @beyeajus if anyone wants to add me, I play semi-often, everyday, pretty late at night and pretty early in the morning.

Hope to be teaming with you soon! \m/ (^_^) \m/

Originally Posted by dave_p

You should never spec out of Rock, unless you're in Granite 24/7, which frankly is a boring & inefficient way to play Stone. W/Rock + Minerals, my Stony's at S/L/Psi def cap, which let's me stay out of Granite an awful lot of the time allowing me to do a hell of a lot more damage.

Since the OP specified Stone/Ice for RP reasons, I wasn't even going to comment on your build, but... well, it's pretty bizarre. Please try not to take offense at any of this, and I'm sure this build can survive a lot out there, cuz that's what Granite does, but it's really poorly built.

Why do you not have your armors IOed? You're using IOs elsewhere including some very expensive ones. If this were a pure SO, Granite-only build, I'd still say you're overslotting Granite for end redux. You have Tough (5-slotted at that) for what reason? Stone Skin w/1 slot caps your S/L resists. Same for Weave--you're so far over the softcap, you're just wasting end. Your psi def is negligible w/o your accolade temps (I was wondering how the heck you got it that high) and Weave won't help much in that regard. And what's w/the Stealth IO in TP? And resists in EE, no recharge? Assault/Tactics? Leadership & Fighting pools can be valuable to Stone tanks, but not used like this.

Originally Posted by shaggy5

I am sure this is answered SOMEWHERE on the forums, but I haven't found it. I am looking for the best way to keep baddies in my burn patch. Does the ice patch put down keep them sliding--even though that doesn't make sense that fire and ice patch would make water? Is ice patch my savior or my bane in a fire/ice tank?

Thanks for any help!

Originally Posted by mazing_Monkey

Has noone yet considered a Fire/Fire tank?

Blazing Aura, Combustion, Healing Flames and Consume. I remember I had some fun melting down spawns of blue minions in the Hollows with that.

PS: bring on the good old dumpster diving again =).

Originally Posted by Debtlover

I just won a bet!

go me.

:P

Originally Posted by Sailboat

Some IO recipes are more useful/valuable at lower level. Is Issue 16 going to change that by allowing set bonuses to exemplar down better? Even if so, there's some use for a level 10 or 15 IO in leveling up that you can't get from a level 50 IO even with exemplaring.

Most play and most farming takes place at higher levels, though, and the random rolls (tickets and merits) generate recipes at the character's level.

So in theory there would be some benefit from a low-level character rolling with tickets and/or merits.

Low-level characters have trouble plowing through enemies and racking up rewards, though. No Stamina, few slots, incomplete attack chains, defensive weakness.

So, if I were to make such a character, say, turning off experience at level 10, to get bottom-level IO recipes on my rolls...what AT and powersets would perform best at level 10 with few slots? Probably mostly soloing?

My first thought is a Regen Scrapper. Some durability, and you get Quick Recovery to really help with the endurance issues. Likewise, Fast Healing and reconstruction should put Humpty Dumpty back together again between spawns with less downtime than many other builds.

Fire is another choice for secondary -- Blazing Aura will help mow down mobs, and the self-heal is nice. But the lack of any endurance recovery power would slow you down more than the aura damage makes up for, I think.

In Architect missions, one wouldn't be unduly troubled by the lack of a Travel Power (if a Travel Power were crucial, a Peacebringer might make a better level 10 choice).

But what primary to pair with Regen? At first I leaned toward Fire, because you've got to defeat everything and Fire is very efficient at damage. But looking at the powerset tiers, I see that a Fire Scrapper doesn't get much AoE potential at that level -- Fire Breath with one slot at level 10.

So my thoughts turned to Claws and the swords. Claws gets Spin at 8, so you could 3-slot it by level 10. 3 slots isn't stupendous, but Spin is without doubt the best AoE at that level.

The swords would just get their parry power at level 10, which would help make the character tougher. Flashing Steel is available at level 4, and could be fully slotted, recharges in 6 seconds (vs 8 for broadsword's Slice, 16 for Spine Burst) but does slightly less damage than all the other melee AoEs.

Any thoughts? Claws, Katana, or something else?

Am I even in the right AT? I see that Blasters start out relatively powerful...would a Blaster be worth forgoing Regen's advantages?

Thanks!

edit: and about filling those slots...I know we can't expect too much at level 10. Are level 10 SOs available anywhere? Or should just dig around in WW for some cheap frankenslotting of level 10 set IOs?

Originally Posted by Microcosm

After a cursory glance, this will serve you better without making drastic changes. On that one posted above, the elusive mind accolade and eye of the magus are both turned on, btw; and I went ahead and assumed that the Luck of the Gambler Def/Rech's were supposed to be Luck of the Gambler +Recharge specials.

Originally Posted by Debtlover

Anyway attempted it pre-show.
Cant be done by myself.
*shrug*
but again.
nothing to prove

Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba

I think our fellow readers can look back through this thread and determine who the bridge dweller is. Come back with proof or don't bother. Your word means absolutely nothing to me.

Originally Posted by Debtlover

Oopfh.
RWZ challenge on a ws?
hmmmm

i suppose i'll give it a shot

Originally Posted by Debtlover

9pm is 12 eastern?

I'll prob be on if i'm awake.



as for what i said i can do
+4/8 demons no insps no accolades

not amazing
but it is something

Originally Posted by Debtlover

I need to prove nothing to you.
I shall try, but dont expect me to youtube it.
Infact I doubt I'll even screenie.
I have nothing to prove.
I made my warshade into something I love, and thats all that really matters.


For that matter my WHOLE point is that NO insps should be usable in stress tests. Phail.