Dr_Impossible

I've been trying to register in the forums today and have not been able to. I also tried to get the free trial today and that also does not work. Livechat on their facebook page ALSO does not work. Kind of strange when a lot of what I read about Secret is they are trying to get more players in the door....


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-Doc

I use him on teams most of the time but will do some soloing, especially now in the upper levels if I feel like it or if I can't pick up a group. I like doing both, and he is currently built to handle both situations. Now, in solo, I don't have it set to reds, oranges, or purples, but he does more than fine. I think the direction was to grab the 2 damage powers from the ice APP, slot more for damage so he could, in fact, solo well and more than hold his own on a team.



Hmmmm, I actually like this power, and I like the damage, but I can see your arguement to skip and only take crushing field.

I currently have Superior Will o' in this set and love it, as I love this power. With the amount of recharge bonus I have plus hasten, it is up quite a bit more and likewise more usable. But I just like the lockdown it gives when I need it.



If the defense it gives is so much lower, why slot for defense? Other than the Luck O' set, which I get, I have the Luck O' recharge and the Karma KB in here with 2 endred SO's currently. The rule with this power I thought was slot for the resist as it gives more. I went off a defender guide from a while ago and just started/currently slotted 3 endreds in it as this set combo is so end heavy.



Interesting, I'm going to look into this option more. Cool idea


When you say you use this situationally, so you mean the power itself or that particular technique? I used to base a lot around this power and used it a ton years ago, but now, I find myself using it a lot less on all my Stormies. Of course, in the past it was much stronger.
I may do this but throw it in Maneuvers instead as I already have Assault and plan on keeping it in the build.



Yes. already moving in that direction.



Currently I don't have Tornado, but I may swap it in for damage with that OverForce proc. I took Thunder on Lightning Storm for the acc boost, currently anyway.

I currently have Ice BLast, Frozen breath and Ice Storm on this, all taken for the damage and Ice Storm works well with Freezing Rain and I use the 2 often. I will probably stick with this.

I have had Snow Storm for an eternity but will be ditching it soon as I just don't use it anymore.

In closing, great thoughts LM, I really appreciate the insight and you taking the time to post up those builds. This will all really help me tighten up my build.

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-Doc

Agree wholeheartedly. Even after 7 years I still love playing and I keep going back for more, but this issue has me really excited.

-Doc

Here's the thing.......

You're right. I didn't think of that. And it's a great point in a great post.
That being said, in fairness, my bump came around 17-20. I soloed (much of it in the Hollows. Dunno what I was thinking there) most all of it. So it wasn't the magical 'I played 5 levels then got boosted 22 levels' scenario.

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-Doc

Things have changed since I last posted. I believe I was 27 at the time.

Lemme reiterate that my concern was with massive end suckage on an armor set that has a built in end power in QR and of course, Stam. People were saying they had QR and Stam slotted and STILL having to throw in Numina's and PerfShifters to help with end. I still think this is odd. I get that its a fast set. Wicked fast. Fun as hell too.

Referring to the quote above, I tested my Kin/Will the other day whilst this was all going on. She is at lvl 27 and was having none of the same end problems that me SJ/Will was having. And, yes, I agree, that's a fast set as well.

Moving along. Between 28 and 30 I first fully slotted QR with 3 and Stam with 2 and 1 Perfshifter. Previously it was QR with 2 and Stam with 3.
I then started slotting (what I think are) those super cool scaling IOs you can buy from the Market with the intent of Frankenslotting until I had more slots and IOs.
I had at this point only 4 slots in each attack except Initial, which had 3.

After throwing 4 Scaling Crushing Impacts into Heavy, Knee, Shin, and a mix into Sweeping and Spinning, things started to mellow out.
Each of the Single Target attacks had Crushing Impact: Acc/Dam, Acc/Dam/End, Acc/Dam/Rech, and Dam/End.
The Damage certainly wasn't at the top but with a bit o' EndRed in there and some recharge the End problems started to disappear. I was even able to run most missions, solo or team, with Ninja Run on the entire time(cuz that's fun).
The Accuracy went up and I was also getting a 21% Acc bonus from the 3, 4-slotted Crushing Impacts.

The Toon is at 36 now and even more fun to play.

Yes, I still think the End thing is a bit much, but I could be quite mad as well.

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-Doc

I'll add to this:

Account services also still not synching. So even if we wanted to see the new Beam Rifle options, we can't, because it still thinks you haven't bought certain locked powersets and costume parts.

I also have no characters on Freedom. I do have a 38 Brute, with no money and all empty enh slots, now that's frustrating.

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-Doc

Yeah I remember that from beta. I also rolled a SJ/EA in beta, had it bumped to 37. I had a blast playing it and did not have the end troubles I am having now. I was also rocking straight SOs with no Endred in any of my attack powers. This is what makes me lean towards it being some kind of bug rather than an end hungry of which I have played many in the past. Dark/Dark scrapper comes to mind.

Glad to see it isn't just me, and those of you not experiencing this make some great points to the contrary.

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-Doc