DreadShinobi
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I am in the process of stripping IOs off my stalker so that he can be deleted as we speak :]
Although not entirely the cause, not wanting to have to run all that content/TFs on a stalker of all things was a large contributing factor in the decision to delete her. -
Quote:haha, This, so much.Originally Posted by Cobalt_Azurean
It's not a race. -
Hope ya got a pocket emp with 0% defense bonuses on that build.
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Total Focus is bad btw.
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Quote:Yeah, it will be alot of work. But I am also very impatient and would like my updated mids so I can see how amazing the alpha slot will be for my toons =)Originally Posted by Local_Man
Anybody feel sorry for the great folks over at Titan Network who are going to have to try to implement all this stuff into Mid's Designer?
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Quote:Aye, get those +range cardiacs.Originally Posted by macskull
The in-game text interchanges ED (enhancement diversification) and DR (diminishing returns). What that means is a portion of the bonus ignores ED, though the final total will still be subject to the same DR curve. You might do a little more damage than someone without that alpha ability, but especially in light of DR there are better things to slot.
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nice additions
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Quote:This. If you're looking for an AoE beast, Mind/Fire was probably a poor choice, although it is capable of pulling off very good aoe damage, it is not where it truly excells. If you are using flares in your single target attack chain when you have enough recharge to pull of permadom3 (permadom without hasten) then you are severely gimping your single target damage. Blaze/Incin/Fire Blast is about as good as you can get for single target dps on a dom, and its really good.Originally Posted by God Amongst Men
ehh its alot of fun for me lol...when i want to throw out raw AoE carnage i turn to my spines/fire or fire/kin..hell or my plant/fire dom..i play my mind/fire like a stealth blaster..
his concept was a angel of death that reaps those too powerful to be killed naturally lol.
This is why I don't post my own builds on the forums whenever possible lol.Quote:oh and fiery....im stealing your build lol i like it alot :P -
Take out the damage/range Posi Blast in Psinado for a Posi Blast damage proc. Same for Psychic Scream although you may want to take out something other than the damage/range in a cone for that proc. The Damage proc in those 2 AoEs will boost your damage quite a bit, especially going off on Sleet.
Overcapped on 6.25% rchg. Replace the 5 decimations in Mental Blast for 4 Devastations, for the extra hp, regen, and dmg.
The 2 ToLG in infrig arent necessary.
Put end/run quickfoot in super speed instead of the end IO.
Overcapped on 1.13% hp bonuses. Add 2 slots to Scorp Shield, change slotting to 1 lotg rchg+, and 5 red fortunes. (This not only gives you more recharge and damage buff, but it actually puts you at the 45% def cap.)
Change Perf Shifter endmod/acc in Heat Loss to Perf Shifter Acc/Rchg. Heat Loss gives sooooo much end recovery, it doesnt need to be maxed out on it.
Sleet could use endred. Replace Shield Breaker Acc/rchg for ToLG rchg/end.
I'd take Subdue Earlier and move snowstorm back later. Consider also putting a ToTH dmg proc in subdue.
Get a Kismet Proc in the build in Maneuvers or CJ, the 6% tohit is pretty huge for 1 slot, and Psychic Blast doesn't get Aim sadface.
No TK Blast? It's a very good attack and has that nice Smashing component so that all of your damage isn't completely Psi. Unless you really like Snowstorm or something, it could be skipped for TK Blast. I've never found Snowstorm to be overly useful. -
Looking forward to watching more of these vids
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Any word about mids getting updated with incarnate goodness?
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Ok so I am not sure how well this will work, but might as well give it a try.
Basically each poster fills in the blanks adding something funny or random to each mini story (hopefully much better than my terrible example).
1st poster: Once there was a _______.... [example: Once there was a cat]
2nd poster: Who lived in a ______.... [example: who lived in a bottle]
3rd poster: And then ________.... [example: and then someone threw the bottle]
4th poster: Because of this ________..... [example: because of this the cat died]
5th poster: Therefore ______. [example: therefore cats were given extra lives]
5th poster would also start the next "Once there was a"
Starting!
Once there was an egg... -
Kinetic Combats, and to a lesser extent Reactive Armors, Rectified Reticle, and Obliterations are the way to get soft capped S/L defense. Steadfast Protection: Def, and Weave are good things to have too.
edit: Although not necessarily purples (these are all uncommons and rares) they can still be rather pricey. Especially the Kinetic Combats which are the key to hitting the soft cap on a blaster. -
Good move, Devs.
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Quote:Nice idea!Originally Posted by DSorrow
Torrent could be changed to KD with high KB available through minimal slotting. If it were given two attributes along these lines (if negative KB is possible...):
* Mag 10.67 KB (enhanceable)
* -Mag 10 KB (unenhanceable)
The net effect would be mag 0.67 KB unenhanced while it being over 1 with any KB enhancement at all. -
Quote:Yes leadership is great for a therm since the assault and tactics effectively stack with forge. Take Mu mastery and you will never run out of endurance.Originally Posted by Deathstroke33
Thanks, but are things like leadership worth taking or are the bonuses not worth the end usage? Its things like that, that I'm really unsure about. I won't be doing a ton of big groups, I will always be playing with 1 MAYBE 2 others.
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Stalker, and if you enjoy playing without a secondary go /EA
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if im online ill be there
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Quote:Yeah, this, ALL of this infact. One other thing though is that Fire can be really endurance heavy and thermal has 0 endurance management, which can be problematic. Sonic is extremely endurance light which is another reason that makes it so good with Thermal, I don't play rad blasts but I think its on the lighter side too.Originally Posted by Silas
Well, Fire goes great with everything. I personally don't think its a good pairing for Thermal because there's no synergy.
I think the best primaries for Thermal are Sonic and Rad.
Edit: to elaborate, Thermal is a really busy set. You want to pair it with something you can pare down to the core powers and still do justice to the set. For Rad, that's CB and Irradiate. For Sonic, that's Shriek and Scream.
Fast activating, solid powers. But Silas, Fireball and Blaze are also fast activating and awesome powers!
True. And in that sense it works, but I personally feel you can't truly do Fire or Thermal justice if you pair them together. Thermal is really busy but much less offensive than something like Kin, which goes great with Fire. Thermal lacks a way to make the most out of RoF, which is one of the best powers in Fire.
Cold has Sleet and Heatloss for massive slows and -res, Dark has Tar Patch for the same thing and Kin can make RoF do so much ******* damage that it's not a big deal stuff will scatter some.
Plus Fire played well draws a helluva lot of aggro, something you don't want on a Thermal since you're often the squishiest person on a team
My 3rd lvl 50 was a fire/therm corr, but hes long since dead, and replaced by my sonic/therm. The synergy is just so good. Although I sorta play her more like a defender, focusing way more on therm and using the blasts more to lay down -resist than damage, I'd probably play her more aggressively if I actually put IOs in her
The other huge thing is, which Silas said, I just want to emphasize it, is that Fire pulls a crap ton of aggro, which really isn't good for a thermal. With Sonic it's much easier to go about your business without having a bunch of people shooting you in face, and still be able to assist in melting hard targets. -
Quote:Whoa Cyb are you trying to troll? lol.Originally Posted by Cyber_naut
How bad is thermal?
Thermal is ftw, it's just that Fire isn't the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of primaries for thermal. -
Then again i just tanked rsf on my fire scrapper and barely took any damage at all. I wouldn't reccomend using a fire scrapper because of how much effort you have to put in to hold aggro, but considering how squishy everyone seems to think /fire is...
I'm just posting to show that while certain secondaries can help you really dont need xyz build to tank the rsf (as long as you arent stone) cause it will boil down to the support on the team and as I said before oranges to cap out your resistances. -
Quote:For general PvE /Shield is generally a stronger set, but when it comes to RSFs /Elec is really amazing. The main damage types for the RSF heroes are Smashing/Lethal (Babs, States, Manti, Mynx, Valkyrie, Ms Liberty), Energy (Positron, Citadel, Synapse, Luminary, Ms. Liberty) and Psionic (Sister Psyche, Numina, Malaise, Swan). Elec resists all of those really well, especially Energy(capped). Some decent slotting and any good team should bring your defenses up to very respectable levels also.Originally Posted by crayhal
I actually have an elec/elec at lv 40 right now, but I didn't think it was good enough and shelved it. It felt weaker than my shield. It's frankenslotted right now, so I'll give it another shot with better sets.
As Silverado said /Dark is also good for similar reasons (and dark regen hax which can help make up for the lower energy resists). -
An i18 fire/shield scrapper isnt THAT different from an i19 fire/shield scrapper. Just take any good i18 build (there are alot posted in this forum) and replace the fitness pool with 3 new powers of your choice, generally powers that dont require many slots, unless you have extra to spare.
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Geas also helps itself recharge, which is a rather nice side to the main course.
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I consider emps that think AP is bad and dont take it to be less than a good emp. AP is win.