Elegost

the only real complaint I have is that the oblit beam fires too soon relative to the warning, there just isn't enough time to get out of it. Other than that, Disintegration seems to be hitting for a little too hard... the final blast hits for about 3.5k, which would only *not* kill an hp-capped tank. That means, for *everyone else* you have to be sure you're at max hp before the next blow comes in (the damage ticks are what, 900ish, 1300ish, and 3500?), just so you get saved by the 1-shot rule. That's quite a feat, only to be rewarded with having your bluebar sapped away >:[

There is a line between a good challenge, and stupid. Some of these things are teetering between the two.

As far as the three Reactor parts go, those will definitely become easier as we familiarize ourselves with a similar process of completion. Mark, Bro, and I have already begun discussing methods to speed up certain phases of the process, but those will likely take a few practice trials and a few weeks (or months) to get integrated into *the norm* for a lot of people.

Well, you did a fairly good job for being new to building and the forums. There are a lot of little technical things that don't quite work, however.

1: Heal bonuses only affect heal powers, and of those, they don't affect heal powers with a resistance component (like reconstruction). That means your 4 sets of numina are pretty much wasted (because that buff only applies to the healing DP does, which is already monstrous). Also, stealth in mids displays the defense numbers you would have when stealth is unsuppressed (which means you'll be at lower defenses in combat than what it shows you should be at in mids'). Also, get the rest of those accolades, they really help.

2: you're building for defense, which is good. The build philosophy for regen is typically "recharge, recharge, defense, moar recharge," however, and recharge is something you could definitely use more of. Melee or smash/lethal will probably be more beneficial than stacking range defense (from those mako sets).

3: Consider going through redside to pick up soul mastery for Shadow Meld. This is another clicky that's extremely useful, as it acts as a sort of mini-mog. (Personal experience: This power saves my life all the time).

4: Have some goals in mind when building a toon. Shoot for either a set of positional or typed defenses, and then build specifically for those defenses. A good goal for a regen scrapper is 32.5% defense to either melee or smash/lethal (choosing which depends on the player preferences). Aside from defense, you should have a minimum of 55% recharge in set bonuses. This much, plus proper Dull pain slotting, hasten, and accolades, will put you right up to the scrapper hp cap. With this, you will also not need to worry about any hp set bonuses, because you'll always be at cap.

5: Attack chains are something to worry about as well, but that comes in later, after you're more comfortable with mids and building in general.

6: While musculature will boost your damage, you may want to consider Spiritual instead. It buffs your healing/recharge considerably. honestly, the slot was made for regens.

Would you consider super jump as your travel? Most people on these forums prefer to just take CJ and use ninja/beast/steamjump packs for traveling, but I personally still prefer to keep a standard travel power. Super Jump being the staple.

either way, I personally am more proficient at katana/regen building, which is much easier to build defensively than (anything else/regen) {excluding bs, they're twins}. So anything I say will be from just looking at mids, rather than in-game experience backing any claims I make.

I made a mock-build to show you the sort of things I'm talking about. This isn't a "here, build this spec instead," so much as "Look, here's the sort of thing you can do."

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.942
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Charged Brawl -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Dam%(23), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(40), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 1: Fast Healing -- Heal-I(A)
Level 2: Havoc Punch -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(7), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(17), T'Death-Dam%(23), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(40), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(42)
Level 4: Reconstruction -- Dct'dW-Heal(A), Dct'dW-Rchg(5), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(5), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(31), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(34)
Level 6: Build Up -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(7)
Level 8: Thunder Strike -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(9), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(9), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(15), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(15), Oblit-%Dam(17)
Level 10: Dull Pain -- Dct'dW-Heal(A), Dct'dW-Rchg(11), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(11), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(13), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(13)
Level 12: Hover -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), HO:Enzym(43)
Level 14: Fly -- Winter-ResSlow(A)
Level 16: Integration -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-Heal(34), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(36), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(37), Numna-Heal/Rchg(37), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(42)
Level 18: Chain Induction -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(19), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(19), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(21), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(21)
Level 20: Quick Recovery -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(39), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(43), P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(45), P'Shift-End%(46), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(50)
Level 22: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 24: Tough -- ResDam-I(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(25), TtmC'tng-ResDam(25)
Level 26: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(27), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(27)
Level 28: Instant Healing -- Numna-Heal/Rchg(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(29), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg(29)
Level 30: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(31), RechRdx-I(31)
Level 32: Lightning Rod -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(33), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), Oblit-%Dam(37)
Level 35: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(36), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(36)
Level 38: Moment of Glory -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), RechRdx-I(39), RechRdx-I(39)
Level 41: Dark Blast -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(42), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(43), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(46), Decim-Build%(46)
Level 44: Shadow Meld -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), HO:Membr(45), HO:Membr(45)
Level 47: Tactics -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(48), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(48), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(48), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(50), GSFC-Build%(50)
Level 49: Resilience -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A)
Level 0: Portal Jockey
Level 0: Task Force Commander
Level 0: The Atlas Medallion
Level 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 50: Spiritual Partial Core Revamp
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A)

coming with the redesigned atlas park and all that, should be in addition to everything else.

Ustream today said there's a new lower level Sewer trial coming down the pipes o.O

It's all you!

me wants glowie armor. om nom nom

you can get rebirth, and/or be a regen. that's about it :]

robotic drones seem to have some -regen, ranged energy mostly.
I think Longbow may be the way to go (Cataphract is hawt), or maybe Vanguard.
Just looking over them real quick, haven't done any real analyzing yet.

I still see no reason to. It was made as an extension of VB, not as a separate channel itself. Now that that extension is no longer necessary, there's no reason to keep the channel (thus splitting up groups of players). It's bad enough if you're in Victory Forum, Global, Badges, Limitless, and any other private channels you may be in, having to broadcast in each one of those is a pain.

This has nothing to do with free speech. It's about efficiency. Losing the channel is more efficient.

I can't stop thinking of this everytime I consider titan-weapon crits.

Last night at least, I witnessed at least 6 being run (One of which, Zwill himself came and joined).
I imagine you'll be fine after 20.5 drops and everyone jumps on Keyes Island. you don't *have* to buy all the incarnate shinies right when they come out :P
At least a lot of the stuff is account wide, not character specific. So you don't have to do it for every toon.

Null the Gull. Sitting atop the truck parked in PD. He hosts a bag of useful information for all your toons.

I like this business model, I was almost scared at first, but I really like it.
It's a good thing I just beat the Witcher II, I'll be in CoH a lot more, especially after w00tuesday.
Now if they would just get the game down to only three types of currency...

fire/kins are easy-mode farming. Broots actually cost some cash up front

unless you're veng farming... that's a bit easier.

not. public. information.
damnit

well, grats on posting. That's step 1.

step 2 is to tell us why you're posting...

step 3: please, please tell me you aren't currently running this build.

I went partial radial reactive rather than total radial. I figured it'd be more fun to add some additional -res to the other two procs already in the build (achille's heel and fury of the glad) rather than just a higher chance for DoT. Of course, that only applies to the tier 3. T4: Almost definitely radial over core.

and Nugget, I think those are Meteor monsters.

was it just me, or did anyone else think "Tron?" when they saw this one?

http://www.cityofheroes.com/images/i..._path_aura.jpg

step one is to invest in a Theft of Essence: Chance for +End proc. Throw that in Dark Regen and, with proper slotting, you will have pretty good chances of actually *gaining* endurance when you use it.
Apart from that, get some accuracy and end reduction in it. Frankenslotting is a good route as well, since you don't have very many slots to spare.
Also make sure all your attacks have end reduction slotted in them as well.

first question...
Where will we respec now?

second question:
When do we get to see the breakdown of Time manipulation? And how many grav/times will we see on launch day?

Third question:
WHY DO WE NOT HAVE 20.5 YET?!