Fireheart

She's looking lovely, and I'm So glad she's a stylized comic cartoon, because the poor girl doesn't have room for a bladder, or intestines in that waist.

Nice work on the face and I like the dynamism of the ponytail.

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Fireheart

Actually, only a few Kheldian powers have KB. No, wait, let's clarify that, only a few Peacebringer powers have Knockback. Granted, these are generally the big-hitters in the powerset, so people will desperately WANT to use those powers. And min/max'ers who choose to Skip powers that seem 'weak' will likely focus on taking those very powers that have KB.

And some people will be so very super-sensitive to ANYTHING that might reduce how much damage They 'score', that they will have Opinions about Knockback.

On the other hand, a lot of Tankers and other melee artists do 'require' a crowd of enemy, tightly clustered around them, in order to perform best - Warshades, too! Losing some or all of that entourage to KB may have bad effects on their survival... Or not.

The point is, ATs that have KB powers, tend to USE that KB, not to annoy their teammates, but to enhance their own survival. Knockback is the 'get away from me!' power, or the 'stay downrange so I can blast you again!' power. It can also be used, creatively, to push the enemy into a clump, but this usually takes experience, skill, and Practice.

Sadly, these days, a Kheldian character is no assurance of real experience, in a player. They may have single-focussed a character to 50 and not have the broad base of experience that is so useful in managing a Kheldian's sheer flexibility. And they may have AE'd or PL'd massive experience points and not had Time to gain full appreciation of what the powers and effects can do. Moreover, this is Likely to become even more prevalent, when the EAT unlock is rolled back.

So, what does this mean, really? It means that Everyone is going to have to learn to shut-up and deal with it. We can adopt new tactics and strategies. We can gently educate. Or we can scream and pull our hair out and brutally boot anyone who offends us with their (insert issue).

Or, yes, we can petition the Devs to remove the offending (insert issue). Of course, if they Do so, then there will be other people screaming and pulling their hair out because (insert feature) has been removed.

How about if we focus on constructive solutions?

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Fireheart

Thus began the design of my main character - Perfect Perry.
He's a level 50 Invulnerability/Energy Melee Tanker.



At the first Costume Contest I ever attended, after standing around for an Hour, he was passed over. That is, except for two giggling ladies who came up and stuffed Influence into his pants... They said he "looked like a Solid Gold Dancer", then muttered that I probably had no idea what they meant... I laughed, turned on the shiny lights, and ‘/e danced’, because I knew exactly what they meant - though it hadn't been deliberate.

He is an anti-Batman... light and positive for every dark and negative of the Dark Knight's soul.

Peregrine Lucius Smythe is the last scion of the Smythe family.

His father, John Harrier Smythe was CEO of Smythe-Co, which was part of the Kings Row fabric consortium that developed the Hero Cloth (tm) process. -"Now you can dress like a Hero"- However, his compulsive nature and poor skills as a company manager, have rendered him a neurotic wreck and he is now committed to a private sanitarium. Perry's mother took advantage of the man's debility and ran off with the pool-man - they now live (well) on the French Riviera. However, Smythe-Co has an excellent board of directors and competent managers, so Peregrine is content to allow them to operate the multi-national with only minimal interference.

As a young man Perry is bored-bored-bored, because nearly anything he wants is simply given to him. Seeking a sense of ownership, accomplishment, and something that he can Earn, he turns to Boxing and the martial arts. He is quite successful as an amateur, and he draws on his natural gifts and intense training to become even better.

His family wealth does have some influence, though. He is able to afford the best in training equipment and facilities. He is able to go anywhere, do anything necessary, to 'cherry-pick' his trainers, and to follow his instincts to new techniques and greater skills.

After many years of this, Perry’s abilities and power begin to build exponentially. Drawing on his inner strength, he is able to manifest his energy in a brilliant ‘glow’. This power means it is no longer ‘fair’ to fight the ‘normal’ people he is competing against. So he drops out of competition, though he doesn’t stop training.

Then, a few years later, an attempted robbery outside a theater goes frightfully wrong – for the thugs, as Perry manifests his powers to defend others. Perry realizes that he can be a Hero for real, and not just by wearing clothing made with Hero Cloth (tm). So he registers under his old boxing moniker, ‘Perfect Perry’ and goes forth to defend the city.

He doesn’t have a ‘secret identity’; he has a ‘public persona’. (He keeps his private life private – as much as the paparazzi will let him.) He doesn’t live in a mansion or a secret cave; he lives in an apartment and belongs to a Super Group. He doesn’t sneak about under cover of darkness – there IS no darkness where he goes, he is a Tanker. He doesn’t have a utility-belt or a powerful supercar, his powers are self-contained… well, he does drive a nice car.

I would be Honored, if you would help crystallize his story, General Knowledge. I have these fragments and details in my mind, like the idea that all members of the Smythe family are named after birds, but I've not been able to write the tale.

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Fireheart

If you've never played a Tanker with Invulnerability, Fiery Aura, or Willpower, then how do you know they're 'boring'? There are huge differences between the Tanker and other versions of those sets, not the least of which is that they are Primary for a Tanker.

But, if you insist on the 'opposite' of Inv, Fire, WP, then try out Ice Armor. Or, if you want to play "The Tanker" (without the aforementioned sets), then clearly you need to create a Stone Armor tank. Personally, I suggest you try them all.

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Fireheart

Issue 17, Joe, check out the list of features. Not just 'Epic AT' unlock at 20. Now featuring new tails.

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Fireheart

Oh, I have Ninja Run, too, but I don't consider it a good replacement for a 'real' Travel Power.

As I said, I could probably shoe-horn Quills in, in the 30s, or 40s - then I just have to find the 3-4 slots to make it worthwhile.

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Fireheart

Yeah, that was a choice I had to make, but one advantage of not taking Quills is having a little more control over what enemy you aggro and when.
Thanks!

However, looking at the actual build, I'm not seeing a lot of improvement. By gutting Boxing and switching out Focused Accuracy for Conserve Power, you gained a bunch of extra slots. With these, you got a bunch of procs (cool) and went from 46% haste to 56% haste (cool), juggled my defenses to add 4% defense and resistance to S/L (but stole it from elsewhere), and bumped my hit-points a few percent as well.

In doing so, you stole 30-50%-plus Accuracy across the board, made most of my attacks cost more Endurance and, in individual numbers ranged from no-effect to (granted) a little more damage, a few tenths of a second faster. Also, I lost a bunch of debuff protection.

I agree, this character will have higher DPS/A (with the remaining attacks), until the endurance runs out, and will be ever so slightly tougher, but he risks losing out on both of those advantages by not hitting as consistently, running out of endurance faster, and being debuffed until it's worse. Yes, by using Conserve Power, any loss in endurance management can be made up (for the duration of the power).

I guess, what I'm saying is, that I'm not confident that this is an improvement. I do want to acknowledge and Thank you for your advice! I'll certainly consider the changes you've outlined.

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Fireheart

Do you see any obvious changes I should make?

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Fireheart

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Firehart

Actually, I know a 'Kitty Kitty Bang Bang'.

Possible name: Gunstar Neko

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Fireheart

Actually, the point is that you Can't, Pilgrim. The posted builds all come up empty - no set information.
{Edit} Okay, I just checked and now you DO have set info posted.

Nevermind.

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Fireheart