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To hit debuffs are great in theory and again in theory are very close to the same thing as defense. Diamagnetic can stack 4 times so in theory you can get a 20% to hit debuff out of it.

The problem I always see is delivery and resistance. You need to deliver that to hit debuff to all the targets that are hitting you to have it make a difference. At the Tier 3 and 4 levels you can get the to hit debuff chance very high so everything you hit gets it but that only applies to things you hit. Targets you don't hit due to staying a range or target caps don't get the debuff and thus can hit you unmodified. Also some targets resist the to hit debuff (AVs especially but some others) and thus you don't get the full benefit.

Most of the time Diamagnetic will slow down the damage you receive in a sustained fight but won't help much in the beginning. If you are able to survive the opening attacks but finding yourself wittled down through the fight then it might help but you are usually better off finding ways to kill things faster (meaning reacitve interface ) to solve this rather then to hit debuffs.

I would say the regneration debuff portion is the more important on for Diamagnetic but is also to small to stand up against the double barrel shotgun that reactive is (resistance debuff and damage over time).

After further study I think this is just in mission DE. I posted this because I had run several tip missions and the "Prevent Shadowhunter's Resserection" mission from Maira Jenkins all on x8 and only saw the cairns. I have seen devouring earth lieutenants outside these missions drop the other pets since I posted this but those inside don't (at least the level 45-50 tips Coulomb2 reports that the lower level tip DE do drop others).

Someone mentioned that the devouring earth in the tip mission were the praetorian DE with elevated to hit, I confirmed the elevated to hit using the combat analyzer III temp power.

I've noticed recently that the DE Lieutenants don't seem to be bringing out their pets other then the Granite (Cairn).

You don't need to craft the recipie given to you to complete the turtorial. If you take one with some high priced salvage in it you can then craft another one and go sell the salvage and make up the price of having to buy the recipie easily or just use a recipie that drops to do it.

That said I do think you need to craft one of the recipies from the list and that just any old recipie won't work but there 4-5 options there if I recall correctly.

Most of the points of your question were covered by others.

The only thing I will add is that you can get the same benefit of the store bought enhancements for the most part by taking minimum level enhancements from the set and boosting them 5 times using the boosters. Level 25 enhancements reach very close but slightly below level 50 ones, level 30 enhancements will exceed level 50 enhancments by a little bit. The two sets you can't do this with were Basilisk's Gaze and Eradication (both level 10-30), for these the store bought ones are vastly superior to anything you can achieve in the game.

Once boosted they are bound to that character and can't even be sent to other toons of yours like the store bought ones can however.

If you are not a tier 9 subscriber you will have to determine the price of the 5 boosters (200 PP for 5) and cost of getting min level enhancements of a set vs just buying the store ones.

Edit: Just checked and most store bought enhancment pieces are 100 PP so slotting minimum and boosting would only make sense if you are a tier 9 subscriber and can get the consumable 25 booster option. Otherwise the store bought enhancements are cheaper.

Last night I joined a TPN trial. The leader announced we would be using what I call the blitz method where you ignore the outside stuff and simply go from building to building activating the terminals. I asked in league chat if they want the league TP (Incandescence) used. Getting no response I slotted the ability and announced I was going to use it so people could turn on their prompt if they didn't want it. The leage leader immediatly said in league chat that if I did they would kick me from the trial.

I must admit I was very taken aback. This leader was not some random person, they are very knowledgable about the game and trials but I can see no reason why the use of that destiny to help get everyone to the right place in the right building should be a kickable offense.

What am I missing about Incadescence on the TPN trial? Or the use of Incadescence in general?

OK I have to walk back my previous post a little.

It sounds like Hamidons have been tagged to act like normal enhancments for each of their parts now so if a power doesn't take a part that part won't affect a power.

If true then Active Defense (the example I used) won't have any use for the defense portion of membranes as Active Defense doesn't take defense.

Also mind link (as Mr. DJ asked about) would not take any recharge portion of Hamidons as that power doesn't accept recharge enhancements (sets with recharge would presumable still work in it).

I wouldn't read to much into that cover page yet. Everything you say could be true or they could have designed it to honor a fallen hero.

Yeah, personally I kept them all. To much utility in them to skip anything.

Defensive Sweep does great damage (if you hit mutiple targets as PleaseRecycle said), gives defense (smashing/melee) and is great for turning on momentum.

Crushing Blow is an OK single target attack and a great place to put a Achilles' Heel 20% resistance debuff proc. I throw it out a lot on bosses and other hard targets.

Titan Sweep is a very nice AOE and is my follow up to Whirling Smash and Arc of Destruction when fighting large groups

Follow Through does nice damage but requires momentum to use and thus is probably the most skippable one but I still keep it, slotted it with Kinetic Combat and use it a fair amount on bosses and other hard targets.

Rend Armor don't even consider skipping. In addition to having good damage this carries a resistance debuff and can also can carry a Achilles' Heel proc if you choose.

Whirling Smash is another mainstay. 360 15 foot AOE with 10 target cap. It cleans out groups fast when combined with the other AOEs

Arc of Destruction is the best power in the set. Damage that is great for single target attacks in an AOE power. Sure it only hits 5 but it can one shot most minions not resistant to smashing damage.

Edit: Forgot the other two Don't skip Build Momentum. I skip Build Up powers occassionaly in scrapper/brutes but this one is vital to Titan Weapons since momentum is so important to it. Taunt can be skipped (especially in scrappers) depending on the build you are going for.

Personally I like the two early AOE powers (defensive sweep and Titan Sweep) for turning on Momentum. AOEs though slightly slower to animate are better then single target attacks for this as the AOEs get multiple to hit rolls and only need one of them to hit to turn on momentum.

So my advice would be to skip the single target attacks as needed and keep the AOEs.

I would also say regular mail. Once you have claimed something I don't think you can get it back to the account or global areas again. They would ship like any normal enhancement you email.

Hmmm... nice idea, hadn't thought of doing that.

According to paragon wiki "Owning (but not necessarily slotting) the number of tokens to complete a tier opens that tier's rewards permissions."

So it looks like you can skip items you don't want on a tier save the tokens until you unlock the next tier then spend them.