GavinRuneblade

Your answer lies here in the definition of a Global Bonus.

But to save you the trouble: some will some won't, Gambler's Recharge will.

There are global bonuses like Gambler that will work even if the power is off/grey but you are within 3 levels of the IO. Then there are Procs where you need to have the power active, like Kismet's Accuracy, or the Numina Heal. So it depends on the IO in question.

The -kb IOs are also Global. By the way. Get 'em as low-level as you can.

What level of enemy do you normally fight? Do you run against +4, +3, or +2?

If you are against +0 or +1 I believe you are wasting slots with two Acc SOs. But on the higher enemies you will notice it. 66% from Two +3 SOs will get you 90% or 95% to hit against +2 enemies.

I have no idea yet. But what I think is that there will be a massive redside exodous. Enormous. this will create shortages in the market, mostly supply shortages since inf doesn't cross with you and we can email inf so it doens't have to be tied to the character who is leaving the Islands for Paragon. Someone with supply from blueside can then come across and clean up. Then use a service like Smurphy's or Fulmens or Dumple to convert to blue wealth.

Pure speculation at this point.

I believe the engineer responsible was this chap here.

I never looked at it closely, I just assumed it was an ad for an AE arc titled "Secret of the Universe"

Kinda glad I never tried to play it now that I know it doesn't exist. =)

I mostly agree on this. But I also know people speed run arcs and taskforces in far less time than the devs intend. Think of Katie Hannons and Edens by speeders compared to average. Until we know, it's all theory. And I know that I oroboros missions much faster than intended and I am a crappy player. Good players do way better than me. There were a bunch of them over time like that. Think about the Kheld arc that was milked for merits for so long as an example. So the real question is, one week per step at how much time per week?

I don't understand why people keep saying this. You only need to predict the market ONE MISSION in advance. However long the final mission that lets you finish the process in switching sides, that's how long in advance you need to predict the market. Actually not even that long since you get do 99.99999% of the mission, exit out, load up, go back in and finish, then bang you're on the other side.

It's not like you load up, do two weeks worth of missions during which you have zero access to all of the following: your super group base storage, player-to-player trade, email, and the market. Or if the devs have said somewhere that once you accept the first mission, you are locked out of all of that until you complete the side switch, please show me where.

So why would you assume you need to predict the market 2 weeks in advance? All you need is to know if you have a potential for profit right now.

Also, if it is a story arc, we might get merits out of it. I'd be amazed if it was a worthwhile amount though. Hell, it might be a great farm mission. Or even a decent farm mission. It could have novel mechanics that are particularly fun and people want to reply it for that. As an example, I love the faultline missions for the four-way EB/hero fight in the climax. Again, until it is implemented we won't know for sure. Assuming there will be zero rewards or it will take too much time is just as premature as assuming it will be easy and profitable.

Actually that's a good question, what level of enhancement do you need to hit 90% chance to hit against +2s? If I'm not mistaken I *think* your 60% gives a 90% chance to hit +2s? Barring any teammate buffs and enemy defenses.

I actually prefer fighting +0 or +1s. I generally don't like +2 through +4 because it is the exact same activity just for smaller numbers on them and bigger numbers on me. I play for the stories, and for the teammates. Not many do, especially people who've been around a while longer than me, y'all have gotten bored with the stories and find most of the play too easy. So, that's why I did add:

The trick that I have found is that especially at low level while accuracy helps a lot, it isn't enough by itself. Getting some damage and end reduction is an enormous advantage. But those are, as you said, less important than Accuracy. Spreading the love with a bit of damage and end, makes a huge difference for me early on. Getting a lot of accuracy alone, I end up resting a lot more often between fights. Getting accuracy plus more = better. That's all I was saying.

The key issue, as you said, is you need three slots per SO using triples. It's doable, but not always worth it. If you want more than just accuracy, in my experience it's been worth it.

Especially worth getting the early help slotting the armors.

Per the scrapper forum testing in "the results are in" with proper fury mitigation brutes work out to approximately a 3% damage advantage over scrappers. But then they have the hit points advantage built in as well.

That said, fury also makes you vulnerable to fits and starts. If you are interrupted often by real life and can't just storm through a mission, a scrapper will have an advantage where the brute will be constantly starting over from scratch.

With going rogue this becomes irrelevant. Both sides will have access to both power sets.

I also recommend using low-level IOs. A level 17 triple gives roughly the same bonuses as an even level SO and you can slot it at level 14. Level 20 duals give 32% instead of 33.3% and you can slot those as early as level 17.

Take a simple three-slot example: Acc, Dam, Endmod all SOs for 33.3%/33.3%/33.3%

Or:
Level 17 Acc/Dam/End/Recharge Pulverizing Fisticuffs
Level 17 Acc/Dam/Recharge Pulverizing Fisticuffs
Level 20 Dam/End Bonesnap

Gives: 20.4%Acc/36.0%Dam/25.5%End/20.4%Rchg

Only one of them is at all expensive (the quad). If you do the Bonesnap at level 17 you are equal but not better to the SOs and you can slot it at the same level 14. However, any origin can benefit this way.

If you wait until you are level 22 you could do a lot better with level 25 versions of the Smashing Haymaker Dam/End/Recharge and both Focused Smite triples

Or just go with
Bonesnap Acc/Dam Level 17
Pounding Slugfest Acc/Dam Level 17
Pounding Slugfest Dam/End Level 17

Gives you
27.2%Acc/40.8%Dam/12.6%End bonus. And 8% regen, which is something worth considering on an iron-man character. Or go with three Acc/Dam IOs for 40.8% Acc/40.8% Dam. with no regen bonus. I dunno, I think I like 40%/40% more than just 60% accuracy. Especially since it will still be 40%/40% when I'm level 50 and the Yin O's will be 0/0 before level 22.

That probably could be bought with the inf you get off of your large Insps from the tutorial. I regularly get 350k+ for mine but I'm patient. If you just list them for 5inf each and pray, you might get as low as 20k.

I find that about 25-30% accuracy against +0 con enemies is quite enough. If you run against +2s, then the higher accuracy from either triple Acc/Dam's or Fireheart's Yin O recommendation might be worth it.

Stacking the Res/Endurance IOs from Impervium Armor, Reactive Armor, and Impervious Skin is also very cheap and can net you a very noticeable advantage early on. Again, if we pretend all level 17 IOs and three slots, that's 24.6% Res/40.8% End available to you as early as level 14, you should be able to buy each of the recipes for 50k, and the crafting costs will be 18k each, ingredients should be free if you're careful to save the right ones. Only expensive ingredients are the Page from the Malleus Mundi for Impervium Armor and the Ancient Artifact for Reactive Armor. Those can each go for over 20k.

It's a shame resistance doesn't have any cheap set with bonuses like Serendipity. Picking up health, regen and accuracy before level 15 would be very nice.

You will get Pool A drops at the level of the enemy. But Pool B (mission complete) and C (merit) are your level. Those last two are also vastly more valuable and in demand than pool A. Think Luck of the Gambler Recharge% and Numina's Unique. Both of which are more valuable at lower level.

Additionally, as mentioned for set bonuses, some people want whole sets at level 32, 33, or 35. 32 is for taskforces and Oroboros merit farming (many of the good ones are level 29 or higher so level 32 is the ideal IO for them). 33 is for Siren's Call PVP, which is one of the most popular zones. 35 is a good, generic "I like to exemplar but I have no idea what level I will operate at" baseline where even the single attribute IOs give more than a level 53 SO.

Those three levels are most popular, but people buy and ask for almost any level from 24 on up. Hell a few people have been looking for level 18 IOs to customize characters for speed Posi runs.

Here is a strategy that works great for me: You have two builds. Get one to use cheap but good sets. Smashing Haymaker instead of Kinetic Combat. Multistrike and Scirrocco's Dervish instead of Obliteration. Ruin and Maelstrom's Fury instead of Thunderstrike and Devastation. You'll be powerful and competent, but not godlike. You will, however be perfectly capable of farming very effectively. Call this build A. Have your second build setup to hold the IOs from your multi-billion plan. Call this Build B. Play using Build A, but slowly fill in Build B as the drops show up and as you get things on the market. Once Build B is 80% finished it should be playable and better than Build A. Then Switch over. Use Build A for exemplaring and lower-level taskforces.

I do this on all my characters and it works really, really well. It is dirt cheap and gives you a goal to work toward. And you really have your cake and get to eat it too.

This is total win. You rock Smurphy, I was expecting these services to come up and I'm pretty sure my villains will be extremely grateful!

No no no, that's the Stig. Though I can see how you'd get the two confused.