GavinRuneblade
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Quote:there are four. Don't forget Panacea. I particularly like Panacea for two reasons:Originally Posted by GuyPerfect
Healing Set Globals
There are three Enhancements in Healing IO sets that grant global bonuses: Miracle +Recovery, Regenerative Tissue +Regeneration, and Numina's Convalescence +Recovery/+Regeneration. While these sound like ordinary global bonus IOs (which are literally single-Enhancement set bonuses), they aren't. The Healing globals are actually procs with a 100% chance to fire.
What's the point, you ask? It means they continue to work no matter what level you are, since procs aren't affected by the same Combat Level limitations that Set Bonuses are. Slot a level 50 Numina global in Health and it will still function when you exemplar to level 1.
Be wary, for this means the buffs will only apply to you when the power they're slotted in is cast, unlike typical global bonus IOs. If it's in an ally heal, you have to actually use that power for it to apply, and it will apply to you instead of your ally. The only way to get persistent buffs out of these Enhancements is to slot them in auto or toggle powers. Health is the usual candidate for this, but other places like High Pain Tolerance and Soothing Aura will also do the trick.
#1 it procs a heal, not a regen bonus. this allows you to still heal when under the effects of massive -regen debuffs which are all too common. Sadly it is not enough to actually keep you alive, but it does help somewhat. This also will wake up a squishy who is asleep when it goes off. #2 it procs +endurance not +recovery. This means you can still get endurance when under the effect of a nuke or tier-9 crash, or while badly debuffed by sappers. In all of those circumstances miracle and numina's are essentially useless. Again, panacea isn't enough by itself, but it is a small help.
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Howhelpful is the Storm Elemental's hurricane?
I was looking at that one for my tank, but not sure if they have a strong enough -tohit to really be noticed. -
Can you squeeze one more slot into buildup to put in the gaussian's set?
that might free you up to put in something better than touch of death in one of your attacks.
And/or some more for caltrops to drop in some procs? I run the same triple you picked, plus ragnarok's proc, and posi's proc. It's pretty cool. -
Quote:I don't think so, but the chance to heal in entropic chaos does so I have it on my blaster's tier 1. =)Originally Posted by Cheetatron
Ooh that is sexy does the Performance Shifter proc break sleeps too?
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Quote:But why would I slot what I can sell? My character works as-is. =)Originally Posted by Fulmens
If you don't trust yourself with a respec, couldn't you just put new, higher-level items in the same slots? Level 40 serendips instead of level 18? Step on them and squish them!
If I got more level 30 serendips I'd be rather likely to slot them, but the 40s I can't stop myself from selling. And since I can't roll for anything but my level or max level, I never get anything but 40s (except on my lowbie ticket farmers who are 15 and 20 so they aren't offering much of an upgrade anyway).
I either need inflation to obliterate the value of my drops so I have no motive to craft and sell, or to actually be able to select the level range of random rolls. Sigh. I'm doomed, because the market isn't. =) -
Quote:Hehe, I have the exact same reaction!Originally Posted by Neogumbercules
The Kin Combats are great. Kinetic Crash sucks but mostly because I always see "kinetic" and get my hopes up.
Kinetic crash actually sell well, but I refuse to sell them because they piss me off so I vendor them. -
Quote:Sigh. I wish.Originally Posted by Yomo_Kimyata
I really hope these are Kismet/Karma/Achilles Heel/Steadfast Protection procs...
As an example, My fire/shield brute has a bunch of below 20 serendipities and 2 that are mid 30s. Plus one gambler proc and two pieces of gift of the ancients that are both level 40. Those are all the defense pieces she has slotted.
Her attacks have anything from bruising blow, smashing haymaker, crushing impact, and I think a full set of salvo and a couple pieces of ruin in gloom. I'll be trading those out for thunderstrikes eventually. Probably. -
If you ever get this collection, or even a decent portion of it, let me know, I'd love to visit your museum and take a look =)
Cool project! -
Quote:Hehe Win!Originally Posted by Supernumiphone
MM pets run away when Stalkers are lit on fire?
And I'll toss out my vote for blasters out-damaging stalkers, and stalkers noticably outdamaging scrappers. -
Quote:Blame the wiki because I trust it? But awesome concept! =)Originally Posted by Nihilii
I love how everytime GavinRuneblade starts a post with a quote and "FALSE", everything he says after that is wrong.
Maybe this is some kind of japanese reading thing and you're supposed to read from bottom to top.
@wernerQuote:* Due to Step 1, you can use up to level 25 Dual-Aspect IOs, level 43 Tri-Aspect IOs, and level 50 Quad-Aspect IOs and suffer no bonus reduction unless you Exemplar to level 20 or lower. (Those breakpoints are only accurate for Schedule A benefits. Schedule B's are higher, C's and D's are lower.)
Example: Slotting Aimed Shot with
Ruin - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 43
Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 43
Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 43
Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 43
gives a total bonus of: 93.18% Accuracy, 93.57% Damage, 76.8% Endurance Reduction and 93.18% Recharge Reduction at full effect from level 21 to 50.
That's probably a big part of it. I spend a bit over 60% of my time at 14-30 even on my 50s. Running Oro arcs and low task forces. And I do know there's no % impact on dropping down to the 40s. But I got hammered on the one build I have with all 50 sets (not that it's a particularly good build to start with). Tried making one specifically for low level and stopped being quite so whiff-tastic. =)Quote:Unless you're spending half your time at really low levels, it doesn't seem like you'd want to make that trade off if we consider only enhancement values. Most exemplaring probably isn't all the way to 21, so the loss would be less. Upper level content should also be a little more challenging than lowbie content. I really don't think enhancement values is much of an argument unless it's an exemplar-specific build. I think the main argument in favor of lower level IOs is preserving set bonuses while exemplared.
Also, I was mostly commenting on the use of the word "only". -
I like the proc for a few reasons, but even considering them still call it "neat" but not "worth it".
#1 it will get you over the ED cap on healing from passives like health. Just a like a damage proc takes you over the top on damage with an attack. Needed? not for any set that uses healing as a survival technique, but still fun for people who obsess about that kind of thing.
#2 it is a proc. -regen debuffs completely floor your regen. no amount of +health slotted into a regen power will offest this. The proc still ticks. Often I've been alive with less than 100 hp because of a luck tick. Needed? Not at all, but helpful 1 in a few thousand times a close call comes around.
#3. On squishies, it breaks sleep when it fires. -
Quote:I have lots of alts that aren't finished. And I'm building a fetish collection of purples in my villain base. I keep telling myself I'll slot them once I have a build that uses them.Originally Posted by Scarab_NA
but what's the point of selling something if you don't use the influence to buy stuff to upgrade your build?
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Quote:Hehe, I agree completely.Originally Posted by Fulmens
I'm going to be all macho on the internet and take a stand: That right there is wrong. Wrong, I say!
But I am so godsawful at creating character builds that I'm actually AFRAID to respec them. And they work as they are. The last two times I tried to respec any of my characters they actually ended up missing critical powers and coming out weaker than before the respec. So, I don't do that anymore.
I've thought about upgrading to a higher level version of the same IO, but then I think "well, it works so I'll just sell this instead of slotting it". Sigh. -
Quote:The whole reactive armor set and smashing haymaker set are available through bronze rolls.Originally Posted by TrainRobber
So considering my lvl for trading in my tickets is 25-29, what is the best approach for finding the complete sets of LoG (excluding the recharge), Reactive Armour and Smashing Haymakers?
I rolled one of my Force Feedback +recharge procs, and my Zinger Psi damage proc. Want to concentrate on the above three now.
Luck of the gambler is the rough one. Only two (Def, Def/End) are available Bronze. One is Silver (Def/Rech), and the other three are Gold only. -
Quote:FALSE.Originally Posted by Infini
Well, only if you want your bonuses while exemplared. Lower level content is pretty easy without IOs and without your bonuses, your powers are still slotted more optimally than they would be on pure SOs.
When you exemplar down two things happen. First you lose set bonuses. Second the % enhancement is reduced.
I don't know about you, but I like having enough accuracy slotted in my attacks, and I don't tend to go crazy overslotting it. So if I have enough to hit 95% of the time at level 50, and I drop to run a citadel, I might only be hitting 74% of the time, and that's a big differnce.
If, instead of level 50 IOs I had slotted 43 triples, or 24 duals, I'd still have the exact same % accuracy at 25 or 30 as I do at 50.
The magic numbers for exemping:
Level 50 Quads
Level 43 Triples
Level 24 Duals
Anything that level or lower will not be reduced in bonus when you exemplar unless you go to level 20 or lower. So you have a huge chunk of the game you can run with solid numbers.
And IOs get better than SOs way lower than most people think. Sure the single attribute IOs need to be level 35, but a triple gives more than 38% total bonus at level 17. From that point on anything you slot is better than a SO. -
NOOOO, not her, pl meh! I haz cookies.
*/em looks for cookies, haz no cookies but sees Ulli sneaking away. -
Quote:VR day (Victory over the Rikti), the aforementioned Brass Monday, etc. CoH has had different history than the real world, they might have moved "president's day" to a different weekend than us. Etc. there's all kinds of potential. Never touched upon.Originally Posted by Bossa_Nova
Plus, wouldn't the in-game holidays for CoX mostly be real world holidays anyway?
Very true, and yet re-activation weekend and double-xp weekends both prove that lots of people will log in and play more on any weekend the Devs choose to provide incentive. And I suspect many real-world holiday players would play on the real holiday even if there was no event. Then they would also log in for the fake event, possibly bumping total activity for the game. Pure speculation I admit, but I have a suspicion I'd be right.Quote:Well, the real-world holidays are what players are used to. And for many of the holidays represented with MMO events, players are taking vacation time or have time off from school, an opportunity to play more. -
Quote:I completely agree that it is nice to have new mechanics. I just wish there had been a different mechanic. Like, let resistance work but still be autohit. Watch people beg for thermals and sonics. =) I dunno, something.Originally Posted by The Grim Heaper
While I rather like the mechanic, if for no other reason than it adds something different from the usual "big bag of HP", "defeat satelite [enemies] to be able to effectively hit the BBoHP", "ambush!" or "stand here and you die"... I cannot disagree with what you're saying in regards to the upcoming change that hopes to attract new players.
As OV said, the getting stuck is supposedly fixed. On the freeze time people have different strategies. Easiest is as mentioned fight right infront of the specific bunker, and he's only holding you for a second or two. I've had several use this strategy even when getting badges. The other strategy is to have coordination on your team *"I know, it's unlikely but it does happen sometimes hehe) and stop right before the freeze time, save the disintegrating person, then pound him. This also works with obliteration if you're going for the badge for not getting held.Quote:In general I enjoy the new trial, and don't find it to be excessively longer than the first two, but I do have a couple gripes;
-Keyes getting stuck in map geometry. I'm not sure if this has been fixed yet, but it happened to leagues I was on twice - both times the GM only responded after the timer ran out.
-Disintegration + Freeze Time. On their own they are fine, when used in concert, annoying as heck. -
Quote:there's more than a few lady stalkers out there I wouldn't mind seeing in that getup. =)Originally Posted by Zombie Man
On any team of Stalkers, I don't want to see any AS-less chaps.
Note: I do get and appreciate the pun. -
Also, with IOs higher level isn't always better. If you run lower level taskforces or exemp down to play with friends, you definitely want to get lower than level 50 IOs.
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Quote:That's not perfect, but it is a really good analogy. I have a few friends that will help. Thanks!Originally Posted by Shred_Monkey
Ok.. it's not a perfect analogy, but play style wise I think of a dominator as kind of like a Jedi.... i throw control powers at things that are out of reach while I work around the room with my melee attacks.
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I have an earth/thorn that I don't like the thorn half of very much at all.
/fire is great fun in melee. but I do get sad that we don't have fire sword circle.
/Ice is my favorite secondary so far, but I keep assuming that I'll get bored of it eventually. Then, it keeps not hapenning. hehe. -
I slot anything I can find or roll as soon as I get it. I tend not to upgrade later. I have 3 incarnated characters with multiple level 14 IOs slotted.
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making me want to dust off my lowbie farmers =) I have a 15 and a 20 somewhere. Justice I think. Keep meaning to make some on Virtue where I actually have a base for them.
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So far I enjoy Keyes because it is more exciting combat-wise.
BAFs are just three rounds of tank-and-spank vs the AVs with a few people fighting the adds.
Lamda is a bit of early steamrolling, then running around like idiots while 2 or 3 people take out the containers/boxes and leave all the enemies alive, then a tank-and-spank.
But Keyes, everyone is actually fighting nearly the whole time. And you break up into smaller groups often enough that it's not one attack per spawn before everything is dead, like a steamroll team, there are usually plenty of chances for 2 or 3 people to take on big groups of warworks. I like that much more.
That said, I think the reliance on healing is the absolute worst decision the Devs have made in years. We need more mechanics that convince people to not choose heal sets. They are in all other parts of the game the weakest form of survival, but because some other popular fantasy MMO is built around healing there is a false belief they are the best. The Devs stepping up and making heals the only thing that works is exactly what we didn't need right before a bajillion morons join the game in free mode.