GavinRuneblade

I might be interested, how much are you asking?

Also, as it is a proc, the lower level actually does not change the value because it is exactly the same effect as a level 50 version.

some people might value it higher since you can slot it sooner.

And in general you always want to buy the lowest level version because the salvage is cheapest. Why pay 2-4million for the rare when you can pay 6-20k instead?

For some bizarre reason, on the market interface the low level recipe is always the one in the middle.

The rule of 5 says that you can only have 5 of the same name bonus. Fortunately the Luck of the gambler is specifically named "Luck of the Gambler 7.5% Recharge Bonus". so it doesn't conflict with, say the basilisk's gaze and it's "7.5% recharge bonus".

Character: BS/Regen Scrapper. Has stealth, but not invisibility.

1. Ala the Rikti Riders from Lady Grey's Task Force or Snaptooth or Mary Macomber: multiple stage fight that gets harder each time. Use the /regen self-res and each time it is used upgrade from EB to AV, to +1 Level AV (only three stages). Also, each res changes attacks a bit (see below).

2. Have a custom Agro list that ignores taunt/threat rating and actively determines who is most critical to party success based on weighing #1 party buffs, #2 damage dealt, #3 debuffs (AVs already resist debuffs so buffs are more important than debuffs). So I attack and kill the most important PCs first.

Stage 1 EB:
* Room has low roof to minimize ability to hover-blast and tactical challenges: two randomly appearing tar patches (to trap running PCs, uses full mechanics from dark miasma including -res, use targeting mechanics developed for Apex TF). Instead of ambushes, add popup turrets with Malta Sapper end-drain/hold attacks. 1-3 appear every so often (not tied to my HP), about 1/3 the rate of the ambushes in the Barracuda TF climax but they never stop.
* Use mostly single target attacks with the occasional slice. Pretty generic tank and spank except for the funky aggro mechanics and complete lack of ranged attacks.
* So ideally a rad defender drops some debuffs then runs me in circles while the team chases and whomps me down from behind while hoping the runner doesn't get stuck in a slow patch. Only heal power other than a higher than normal regen value for an AV is reconstruction on a very slow recharge (and with a low heal %).
* When defeated, all remaining turrets self-destruct.

Stage 2 AV:
* Half of the floor panels drop away and become lava patches. Add a third tar patch, raise the ceiling 30' but cover it with caltrops (so "effective" ceiling is only raised 20'). Add 1 normal "machine gun-style" popup turret to each spawn.
* Gain 1 ranged AoE that is never used against the current "target": animates like rune of protection day job power but hits like a "backwards" knock power with -fly. Instead of pushing PCs away, it pulls them toward melee range and leaves them on the floor.
* Add whirling sword and headsplitter to attack list. Give Headsplitter high priority. Add current PC version of Moment of Glory (15 second duration, not the annoying one paragon protectors use) and a slightly nerfed dull pain replaces (not in addition to) reconstruction. (lower heal and max hp values much MUCH slower recharge).
* When defeated, all remaining turrets self-destruct.

Stage 3 AV +1 level:
* Half of the remaining floor tiles fall away (so 75% of the floor is lava). Increase popup turret spawns slightly (still less than 1/2 the rate of the barracuda fight climax), add one that fires webgrenades (immobilize, -fly) and normal machinegun attacks to 33% of spawns.
* Slightly buff the dull pain power.
* Add ~2s Confuse effect to the AoE pull attack. Meaning the first power each PC uses upon standing up is selected by the server and targetted against another random PC within range of the power. You stand up and attack your own party once. Make sure the confuse lasts long enough for PCs to stand, but never long enough for two powers to be triggered. Heavily weigh ranged attacks over melee, but thanks to the knock effect it is likely more than one PC will be in range anyway.
* Make all single-target attacks PBAoEs in effect, but don't change what defense they target. So "Hack" is a 30-degree narrow cone with a 15' range, but still counts as melee-lethal. Increase Area of actual PBAoEs by 50%.
* When defeated all remaining turrets self-destruct.

On the Panacea, I like it for the odd reasons of it being a proc rather than an enhancement bonus. This means several interesting and beneficial things:

#1 fight an enemy with -regen effect and it will completely screw over your /regen or /wp's primary method of healing. The Panacea proc will still give you something (not a lot, but more than nothing). As far as I know, this is the only way to get such an effect.

#2 heals wake you up out of sleep. The blaster's taught me this trick via slotting entropic chaos into a tier-1 attack power. Doesn't happen all that often, but I still like having the chance.

#3 Most of my healing powers are at the ED cap, so more healing can only come via a non-enhancement method. Panacea gives me more passive healing above the cap. I like this a lot. It is no different than adding a damage proc to an attack, and we all know how popular that is. I'm really surprised this alone isn't enough reason to make the Panacea Proc a mainstay.

#4 As BrandX stated, eventually you run out of places for the Performance Shifter. Getting one more +end proc in is nice. Especially since you can turn

#5 The endurance version of #1: If you have a crash power, or fight -recovery enemies the proc gives you endurance when an endmod IO in stamina gives you F#@!-all nothing. Numina and Miracle both give recovery boosts, so again, they give you nothing. Panacea keeps proccing away giving you endurance.

Really, when you look at it, even though the bonus is small it impacts in so many ways that it really is a lot of benefit for just one slot.

Edit: Plus, let's face it, the set bonuses for Panacea are by far and away the best in the entire Healing Category. It's got all the best from all of the other sets combined and increased. Better recharge than doctored wounds, same recovery as Numina, same regen as miracle, etc. What's not to love except the price?

Knowing what I know now I would never have made my BS/Regen. Kat/WP is better in every possible way (except PvP). Higher damage, better survivability, faster attacks.

BS hits harder on individual blows. Katana attacks so much faster that the difference is insignificant. In another thread someone did the math to show you only need 23% +damage for kat to hit as hard as BS, but still be faster. You get half of that with Assault the pool power.

That said, I do love my BS/Regen, she can do everything I want her to. Many lethal-resistant enemies (robots) are very frustrating though.

One other thing to consider is that Regen is a very clicky set. If you like that, then it is very fun. If you rather just attack and only worry about panic buttons, /elec or /wp will be better choices. I have terrible reflexes and that is a big part of my wishing I'd gone /wp instead, but at the time I didn't know any better.

A buddy of mine has only two characters on his account and has been playing for over 3 years. All servers combined, two characters total.

No plans to make a new one either.

For the record, The patch that fixed the long loading screen, did not fix the lockup when talking to NPCs.

Still get that one all the time.

/regen is weaker on stalkers because of the lower hit points. But it is still capable of fighting it out. As Errant mentioned, you need to level a bit more before you start to feel it.

Also, regen is the most "active" out of all secondary powersets. You live or die based on knowing how to time your click powers. It is skill intensive and very attention hungry, but also a very solid set. Many scrappers use it for soloing AVs.

One of the nice things about it is that it performs identically against any enemy. Hydras with toxic damage? Carnie Psychic attacks with, even the hamidon with his ignore defense, ignore resist untyped special damage. Regen doesn't give a darn. It's all the same.

Some important guidelines when you do get higher level and start using IOs:
NEVER deliberately build for +regen set bonuses. This is the most common mistake with /regen and it makes people very frustrated and confused. +regen is only slightly more useful than debt resistance as a set bonus for a /regen.

Instead, Go recharge and defense. You'll be sitting on 120+hp/sec just from your core powers with dull pain and instant healing going at the same time. Adding an extra 1-3hp/sec from set bonuses doesn't add anything significant to that. But adding even 15-20% defense makes an enormous difference.

Scrappers need to build for +HP, but on stalkers with the lower HP cap, you just need your accolades and enough recharge to make dull pain permanent and you're golden.

Tough and Weave are very helpful.

Haste is almost but not quite mandatory. It gets your clickies up sooner and you want to have dull pain up as close to permanently as you can.

Quick Recovery gives far more endurance than stamina, and fast healing gives far more regeneration than health. Slot accordingly. I made the mistake of 4 slots in health, and 2 in fast healing. When I later traded them around, it added 7 hp/sec to my build with no other changes affecting hp or regen. I didn't even change which IOs were slotted, just moved them (4 numina's inlcuding unique, and 2 miracles including unique).