GavinRuneblade

To the OP, if you don't catch the value of that it also means, "Currently known as a random merit roll".

level matters. If you exemplar for taskforces, oroboros, pvp zones or just to help friends with their missions two things happen: #1 the enhancement % you get per slot is reduced. #2 set bonuses from your sets get turned off if you are 3 or more levels below the IO. Also, level matters because stupid people pay a metric sh@%-ton of inf for level 50 IOs when the 40-49s are 99.999999% the same. In some cases 100% the same.

So for example, lets say you slot 5 level 50 Doctored Wounds into a heal power. This gives you a very handy 5% bonus to the recharge of all your powers. Now, let's say you decide to try Manticore's taskforce. You'll be reduced to level 35 and you will lose the recharge bonus because 35 is more than 3 levels below 50 (the level of your IOs). If you had slotted level 38 IOs you would still have the bonus.

For the record, common/generic/one stat IOs are "better" than level 53 SOs at level 40.
Dual (eg acc/dam) Set IOs are better than level 53 SOs at level 24. Triple (ed Acc/Dam/Rech) set IOs are better than level 53 SOs at level 20. So you can use that as a guideline.

This looks like an invitation for my favorite speech about the joys of frankenslotting. =)

So you have three slots and are level 22. Right now using SOs you could have 1 Acc, and 2 dam for 38% Acc/76% Damage while they're toop of the line, but they'll drop fast as you level.

Or you can slot (all level 25 same as the SOs):
Pulverizing Fisticuffs Acc/Dam/Rech, Focused Smite Acc/Dam/Rech, Acc/Dam
for: 52% Acc, 52% Dam, 32% Rech at level 22

The PF costs 74k to craft and maybe 10k in salvage. The FS cost 36k to craft and maybe 2k in salvage.

Level 25 SOs cost 29.9k with some variety per style and store.

You replace those SOs even once from a store and you're over the price of the sets.

You can play around with the options to get some end reduction, heavier damage, etc.

Also, these guys will always be higher bonuses and often cheaper than equivalent-level common IOs.

Just FYI, while getting the money together to finish slotting out my elec/elec as listed in the build I linked above, I have ~6% defenses and woefully underslotted resists. And I can farm +0/x8 Rikti endlessly. It just depends on who you choose to farm. Seriously, I'm still using what I labeled as my "junk" build and I can do rikti at x8.

With /elec rikti are your victims of choice and it is stupidly easy to give them the beat down. Don't do Romans, and I dislike nemesis due to the stacked vengeances. But I can also ravage the rocks in DE missions that people say are not good to farm because of the cairns. If I need tickets I customized a banished pantheon mission I can solo at +1/x8 also. I assume that with the upgraded build I'll be able to farm a much wider variety of enemies and I'll have a higher damage output to boot.

Also, with a farmer you don't need to cap defense or resist because you're chugging down insps like 4 or 5 per spawn. All you gotta be is within one small of the cap and the infinite supply o insps from your kills will take care of the rest.

If you want a good all around farmer/taskforcer then you want fire/shield. But it's spendy to build into top notch performance.

Apparently you scared everyone away. :P

Oooh, I like this idea! Thank you. Now I just gotta figure out a build for it.

Most hamis are not too bad redside, unfortunately, enzymes are over 50m each last time I checked. The positive side is that there are a lot of them available.

the panacea's it is not so much the price as availability. If you don't know someone who farms PvP, you simply cannot get them. And they will cost you billions to fill your power. I think it is a good idea to just pretend that PvP IOs don't exist in the game when giving someone a build unless they specifically say they can get them. Purples are not so bad, PvP IOs are brutal.

Swap Doctored Wounds for that panacea.

Actually, he does have a much more recent version. But as you said it's not as current as mids.

That is the "mission pacing" as it is called in AE, but it applies to all missions. Depending on the pacing enemies can spawn at -1 to +1 from the difficulty chosen. So if you choose a +0 mission, you might still have rooms with +1 enemies and some with -1 enemies.

Actually, the lower level you are the weaker bosses are. Level 1 to 5 bosses barely have more hit points than lieuts. I use a custom AE arc with enemies locked to level 1 for my tanks and defenders to level up in since they are such high exp for so few hp. I strongly recommend it.

But in the 20s bosses have gotten quite tough.

I'm guessing the blinds were part of the problem. Also I'm still strongly suspecting neither of you have enough accuracy slotted.

Are your primary attacks at 40%+ because if not, you really should tone down the level of your enemies. You want 50-60% accuracy to go up against +2s (depending on any tohit buffs such as the Kismet unique), and really don't want to try it with only "one" accuracy slotted, especially if it is a DO.

Redside you get these with the Smuggler and Marketeer badges. Smuggler comes from the ferries. This makes Cap au Diable the ideal since the university market and ferry are so close together. However, Port Oaks and St. Martial are also decent.

Oaks has the ferry just down the hill and the abandoned lab for crafting a short hop over the bay.

St. Martial has the vanguard base for crafting and the ferry just over the highway in the Arachnos base.

You are correct. Hostages in the back of a cave will be a drain for a long time after being freed. overland city maps are decent because there are lots of nearby doors for them to use.

I would also like this and to add that sometimes it's just one mission out of an arc that has the problem. So not being able to try and provide feedback on the later missions is an unfortunate loss. But this option would solve it!

I've been looking at that possibility. Right now with one Mainframe I can't use Monitor Banks because the output is too low. I do wish there was something 15/30 instead of 10/20. Ah well.

But even with two mainframes a single advanced database puts out more control than all 7 I currently have. So two with two mainframes I'm still concerned that I won't have enough control to max out my teleporters, storage and crafting.

Warburg Nukes + an Ill/Rad Controller and Kin/Fire Corrupter watching your back (just make sure the controller is also watching the corr because, you know, having a villain at your back and all isn't a good way to keep your lunch money safe).

A couple of thoughts. First off, if you're wiping then obviously neither of you can handle the +1 setting so run at +0. There's nothing wrong with that.

Second, look at your ATs your powers, and what enemies you are up against. If you're dark attacks and going after CoT who resist dark heavily and then on top of that have some of the nastiest powers in the low-level game well maybe that could be changed by running missions against Family. for instance.

What ATs and powersets are you running? What missions are you having trouble with?

Last how much accuracy do you have slotted?

DAH! Hrrrmmm. *Runs off to try and find a way.*

Wow! Very nice.

Now if only we could get Akarist's headpiece and robe pattern to lay ontop of that one.

Question, possibly best tossed into Jay's thread, but it is on topic here: We know from Shields and Weapons that they have the ability to limit costume options based on powerset choice. What if the existing CoT robes were enabled only for those non-melee ATs whose leg movements wouldn't interfere/clip?

I'm guessing that jump kick at least in the pools would be an issue and possibly others. But I dunno. If it is the look, could it be enabled for some ATs at least? Does anyone who knows more about modelling than I do have any insight?