GavinRuneblade

Me too. I gladly take the time to report. But it's been very quiet lately.

Again, only true of unmemorized commons. A level 24 Acc/Dam/Rech Focused Smite costs 37k to craft and three salvage that can all be bought reliably for 100-500 inf. A level 25 Accuracy SO costs 29.9k. A level 25 Common Accuracy IO requires a luckcharm so that one is clearly going to be way too expensive unless you luck out and someone is selling them crafted for below cost (which happens: I bought two for 15k each a few months back).

Very very wrong. See the table here. Triples beat +3 SOs at level 20, duals at 24, Quads I have no idea but there are only a few and at least one them has junk like range as the fourth. Also, remember one level after you're using +3 SOs they're only +2. Then +1, then +0, etc. Do you "green up" every level? If not, then for 4/5 of your levels a 35 Common WILL BE higher value than your SO because you'll be at a +2/1/0/-1 before replacing it. And a level 24 set will ALWAYS be better than your SO even when it is a brand new shiny +3.

I reliably buy crafted IOs for less thank 50k off both red and blue markets. That's about the same price as an SO from a store at higher level. Crafting and recipe and salvage of many of the junk sets come out to less than 50k for higher than +3 SO values. I reliably craft IOs in the mid 20s for less than 50k including recipe and salvage and crafting.

One trick to watch for is that crafting costs ramp up up up, the drop when they cross a threshold and change ingredients. So the under 25 recipes like Bonesnap the 25 IO costs 76k to craft. But the 25+ ones or the 20-30 ones the level 25 (or 26) only costs 36k to craft.

Plus, people often post them on the market for less than the crafting cost. Leave a lowball bid up and see what happens. I sold 4 level 50 Def Buff common IOs for 5k each last weekend. Put them up for 1 apiece. I'm not the only one doing it either. Field crafters often don't care much what we make back, just need to clear our inventory so we can craft the next batch. =)

And I'll stop now. =)

Target one point at the second with your mouse. Might be another way but I know that works.

That's a very sensible way to go about it if you have the respecs. However at level 25 SOs are only better than common IOs.

A level 24 Acc/Dam gives 38.4% total bonus, and a +3 SO gives 38.33% but it will drop as you level. A level 20 Acc/Dam/Rech also gives 38.4% total and you can slot that baby at level 17.

Assume you have three slots for an attack, you for certain want an accuracy and a damage, the third varies end for some, recharge, or a second acc or damage.

At level 22 using level 25 SOs you can have:
38.3% Acc, 38.3% Dam, 38.3% Recharge

Or you can slot:
Pulverizing Fisticuffs Acc/Dam/Rech, Focused Smite Acc/Dam/Rech, Acc/Dam
for: 52% Acc, 52% Dam, 32% Rech at level 22

When you reach level 22 those SOs are giving you:
33.3%/33.3%/33.3%
the IOs are still 52%/52%/32%

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.

BUT, if you burn a respec and recoup all the cost and then slot sets, that is a good way to go. Probably a great idea for EATS as khelds very commonly want to respec and soldiers have no choice in the matter.

They retain their set bonuses but the enhancement value still gets reduced. Just FYI.

This is a personal crusade of mine.

level 35 common IOs are essentially identical to +3 SOs
level 24 dual IOs are minusculely better than +3 SOs
level 20 triple IOs are minusculely better than +3 SOs

There is a spectacular table on the wiki.

I figure the more people know how good low-level sets are the more of a market for them there will be.

Another thing to keep in mind. When you exemplar your enhancement bonus gets reduced. So if you have 3 damage IOs in an attack for 99% damage, when you drop to level 15 to do a Posi you only get to keep about 39% of that.

However, there is a funky rule where small bonuses don't get reduced. So double and triple and quads give full effect. Now, on a Posi run it would be almost impossible to keep high-level bonuses. But you can get great bonuses down to level 21 as long as no individual bonus is higher than 20%.

so the level 50 quads give 18.6% to each of four stats and that is immune to exemplaring down to level 21. A level 43 triple gives 19.9%. A level 24 dual gives 19.2% to both.

Since any dual level 24 or above is already better than a +3 SO and any triple level 20 or above is also better than a +3 SO, if you use level 24-43 sets you can function with your set bonus and with most or all of you total enhancement both.

This is where non-purples have an advantage. Since purples only come in larger than 20% flavor, they are always chopped when you exemp down. On the other hand you always get the set bonus, so there is that at least.

It can be. The current record for simultaneous solo-d Dev created AV's with no temps or insps is 9 held by a DM/Inv scrapper.

I don't think I'd try for 10 on a stalker due to the lower hit points. But the stalker version of DM can put out substantial damage and certainly enough to take down an AV. Your biggest issue will be that we lost out on DM's endurance recovery power. That will make your build a little tricky for AVs since you'll need to be self-sustaining on endurance while also building defenses from near zero (regen's only protection is hide).

How much do you team and how much do you solo? What difficulty settings?

Also, with middle-of the road defenses, be really wary of romans and others who debuff defense easily. They will strip you of your protection super fast and often do enough that only one or two purples won't help.

I tend to think of slows as controls rather than debuffs. Not lockdowns like a hold or full mez, but in the same field as immobilizes.

Did you check first? Because the crystal is right in the hospital I'm not sure which of the two you're getting credit for.

And I've only been able to get out with self-destruct. So far I guess I can't find the "correct angle" when wiggling and jumping.

Protean is a serious pain for many people. His autohit self-heal-to-full power on a surprisingly fast timer is not something everyone is equipped to handle solo. And I mean that skill-wise as much as I mean it with regard to character abilities (think stone tanks trying to run away).

Also, you really want the +HP accolades. I was very surprised how much of a difference they made on my regen.

I have the same feeling about this statement as defenders do about people telling them blasts are in their secondary for a reason, stop the pew pew and act like a buff bot.

the truth is that Fluffy does heal A LOT. Healing may not be his primary function, but it is that which he is best at. His heals are huge, have a wide radius and they are fairly regular. No, it's not a button you can click, but you can rely on it most of the time. the harder thing is keeping the idiots in range of him.

Yes, once the pet gets down to 10%, you need to step in, but when it's at 50? Don't worry, let fluffy go off while you do your thing elsewhere to reduce incoming damage.

Isn't it unique anyway?

The biggest reason DM.Regen would focus on small mobs is the lack of AoE to kill them efficiently. DM is spectacular single-target damage, but it is not ideal for farming. With a debuff and self-heal combined with low resisted damage type it is one of the best primaries for hard targets.

You don't want pokemon online. I think this is probably about right instead.

Depends on who you're up against also. Malta, Knives, Vanguard Renegades, Cimeroran Traitors all are a bit more difficult than say Council or Freaks. I definitely noticed when I got over 25% going up against those groups even at 0/xAnything.