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What level should one reach before seriously slotting IO

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I slot common IOs at 15, 25, and 35. It's much easier and cheaper than replacing all of your TOs, then DOs, then SOs every 3 levels. I usually don't get into sets until I hit 50. By the time I get there I usually have enough inf. to slot out one or two powers (sometimes more). I do not farm so I think this is the best method for someone like me. I do play the market a little but I'm not that proficient at it. I make a little money there but I'm no high roller.

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I have never really played PvP but I'm interested in trying it out. Would anyone be willing to suggest an inexpensive build for my level 47 bots/therm to get started? I have a VG that is all MMs and I will probably have backup for this too.

Edit: He's 48 now.

Dark/Kin Corr

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Originally Posted by Harkness

De/buffs are not attacks. You currently have three regular attacks (two of which are AoE, and one of those is a low DPS immob) and a snipe.

If you're using the first tray as your "attack tray", I'd expect it to have Dark Blast, Gloom, TT, NF, Transfusion, SP, SS, Transference, Fulcrum Shift, and something else.

IR is a movement power, that's all, so it doesn't need to be in your "attack tray". SB and ID don't interact directly with enemies, so they don't need to be there.

Kinetics is a very clicky powerset. It keeps you very busy in that sense, and I can't think of another powerset that plays out feeling quite so... clicky.

If you're a mouse player, then using all 3 trays at once shouldn't be a problem.

If you're a keyboard player (which I am), then I'd advise you to bind your team-mates 1-8 to the numberpad keys 1-8, and then bind SB to 0 and ID to ALT+0, or another neighboring key.

For my kins, I also bind Transfusion and Transference onto the numberpad for being able to quickly boost team-mates off of their own target. I also bind in Read Fortune, and use numpad 9 to switch between my team-mate's living pets, if I have the time to SB and ID them too.

If you suffer from a physical disability (as many CoX players do), then you might find Kinetics a particularly challenging set to manage. In which case, do whatever you can

ETA: I'm sorry if any of this sounds harsh or like there's people "telling you how to play your character". I truly believe that you'll find a use for Dark Blast and that it's an important source of your DPS. However, at the end of the day, play whatever feels fun to you.

Okay, I should have been more specific instead of just saying attack powers. By attacks I meant both attack powers and debuffs, anything that I click to use on an enemy. I already have the binds set up for buffing. Yes, I am a keyboard player and no I'm not handicapped. I wouldn't be asking for help if I didn't think I needed it so no I'm not offended by your helpfulness.

P.S. I don't know why it made a new post when I tried to edit this.

Dark/Kin Corr

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Originally Posted by Harkness

De/buffs are not attacks. You currently have three regular attacks (two of which are AoE, and one of those is a low DPS immob) and a snipe.

If you're using the first tray as your "attack tray", I'd expect it to have Dark Blast, Gloom, TT, NF, Transfusion, SP, SS, Transference, Fulcrum Shift, and something else.

IR is a movement power, that's all, so it doesn't need to be in your "attack tray". SB and ID don't interact directly with enemies, so they don't need to be there.

Kinetics is a very clicky powerset. It keeps you very busy in that sense, and I can't think of another powerset that plays out feeling quite so... clicky.

If you're a mouse player, then using all 3 trays at once shouldn't be a problem.

If you're a keyboard player (which I am), then I'd advise you to bind your team-mates 1-8 to the numberpad keys 1-8, and then bind SB to 0 and ID to ALT+0, or another neighboring key.

For my kins, I also bind Transfusion and Transference onto the numberpad for being able to quickly boost team-mates off of their own target. I also bind in Read Fortune, and use numpad 9 to switch between my team-mate's living pets, if I have the time to SB and ID them too.

If you suffer from a physical disability (as many CoX players do), then you might find Kinetics a particularly challenging set to manage. In which case, do whatever you can

ETA: I'm sorry if any of this sounds harsh or like there's people "telling you how to play your character". I truly believe that you'll find a use for Dark Blast and that it's an important source of your DPS. However, at the end of the day, play whatever feels fun to you.

Okay, I should have been more specific instead of just saying attack powers. By attacks I meant both attack powers and debuffs, anything that I click to use on an enemy. I already have the binds set up for buffing. Yes, I am a keyboard player and no I'm not handicapped.

Dark/Kin Corr

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The fundamental reason that we're advising you to take Dark Blast over Moonbeam is killing one hard enemy, like Arch-Villains on SFs. In those cases, you want to be firing off Dark Blast, Gloom and your Kinetics de/buffs. You can't afford to take 4 seconds out to cast Moonbeam, and none of your other attacks are dishing out as much damage as quickly as those two are. They are your highest Single Target DPS attacks.

Okay, I can see your point but like I said I only use moonbeam for pulling mobs. I don't use it in fights. I already have 10 attacks and only 8 fingers (I don't use my thumbs). There are only 10 slots to a tray anyway. I can't put any more attacks in tray 1 which is where all of my attack powers are. Actually, I'd have to look but I think it's really 11 and there's already one power that I'm not using. Maybe I do have room for leadership then I just need to decide on 4 powers that I can do without.

Dark/Kin Corr

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Thanks guys, I'll probably do a hybrid of the advice both of you gave. I guess I wasn't clear enough but the biggest problem with the build as it is now is Mez. I know I can't get alot of protection from Mez directly but someone told me I should work on defense and that would help with everything. I try to load up on break frees all the time anyways but it would be nice if I didn't need to use them as much. I use stealth all the time and invis is for ghosting missions. I do alot of SFs. I like the idea of slotting sprint for stealth as well. I see no reason to slot brawl because I quit using it on all of my toons by level 25 anyway. I forgot to put them in my mids but I just have 1 run SO in sprint and 1 recharge SO in rest right now. As far as taking dark blast over moonbeam I don't like that idea. I use moonbeam for pulling mobs and I already have more attacks than fingers so I see no need to add another attack that I probably won't use anyway. I normally take leadership for all of my ranged toons but I like too many of the powers in this AT so I really couldn't find any room for it.

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I've been working on this arc for awhile now and I think I've finally gotten it right. I would like to invite everyone to try it out and give me some feedback. It's a journey down the road to insanity. This is the EB version. I plan to make an AV version as well. It's 5 missions and very long. It should take approximately 90 minutes to 2 1/2 hours to complete. It's intended to be run as a task force but it can be soloed. The ideal team size is 4 IMO. The third mission can be failed if you let you Inner Child die. There's some fun text to accompany the failed mission so you might want to fail it on purpose.

Arc ID# 371823 Mind Fork (a true task force).

Dark/Kin Corr

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This is Dark Flea from freedom as he is now. I usually just take what drops I get and slot them unless they seem useless then I sell them. Occasionally, I'll buy a few to fill out sets. In all honesty I barely know anything about frankenslotting or getting soft cap or hard cap. I've heard the terms but I know very little about them. I would like to make Flea less susceptible to Mez and have him do more damage. The recharge rates are great but I wouldn't want to lose any. I'm kind of new to mid's so I hope I did this correctly:

"Edit": If it's possible to do all of this and add some accuracy and make my buffs/debuffs stronger too I would like to do that as well.

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Dark Flea: Level 50 Science Corruptor 
Primary Power Set: Dark Blast 
Secondary Power Set: Kinetics 
Power Pool: Fitness 
Power Pool: Concealment 
Power Pool: Teleportation 
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery 
 
Villain Profile: 
Level 1:  Gloom  --  SipInsght-ToHitDeb(A), SipInsght-Acc/ToHitDeb(3), SipInsght-ToHitDeb/EndRdx/Rchg(3) 
Level 1:  Transfusion  --  H'zdH-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(A), H'zdH-EndRdx(7), Heal(7), Acc-I(9), EndMod-I(9) 
Level 2:  Moonbeam  --  ExtrmM-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), ExtrmM-Dmg/ActRdx/Rchg(5), ExtrmM-Dmg/EndRdx(5) 
Level 4:  Siphon Power  --  Acc(A), Acc(11), EndRdx(13), EndRdx(13), RechRdx(15) 
Level 6:  Hurdle  --  Jump-I(A) 
Level 8:  Tenebrous Tentacles  --  TotHntr-Acc/Immob/Rchg(A), TotHntr-Immob/Acc(11), TotHntr-Acc/Rchg(15), TotHntr-Acc/EndRdx(17) 
Level 10:  Siphon Speed  --  ImpSwft-Dam%(A), Slow-I(33), Acc(33), EndRdx(33), Acc-I(34) 
Level 12:  Night Fall  --  Det'tn-Acc/Dmg(A), Acc(17), Dmg(19), EndRdx-I(19) 
Level 14:  Health  --  Heal-I(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(34), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(34) 
Level 16:  Increase Density  --  Aegis-Psi/Status(A), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(23), ImpArm-EndRdx/Rchg(23), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(25), ImpArm-ResDam/Rchg(25) 
Level 18:  Torrent  --  Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(A), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(21), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(21) 
Level 20:  Speed Boost  --  P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(A), Winter-RunSpd/Jump/Fly/Rng(29), Winter-RunSpd/Jump/Fly/Rng/EndRdx(31), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(31), Winter-ResSlow(31) 
Level 22:  Stamina  --  P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(37), P'Shift-End%(37) 
Level 24:  Stealth  --  DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff(40), EndRdx(40) 
Level 26:  Life Drain  --  Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(27), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(29) 
Level 28:  Inertial Reduction  --  EndRdx(A) 
Level 30:  Invisibility  --  DefBuff(A), DefBuff-I(43), EndRdx(46) 
Level 32:  Recall Friend  --  RechRdx(A) 
Level 35:  Transference  --  Acc(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(36), EndRdx(36), Range(36), P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(37) 
Level 38:  Fulcrum Shift  --  Acc(A), EndRdx(39), EndRdx(39), Range(39), RechRdx(40) 
Level 41:  Scorpion Shield  --  LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(42), EndRdx-I(42), DefBuff-I(42), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(43), LkGmblr-Rchg+(43) 
Level 44:  Focused Accuracy  --  EndRdx(A), EndRdx(45), EndRdx-I(45), ToHit-I(45), GSFC-Build%(46), GSFC-ToHit(46) 
Level 47:  Web Envelope  --  RechRdx-I(A), Acc(48), Acc(48), Acc(48) 
Level 49:  Summon Disruptor  --  RechRdx(A), Hold(50), Acc(50), ExRmnt-Dmg/EndRdx(50) 
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Level 1:  Brawl  --  Empty(A) 
Level 1:  Sprint  --  Empty(A) 
Level 2:  Rest  --  Empty(A) 
Level 1:  Scourge   
 

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Thank you Terra. Here's some more pics. These are from our TP room/Oasis which I'm still working on. I'll post more when finished.

The main entrance

View from just inside the main entrance

View from just inside the control room entrance

The porters. I hung them to look like birdcages. The beacons sit right on the porters. Notice the floating stepping stones.

Hot springs

Porters from another angle

Another angle

Still another angle

Long view

Need help defending against status effects

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Thanks for all of this great advice. I should mention that as long as I play at a distance I don't get hit with stuns/holds that often but I like to get up close and personal so I can use transference to keep my end full while I play with ninja run and sprint on. If I get on a good team that has debuffs and such to keep me from getting hit with stuns and holds then it works great and we can steamroll through almost anything (and we usually do), but there are occasions when I get stunned or held and btt I can pop a break free I'm dead. The problem is the cone around transference is so small that I wind up fighting in melee range more often than not. I know they discontinued the old enh's that used to give us larger cone range. If I slot transference for range will it have any effect on the cone? It is also worth mentioning that I don't get hit with other status/mez effects very often. Stuns are what get me the most often with holds and immobilize in 2nd. I don't really care about immobilize because I'm usually right where I want to be when they hit me as I move so fast that they can't get anything on me until I decide to stand in one place.

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