Godlike_NA

overwhelming force is a placeholder for the new critical strikes ATO set that will be out in i24. finished build ends up with 192.5% recharge. went with assault hybrid (doublehit) and reactive interface for more damage output. ribos are actually some 50++ double combineds i've had sitting around for a few years, so these stats aren't 100% accurate.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.96
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Spines
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery

Hero Profile:
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Level 1: Lunge
(A) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance
(37) Hecatomb - Damage
(37) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge
(50) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
(50) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Recharge


Level 1: Fire Shield
(A) HamiO:Ribosome Exposure
(17) HamiO:Ribosome Exposure
(36) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%


Level 2: Spine Burst
(A) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage
(3) Armageddon - Damage
(9) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge
(15) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge
(23) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance


Level 4: Blazing Aura
(A) Eradication - Damage
(5) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
(9) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance
(15) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
(33) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge


Level 6: Combat Jumping
(A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
(7) Red Fortune - Endurance
(7) Red Fortune - Defense
(46) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
(46) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
(46) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge


Level 8: Kick
(A) Empty


Level 10: Healing Flames
(A) Doctored Wounds - Recharge
(11) Doctored Wounds - Heal
(11) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
(36) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
(36) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge


Level 12: Hasten
(A) Recharge Reduction IO
(13) Recharge Reduction IO
(13) Recharge Reduction IO


Level 14: Super Jump
(A) Empty


Level 16: Plasma Shield
(A) HamiO:Ribosome Exposure
(17) HamiO:Ribosome Exposure
(37) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)


Level 18: Quills
(A) Eradication - Damage
(19) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
(19) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance
(25) Multi Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
(25) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge


Level 20: Spring Attack
(A) Kinetic Crash - Accuracy/Damage/Knockback
(21) Kinetic Crash - Damage/Knockback
(21) Kinetic Crash - Damage/Endurance/Knockback
(40) Kinetic Crash - Recharge/Knockback
(40) Kinetic Crash - Recharge/Endurance
(43) Kinetic Crash - Accuracy/Knockback


Level 22: Tough
(A) HamiO:Ribosome Exposure
(23) HamiO:Ribosome Exposure


Level 24: Weave
(A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
(27) Red Fortune - Endurance
(33) Red Fortune - Defense
(45) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
(45) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
(45) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge


Level 26: Stealth
(A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
(27) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +3% Res (All)


Level 28: Burn
(A) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
(29) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
(29) Overwhelming Force - Endurance/Recharge
(31) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage
(31) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
(31) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown


Level 30: Grant Invisibility
(A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed


Level 32: Throw Spines
(A) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance
(33) Ragnarok - Damage
(34) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge
(34) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
(34) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge


Level 35: Dark Blast
(A) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance
(48) Apocalypse - Damage
(48) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge
(48) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
(50) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge


Level 38: Consume
(A) Scrapper's Strike - Accuracy/Damage
(39) Scrapper's Strike - Damage/Recharge
(39) Scrapper's Strike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
(39) Scrapper's Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
(40) Scrapper's Strike - Recharge/Critical Hit Bonus


Level 41: Shadow Meld
(A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
(42) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
(42) Red Fortune - Defense
(42) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
(43) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
(43) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge


Level 44: Fiery Embrace
(A) Recharge Reduction IO


Level 47: Build Up
(A) Recharge Reduction IO


Level 49: Super Speed
(A) Empty


Level 1: Brawl
(A) Empty


Level 1: Critical Hit
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash
(A) Empty


Level 1: Prestige Power Slide
(A) Empty


Level 1: Prestige Power Quick
(A) Empty


Level 1: Prestige Power Rush
(A) Empty


Level 1: Prestige Power Surge
(A) Empty


Level 1: Sprint
(A) Empty


Level 2: Rest
(A) Empty


Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift
(A) Run Speed IO


Level 2: Health
(A) Miracle - +Recovery


Level 2: Hurdle
(A) Jumping IO


Level 2: Stamina
(A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
(3) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
(5) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy


Level 50: Cardiac Core Paragon
Level 50: Reactive Radial Flawless Interface
Level 50: Cimeroran Core Superior Ally
Level 50: Ion Radial Final Judgement
Level 50: Barrier Radial Epiphany
Level 50: Assault Radial Embodiment
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i am getting this to every server. wtf are the tools at nc/paragon doing?! i've already been having problems with lag for weeks... now this. and they do nothing but INSIST it's on my end. is this crap on my end too, you jackoffs?! i'm getting EXTREMELY fed up with this game and they're about to lose a very longtime and very loyal customer.

DEVS, GET YOUR ACTS TOGETHER.

Unlike the OP I have no problems logging in or out. I don't get hit with the lag just standing around doing nothing. It's when I try to type -anything- or try to fight baddies that I get hit with an incredible amount of lag.

I managed to free up nearly 30 gigs on the larger of the two drives, the smaller one is a recovery disc from the OEM and not something I generally mess with at all. I'd clear more if I could, but 30 gigs should give the game plenty of breathing room. Haven't tried it to see if it works better yet, still running Ccleaner and several defragging sweeps. Will advise and thanks for the advice.

Thank you, that may very well be the cause. I'll get rid of some stuff and give both of those programs a whirl and see how things pan out. Will keep ya'll updated. I really hope it's as simple as that.

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at December 3, 2010 02:16 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.100608-0458)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: HP G60 Notebook PC
BIOS: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1
Central Processor: AMD Turion Dual-Core RM-70 (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 2814MB
.Net Memory Report: 929MB out of 2813MB available
Page File: 2010MB (2783MB currently in use)
C Drive: (Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 ATA Device) 13683MB out of 228383MB (5%) free
D Drive: (Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 ATA Device) 1675MB out of 10088MB (16%) free
E Drive: (TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633L ATA Device) zero-size drive
F Drive: (GT1355Y FYA519I SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 7.00.6002.18107 (32-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8200M G
Video Memory: 1392 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.0012.6099
Driver Date: 10/16/2010 1:55:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221)
Driver File: CHDRT32.sys
Driver Version: 4.58.0001.0000
Driver Date: 10/3/2008 5:39:28 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Wistron
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 303C
Motherboard Version: 08.51
BIOS Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
BIOS Name: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1
BIOS Version: HPQOEM - 6040000
BIOS Release: 20090313000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1360x749
3D Resolution: 1360x749 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: Yes
Screen Position: -5, -2
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: None
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: None
Bloom: 1.000 (turned off)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Unknown (5)


World Texture Level: Low
Character Texture Level: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.800
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: No
Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
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Environmental Reflections: Disabled
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Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
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Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.000

Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.250
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 217922 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1900.201011102104.8
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
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Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.4
Scan saved at 9:39:31 PM, on 12/2/2010
Platform: Windows Vista SP2 (WinNT 6.00.1906)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v8.00 (8.00.6001.18975)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
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C:\Program Files\Clearwire\Connection Manager\SwiApiMuxCdma.exe
C:\Windows\system32\wbem\unsecapp.exe
C:\Users\Torrent\Downloads\GameAdvisor.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SearchFilterHost.exe
C:\Windows\system32\SearchProtocolHost.exe
C:\Users\Torrent\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Appli cation\chrome.exe
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C:\Users\Torrent\Downloads\HijackThis.exe

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10:54 am and servers are still *****. wtf are they doing that's taking so bloody long?

So it seems during this second 2x and free activation that the mapserver either has issues or hates me and a few other people. As posted here, I've been having issues keeping connected since the event started. I still am. It is not just me having this problem, there are atleast two others that are as well as I mention in that post. If you're having problems with lag, rubberbanding, markets/crafting not updating as they should, random disconnects, high packet loss or any other such thing please post on here so we can see how many people are affected.

Are you guys going to have yet another 2x due to all the instability issues in this second 2x too? Here, Read my post about it.

Original post updated, yet again. I'm not sure if the whole "one post per redname post" applies on this thread or not. Color me very unimpressed with i16, debating ever reactivating my accounts again once this freebie ends. They added nice new features and now nothing else works. Constant lag and random disconnects must be something they added to balance the whole risk versus reward thing, right? Or they might not have anticipated the extra network data of everyone sending everyone else their custom power color data, go go internal network traffic overload!

The game sure is pretty now, I wish I could actually... you know... play it.

I think this is a great idea and I'm sure I'm not alone in that. Combining these two things gives everyone a chance to taste the changes made with i16, and if they like them keep their accounts going afterwards. Great thinking! The downside... getting mapservered every 5 minutes gives old AND new players bad impressions of the game. I'd like to mention these aren't standard "lag mapservers", these are hard disconnects. They don't go away after a time (atleast for me) and always result in you getting booted. I'm sure NCSoft will respond that it is a problem with the connection on my end, the problem with that logic is it has happened to entire teams I was on at the same time. Something is very wrong here and you guys should seriously look into getting it fixed.

EDIT: I just re-logged in after posting this and within 30 seconds was mapservered right back out again. This is __EXTREMELY__ frustrating and annoying.

EDIT2: Asking on the level 50 global channel, which has many many people on it, it seems there are quite a few also experiencing mapservers, lags and rubberbanding. Someone else in my SG is getting the constant hard drops like I am as well. It may be worse for me because I am on a wifi connection and wireless doesn't seem to handle lost packets very well.

EDIT3: I just PM'd Dark Watcher about this issue with the following: "Hi, sorry to bother you but someone on one of my global channels said you're watching the server performance during the 2x. I just wanted to see if you could take a look at Guardian. There are atleast 3 people being affected by constant random disconnects. Myself (@Torrent, @Godlike), an SG mate of mine (@Pronator, @Miosane) and someone from the Guardian global channel (@Ralas). Others on the Level 50 global channel have mentioned getting mapservers and rubberbanding (I didn't make note of global names). Could you please look into this? It's been happening to me since yesterday but has been much worse the past few hours. Thanks."

EDIT4: Two days later and the problems are still going on. Apparently people don't check their PMs. SG mate of mine is still also having issues, just as often as I am. I play for 15 minutes, drop. Relog, play 20 more minutes, drop. Relog, play 2 minutes, drop. Relog, play 45 minutes, drop. It is very very irritating and making me not want to play this game even if it is FREE to do so right now! Which is pretty sad. There are strange glitches happening all over in the game, from the market to crafting (making items and having the recipes or salvages not disappear) to power recharge displays sticking. I don't know if it's from lag or the game trying to do too much crap all at once (read: QUIT ADDING MORE FEATURES, they slow everything down). Does anything in CoH work right anymore?

EDIT5: Well the event is over now for the most part. I had problems staying connected the entire duration of it. I ended up being mapserver dumped and having to relog approximately 500-600 times over the 4 or 5 days, most of the time unable to complete one mission without getting booted. Talk about annoying and frustrating as hell. I sent PMs to Dark Watcher and Positron both regarding the issue and apparently I'm the only one affected. Except I know for a fact that that isn't true, because there were atleast 3 other people on the Guardian channel that reported similar issues. I felt like I was trying to fight against the mapserver (+4 level AV, eh?) just to be able to play the damn game. If this is the "CoH experience" as it should be now, I very likely won't be paying to turn my accounts back on again. If I wanted to pay to be frustrated I'd be dating instead of playing games.

Wow. You guys are recommending Reactive Armor and Aegis on a dark armor? I thought we were also trying to fix his end hog issues... you aren't going to do it very well with those. As someone with a level 50 spines/dark I can tell you that your main problem will be endurance, especially with an end heavy set like stone melee. The build I've made is designed accordingly, it may not have the resists/defense you were looking for but all the resists and defense in the world won't help when all your toggles drop because you have no blue bar.

With that said I have tried to keep defense levels in mind with this build so they should be fairly decent. Regarding the procs in the attacks over putting in more damage IOs, the math from many people on the forums has suggested that each damage proc is actually worth 1.5 SOs of damage which is why I've opted for them.

Build features:
70% smash/lethal resists
41% smash/lethal defense
37% melee defense
3.54 end/sec recov, 2.11 end/sec consumption (before adding in physical perfection at all, I recommend same slotting as in stamina for it)
as an added bonus, runspeed hits 108 mph but gets capped at 92.5 with this setup

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.401
http://www.cohplanner.com/

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Level 50 Magic Tanker
Primary Power Set: Dark Armor
Secondary Power Set: Stone Melee
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Dark Embrace

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
• (3) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge
• (7) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• (37) Impervium Armor - Resistance

Level 1: Stone Fist

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (3) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (15) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (34) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (42) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
• (48) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)

Level 2: Murky Cloud

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
• (5) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge
• (15) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• (40) Impervium Armor - Resistance

Level 4: Heavy Mallet

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (5) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (13) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (34) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (42) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
• (50) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)

Level 6: Obsidian Shield

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
• (7) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge
• (13) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• (40) Impervium Armor - Resistance

Level 8: Dark Regeneration

• (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance
• (9) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
• (9) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge
• (34) Theft of Essence - Chance for +Endurance

Level 10: Hasten

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
• (11) Recharge Reduction IO
• (11) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 12: Swift

• (A) Empty

Level 14: Super Speed

• (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
• (19) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
• (19) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)

Level 16: Cloak of Darkness

• (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
• (17) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge
• (17) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
• (25) Gift of the Ancients - Run Speed +7.5%

Level 18: Health

• (A) Miracle - +Recovery

Level 20: Stamina

• (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
• (21) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
• (21) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
• (42) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End

Level 22: Combat Jumping

• (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
• (23) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge
• (23) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
• (25) Gift of the Ancients - Run Speed +7.5%

Level 24: Kick

• (A) Empty

Level 26: Tough

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
• (27) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge
• (27) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• (31) Impervium Armor - Resistance
• (46) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%

Level 28: Weave

• (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
• (29) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge
• (29) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
• (31) Gift of the Ancients - Run Speed +7.5%

Level 30: Oppressive Gloom

• (A) Absolute Amazement - Endurance/Stun
• (31) Absolute Amazement - Stun

Level 32: Stone Mallet

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (33) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (33) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (33) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (45) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
• (50) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)

Level 35: Tremor

• (A) Obliteration - Damage
• (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
• (36) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
• (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (37) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 38: Seismic Smash

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (39) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (39) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (39) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (40) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus
• (45) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)

Level 41: Death Shroud

• (A) Obliteration - Damage
• (43) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
• (43) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
• (43) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (45) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (46) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 44: Focused Accuracy

• (A) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge
• (46) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance

Level 47: Conserve Power

• (A) Empty
• (48) Empty
• (48) Empty
• (50) Empty

Level 49: Build Up

• (A) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge

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Level 1: Brawl

• (A) Empty

Level 1: Sprint

• (A) Empty

Level 2: Rest

• (A) Empty

Level 1: Gauntlet
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 8% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 8% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 8% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 8% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 8% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 8% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 8% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 8% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 21.8% Defense(Smashing)
• 21.8% Defense(Lethal)
• 4.56% Defense(Fire)
• 4.56% Defense(Cold)
• 4.56% Defense(Energy)
• 4.56% Defense(Negative)
• 10.5% Defense(Psionic)
• 18% Defense(Melee)
• 6.13% Defense(Ranged)
• 6.13% Defense(AoE)
• 14.4% Max End
• 10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 18% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 10% FlySpeed
• 182.7 HP (9.75%) HitPoints
• 10% JumpHeight
• 10% JumpSpeed
• Knockback (Mag -4)
• Knockup (Mag -4)
• MezResist(Immobilize) 11%
• MezResist(Stun) 4.4%
• 22.5% (0.38 End/sec) Recovery
• 12% (0.94 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 7.5% Resistance(Fire)
• 32.5% RunSpeed

This might be a bit out of your budget but it's what my spines/dark is setup with. Oh and I'm planning in advance to swap out CP for Physical Perfection in i16 which will be slotted the same as stamina is.

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Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Spines
Secondary Power Set: Dark Armor
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Lunge

• (A) Empty

Level 1: Dark Embrace

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
• (3) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge
• (3) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• (9) Impervium Armor - Resistance

Level 2: Spine Burst

• (A) Obliteration - Damage
• (5) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
• (9) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
• (15) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (34) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (34) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 4: Murky Cloud

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
• (5) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge
• (15) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• (43) Impervium Armor - Resistance

Level 6: Combat Jumping

• (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
• (7) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge
• (7) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
• (19) Gift of the Ancients - Run Speed +7.5%
• (37) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed

Level 8: Hurdle

• (A) Empty

Level 10: Obsidian Shield

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
• (11) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge
• (11) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• (46) Impervium Armor - Resistance

Level 12: Hasten

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
• (13) Recharge Reduction IO
• (13) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 14: Super Jump

• (A) Empty

Level 16: Dark Regeneration

• (A) Miracle - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
• (17) Miracle - Heal/Recharge
• (17) Miracle - Endurance/Recharge
• (19) Miracle - Heal
• (46) Theft of Essence - Chance for +Endurance

Level 18: Health

• (A) Miracle - +Recovery

Level 20: Stamina

• (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
• (21) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
• (21) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
• (43) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End

Level 22: Quills

• (A) Obliteration - Damage
• (23) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
• (23) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
• (29) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (43) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (50) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 24: Death Shroud

• (A) Obliteration - Damage
• (25) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
• (25) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
• (29) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (42) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (46) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 26: Cloak of Darkness

• (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
• (27) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge
• (27) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
• (37) Gift of the Ancients - Run Speed +7.5%
• (40) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed

Level 28: Boxing

• (A) Empty

Level 30: Tough

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
• (31) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge
• (31) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• (31) Impervium Armor - Resistance
• (42) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%

Level 32: Throw Spines

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
• (33) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
• (33) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
• (33) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
• (34) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance

Level 35: Weave

• (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
• (36) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge
• (36) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
• (36) Gift of the Ancients - Run Speed +7.5%
• (37) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed

Level 38: Ripper

• (A) Obliteration - Damage
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
• (39) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (40) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (40) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 41: Focused Accuracy

• (A) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge
• (42) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance

Level 44: Conserve Power

• (A) Empty
• (45) Empty
• (45) Empty
• (45) Empty

Level 47: Energy Torrent

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
• (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
• (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
• (48) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
• (50) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (50) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge

Level 49: Build Up

• (A) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge

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Level 1: Brawl

• (A) Empty

Level 1: Sprint

• (A) Empty

Level 2: Rest

• (A) Empty

Level 1: Critical Hit
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 14% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 14% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 14% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 14% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 14% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 14% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 14% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 14% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 10.5% Defense(Smashing)
• 10.5% Defense(Lethal)
• 3% Defense(Fire)
• 3% Defense(Cold)
• 3% Defense(Energy)
• 3% Defense(Negative)
• 10.5% Defense(Psionic)
• 18% Defense(Melee)
• 3% Defense(Ranged)
• 3% Defense(AoE)
• 14.4% Max End
• 5% Enhancement(Heal)
• 45% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 55% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 5% FlySpeed
• 50.2 HP (3.75%) HitPoints
• 5% JumpHeight
• 5% JumpSpeed
• MezResist(Stun) 8.8%
• 18.5% (0.31 End/sec) Recovery
• 10.7% Resistance(Fire)
• 3.15% Resistance(Cold)
• 27.5% RunSpeed