Incog2me

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That's not the OP's build its an adaption that I made to get perma PA - as you said it has too much compromise to be a viable build - IMO anyway.

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I know - OP didn't take ice storm either. No-one did :P

Few notes:

Why not take ice storm? It's like the whole reason to take ice mastery 5 slot it with positrons blast for 6.25% recharge. You can use the progression hibernate->frozen armour->ice storm to get to it.

Why put 6 slots into tornado? Just 4 slot it with expedient reinforcement for the recharge and leave it, it doesn't need a damage boost, and with all the global recharge it sure won't need more slotted.

Same goes for Mr. Phant. 4 slot with expedient reinforcement and leave it.

I know pvp sets aren't on the builder (for some reason?) but some of them give recharge benefits >in PvE<. Such sets include the hold pvp set and the healing pvp set. Both probably about as expensive as a non-damage purple IO, but still the benefit is great. Throw out doctors wounds and put in panacea. Ditch the horrible setup you have in blind at the moment, and just 5 slot is with some gladiators net.

I thought i'd just throw in that I cannot connect to CoH at all anymore. I'd try logging in dozens of times but I keep getting thrown the 'login server not available' message. Used to be I could connect after a couple of attempts but now it's completely gone.

I'm running on Vista 64-bit, on a university campus. I had quite a long break from CoH, but now i've come back i've been having some weirdness with logging in. Sometimes I can log in flawlessly first time, but other times my screen will freeze for about 30 seconds before giving me a 'error: unable to login. Check your firewall and server status' message. Once i'm connected however, CoH works normally again, loading up characters and running levels as per normal. I thought it might be the university locking off some ports, but that wouldn't make sense seeing as I can connect sometimes and not others. Is this a known issue or something that can be resolved? I can keep trying and sometimes it'll eventually log me in, but it's a real pain.

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SA is better for patron pets, Phantom Army and the like, whist still being useful in part for MMs.

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Sorry to dig this up, but you mention SA is better for Phantom Army. Does this mean the chance for build-up works on PA?

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SB should be taken before any other power in kin and a /kin without it, or that doesn't spread it enough, is a gimped kin

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This

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2) Then he starts shooting to make enemies run away (i think it makes them run anyway.. ) (cone)

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It's not a cone, it's a single target attack

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next one is tommorow to any unaware

Any illusion trollers who happen to read this, rather than the normal controller outfit, if possible make a white outfit with a purple stripe, jsut to make it easier to idenify ya when everything is being sorted

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I was thinking that a purple cossie with a white stripe would be better, because the current uniform would translate that as a PB with a hold. Just a fyi.

It was my first raid tonight, and I had lots of fun. I now have a nice shiny HO for when I hit 47. xD Extremely good raid.

Shame about the 160k debt though :P

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All this features combined with /Rad goodness, makes you feel like your playing G0D over bugs.

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Except for the fact that you won't actually be able to kill anything without a team. :P

Lightning storm was quite a big disappointment for me. When I got it, I was like "Woohoo, now I can really start pushing out damage". But the damage never seems to go much higher than 50. It would really benefit from containment.

I have a level 40 grav/psi dom. The main thing to watch out for is you don't accidentally grab too much aggro using things like wormhole and psi shockwave. Also, you can completely skip stamina if you properly slot drain psyche. You will most probably find /psi to be slightly underpowered until you get psychic shockwave, which really makes up for it.

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In addition to this, the only buffs which should be used really are AM and Speed Boost for the +rechg so that holds can be stacked.

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What about Adren Boost? That gives a pretty nifty +recharge as well.

Controllers aren't about firepower. They're about... control, surprisingly enough. ;P

You're contributing to any team that takes you by keeping them strong and the enemies weak. You just won't solo as easily as some builds.

I think it's called 'Grenadier'. Enjoy. :P

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There is no worst powerset combination for controllers really, just more challenging or ones with less synergy. Illusion/storm doesn't really gel that well together. /snip

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I play ill/storm, and i'd argue that illusion and storm are one of the best synergies ever. Storm provides soft-core controls and debuffs, which illusion sorely lacks. It means you can still feel useful even when your PA is down. I'm at level 34 with that build and enjoying it soooo much. And I actually feel like i'm 'in control' with a combination of decoys, fear, confusion and holds from Illusion and knockdown, knockback, disorient and slow from Storm. And I can't wait for the final two storm powers to complete the build.

Personally, I always start my own teams -> always have since the get go with my controller. I wouldn't kick you, although I would ask what you were doing. I might kick you if you weren't doing damage or holding any aggro at all, but if you were doing one or the other i'd be fine with that.

Me and a guy called 'Defending Hand' would both be very interested in joining. Join up at 7pm then?

*edit: I see no people online with the spelunker mission. *pout* :P

Gah, I can't believe I missed this. I really need this badge. ;_;

If anyone else has it, it would be appreciated.

Sounds interesting. I might drop in with my level 39 dominator.

Isn't there a cap on how many targets fulcrum shift can hit? Something like 16. So your screen wouldn't 'fill up'.

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One more question; Is he affected by your own Domination? I imagine the answer to be no, but thought I'll ask anyway.

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I believe the answer is no, but I can't be certain.

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Now, maybe I'm just being paranoid, but Dimensional Shift was taken out of CoV too I imagine? Cos when I was fighting some folk with my glowy ball, I swear some of the mobs became untouchable. Not just in a stalker way, cos they locked down and not moving at all.. So it makes me worry >_>

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The pets use exactly the same powers in both CoH and CoV

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I can vouch for that. My level 36 grav dom's sing has never, ever used intangibility.

A good tactic is to open with an aoe hold or two, then rush in unloading the meager damage that doms can do. Your sing will create the illusion that you're still holding.

If you both start holding stuff, you can lockdown several enemies at once (especially with 3 slotted recharge in your hold and hasten). I also noticed that (with mine) that most of the time it'll either attack the closest enemy or it'll focus fire on the boss/av/hero that you're fighting. It's really handy when it does that. It can't be healed, but can be buffed. I sometimes ask for buffs to be put on it. It's tough, but don't get carried away thinking it's invinsible. If things start messing up, he can hold the enemy off, but if they're +2 or higher, they'll tear through it in about 20 seconds. Most of the time he'll be at full hp as he doesn't generate too much aggro on himself.

He's a fun pet. Mine is slotted 3 damage 2 hold 1 acc

When I feel down you know what I do? WORMHOLE!!!
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What?

Thanks for your prompt response.