JayLeonHart_EU

That's what I always believed - it seemed pretty hard to have a timer tied to procs for each power, as opposed to a global timer or a timer per use.

[Edit] OK, so that made no sense. Nay mind [/Edit]

Ninja Blade. Why? It's awesome

I now have my lovely (well, not really) DB/DA Brute - Khaldun Sotekh the undead Egyptian bounty hunter from Heck

Scrapper version pending, once I move some characters around.

I'd say keep the Passives - with my planned build I have over 30% res to Fire, Cold and Neg damage (only 20 to Energy though). It's a matter of play style, though, Aid Self may very well help you more than the passives so if you want, try it out on Test.

The rest of Shinro's post I agree with and as I also have very limited experience with Ma, I won't comment.

If you do take the passives, that 3rd res slot doesn't do much - I'd stick in an Impervium: psi resist, Aegis: psi & mez reist and/or Steadfast: res & 3% def.

Aside from Travel powers and a few others power choices, they look pretty similar. Your slotting looks good, but I'd make a few changes:

- Change the immobs for damage
- Change the end reds in Wormhole and Grav Distort to another Rech Red
- Move some slots around to get an extra one in both Hasten and Dispersion Bubble - from your two travels, perhaps
- You may as well 6 slot Crush - an End Red from Conserve Power should do it.

This is how mine will eventually look (only lvl 20 atm and I can't make long posts, so it's without slots)

Level 1:Crush
Level 1:Personal Force Field
Level 2:Gravity Distortion
Level 4:Lift
Level 6:Swift
Level 8eflection Shield
Level 10:Insulation Shield
Level 12:Hover
Level 14:Fly
Level 16:Health
Level 18:Gravity Distortion Field
Level 20:Stamina
Level 22:Crushing Field
Level 24ispersion Bubble
Level 26:Wormhole
Level 28:Propel
Level 30:Maneuvers
Level 32:Singularity
Level 35etention Field
Level 38imension Shift
Level 41:Power Blast
Level 44:Temp Invulnerability
Level 47:Power Boost
Level 49:Force Bubble

Level 1: Nimble Slash
Level 1: Dark Embrace
Level 2: Power Slice
Level 4: Ablating Strike
Level 6: Typhoon's Edge
Level 8: Blinding Feint
Level 10:Obsidian Shield
Level 12:Combat Jumping
Level 14:Super Jump
Level 16ark Regeneration
Level 18:Swift
Level 20:Health
Level 22:Stamina
Level 24:Murky Cloud
Level 26:Sweeping Strike
Level 28:Vengful Slice
Level 30:Acrobatics
Level 32:One Thousand Cuts
Level 35:Kick
Level 38:Tough
Level 41:Oppressive Gloom
Level 44eath Shroud
Level 47:Cloak of Fear
Level 49:Soul Transfer

Even with the 3 slotted Stamina, the auras switched off and without runnng CJ or Acro, just the 3 shields I run out of end very quickly. All DB attacks bar Feint are slotted with end reducers. Still, it'll be fun and "unkillable"

DB works really well with Fire, Electric and Dark armours, all tested on Brutes. Fire was the best survivor, Elec was the best attacker and Dark was... a massive end drain I'm still rolling a DB/Dark myself though, just going to leave the 3 auras until the 40s.

<3 Primal Forces

Well, at least I think I will... in 3 levels... on my Grav/Kin

I'd go for SS - that's what I'm doing

Whether I make it a Tanker or a Brute, I've still not decided...

Exactly

That would be funny, but a little too easy.

That's rather old news

The crit multiplier on Heroes (as in, AV equivalent) seems a little steep - 10% of their total health, before res debuffs and outside damage buffs? Heck no.

Ah, Disco. He's crazy

For farming I'd say Psi. Mes resistance/protection has got to help and it's not like he needs much more damage.

So it isn't just me having problems with these... how to put it... "people"/

I was on Heroes from 11am until 1pm, then switched to Villains. I had no idea I didn't have accept enemy messages enabled.

Well I just got your message Knightly, I was AFK while I ate.

[Edit] Well, doesn't look like anyone's on. Ah well, maybe next week [/Edit]

Cobalt Cobra: 35
and
Quantum Field: 20

They seem OK in the Arena. I think it was around level 32 when V6 had their little PvP session.
Inv/Fire Tanker
WS
PB
Kat/Inv Scrapper

It was good fun and both the Khelds proved to be difficult in their own respect.

Well, they already stated they aren't changing anything other than the cast times, as these were not part of their original calculations so shouldn't make too much difference.

I also realise, after a little thought and a little sleep, that a cast time does affect DPS on a single power, due to the recharge timer not starting until the animation finishes.

So, with these changes, all (or the melee ones, at least. I didn't see mention of ranged sets) weapon sets will have incrased DPS due to lower cast times.

Sleep is good, really good

Just remember that it's not a single target attack and the damage will seem a lot better.

The DPS won't change if cast times are changed and recharge times kept the same.

Stick with it. I got mine to 38 on Wednesday - teaming with my regular Ice/Energy Tanker and Energy/Energy Blaster we annihilated mobs of Paragon Protectors in the end of Gordon Stacy's arc. Small teams are your friends - enough targets so your AoEs are useful but not too many allies to give SB to

For PvP I'd go with Sonic. Although I personally prefer Rad, Sonic is better.