John_Printemps

Reactive DoT is superior to all other DoT's by a "considerable" amount. (Not overtly huge, but compared to some, it's impact is definitively noted). If you're going to shoot for Degenerative, the better side is the Core tree. The DoT (Radial), only averages two stacks of -MaxHP, whereas the Core (-MaxHP) can get up to four stacks consistently for most any chain, and maintain it. Think of it this way: Reactive adds DPS, Degenerative subtracts Time. Honestly, in comparison to two equal builds, a Degenerative Radial versus a Reactive Radial, the Reactive will most often come out ahead, if even by margins of 5-10/s (which is primarily your concern...).

Ultimately, if you really want to find the "no holds bar" DPS, craft the Recharge Buff from a base Empowerment station, and then grab three of the large Def/Res Dual Inspirations. Leave Hide/Entropy/Assault on, turn everything else off, suck down the inspirations, and beat the snot out of the Pylon with Zero interruptions. The number wont be 100% accurate to a live-battlefield, but you'll probably get the number you're desiring.

Beyond that, I can't see any areas that scream for improvement in either build, and ultimately it sounds like the only major difference in what you're doing versus Ricohdah's runs, is in choice of Interface.

Okay, yeah, no, that'd be a similarly sounding but different issue altogether that I didn't catch from your previous post. In that respect, I have no idea!

Where exactly did you make your test for Kinetic Melee? Since i24 Loaded, I haven't been able to do a Pylon run with my KM/SR because he massively falls victim to the activation bug. Posted a bit about it in the Scrapper Forums on one of my attempts. One out of every three attacks fails to activate whenever I'm within melee range of a Pylon. If I move out and try and fight other 54 Rikti in the zone, however, the problem is not nearly as persistent, but I still get maybe one in six failed attacks. This is definitely not limited to just Stalkers, among a handful of other bugs I experience solely with Pylons (ie: Hasten's animation goes spastic and disappears when I'm within 7' of a Pylon).

No Temp Powers, No Inspirations, No Lore.

Overboard? No, but your S/L Defense is higher than Melee/AoE, so I wouldn't be surprised if 60% of your incoming damage gets filtered there first. For what it's worth, you could easily flip your melee attacks to Kinetic Combats (three sets) and be at 45% S/L. Also, a Numina's Unique would be a good idea for some extra +Recovery (I'd take a slot from Stamina for it, and move it to Health--your net gains will be far superior). That extra KB IO in Hover would be better suited in Obsidian Shield as a Steadfast to net you another 1.5% Recovery.

I did comment, I told you to look in a more relevant and meaningful place for information that already existed. If you are not willing to read it, then why would I comment further? Have a nice day

As for the To-Hit, you're right, I did quote the wrong value, but you were still wrong, 39%, not 35%. It doesn't make me any more right, or you any more wrong, but your way of handling/responding was poor.

Base to-hit is 75, setting to 54 is equivalent to +4

Whatever you set your configurations to wont impact someone elses, but I am curious as to why you have it so low o_O

In regards to the DM/SD Thread, the last couple of pages have a lot of recent builds that are worth comparing to and will give you a lot more information that can be re-hashed in a new thread

For two reasons: One, wanted to point out what the chain can do without it, given the origin of this thread; and two, I am not 100% certain what the "instant" time is for Moonbeam. Synapse had stated in the Coffee Talk that they would be at a "1/s" animation time. So, 1.032, 1.188, 1? Or is it removing the interrupt time, and Moonbeam is actually 1.542? In either situation, all you'd have to do is swap out Moonbeam for the appropriately matched time slot--either replace with an early QS or SB depending.

Blinding Feint is 1.452/s, so it would've worked on a Scrapper, just less convenient for a Stalker because Awesome Strike But having the gap isn't necessarily a terrible thing, and likely you wont be able to fill it without bringing down your DPS. Some attack chains just have holes.

Double-Stacked Follow Up is 20% To-Hit, with Kismet you're already there. But, Redraw?

For your consideration, then: Build Up > QS > BB > QS > SB > AS > QS > BB > QS > SB > QS > AS > CS

With Build UP and the Gaussian's Proc inside it, and only Musculature T4 for incarnates, this chain should ballpark 280 DPS based on the platform I'll give a data-chunk for at the end of this. With Interface and Hybrid options, this value has a massive margin for improvement still. If I add Assault (Leadership) and only the 10% Bonus of Hybrid: Assault Core, it should be just barely under 300 DPS. Of course, that all comes with a +/- 10 DPS margin of error.

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Night Widows can be built to not need Agility at all, and the can dish out some serious damage that Musculature likes to improve. You can easily build to 45+% without Agility, and even get to 59% with a bit of intuitive thinking.

I'd say Musculature.

Bit of double posting, but twice the exposure on two relevant (albeit similar) topics: Using "the same" slotting, Quick Strike (Mako Proc, Hecatomb (except Acc/Rech): 162 DPA, Concentrated Strike (Mako Proc, Hecatomb (except Dam): 166 DPA. In most other cases where you choose not to slot QS with the Purple Proc, it can still match Body Blow for DPA. So, Concentrated Strike's leverage isn't quite as clear cut.

Swiped this from my Scrapper Pylon post:

Using QS > BB > QS > SB on KM/SR including the ATO2 +Critical, T4 Degenerative Radial, T4 Hybrid Assault Core, T4 Musculature Radial: 3:27 or 313 DPS. With no Hybrid - 4:40 for 264 DPS. I also pulled data from during Hybrid's duration out of the combat log and the KM/SR was doing 400+ DPS during the two minute run of Hybrid. The additional ~1:30 post Hybrid is what leveled it down to the 313. I couldn't match this using Concentrated Strike in any chain without a rather lucky string of CS criticals recharging PS.

Edit: I thought I should mention that the ^ test I ran used the store-bought Hecatomb to make sure I could weigh the PPM in its use.

I'd strongly encourage you to reconsider the redaction of Quick Strike from your attack chain. Taking your build as an example, using the same exact slotting to show the comparison, Quick Strike: 162 DPA, Concentrated Strike: 166 DPA. Obviously you don't want to exclude CS due to its insta-charge on Build Up, but it is still something to consider. QS maxed to the gills with Hecatomb puts out nearly the same level of potential damage as your heaviest hitter, and it does it far more often.

Also, are you using Energize "Perma"? The End reduction that offers looks like it should be sufficient to sustain you.

I used to think that too, but here I am with a Fortunata, slowly working her into Hybrid (curse you Rare drops!).

AS > SS > AS > AB? Mids shows AB with an animation time of 1.188, is this incorrect? Unless I'm missing something I'm not aware of in Stalker Dual Blades, you've got a bigger gap between AB and Ablating.

Either way, your Musculature DPS is still higher than your Agility DPS, but that single .1/s can make up the exchange of nearly 7-8 DPS considering it is impacting two different points of interest--after Sweeping and after AB. The tail-end of Ageless would shrink that down to ~1.5/s recharge leaving you only a .36/s total gap in the chain which isn't terrible, and not strikingly far from where a flawless chain would be anyway.

That...really doesn't answer the "why him" part.

Exactly.

Honestly, no. The bonus from a six-slotted Gaussians' isn't spectacular enough at 1.25% for Typed. If it meant making everything balance out, maybe, but you can get those same benefits in smaller slot-choices if you needed. Also, the Glad 3% (crafted) sells for ~300 Million right now, just fyi .

Right now you're build is probably on the patient side of 500 Million Influence not including the Glad Unique and the Panacea you have in Energize--both of which are PvP IO's, by the way. I wanted to point this out because you said you had ~4 Billion to work with but didn't seem to want to include Purples/PvP's, and given how desperately you're chasing 5% bonus (6-slotting Stamina for 5% isn't worth any part of it) there are better answers. A 5-of Hecatomb Purple Set will get you 10% alongside some other nice bonuses, and patient bidding could keep the costs down on that to help get some Global Recharge without senselessly over-slotting somewhere. Ragnarok set is also a noteworthy option for Spinning Strike.

Second thing I wanted to point out is your defense numbers. If you're looking to just chase down AV's, 45-50% Defense is fine, but Incarnate content "requires" 59% Defense to handle the boosted to-hit many of the mobs there have. Boosting S/L/E closer to that mark is more beneficial then having everything sit ~53-55%. Energy Drain can help supplement that, yes, but it can often be safer to only rely on 1-2 enemy hits from that, rather than 10. Just something to consider.

Some other slot notes: Double-slotting Assault is a waste. With energize you'll find the cost of that power cut in half quite often, and Ageless will solve anyendurance issues anyway, that slot could easily be used elsewhere. Force Feedback +Recharge proc is really unnecessary. You don't have any major powers where that single proc is going to give you any real notice, and, again, you have Ageless*. Rib Cracker, maximize your slotting in that power (Dam/End/Rech), the recharge on that needs to come down a bit in order for an attack chain to use it more reliably.

*Ageless isn't an end-all, you want you build to function on its own for sure, and have that power be an excellent benefit to how it functions. Energize cuts your end costs for 30/s (which can be near perma), and you have the global recharge for most of anything else, so that's good.

Review your slotting a bit, you can cut back from unnecessary slotting in several places, and better enhance in many more. For your toggles, you really want the */End, and */End/Rech to keep their costs down. In a power like Energy Drain, with Agility Core, you really don't need to slot that power for all that Endurance Modification (actually, don't slot it for any at all, its not really needed in that case). Same goes for Physical Perfection, you're just burning slots in that power; the end gain it gives you is very insignificant beyond its base.

For your Incarnates, the -Regen is pretty insignificant/doesn't do much against AV's, you're better off choosing something like Degenerative or Reactive for -MaxHP or -Res respectively.

Since I actually happened to have a Street/Energy Aura Scrapper build, I'll go ahead and toss it up so you can see the kinds of choices I made, and glean some knowledge from it

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Something I want to point out briefly about Stalkers. If you're willing to build towards/invest in a Street Justice Stalker, you can get 300+ DPS out of hide*. It is more than possible to play them like a Scrapper and get very good single-target DPS.

As for Scrappers, and even Brutes, getting the sufficient DPS to take on an AV is pretty straight forward these days so long as your willing to make the effort, and pretty much any combination can do it. In terms of what might be an easier ride: Energy Aura or Electric Armor. Both have some solid tools to manage End, and are particularly favored towards current "end-game" content (50+++). One takes a bit more Influence to maximize than the other, though. Ultimately, you need to decide what you will find fun, and it'll all work out for you in the end.

*More specifically, you don't have to rely on the thematic Stalker experience. The ATO Hide Proc functions nicely with this set, and I believe a Combo 3 Crushing Uppercut on Stalkers always Crits? That's in passing, I don't know that for sure.

Obviously it'll be over 9,000!

On Topic:

Dual Pistols/Martial Combat for all the obvious reasons. Fire/MC would (re: will) be insane for AoE potential though. Water/MC would probably be in that same boat with a bit more mitigation options to help traveling through mobs.

T_T


heh, but in a more serious tone, I actually want Martial Combat for the Auto "Build Up", the "Slow Field", and the Teleport. Throw in Spring Attack for an extra method to jump into a group, along with Vorporal Judgement, I'll be a blur across a battlefield. Equilibrium meets The Flash.