Katie V

This bug was introduced with Issue 17. It's well-known to the players, but nobody knows if the devs are aware of it.

Did the defeats give PvP credit?

Two emp/sonic defenders.

The good news: survival should be on a par with other tanks.

The bad news: it's a lousy stone tank. You've managed to overcome some of the recharge and speed penalties Granite has, but defense is nowhere near the softcap, leaving you as Just Another Tank for survival, rather than the unbeatable juggernaut that Stone can become. Your attacks (particuarly Quick Strike) are badly underslotted, while utility powers (eg. Stamina) are overslotted. You've got a worthless power pick in Hurdle (granite tanks can't jump), and you haven't slotted Kick (with the recharge times you've got, you'll want it to fill in your attack chain). Physical Perfection is fairly superfluous -- the regen boost of 40% is swamped by Rooted's 200%, and if you turn Focused Accuracy off, the only reason you need the endurance is because you've neglected endurance reduction in your attacks. You've attempted to give Granite psi protection, but 11% defense and 10% resistance won't do much for you.

My recommendation is to start over. You need to enhance your powers for their primary functions first, and only then for set bonuses. The bonuses for a stone tank, in rough order of priority, are:
1) Global recharge (get it up to somewhere in the range of -20% to 0%).
2) Run speed (get it up to at least the 14.3 mph of a new character; the 21.5 of single-slotted Swift is better).
3) Energy/Negative defense (45% or so; negative energy attacks often carry recharge debuffs, which really hurt a stone tank).
4) Smashing/Lethal defense (45% or more; a few extra percent will give you protection against defense debuffs).
5) Fire/Cold defense (45% or more; fire and cold are relatively rare attacks).
6) Hitpoint bonuses (Earth's Embrace plus the accolade bonuses will cap your hitpoints, but EE won't be up all the time).

In terms of powers, you may want to take Rock Armor + Minerals to deal with psi-heavy environments.

Assuming you're using Ninja Run as your travel power, it's a decent enough build. Personally, I'd change the common defense IOs in Dodge and Lucky into LotG Defense IOs for an extra 20% regen, and replace the Adjusted Targeting recharge in Follow Up with a (hopefully cheaper) common IO. I might also move one of the slots from Conserve Power to Agile to get another LotG 7.5 into the build, but that depends on how essential CP is to endurance management (which, in turn, depends on your play style).

I was wrong. It's only 30 hero merits.

There are two types of procs in the game.

Normal procs (Gaussian's "chance for buildup", assorted "chance for damage", etc.) are checked every time the power they're slotted into is activated, or if the proc is slotted into a toggle or auto power, the proc is checked every 10 seconds. If the proc goes off, it does exactly what it says: applies damage, or gives you ten seconds of Build Up, or whatever.

Proc120s (the Numina's unique, stealth IOs, etc.) always have a 100% chance of going off. If they're in a click power, they give you 120 seconds of their bonus every time you activate that power (but they won't stack with themselves). If they're in an auto power (say, Numina's in Health), they will be activated every 10 seconds, again with the "no stacking" rule, making the effect permanent. If they're in a toggle (say, Unbounded Leap +Stealth in Sprint), they'll be activated when the toggle is, checked every 10 seconds (no stacking, as always), and deactivated when the toggle is turned off.

The behavior of Proc120s in toggles is what is changing in I18: prior to I18, they would activate when the toggle did, be renewed every 10 seconds while the toggle was on, and wear off 120 seconds after the toggle was turned off.

There's one exception to the "seven active missions" limit: if you're running a task force, strike force, or trial, that's the only mission you can have active. All your other missions will be put on hold until you finish the TF/SF/trial.

In no particular order:
* Magic-compatible animations for the Medicine pool (glowing hands, perhaps?)
* Tech-compatible animations for the Teleport pool (activate a device rather than wave your arms)
* Non-sword versions of the Fire Sword powers
* Kinetic-melee-style buildups for the Energy Blast powers
* A version of Headsplitter that doesn't feel like you're lifting a hundred-pound sword into the air
* Left-handed versions of things like Broadsword and Shield Defense
* Non-Tarzan options for everything with a "pound your chest" animation

They're mid-level tech salvage, so any tech-like opponents between levels 20 and 39.