Kayla Rae

Originally Posted by SoulSpark

Ya. Posi for PS.

Originally Posted by SoulSpark

If you're aiming for Recharge over 170% aim for over about 178% or so, so you can have Perma hasten. But let me say this in advance, getting this much recharge will involve either investing in a lot of purple sets and "Luck of the Gambler: Recharge Speed" IOs or sacrificing defence boosts. Probably a mix of both for the best results. Each purple set provides 10% Global recharge, and each LotG: Recharge provides 7.5% Global recharge. Up to five times of each. Then you'll have to work with other bonuses like the 6.25% recharge bonus from the Decimation and Positron's blast sets, 5% Global recharge in Obliteration set (in PSW). And don't forget that Hasten in itself provides a 70% Global recharge boost. So you'll want about 108% Global recharge from sets to achieve perma hasten. Just remember that you cannot have more than 5 times of the same bonus regardless of the source. Only exception (in Mids, since in-game they actually have different names) is the LotG: Recharge 7.5% Global recharge bonus, and the 7.5% Global recharge bonus from sets like Basilisk's Gaze. You can have up to 5 of each.

Now, thinking about it logically.. In practice, while farming you don't really need the defence since you *should* finish the mob in your first initial attack salvo. Especially if you farm alone or at least map alone then invite the rest so you won't have bosses. Having some Resist to S/L from an epic shield should be enough. But I can't say that for certain. I'll need to test it first then I'll be able to say for real if it's feasible or not. Just keep in mind that in regular PvE content you'll still be your squishy self since you won't be able to act the same as in a farm and finish mobs as quickly because of your teammates.
About the great damage part. In my experience you should be able to finish a +3 mob of minions easily with RoA -> FoA -> PS. Popping a small red before hand should allow you to take down the Lts. As well.
It's not about pushing the numbers as far as they go, but rather pushing them as far as your need goes.
But please, keep in mind that all I say is pertained to the BM farm. I haven't tried the Demon farm yet, so can't say anything about that.

I'm still very new to farming myself. And finding the "optimal" build for me is gonna take a while with all the trial-and-error involved in it. I'll keep you posted with whatever things I find out.. of course someone who's much more knowledgeable than me might come in and give you the best advice outright.

Originally Posted by SoulSpark

IMO, Aid Self is a poor choice for a farmer. If you really want a self-heal switch your Epic to Cold Mastery and pick up Hoarfrost and and Hibernate instead of PFF and Temp Invul.



Problem is, in reality. Most mobs won't be tight enough for you to finish off with that combo. At least that's my experience so far. Almost 2/3 mobs are not tight enough to be finished in RoA + PSW. RoA + FoA + PS does a better job because with the cones you can cover a larger area than PSW.


My final question is this. Do you want to be a great farmer? Aiming for the best available Inf+Drops/Time? Or do you wanna go on your own Tempo? I'm guessing from the way you're saying things that you're okay with running at your own tempo and waiting for DP to recharge after each mob. If you're okay with that then you won't really need to go with sets.

Originally Posted by SoulSpark

Yes. I tired going without Stamina...big mistake lol.
Although it be completely fair my build isn't complete yet. I'll give you the final judgement once it's complete and I've tried it a few. I'm still missing a couple recovery sets. But I don't think it will make much difference. DP is simply not fast enough to keep with you.


EDIT:
If you're short on inf... I can try to help you with a generic IO build. But I'm on an SG team at the moment. I'll get to it a bit later.
What do you want the build for? PvE? Farming? Because an un-IO'd out Blaster is gonna be a really poor farmer.


EDIT 2:

This is a rough sketch of a build using mostly generic IOs. I kept the sets you had in your build, and added some other set IOs, but the ones I added are really cheap so it shouldn't be a problem. I took out the Posi set from Rain of Arrows and put it in Fistful of Arrows so I can frankenslot RoA for max damage and recharge while getting accuracy in there as well. You *really* don't need Super Jump and Acrobatics. The Karma KB I put in combat jumping should be more than enough. If you still want more KB protection you can take one of the defence IO slots in Weave and switch it to Tough, and put the Steadfast KB Protection IO there. Both Karma KB and Steadfast KB are relatively cheap to get, whether via inf or Merits. Psychic Scream does great damage (a bit more than Psychic Shockwave actually), you will WANT that in your Build. Aim -> Concentrate -> Rain of Arrows -> Fistful of Arrows -> Psychic Scream combo from the distance should be able to take out +2 mobs with Lieutenants. or +3 minions. TK thrust is kind of a "Oh ****!" button. If a boss closes in on you you can use it to toss him back accross the map and take it down before it reaches you back.
Keep in mind what while slotting, adding more than 3 of the same IO to a power is next to useless since it only adds 1% or so to the benefit after the third one. So only put 3 damages/recharges/end redux/whatever in any chosen power. Checking the lower left box in mids for the effects of the power and your enhancements is a good idea as well. Since it will tell you exactly how much the IO you've placed will boost the power.


Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.601
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Originally Posted by JohnX

I don't have a Arch/MM scrapper, but if I did, I think that combo would be pretty good.

Originally Posted by _Lith_

I see what you did thar.