Kheldarn

That may be your Offically Announced Starting Time, but it started long before that. When I checked at 6:30 AM PST/7:30 AM MST/8:30 AM CST/9:30 AM EST, it was already on like Donkey Kong.

And that's the main reason why.

About the only things to come out of Wizard that I have fond memories of/enjoy are the Big Shots, and Twisted Mego Theater.

That's a pretty small pic of Test...



*remembers when Stacy Keibler was his manager, and rebranded Test's fans as Testicles*

This... is... QUOTA!!

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I'm going to stand by my claim that slotting more than 1 Accuracy in anything Mids reports as 75% Base Accuracy is not necessary. I didn't buy it when Controllers said so, and I've done just fine with 1 Accuracy slotted on plenty of characters.

I was also going to say that I don't want a build using IO Sets. I don't like to use IO Sets before 50, unless it's something like grabbing the Steadfast -KB for my Fire/Fire Tanker. There's all this blah blah blah crap about "endgame", but to me, IO Sets are the endgame. Level 50 isn't a destination, it's a journey. I slot my characters pre-I9 and Inventions until around Level 30, when Common IOs start to really outperform SOs, and then I switch to them.

Of course, as I type this, I only have one Level 50 character using IO Sets. Outside of my main, who is also my Badger, I generally don't spend enough time with any character after they hit 50 to need/want sets, because I've already been sucked in by 1 (or 2, 3, 4, 10... @_@) new Alts. Yay Alt-itis!

Now, having said all that...

With this character, I've already stepped outside of my comfort zone by planning to take Confuse. I don't like Confuse, and I don't buy in to the whole, "Confuse is good. It gets you more XP, faster.".

Stop. Right now. Don't even go to that argument, because I don't want to hear it. It's beyond the scope of, and reason I made, this thread. The fact is, regardless of my feelings about Confuse, as I said, I'm stepping outside of my comfort zone, and planning to take, and yes, use it. No argument you type will change my mind. I'm one of those people who MUST experience it first-hand. And that's what I plan to do with this charcter.

When I come back, and say, "Hey! Listen! You were right!", feel free to say, "See? We told you so!".

Back to my main point I'm trying to make... I was thinking about this at work today. And I came to this conclusion:

Since I'm already stepping outside of my comfort zone and taking Confuse, why don't I just take another step, and use that IO Set Build Vidszhite posted?

And the more I thought about it, the more determined to do it I became.

So, I'm gonna take Vidszhite's build (though I will make 1 change, swapping Super Speed out for Super Jump), and as soon as I can come up with a good name that's not taken *shakes fist at whoever took Toe Tagger on Guardian *, I'll bring this character to life.

Thanks for the feedback and input! I really can't wait to get this character going!

Very good point. Hmm...

I took your advice, and dropped Power Blast in favor of Pelvic Thrust...

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.91
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Derp deDerp von Herpaderp: Level 50 Natural Dominator
Primary Power Set: Mind Control
Secondary Power Set: Energy Assault
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Ice Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Mesmerize -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(3), Sleep-I(7), Sleep-I(31), Sleep-I(43)
Level 1: Power Bolt -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(5), Dmg-I(31), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 2: Dominate -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(3), Hold-I(7), Hold-I(34), Hold-I(43)
Level 4: Power Push -- EndRdx-I(A), Range-I(5), Dmg-I(31), Dmg-I(36)
Level 6: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A)
Level 8: Mass Hypnosis -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(9), Sleep-I(9), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 10: Bone Smasher -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(11), Dmg-I(11), RechRdx-I(37)
Level 12: Super Speed -- Run-I(A)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 16: Power Boost -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(17), RechRdx-I(17)
Level 18: Total Domination -- Acc-I(A), Acc-I(19), EndRdx-I(19), Hold-I(37), RechRdx-I(45)
Level 20: Whirling Hands -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(21), Dmg-I(21), Dmg-I(37), RechRdx-I(46)
Level 22: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(23), RechRdx-I(23)
Level 24: Confuse -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(25), Conf-I(25), Conf-I(40), Conf-I(46)
Level 26: Terrify -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(27), Fear-I(27), Fear-I(42), RechRdx-I(46)
Level 28: Total Focus -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(29), Dmg-I(29), RechRdx-I(43)
Level 30: Stimulant -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 32: Mass Confusion -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(33), RechRdx-I(33), Conf-I(33), Conf-I(34), Conf-I(34)
Level 35: Aid Self -- Heal-I(A)
Level 38: Power Burst -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(39), Dmg-I(39), Dmg-I(39), Dmg-I(40), RechRdx-I(40)
Level 41: Sleet -- EndRdx-I(A), Slow-I(42), Slow-I(42)
Level 44: Hoarfrost -- EndRdx-I(A), Heal-I(45), Heal-I(45)
Level 47: Ice Storm -- EndRdx-I(A), Dmg-I(48), Dmg-I(48), Dmg-I(48)
Level 49: Frozen Armor -- EndRdx-I(A), DefBuff-I(50), DefBuff-I(50), DefBuff-I(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Dmg-I(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 1: Domination
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(15), Heal-I(15)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(13), EndMod-I(13)

After I dropped Power Blast, and Power Push, I swapped it with Bone Smasher. I figured I'd have more use for big KB as a lowbie before I had need for the extra damage from Bone Smasher.

I loaded up Test, and made a Praetorian Mind/Energy that I named MEATest. It's supposed to be M(ind)E(nergy )A(ssault )Test, and it wasn't until I was in the middle of the Tutorial that I saw what I had done...

I played the character to 5, and yeah, I found it to be fun. It was when I hit Level 4 that I decided to grab Pelvic Push instead of Bone Smoosher, and I was happy. I was able to solo 3 Orange Frostlings with no problems at Level 4, and facing a Lt. in a mission was funny, because they'd hold their head from Domination, then slump over from Mesmerize, then stand up from Power Bolt. When I hit 4 and added Pelvic Thrust in to the mix, it just got funnier.

It's nice to come up to a spawn of 3, lock one down with a Hold, one with a Sleep, then beat up the other one. Then, when the Sleep recharges, toss it on the one already Held, and toss the Hold on the one Slept, and finish off the third one who finally made it back into range after the massive KB from PPush.


Yeah, so I discovered in my short time on Test. It was pretty fun!


Ick. Noted. TD is now 2x Acc, 1x End, Hold, Recharge.


Mmm.... No thank you. I've found that anything that has a base Accuracy of 75% only needs 1 Accuracy. It gets you close enough to 100% at the lower levels, and passes 100% later. There's always a 5% (IIRC) chance you'll miss.

Just my personal playstyle/opinion.


Probably. It's just habit to 3 slot it.


As I discovered on Test. I found myself wishing it would hit everything in a line, though, kinda like Energy Torrent. But I can see why it doesn't.


I like Whirling Hands, so it's a keeper, and I like SS & SJ for max Vertical and Horizontal movement. I don't really like Fly.


Oh yeah!