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Quote:Well the thing is, Ninja Run made my builds easier because I don't pick travel powers anymore (except on toons that have powers to spare but I think only Kheldians fit into this category for me - and my trapper because superspeed helps a lot). But yeah I wouldn't use NR if I had to have a travel power in my builds. Good thing I don't need travel powers after NR because I honestly never used any costume piece from that pack, I think they all suckOriginally Posted by RogueDemonhunter
Mac pac, Magic pack, Ninja pack for costume parts. As nice as ninja run is I do not find myself using it once I have a travel power... So for usefulness in all levels its gotta be Magic pack as its random buff don't even have a real negative once your high enough that anyone you cast on isn't going to notice the Fool's minor to hit debuff and rather enjoy it's recharge. Random "mutation" (from mutant pack) Quick Reflexes is the best random buff though.
I think...
Oh and the Vanguard freepac. They realy need to let the new folks or folks that missed this buy it with points. Nothing sells merchandise like Glowing swords.
I'll look further into the Mutation costume pieces although I think I won't like them, all those blobbery mutation things NCSoft associates with mutants do not attract me much. But I'm liking the 'sound' of the power, everyone else has mystic fortune anyway and from what I read you'll be able to pick all the magic parts for 400 paragon points
Good point, while I miss more animal and beastly options I don't think I'll make many anthropomorphic toons. Guess I was impressed by my friend's tiger scrapper I saw yesterday.Quote:Originally Posted by Draeth Darkstar
I forgot about the Mac Special Edition. I use the Valkyrie gloves, belt, and boots all the time, and the Mission Teleporter can be quite handy.
Something you may want to consider for the Beast Pack is that, sure, it has a large number of items in it, but, they're not the kind of items that you're probably going to mix and match with a lot unless you play a *lot* of anthropomorphic animal characters, because it really amounts to a couple animal heads/tails and a whole bunch of animal patterned tights textures for the different body parts. -
Quote:Oh I have the GvE btw, forgot to mention. But this one sounds sweet! I didn't like the costume pieces but I loved the descriptions on the mutations.Originally Posted by TBoxer
Super Booster V: Mutant - I'm addicted to Secondary Mutation (Quick Reflexes is my favorite buff), but I also keep hoping to be turned into a lil' Rikti monkey.
I saw a ingame friend with the beast pack... And according to paragonwiki there are over 60 new costume/faces/etc so it must be the most 'complete' pack out there in this aspect (besides coming with Beast Run but I already have Ninja Run which is the same, plus I wouldn't like all my toons running in all fours lol).
Oh and in the Repeat Offender Facebook group there's a doc about clarification of Paragon Points... Seems like I'd have to wait 2 months for one pack, so I'm gonna get one now, just undecided on which one. I like the magic costumes, the secondary mutation power looks cooler to me than mystic fortune - and at least on Freedom and Virtue you can't walk three steps without someone casting fortune on you so not a big deal if I don't have the power - but the beast pack has so many parts.... Oh decisions, decisions...
Oh about the Paragon Points-dollar equivalency (interesting stuff here, you can buy the magic costumes only for 400 points and the cape I loved at some trailer, the impervium one from the Origins Pack, for 100):
So I know that right now, 400 Paragon Points = $5.00 (USD) but what I don’t have an idea of is what exactly 400 Points can buy me.
As mentioned earlier, 400 Paragon Points is equivalent to $5.00 (US Dollars), and I’ve gone on record that 400 Paragon Points will allow players to buy a lot of “stuff”. I’ve listed a smattering of pricing examples below, including the new Signature Stories, that will hopefully give you a better sense of general Paragon Point values. Please note that these prices (and others in our Beta) are currently the *target* prices, and may change prior to City of Heroes: Freedom Launch.
Points * Dollar Equivalent * Item
20..........$0.25......................Wizard Beard (From the Magic Pack)
40..........$0.50......................Classic Steampunk Hat (From the Steampunk Pack)
40..........$0.50......................Pop Dance Emote (From the Party Pack)
60..........$0.75......................Bioluminesc ent Chest (From the Mutant Pack)
60..........$0.75......................Wolf Head (From the Animal Pack)
60..........$0.75......................Organic Armor Sword (From the Mutant Pack)
80..........$1.00......................Smoke Bomb Costume Change Emote (From the Martial Arts Pack)
80..........$1.00......................Wonderful Wind-Up Wings (From the Steampunk Pack)
80..........$1.00......................Runes Aura (From the Origins Pack)
100........$1.25......................Technology Origin Cape (Impervium Mantle) – (From Origins Pack)
400........$5.00......................Complete Magic Costume Set (from the Magic Pack)
400........$5.00......................Signature Stories
(NOTE: VIPs GET SIGNATURE STORIES FOR FREE, AS PART OF VIP STATUS)
800......$10.00......................Character Server Transfer Token
(NOTE: VIPs GET ONE TRANSFER TOKEN FREE PER MONTH)
800......$10.00......................Character Respec
1600....$20.00......................5 Character Slot Tokens
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Ok so I know I'm late to the party but I just got GR and by seeing the stats on City of Data....
Cryo Ammo:
- RunSpeed, FlySpeed, SpeedJumping -0.15 for 8s (0% chance)
- JumpHeight, RechargeTime -15% for 8s (0% chance) [Ignores Enhancements & Buffs]
- JumpHeight, RechargeTime -20% for 10s [Ignores Enhancements & Buffs]
- SpeedJumping, RunSpeed, FlySpeed -0.2 for 10s
So... Cryo Ammo isn't bad comparing to Ice Blast in terms of secondary effects right? My DP/Fire is only level 8 and since I'm soloing to see the story arcs it seems more useful than Fire Ammo. Unless it's not a 100% chance, CoD says 0% chance so it must have some number that's mixed up. Is it a 100% chance or 25% chance like the KB from lethal?
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I only had issues on my old mac mini (using the windows client) with intel graphics, but only when turning on cloak of darkness from dark armor. If the toon got 'too close' (like stuck on a wall or in an angle that forced her to appear in a big size) my framerate would suffer lots. That power must use a lot of particles/textures or whatever (toning down particle count didn't help btw), I had no issues with the warshade version or shadowfall or other cloaky powers.
Funny thing is, my computer was on medium settings (non ultra of course) and rikti raids and itfs were no biggie. Btw you should try to get on one of these events full of players/enemies, like a trial or something, to see if it's your GPU that's overloaded. -
The difference is noticeable, but IMO 17'' screens and up are for desktop replacements, not very handy to carry around.
This one is the bee's knee's for desktop replacement: http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np7282-...00-p-2881.html (edit: forget it, it's beyond your budget)
I ended up buying a new Mac but I was almost getting this one (15.6 inch) - http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8150-...hm-p-2972.html
This one has a less powerful GPU but longer battery life for travels because it has the Optimus tech that allows it to switch with the integrated Intel GPU http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np5165-...hr-p-3063.html
(I'm a fan of Sager because they look like normal business laptops despite being gaming ones, I mean I wouldn't want to take one of these alienware glowing things to a meeting, plus they're smaller than normal gaming laptops - the price you pay is not having good speakers but if you see notebook forums - look for 'sager owner's lounge' on google - people are very satisfied with them) -
Quote:Thanks for the direct link! To create an account there you have to be approved, three days and nothing so far.Originally Posted by Neo Shadowdream
The site is http://Vidiotmaps.com you have to have an account to use the download features.
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Oh I just had a 3-hour teaming session with my sm/elec (went up to 38 yay!) and my fury was always high, even tremor is good with BU+Fury (although I wouldn't pick in on a Tanker since you have Fault too, and Tremor usually is only middle of the road damage even on Brutes).
It's awesome, I got lost from the team and shredded red+pink mobs solo, you won't regret it. It has great sinergy with elec armor because of L. reflexes but Willpower will be great too especially since you picked stone fists, I skipped it, I use Boxing as a filler sometimes. Hasten is great but I see you got it. Problem is, with elec armor you'll suck up on blues until power sink (I don't know how much energize helps yet because I got to PS before the Elec armor changes, but anyway you only get it at 28 so still a long wait). And with good endredux I was using Power Sink most of the time to sap enemies since I have lightning field to help.
Well since you're WP and have Q.Recovery you may later even ditch stone fists and get gloom and darkest night instead of going overboard on endurance, but that's for you to find out when you get higher in levels, I have no WP toons.
BTW I also have a SS/Fire at 35 and despite loving Footstomp to death, I still feel stone melee is more smashy in general play and less boring because you have good mitigation and the attacks are great-looking (btw, use one of your costumes for lava, Fault looks great with the lava option). And besides the KD in Fault and Tremor, you can hold a boss with Seismic Smash, that works wonders for those hard hitting fellas.
Oh one more thing: my slotting for fault is 5 stupefys for the rech bonus but I also put a FF +Rech proc in there. I'm thinking about switching it to Tremor because I'm using it more than Fault (in the lower levels I used Fault a lot, not so much now) but you should find room for a FF + Recharge proc in one of the powers imho. -
OK NOW IT'S ON I MADE A NEW ONE ON VIRTUE
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I plan to do that on my next 2 Brutes I'm leveling but they're dark armor and they'll be using cloak of fear... So in your case I guess you might see how it goes, I'm level 12-15 o both (claws/da and dm/da) and since I'm used to play trollers and corrs (meaning I always watch my teammates bars, no matter what I'm playing) I'm noticing I'm the only one that is constantly out of end at these levels since inherent fitness.
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Nah, with the fury changes you can lay down the hurt, my 37 Stone/Elec is the only 'high level' toon I bothered to respec into inherent fitness and did some IO'ing since I came back (too busy playing lowbies in Praetoria) and she's better than ever - with Fury decaying slower, I'm mass murdering and soloing at +2/x3 with bosses. Did a mayhem on these settings and it was hella fun.
No more 'no fury' moments like in a SF long ago when I had to tank for a group and spammed Fault - now you can have your cake and eat it too!
By the way, nice pairing with Willpower as Stone Melee is murder on the blue bar - this Brute is the only toon I ran out of end while speed boosted (in the SF I tanked) and when I got to 35 (before I left the game) and got Power Sink it was a game changer, and she's quite good on bonuses for her level. I'm a Dark Armor fan and would never roll a SM/DA brute because of this. -
Meh was tring to softcap, I did to s/l/e/n with 1 foe in range although I got less f/c defenses and more recharge, but I forgot Hasten in the process, and going to bed now. There are 2 slots left in the build.
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Level 50 Natural Brute
Primary Power Set: Claws
Secondary Power Set: Invulnerability
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Strike -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5)
Level 1: Resist Physical Damage -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(5), RctvArm-ResDam(7), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(7), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(9)
Level 2: Slash -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(11), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(11), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(13), Achilles-ResDeb%(15)
Level 4: Temp Invulnerability -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(15), RctvArm-ResDam(17), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(17)
Level 6: Spin -- Erad-Dmg(A), Erad-Acc/Rchg(19), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(19), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(21), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(21), RechRdx-I(23)
Level 8: Follow Up -- Hectmb-Dmg/Rchg(A), Hectmb-Dam%(9), Hectmb-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(23), Hectmb-Acc/Rchg(25), Hectmb-Dmg/EndRdx(25)
Level 10: Dull Pain -- Panac-EndRdx/Rchg(A), Panac-Heal/Rchg(27), Panac-Heal/EndRedux/Rchg(31), Panac-Heal(31), Panac-Heal/+End(31), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(33)
Level 12: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 14: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(33), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(33), RctvArm-ResDam(34)
Level 16: Unyielding -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(34), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(34), RctvArm-ResDam(36)
Level 18: Focus -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(36), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(36), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(37), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(37), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37)
Level 20: Weave -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(39), LkGmblr-Def(39), LkGmblr-Rchg+(39)
Level 22: Resist Energies -- GA-3defTpProc(A)
Level 24: Taunt -- Mocking-Taunt(A), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(27), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(40), Mocking-Acc/Rchg(40), Mocking-Taunt/Rng(40), Mocking-Rchg(42)
Level 26: Eviscerate -- Erad-Dmg(A), Erad-Acc/Rchg(42), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Armgdn-Dmg/Rchg(43)
Level 28: Invincibility -- HO:Enzym(A), HO:Enzym(29), LkGmblr-Rchg+(29)
Level 30: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 32: Maneuvers -- HO:Enzym(A), HO:Enzym(46)
Level 35: Tough Hide -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(43), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(45)
Level 38: Tactics -- Rec'dRet-Pcptn(A), Rec'dRet-ToHit(45)
Level 41: Vengeance -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 44: Shockwave -- Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(A), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(48), Ragnrk-Knock%(50)
Level 47: Superior Conditioning -- P'Shift-End%(A)
Level 49: Physical Perfection -- P'Shift-End%(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Mrcl-Rcvry+(46)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(45), P'Shift-End%(46)
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Set Bonus Totals:- 22.9% Defense(Smashing)
- 22.9% Defense(Lethal)
- 9.13% Defense(Fire)
- 9.13% Defense(Cold)
- 21% Defense(Energy)
- 21% Defense(Negative)
- 6% Defense(Psionic)
- 14.4% Defense(Melee)
- 15.4% Defense(Ranged)
- 7.56% Defense(AoE)
- 5.4% Max End
- 46% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 72.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 9% FlySpeed
- 196.8 HP (13.1%) HitPoints
- 9% JumpHeight
- 9% JumpSpeed
- MezResist(Held) 2.75%
- MezResist(Immobilize) 9.9%
- 20% Perception
- 12.5% (0.21 End/sec) Recovery
- 30% (1.87 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 5.04% Resistance(Fire)
- 5.04% Resistance(Cold)
- 9% RunSpeed
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Quote:I think I'd have noticed the lower Fury decay because I'm simply loving it. Being able to look for a mission target when solo or walk a hallway and still have half your fury bar so that you'll be at 70% right after a few swings changed brutes for me.Originally Posted by ultrawatt
Even before the changes it was impossible to get fury up to 100%, and 90 was still rather unheard of.
I find a lot of people exaggerate the fury changes, i wouldnt have even noticed if i didnt know about it honestly. I dont find myself any lower or higher on dmg. If anything i dont like the lowered dmg cap we got at the same time.
The only time I had some difficulty with fury was on one team but this specific team had a plant and an elec dom so everybody was confused all the time, I wasn't complaining because I stopped dying since we had no heals (important on the low levels) or buffs before the doms arrived and I was grabbing alpha and all the aggro since the ss/elec brute hadn't gotten his damage aura, besides having endurance troubles with my 4 toggles at DO levels (oh dark armor why do I love you so much
, both my newbie brutes are /da).
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As for shields:
Ok they're not exactly 'shields' but Stalker Dark Armor's mez toggles (O. Gloom and Cloak of Fear) get suppressed now when they're hidden so that they don't have to detoggle/retoggle them, a recent change (happened in my absence so I'm not sure when). They could apply the same for the human shields while in forms.
Also, +1 for Solar Flare changing to .9 kb, that way you'd simply add a dam/kb IO and have your kb back. Which I doubt many people would do, you don't see players slotting KB in Footstomp, Fault or Tremor (well except Castle who said he was having fun once with an Axe/SR Brute slotted with KB enhancers when he was testing both sets but I guess he didn't like Fury and stuff )
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Quote:If you are well versed in using Sands of Mu / Shadow Maul to hit multiple targets you can make good use of Jacobs Ladder as well. And its single target damage is respectable too.Originally Posted by Hakurr
Thank you.
I guess i was not spacific enough in my quetion but that is what i wanted to know if hand clap was worth takieing or not and i have heard alot of debate on jacobs ladder. Also what os your thoughts on the damage boost from build up sence it lasts such a short time and shield has a good damage boost of up to 65% i belive -
Quote:I lol'ed hard with this because when I read the post about making the Carnies his bishes I thought 'hey cool idea'Originally Posted by Zombie Man
And that's why we never got female MM pets. Thanks a lot.
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Quote:Oh that's a great point, thanksOriginally Posted by Tahliah
Unless you want something NOW, I'd wait until the next issue when you can buy booster pack parts separately via the new Paragon Market with new Paragon Points: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=263587 I had completely forgotten about that. I don't need it NAO so I can wait - I'll check the magic costume parts since mystic fortune is nice but not a game changer like ninja run, and the martial arts pack costume parts are fugly (imho)
And Darkgob you're right, I liked the Cyborg stuff a lot when I bought it (when it was released), now that I'm running Ultra Mode the costumes seemed ugly to me, and I didn't know why.
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Quote:I feel your pain Leandro, I'm in Brazil, same deal. Had to resort to this (insecure) resort to get GR and the MA pack. I used Mac OS X but I don't think this makes it more secure except if your Windows is infected (and I use the Win7 client because the Mac client is crap plus I love Mids) since the internet is the same for all computers. Makes me sad, oh well. We have a local dealer ( levelupgames.com.br ) but they sell stuff for like 500 games and don't keep up unless it's a massively popular one, so their store kinda 'stopped' at architect edition and there are only 3 booster packs available. Each for about 13 USD of courseOriginally Posted by Leandro
There are no such thing as prepaid debit cards here. Even regular debit cards don't work for international transactions; my Visa Electron card is declined everywhere online, while my regular Visa works.
I'm sorry if I seem rude, but I've been told to use the same "solution" for years already. The fact of the matter is that I'm trying to give money to NCsoft, and their IP block is preventing me from doing that. It very much seems to me that they should fix the issue, rather than me renting a server in the US to install a proxy server so I can fool their stupid IP block. I don't care about the booster packs enough to do that.
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Hi guys, I'd like opinions. Just came back, got GR, and thinking about buying a booster pack or two.
I know I can see all offer here and in Paragon Wiki, but I'd like to ask my gaming fellas: Which booster(s) did you like the most and why? I'd love to hear your reasons for liking/disliking them.
I have the Cyborg and Martial Arts - the Cyborg I liked for awhile because of costume parts but meh, I barely use them anymore and I always forget to use self-destruction power even when it's useful at low levels and I'm about to die. So it wasn't a good purchase (for me of course). The Martial Arts pack was good because of Ninja Run, I hated the costume parts.
(I'm tempted to get the Wedding one because I saw some impressive female toons using their costume parts, but if any booster offer a power as useful as Ninja Run, which essentially made me change all my builds, I'd love to know)
EDIT: Forgot to mention I have the GvE pack too, I bought it when I joined the game in a combo deal so I forgot about that one.
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Quote:And with Brutes the speed you level is crazy ridiculous because of Fury powering your damage aura. Got a DM/DA (which only has Shadow Maul as a kind of AoE plus the damage aura) to 22 in half the time I got a Fire/Fire Tanker (which has Combustion available to help unlike your Fire/SS) to 12.Originally Posted by Midnight_Tempest
My Fire/SS went 1-19 in a day, 1-50 within 3 or 4. If I'd really wanted to grind, I probably could have managed 2 days.
I tried it with a WS, it's kinda fast after you get Dark Nova (you have 2 AoEs and at level 6 - or level 1 having up to level 6 powers, you outperform any blaster) it's kinda fast, levels 1-6 were slow because I used Orbiting Death (Tanker level damage aura) and Sands of Mu as my 'AoE', and since it's a WS sometimes you get one-shotted even at the def cap.
Oh and these help immensely, especially the WS or other 'frail' toon that can never lose the softcap, I use the macros for making greens, purples and reds: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=125603
As to the OP's question, SM is kinda sucky for farming, FM will be better - you can farm with willpower at high levels with a normal build, chug reds as much as you can, but you won't be as fast as a brute with a damage aura, especially /FA with burn and fiery embrace. -
Quote:Yeah I don't mind not going to 11 as long as I can take my time or walk a hallway, solo or teamed, and have half my fury bar still. I love it, after 10 seconds you are at 65-70% and one-shotting minions with powers like Swipe again.Originally Posted by MayorOfAngrytown
My only (admittedly minor) issue with the fury changes (not so recent at this point) is that the only way to completely get the bar maxed is with the alignment power Frenzy. I forget where it functionally caps outside of that, but it does. I guess the intent was for the 90-100% range to be the proverbial "11." We can go there, just don't get to all the time.
That said, I do like it somewhat more than OG fury, these days being able to hit the 70-80 mark from purely one's own attacks is pretty sweet.
This is great too, something I hadn't noticed much despite having a 50 and a 36 brute because I was always teamed and worried about fury and I played them only when requested, never soloed. Now soloing even my dm/da at +1/x3 (she's 12 now) I see a huge difference, you attack a mob, he runs a bit and comes back.Quote:Originally Posted by Supernumiphone
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1) Well the top end chain for DM is Smite - Siphon Life - MG so neither is necessary, I love Maul tho but I can make good work of the cone. I'd take Maul while leveling and if you decide to drop it later, pick Gloom to round out your ST attack chain.
2) Yes and yes, you're invul, s/l res is your forte, as well as some defense.
3) Hasten is good for Soul Drain, Dark Consumption and Dull Pain come back faster.
4) It's expensive, typed defense sets are kind of a big deal in the market. Like Kinetic Combats for s/l defense.
5) S.Punch, S. Maul (though I love Maul, it's your only AoE), Touch of Fear, Dark Consumption (if you have an io'ed build you may find you don't need it, you can't build around this power like elecs build around the idea of using power sink because of its long recharge)
6) Now this is hard, I don't think I'd skip anything besides Unstoppable. I'll let other players with more Invul experience chime in.
7) DM: top chain that I mentioned and Soul Drain, Invul: everything but Unstoppable and well... I'd pick the passives since the buff (Resist Elements, Resist Phys Damage and Resist Energies) but I guess they aren't must haves if you mean must-have as the bare minimum not to gimp a build. -
Quote:Yeah I took a level 1 farm with a WARSHADE and it was a bit of a drag until level 6 (Orbiting Death+Sands of Mu, OD is a tanker level damage aura, so much faceplanting was involved since it was taking a bit long to defeat enemies) but after getting Nova Form at 6 I cruised to 22, softcapped and alternating my 2 aoe blasts, which is where I wanted to get to with him.Originally Posted by Amy_Amp
You want to self PL a SS/elec? Make a level 2-3 S/L ambush farm and there you go. The beauty of a level 2-3 map is that you can build a normal non-farm build for it and it still works.
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Well for regen you want recharge and some positional defenses, only after you think about health regeneration.
I just made this up:
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Level 50 Natural Stalker
Primary Power Set: Energy Melee
Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Energy Punch -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(3), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), T'Death-Dam%(7)
Level 1: Hide -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), Krma-ResKB(7), LkGmblr-Def(40)
Level 2: Bone Smasher -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(9), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(9), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), T'Death-Dam%(13)
Level 4: Reconstruction -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(13), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(15), Dct'dW-Heal(15), Dct'dW-Rchg(17)
Level 6: Assassin's Strike -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(17), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(19), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(19), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(21), T'Death-Dam%(21)
Level 8: Build Up -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(23), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(23), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(25), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(25), GSFC-Build%(27)
Level 10: Dull Pain -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(27), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(29), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(29), Dct'dW-Rchg(31)
Level 12: Placate -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 14: Fast Healing -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A)
Level 16: Integration -- Panac-Heal/+End(A), Panac-Heal(43), Panac-EndRdx/Rchg(43), Panac-Heal/EndRedux/Rchg(46), Panac-Heal/EndRedux(46)
Level 18: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 20: Tough -- HO:Ribo(A), HO:Ribo(31), GA-3defTpProc(31)
Level 22: Weave -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(34), LkGmblr-Def(34), LkGmblr-Rchg+(36)
Level 24: Resilience -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A)
Level 26: Energy Transfer -- Hectmb-Dmg/Rchg(A), Hectmb-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Hectmb-Acc/Rchg(33), Hectmb-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Hectmb-Dam%(34)
Level 28: Instant Healing -- Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(A), RechRdx-I(40), RechRdx-I(43)
Level 30: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 32: Total Focus -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(37), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(37), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Mako-Dam%(40)
Level 35: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 38: Moment of Glory -- RechRdx-I(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(39), RechRdx-I(39)
Level 41: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(42), LkGmblr-Def(42), LkGmblr-Rchg+(42)
Level 44: Dark Blast -- Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(A), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(45), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(45), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Apoc-Dam%(46)
Level 47: Shadow Meld -- RechRdx-I(A), HO:Membr(48), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(48), LkGmblr-Rchg+(48)
Level 49: Soul Storm -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(50), BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(50), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(50)
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Level 1: Assassination
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- Empty(A)
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Set Bonus Totals:- 17% DamageBuff(Smashing)
- 17% DamageBuff(Lethal)
- 17% DamageBuff(Fire)
- 17% DamageBuff(Cold)
- 17% DamageBuff(Energy)
- 17% DamageBuff(Negative)
- 17% DamageBuff(Toxic)
- 17% DamageBuff(Psionic)
- 12.9% Defense(Smashing)
- 12.9% Defense(Lethal)
- 7.25% Defense(Fire)
- 7.25% Defense(Cold)
- 11.6% Defense(Energy)
- 11.6% Defense(Negative)
- 6% Defense(Psionic)
- 19.8% Defense(Melee)
- 13.5% Defense(Ranged)
- 8.5% Defense(AoE)
- 33% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 8% Enhancement(Heal)
- 82.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 5% FlySpeed
- 176.2 HP (14.6%) HitPoints
- 5% JumpHeight
- 5% JumpSpeed
- Knockback (Mag -4)
- Knockup (Mag -4)
- MezResist(Held) 11.6%
- MezResist(Immobilize) 11.6%
- MezResist(Terrorized) 4.4%
- 11% (0.18 End/sec) Recovery
- 66% (3.31 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 5.04% Resistance(Fire)
- 5.04% Resistance(Cold)
- 5% RunSpeed
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Yeah SuperJe the Tank had Tough and a top end build. But we do TFs that way, 'bring whoever you want' and you're right, we came to the conclusion we needed oranges galore because we realized at Recluse we were all defense (except me, a fire/kin, and 2 blasters but ID didn't help much and I couldn't hit buffed Recluse with my heal).
That said it must've been the empaths, both had very long breaks and were dying at Recluse repeatedly, I kept all kinds of tankers alive with Recluse with a mind/emp (with AB and heal other, it can be cast sucessively on my troller due to having lotsa IOs and heal other having such a short recharge, never missed AP), my guess is that they didn't remember to keep the distance. We only realized about the lack of resistance because the TF went buttery smooth till Recluse, the 4avs went down easily even with double pulls. -
I'll third it