Leo_G

And perhaps you can scale down your sig ^_^

If they port Dark Blast, they might remove a power to make room for Aim (like Psy blast). If so, they can remove Life Drain and put it in the manipulation set (instead of Siphon Life because LD is a much more milder heal). If they remove the pit power (was it called Dark Pit? eh, it's the AoE disorient), perhaps put that as the tier 9 but beefier (better accuracy, longer duration but longer rech and higher endurance).

The tier 1 shouldn't be Touch of Fear. It should be something like Midnight Grasp but weaker with the dmg spread out over a longer DoT...or a ST version of Tenebrous Tenacles.

Also, the ST hard control in the set should probably be melee range. So considering that, here's how I think the manipulation set should look:

1. Murky Tentacle (ST immobilize, neg energy DoT)
2. Smite
3. Shadow Maul (I know no one likes this but it's a staple, isn't bad when you use it and most importantly skippable)
4. Death Shroud (increase range to 15ft)
5. Soul Drain
6. Life Drain (if taken from DB)
-or Siphon Life (only if Life Drain is in fact removed from the primary)
-or Midnight Grasp (if neither of the former make it to the secondary)
-or Dark Pit (if it's removed from the primary but the stats must stay the same)
7. Touch of Fear
8. & 9. Some Combination of the following
-Dark Pit (but beefier)
-Oppressive Gloom (no thanks, to taking HP and probably less likely if Dark Pit is fit in somewhere else)
-Cloak of Fear (the better choice to use with Touch of Fear)
-Dark Consumption (meh, take it or leave it. It's not that great of a utility power but a decent dmg one when it's up)


My personal hope is:
1. Murky Tentacle
2. Smite
3. Shadow Maul
4. Death Shroud
5. Soul Drain
6. Midnight Grasp
7. Touch of Fear
8. Cloak of Fear
9. Dark Pit (75% acc, rech 60sec, END 20, 15sec stun duration, -6.5 ToHit)

But personally, I wish the dmg type shift was more than just 30% if for purely concept reasons (my character(s) not shooting real incendiary/cryo rounds but solidified cold and fire formed into a handy bullet shape to be propelled at high velocity at its target).

I never thought it would have been so much a balance issue to be 50lethal/50other or even 30lethal/70other.

But wouldn't it be cool to have more forms to pick from for Khelds? I remember someone from an old RP thread explaining that instead of the dwarf form, the form resembled a velociraptor with an oversized maw. And stomped and bit stuff rather than punch it.

....I guess that's customization, tho.

Like I said, it was probably better I didn't bother responding.

But I'm probably the most unoriginal uncreative person you'll ever meet and yet I have never needed someone to pick a concept for me. But if you're asking for general effectiveness advice, I could see asking what set styles fulfill a concept better. But since both Inv and WP work on surrounding yourself in enemies, they're very nearly the same in function with just differing unique 'shinies'.

It's just a 'pet peeve' that irks me on the forums. I figure everyone has theirs and I tend to steer away from mine (as it's usually everywhere).

What *could* they add? Khelds only do a certain thing but perhaps alternate 'forms' you could choose from?

Arachnos soldiers only do a certain thing too. Adding anything to them means making up new stuff for the faction itself and they're already quite diverse.

Curious about DP/ blasters:

Why do so many go with /MM? I mean, I can sort of understand /devices for a natural/tech feel and /EM because EM goes with anything...but I've seen so many /MMs now and during beta...

Don't think I ever saw /Ice, I saw probably a couple /Elec but not many now and I'm the only /Fire I've seen at all. Is there some kind of synergy or character concept everyone is aiming for that I'm just not aware of?

What's an mt8?

And I'd say this is partially alleviated with the 'not needing to log out to switch toons' option we'll soon be getting. So just
-log onto ToonA
-look for inf/merits
-not what you're looking for so log on ToonB
-found it, start e-mailing

Probably result in the same amount of time saved as the above, but we're already getting it.

*headshots everyone in the thread*

Did I do it right? >_>

Perhaps with the new issue and the update to the market UI, you'll find it easier to find and craft things and be more inspired to sell and make inf to buy other things.

Really, it is a pain to get a build working but when you do, it's quite nice.

Lol, I guess you would have preferred the old version of swap ammo that was a click power that cycled from standard>cold>fire>chemical>standard, took around 2sec to animate each shift, cost 5 endurance per swap and was socketable for endurance redux?

Lol, swap ammo is cheap now

If you're planning to use IOs, I'd definitely say /Regen.

If you get bonuses for capped HP, you could either slot Dull Pain as a big/slow heal or you can skip it. Adding resists via tough and some bonuses is also a good choice but probably not as good as stacking some defense vs either melee or smashing/lethal.

The kicker, tho, for the combo Elec/Regen is +rech bonuses. More rech makes both sets very strong (compared to /SR, /WP or /DA that receive little from it). Elec/Regen/Soul with lots of +rech means lots of Lightning Rod/Reconstruction/Instant Healing/Moment of Glory/Shadow Meld goodness.

I didn't even take /soul on my Elec/Regen (went Mu for concept) but it's still a beast...got about +30somthing% rech from IO bonuses and hasten and it's pretty good and getting better.

But don't be fooled, it's tough going early on. Sometimes I felt pretty useless when things dropped me before I could even hit reconstruction...it gets better tho.