Little_Missy

I'm a bit sad to hear that Rad blasts have higher recharge times on Blasters, since that was part of what I liked on my Rad defender ... a fast, but low damage per hit kind of powerset, where you could stack your defense debuffs quickly, so that the team could actually benefit from it.

What good is it to the team, if the Debuffs lands just before the target dies ?

That's just silly.

I have to agree .. my Fire/Fire Blaster has no trouble dealing out damage, as long as the tank isn't target capped.
Something i see more and more often in AE missions.

It annoys me that on an 8 man team, standard spawns can become so large that they target cap on a tank.
That's bloody unfair to the Tank.

I'm very happy for my Raptor Pack, which doesn't take End to use.
It has saved me many, many, MANY times.
Thank you very much, Raptor Pack.

It's been my experience that the Amount of damage I do is largely irellevant if the blasters can unload fully.
That's why I have so much End Reduction in my build, so I keep going between throng of MOBs to the next Throng of MOBs with no downtime at all.

Basically, I enter the map -> Endless slaughter - I exit the map
No pauses, straight up killing.

I have considered respeccing eventually, and put less end reduc in it.
But that will also be dependant on how many slots the different IO sets will need later on.

As for the Recharge, I thought so as well to begin with, but I can pretty much run a constant chain already, AoE - Taunt - Aoe - Taunt, with a single target attack in here and there. And considering I will get FireBall and Melt Armor too, I don't think Recharge is a problem.

Again, I aim for aggro on as many foes as possibly, not going for Damage as such.

In my opinion my Tankers 3 most important areas are :
- Self Survival
- Aggro
- Team Survival

The irony of it all, offcourse, is that I also have a Fire Blaster, which is always impatiently waiting for it's next AoE attack to recharge .. sespite Recharge reductions and Hasten.

It works, it works!!
Thank you!

Sorry for the spam ...

Here goes :

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1,401
http://www.cohplanner.com/

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Anker Steadfast - Level 41: Level 42 Technology Tanker
Primary Power Set: Invulnerability
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Melee
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Pyre Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Temp Invulnerability -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(3), ResDam-I(3), EndRdx-I(15), EndRdx-I(25), EndRdx-I(31)
Level 1: Scorch -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 2: Fire Sword -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(5), EndRdx-I(7), EndRdx-I(17)
Level 4: Combustion -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(5), EndRdx-I(7), EndRdx-I(17)
Level 6: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(39), DefBuff-I(39)
Level 8: Unyielding -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(9), ResDam-I(9), EndRdx-I(15), EndRdx-I(25)
Level 10: Taunt -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(11), RechRdx-I(11)
Level 12: Dull Pain -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(13), Heal-I(13), RechRdx-I(33), RechRdx-I(33), RechRdx-I(33)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 16: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 18: Invincibility -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(19), DefBuff-I(19), EndRdx-I(21), EndRdx-I(21)
Level 20: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 22: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(23), EndMod-I(23)
Level 24: Boxing -- Dmg-I(A)
Level 26: Tough -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(27), ResDam-I(27), EndRdx-I(34), EndRdx-I(36)
Level 28: Fire Sword Circle -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(29), Dmg-I(29), Dmg-I(37), EndRdx-I(37), EndRdx-I(37)
Level 30: Weave -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(31), DefBuff-I(31), EndRdx-I(40)
Level 32: Resist Physical Damage -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(34), ResDam-I(34)
Level 35: Tough Hide -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(36), DefBuff-I(36)
Level 38: Incinerate -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(39), Dmg-I(40), EndRdx-I(40)
Level 41: Char -- Acc-I(A)
Level 44: [Empty]
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet

Titans forum .. huh ?

*runs off*

Aw man .. how do people get all them purdy colors while listing builds in their posts ?
All I get is a buncha unformatted crappy codes, when I try to export from MIDs.

It's true that AoE attacks will have better end/damage ratio's once there's enough targets.
But they will still drain your end faster, over time, if you can spam them.
This might explain why he saw it as an end hog.

On the upside though, they give lotsa aggro.

I think they are well worth it.

As promised, my miserable build so far :
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1,401
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Anker Steadfast - Level 41: Level 42 Technology Tanker
Primary Power Set: Invulnerability
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Melee
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Pyre Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Temp Invulnerability -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(3), ResDam-I(3), EndRdx-I(15), EndRdx-I(25), EndRdx-I(31)
Level 1: Scorch -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 2: Fire Sword -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(5), EndRdx-I(7), EndRdx-I(17)
Level 4: Combustion -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(5), EndRdx-I(7), EndRdx-I(17)
Level 6: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(39), DefBuff-I(39)
Level 8: Unyielding -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(9), ResDam-I(9), EndRdx-I(15), EndRdx-I(25)
Level 10: Taunt -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(11), RechRdx-I(11)
Level 12: Dull Pain -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(13), Heal-I(13), RechRdx-I(33), RechRdx-I(33), RechRdx-I(33)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 16: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 18: Invincibility -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(19), DefBuff-I(19), EndRdx-I(21), EndRdx-I(21)
Level 20: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 22: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(23), EndMod-I(23)
Level 24: Boxing -- Dmg-I(A)
Level 26: Tough -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(27), ResDam-I(27), EndRdx-I(34), EndRdx-I(36)
Level 28: Fire Sword Circle -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(29), Dmg-I(29), Dmg-I(37), EndRdx-I(37), EndRdx-I(37)
Level 30: Weave -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(31), DefBuff-I(31), EndRdx-I(40)
Level 32: Resist Physical Damage -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(34), ResDam-I(34)
Level 35: Tough Hide -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(36), DefBuff-I(36)
Level 38: Incinerate -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(39), Dmg-I(40), EndRdx-I(40)
Level 41: Char -- Acc-I(A)
Level 44: [Empty]
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet




And yeah, I got confused at work and thought I had that Burn patch thingy .. it happens.
As for Incinerate, I think COH disagree's with you.

Add in Assault, and things get better for all damage aura's.

Fire in general isn't so bad on end, but AoE attacks are generally a lot more End heavy than the single target attacks. And Fire has two of them, Combustion and Fire Sword Circle. Plus a good bunch of toggles from Invulnerable.

I have a level 41 Invuln / fire build too .. I'll post it when I get home from work.
But, I have balanced it on group play, so less focus on damage and more focus on aggro and defense.
Which means many of my powers have End reducs in them, so they don't drop in the middle of all.
With Stamina, I have still lots of end so far.

Currently, he's just started getting into the Pyre pool, where he'll get FireBall and Melt Armor.
Maybe they'll draw some more end, I dunno.

Also, to note, only standard IO's so far, no sets.
So it should be a good comparison to an SO build.


On a sidenote though, I was very disappointed in the AoE aspect of incinerate, it doesn't work very well with a Tanker. I just consider it a single target attack. And Burning Patch is simply annoying, so I didn't take it.

I see.

Thank you for the replies.

*Mr Burns voice*

Iiiiinteresting!!



And for now, I have just slotted standard invention enhanchments (level 35 ones), and they are quite sufficient for standard Boss AE missions, such as Kruunch Time.

Btw, aren't there level 50 IO sets ?

This thread has been very useful for me.

I now have a level 36 Invuln/Fire Tanker and he's already capped out his Smash / Lethal resists, so I can now look into the defense stats. And that's just with the Standard IO's you can buy at the crafting table.

Currently he sits at 17.54% Smash / Lethal defense with no foes in range of Invincibility.
Which is allright for his level, considering he has no IO sets installed yet, he'll get that at 50.
So I looked at the info for the Invulnerability Power .. and got confused.

It mentions the defenses twice, and with different numbers ?
Could someone please explain it to me ?

You also have to consider some other facts.

Old or new server ?
Hero or Villain ?

Not to mention that some servers are simply more active on the auction house.

On Justice/Hero, many recipe's sell rather badly, while invention ingredients sell surprisingly well. While on Freedom/Villain, I have better luck selling recipe's than ingredients.

Why ?

I have no idea.

New Base defense : Arch-villain/Hero that defends a particular room.

They so pretty.

Man, oh man - If I had 818 diamonds, I'd sell them for PHAT $$ and buy a red sportscar and cruise around beaches!

After looking at her signature links, I'm guessing some Statesman / Widow / a Little Puppy slash romance!!!