Lobster

I noes. Lobster fail.

You were awesome. Thanks so much for all your work on the powers and especially interacting with us on the forums ABOUT the powers.


And Babs is in here too! Wow. $$%$%<. It is the end of the world.

You rock also. You all rock. Man. I'm getting choked up here.

Thanks for everything. Fish, etc.

Wild Growth is fairly easy to perma. It doesn't stack, so a recast just resets duration.

It depends on what you mean by "perma" with bastion. Assuming your pets don't take any damage, at very high recharge you can refresh the absorb as soon as it fades naturally, IIRC. I *think* the absorb lasts 60s - but I could be wrong.

Generally, I throw out bastion as soon as it recharges - I do all 3 together actually, OG->bastion->wild so I basically pause for ~8s or so to buff every 60s (Note: Wild Growth has a longer duration, so you don't have to do this, I just do them together so I don't forget).

Overgrowth can be perma'd as well, but it's a lot of work & IMHO getting it down to <10s recharge is fine.

Good choice. IMHO, /time is the absolute strongest secondary to pair with nin/. Other secondaries may be stronger *in general* or with other primaries, but I haven't seen anything work as well with nin/ (and I've tested most of them). You'll want to go nin/time/mace for power boost so you can cap their defenses if you want to see how strong nin/ can be in ideal conditions.

[edit: Doh! Just noticed this was a semi-necro and I'm replying to a fairly old comment. Apologies! I am curious how/if this worked out for the OP though...]

Your doc references full set sales, which we already knew about. Are the ones he mentioned discounted to 50% singly?

If so, I will definitely be buying at least a dozen procs tonight . At 25%...maybe I'll pick up 3 or 4, but at least a few. Thanks Alpha Wolf! I can actually see a reason for discounting the entire set more than the individuals. I would prefer the 50/33 and 25/15 points to 50/25 and a potential 25/10 though .

[edit: fixed typo that is preserved in quotes. :P]

Agreed, I would get 2 pieces from the sets I need, and that's it. I don't think I've bought a single sbo since they made the sales "sets only" (I bought a couple sets at an earlier sale, thinking I just might have some use for the whole set...still waiting for that use).

All in all, I suppose I shouldn't complain because whoever made that decision is saving me money .

This.

Especially considering that you can't store them in your base... so, in addition to all the other junk that I don't want (I wish I could set all the insps to auto-delete, but I do realize that some people like those) in my mailbox, I also have several pieces of SBO sets just hanging out hoping I'll have some use for them today because I can't bring myself to destroy something I paid for just to get a different piece or two of that set.

It also works extremely well with demons/. My guess is its going to work really well with everything. If only it had a slow...... *drools*

I didn't wind up needing it at all, did the alpha arc and patron, and tested malta and cot up to +1/4. Either I was steamrolling, or mezzed and dead, not really any in between or any time where that heal would have helped me.

That being said, I found I didn't need tactics and dropped it for the heal... still haven't used it :P.

The build I leveled up with wound up being /psi because I hadn't unlocked patrons yet... Domination helped so much against mezzer lts and to stack with the hold aura... I really miss it. Here's my current build, which I swapped to to try and deal with the end issues I was having (yes, even with a nigh-perma ~4x% end red from overgrowth, I still ran out of end - after getting killed a few times that way, I opted to try another angle) :

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.96
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Level 50 Magic Defender
Primary Power Set: Nature Affinity
Secondary Power Set: Fire Blast
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Flight
Ancillary Pool: Dark Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Corrosive Enzymes -- Acc-I(A)
Level 1: Flares -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(5), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(15), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(23), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34)
Level 2: Wild Growth -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(A), TtmC'tng-EndRdx/Rchg(3), TtmC'tng-ResDam(7), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(9)
Level 4: Fire Ball -- DefendersB-Acc/Dmg(A), DefendersB-Dmg/Rchg(5), DefendersB-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(9), DefendersB-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(15), DefendersB-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(21), DefendersB-Rchg/Heal%(37)
Level 6: Spore Cloud -- DampS-ToHitDeb(A), DampS-ToHitDeb/Rchg(7), DampS-ToHitDeb/Rchg/EndRdx(42), DampS-Rchg/EndRdx(42), DampS-ToHitDeb/EndRdx(42)
Level 8: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), Ksmt-ToHit+(50)
Level 10: Regrowth -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(11), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(11), Dct'dW-Heal(13), Dct'dW-Rchg(23)
Level 12: Wild Bastion -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(13), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(40), Dct'dW-Heal(40), Dct'dW-Rchg(43)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 16: Fire Breath -- Posi-Dmg/Rng(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(17), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(17), Posi-Dam%(19), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(19)
Level 18: Lifegiving Spores -- Heal-I(A)
Level 20: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(21)
Level 22: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 24: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(25), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(25)
Level 26: Entangling Aura -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(27), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(27), Lock-%Hold(43), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(46)
Level 28: Blaze -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(29), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(29), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(31), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(31), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31)
Level 30: Hover -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 32: Overgrowth -- AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(33), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(33), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(33), AdjTgt-Rchg(34)
Level 35: Blazing Bolt -- Mantic-Acc/Dmg(A), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx(36), Mantic-Acc/ActRdx/Rng(36), Mantic-Dmg/ActRdx/Rchg(36), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Mantic-Dam%(37)
Level 38: Inferno -- Erad-Dmg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(39), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39)
Level 41: Dark Consumption -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(43), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(46), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(48), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(48), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(50)
Level 44: Dark Embrace -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(45), RctvArm-ResDam(45), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(45), GA-3defTpProc(46)
Level 47: Soul Drain -- Erad-Acc/Rchg(A), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(48), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(50)
Level 49: Vengeance -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Vigilance
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(34), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(40)
Level 50: Spiritual Boost
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I found RoF not particularly useful without a slow, so I dropped that too. So far, I've found the only thing the set really lacks to "gel perfectly" to me is a slow - either on the debuff toggle OR as an added effect on the buff toggle, either would be sweet.

I'm thinking that with i24 I'm going to pick up the Leadership +recov power and switch back to a patron/epic with a hold. Dunno, we'll see if I still need that after I get to clarion.

[edit: aside from just enough trials to get me to +3, I don't team much, so if something isn't of use to me solo I generally get rid of it.]

Also, 50% xp (and 25%) boosters in the market...

For comparison's sake, the exact same build:

DEFENDER:
*35% e/n & 34% ranged def, ~15% def to the rest. 69% s/l res, 72% cold res, 26-31% for all the other resists.
*7s downtime on Overgrowth (160% global recharge).
*+110% bonus damage without Vigilance (140% solo). This is a 373 point blazing bolt teamed with no other buffs or 409 point solo, compared to a blaster's 409 points (with 3dmg sos). Obviously the blaster will go much higher with buffs.
*406% regen

CORRUPTOR:
*33% e/n & 32.1% ranged def, ~13% def to the rest. 53% s/l res, 57% cold, 20-25% for all the other resists
*7s downtime on Overgrowth
+94% bonus damage with a 406 point blazing bolt.
*406% regen (strange, I assumed this # should be lower, but wild growth has the same regen # for both in mids).

Because I'm due for a defender . Also: higher base resist numbers. I can be a bit freaky when it comes to particular number combinations I want to try.

Also, I think I'll be doing something else if I do a nature corr.

Definitely the ability to fight so many foes at once was one of the things that made CoH special. It really made you feel powerful.

Then, there was the really silly stuff, like early punchvoke (?I think that's what it was. I remember the bug but not the exact cause.?) allowing you to aoe mobs that were stacked (like say, after jumping a wall.... <.<) with single target attacks. Suicide by massive Energy Transfer was silly.

There are a couple +tohit procs that can help out as well, as long as you aren't obsessed with it being perma. Decimation chance for build up goes in ranged attacks & Analyze Weakness (could be wrong on name, it's been a while) goes in things that take accurate defense debuff.