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  1. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Great_White_555 View Post
    Here is an updated build. Now, if there are any particular IO sets that would be inexpensive yet effective then please let me know. And just for thought, he will mostly be used as an AoE beast. Jumping right in the middle of crowds and hitting everyone hard. So with that in mind, any tweaks I can make?
    Forgot something? Like maybe the data chunk for your updated build?
  2. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Marshman View Post
    I have a spines/dark that I enjoy playing with but I wanted a bit more durability on those speedy ITF and LGTF runs so I'm taking a stab at the /WP. I'm looking to not have to worry about regen and recovery and deal a respectable amount of damage while being able to take some sturdy hits. Looking for improvements on this if any is needed minus purple sets. thanks in advance...
    Power Picks:
    Spines:Barb Swipe is optional. If you like it and need it for your single attack chain, keep it. If you are just using it as a mule to slot those Kinetic Combat IOs you could drop Barb Swipe and slot Brawl with Kinetic Combat instead.
    Willpower:Resurgence is a very weak self rez. I'd suggest to drop it and keep a wakie in your inspiration tray instead.
    Willpower:Strength of Will is a situational power. It doesn't add as much survivability as you might think. I would drop it.
    I don't understand why you didn't take Fitness:Stamina. Especially since you said that you don't want to worry about recovery. I don't know your Spines/Dark build, but you should compare the net endurance gain for both builds to get an idea how your Spines/WP performs in comparison to the Spines/Dark that you know. In my opionen the net end gain is much too low.

    Slotting:
    It might be a good idea to swap your Numina IOs with Miracle IOs to get more recovery into the build. If you add Health (to get Stamina) you could slot one of the powers with 3 Numina and the other with 3 Miracles, each including the uniques.
    You could drop the LotG: Def/End from Combat Jumping. It's not helping with end (because Combat Jumping doesn't need much end in the first place) and not adding much to defense.
    RttC is good enough with only 3 Miracle or Numina IOs. You can save another slot here.
    You should consider slotting QR with Performance Shifter to get more recovery (but check for conflicts based on "the rule of five" first).
    Consider slotting Build Up with 2 Rectified Reticle IOs plus 1-2 basic recharge IOs and/or HO:Membrane. This will increase your Def:S/L, the recharge time for BU and will free another 2 enhancement slots for redistribution.
    I have no idea why you slot Quills for slow. Consider slotting it with Multi Strike IOs instead, which will improve your Def:S/L, the DPS for Quills and reduces end cost.

    EDIT: Oh, and please add the Data Chunk next time. I think it's a lot easier to use than the Data Link.
  3. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by CrankYanker View Post
    Reptile armor. Discuss. Personally i think making the toggles add the look of a reptile to the character would be badass.

    EDIT tank primary
    This sounds more like a suggestion to add another reptile costume to the costume creator. Besides, what should the powerset do? How would it be different from what we already have? And if it is intended to be a serious suggestion why not post it in the "Suggestions and Ideas" section of the forum?
  4. Myriad
    You should monitor the size of your swap file. I assume you'll find that it grows considerably while playing the game. Defrag and drive cleaning will help a bit, but don't expect wonders.

    The problem is that the game needs more and more memory over time because it tends to keep all the texture data and other game information. This means that the longer you play and the more players are around the more memory will be used. And your RAM isn't enough to hold all that data so some of it is stored in the windows swap file. This data is still used by the game so the read/write times of your HDD are now the limiting factor. Defrag and drive cleaning might help a bit to improve the read/write times but in the end you are limited by the hardware itself.
  5. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by pinrail View Post
    Well, I do want to hear your advice. That's why I'm asking. I think you somehow have an incorrect model of me in your mind. But you can see that I'm green when it comes to spines/* and */WP, so I guess from your point of view it's a little like a 2 year old asking how to write a novel. You can talk until you're blue in the face, but the experiential basis just isn't there. So I'll stop with this until I grow up a little. :-)
    If what you think I'm thinking about you is what I think it is, you're wrong.
    It's just that it seems to me that a lot of people have a wrong approach to this stuff. It is one thing if someone played their toon to higher levels and asks for a IO build. These people know their powers and probably developed an individual playstyle (or maybe they know the powersets because they played them in other combinations). It's easier to help them, because they know what they need and what they want. Take Spines:Impale for example. My opinion about it is, that the animation/cast time is too long to be really useful in an attack chain at higher levels - especially since I'm geared towards AoE. That's why I have no problems to slot this power with immob. IOs. Other people want as much damage in it as possible and would never even think about slotting for anything else but damage. You need to play and experience it to make up your mind about how you want to use it. I would bet that any build we create today would change when you get close to L50 and actually start IOing your toon because you'll learn a few things on your way to L50. Unless you have a PLed L50 without a build you're going to level your character anyway. So just have fun with it and worry about IOs later. Happy hunting.
  6. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SpittingTrashcan View Post
    I made the crazy suggestion at one point that we could give people alt builds solely for PvP, and fill them with free PvP-only enhancements and special enhancements that could only be earned by PvP and slotted in PvP builds. That one went over like a lead balloon...
    I hear you. Actually I made the same "crazy" suggestion a short time and a few posts ago. In this thread even.
  7. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    I'm currently working on two badges: Player Defeats, and PvP Rep. They work like any other badge, you defeat x of something you get the badge. In this case "something" = players.

    When is the last time a Banished Pantheon mask fled the zone you were in, preventing you from getting badge credit for it? PvEers do that all the time.....there goes my player defeats badge. PvP zones are the ONLY place you can get that badge, I'm pretty sure arena defeats don't count.

    What defeat badge starts you over from zero if you stop working on it? Only one, the PvP Rep badge. You can stop killing BP masks and pick it up right where you left off. If I stop killing players, I have to start over from scratch, because I LOSE credit toward the badge the longer I go without killing a player.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    Yeah, if you go too long without a kill your rep is back at zero before you know it. The last badge is for 400 rep......and you get 1 rep per kill if their rep is lower than you. I've never gotten more than 6 for a kill, and that was bonus rep. To top it off, it drains away if you don't fight.

    Possible solution: Remove the degradation of the rep badges. Still lose rep if you lose a fight, but if you want to do something else for a while you won't have it draining away. As it stands now, if you want the 400 rep badge you have to do nothing but PvP until you get it.......and I don't have the time to commit to that.
    Well, if it wasn't changed, arena defeats don't give PvP rep afair (I stopped PvPing after testing the changes and realizing that I didn't like them ... at all).

    The 400 rep badge was not easy to get when people were still PvPing. I used to switch between SC and RV to max targets and to min downtime. Imagining I had to earn it within the current PvP rules is ... unpleasant. Actually I don't think it would even be possible without changing my whole build (Storm/Energy Defender - which was good enough to win more than 50% of my fair fights – yes, sometimes I picked my targets well and carefully timed my attacks to max my kill chance which wasn't always fair – but after the changes my chances to win a PvP fight with the same build are close to zero. And I'm not going to invest time and billions of influence in a secondary build for something that isn't fun anymore.) And even then the rep decay was uncool. Actually I never liked the idea behind rep decay and it's something that should be changed, imho.
  8. Myriad
    And I thought the glaring flaw with DP is that it looks so good that other powersets look dull in comparison.
  9. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by pinrail View Post
    Still needs work probably, but here's what I have after 30 minutes of toying with the build given your examples.

    Thanks for your help. (Note the order of the power selection is different than what I expect from a final build---e.g., barb swipe would be taken earlier.)

    I took the approach of softcapping s/l defense here. My focus on first build I posted was away form fully softcapping s/l defense, and instead toward fire/cold/nrg/negnrg, since s/l resistance is so strong in the set, but apparently that's not a typical technique (and perhaps does not work too well?).

    If you're inclined, please let me know what you think.
    First thing I notice is that you have a serious endurance problem with this build and that your slotting is .... less than sub optimal. And you slotted many generic IOs instead of slotting setIOs. Is there a specific reason? Btw, I don't think 30 minutes is much when you create a new build. If you want a good build you should be willing to put some effort into it. You could start by cleaning up your build and finish slotting it. And maybe do some research in the Scrapper section of the forum and find out why it's unwise to 6-slot Quills with Obliteration and many other things about Spines/* and */WP. Don't just look for Spine/WP threads. Even if you check only the most recent posts, you will find a Spines/Fire build from Kioshi, Spines/Invuln builds from Wanted_NA, Fury Flechette, and me and Spines/Elec builds from Maximal and Chaos String (Elec has Energize so you need to keep on eye on end when you compare power slottings) within the last 24 hours. For */WP you need to go back a little further. You'll find builds for Fire/WP, Kat/WP and DB/WP and more Spines/* builds and many more the further you go. And you can learn something from each of the builds.

    I mentioned it before. You should really consider playing your Spines/WP for a while and forget about IOs. You will learn a lot about your character and the powersets if you just keep it simple at the start and only slot with TOs, DOs and SOs. Yes, you probably don't want to hear this, but it's true.
  10. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    I think some things are still totally impossible in the current game - like running on walls, for example - there's just no way the game engine could handle that.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BigFish View Post
    not that many people are crying out for a Running on Walls/Water power, even if they are comic book staples
    Running on walls? Running on water? Not possible?
    Do you remember The Pride Trailer? It shows running on walls/water towards the end of the video (2:30 - 2:39).
    Ok, demo editing. Still nice, though.
  11. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LegionAlpha View Post
    I do not know how to start this out so I will get to the point. Over the years we have been told alot of the things we wanted could not be done because of limits on tech, conflicts with animation, clipping and money( I think) and thus we would never see any major changes to the game. I think they said we would never see dual pistols, graphics overhauling, new mastermind abilities, whips( sort of), never see Incarnates, new zones, etc, etc.
    Jump to 2010 and now we are seeing things that were then impossible now made possible, so I do not believe it anymore developers. I do not believe a power or a skill set cannot be done or we will "never" see it in game because all the new stuff you said was impossible we now have. So with water zones, full dress(not skirt) robes, new stances, pole weapons and other suggested stuff I am stepping back and say....I can wait, because somehow it will make it in the game someday.

    When the devs say "not possible" they usually mean within the current limitations. Power Customization for example is not possible if you don't have the staffing to make the necessary changes. It all boils down to money, of course. If you have the funding and are willing to spend it, almost anything is possible (within other, broader limitations - laws of phsics for example).
  12. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fury Flechette View Post
    My attempt:
    45% Smash/Lethal with Invince toggled on
    3.52 end/sec recovery
    1.42 end/sec consumption

    Had to sacrifice 8.5% recharge to get it there. It has slightly better resistance values and I moved a slot to build up so it's now up more often.
    Found a way to improve Fury's excellent build.

    First, shut off Sprint.

    I made some small alterations and was able to get most of the recharge back in (you need to buy another LotG:+7.5%, though). Resistance and defense values are improved some more (barely noticable, but it's there). However, I had to sacrifice 0.02 end/sec to make it.


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  13. Myriad
    Oh, I almost forgot.
    If you are going to include Psi Mastery / Indomitable Will into your build to give mez protection you should make it perma (it's a clicky). If you only want it as a mule to slot another LotG global recharge, my question would be why bother taking it at all on a build that already has perma Hasten, AM and PA.
  14. Myriad
    Please do not blame your new build attempt on me. I was under the impression that you wanted to improve your Ill/Rad and that you know what you're doing. Now I wonder if I was wrong on both accounts.

    For clarification I give my suggestions again, this time in a mids build based on your original build ... Hasten, AM and PA are all perma. However, it is only a suggestion intended to give you ideas!

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  15. Myriad
    ROFL ... I almost fell from my chair.
  16. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by macskull View Post
    It's really really sad that the I13 changes, which were supposed to help people like yourself (the particular "I can't PvP because..." mindset), more or less ended up doing the exact opposite. All the changes mean that now more than ever you do need a specialized build and particular powersets to perform well in PvP, and you need to learn an entirely new ruleset. Instead, the changes drove a good portion of the PvP playerbase away from the game, created resentment among those that remained, and didn't bring in significant numbers. I know I'm ranting here, but I wasn't even heavily invested in PvP at the time and I absolutely hate what it did to the community.
    Remember when we got secondary builds?
    When secondary builds were announced (and long before we knew details) I assumed – well, hoped we would get a secondary build for PvP only. My dream was that it would give the option to create a full L50 build even at L1 with setIOs being available in drop down menues and the ability to respec at a specific contact as often as you want. I believe this would have been a great thing for PvP.
  17. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by pinrail View Post
    So this build represents an extreme example of following some forum advice about /WP. That is, slot for defense first, then +regen. However, doing this to any level that makes sense for me (as a person who is used to vector defense) produces this kind of odd build. So I am wondering if anyone can offer any more advice on /WP when combined with Spines.

    Some specific questions:
    * What is an acceptable level of defense for scrapper WP? Related, is the regular IO slotting of scrapper WP defense powers good enough? (In other words, how much in set bonuses should I look for, if any at all?)

    * Should I be more concerned with the spines damage output (note purp slotting in the chained powers: lunge->impale->ripper .. though I question the use of purple sets in lunge/impale)? Should I be looking for more balance? Should I focus on AoE damage?
    I assume you'll have a hard time to find someone who is willing to take the blame.

    When you slot WP, you slot for defense first, then HP, then recovery and then regen and resistance. Recharge depends on your attack chain. If you don't want to prove something you could always add another power to your attack chain thus reducing the need for recharge.

    Here are examples of how you could cap Def:Melee or Def:S/L. Please ignore the order in which I took the powers. I just clicked them randomly to fill the power picks fast. Please note: these are only examples I made on the fly. With some thought and effort you might find better ways. And don't let the hunt for more defense dominate your build too much. Find a balance that you can enjoy. And yes, this includes a good damage output as well.


    Capped Def:Melee

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  18. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Moldiver View Post
    Ok guys, In fact, with Conserve Power and Accelerate Metabolism I hadn´t problems with Endurance; the real problem is when LR stars to summon banes at 25% Health. I cant focus my Pets on it (Attack banes).

    And I use LR and RI both on LR at same time.
    I'd say this is a question of position and tactics. Unless you change your build to cap ranged defense I'd try to find a small and narrow place above ground. Large enough so that PA has room but small enough to give your Phatasm a good chance to push the Banes over the edge with KB. I'm not sure this will work, but it might be worth a try.
  19. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Moldiver View Post
    First of all, I need help desperately, I'm trying to sooled Lord Recluse with an Illusion / Radiation (without Shivans of course) for quite sometime, without success although I have a build that has perma-pets and perma-haste

    Anyone who has done can give me some advice or post some build with that he succeeded? While not necessarily an Illusion / Rad.
    I post my build "baseline" (I say basic because I tried to do all possible combinations).
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Moldiver View Post
    Really I´m a little tired of replies like this, I posted this thread in another section of forum and by mistake I put font in black colour. Then I see 3 replies about that and nothing about my problem. Please help me with MY REAL PROBLEM.
    Well, considering that you still didn't manage to post in the correct subsection of the forum despite being told where it is, further considering that you can't be serious about „needing help desperately ... to solo Lord Reclusive“ - something most players can never do, further considering that it seems you didn't even try to find help by searching for posts that already adress (most) of your questions – like in the Controller subsection of the forum and last not least the fact you started with a post that was hard to read because you used a dark font color on a dark background – something you could easily fix if you want to, you shouldn't be too surprised that some people are a bit ... snippy.


    Ok, and now for some constructive criticism about your build.

    You could drop a slot in Hasten. You have enough global recharge to have perma Hasten even with only 2 recharge IOs in it.
    I would remove the BotZ:Travel from Super Jump. 1.25% to Def:S/L isn't enough to justify a slot, if you aren't building for defense.
    I would remove Acrobatics from the build. If you want mez protection go for Psi Mastery and take Indomitable Will. KB is already covered with the BotZ:KB protection in Super Jump.
    Remove the Sovereign Right and the basic recharge IO from PA and replace them with Soulbound Allegiance Dmg/Rchg and Acc/Rchg or Acc/Dmg/Rchg. This gives you enough recharge in PA to be able to drop another 5% global recharge and remove some slots from Superior Invisibility.
    Remove one of the Expedient Reinforcement IOs and the Sovereign Right from Phantasm and replace them with Soulbound Allegiance IOs.
    Remove 3 slots from Temp Invulnerability and slot the remaining 2 with HO:Cyto.

    This should give you ~8 enhancement slots to redistribute and a new power pick to make your build better.

    There are other things I didn't mention, but they are largely about opinion and preferences.
  20. Myriad

    big game hunting..

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bench View Post
    would i be better off going with rad/sonic or dark/sonic for AV hunting?

    thanks in advance for your input
    Hmm... Dark and Rad are very close in most aspects. But I think Accelerate Metabolism is the winning factor for Rad.
  21. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper View Post
    I recommend sending a PM to a mod to get this moved to the Guide section, actually
    (But it's good info!)
    This.

    Nice work, Oedipus_Tex. I think it's well written and gives a good overview.
  22. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Yogurt View Post
    Why didn't all active accounts receive veteran rewards for time in which they were inactive? Everyone else seems to be getting Veteran Rewards for time in which their account went inative, but I didn't. My account went inactive for around 6 months, but, I didn't get these two Veteran Rewards like everyone else did.
    You quoted Avatea, but did you actually read what she said? She already gave the answer to your question:
    (I bolded and underlined some parts for emphasis.)

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Avatea View Post
    As part of the switch, some of you may have gained a few additional Veteran Rewards. We were aware that this might happen but decided that we would rather choose an option that was in the favor of our players than one that might penalize them.

    If you did receive some extra Veteran Rewards for a short amount of time that you weren’t actually subscribed, please know that you can keep them and we won’t be removing them from your account. If you didn’t, please do not contact Customer Support, for this means that the new system now is in place and working as intended. Any problems you previously had with Veteran Rewards should now be resolved due to the switch.
  23. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AF_Bill View Post
    Thanks both of you for your help... I'll take a look at those when I get back from work.

    Here is something I was working on momenst ago....
    I think the addition of Leadership is a good idea. However, I would suggest to 6-slot Tactics with Gaussian IOs and not Soul Drain (because of end costs and the build up proc). 3-slot Maneuvers with LotG: Def/End, Def, Def/+7.5% rchg. Assault is debatable. I would expect an increase in DPS of roughly 5%. The question is, do you have enough recovery to sustain it? And drop the Rectified Reticle unique. You already have FA or Tactics, so it's only good for PvP.
  24. Myriad
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Effy_On_Malibu View Post
    but i'd build it something like that i think.
    Are you sure? You removed a lot of defense and resistance and even some regen. And if you run all the toggles you only gain a net endurance gain of 0.2/s, which is not much. I don't think the extra +40% to global recharge can compensate for the loss in survivability.
  25. Myriad
    Hmm... I'm not an expert on DM, but there are some other things I noticed.

    You slotted HPT with +res which gives you roughly +3% res to all types. Considering that some of your defense as a WP is in regen and considering that you have a self heal I'd suggest to slot HPT for +HP instead. If you have the influence try to get 3 Miracle IOs, because that would help with +recovery, too. In your case I would slot HPT for 4 slots total and slot them with 3 Miracle and the Steadfast Protection unique.

    Remove the Aegis unique in Mind over Body and replace it with the Res/End/Rchg (unless you have a specific reason – PvP?)

    Fast Healing is better than Health. So instead of 6-slotting Health and 3-slotting FH you should do it the other way round. Switch some of the Numinas for Miracle (you get a recovery bonus for 2-slotting Miracle, the HP bonus for 3-slotting Miracle is the same as for 3-slotting Numina) and try to get the Miracle unique (with some patience you should be able to get one for ~100M – I bought 2 for 101M each last week).

    Replace the Kismet unique in Indomitable Will with a LotG: Def/End and slot the Kismet unique elsewhere (take the slot from HPT for example).

    I don't think you need the 4th slot in RttC. And if you switch the 3 Numina for 3 Miracles it's some more +recovery for a little -regen (to get a comparison: using the same settings I regen 71 HP/sec with 729% regen on my DB/WP while you currently need 811% regen to get 72 HP/sec.)

    In Quick Recovery (and Stamina) you should either get a 6th slot to get the +5% recharge bonus or just 3-4 slot them. Spending 4 enhancement slots to get a 5% damage boost is wasting slots, imho. I would recommend to 3-slot with Efficacy Adaptor and optionally adding the Performance Shifter unique (note: if you 4-slot them with Performance Shifter you will loose HP, because PS uses the same bonus for HP as Miracle and Numina). (Another example: on my DB/WP I have 5 slots total in QR and Stamina and no PP and still get a recovery of 251% for 4.61/s. Currently you only have 239% for 4.39/s and use 10 slots + PP.)

    Heightened Senses is ok. But I would skip Strength of Will. You could take Conserve Power instead, which would remove your end problems without changing anything else in your build.

    The BotZ in Super Jump is something I would only add as an afterthought. It's likely, that you'll find good use for the slots somewhere else.

    You should consider using Boxing as a mule to slot Kinetic Combat to get another 3.75% to Def:S/L.

    You should reconsider your slotting in Tough. It might be better to invest some or even all of the slots elsewhere to get a good setIO bonus to Def:S/L. At least drop the 5th slot. You really don't need another 1.25% Def:AoE.