Nalrok_AthZim

Originally Posted by Breth

I need to reply, thanks so far, the feedback has been great. I'm running a 31 Brute without the fitness pool, i know it's unheard of but i built him thinking i19 was the next day, two months later i can't stop playing him and i'm gasping for air. End is a huge problem but War Mace (or my bone) mitigates beautifully and i can get away with running only Static Shield if i'm careful.

I currently have a Steadfast Knockback Protect in my Static Shield, i should get immob status thingy with Weave, do i need Grounded? I can then free up a slot for Combat Jumping? There are so many choices here.

I see now i need more dosh, it seems to be the way forward. I used to be so happy just to be able to afford the next IOs (yes i'm a Dinosaur) but this is getting overwhelming. Do i need a degree to play this game or can i still just bash stuff up and get killed when i take my eye off the ball?

I rarely play beyond 50, when is the point to stop ploughing cashola into stuff and just say "i'm average?"
btw i'm not average, my costumes and superior game play make me exceptional!
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Originally Posted by Arbegla

While CJ is much better then manuevers, and brute or not, hes already not optimally slotting his attacks, so assault will help close to gap between whats optimal, and what hes actually using (look at his MG slotted, full immobilize purple set, not a single damage IO)

Originally Posted by UberGuy

That's a big hurt on one's blue bar, though, without other compensating changes.

Originally Posted by Veslin

So, I hear most MMs complaining that they don't like how their ranged pets are now running into melee, and I have to say, it seems like the 'rangers' now just have to deal with the same problems Ninjas/ and Necromancy/ have always had.
People have always complained that the Ninjas and Zombies were squishy. It's probably the main reason they are the most rare types of masterminds (I still see more Mercs than these two). Well, now that the other pets are starting to run into melee as well, it's been discovered that all pets are squishy, but the ranged ones just stayed out of the thick of things.
In my opinion, this now levels the playing field for all masterminds. Melee pets already have a disadvantage- they are single target. Under the old AI, they also died faster. They did not have any extra protection to mitigate the fact that they were melee, they didn't do more damage than other sets, there was no trade off for this propensity to die more often because they were closer to the enemy. So it was a double penalty for them, Single target AND they died faster.
Now, all pets at least have similar survivability. Instead of only Zombie and Ninja users having to resummon all the time, now all masterminds have to do so.
On a closing note, pets that do not have melee attacks (IE Phantasm) running into melee, I agree is rediculous. But minions all having similar lifespans because they all die to AOE melee attacks, that just seems fair to me.

Originally Posted by Obitus

And I was explaining why his build has been so heavily criticized. It ain't just because it's sub-optimal. It ain't just because it's expensive. It's because his build is willfully extravagant, even to its own detriment, and even in the face of Blue's loudly proclaimed financial victimhood. All of those things are inter-related. All of those things are pertinent. Why? Because Blue's playing a build that's causing him obvious pain, albeit indirectly. His specific question in this thread has been answered. The side issue of SL's slotting was addressed and summarily discarded on the first page, in fact.

You don't think I've tried offering helpful alternatives to this lost cause? I have, several times. So have countless others. If you think you're automagically different, then more power to you. It's just barely possible that he might listen to you because you've defended him here. I'm sure your air of moral superiority will appeal.

But the implication that anyone's trying to dictate to Blue, or mocking his build on its own merits, is unfair and unfounded. Personally, I'm a big fan of concept builds. I'm a big fan of purposely sub-optimal theme or just-for-kicks power picks or slotting options. I thought it was worth explaining why the view is different here.

Go ahead and make nice if you want to do that. Me? I'll treat this thread like the mindless entertainment it's proven itself to be. Welcome to the sideshow.

Originally Posted by Dark_Respite

Someone on the forums apparently dislikes me:



I wonder if that stems from someone who read this thread or the "What is Zombie Man?" thread (where someone states I should be one of the Seven Legendary Forumites, whatever the hell that implies).

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion

I have not complained once in this post about the cost of my enhancers. I did discuss market pricing in the market forum. When the vast majority of the 700 posts there kept shying away from the topic of market discussion to how I built my Brute I came back to Brute forum.

If you continue to harangue me like this I will complain to the forum moderator that you are engaging in annoying behavior.

Originally Posted by Obitus

If it were just a matter of his wanting to play a sub-optimal build, then no one would care. Blue can play whatever he wants, and there really is no wrong answer when it comes to having fun in a game.

The problem is that Blue wants to complain about the price of enhancements -- even going so far as to pose several insulting conspiracy theories about the evil capitalist pigs on the market. His build and those complaints are inter-related. He's basically gone out of his way to waste influence just so he can play the victim card.

It's as if you bought a Lamborghini just for scrap metal, and then tried to put the dealership out of business because you feel ripped off. Better yet, it's like excoriating every rich person for not spending all of their money to feed starving children in the third world, and then spending all of your income on caviar and champagne while your own children starve. I don't even think you can call Blue's peculiar brand of self-oblivious paranoia hypocritical, at this point. He's moved so far beyond ridiculous that it's almost sublime.

It's no wonder that Blue feels like he's oppressed if he truly believes that his build is reasonable. It's not reasonable, not in terms of cost, and certainly not in terms of cost efficiency. You suggest slotting Touch of the Nictus and Mako's Bite in Siphon Life, but that's crazy talk. Those sets aren't anywhere near expensive enough. Blue will jam six Panacea in there come hell or high water. And he will continue to insist that Panacea is the best set for him, no matter what anyone says, all the while no doubt cursing about how he's been oppressed by the Man.

This isn't, and never was, a discussion about attack chains, or even builds or the market Notice that even when Blue thanks people for information, he dismisses that information as irrelevant to him. Blue doesn't converse; he lectures. This thread is -- these threads are-- only valuable as an unintentionally hilarious sideshow.

And in that sense, it's an enormous success.

Originally Posted by Darkers

how so?

Originally Posted by Scene_EU

(not played War Mace/Elec so couldn't tell you which 1 would be best tbh.)

Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion

I respect your opinion Nalrok. Quite a few of my new fans here are fresh off a 700 post beat down of me in the market forum. And they really hate me for poking at their sacred cow.

But you are quite correct. You pointed out many of these flaws some time ago. I am having fun with the build. I will continue on my quest.

I posted this line of question on Smite Life specifically, and my build in the other post, to get this off the market forum and into the Brute forum.

Chasing ST DPS on this build is as silly to me as chasing high global recharge seems to be to these guys. I have a certain way of running this guy, and this is it. From what I have heard Dark Melee has some of the highest ST DPS in the game for Scrap/Brute. If I am at 80% of that, that is not bad. It is not as straightforward as that, due to Soul Drain, etc.

Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion

My SL is not slotted as an attack though. It is slotted as a heal, so when I do neeed it as a heal it actually keeps me alive. And gives me a recharge bonus. Again, i know this is not primarily optimal, i went at it sideways. The theory being, again, when I need it as a heal it works great. Also, because of the way my build works, when I need it as a heal (and it is slotted as one) the high recharge on the build brings this sucker back up fast. Between that and Dull pain being Perma the only thing that can really put me down fast is the mob from the LRSF when not pulled properly. Most other things I can stand and fight, (or at least stand and heal lol)

Originally Posted by PumBumbler

Can we just leave the crazy at home?

http://christopherlbruce.blogspot.com/2010/10/babs.html

Originally Posted by ultrawatt

SS/Fire/fire would be better, SS/fire/mu is even better but you need to head redside to get that :'( One important thing is that fiery embrace DOES NOT buff fire dmg more than other dmg types any more, devs didnt really make sure ppl know this it seems.

Originally Posted by Everfree_Fire

What does the general all-around problems with mercenaries have to do with a pet AI bug that is affecting all pets? This isn't just henchmen being affected. Controller pets are being affected, though for most it's a minor detail since I think most are mostly melee-based anyways.

Originally Posted by Arcanaville

Technically, War Witch said she couldn't comment on personnel changes: she didn't confirm the Post's assertion that BaB was no longer there.