Nalrok_AthZim

Well, this is of course on my Brute. I actually like that setup, but the problem is I also really like mine. :P

I understand needing less heal on a Tanker; higher base HP and cap, with higher resistance numbers in Dark Armor. However, as a Brute, I've focused myself on endurance efficiency and raw damage output. Even with Darkest Night, Touch of Fear, all of my melee attacks, and my resist toggles something with enough oomph (such as when I solo'd AV Recluse) will punch a pretty sizeable hole in me. So if I'm out of options and just have one big-bad to use, my epi-heal in Dark Regen will save my bacon with one target alone. I also tend to be very reckless when it comes to my Dark/Dark/Soul; I welcome death as it lets me use Soul Transfer. So I'm generally in the middle of +2/x8 or +3/x8 spawns. Having such a monstrous heal really makes a difference when things are pounding on me. My build (which is actually in the Dark/Dark guide in my sig) also has some HP bonuses, along with Marshal, High Pain Tolerance and Invader, so I have about 2k health.

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Nice! I like mine too cause it works for me.

Oh man, if you want I'll snag you one. I know a few people that regularly swat Hami and do the LRSF. Golgi Exposures are the best thing you could slot into Dark Regen besides accuracy.

No. I was wondering about that myself! If so, I have a Fire/Kin controller who's a Scrapyarder. It would rock if he could make burning copies of himself.

Just stick it on the medic. :P

For a while I had Stamina 3 slotted, and then I found a Performance Shifter proc, so I pulled the third common EndMod IO out and replaced it. Later, when I decided to siphon a slot out of Soul Transfer I slotted Stamina with 4 and put that common IO back in. Either way, the proc really helped my endurance. And don't forget, any money you spend on a Theft of Essence +End chance is absolutely worth it when you slot that thing into Dark Regeneration. As Dechs has said many times, it's amazing to watch Dark Regeneration fill both of your bars.

My current Dark Regen setup is this:

Touch of the Nictus: Acc/Heal, Heal/Rech, Acc/End/Heal, Acc/End/Rech
Theft of Essence: Chance for +End
Golgi Exposure

That cluster alone really makes a difference, especially with the Golgi. It absolutely slashes the endurance cost and I usually heal for 925 per enemy hit on my Brute. Two enemies heals me to full, and an entire spawn ill fill both bars.

Edited to Add: Allow me to link the color chart from the Post your Costume thread; I'll point out which colors I'd recommend for a watery/ocean feel as far as green is concerned.



90-94, 80-82, 70-74.

Well, the stealth also functions as your Immobilize protection. Thing is I can tank just as well as any guy running all 3 toggles when I just run Death Shroud and Darkest Night. This build will let me try out CoF in combat. I would try it on my main but his build is so tight I can't work it in.

I appreciate the pass.

Unfortunately the fact that you only put one slot in Obsidian Shield absolutely terrifies me. I couldn't imagine running my Dark/Dark without the giant chunk of Psi resist he has.

Also I'll reconsider Fault. My problem is I hate Stun powers on Brutes. If it's stunned, it's not adding to my Fury by trying to kill me. It's why I staved off OG and Fault til way later in my original build. I want to rely on the -ToHit from CoF and DN to keep enemies on me but whiffing, and Death Shroud to carve up minions while I focus on smashing the bosses/Lts. into a fine paste.

Well first, I don't drink, so I wouldn't know. :P

Second, I think there's just been a giant communication failure here or something because I still don't understand how you orchestrated your posts, so, I'm excusing myself from that subject.

Yes yes, I see the quotes I made, I understand you're trying to talk down to me.

You still haven't answered my question. UberGuy was not responding to you in that post you quoted. He was responding to rsclark, well before you made your claim. You posted this:


You were responding to the post UberGuy made in the first place. Now what you said is grammatically misleading and can easily be misconstrued.

Read this carefully, and I'm not saying that to be rude: UberGuy said that Stealth IO's are easier to snag than PvP recipes. You, however, said the exact opposite thing and then used his argument to show that yours is correct. I'm really at a loss for how you're working this out in your head.

Really, all I want from you is a detailed post of why exactly your claim on Stealth IO's is proven to be right by UberGuy's post, a post you refuted the very next post after he made it.

If you don't answer my question and simply reply to this with a bunch of free-floating quotes and a snide comment about my attitude you'll just be on ignore again. The only point in this thread where I went against claims I myself made was when I made a snarky comment to you about personal attacks. Other than that I have stood my ground on my opinion and have (unsuccessfully) tried to get you to make sense of the things you're posting.

I wouldn't want Noble Savage to hold me. I mean he kind of looks like a wicked cross between Mufasa and Optimus Prime, but a hug from him might crush you.

Fair enough. The fact remains that if you were to go Demons/Necro you'd have a team with a crapton of resistance, even MORE resistance with /Sonic, and the ability to heal off all of the incoming softened damage.

Just because something is "pure resist" doesn't mean it's a failure. Can you imagine a Thugs/Sonic? Put Disruption Field on your Bruiser and Sonic Repulsion on one of your Enforcers, and then hitting the whole spawn with Liquefy...

... actually, that's probably why they won't give Sonic to MM's. XD

I actually hit View Post to see what you posted.

Clarify something for me: Why are you using arguments against yourself to bolster your own statements?

EDIT: Even moreso, why are you using an argument that doesn't even pertain to your statement? UberGuy used that post against rsclark, not you. UberGuy is right when he said the IO's are easier to obtain. You, however, made a different claim. Where is the disconnect happening?

If you want a truly nifty ocean effect, make Shadow Cloak's primary color a faded, desaturated green and the secondary color a deep, dark blue.

So what you're saying is Thermal sucks too?

If you'd be so kind as to look back at Fan's posts, you'll notice he does a pretty good job of twisting his first major assertion (regarding Stealth IO prices) in order to evade the arguments brought up by myself and others. Even after hard evidence was posted he still juked and dodged said evidence by clearly stating his post was the equivalent of "When I said I got a hair cut, I only meant one or two."

Besides, the reason I put him on ignore wasn't because I wanted to stick my fingers in my ears and sing a capella about other stuff until he stopped talking. I put him on ignore because he's doing what politicians do best. Really, that wasn't meant to be a personal jab at him; what he did with his argument is pretty common to see done in D.C. His method of evading our posts consisted of warping his first statement any time someone decided to take it in the context he allowed it to be in. Here, have a look.

Anyone who has a basic understanding of sentence structure and present tense will most likely infer that _Fan was himself inferring all Stealth IO's were up beyond 100 million inf. He continuously said "where did I say they all were expensive?" and immediately made it clear that no matter what we said or showed him, he wouldn't A) alter his original post to coincide with his arguments, B) acknowledge the fact that his initial statement was wrong and could be proven wrong, and C) take the fact that he could be proven wrong with any grain of salt. When it was clearly pointed out to him that he was in fact wrong, rather than admitting it and understand that his argument may or may not be extremely misleading, _Fan decided to play armadillo and wrap himself up in a shell of semantics.

The "big boy" thing (as you call it) for _Fan to do would be to admit that his Stealth IO statement could have been better worded, go back and change it, and then resume his stance that certain Stealth IO's being more expensive than certain PvP IO's is outrageous. Instead he just made snide comments in his defense and overall made himself look like the one who stuck his fingers in his ears. He's on my ignore list because, personally, I can't stand that sort of thing and I'd rather not pull myself into the abyss of flinging personal insults in a thread that quite honestly could have turned out far better than it has. I will admit that I got snarky, but had I not put _Fan on the iggy-list I'd have said far worse things and probably brought Mod12 down on my head like the fist of a furious deity.

There. Ignore explained, situation explained, take it for what you will.

I've tried Grav/Energy so many times it's not funny. I just can't seem to pull it off.

I'm only saying the slotting is poor because, visually, it is. On some powers you're not even muling sets. Temp Invulnerability could use some set love.

If you can make this work, then I commend you. Visually it's pretty harrowing, especially when you're using powers in ways I wouldn't. You've effectively neutered Midnight Grasp, recharge or not.

Stoney can. Also Earth/ has GOBS of -Defense. Sometimes I don't even feel like I need accuracy on my Earth/Earth.

I hate Mind on Dominators. Don't know why.

Also I think In Memoriam works. First I lay down the flowers (Plant) and then I cremate them (Fire). >.>

You definitely want Gloom and Darkest Night. They'll do more for you than Soul Tentacles and Summon Widow.

Honestly you need a lot of re-slotting done. And I'd put a way different set in Midnight Grasp and Dark Consumption. You do know about the ED cap right?