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Quote:That's fine, but I personally think the proc is a waste unless you are a person that solos primarily. If you team even 30% of the team its pointless because your teammates will defeat whatever Phantom Army would be attacking, excluding Monsters and Archvillains. In my opinion accuracy and recharge are the best things to slot in Phantom Army.Originally Posted by MentalMaden
Even with the proc you are over 90%.
The damage that the proc provides is not impressive nor is the 16% chance for it to fire off for each decoy.
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Quote:I am not talking about a difference in reference to ED though. My statement in reference to recharge in general. My build is slotted for global recharge so having perma-PA is my main focus. That last part was just a little bit to add on to what I had said previously.Originally Posted by MentalMaden
Yes but the difference in recharge is like 2 minutes 2 seconds or 2 minutes 6 seconds. I've run across few scenarios where that 4 seconds is make or break.(numbers aren't exact...just to make the point that the difference due to ED is fairly small at that point)
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Add purples for what? If you are soft capped what exactly are you looking to achieve by adding purples?
If you are wanting to add them for more recharge there are far cheaper ways to add recharge without sacrificing defense. Looking at your build I can see a lot of ways to keep your melee and ranged defense capped and increase your recharge but you would need to reslot with different IO sets than you currently have. -
If you are thinking about going Spines/Regen, you should go Spines/Willpower instead. I use mine for Tanking when teams need it, but I made it back when Willpower came out with the sole purpose of farming inf and recipes and its s beast of a combination.
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On my Psi/MM I have it slotted in the following way:
Theft of Essence - Acc/Heal
Touch of Nictus - Acc/Heal
Doc Wounds - Hea/Rech
Harm Healing - Heal/Rech
Numina - Heal/Rech
Miracle - Heal/Rech
It gives the power 46%, 101% healing, and 93% recharge.
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If you are using the version that wasn't done by Mids you can use VBulletin still, that's what I use.
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Quote:Thanks, but I deleted my Claws/SR a long time ago.Originally Posted by Windenergy21
And for you Novella and the OP, here is my claw/SR build, all attack powers, no purples, capped to all 3 positional defenses, and fairly cheap outside of the LOTG and 2 regen uniques. "cheap" being operative to the levels you choose to use and base thinking of what is "cheap" on an "expensive" capped defense build. But definitely reasonable, and pretty darned near impossible to kill and fun! :P
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Quote:Knockback has never been an issue for me. The only time I am on the ground is when I use Solar Flare and since that has good knockback that pretty much clears the area of anyone that would knock me back. If I do not open with SF I will open with Pulsar which will stun enemies and I can then follow up with Build Up and Solar Flare. I stay in Combat Flight most of the time.Originally Posted by Zorn
Novella, thanks for showing your build. Seems very interesting.
I am curious how to you handle knockbacks? When I tested pure human PB not having KB protection was unbearable to me.
Also with my recharge I can keep Pulsar and Solar Flare up very often so they are ready every group and sometimes multiple times in a group. I also use Photon Seekers very often and that mitigates damage while dealing realy good damage. Right now I have her doing Daedelus' arc and last night against some 52s she was able to do 100+100+100 to the near by targets when I used Photon Seekers.
If you need some advice on your build just send me a PM with any questions you may have and I would be happy to help you if I am able.
That pretty much sums it up exactly.Quote:Originally Posted by LordXenite
If I understand her build correctly, Novella doesn't usually have to worry about being knocked-back because she simply flies into an enemy group and hits them with her AoE's which are aggressively slotted. I know most minions do not survive Photon Seekers, and Dawn Strike used in conjunction with Photon Seekers will usually take out almost everything else. Popping a Blue and using Lightform is a good exit-strategy and the whole fight should not take long enough for KB to become a problem, at least not when all goes according to plan.
Am I right, Novella?
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Here is by Elec/SR build that I will be using once I can start leveling her up. The only IOs I still need to get are three more Luck of the Gambler +7.5% recharge and she will be complete.
Hope you can get some ideas from my build on how to boost your positional defense. My build is sitting at 47% melee, 47% ranged, 32% area of effect.
FYI - If you were to select Claws instead of Elec melee it would give you 44.5% melee, 44.5% ranged, and 31.2% area if effect. Not exactly the soft cap but if you were to take Maneuvers instead of Assault it would raise your defense to 46.7% melee, 46.7 ranged, and 33.6% area of effect.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.601
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Synaptica: Level 50 Mutation Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Secondary Power Set: Super Reflexes
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Charged Brawl -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(7), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), Mako-Dam%(40)
Level 1: Focused Fighting -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(15), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(17), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(19), RedFtn-Def(23), RedFtn-EndRdx(31)
Level 2: Havoc Punch -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(5), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(13), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39), T'Death-Dam%(40)
Level 4: Jacobs Ladder -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(5), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(7), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(11), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Oblit-%Dam(42)
Level 6: Focused Senses -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(15), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(17), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(19), RedFtn-Def(23), RedFtn-EndRdx(31)
Level 8: Thunder Strike -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(9), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(9), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(11), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Oblit-%Dam(42)
Level 10: Practiced Brawler -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 12: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(43), RechRdx-I(43)
Level 14: Super Speed -- Run-I(A)
Level 16: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 18: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Numna-Heal(48), Heal-I(48), Heal-I(48)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(43)
Level 22: Quickness -- Run-I(A)
Level 24: Chain Induction -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(25), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(25), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(29), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Mako-Dam%(42)
Level 26: Build Up -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(27), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(27), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(29), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(31), GSFC-Build%(33)
Level 28: Dodge -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(46)
Level 30: Agile -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(46)
Level 32: Lightning Rod -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(33), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), Oblit-%Dam(34)
Level 35: Evasion -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(36), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(36), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(36), RedFtn-Def(37), RedFtn-EndRdx(37)
Level 38: Lucky -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(46)
Level 41: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(50), RechRdx-I(50)
Level 44: Physical Perfection -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(45), Efficacy-EndMod(45), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(45)
Level 47: Elude -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(50)
Level 49: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Clrty-Stlth(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit
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Set Bonus Totals:- 26% DamageBuff(Smashing)
- 26% DamageBuff(Lethal)
- 26% DamageBuff(Fire)
- 26% DamageBuff(Cold)
- 26% DamageBuff(Energy)
- 26% DamageBuff(Negative)
- 26% DamageBuff(Toxic)
- 26% DamageBuff(Psionic)
- 8.75% Defense(Smashing)
- 8.75% Defense(Lethal)
- 1.25% Defense(Fire)
- 1.25% Defense(Cold)
- 8.75% Defense(Energy)
- 8.75% Defense(Negative)
- 17.5% Defense(Melee)
- 17.5% Defense(Ranged)
- 2.5% Defense(AoE)
- 55% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 27% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 10% FlySpeed
- 125.5 HP (9.37%) HitPoints
- 10% JumpHeight
- 10% JumpSpeed
- MezResist(Held) 9.35%
- MezResist(Immobilize) 16%
- MezResist(Stun) 6.6%
- 5% (0.08 End/sec) Recovery
- 64% (3.58 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 3.78% Resistance(Fire)
- 3.78% Resistance(Cold)
- 10% RunSpeed
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Quote:Fair enough. My opinion of Peacebringers has always been that you need to have a plan on what you want them to do before you even make them because they are a lot more utilitarian than a Warshade or any other AT for that matter. When I had my Warshades I knew that she would be Blaster/Mitigator until 38, and then Blaster/Tanker until 50. Warshades are very straight forward where as Peacebringers are not, at least in my opinion.Originally Posted by Zorn
There is no real goal for my PB yet. I just got it into level 50 playing mostly with dual build (Nova/Dwarf) human form being travel/stealth/healer, while it is quite fun to play I am not happy to it's performance yet. So I am very interested in what people have achieved with peacebringers generally.
Once you have a general sense of what you want to do outside of being either fulltime Nova or Dwarf it will help you see what you can achieve with them.
I replied to your message.Quote:Originally Posted by Majek
I'm recently back after a year and have cast my eye toward my low level PB a few times but not logged in with her yet. Her concept is human form only; i'd love to see your build.
You should log her own and start leveling her up. Human form Peacebringers are awesome. Those that love Blasters with melee and ranged will love human form Peacebringers even more because you have mitigation in the form of shields, you can help and with a good team build you can basically be running around with Scrapper level resistance caps and Blaster damage.
Below you will find my build as it appears on the live servers. All of the IOs in the build are level 40 with the exception of the Soulbound Allegiance IOs.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.601
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Aura Star: Level 50 Natural Peacebringer
Primary Power Set: Luminous Blast
Secondary Power Set: Luminous Aura
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Glinting Eye -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(5), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(34), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40)
Level 1: Incandescence -- ResDam-I(A)
Level 2: Gleaming Blast -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(5), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(34), Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40)
Level 4: Shining Shield -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(48), TtmC'tng-ResDam(48)
Level 6: Radiant Strike -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(7), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(7), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(17), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(17)
Level 8: Essence Boost -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(9), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(9), Dct'dW-Heal(11), Dct'dW-Rchg(11)
Level 10: Swift -- Flight-I(A)
Level 12: Build Up -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(13), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(13), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(40), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(42)
Level 14: Health -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(39), Heal-I(46)
Level 16: Thermal Shield -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(50), TtmC'tng-ResDam(50)
Level 18: Incandescent Strike -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(19), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(19), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(23), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(23)
Level 20: Stamina -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(21), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(21), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(46), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(46)
Level 22: Reform Essence -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(25), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(25), Dct'dW-Heal(29), Dct'dW-Rchg(29)
Level 24: Pulsar -- Stpfy-Acc/Rchg(A), Stpfy-EndRdx/Stun(31), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx(31), Stpfy-Stun/Rng(31), Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg(37)
Level 26: Solar Flare -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(27), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(27), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Achilles-ResDeb%(45)
Level 28: Quantum Flight -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 30: Quantum Shield -- ResDam-I(A)
Level 32: Photon Seekers -- S'bndAl-Dmg(A), S'bndAl-Acc/Rchg(33), ExRmnt-Acc/Rchg(33), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(33), ExRmnt-Dmg/EndRdx(43), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43)
Level 35: Dawn Strike -- Dmg-I(A), Dmg-I(36), Dmg-I(36), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(37), RechRdx-I(37)
Level 38: Light Form -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(39), RechRdx-I(39)
Level 41: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(42), RechRdx-I(42)
Level 44: Conserve Energy -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(45), RechRdx-I(45)
Level 47: Glowing Touch -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(48), Numna-Heal/Rchg(50)
Level 49: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Clrty-Stlth(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Cosmic Balance
Level 1: Energy Flight -- Flight-I(A), Flight-I(15), Flight-I(15)
Level 10: Combat Flight -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
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Set Bonus Totals:- 11% DamageBuff(Smashing)
- 11% DamageBuff(Lethal)
- 11% DamageBuff(Fire)
- 11% DamageBuff(Cold)
- 11% DamageBuff(Energy)
- 11% DamageBuff(Negative)
- 11% DamageBuff(Toxic)
- 11% DamageBuff(Psionic)
- 4.5% Max End
- 8% Enhancement(Heal)
- 23% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 3% Enhancement(Stun)
- 65% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 5% FlySpeed
- 152.6 HP (14.2%) HitPoints
- 5% JumpHeight
- 5% JumpSpeed
- MezResist(Confused) 2.5%
- MezResist(Held) 2.5%
- MezResist(Immobilize) 12.4%
- MezResist(Sleep) 6.9%
- MezResist(Stun) 4.7%
- MezResist(Terrorized) 6.9%
- 6.5% (0.11 End/sec) Recovery
- 38% (1.7 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 2.52% Resistance(Fire)
- 2.52% Resistance(Cold)
- 5% RunSpeed
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Justice and will never leave for another server........period.
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Quote:Your 2 inf is based on the idea that a person has to take forms and use binds to have them work well and that is not true. My human Peacebringer works well for any situation and doesn't need binds at all. As someone pointed out recently, with the introduction of more power trays you do not need to have binds if you are one of the people that chooses to use forms.Originally Posted by Gitch
My 2 inf..
Khelds need to have great binds to work well. I started up 2 pb's and a ws and deleted them cause I couldnt make them dance very well. This led to it being a major drag to play them and caused their delete. Then a sg member gave me his binds and now I have a ws who is the ultimate tank mage. No other toon in the game can self max resistance and dmg. Not to mention self heal, rez and have pets. I highly recomend getting some great binds to help you out before saying they fail. For instance i have 1 button for each form that will shift my trays around bringing up the forms powers. In addition human form also toggles on his shields. I am still working out a budget to purple him out, he is that much fun. -
Quote:I've always wanted to be able to have Longbow as the hero epic class and have them make Kheldians a normal AT heroside. I love Kheldians and Widows equally and won't say one is better than the other. Personally I think the arguement that people are having in this topic is completely foolish because its a matter of personal opinion and some people can't seem to realize that.Originally Posted by Cynical_Gamer
Easy solution (well, not easy, but sort of simple), give us a branching PPD HEAT (similar to the VEATS) wherein one of the branches is the Awakened Division. And then come up with some sort of VEAT that's similar to the Kheldians.
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Quote:The boards can be helpful when you are getting information from the right sources. I like how you were able to get the capped area of effect defense. Normally I do not worry about area of effect defense because melee and ranged tend to be the only types that I ever face for the most part. My Elec/SR build has 45% melee, 45.6%, and 39.8% area of effect, but its all done using IOs without any extra toggles and it 70% recharge which I am still working on getting closer to 80%.Originally Posted by Imaheroe
Thanks, I had some help tweaking it on this board. I don't like the healing pool either, in fact I have only popped the self heal once in the last 2 weeks. But they do make a good set mule powers. I get regen from the aid other and recharge with a 5 slot doctored.
No worries, I'll be around.Quote:Originally Posted by Windenergy21
I'll come back and show you my build. I have it on the borked pre-I16 Mids so i have to redo it on the new one but don't have time right now. -
Personally I would go Touch of Death because it stacks nicely with Divine Avalanche if you have that power in your build.
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Ima that's actually a pretty nice build although I personally don't like taking healing pool. Good build never the less. My next project is my Elec/SR which I hope to get to once I get done relevleing my Blaster back to 50.
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I used Ex. Reinforcement (Acc/Rech, Acc/Dam, Dam/End, and Acc/Dam/Rech) and Soulbound Allegiance (Acc/Rech, and Dam/Rech). I personally think slotting the proc in them is pointless because unless you are a soloer 100% it won't really matter since whatever you are fighting will be dead from your other teammates, etc. If you solo then I might understand why slotting the proc would make sense, but probably not.
I slotted mine that way because I wanted mac recharge and my build allows for perma PA so slotting the proc would have also not made much sense for me.
There are a lot of ways to slot PA, but the one that keeps them up the most often is the best way to slot them. -
No. That was in response to the last build that TechBot posted.
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What kind of character are you trying to make because from the look of your build I see many holes, but then again I also don't know your play style or what you are trying to achieve.
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I think too many people focus on damage per second rather than just making a character and enjoying the powers. I personally love Shockwave, and especially Eviscerate. The damage for each power is excellent and shouldn't be skipped by a Claws Scrapper in my opinion.
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If you are wanting soft cap you need to take out some of those Crushing Impacts and replace them with a mixture of Touch of Death and Mako's Bite which will give you melee and ranged defense. As for area of effect you aren't really going to need to cap that so I wouldn't worry about it.
If you need a specific build I can upload the Claws/SR build that I made for a friend that uses capped melee and ranged defense and it fairly cheap. -
Quote:As I said in your other topic, you can't really get a sense of Peacebringers or Warshades in just 20 and 19 levels. You need to spend copius amounts of time on them in various situations to get a feel for how excellent they really are.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Tried both PB and WS to around 20s, got a lil' PB at 19 right now. Just...I don't know what it is. The endurance costs dont seem to help but, then again, no Stamina yet. The damage taken seems extreme, but then this is on DOs.
Anyone else feel burnout come along very quickly on PBs and/or WSs?
The damage you take on a Peacebringer or Warshade is actually less than what you would take on a Blaster, Controller, or Defender so it you consider it extreme then you must consider it ungodly when playing any other AT excluding Tanks or Scrappers.
The endurance usage is also less on Peacebringers/Warshades when compared to normal ATs and less than what people have dealt with with Night Widows. Until you have played a Night Widow you have not seen endurance issues. -
Quote:Is there something you are trying to achieve with your Peacebringer?Originally Posted by Zorn
I would be very interested in seeing Mids version of your PB build =)
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Quote:That's an awesome signature bar, I want one of those. Did you make that yourself?Originally Posted by AlienOne
I think it's safe to say that outside of Warshades, Warshades would be my fav AT to play in the game.
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I was mistaken. There is a change in speed when I activate the power. I realized that I was already in hover when I actived the power and it wasn't going any faster, but once I toggled it off and back on I moved faster according to power information in game.
Thank you all for the responses.