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Basicly the things that you mention there can also be things people dont like. Its not 'supreme' in anything, its avarage in blasting, tanking, scrapping etc. Thats a thing that some just dont like, adding the fact that toggles dont go along into dwarf/nova is pretty annoying.

I like my PB, still lowish lvl but enjoying it for the time being. Human form with huge lack of endurance, nova is more squishy then a blaster. If i still like at higher lvl.. i dont know.

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I'd agree with that. I can imagine that for those with a touch of the powergamer in them (by no means a bad thing, don't hit me ) Khelds can look like a frustrating 'jack-of-all-trades'. Others of us love the versatility. You pays your money, etc.

I'm pushing on to 30 with my PB (gotta get that aura!) and I'd say it just keeps getting better. Just got Conserve Energy, looking forward to Quantum Flight. I'm loving picking the right form for different situations. Switching to Dwarf to take out Quants/Voids, dipping into human for a quick BU+Incandescent Strike, back to Nova... I had a blast tanking a bunch of missions in Striga last night on a PuG (with excellent Empath help I have to say - Ms Lee thanks you all wherever you are!) which was a great change of pace. All good stuff. The only thing that bothers me is I'm neglecting my WS.

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I'm actually pretty surprised nobody has suggested Grav as the best control

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The grav pet is very nice but otherwise the set really only has the basic controls - immob, hold, AOE immob, AOE hold. Now I love grav, I took a grav/ff to 50, but I can see where people are coming from. All the other sets have more control (or debuff) options available. In compensation we do get two dedicated single target attacks so damage output is pretty high (my hats off to anyone who can solo ice/*, two damaging powers until you get your pet, ouch).

Adding Force of Will (Controller). For the afternoon. Probably.

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By the way rumour has it that claws will be getting some love in I7, so hopefully we'll get a boost on its damage output.

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Latest word seems to be a reduction in the animation times here.

You can't actually attach a file to a post, unfortunately (as you might with an email). You'll need to upload your document to a websever and post a link on the forum.

Uploading is the tricky bit and I can't give you much specific help, sadly. I used the free webspace provided by my ISP and they gave instructions for how to do it. Yours should too. If you don't have webspace from your ISP there are websites (such as immageshack) who will host your documents for you. The ones I know seem to be for pictures only but maybe some kind soul can suggest a good one. Again, whereever you use should give specific instructions on getting your file online.

You will need an ftp client program to actually get your file onto the host server. I used SmartFTP.

Once that's over you should have a shiny new web address for your file and just need to post the link. You can just put the web address in the post, or use the following construction:

(url=http://your.web.address)What gets shown on the post(/url)
Only use square brackets [ ], not round ones. (Hey, it's tricky finding a way to show the full construction in a post.)

(Take a look at the "FG's Song Review" post to see this kind of link in action.)

An impressive performance guys, Well Done all round!

Illistyn really came down to watch but thanks for the invite (and the badge ).

On the Grav side, personally I'd take Crush over Crushing Field. It'll be just as efficient for setting up containment (since you don't have an AoE attack to follow up with), do more damage itself and draw less aggro. Of course I soloed mainly so YMMV.

I'd also be inclined to find an extra slot for Gravity Distortion Field and slot 2 Acc, 2 Rechg, 2 Hold. I don't think it's up often enough to really need EndRdx even with Rechg added.

Haven't got Starless Step yet but my experience with TP Foe is that you will get aggro if you are too close to a group, and corners are certainly no obstacle. As Jiaozy suggests try to stay at maximum range and you shouldn't have any trouble, even without hiding round a corner. If their mates can't hear their cries for help, they won't come running .

I'll sign up Force of Will (controller) for 2pm if I may.

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Hover is useful when you are close to the def cap but not quite there.

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Is there a Def cap? I mean I know there is a practical limit since everyone gets 5% minimum to-hit, but I didn't think there was an official cap. What is it?

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Ice tankers are the FOTM at the moment it seems.

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Well I have to admit it was thinking about the coming Def changes that got me started.

A rethink:
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Name: Snowbeard
Level: 31
Archetype: Tanker
Primary: Ice Armor
Secondary: Battle Axe
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01) --> Frozen Armor==> EndRdx(1) EndRdx(5) DefBuf(7) DefBuf(15) DefBuf(19)
01) --> Gash==> Dmg(1) Acc(3) Dmg(13) Dmg(21)
02) --> Chilling Embrace==> EndRdx(2) EndRdx(3) Slow(7) Slow(17)
04) --> Beheader==> Acc(4) Dmg(5) Dmg(13) Dmg(27)
06) --> Hoarfrost==> Rechg(6) Rechg(11) Heal(17) Rechg(19)
08) --> Wet Ice==> EndRdx(8) EndRdx(9) EndRdx(9)
10) --> Air Superiority==> Acc(10) Dmg(11) Dmg(15)
12) --> Swift==> Run(12)
14) --> Fly==> Fly(14) Fly(21)
16) --> Health==> Heal(16)
18) --> Taunt==> Taunt(18)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20)
22) --> Swoop==> Acc(22) Dmg(23) Dmg(23) Dmg(27)
24) --> Glacial Armor==> EndRdx(24) EndRdx(25) DefBuf(25)
26) --> Energy Absorbtion==> Rechg(26)
28) --> Whirling Axe==> Acc(28) Dmg(29) Dmg(29)
30) --> Build Up==> Rechg(30)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Gauntlet==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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Anyone want to comment on the relative merits of Air Superiority and Jump Kick as Power Pool attacks?

Build up to lvl 20:

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Name: Snowbeard
Level: 21
Archetype: Tanker
Primary: Ice Armor
Secondary: Battle Axe
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01) --> Frozen Armor==> EndRdx(1) EndRdx(5) DefBuf(15) DefBuf(19)
01) --> Gash==> Acc(1) Dmg(3) Dmg(7)
02) --> Chop==> Acc(2) Dmg(3) Dmg(7) Dmg(17)
04) --> Hoarfrost==> Rechg(4) Rechg(5) Rechg(9)
06) --> Wet Ice==> EndRdx(6) EndRdx(9) EndRdx(13)
08) --> Combat Jumping==> EndRdx(8)
10) --> Beheader==> Acc(10) Dmg(11) Dmg(11) Dmg(17)
12) --> Chilling Embrace==> EndRdx(12) EndRdx(13) Slow(15) Slow(19)
14) --> Super Jump==> Jump(14)
16) --> Swift==> Run(16)
18) --> Health==> Heal(18)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Gauntlet==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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Any recommendations so far?

Ahh, perfect, thank you.

Anyone care to share their PB anti-Void tactics? At the moment (lvl 14) when soloing I'm adopting a hit-and-run strategy (or, where possible, an avoid-like-the-plague strategy ). Is there a better way?

Can anyone point me to any good sources of Kheldian background material? I'm hoping that some kind soul has put together the little pieces that Cryptic give out in one place. Or any interseting player-created stuff?

Thank you FG. I wouldn't have minded including more background for the others but things evolved quite a bit in the writing and in the end I couldn't find the 'right' place for it in the flow of the story. (The plot point about gaining entry to the warehouse got a bit lost along the way too.)

Still, they do say "always leave 'em wanting more" .

It's too early in the morning to remember if Force (controller) has done Synapse or not but if she has I'm sure Moonlit (defender) can make it.

In celebration of Force's 50, I thought I'd share a little something I've been working on for a while. It's a bit long to just post on the forum, so here's a link to an rtf version:

Clicky (Here's hoping I've got it working right this time ).

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Almost getting bored of this but yet another mate, Idris this time hits 50 right under my nose Big grats mate well deserved

And heres the screenie for good measure

(im the handsome guy in the black in the baseball cap fyi )

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Wow, quick reflexes on the screen-shot.

And gratz Idris! Wish you could have stuck around and got it earlier with us. Sorry I missed it.

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Incorrect. He will stay where he's put until all mobs around him are dead.

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And (in my experience at least) do a reasonable job of holding aggro. Perhaps not strictly Tanking, more a reliable distraction, but useful none the less. Just don't try it against large groups of red/purple - the thing does definately have it's limits.

On a simple comparison of the damage he takes compared to me I've always thought the sing had 50% Res to all damage types. And while I generally don't use him in teams I think I've seen him get healed before as well. Can't test it myself though.

As others have said you can't direct him, so while he can tank quite well, it'll usually only happen if you summon him directly into a group. Still a decent tactic though if the power is recharged.

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Does the thing cast Wormhole as well, as I'm sure it did something similar earlier?

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No, but it does have a permanent Repulsion field, so if you saw someone flying through the air they probably tried to melee attack it. Standing directly under your Sing is a very good defense against melee attackers .

I don't see much wrong with the idea behind Defiance, the problem seems to be that for most people the Risk (low HP) does not match the Reward (increased damage). Two suggestions:

i) Make it scale more smoothly so that it's more noticable earlier. You'ld probably have to accept a slight lowering of the top-end damage to compensate but it probably wouldn't take much of a tweak to swing the Risk/Reward balance.

or (my preference):

ii) Give it a percentage chance like Scourge but still based on your HP. At the deep-red end of the health bar it could be virtually unchanged but it could start with a (very) low chance to do double damage as soon as you take a hit and scale up. That way everybody gets a chance to see a noticable effect.

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Why, WHY are people reffering to them as "fluffy"?

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Haven't you seen one? You don't think they look cuddly? That's just me then?

For the record your Sing will accept Accuracy, Damage, End Reduction, Hold Duration, Immobilise Duration, Knockback, Range and Recharge (Hero Planner also says Intangibility but I cant think why, I've never seen it use Dimension Shift). Plenty of scope for different builds so see what you like .

Personally I'd go for 1 Acc and either 3 Hold or 3 Dam depending on what you want him to do for you. Thinking about it, for a Dominator you probably want 3 Hold - you want to do the damage yourself to build Domination while the little guy handles crowd control.