Postagulous

Well, to further get off topic, generic IOs are still not the best. You an frankenslot, say ranged acc/dam, pick that up from 9+ different sets. Just grab the ones that are cheap. And often some of the "low level" and unloved sets do go to higher levels and are dirt cheap. Also, even if you don't care about kb, or detest it, there are acc/end or acc/rech, etc, to be found there too. Even in slows, etc. You can get better numbers cheap.

Though I agree. Three lv 25 heal IOs in Health will last you the full game where you have to shell out cash every 5 levels with the SOs.

And with Set IOs you can pick up tiny bonuses. Slugfest gets 10% regen from just two dumpster-dive IOs. Doing a cost comparison with the health set uniques makes no picking up the slug 2 bonus a no-brainer [if you're not building for something else with a set of IOs, which is not what we're talking about.]

Both. Use you second build.

I'll be there. I'll mark my calendar and everything.

[sound of crickets chirping]

Well, I also made one that's actually playable but I'm not sure that I picked the best dual blade powers. It has the side effect of having a stealth IO in CJ and the Stealth power [need to take powers you don't need to slot.]

Missed by that much...43.7 on both Melee and Ranged.

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I was trying to figure this one out. First I tried with a /SR that you can get all the melee and range by 26ish. I forget what the primary was, but I couldn't get out of the 30s at that level.

Some of you will know off the top of your head.

And I'm not just doing this as an excesize, I've locked toons before. Allows them to be godlike, did this for a fire/ice blaster at 25 and might lock her again.

And I don't consider katana's DA to be true defense.


Edited to add:

Here's what I just made. A not totally broken 27 /SR shooting over melee and ranged cap by 2.3%. I could trade out an Oblit to bring the cost down and get some elsewhere. It's technically playable, though things like Stamina couldn't be slotted as I only went to 27 for the slots.

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ETHEREAL SHIFT
OR
HYPERPHASE

The first is a temporary power you can buy for 10k in an hour or 100k "BUY IT NAO." If memory serves, it takes Rune, Living Tattoo, and some other cheap thing to craft. You get five 30 second uses of phase shift from it. You can buy it over and over but can't have two crafted at the same time.

Hyperphase is for toons above level 30. Go to Warburg and talk to the fellow that's second on the left. Fly to the five checkpoints and then back [I reccomend this, and anyone can fly with a raptor pack, available at FBZ if you don't already have one.] You'd get the temporary power Hyperphase, 30 minutes of 30 second phases [that's 60]. You can do this three times.

I've done both. The Warburg takes three minutes. If you don't want to pay 120k for your five phases at WW, wait overnight and get it for 1/10 of that.

[Wish I'd come into this thread sooner. And I apologise I didn't read everything but I did search for Ethereal and didn't find it.]

very cool. cg.

Damage = aggro magnet. My fire/ blaster's fireball is a aggro vacuum cleaner.

I have only once bought a first available, Level 15, stealth IO, and Unbounded Leap. They are a little steep. For the average player, who doesn't come to this forum and generally has less than a million until their a 20 or so, They wouldn't be able to get the 120+ together at level 12.

Oh, and the devs should remove all stealth sounds. Oh, they bug me.

Cause without the penalty it's too powerful for a cheapy pool power. Might as well ask why invisibility can't attack? Or why invis is supressed during attacks?

IO plus the Stealth power is what I tend to do if I'm making a ghost. I should also take hover so I don't stub my toe and die, but that's too many pools for it.

Is this the "Kill, kill, kill them all" song?

Do dogs tell you that it's your duty to purge the world of their filth?

Cause, like, that's not good.

I'm very glad that Umbral is here as I had no idea what I was talking about and made lots of words.

Note to self: Don't offer advice on sets you've never played/thought of playing.

Which tricks do you want in your bag?

Energy = melee and GTFO kb.
Dev = mixed assortment that's a little more solo oriented, or very patient teams.
Mental = Can't remmeber the powers off the top of my head, I think it's rather controllery.

I don't know, but I know you've seen them before.

Remember the rainbow that trails people? That's like two of them. One's an aura and the other's a trail.

And the "glow spikes"...uh...yeah, you'd need to see some video to know what I'm talking about. It's cool unless it's on my toon, then it's doofy.

The last is white rings radiating from your legs. Not as dumb as it sounds, like, less dumb than the rainbow of fruit flavors.

I can't search Youtube at work.

I'd like to join. I'll bring whatever seems needed. I've got blasters, scrappers and controllers in various flavors and one defender. I think my most helpful would be my lv38 katana/wp or my lv15 kin/AR defender. My ill/storm can clean up, but often people aren't keen on the chaos.

Consider me auto, if that's ok.

You know who'll nerf stuff?

Your mom with a few drinks in her.

katana/wp ftw.

[added: Forgot you said no limit on inf, I should make one with hamis and hetacombs etc now.]

Uh...poo...I'll do a little.

Umbral is mostly right, I wouldn't know about all the way I got tired of all the words words words.

Smite bonuses: CJ will take care of all your immob problems w about zero end usage. Slot for whatever kind of defense you want. Resistance is handed to you, you must build your defense. Positional or typed. Your Mako sixed will get you Ranged. It's a good set. Crushing will get you speed and acc. A good set, but not for defense.

Fast Healing: Some love this slotting. Adds speed. I cheap on the power and do generi-heals in it. Save my slots for better things.

S-Maul: You absolutely cannot slot for Regen when you didn't slot Health. Take a look at the % on Fast Heal too. Go for Regen veeery last imo. I'd get some EN [energy and negative] defense off this.

QR: I get the exact same number on endmod with three generi-IOs and that's 59% recovery. You go for a 1.5% as a bonus. I see this as a false economy. And regen again. You can do this, I wouldn't. I need the slot eslewhere.

Dull Pain: Uh..erm...wow. If you're gonna do Doctored, stop at five. Man, you really blasted over the cap too. I'll made a quicky [and probably crappy] build and I'll see what I've got slots for in this.

Integration: I got nothing against this. But for the cost of peanuts and two slots I can throw Generi-Heals in it and get 200% regen and only use 0.03 more end per second than you. Not taking an extra slot and just chucking the generic in there gets you from 127% to 142%. Add one slot and it's 183%, which might be around what some would consider the point of diminishing returns, but it's better than workign toward regen with sets to just chuck another heal in there for the extra 17%.

Hurdle is Hurdle. Good ol' Hurdle.

Dark Consumption. I'd slot some damage but also some endmod.

You hate Health.

Stamina worked toward Regen again. 10%. Three generics go over the cap. In fact, three level 25s hit the cap.

Resilience: Love the slotting if you're going ENFC def. I do this all the time. As your first resistance power, throw the uniques in it too.

Soul Drain: Mother puppy. You got your enhancement numbers but your bonuses have been flushed down the toilet. Half Cleaving and half Erad gets you some EN. Multi-Strike gets you a defense medly. And Oblits, which used the way you do, you may not understand how much they cost, get you great Melee.

Instant Healing: You spent a boatload of money for that 12% regen while Health sits in the alleyway hoping for another slot.

Midnight Grasp: You got the numbers, you paid enough for them, and the bonuses are sad. [Price a Hetacomb.]

Tough: Holy Crap. Crapity Crap-Crap from Crapsville, Crapabama. Wow. Geez. Uh, damn. Uh..don't do that ever again.

Weave: Ouch. Slot the four LotG. Nothing wrong with the -7.5% rech, but you know they will cost you $150m. You threw away the good bonuses from LotG by hacking it before four.

CJ: No, don't do this.

MoG: Uh, dont' do this either. Defcap is 45%. No need to hit 112% when it goes over the cap to begin with. Just recharge.

SJ: Nothing wrong with it. I don't know that I'd tack it on at the end of my power sets.

I'll keep all powers in place and reslot and see what I can do, just playing.

[time passes]

Uh, I'm really not too keen on my own version of this. I've got defenses where I don't need them, but, I don't need to spend too much time doofing around.

You can flip the Soul Drain and I think a few others. But the soul drain makes the biggest difference.

I've never slotted these two powersets and really am shocked at my inability to get the numbers up there. But with nearly 1600% regen consistant, wow, no need for the bubble when you're in the reactor that's for sure.