PosterChild

Dark Armor. You have me confused. And I love tanking, and I so much want to love you, too.

I've picked up a mace to pair with you Dark Armor, in hopes of "bringing the pain" but all I seem to be doing is sucking wind. I can't seem to get around packing 10 blue pills, along with stamina, and I still run dry, and am left either dead on the ground, or wheezing and needing a rest after each and every battle.

Please, Dark Armor, I want to play you, as I love tankers, and I have a fair amount of high levels tanks of each other armor, why do you give me so much grief?

So I'll start you again, and this time look for advice and understanding here on the boards...

Help me everyone, I've read guides, but they don't help me get thru the pain!

I don't have mids here a work, so I'll just lay out a basic build plan:

1: Dark Embrace
1: Bash
2: Murky Cloud
4: Jawbreaker
6: Obsidian Shield
8: Dark Regeneration
10: Taunt
12: Combat Jumping
14: Super Jump
16: Swift
18: Health
20: Stamina
22: Death Shroud
24: Cloak of Shadows
26: Oppresive Gloom
28: Whirling Mace
30: Clobber

Am I missing something? I have no idea why my darks crash and burn, while my shields/FA/Invul/Stone/Ice tank flourish.

Another change I would like to see possibly go in to effect.

If we, as sonic, are supposed to be "King of -res" Liquefy should have a -res component imo. The random switch from -res focus to a -def - tohit seems to not fit the bill of the set.

As far as changing Sonic Repulsion? Sure, right now it's a little bit lackluster (some might say very), but having a "few need to take this power" power is sometimes nice. If I were to change it, I'd give it a -res component to the enemies hit by it, making it still a challenge to use effectively, but also making it a bit more valuable.

I'll toss my vote in for Stone, just because my 50 controller took it (Mind/TA/Stone)

Fissure is amazing for damage and for the unreliable minion stun. And Seismic Smash will give you a 1 shot if the minion is contained.

you'll love either you choose I imagine, the defense based armor is much nicer than resist based imo.

Enjoy!

Ah! that you did, I thought I saw something similar recently

I would definetly like to see Sonic Siphon buffed to a cone, perhaps with the cost of losing a bit of -res? (maybe making it stackable for a few seconds with 3 recharges?)

So, I love Sonic. More than a lot. Everything it does I just find absolutely awesome, the -res (but I wish that was stronger) the +res, the status protection, the ally toggle kb, the phase shift. It's all dandy. But I was hit with something, that I feel should be added to the primary (and many others feel the same way) Psionic Resistance!

The question is, where to put it? Not the first two shield buffs, that doesn't make sense. I find that would make them too good at what they do. But I think, maybe a half the strength to psionic resists should go in Dispersion bubble, that is, half the value of the other resists, making it still frustrating to face, as you only get about 10% resist to it. But make Clarity give some psionic resists to your buddies! And make it shockingly powerful! Say, 30% unenhanced?

I think this fits thematically, since "Clarity" applies to mental Clarity. And it wouldn't last as long, so it makes for an interesting "who needs it most" buffing since, if you didn't run it like that for the most part, you'd only be casting Clarity.

Just thought I'd suggest it.

By the way, if anyone has sonic questions, send me a note...it's the only primary I play anymore .

Because Ice rocks I imagine

I'm about to start my DA/WM tank this afternoon, I look forward to never having endurance

I'll vote dark/ice or dark/mace

I've been trying to like dark...so much...at these are the 2 I'm currently trying to work with. Stun stacking for mace and lots of tools from ice are pretty cool and may be what you're looking for.

I love Sonic, it's my favorite Corrupter secondary, Controller secondary, and defender primary.

Sonic Rocks. And electric is great for AoE and for sapping. Just don't get sucked in to thinking you'll do a lot of single target damage. Get Ball Lightning and Short Circuit, you'll have lots of fun.

I agree that everyone will tell you to roll up Rad/Sonic.

Personally? I love */Psi, but it isn't as damage heavy as Rad/Sonic.

I'd also toss my vote for rad/ice if you could be swayed, that build is brutal.

*Wonders how this go so far away from forcefields*

I suppose this happens to all forums that catch a lot of responses.

I appreciate PKs attempt to keep this arguments civil with humor, even though it seems to have failed.

Agree to disagree and move on. you both seem to be taking different circumstances in to account.

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For a game that claims to be for the casual player this doesnt fit at all.

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This is a joke, right? You're PvPing with a build constructed from the rarest items in the entire game, and you consider it "casual?" If someone is paying 700M for a single item, sheesh, they deserve it.

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I rather agree with Dumple, it seems unnecessary to increase drop rates on something *that* is, from what I can tell, supposed to be very rare.

"Casual" people don't need PvP IOs, no one needs PvP IOs. To satisfy that craving, one must be willing to put in the time.

Edit: *That*

I can barely contain my glee with the sonic primary

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Dual Blades has never felt like a tanker set to me, so I completely ignore its existence :P

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This is perfect. Even my invul/db doesn't feel like a tank, I just feel too fancy.

I can't offer any advice on the build itself, but as far as the fire proc goes, I don't think it matters, if I'm not mistaken Radiation is coded as an energy attack, which should light the Oil Slick.

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I can't pop an inspiration to make my powers come back faster.

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I've always thought that should be an Inspiration

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You can roll an AR/Sonic corr right now. I should know, I'm doing it (lvl 37).

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If I didn't dislike villains for the most part, I probably would

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Also, if it ever gets ported, I'll start Sonic/AR instantly.

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Kin/AR is what I'd do... but this is a thread jack >.>

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You can team with my Sonic/AR! we'll lay down madness

After reading it, it does seem like he felt very superior in his game play.

Strikes me as rather pathetic tbh.

Gotta go with:

Institutionalized my Fire/Stone tank

Poster Child (Previous a fire/rad controller, being remade into my new project)

Shady Homeless Man Spines/SR Scrapper

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Hmmm... the same thing appears to happen with Against All Odds for Shields. I noticed that the damage bonus for AAO also has a tendency to fluctuate as the OP describes.

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I haven't noticed that on my shield tank, but then again, I don't watch that number as closely, I'll have to check that when I can.

(I'll also have to remember not to hit Soul Drain, or I'll get really wonky results!)

I am officially setting out to be the Sonic guru, I'll be working over the next few months to learn everything I can! My projects now include:

Sonic/Archery (Currently lvl 20)
Sonic/Sonic (Currently lvl 1 )
Sonic/Psychic (Currently lvl 12)
Sonic/Energy (Currently being dreaded)

Also, if it ever gets ported, I'll start Sonic/AR instantly.

I get that same thing, and yeah, after watching the power icon bar in the upper right, it was double stacking for a bit.

It's cool for that split second though

Electric/SD

I just like 2 teledamage powers *shrug*

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I know the subject is the least played defender *primary*, but a defender combo I've never seen besides myself is a Rad/Ice. I'm not saying they don't exist, I just have never seen another, which seems unfortunate as this combo has such awesome versatility.

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I've got a rad/ice! lvl 32 in virtue! Chernobyl Child.

yeah, I haven't seen any other ones either.

Also, this just in, started my Sonic/Archery Defender! Mids told me I can get up to using 6.11end/sec...I'm so excited! (that's before endrdx enhancers, and yes, I have Telekinesis, that makes up for about half that number)