Primal_Dark

Thanks for the info everyone. What if the Achilles were slotted with a fury of the gladiator. Could they both theoretically proc at the same time, giving me a total of -40% res debuff? I understand that you can't get more than -20 with just achilles.

I'm thinking of IO'ing out my Kat/SR scrapper and was wondering how the -res procs work. Can I slot one in every power and have it going off continually throughout my attach chain, or does it only work after so many seconds from the previous use have elapsed. My goal is to get a -res firing as many times as possible to make up for the S/L resistance of so many baddies late game. Appreciate any help.

So, anyone know if any new energy animations are headed down the pipe? I see some great new ones available for some of the other power sets.

This pretty much sums up the entire Regen vs Willpower argument.

MA, with the new ticket nerf and broken ranged attacks, is well on its way to being the latest and greatest shadow shard. I've pretty much abandoned it now unless someone from my SG wants to run one of their mishes. The "reward vs. risk" just doesn't match anymore.

I like /WP as a secondary but have recently converted over to /SR and /Shield as my secondaries of choice. My DB/SR and Claws/SR scrappers are amazing. I have them both softcapped now and level by street hunting in PI, putting myself in stupid situations (multiple +3 or +4 bosses) that I still somehow survive. Once I get aid self on these guys they will really become supermen. I love /WP too, but the speed, +recharge and one on one survivability of SR and Shield are more my playstyle. /WP is going to be better at fighting larger groups that will poke holes in your 1/10 softcap defenses. Though, to be honest, I normally do just fine with larger groups with my /SR so long as I start killing them off quickly.

So I've never really been into the PvP thing, even though a bunch of friends are interested. With the new enhancments though, I'm willing to play along for the possible reward. My question is, can I even get an IO fighting against level 35-40 characters if I am level 50? We would mostly play in the Arena. Thanks.

For those playing Fire/SR or Dark/SR what DPS do you see with the improved attack chains? Making Hasten Perma you could easily skip fire sword and just go GFS-Cremate-Incinerate and so comparably with Dark Melee. Just curious to see if the additional recharge might come out ahead of the buff from Against all odds. Super Reflexes certainly fits more character concepts that I have.

Just did it in 5:32, so about 243 for DPS. I use a fire/shield that is at the softcap on all types and has about 40% global recharge with Hasten firing off whenever it's up. I bought the gladiator unique a couple weeks ago (before I put this toon on the backburner so I could level some other toons) and might try to upgrade two sets to Purples so I can squeeze an extra 15-20% global recharge out of em. Might up the DPS some. I fired off aid self every time I got hit, maybe unnecessary, but I don't want to die with a bunch of rikti monkeys laughing at me.

I recommend enhancements be removable and that our personal storage space be increased. It would also be nice to store them in the vault. With this change, I think you'd see more old enhancements finding their way to the market.

Pros:
1. Looks Cool
2. Great damage with "Against all Odds." I see big damage numbers all the time with my fire/shield toon.

Cons:
1. Huge endurance issues. Always feel like I'm winded
2. Low defense debuff protection. Especially before 22, you'll need to team with support AT's or set your difficulty on heroic.
3. No self heal. Forced into taking Aid Self since defense debuff protection is so low.
4. Team Buff power is kinda useless. You could replace or repair this buff with something actually useful to AT.

Recommendations:
1. Increase defense debuff protection.
2. Replace team buff with something useful or simply allow the defense boost to also apply to the player.
3. Throw in regen, heal or recovery boost somewhere. If one is given, you could slot for the others with IOs.

Great idea for me. Not gonna use too many because of veteran rewards but great to have out there for characters that are respec'd out.

Think there's any possibility of making a purchasable respec that could change your secondary tree? That would be great on so many levels. There are toons that I love that either through nerfs or other changes would greatly benefit from having their secondary changed. As is, I have no desire to role another one of the same primary and grind to 50 again.

Additionally, perhaps a bit off the current topic, is there a possibility of adding, like in another NC soft game Guild Wars, a recipe or item that could grant double xp for the individual or party for a limited period of time?

Statesman,

My main is a fire/energy blaster and so I was just a little concerned about upcoming changes to AOE. Any more info on this? Nerfing the AOE might put a permanent kink in this character if there are no trade-offs given. As it is, I'm ok with dying every other hour so long as I can take a few with me