Redlynne

Bug Report
This bug existed in previous versions also, so it's not new.

The Requirements settings for Arachnos Soldier and Crab Soldier are improperly set with respect to Frag Grenade (Soldier) and Frag Grenade (Crab). The mutual exclusion of these powers is improperly coded in the database. Should be a relatively simple fix, especially for those people who know how to edit the database.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the Gaussian's Build Up proc for Nova Form. I personally have the Gaussian proc in Nova and the Decimation proc in the big single target Nova attack (can't remember the name of it off the top of my head). The combination of those two gives me a "decent" chance to proc build up(s!) while blasting away in Nova form.

Nothing you can "count on" at any particular time mind you, but they function like crits to your Nova blasts for 5 seconds when they proc ... which can often mean 2-3 attacks (including the Cone and Target AoE) can dish out "unexpected extra damage" at times to mop the floor with stuff. Usually when either (or exceptionally rarely, both) of these proc, I'm saving attacks (and the associated endurance and time expenditure) because hostiles are faceplanted that much faster.

I'd offer to let you film in the Spring Knights base ... but apparently I don't have any of the vistas you're looking for ...

Answer: "It wasn't. It wasn't. And it wasn't."
Question: "What was the Holy Roman Empire?"

Correct.

It wasn't Holy.
It wasn't Roman.
And it wasn't an Empire.

Haven't been able to do all that much with it *yet* ... mainly because I haven't got it slotted out yet. Going with the two cone attacks (debuff and immobilize) and the hold (haven't got that yet), and I'll be slotting for tohit debuff (to help my pets) and damage (since the immobilize is long enough without enhancement). So far it isn't game changing, but the immobilize is proving its worth in keeping the ADHD children "pinned" in place on their targets.

I went Tech Origin (of all things) so I've got the Taser Dart for use in lighting up OSA. No need to rely on a PPP energy blast that way. I've even got a macro for it, where I simply use the Double Tap to auto-acquire and fire my Taser Dart at my Oil Slick Arrow on command ... without needing to manually mouseclick to switch targets.

Knives of Artemis costume parts (wrist crossbow, backpack with sword sheath, bodysuit, etc.).
Malta costume parts (backpack, utility webbing, etc.).
Crey Agent/Infiltrator cybernetic bits (ear pieces, ladies shoes, etc.).
Vahzilok Embalmed backpack (ie. The Bomb!).
Sky Raider shiny armor parts (gloves, chest, etc.).
Mastermind Genin, when upgraded ... Quiver and Hip Bag.

If you can somehow wrangle your way to pulling two slots and moving them into RttC, you can slot a pair of common 50 Taunt IOs ... which will DRAMATICALLY improve your aggro holding potential by allowing your taunt aura to permanently double stack.

Ninjas are great damage dealers ... so long as they're not the focus of Aggro. Tankerminding using the Presence Pool Taunts can be really helpful here, since it keeps the aggro off your (way too) squishy pets.

"Best" combo for survivability would have to be Force Field combined with Maneuvers and the +Pet Defense unique IO. Turns the whole mess of them into */SR scrappers, which makes them relatively maintenance free (for healing purposes). Yeah, you won't have a whole lot in the way of debuffs ... but you can always slot an Achillies' Heel proc into your Jounin to inflict resist debuffs.

Ninja/Dark is "decent" ... but also requires you personally to really get INTO combat, right in the the thick of things, alongside your pets. We're talking "nearly melee" range close to combat here, which means you eat any and all AoE damage output from hostiles along with your pets, simply because you have to get in so close to fully leverage Dark. If that's your thing, then more power to ya.

I too have a Ninja/TA/Soul MM at 44 now, and it is HARD to keep the ADHD "kids" alive in free-for-all situations. I don't even bother trying to heal them (no Medicine Pool for me!). I believe that Ninjas should be like Kleenex ... Fresh, Clean, Disposable.
(I do a lot of resummoning...)

2 days and over 130 thread views later ... it appears that I wasted my time and shouldn't have bothered with posting this experience of mine.

You can have Praetor White when you pry him from Cleopatra's cold dead clutches ...

I've been working on my Quad-form Peacebringer (human, nova, dwarf, light) and finally ... at long last ... started reaching the end game (now level 44). At this point, some of the (pre)assumptions I'd had early on seem to have not panned out all that well, and I'm wondering if other multi-forming PB players have encountered the same sorts of things in their playing experience.

For reference, I've got +15 slots invested in Nova ... and +18 slots invested in Dwarf. The remaining slots to spend are (of course) assigned to human (and, by extension, light form) powers. As should be readily apparent, this is already 33 slots out of 67 ... which doesn't leave a whole lot of "room" for slotting out human form powers (I know, I know ... what else is new?) which really puts a serious crimp into power selection and slotting for human form powers.

The first mistake I think I made was not "respecting" the amount of knockback in the human form PBAoE stomp. Why the baseline knockback in this power is so high, given that the exact same power for dwarf is knockdown instead is beyond my comprehension ... and it's really annoying (especially on teams!). I'm also severely disappointed that this power can't be used while hovering/flying, which is ridiculous for a Peacebringer who gets native Flight powers. I was mainly looking at the amount of damage this attack did in comparison to the human form target AoE power. Having played a warshade to 50 first, I was really surprised by how cumbersome this PBAoE power actually is to deploy. I now have some serious buyer's remorse on this one, and think I would have been better off with the target AoE attack ... which can be used while hovering/flying ... even though it's lower damage per attack, but has faster recharge and lower endurance costs.

Similarly, I'm starting to think that going for the PBAoE Stun power, in the anticipation of being able to use it as a prelude to the PBAoE Damage Stomp power, was also a mistake. I basically picked up the PBAoE Stun for use on teams, but since it is only a Mag 2 Stun, it's really only useful against Minions ... and most teams have no problems dealing with Minions. Yeah, sometimes you can stack it with some teammate's power set ... but that's a bit too rare for my tastes, especially when I could instead have a power that gets a lot of use, rather than remarkably little and is reserved for "special occasions" ... sorta. While it does make a nice "insurance policy" against Q/V when soloing, it just keeps falling into that category of "Not Necessary" ... which wouldn't be a problem on an AT which doesn't suffer the kind of slot pressure that Kheldians do.

All of this, of course, comes full circle when using Light Form. Since you're "stuck" with human form attacks, if your human form attacks amount to your Tier 1-2 power endlessly cycled until target dies or you shift to a different form ... well, let's just say that Light Form won't be getting much use. Which then brings me back around to the topic of this post ... which is that if you're going to be getting (and using) Light Form, you need to have some human form attacks to back it up with and build an attack chain out of. It's "not enough" to just say, "oh I'll just blast with nova form" if you've got Light Form in your build. By committing to Light Form, you also need to commit to getting (and slotting) human form damaging attack powers beyond just Tier 1-2 and the "lookit my belly button!" melee hold power.

With Nova form, I've found that slotting the heavy/slow single target attack, the cone and the target AoE powers only (6-slot each) yields pretty good return on investment. Leaving the weak/fast single target attack power unslotted is not going to penalize the build heavily, since it's really just going to be a "filler" attack to give you something to do while the other nova form powers are recharging. With that in mind ... I'm really (now) thinking that for Light Form to be meaningful and successful, it is necessary to also take (and slot!) the human form cone and target AoE attacks, plus whichever Tier 1-2 attack power you took originally. Yes, the human form attacks are "weaker" than the nova form ones ... but they can be used in Light Form ... unlike the nova form attacks.

I'm also thinking that although the PBAoE stomp does more damage per attack, it's slower to cycle than the target AoE human power, and it has a *very* important "No Fly" limitation on it which severely restricts positioning for attacking while in human or light form modes. So where I originally thought the combo of chaining two PBAoEs in human form would be "very good" ... I've instead discovered that they're nowhere near as useful/helpful as I'd anticipated (or desired). So I figure that for my next respec (probably the Issue 19 one), those two PBAoEs, and the slots dedicated to them, will be getting repurposed for the human form cone and target AoE attack powers instead, which will give me a lot more flexibility ... and allow me to spend more time attacking en masse rather than eeny-meeny-miney-moe as I have been up until now.

Don't get me wrong. The PBAoEs are "nice to have" ... but they're in the category of "extras" as far as I'm concerned, once you've gotten the "basics" of what you need in order to make your build "work" for you.



Does anyone else have any sort of insights and wisdom into particular combinations of powers/slots (and why?) when trying to build a Quad-form Peacebringer?

Set bonuses (+hp, +res, etc.) affect YOU ... not your Pets. The only exceptions are some of the uniques which specifically say they affect Pets via an aura (Taunt/Placate Resist, +Defense, +Resistance) which radiates from you because you've slotted that unique IO.

Are the people currently responsible for Mids' going to have an update to Mids' ready to go for Issue 19?

I'm an old hand at floating things upwards ... have no real problems floating things sideways ... but have never found a particularly easy way to float things downwards from the ceiling, like those flourescent lights you're using for stairs. Is there a shortcut method for floating things downwards like the Large Accent Lamp+Floor Tile trick, or is it more of a brute force repetition sort of thing?