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  1. Thirty-Seven
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bad_Influence View Post
    This close-up of Mayhem's goods may be great with male players, but does nary a thing for me.
    Note: I am male, and also don't give a crud about her... ummm... owls. In fact, I think they are a tad excessive.
  2. Thirty-Seven
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by tanstaafl View Post
    Fresh water must be plentiful in the US.

    -jealous look-
    Even if it weren't, Americans are too selfish and shortsighted to notice or changer their habits (for the most part).

    I can say that... because I live there.
  3. Thirty-Seven
    Yeah, I was under the impression the List Merge would occur in late Summer... not with i20. However, both the OP and my boyfriend told me otherwise. Obviously we know who is right based on our Lists... but where did that other info come from?
  4. Thirty-Seven
    After looking more closely, I see that!
  5. Thirty-Seven
    I guess my only issue would be the overall price tag... while there are many recipes in there that aren't a big deal... some of them are more pricey than I really want to toss at a character I only play occasionally. However, thank you oh so much for putting that together for me, I shall have to check it out when I get home.
  6. Thirty-Seven
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sharker Quint l View Post
    It isn't anyones fault but your own for staying on a team for that long without once thinking of quiting the team and starting a new team.
    Yeah, not to pour it on or anything, but that's what I was thinking. Unless you were on the last mish when that happened, wouldn't it have been easier to disband, grab one more, and start again as a new (functioning) team of 8? I mean, for WSTs, people are swarming to be involved with them.
  7. Thirty-Seven
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arbegla View Post
    Well, dark mastery has dark consumption, which will pretty much end any endurance issues you have, plus soul drain (+dam, +tohit) and soul transfer (self rez) which makes things much easier to handle in the long haul. Dark embrace gives you some resistance, and oppressive gloom could stack nicely with some of your other stuns. (but i don't recommend it, that self damage can add up pretty fast)

    First off, to end your endurance issues you want the +end accolades, those right there add 10 max end, and allows your performance shift proc to give another 1 end per proc (as its a 10% end, not just 10 end), but i'm pretty sure you already know that much
    Hmmmm, I was really hoping not to go the Darkity/Dark/And more Dark route, just because of how sickeningly common it is... but you bring up some very solid reasons here for me to reconsider this...

    Quote:
    off hand from what I'm seeing, if you have 0 KB protection, so you may want to change that fly speed in fly into a BotZ KB protection (plus the fly speed isn't giving you anything, as base fly + swift caps flight speed these days) and swap the def in hover into a karma KB. that'll get rid of about 85% of the KB in the game, without really changing over any slots.
    Yeah, I didn't think about KB at all. Upon thinking about it, if I am mostly teamed with other folks, like a tank and scrapper... would I really need the -KB? I mean, ultimately I wouldn't be holding aggro for long. Also, isn't BotZ rather expensive?

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    Do you hover blast a lot? or do you normally just throw tar patch, put darkest night on the toughest thing there and let fluffy has his way with things while you nuke stuff down in melee or near melee range?
    Typically Hover is on 24/7... but I haven't played this character much lately, essentially I am pulling him out of moth balls for the purpose of getting his build better and speccing into Inherent Fitness... I figured while I'm respeccing, I might as well make him nifty.

    So, I imagine I will do a bit of both, depending on where my allies are so that i can position well for heals and rezzes and to hit as many folks with Shadow Fall as I can.

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    A range capped (or even 30% range def) build could be pretty effective, and with shadow fall giving you a decent amount of def already (plus hover) it wouldn't be very hard to achieve. Thunderstrikes (6 slotted) in dark blast and gloom will add about another 4% range def each, plus basilisk gaze adds a little bit, as does sting of the manticore in your snipe. You can also grab a steadfast 3% def and put it in either shadow fall or dark embrace. Once you get within the 33-35% range (so a small purple will cap you, or just all your -tohit debuffs) you can pretty much work on +rech bonuses, with maybe +HP and +recov covering up the rest of your powers.
    Yeah, I don't think capping Ranged Def should be hard... I just did that on my Grav/FF Troller, almost without even trying (of course FF gives me a good start there). And I guess I already sorta did some of those things already. I just have to figure out where to pull slots to get my blasts 6-slotted.

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    I wish i could have mids at work and be able to piece something together, but i'm thinking once you hit 33-35% range def, with or without hover, you'll be a pretty nasty character.
    I wish you could too... I would love to look at what you did differently. Unfortunately, now I'M at work... and can't do anything but look at what I have above.
  8. Thirty-Seven
    Ooops.... I have never imported a build before... allow me a sec to fix that.

    Edit: There!

    I was mostly looking to not have endurance issues... ever. Beyond that, I had no idea what I was doing, but thought it better to offer a start, than give you folks nothing to work with.

    Also, I went with Elec because the concept of the character is that he has sand related powers, and since the Dark Epic is not colorable, it would look off... So, I chose electric as sort of a neutral technologically explainable option. If Dark will allow me to do something specific, I am not against switching the Epic (but Dark or Elec are the only two I would be willing to use).
  9. Thirty-Seven
    Until recently, I have tried not to get involved with IOs and making builds... however, when I began IOing a different character, I actually found it less hurtful than I had ever thought. Regardless, I have been messing around with creating a workable build for my Darkity Dark Dark Defender, with the result that follows.

    A bit of info about how I play: I do not ever PvP, I almost always team (though usually only a small team), and basically only pull out this character when I feel like it... as such, I don't want to spend 8 bazillion influence on this. So, an eye toward cost effectiveness would be great.

    Thoughts?

    Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.93
    http://www.cohplanner.com/

    Click this DataLink to open the build!

    Lost Emissary: Level 50 Science Defender
    Primary Power Set: Dark Miasma
    Secondary Power Set: Dark Blast
    Power Pool: Flight
    Power Pool: Teleportation
    Power Pool: Speed
    Power Pool: Leadership
    Ancillary Pool: Electricity Mastery

    Hero Profile:
    Level 1: Twilight Grasp -- Nictus-Heal(A), Nictus-Acc/Heal(3), Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(5), Nictus-Heal/HP/Regen/Rchg(5), Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Heal/HP/Regen(7)
    Level 1: Dark Blast -- Entrpc-Acc/Dmg(A), Entrpc-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Entrpc-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7), Entrpc-Dmg/Rchg(9)
    Level 2: Darkest Night -- DarkWD-ToHitDeb/Rchg(A), DarkWD-ToHitdeb/Rchg/EndRdx(15), DarkWD-ToHitDeb/EndRdx(15)
    Level 4: Gloom -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(9), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11)
    Level 6: Howling Twilight -- RzDz-Acc/Stun/Rchg(A), RzDz-Acc/Rchg(13), RzDz-Immob%(13)
    Level 8: Tar Patch -- ImpSwft-Rng/Slow(A), ImpSwft-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(17), ImpSwft-Dam%(50)
    Level 10: Hover -- EndRdx-I(A), DefBuff-I(17)
    Level 12: Dark Pit -- Stpfy-Acc/Rchg(A), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx(19), Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg(19), Stpfy-EndRdx/Stun(21), RechRdx-I(50)
    Level 14: Fly -- Flight-I(A)
    Level 16: Fearsome Stare -- Abys-Acc/Rchg(A), Abys-EndRdx/Fear(21), Abys-Acc/EndRdx(23), Abys-Fear/Rng(23), Abys-Acc/Fear/Rchg(25), Abys-Dam%(25)
    Level 18: Tenebrous Tentacles -- Enf'dOp-Acc/Rchg(A), Enf'dOp-EndRdx/Immob(27), Enf'dOp-Acc/EndRdx(27), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob/Rchg(29), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob(29)
    Level 20: Shadow Fall -- GftotA-Def(A), GftotA-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(31), GftotA-Def/EndRdx(31), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(31), ImpArm-ResDam(33)
    Level 22: Petrifying Gaze -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(33), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(33), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(34), BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(34), BasGaze-Slow%(34)
    Level 24: Recall Friend -- RechRdx-I(A)
    Level 26: Night Fall -- Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(46), Posi-Acc/Dmg(46), Posi-Dam%(48)
    Level 28: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(37)
    Level 30: Maneuvers -- GftotA-Def/EndRdx(A), GftotA-Def(37), GftotA-EndRdx/Rchg(37), GftotA-Def/Rchg(39)
    Level 32: Dark Servant -- DarkWD-ToHitDeb(A), DarkWD-ToHitDeb/Rchg(39), DarkWD-ToHitdeb/Rchg/EndRdx(39), DarkWD-Rchg/EndRdx(40), DarkWD-ToHitDeb/EndRdx(40), DarkWD-Slow%(40)
    Level 35: Life Drain -- Theft-Acc/EndRdx/Heal(A), Theft-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(42), Theft-Heal/Rchg(43), Theft-+End%(43)
    Level 38: Blackstar -- Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(42), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42)
    Level 41: Thunder Strike -- Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(45)
    Level 44: Charged Armor -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(A), RctvArm-EndRdx(45), RctvArm-ResDam(45), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(46)
    Level 47: Shocking Bolt -- Lock-%Hold(A), Lock-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(48), Lock-Acc/Hold(48)
    Level 49: Tactics -- Rec'dRet-ToHit(A), Rec'dRet-Pcptn(50)
    ------------
    Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
    Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
    Level 1: Vigilance
    Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
    Level 4: Ninja Run
    Level 2: Swift -- Flight-I(A)
    Level 2: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A)
    Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
    Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(36), P'Shift-End%(36)
  10. Thirty-Seven
    An aside:
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    • Allows up to 15 players to have the "same" name for their character.
    I am a tad confused... are you saying that somehow this suggestion would make that possible? Cuz I am pretty sure that was always the case.
  11. Thirty-Seven

    IO Set Idea

    POST-ACTION

    I assume the point of this set would be to... eliminate knockBACK and make it into knockDOWN? I am unfamiliar with the numbers aspect of knock, and also was unsure on what " - %10000" really meant. Didn't know if that was a hyphen or a minus sign (assuming it is a minus... though I am still confused why the percent sign is in front of the number).

    And, should my above assumptions be accurate: No, I would not seek out or slot this set. I don't understand how this will "fix" anything. There are two problems with knockback, and neither has anything to do with the actually ability. One is morons missusing it to the point of annoyance, and the other is morons being so anti-knockback in ANY usage that they make people with those powers feel like they can't use their powers even if they DO know how to use them. AKA, the way to fix KB is to teach people to not be idiots, not change the ability via IOs. This would only serve to further empower group two above, and be a cop out for group one to not learn anything.
  12. Thirty-Seven
    To the OP... if your main problem is perceived server emptiness... and you are a Euro player, than a fix is in the pipeline: server list merge. Soon you will have access to all of the US servers as well. And, I betcha that there will be another round of free server transfers when that happens so that we can "invade" each others' home turfs.

    Also, I have to side with all of the above who do not think a pool of attacks is a good way to go to help some sets solo better. Honestly, some sets SHOULDN'T be able to solo well... it's part of the design. Empathy, for instance, by it's very nature excells in a teaming environment.
  13. Thirty-Seven
    It has this symbol that flashes occasionally.
  14. Thirty-Seven
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BurningChick View Post
    I find the number of choices in the CC so bewildering that I just hit random until I find something OK then change the colours to csomething that won't make my eyeballs bleed.

    More choices in the CC?

    <twitch>

    Feh.

    I'd rather the devs spend their time elsewhere.
    This seems like utter insanity to me... too many options? I am utterly flabbergasted!! And that is a word I do NOT use lightly!
  15. Thirty-Seven
    For me, cool looking will always trump super powerful Powers.
  16. Thirty-Seven
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by slainsteel View Post
    3.) Is there a reason why you can't take another PPP? I am not sure which is the best one, but wouldn't it make sense to pick whichever one you feel is the best for the build rather than by origin? I mean, considering you did want to 'solo' right?
    I just wanted to toss out a brief comment on this part here... To answer the underlined question: No! For me, and I am sure many others, character concept trumps "power gaming" or number crunching every time. Granted, I would never be the guy asking to solo GMs or something, but I don't think it is a bit odd to want to preserve a concept while ALSO not sucking. And, I am also quite sure it is more than possible in most situations (outside of petless MMs, for example *shudder*).
  17. Thirty-Seven
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mallerick View Post
    I guess that explains why you took the name "Thirty Seven" as your handle, because of its mathematical weirdities.
    Actually, that has nothing to do with math, and everything to do with a bit of an inside joke in High School that involves the funny tracks at the end of a "You Don't Know Jack" CD.
  18. Thirty-Seven
    Need a math tutor? I love maths! Hell, I took a Calculus course in college just for the fun of it.
  19. Thirty-Seven
    Check the links in the OP... I think Shadow may have fixed them per his post above. Also, I didn't bother to check if it actually downloads... just that a page loads (I was at work and wouldn't have been able to d/l it anyway).
  20. Thirty-Seven
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Psychoti View Post
    In-game, though, you could be my jockstrap any day.
    Are you hot? Cuz... that doesn't sound... oh, nevermind.
  21. Thirty-Seven
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Master Zaprobo View Post
    Let's have a look at what we already have...
    • Global Enhancement Slot (with non-Incarnate Level Shift)
    • AoE Attack
    • Temp Pet (with Incarnate Level Shift)
    • Debuff Proc
    • Team Buff (with Incarnate Level Shift)

    So perhaps, as a kind of mirror to what we already have, we could get...
    • Self Buff (with Incarnate Level Shift)
    • Damage Proc
    • Perma-Pet (with Incarnate Level Shift)
    • AoE Mez
    • Global Enhancement Slot (with non-Incarnate Level Shift)
    Hmmm, that seems almost a bit TOO logical.
  22. Thirty-Seven
    Ummm, first of all, I think you clearly have the wrong forum area... secondly, was there a point to that post?
  23. Thirty-Seven
    The first Serrellian arc is about 98% complete! Jason and I just need to run through it one more time. I hope it is a good one!

    It will be ready for us for tonight... if we wanna do it!
  24. Thirty-Seven
    REALLY liking Ardent Phoenix there!
  25. Thirty-Seven
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kid Snowflake View Post
    Is this still available? I have poor vision and enhancements always screw me up, this seems like a godsend.
    Yes, they are. There is a functional link in Shadow_State's sig! What you are looking for would likely be the Standard version of the Enhancement Icon Standardization Pack.