Tourettes

I tested Garent's build and I must say I still like PW's. I think it's due to the Mezz necessity of the Epic choice. Not a fan. Hers also does have higher DPS from testing.

Yes, the goal is to be soloable. It's to be able to go fight some mobs on my own.

I know I'll never be able to take on Trapdoor solo w/ this combination. But one can dream can't one?

Tourettes.

PS-PW still in lead.

I'm not saying fire isn't a BEAST when it comes to dmg. I'm saying that the mobs I fought in the Electric Farm died MUCH faster than the mobs I fought using the Fire Farm, thus I lvl'd him quicker.

Burn is totally awesome, and the Dmg buff you get from fire and SS is wicked awesome, but my mind is still blown at how the electric farmer does.

I must admit I have to worry about END a lot more than with my fire Farmer. (I use dark/fire and have lots of ways to fix it)

Tourettes.

I had an Elec/Elec Brute lvl 32 and a Dark/Fire brute lvl 35. I recently got back into playing and found I could AE farm the fire brute and PL itself. It took some getting used to, but was pretty easy.

When I found a mission for the Electric, guess what? It was easier and faster. Took me 3 days pretty regular to get to 50 from 35 on the D/FA, but the El/El got there in a day, with 3 extra levels to do. Why? I dunno.

Neither of them have anything beyond regular IO's Slotted.

PS- Here's to hoping they don't nerf it, but I'm really enjoying being able to stand amid 60 or so mobs and laugh at +2x8!!! Whatta rush! My fury bar is MMmmm Good.

PSS- AFter playing and NRG/NRG brute for years, this is deserved.

Tourettes.

INvisible + Kinetics. Speed Boost the farmer. That's it. That's the best help you can give. Keep him SB'd and that's pretty much like bottled heaven. Invisible works great, and I don't think you get aggro from SB.

Tourettes.

I'll look to yours again Garent. I'm testing all of 'em. Hers seems focused on doling out some DPS. Also hers would be easier to achieve. It is about the numbers though.

I personally didn't like it. If it was to make up for downtime, they should have had a double XP and double rewards day. I lost a day of being able to play a game I pay for, when I should have been able to. But, did they do this? Nope. The turned on the Halloween switch, which to me is stupid, and in no way address how frustrated I was from not being able to play.

NOW there's another full day lost to "activate" I20? I love that we're not charged for content upgrades. I hate that they're programmers are so faulty that they can't swap a build in less than a full damn day.

Kinda frustrating.

Tourettes.

I want to be able to solo. But really, the only difference in a solo build and a team build would be taking the two ally bubbles Deflection Shield and Insulation Shield, which are pretty much toss in's anyways.

I'm really leaning towards Police Woman's build. It does what I was aiming for, and also not sure if she thought I'd notice, but she named the toon "Tour de Force" which is hilarious. Kudos.

Tourettes.

Thx for all the suggestions everyone. I'll be on test server some this week re-speccing and testing. Some of the Epics I have not tried, and am curious about the Dark one.

Also, thanks for including the WHY answers. Knowing it's best to hover above and knock foes down helps a ton. I've tried this, but more often than not, I sweep foes into a corner or wall. Could be that in addition to building sub-par, I"ve been PLAYING him sub-par. Like originally stated, I'm no N00b, but I know many of you are much much better builders/players than I am and that's the resource it looks like I'm tapping into.

Oh, and will it help my DPS if I color the NRG attacks red and yellow to LOOK like fire?

Tourettes.

Heheh. My @ name is Tourettes bc of my first Villain. Were you expecting lots of %$$&*^ and $(*& ????

But, I'll check on that first one. Hasten Seems to really up my DPS, but if it can be made good w/o it so be it.

A stealth IO is fine w/ SS to get true invis. I"ve done that on several toons and it works out nicely.

Oh, and contest will expire, let's say This coming Friday at 2 PM EST.

Award announced sometime therafter.



Tourettes.

Hi. I'm Tourettes. I'm gimpy, and need help.

Here's the deal... My FIRST character, day on, of CoH finally hit 50, but cannot solo (Deal dmg) for crud. I'd like to make his damage output go up, whilst maintaining survivability.

RULES:
Submit a MIDS design for a Force Field/ Energy Blast Defender with all pertinent slots full.
CANNOT use Hami-o's.
Must take the following powers: Flight (Which requires the pre-req.); Hasten; and Stealth.

Winner will recieve Choice of:
2 hours of TONS of XP run via AE on Redside on Justice (Blue if you can get into RWZ)
10,000,000 Inf on Blue or Redside.
a hearty handshake and +internets.

Winner judged solely by me and depends on high DMG output while maintaining survivability.

PS- If you include crazy stuff like 6 slotted boxing please list WHY this is chosen.

Thanks,
Tourettes.

Have him almost to lvl 30 now, and finding I can solo farm AE electric mission fairly easily to level. Cannot handle bosses yet though. Any helpful tips on builds would be greatly appreciated. Mainly using AoE dmg toggle, and Hasten as often as possible along w/ Dmg buff. Took the AoE stun, but not noticing a huge boon from it. Also took fitness for Toughness.

Thanks,
Tourettes.

PS- is this combination able to farm? Anyone have luck with that?

Just wondering. Haven't played my main hero in a LONG time bc he's just so gimped when it comes to solo'ing. (yes, I know defenders weren't made to solo). However, some of my alts do just fine. Only this one that seems gimpy.

Tourettes.

After taking a long break and coming back, I was wondering if anyone has a Pimpin' Fire/KinRuptor build they'd share? Have checked the forums and didn't find anything. Using Soul Mastery too. Gotta work out a respec. Have MIDS, but having a problem getting slot ideas.

Thanks,
Tourettes.

Well, got the arc done, and read the guide on Crafting these things, but I'll have to play around with them. Still confusing.

This viable? Just for solo play. The KB isn't very team friendly.

Thanks,
Tourettes.

Toon is Mr. Taxi . @ is @Tourettes. THanks.

Yep. Online now.

Thanks all. Must have been a Bifurcating issue. Didn't know about those. I've been gone about a year. I'm purpled out. The toon I am trying it with is a Fire/Kin-Corruptor. I don't have a problem w/ him trying to get away, but I'll check on my settings. I think last I was in I was farming, and thus my diff may be high, and my spawn is set waaaay above one I'm certain. Heheh. Global is @Tourettes. The toon I'm trying it out on is on Virtue due to the higher number of players there. Figured it'd be easier than on Justice.

Thanks again for the helps.

Well, at this point it's a no go. I get to Trap Door and cannot get past him. Nope. NOt a bit. Took me about a dozen deaths to get TO him, and I can't scratch him at all. Doesn't appear to lose a single HP. Sigh. Oh well.

Specifically, I'd like to know about the incarnate abilities. Took me some time to figure out going to Oroboros to start the missions. I'm on villains side.

Just wondering, how much of a pain in the butt these are going to be to collect. Are they done solo, or in groups? Are there any that are more sought after than others?

I'd be happy if the information is out there if anyone can just point me in that direction. THe search feature on these boards kinda lost me.

Thanks,
Tourettes/ aka Cortex/ aka Mr. Taxi/ aka WereVampire.

Thanks for all the quick and good info everyone. Gonna take another break I think, not sure how long, and wanted to know if I needed to UN-WW everything. Heheh.

How long will things remain in WentWorths if account goes inactive? I found it once on here, but cannot find that info at this time. I'm pretty sure I read that if you let your account lapse, after a period of time, your items and money from sales go "poof". IS this correct, and can someone please point me to the source?

Tourettes.

Thanks guys. Appreciate the help. Few things...the mids build is for after respec, so the location of the powers doesn't matter a bit to me. (But, doing AE farms to lvl, so I've not needed mez/hold protection at ALL, just KB, which I bought the IO for).

Also, thanks for the advice about Hasten. yes it IS a good power. If you'll look again at the build you'll see that I already have it in there.

One of the biggies I'm wrestling with is whether or not to take the Rise of the Phoenix or not. Time will tell on that one I suppose. Yay Test Server.

Tourettes.

IMO:

Brutes > Tanks. Period.

My rationalizing? Fury and the beauty of SMASH! Once you go Brute, you'll never go back to tank.

Couldn't find what I was looking for in the Guides section (Most of htose are pretty old also) but I'm working on my DM/FA brute, and as I get into the mid-thirties I'm wondering if this is going to be able to do what I want it to...

That is namely, AoE damage macine.

I took the two sets together because of the following reasons:

1) Each set has an End gaining power, that also does AoE damage (Small, but it's there)
2) There are two heals, one is respectable and fast, the other is an attack that nets life.
3) It's a resist set (Can't stand DEF anymore. Too easy to die with it)
4) There's one cone attack, 4 PBAoE's (one is a toggle), and a PBAoE stun/damage in the self-rez
5) has a self rez
6) Two built in damage buffs plus my fury bar.

But as I mentioned, it's getting more apparent that there seems to be a synergy lacking. Beyond the single target attacks that I use to fill space between the AoE's (using Siphon Life as my auto-attack) It doesn't seem like the damage is superior.

Keeping Fury almost at max is relatively easy with Blazing Aura. I'm kinda teetering on the fence with Burn. Making the mobs run seems counter productive for the damage exchange.

I have to say Firey Embrace and Soul Drain are VERY nice together. Especially for the BA.


So, for the TL;DR crowd, does anyone have a build like this? and is it very productive? HEre's my projected build. I'm at 35 now. Only IO so far is the no KB one.

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.401
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Demonica Chandler: Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Dark Melee
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Smite -- Acc(A)
Level 1: Fire Shield -- ResDam(A), ResDam(3), ResDam(3), EndRdx(5), S'fstPrt-ResKB(43), ImpArm-ResPsi(46)
Level 2: Blazing Aura -- EndRdx(A)
Level 4: Shadow Maul -- Acc(A), Dmg(5), Dmg(9), Dmg(9), RechRdx(15), EndRdx(15)
Level 6: Healing Flames -- Heal(A), Heal(7), Heal(7), RechRdx(13), RechRdx(31), RechRdx(37)
Level 8: Siphon Life -- Acc(A), Heal(11), Heal(11), Dmg(13), Dmg(34), RechRdx(37)
Level 10: Hover -- EndRdx(A)
Level 12: Swift -- Flight(A)
Level 14: Fly -- Flight(A), Flight(46)
Level 16: Health -- Heal(A), Heal(17), Heal(17)
Level 18: Hasten -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(19), RechRdx(19)
Level 20: Dark Consumption -- Acc(A), EndMod(21), EndMod(21), EndMod(31), RechRdx(40), RechRdx(40)
Level 22: Stamina -- EndMod(A), EndMod(23), EndMod(23)
Level 24: Consume -- Acc(A), EndMod(25), EndMod(25), RechRdx(31), RechRdx(40)
Level 26: Soul Drain -- Acc(A), Dmg(27), Dmg(27), RechRdx(39), RechRdx(39), RechRdx(39)
Level 28: Burn -- Dmg(A), Dmg(29), Dmg(29), RechRdx(36), RechRdx(37)
Level 30: Taunt -- Empty(A)
Level 32: Midnight Grasp -- Acc(A), Dmg(33), Dmg(33), Dmg(33), RechRdx(34), RechRdx(34)
Level 35: Fiery Embrace -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(36), RechRdx(36)
Level 38: Plasma Shield -- ResDam(A), ResDam(45), ResDam(45), EndRdx(45), ImpArm-ResPsi(46)
Level 41: Soul Tentacles -- Acc(A), Dmg(42), Dmg(42), RechRdx(42), RechRdx(43), RechRdx(43)
Level 44: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 47: Dark Obliteration -- Acc(A), Dmg(48), RechRdx(48), RechRdx(48)
Level 49: Tough -- ResDam(A), ResDam(50), ResDam(50), EndRdx(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury