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What I've been doing lately is finding words with prefixes that match some of my toon's powers.

For example, if you are making a fire blaster you can search for words that start with "pyro" or "thermo." Then you just pick one you like or tweak some of the words so they sound more like a name.

TBH my strategy for normal missions is the same for both sides... I just jump in and kill stuff and if I'm on a squishy toon I hope my team is behind me.

Try this, its the build I am currently using and it is very similar to what you posted (the slotting is different). If you don't have the cash you can replace the LOTG +rech globals with regular defense IOs until you can afford them or you get lucky and roll them. If you have extra cash you can put 5 Hetacombs in GFS and then put the 6th slot in something else.

Theres a good time and a bad time for movement control IMO.

On some toons I like the inertia from fly to carry me away from harm, or to position myself for another attack (like when I do triple alphas on my PB... I use it to carry me up to turn the KB into KD and so I can switch to human and drop into the group and use another attack).

When the proc first came out you didn't have to wait 10 seconds, but then it was like a constant +100% recharge (which is just a little overpowered). The devs changed it so it has a 10 second cooldown/supression.

I didn't say you can get 200% recharge.

Edit: All I said is that you won't get the +recharge for 10 seconds after the proc goes off. You might see the icon pop up, but you shouldn't be getting any +recharge until that 10 seconds is up.

If turning MoG from a power that gets you killed into making you pure awesome for 15 seconds so you can take an alpha or take a breather is a nerf... okay...

Anyway, Fire/SR is an awesome build. I softcapped mine for less than 50 mill (20-30 of it was the Zephyr -KB IO, so if you get lucky on a reward roll it will cost half as much). Softcapping it with Aid Self cost much more, but if you can afford it it is definately worth it. To be honest, Fire/SR is great even if you just softcap it without much other set bonuses, but if you can get them in on your budget though it will just make you more awesome.

What I like to do for AoE is get all the mobs around me, target a mob in the middle that will survive Shield Charge, then Soul Drain and Shield Charge toward the edge of the group. Then you can immediately hit SM and if enough mobs are still alive it should easily hit 4 or 5 of them.

If you put it in Invincibility it will have a chance to go off every 10 seconds, which seems better than putting it in BU or a click power with a recharge higher than 10 seconds. It really isn't though because a lot of the time it will go off when you are just standing there and don't need it.

If you really want to slot it, I would slot it in Blinding Feint (it really isn't very neccesary though). The only reason it should be in a toggle is so you can 6-slot the set for the +def.

Just looking really quick at your build, I would switch Dark Consumption and Grant Cover, and try to get some more recharge in DC. Also, replacing the end mod IO in Stamina with Performance Shifter: End Mod/Acc would get you a set bonus of +rec and make the +rec from Stamina only slightly lower. Edit: For more end help, try to get Portal Jockey and Atlas Medallion ASAP.

I would also recommend trying to fit Shadow Punch in there to help fill your attack chain (although Dark Blast will do that occasionally, it just has a much longer recharge). Also, replace the Apocalypse: Damage and Hetacomb: Damage with Damage/End, it will help you use a lot less end and do only slightly less damage.

It would be helpful if you put either a data chunk or a link to your build in there. It is easier for people to look at it in Mid's.

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Hero and Villain ATs are kind of hard to compare. The Hero ATs mostly follow the standard class system used by most MMOs (tank, melee damage, ranged damage, healer/buffer). Controller is really the only AT I can think of that isn't really used in a lot of other MMOs I have played (I havent played many though, so I could be wrong). Villain ATs seem to be more broad, because they are made by mixing and matching the hero ATs, so you can play them as many things.

For example: A Stalker, as mentioned earlier, is kind of like a Blaster with melee attacks and defense. Because of this, you could play it like a Blaster, where you do large amounts of burst damage and try to stay out of danger as much as possible, or you could play like a Scrapper where you are fighting all the time, shooting more for DPS with an occasional placate+AS or some other crit attack.

Scrappers are generally compared to Brutes because Brutes have near the same average damage as Scrappers (they start out lower but end up higher) and have similar amounts of survivability (with the Brute leading a bit because it has more health). It is true that depending on the build, a Brute could be geared much more toward a Tanker style, but, because of Fury and their lower level of survivability, most lean toward the Scrapper playstyle (if they can't do both).

Here try this:

I just took your build and moved 1 or 2 slots and did some cheap IO frankenslotting, as well as got it to softcap. I had a very similar build to this on my FM/SR while I got all the recipies I needed to get my build with Aid Self. It should only cost 50-75 million if you don't count slotting health.
On my build like this, I would very rarely run out of end on long fights. Since Claws costs less end than FM, you should be fine even without the Miracle: +Recovery.

Edit: Changed the build a tiny bit again. Now it should cost a lot less because you won't need the Zephyr -KB to get enough AoE defense. I just changed the slotting on boxing a bit. The only thing is that your Ranged defense is just barely capped, so if you go down too far in levels on the IOs in Focused Senses or Agile it might go under 45% a little.

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WP can easily get away with not being quite sofcapped. Don't forget that RttC provides some -tohit and you can also get Darkest Night for more -tohit.

I would push CJ/SJ back so you can get Stamina right at 20. There isnt really that big of a need for a travel power right away any more because if you do AE you never leave the building, and if you don't do AE you will probably get a jetpack from a Safeguard mish anyway. You also want to try to get Quickness ASAP as well (preferably 22). Personally I would switch Focused Senses and Agile because it provides much more +def, however it will cause you more end issues until you get Stamina.

And I would replace Stealth with Hasten myself, SR with CJ and Weave can be softcapped for very very cheap already. You could also ditch Stealth and Caltrops and try to get Aid Self in there. If you go with Aid Self you should probably push weave back to 49 so you can get Aid Self 5 or 6 slotted.

And don't worry about putting that many slots (if any) in Tough. Its not that useful alone without other S/L resist powers, and the main reason you got it is for Weave. If you are trying to softcap use its default slot for Steadfast +3% def. I don't think I've ever turned Tough on on my FM/SR, and the only time I can imagine doing so would be in a really tough fight against mobs that do S/L damage.

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Two minutes of build-up for ten seconds of debuff? Yes please.

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Personally I would rather have a -1000% recovery and -160% damage debuff for 10 seconds. Feels like a cop out to do such an extreme damage debuff value.

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*cough*Sands of Mu vet power unenhanceable damage*cough*

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Yup, vet powers are uneffected by the -damage, and if you happen to be FA you can use Burn during the rage crash and once it is over the Burn damage will jump back up on its own.

Edit: Its the endurance part that gets me.

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Woe unto the poor Defender, having to deal with mezzes just like Blasters, Controllers, Corruptors, non-Domination Dominators, and non-Dwarf Kheldians.

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Blasters can still attack when mezzed... its only t1 and 2 attacks, but its still something.