TwoHeadedBoy

I think we need to set up a charity drive for Bill.

Aw man, it's a bummer that you two can't make it. Good luck with your non-Kheldian activities.

This was pretty challenging to me since I think Ice Control is a horrible set, but I came up with something I'm content with. Survivability is very high, with softcapped ranged defense layered with good resistance- Plus of course the mitigation from primary and secondary powers. Almost 170% global recharge. This build is actually pretty cheap overall so I guess that's worth mentioning. Single target damage is going to be terrible because you wanted to play Ice Control but AOE should be decent. Fire Mastery is there for extra damage and to light the oil slick.

I don't really have any blanket "favorite IO tricks" because different builds require different build strategies, but I can say that I never take defense based APP/PPP shields on squishies since it's so easy to build defense to the softcap with set bonuses and it makes more sense to me to layer that with resistance from an epic shield rather than only have defense. Other than that I'm at a bit of a loss, I don't really use "tricks" I don't think.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.954
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Level 50 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Ice Control
Secondary Power Set: Trick Arrow
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Fire Mastery

Hero Profile:
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Level 1: Chilblain Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(3), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(7)
Level 1: Entangling Arrow TotHntr-Acc/Rchg(A), TotHntr-EndRdx/Immob(7), TotHntr-Acc/EndRdx(9), TotHntr-Immob/Acc(9), TotHntr-Acc/Immob/Rchg(11), TotHntr-Dam%(11)
Level 2: Frostbite GravAnch-Immob(A), GravAnch-Immob/Rchg(13), GravAnch-Acc/Immob/Rchg(13), GravAnch-Immob/EndRdx(15), GravAnch-Hold%(15)
Level 4: Flash Arrow Cloud-ToHitDeb(A), Cloud-%Dam(21), Cloud-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(23), Cloud-Acc/ToHitDeb(23), Cloud-Acc/Rchg(25), Cloud-ToHitDeb/EndRdx/Rchg(25)
Level 6: Fly Zephyr-ResKB(A)
Level 8: Hasten RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(27)
Level 10: Boxing Empty(A)
Level 12: Ice Slick RechRdx-I(A)
Level 14: Tough GA-3defTpProc(A), HO:Ribo(27), HO:Ribo(29)
Level 16: Poison Gas Arrow Acc-I(A)
Level 18: Weave LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(29), SW-ResDam/Re TP(43)
Level 20: Acid Arrow Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dam%(31), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(31), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(31), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(33), Achilles-ResDeb%(33)
Level 22: Hover LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(33)
Level 24: Maneuvers LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(34)
Level 26: Glacier SWotController-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear(A), SWotController-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/EndRdx(34), SWotController-Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/Rchg(34), SWotController-EndRdx/Rchg(36), SWotController-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/EndRdx/Rchg(36), SWotController-Rchg/Dmg%(36)
Level 28: Disruption Arrow RechRdx-I(A)
Level 30: Assault EndRdx-I(A)
Level 32: Jack Frost ExRmnt-Acc/Rchg(A), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(37), ExRmnt-Dmg/EndRdx(37), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(37), ExRmnt-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(39), ExRmnt-+Res(Pets)(39)
Level 35: Oil Slick Arrow Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dam%(39), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(40), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(40), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(40), Achilles-ResDeb%(42)
Level 38: Fire Blast Apoc-Dmg(A), Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(42), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(43), Apoc-Dam%(43)
Level 41: Fire Shield S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), HO:Ribo(45), HO:Ribo(45)
Level 44: Fire Ball Ragnrk-Dmg(A), Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(45), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(46), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(46), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(46)
Level 47: Tactics GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(48), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(48), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(48), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(50), GSFC-Build%(50)
Level 49: Afterburner LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 50: Agility Core Paragon
Level 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 0: Portal Jockey
Level 0: Task Force Commander
Level 0: The Atlas Medallion
Level 50: Reactive Radial Flawless Interface
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Level 2: Swift Empty(A)
Level 2: Health Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(17), Numna-Heal/Rchg(17), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(19), Numna-Heal(19), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(21)
Level 2: Hurdle Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-End%(50)
Level 1: Brawl Empty(A)
Level 1: Containment
Level 1: Sprint Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run



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Is there a reason why you're going Scrapper instead of Brute for this combo? Apparently there is no redraw issue using Gloom with momentum, and the Brute's taunt effect would be better for the AOE nature of TW. Electric Armor is such a durable set that I don't see Shadow Meld being worth the tradeoff, but that's just my opinion.

My converter plans were sort of spoiled temporarily. First, they can't be traded across my account. This is problematic because my base is on Virtue but my characters with a crapton of converters (and the means to produce more) are on Freedom. This means I spent way too long emailing my enhancements.

After that was out of the way, I had over 50 recipes to craft and then convert. Here's the next hitch: I underestimated salvage costs, a lot. Paying 2 mil for a piece of rare salvage is something I can do, but pieces were going for 3-5 million tonight. I needed 2 per recipe and I had enough of the recipes to craft that I wasn't comfortable making the up front investment of paying 'buy it now' prices for the salvage, even though I could easily afford to do so and probably still make a profit.

What I ended up doing is leaving bulk lowball bids for the rare salvage. I'm afraid to overpay for it and then have a million other people selling the same exact items I'm selling, making my stuff completely worthless and losing the return on the investment in salvage. I also don't use AE tickets for salvage because I can make so much more per ticket doing bronze recipe rolls, and I'm stingy.

Anyways that was my enhancement converter introductory nightmare. Thanks for reading.

Aww, thanks Z! What do I win again?

Darth, Princess is a returning player. She might not know about the Light Form changes, cut her some slack.

Just a reminder to everyone that this is coming up this weekend. When you get to Pocket D either send me a tell (my Warshade is Septipheran) or shout out in broadcast for an invite. I would like to launch the trial at 8:30 pm est so try to arrive 15-20 minutes early if possible. See you guys soon.

I'm also noticing the issue with the new Mids update displaying incorrect resistance totals on several builds.

This might help.

I will one day respec my Fire/Fire build into a single target focus so that he can take advantage of Shadow Meld, but going /Weapons in order to help alleviate 'the run away' issue is an option for AOE focused FA Scrappers. Sadly if I ever get around to playing my Spines/Fire again it will not have the option of Shadow Meld because Caltrops becomes almost required. I love Burn on my SS/Fire Brute though.

If it were up to New Dawn, Pulsar would be a Judgement power and every interface ability would probably have a chance for KB. Some people are so diluted by their characters of choice that they fail to see their downsides even when they are logically and reasonably explained time and time again. This is a recurring theme with this particular poster so I'd really like to just save you guys the trouble.

The claim that Peacebringers have comparable AOE to Warshades makes the assumption that Warshades don't have any pets up and don't have any Mire food. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but against multiple targets, ie, the only time how much AOE damage you do is important, why in the hell wouldn't a Warshade have pets up and Mire targets? I can think of only one reason: They're teaming with a Peacebringer who keeps griefing their AOE's by knocking things out of the target radius... Which brings me to my next point.

Even if Warshades didn't do better AOE damage than Peacebringers from a plain-old logical perspective, which they do, Peacebringers would still be worse off. The randomness of the KB in the PB's best AOE powers is so bad that after the alpha strike, it is extremely unlikely that they will hit their target cap with any of their other AOE powers. This isn't a matter of "lrn2play," it's a matter of common sense. When you have PBAOE knockback powers on a fast recharge like Solar Flare and Photon Seekers (not technically PBAOE, but close enough) it is not plausible that you will be able to hit your target cap after the alpha strike. Someone has claimed that "I'm not doing it right" when it comes to Solar Flare. Well, there is no way to do it right. Solar Flare itself is doing it wrong.

Even if this scatter issue wasn't the case, Peacebringers would still fall behind Warshades both damage output and survivability wise against large groups of enemies. Peacebringers honestly don't even have that much of a single target advantage against a good human form Warshade build, without Mire targets, and they get blown out of the water with just a few. There are really no numerical benefits whatsoever to playing a Peacebringer over a Warshade. The only thing Peacebringers can do that Warshades can't is heal allies, and with Aid Other or a temp power Warshades could do that too. In every other department, Warshades outperform Peacebringers by a very wide stretch. I'm not saying all of this for the sake of putting them down, I'm saying it because I want them to be worthwhile to play by people other than delusional types or "this r fun i iz peasbringur u gais1!1" people. (I love some of you.)

Every Archetype should have the potential to overperform and reach a certain standard of excellence at max investment and with the right build. Peacebringers, 20 billion influence later and with all the ideal Incarnate powers, will be outperformed by just about anything else with a DPS/AOE role on less than half the budget. They are not able to bring anything unique to the table. My Blaster could take aid other and Oppressive Gloom. He has melee and ranged attacks. He could even take provoke if he wanted to. Peacebringers aren't special. There is nothing they are capable of doing that just about any other AT can't do just as well or better, and there's absolutely no reason for the disparity in their performance.

I would pay 400 PP's for APP/PPP/Pool power customization for all of my characters since it would just mean sacrificing my free stipend for a single month. Anything more than that and I would be annoyed about it.