UberRod

Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane

Ion has the greatest potential number of targets to hit over the greatest area it can affect due to the chaining mechanic. The Radial tract and has a chance to Hold and end drain. This is your go-to for thinning large crowds quickly.

Pyronic excels at doing damage to tightly clustered enemies. The Radial tract has a chance to Stun. The Core tract can cause a Superior DoT afterburn. This is the Judgement you want for targeting an AV and dealing heavy damage to them and those around them.

Void is PBAoE. The Negative Energy damage is attractive and often less resisted and the Radial tract causes a damage debuff to the enemies it doesn't kill.

Cryonic is a cone and deals Cold damage. The Radial tract slows and has a chance to hold enemies. Because of the issues people have with cones, it's generally regarded as the least attractive Judgement


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Originally Posted by Icy_J

As a fellow man that plays female characters, I totally vote for a female only server so I can take notes on female behavior for the little bit of outside life I have.

Originally Posted by EvilRyu

I asked castle on this a while back and he said it was done intentionally because WP got protection for psionics and knockback protection. Noticed how every set that gets psionic protection has that knockback vulnerability? Well a weaker taunt aura was the trade off for that. To me thats dumb to penalize powersets on things that they need to do their job. It kind of goes back to when tanks used to have single target taunt and everyone took provoke because it worked so much better. It took alot of screaming about it to finally get it changed for tanks back in the earlier issues. Right now this part about the knockback has gone on too long and I dont see them changing it for the powersets or fixing the taunt aura issue. Quite honestly I see them actually fixing gravity control finally before they fix WP taunt aura. In terms of managing it, just tell your friend that if she knocks it back she just bought it and that is how you stop people from scattering stuff you have aggroed or keeps them engaging groups ahead of time.

Originally Posted by Laevateinn

The Paragon Market sells XP boost tokens, if that's any consolation.

Originally Posted by Jagged

Hmm, it hadn't occurred to me that Nerve might become redundant once you had multiple level shifts. Interesting

Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards

That's coming. Not in Power Proliferation 3.0, but eventually.

Originally Posted by Syntax42

Six-slotting attacks was necessary before IO sets. You can get by with 4-5 slots if you're going for a certain set bonus. The extra slots would be useful with a proc in them.

Do NOT enhance defense debuffs in your attacks. There is a limit to how often you can hit a target and you will easily hit that limit with one unenhanced debuff after you slot your powers better.

Putting 4 slots in each power makes me think this is just a troll build. If it isn't, you need to look at other Willpower builds on these forums and read about what is effective.

In general, recharge and defense set bonuses make the most difference on a character. If your set doesn't end on one of those, you aren't slotting optimally. In the case of Willpower, the defense set bonus should be giving more typed (smashing, lethal, energy or negative) than positional (melee ranged aoe) defense. If you can reach 32.5% S/L and E/N defenses you will be in a good position to stay alive in most end-game content.

Look up attack chains for Katana or figure one out for yourself. In Mids, go to window then powerset comparison. The attacks with the highest damage per animation time are the best ones to use. Recharge is explained on Paragon Wiki. Most attack chains only use 3 attacks and press buttons in a sequence of 1232 repeatedly so you can focus on your situation instead of the powers that recharge.