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This. It's the same for the Force Feedback proc.

The downtime exists for the single proc. The Gaussian's proc will stack with the ranged set (Decimation?) proc, but neither of them will attempt the proc within 10 seconds of the proc succeeding, which only matters when they're slotted into attacks.

When the BU proc procs, it triggers a 10 second downtime state on the BU state, not 5.25 seconds.

FU>Evis>Focus was only the highest DPS when he had Focus's damage listed as being substantially more than it should have been for that specific calculation. FU>Focus>Slash was still at the top when that was corrected.

Unslotted base DPS using Mids' numbers would be 66.45 (501.2 damage / 7.524 seconds).

And there are 2 corollaries to that:

If you're talking about the difference between an IO build and an SO build, then yes, you would, but you'd also be making yourself face an SO grade challenge with a tweaked out IO build.

If you're talking about the difference between level 50 mitigation and level 25 mitigation on a DM/Elec, you'll probably be pretty underwhelmed. Elec Armor doesn't get much more mitigation past the first 4 powers of the set. What you've got at 25 with SOs is about as much as you can expect to have at 50.

MG>Smite>SP>LBE>Smite would probably be your best bet for an attack string then.

MG: 15 sec base, 5.28 needed, 185% +rech required
Smite: 6 sec base, 2.224 needed, 170% +rech required
SP: 3 sec base, 6.468 needed, 0% +rech required
LBE: 6 sec base, 5.676 needed, 6% +rech required

Understandable. I'm curious what you're going to be using to round out your attack string though. It's not possible to have the seamless chain fragment of Smite>SP>Smite present anywhere in your attack string (because the minimum recharge of Smite is 1.2 seconds at 400% +rech) and MG>SP>Smite>SP would have insane (re: 365% +rech) requirements on MG. Gonna be using Boxing, Air Superiority, or an APP attack to round it out?

Ahh, well then, go about your business. Kinda curious as to what's the point of asking for Arcanatime calculations, which is pretty much only useful within the context of attack string optimization, if you're not going to be optimizing though. Seems to be contradictory to say that you're going for concept but asking for optimization help.

First off, I don't just crunch numbers for an online game. I actually crunch numbers for a number of different games, as well as doing advanced problem solving for a living (Computer Science ftw!). Secondly, it's a big ego no matter the context. I've never been told that I don't have a high opinion of myself. Still, no matter what you say, your build is still going to be bad. Just looking at it made me wonder if you'd done any research concerning it.

Don't make me smack you upside the back of the head.

If you're intending to allow Tankers and Brutes to have something akin to [Force Field.Personal Force Field] at level 1, you need to share what you're smoking. It's pretty much identical to Hibernate and doesn't allow any attacks to take place while it's on.

I really do hope you mean Insulation Shield and Deflection Shield, because otherwise there wouldn't be any s/l or melee +def. Giving any melee AT a toggles that continually knocks their opponents out of melee range is just a bad idea.

I don't really see how +hp is thematically appropriate for a set that is based around bubbles of protection. The theme should be more oriented around not getting hit, rather than having some mechanism of bolstering oneself.

We've actually been told by the devs that it's impossible to do this without some large scale changes to the game engine.

This power is kinda like your +hp power, only weirder. It's like you decided that the power set needed a damage/taunt aura and you came up with something largely nonsensical to accomplish it. Why not just give it power such as "rapid expansion" that causes the bubble to fluctuate in size rapidly, taunting enemies and attempting to hit them with knockup (mag 4) every couple of seconds? At least then you're not trying to turn sphere of force into spiked spheres.

So you just want another Shield Defense set. I get it now. It's not Force Field Defense. It's supposed to be a Shield Defense variant!

So is this supposed to be a crashless, full power god mode or something that's just a clone of the existing Shield Defense and Willpower tier 9s (re: light crash and provides a global increase to survivability)?

As has been said before, Willpower already exists.

Apparently you haven't seen the 2 defensive powersets that Castle has made for Tankers and Brutes already. Your Force Field Defense is Shield Defense with some very minor differences and Power Over the Mind is pretty much the very definition of Willpower.

Well fine. If you want Werner to look over it, but not me, then fine! It's not like I'm not constantly updating */regen builds, especially Kat/regen, and routinely accomplishing much better results than the build you provided (mixing typed and positional defense set bonuses; underslotting your basic attacks; taking SotW over GC; so much /facepalm).

I'mma go be a diva over here now, just minding my own business, if you're interested in my builds or opinions.

NPCs that terrorize are few and far between, so you're pretty safe without it. Until WP came out, the only set with Fear prot was DA, and DA didn't have immob or KB protection. Of course, in his constant quest to make anything new better than anything old, Castle has seen fit to give */Shields and */WP full mag protection from all 4 of the big mez effects (Hold, Sleep, Immob, Stun) as well the nominal "screw you melee" mez effect (Knockback, Knockup) and all three of the rare mez effects (Confuse, Terrorize, and Repel). Comparing the mez protection of the old sets to the mez protection of the new sets will always end up giving the old sets the short end of the stick.

I wouldn't really call 48.1% +def(ranged) "too much". It's something you can save some slots on (like pulling that Red Fortune End/Rech out of Focused Fighting), but it's not a glaring problem. Something like 55% +def(ranged) (which I have a habit of ending up with when I start making */SR builds) is outright "too much", but a 3% buffer isn't all that horrible.

Well, considering his build is lacking the Perf Shifter procs (and assuming he intended to bring the passive accolades into the equation), he's only got a 2.56 end/sec passive endurance surplus with FA turned off, not to mention that he doesn't have a boatload of end redux in most of his attacks, I don't he's actually that safe. Depending on his attack string (not sure what he plans on using and too lazy to deduce it atm), he'd probably be running at a net loss considering the endurance consumption per animation second for his attacks: Strike (2.49 eps), Slash (2.74), Follow Up (5.17), Focus (3.66), and Eviscerate (2.40). Unless he's running with mostly Eviscerate and Strike, he'd be losing endurance for most of his attacks.

18.6 hp/sec isn't too bad for passive regeneration. It's not stellar, but I definitely wouldn't consider it anemic, considering the sheer amount of damage mitigation that softcapped Claws/SR is packing already.

The problem with your current build is that it's not what the OP wants. He's looking for a procsaw build. Your build makes only tangential use of procs, not the massive proc use that the OP is desiring.

First things first, that build make the baby Jesus cry. I mean, you slotted Sprint and Lightning Reflexes for chrissake. WTF? Was the goal of that build to just run as quickly as possible? You're not even maintaining all that impressive of a level of survivability.

Secondly, Power Sink, even against a single target, would be providing 50.4 endurance every ~27 seconds with a single target around. That's 1.87 end/sec at a minimum. With 3 targets, that's 4.07 end/sec. I assure you, if you've got Power Sink, you'll have no problem with endurance.

If you're aiming for an effective build, try this one on for size:

It doesn't have the same level of regeneration as your original build, but it's going to be taking much less damage thanks to actually packing respectable levels of defense, which means it's a good deal more survivable. This build will also be dealing much more damage, both AoE and ST, thanks to higher levels of recharge, better attack slotting, and the presence of Shadow Maul rather than the redundant Shadow Punch.

The actual damage recovery discrepancy isn't even all that extreme anyway. With your build, you'd be running MG>Smite>SP>Siphon>Smite>SP and would therefore be getting 24.86 hp/sec (.95 * 231.4 / 8.844) from Siphon Life, 25.4 hp/sec from passive regeneration, and 21.66 hp/sec ((642.8 + (10.5 * 30)) / 44.22) from Energize. Mine can run MG>Smite>Siphon>Smite and would therefore generate 19.6 hp/sec (.95 * 139.2 / 6.732) from Siphon Life, 13.7 hp/sec from passive regeneration, and 27.5 hp/sec ((674.3 + (11*30)) / 36.52) from Energize. Totaling those up, that's 71.92 with yours versus 60.8 hp/sec with mine. Factoring in that mine is taking roughly half the damage of yours thanks to the higher levels of defense while maintaining the virtually the same resistances, the loss of 11 hp/sec doesn't really mean much.

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Level 50 Mutation Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Dark Melee
Secondary Power Set: Electric Armor
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Smite -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(40), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(40), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(43), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(46), T'Death-Dam%(46)
Level 1: Charged Armor -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(3), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(3)
Level 2: Lightning Field -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(13), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(13), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), Sciroc-Dam%(40)
Level 4: Conductive Shield -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(5), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(5)
Level 6: Shadow Maul -- Armgdn-Dmg/Rchg(A), Armgdn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(7), Armgdn-Acc/Rchg(7), Armgdn-Dmg/EndRdx(9), Armgdn-Dam%(9)
Level 8: Siphon Life -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(46), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(48), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(48), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(48), T'Death-Dam%(50)
Level 10: Static Shield -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(11), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(11)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(50), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(50)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(15), Zephyr-ResKB(15)
Level 16: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(17), RechRdx-I(17)
Level 18: Dark Consumption -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(19), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(19), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Oblit-%Dam(37)
Level 20: Energize -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(21), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(21), Dct'dW-Heal(23), Dct'dW-Rchg(23)
Level 22: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 24: Tough -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(25), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(25)
Level 26: Soul Drain -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(27), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(27), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(29), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(29), Oblit-%Dam(31)
Level 28: Lightning Reflexes -- Run-I(A)
Level 30: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(31), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(31)
Level 32: Midnight Grasp -- Hectmb-Dmg/Rchg(A), Hectmb-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Hectmb-Acc/Rchg(33), Hectmb-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Hectmb-Dam%(34)
Level 35: Power Sink -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(36), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(36), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(36), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(37), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(39)
Level 38: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(39), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(39)
Level 41: Focused Accuracy -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(42), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(42), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(42), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(43), GSFC-Build%(43)
Level 44: Physical Perfection -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(45), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(45), Mrcl-Rcvry+(45)
Level 47: Power Surge -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 49: Grounded -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit

S/L being easier to softcap is debateable. You can get it, but the bonuses are in lower value sets that you're having to reduce the enhancement values of your build in order to access. The question is whether S/L is actually better to softcap because you're leaving yourself open to everything else out there by doing so. The positionals at least cover more bases so that you won't be torn apart by the other damage types.

Touch of Death 6 piece sets, Obliteration 6 piece sets, BotZ 3 piece sets, Weave, Maneuvers, and the Steadfast protection IO. Using those, you can get ~28% +def(melee) and ~18% +def(ranged, AoE) without sacrificing the enhancement benefits of your powers.

Short slotting (aka under slotting) is when you don't fully slot a power that you should and thereby end up with really bad enhancement values for the power. You did this with both Chain Induction and Charged Brawl by only slotting them with 23% acc, 85.5% dam, and 41% end and rech. The enhancement values on those powers are so low that they're not going to be performing well at all. With that little acc slotting, you're barely going to be hitting at all and with that little recharge slotting, you're not going to be able to get a decent attack string. From how you've slotted those 2 powers, it doesn't seem like you plan on using them whatsoever, especially since you gave Brawl and Boxing, attacks which pretty much exist in Scrapper builds to be set mules and requirement powers, the exact same functional slotting.

You also did the exact same thing for Energize, which makes me question whether you actually know how powerful it is.

Considering the powers you picked, no. Your 4 attacks would not be enough for a full attack chain since 2 of them are AoEs with substantial base recharges. Even worse, those attacks that would actually comprise an attack chain you've underslotted completely, rendering any chance of an effective seamless attack chain nonexistent.

You are mistaken. The +heal set bonuses don't increase regeneration. They only increase actual healing, such as found in the initial benefit of Energize (re: not the regen).

No, I'm referring to your placement of the Perf Shifter proc in Lightning Field, inefficient placement of the Numina proc (you'd get more switching from 4 piece Perf and 1 Miracle to 2 piece Perf, 1 common End, Numina proc, and Miracle proc), and use of the atrociously bad Call of the Sandman proc. Using Charged Brawl as often as you possibly could, and assuming that even with that atrocious slotting you'd have a 95% chance to hit, the Call of the Sandman proc would only provide 2.675 hp/sec (.95 * .10 * 66.9 / (1.056 + 1.32)). Your base regen is already 26.4 hp/sec. It's a drop in the bucket and a waste of a slot.

Check this from Paragonwiki. It's rather comprehensive. If you don't want to bother reading it, the goal for your defense should be 45%, whether it's positional or typed. The 45% goal is based on generating a 90% reduction in the chance to hit of enemies no more than 5 levels above you thanks to the hit formula, as given on that page. It won't always allow you to have a 5% minimum chance to be hit, but it will allow you to have the absolute lowest chance to be hit by that enemy as possible.

Of course, without any native +def, it's pretty much a forgone conclusion that you're not going to be softcapping yourself because there aren't enough. At most, you'd be best of aiming for ~20-30% +def to as many types or positions as possible.

So are you making the toon buzzsaw just because you want buzzsaw? It's not really all that effective now, especially on a claws character, thanks to the animation times and base damage of Scrapper attacks. Buzzsaw works on Brutes because they're already packing massive +dam, but, on a Scrapper, where we're netting massive benefits from any individual percent of +dam, it's not nearly as effective.

No, do not sacrifice 5% defense in order to give yourself the softcap ~50% of the time. You'll get better performance with Weave than with Elude.

I don't recall Claws being any better with procs than any of the other sets, then or now. Still, I'm pretty sure you could manage 2 procs in each attack and still manage to softcap to all. 4 Kinetic Combats would net you 1.88% +def(melee) and space for 2 procs. BotZ sets would give you plenty of +def(aoe, ranged). I don't think "procsaw" and "softcap" are mutually exclusive.

The guide is bad and the power recommendations are similarly off on most of them. It places greater emphasis Shadow Punch and the tohit debuff than it should (the tohit debuff is actually rather paltry, even when stacked up), the slotting is off on most of the powers because it ignores the need of attack string oriented combat, downplays the incredible power of Dark Consumption, acts as if ToF is god's gift to Scrappers, and has old as well as bad (even at the time of posting) recommendations on IO sets.

That guide was posted and created when I was taking a haitus from the game, which is why I didn't have any input on it and feel free to criticize it and suggest people don't follow most of those recommendations at all. It's a guide. That's doesn't make it a good one. At most, it's largely mediocre.