Willowpaw

Big thanks to everyone for all the useful info. Now on a tangent here, I just timed my Fortunata pet from cast time to recharge time, and I have her recharge down to approximately 5 or 5 1/2 minutes. So then, with enough global recharge, would it ever be possible to have 2 Fortunatas out (even if only very briefly), or are the Patron pets coded Highlander style so that there can be only one?

Also, don't forget to email any inf you want to save to yourself as well, if you have a significant amount.

How do you determine just from the search window whether or not someone is already on a team?



I'm seeing columns for: Search Status, Level, AT, Origin (why?), Name, Current Map, and Search Comment. But I am not seeing any column showing Team or Solo. Is there a way to add additional columns to the search window? If not, perhaps the Origin Column should be replaced with Team Size.

That Karma is for when I am exemped low enough to not have the protection from the Kinetic Crash sets (like beneath level 18 or so). At that point, I would be missing most of the recharge bonuses, and would not have perma-dom.

Additionally, as I hinted in the first post in this thread, perma-dom is not that important now anyway due to the damage buff Dominators received, and I was just doing this as an FMI (For My Information) thing. I probably would not be hitting Domination every time it came up anyway. After all, didn't the damage buff outside of Domination come with a price (as in reduced damage while in Domination?), or am I misunderstanding things again.

But even though perma-dom is not that big a deal now, I still like having all this extra recharge anyway, to help my Seer come back more frequently for example.

Lastly, even if I did have the merits to spend on the LotG Global Recharge enhancer, I would not be able to get myself to use it, as the proceeds from the sale of one of those would be better spent on IOing out a couple other villains.

Good good. So it looks like getting either that last Malaise I need, the last 2 Posi's, or one of the Expedient Reinforcement recharge bonuses will put me over. Just lacking 4.25% with my current setup.

Doesn't look like perma Hasten is going to happen unfortunately, at least not when running solo. But that is not a big deal anyway.

First bit of advice is to go ahead and exercise the self discipline to take a much needed break every once in a while and stash (vault and storage bins) or sell anyway. A five minute breather to do in game maintenance and then step away from the keyboard is actually good for you, I think.

Otherwise, if you just can't stop, then either delete crap salvage or mail a few pieces to your global name, now that we can use in game email for sending stuff.

I know it isn't as important an issue now that Dominators have been buffed, but I would still be interested in knowing whether or not this plan for my Plants/Energy Dominator has achieved permadom. And if so, if it has been achieved at my current level (47).

I'm still trying to get the 5th Malaise's Illusions for my Seeds, 2 more Posi's for Dark Obliteration, and 3 more Expedient Reinforcements (once for the Fly Trap and one for the Seer, which would be slotted come 48.) Those just are not available at any price right now.

So, did I make it, or am I still lacking in the recharge department for permadom solo? (I know I get real close on teams with SB or AM, and have had it stacked 2 to 3 times a few times).

Also, what is needed for perma Hasten? Do I already have that now, or is it even possible?

Anyway, here is my plan in Willowpaw Format (Power/Enhancers/Slotting Levels). All of the generics are level 50. I can't even begin to name the levels for all of the individual set pieces. But I don't think that matters for this question.


01 => Power Bolt - Kinetic Crash(6) - 1/3/5/17/27/29
01 => Strangler - Neuronic Shutdown(5) - 1/3/5/7/7
02 => Bone Smasher - Stupefy(5) - 2/9/11/11/15
04 => Roots - ACC(2) - 4/9
06 => Air Superiority - Crushing Impact(5) - 6/19/21/23/31
08 => Seeds of Confusion - Malaise's Illusions(5) - 8/17/42/42/42
10 => Swift - RUN - 10
12 => Hasten - RCH(3) - 12/13/13
14 => Fly - FLY(2) - 14/15
16 => Combat Jumping - Winter's Gift: Slow Resistance / Karma -KB - 16/19
18 => Hurdle - JMP - 18
20 => Stamina - ENM(2) - 20/21
22 => Power Blast - Kinetic Crash(6) - 22/23/25/25/27/29
24 => Power Push - Kinetic Crash(6) - 24/36/37/37/37/39
26 => Carrion Creepers - Crash(6) - 26/31/34/34/36/36
28 => Total Focus - ACC / DMG - 28/34
30 => Vines - Neuronic Shutdown(5) - 30/31/43/46/46
32 => Fly Trap - Expedient Reinforcement(4) / Call to Arms(2) - 32/33/33/33/43/43
35 => Power Boost - RCH - 35
38 => Power Burst - Kinetic Crash(6) - 38/39/39/40/40/40
41 => Dark Consumption - ACC / ENM - 41/50
44 => Dark Obliteration - Positron's Blast(5) - 44/45/45/45/46
47 => Summon Seer - Expedient Reinforcement(4) / Call to Arms(2) - 47/48/48/48/50/50
49 => Super Speed - RUN - 49

I don't know if this really counts, since this is just a nameholder (very generic ugly costume on a server I don't yet play on (Infinity): Grey Earl at 1006 days.

I was pleased last night to discover that this works nicely with timed missions.

I wanted to open Regent Korol's arc before outleveling, but the arc opened with a timed mission. However, I was able to drop the mission and now the Contact info for her shows the arc as open, and I am now free to go do other things and run this arc at my leisure.

Thanks. Looks like I need to rethink some of my builds, since I was planning sets at 2 levels above the power they go in were taken (due to the way SSK is working) and thinking that loss of powers meant loss of bonuses.

Fortunately, I will only need to do this on bonuses I actually care about.

I know that when you exemp more than 3 levels beneath the level of your IOs, you lose the set bonuses from them.

What I am not quite clear on is, do you also lose those bonuses if the power they are in is not available?

For example, my Dominator is getting Summon Seer at 47, and I plan on at least 5 slotting it with Expedient Reinforcements for the recharge bonus.

Obviously, the Seer won't be available throughout most of the content I would likely be running due to the majority of the game being beneath level 47. However, if I were to slot level 35 ERs, would I still have that recharge bonus exemped down as low as 32, or would the bonus be lost and I may as well slot level 42 or higher ERs?

That 3 days for the sword is pretty long actually. I've had characters who got it at 30 or 31 make it well into the 40s before it expired. And that is one that you can get again via flashback anyway.

I am glad that we can now have up to 7 missions on our dockets. That makes it less painful to hold a mission slot and not report in after that Skulls hunt until the flashbang grenades are used up.

Another one I really like is the Arachnos disguise from Agent G. It provides perfect invisibility and does not suppress when you click a glowie. My procedure now for Agent G's arc is to do the first mission, then take the next one that gives the disguise, then stealth through the arc until the final mission. After that, I go do my radio missions and whatever else I feel like stealthing until the disguise is used up. And then I finish the arc.

I would also like to add as a reminder that if you are going to strictly use level 50 IOs (from sets that go that high), you will lose your set bonuses if you exemp down past level 47.

Personally, I believe that waiting until level 50 before getting into the IO system is waiting way too long. The trip to 50 is much more pleasant if you IO earlier. I am now going with generics until 27, and then starting at 27, I frankenslot as well as slot for set bonuses.

I have seen in various plans run through Mid's that if I am not careful when I frankenslot, I end up having wasted enhancement in many powers due to those aspects being capped (even at low levels). So no need to wait until 50 when you can be all that you can be even in your 40s and 40s.

Biggest frustration for me (moreso than the blasters who won't close in to melee range for the Kin's or Rad's heals and buffs) is seeing a teammate in serious need of a green or blue or breakfree or medium or large purple, trying to hand them one, and getting notification that they don't have room. Then a moment later, they faceplant.

Why carry them if you won't use them?


I am also now making heavier use of mediums and larges, since I know they are fairly trivial to get. I also like popping the holiday inspirations as well (usually one and a corresponding small. In fact, that is my reminder of which is which in my tray...keep the gift and equivalent small in the same column)