black_barrier

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  1. black_barrier

    cyclol

    what's an sg?
    vg wut?
  2. gale will ruin your day.

    but yeah, on a mm, kb protection isn't as important assuming that you know how to play your toon and manage your pets.
  3. black_barrier

    Rad/Rad

    it's just a draft build on the rad.
    it's level 17 and i have other stuff to build.
  4. black_barrier

    Rad/Rad

    DR is calculated on a per power recharge basis. so i slot accordingly. i find that 65% or so is noticeable. above that, pretty meh.

    i run without a resist armor with my fire/cold, and it sometimes sucks, but the fact is, freedom zone pvp (what his build was for up until say 2 hours ago) is full of (edited so avatea doesn't ban me) scrappers with bad accuracy, hence i dodge those A LOT.
  5. black_barrier

    Rad/Rad

    didn't look through it, but i just wanted to drop off mine here in hopes that you'll get a few ideas:

    Click this DataLink to open the build!

    it's definitely a work in progress here, but yeah.. just throwing it out there.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by CrazyJerseyan View Post
    Its pretty crazy...
    Based on DR, I think if whatever healing power being used recharges in under 8 seconds, you start getting back limiting returns. It seems like the same mechanics of when the devs implemeted ED...your return after slotting the same enhancement 3x is negligible.
    try dark blast under heal decay sometime if you want to get raged.
    your heavy hitter heals you for less than a green inspiration and it heal suppresses you. so awesome.
  7. i drone to win quite often.

    you're not hardcore enough.
  8. mostly agree with crop.

    i'd do the sonic/pain instead of the bs/regen though.
  9. trow sharks.

    or gloom.

    or something like that.


    go go on the damage procs.
    and take taunt, in case he doesn't have it.
    if he doesn't have taunt (because this sounds like "that kind of" duel (avatea is watching me)), there is no reason you should lose if you keep him taunted and range him while your heavy hitting EM attacks recharge.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by beyeajus74018 View Post
    sweet! a new pvp build thread! Can anyone tell me if my rad/rad corr would survive in pvp?
    He's not purpled out or anything, but has a pretty good build. Anyone ever try it?
    i made a rad/rad a few weeks back.

    i just wish we still had free 50s.

    it looks pretty good on paper, but it will really need ios (1500 hp minimum, heavy procs, a bit of dmg and high recharge for max AM uptime).
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Supermax View Post
    BB, do you have tactics on yur regin?

    I think if you can get away with not taking stamina (and getting tactics) due to really good recovery bonuses, then yeah, regin can't be bet. For those times where you really need to AS a FF or storm, you have MoG.
    yeah, i run a tactics build with really good recovery and a 35% dmg bonus (missing 2 ios, should be 37.5 in the end).
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Santorican View Post
    Another noob question, what needs to be focused on an archery/em build?
    in order of importance: kb prot, +dmg, +hp (enough to hit the cap, but no more), +rcgh, +rec
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ConFlict View Post
    wp stalkers get a built in self heal.
    and wp scrappers actually have to rely on rttc; which drops whenever someone looks at your toon.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Supermax View Post
    Yeah, a regen stalker is really god mode as far as survivability goes. Nothing can kill you 1v1. If anything gets close, you can just phase or hiber, like all stalkers.

    The (big) problem with regen is no perception and no repel protection. Especially the perception makes a really big deal. It's really annoying to not be able to see half the people in the zone.

    I don't think there's any question that regen is more survivable than WP. Even the biggest WP lovers have always admitted that. The thing that makes WP better overall is the almost-as-good survivability, combined with the offensive perks.

    To the OP: Just to make sure you understand, ninjitsu is not bad. It's just the ninja blade part of your original build that's weak. But if you're gonna make a new toon, you might as well do new powersets, so that the PvE won't be as boring.
    i think it all comes down to how much money you have.

    if you have an infinite bucket, like i did around i13, (when i rolled and io'd my spines/regen, rad/storm and elec/ea stalker), the performance you can get with the new io sets is astounding. i run stamina-less with tactics and assault and zero end issues.

    the pvp sets can add huge recovery bonuses if used right (same is the case with my rad/storm, which can summon all storm stuff or blast without running out of end forever).

    if you have money, or you think you can get the money, regen pays off exponentially. first, with the extra heal that wp doesn't get (a 850 pt heal is no joke); second, with the best "oh sh--" button a stalker can get outside of phase: MoG. Add to that how neatly it stacks with shadow meld and the ability to use shadow meld to set up AS's and the only thing that will ever give you trouble will be repel powers.
  15. black_barrier

    Tweaks and fixes

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by __Divine__ View Post
    Duel?
    after i un-screw my build. gotta run a respec. i changed a few things before that last 2v2 we did, and i hate it.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by __Divine__ View Post
    i love you barrier.
    **** off and die
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by __Divine__ View Post
    Anything -res wrecks regen stalkers. They dont have the HP to make up for it like scrappers can. You get it by ANYTHING with -res....you will already be in the -res percentages. Being you only have like 5% res to start of with. (cause of DR...without you get a whole 10%). Thats why regen is so lolz on stalkers. But hey if you like getting hit with 600 dmg from shout...go ahead. lolz
    850 pt heal + 500 pt heal + a 40% uptime of shadow meld = nothing will kill you solo. ever.
    on my regen, i can hit IH and ignore a psi blaster throwing willdoms at me, he hits aim and bu, i take the dmg and hit recon if i feel like it...

    also, most good wps don't take the resistance toggle. they never have.
  18. black_barrier

    Tweaks and fixes

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by __Divine__ View Post
    99% of the matches i lose on my rad are against doms...or something that has constant mez....if they make it like hurricane i will become OP as hell.
    the other 1% are fire/colds.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by __Divine__ View Post
    EM/WP > everything else. (waiting on smart comment from barrier regarding how he likes to impale things.....)
    damn right.

    being able to serve as both blaster and stalker in a kb is a huge huge huge advantage.

    impale > sharks when it comes to dealing with targets with halfway good reflexes.

    also, spines/regen > all unless there's a bubbler. but yeah, definitely better than an em/wp with one piddly heal having to rely on 30 minute shark animations for follow-up; and it's not like you have thunderstrike to make up for it...
  20. black_barrier

    Tweaks and fixes

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by macskull View Post
    Such as? Other than making the traps mobile, I can't see much changing with the set - it's designed as a stationary set, which unfortunately just doesn't work well in PvP, under any ruleset.
    Yeah... mac wait a sec i'm gonna get videos for this.

    edit:

    nerf traps: http://www.ffwd.com/videos/367332?ctid=9&cvid=42806 (minute 3 and onwards for the nasty stuff)
  21. black_barrier

    Tweaks and fixes

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EmpireForgotten View Post
    I probably wouldn't care about the retoggling if it didn;t freakin root me for 3 seconds or allow me to do anything. If it had an instant cast time I probably wouldn't care about the retoggle.
    yeah.. no root on the toggles (while keeping an activation time) would be a nice in-between solution that i'd like to see.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by __Divine__ View Post
    This is probaly the only defender left that is better then corrupter...all becuase of power BU. It serves kind of like a Aim that dark is missing. Also you get TF to help out with dmg. If you have end problems Conserve Power will help with that as well. Also the -tohit on it is crazy.....

    yeah, i disagree.

    PBU < Scorpion shield (ELUSIVITY, even if it's just a little).
    Add to that the fact that you can have perception and phase at the same time (a defender must have one or the other), and top if off with scourge.. yeah.

    you're way off.
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by __Divine__ View Post
    Freedom...and it really does not matter your pimary is on stalker as long as your ASing and not playing like most idiot stalkers. Don't get my wrong EM is WAY better but Ninja Sword will do. BTW if you happen to see my Archery blaster in zone...run....i eat ninjistu stalkers. lolz. Hitting thru teir 9 is so hawt.
    your blaster is the squishiest thing i've ever impaled in my life, divine.



    ok that didn't come out right.
  24. black_barrier

    Tweaks and fixes

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by __Divine__ View Post
    My rad would be so OP....i probaly would not lose to anything. This will never ...ever...ever...happen. If it did ...rads.... especially corrupter rads...would be very popular.


    yup.

    asking for this is akin to asking for stormies to get an aura heal.

    ridiculous.
  25. i'd reroll that into any of the following before spending any money on it:

    elec | spines | em / wp | regen | nin.


    otherwise, you're just gonna be disappointed when you can't kill bad players not because of your lack of skill but because of your build.