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Help me find a corruptor I like

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Originally Posted by Crysys

You may not like to play this way but I'll give you the one tip that REALLY helped me fall in love with Corrupters.

Quit thinking of yourself as a team support player or an "upside down" defender. That's highly limiting to your role.

Think of your secondary as being there SOLELY for your own use. Fire/Dark....Tar Patch is there to hold the critters while you drop Rain of Fire and Fireballs on their heads. Ice/Time....TJ +softcapped defense is there so you can tank-n-spank by herding and dropping Ice Storm and Blizzard all by yourself. And your heals (if you have them) are there as YOUR heals first and foremost. No "Gather for AM!" or worrying about buffing individuals. You buff when the power helps you, or you have nothing else to do (which should be very, very rare if you follow the above advice).

Now by doing these things you ARE bringing assistance to the team in that stuff is dying faster and everyone is earning more xp at a faster rate. But you aren't the supporting cast with your secondary...they are there to make your killing more efficient and harder hitting. I do really selfish things (to a Defender mindset anyways) like skipping my buff other powers unless I have no other useful power choices. But I slot the heck out of the powers I do take for my own damage, defense and recharge efficiency which correspondingly helps the team by making me a better killer.

That change in mindset is liberating and for me made me LOVE the corrupter class. And you'll start slotting differently too, choosing powers not for their support utility but rather for their ability to strengthen your offense. And your teams will be totally shocked when they realize that YOU can tank, YOU can hold aggro and by sticking close to you their own defense and damage output is multiplied greatly. Its the perfect team scenario....by being your best solo, you are helping the team.

Sounds weird maybe but I suggest you try it. I've T4'd out more than 10 toons on Incarnate trials now, and 5 of those are Corrupters. Easily one of the most powerful toons in the game when built properly to maximize their OWN efficiency.

My current recommendations for power-gamer Corr builds are Fire/Dark (tried and tested) or Ice/Time (inexpensive IO slotting and you can cap defense to EVERYTHING and still retain 190%+ global recharge. Seriously.) With either build...you can Tank almost as good as a Tanker but with debuffing and your AOE's drop down death like a Fury-induced Brute or a suicidal blaster on crack.

I have no desire to play a support toon playstyle. Like I said, I can't stand buffing and healing, it bores the crap out of me. I want powers that debuff or buff myself. I don't mind skipping powers that can't benefit me, but I don't want to end up skipping half my secondary because the powers can't benefit me at all.

Edit: Dark sounds good, I've played it a little before on a mastermind, and I liked it. I'm not really familiar with what time brings to the table. Traps might be good too. My first character ever in this game was a fire/devices mastermind, and it would be fun to remake him, but less sucky.

Help me find a corruptor I like

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Since the day I heard about them, I liked the idea of corruptors. I've always loved blasters, and been annoyed by their squishiness. The idea of trading in my (largely useless) manipulation secondary for a nice support secondary to help keep me alive has always been attractive to me.

In practice though, I've never liked them for some reason. A lot of the support sets don't fit my playstyle well. I mostly play on medium to large teams, and constantly healing people or putting shields up on them bugs the crap out of me. I love kinetics (I've got a couple of /kin controllers) but I don't like playing up in melee with a corruptor. And every time I try to play one, every time I attack I keep saying to myself 'if this was a blaster, i'd be doing so much more damage'.

So I come to you, the forumites, with the hopes that someone can suggest something for me to try that I'd like. I WANT to like corruptors, I just don't seem to be able to. I want something that is near blaster levels of damage, but more survivable, and doesn't focus heavily on buffing or healing. Does such a thing exist?

Starting my next major project

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I've decided on my next High-end build. A dark/shield scrapper. I want him to be capable of soloing AVs, as well as handling incarnate content without too many problems. Goals for the build are Softcapped positional defenses, perma-hasten, and enough added mitigation tools to deal with the higher base to-hit of praetorian critters. The build below meets those criteria, but I'd like advice on whether it can be improved any. Price isn't really an issue.

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Darkling Aegis: Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Dark Melee
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Smite

(A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
(3) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
(3) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
(5) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
(5) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
(15) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)

Level 1: Deflection

(A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
(7) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
(7) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
(9) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed

Level 2: Battle Agility

(A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
(9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
(11) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
(11) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed

Level 4: True Grit

(A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
(21) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance
(42) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
(48) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
(48) Doctored Wounds - Heal
(50) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge

Level 6: Super Jump

(A) Jumping IO

Level 8: Siphon Life

(A) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge
(23) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
(43) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Recharge
(43) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance
(43) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative)
(46) Healing IO

Level 10: Active Defense

(A) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 12: Combat Jumping

(A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed

Level 14: Spring Attack

(A) Obliteration - Damage
(17) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
(17) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
(19) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
(19) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
(23) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 16: Against All Odds

(A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 18: Dark Consumption

(A) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
(25) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
(25) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge
(31) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
(31) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge

Level 20: Phalanx Fighting

(A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
(21) Luck of the Gambler - Defense

Level 22: Hasten

(A) Recharge Reduction IO
(48) Recharge Reduction IO
(50) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 24: Boxing

(A) Accuracy IO

Level 26: Soul Drain

(A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
(27) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
(27) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
(29) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
(29) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
(31) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up

Level 28: Grant Cover

(A) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +3% Res (All)

Level 30: Tough

(A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)

Level 32: Midnight Grasp

(A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
(33) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
(33) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge
(33) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
(34) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
(34) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)

Level 35: Shield Charge

(A) Obliteration - Damage
(36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
(36) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
(36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
(37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
(46) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 38: One with the Shield

(A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance
(39) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
(39) Aegis - Resistance
(39) Aegis - Psionic/Status Resistance
(40) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge

Level 41: Weave

(A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
(42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
(42) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed

Level 44: Dark Blast

(A) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge
(45) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
(45) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge
(45) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance
(46) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative)

Level 47: Shadow Meld

(A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge

Level 49: Summon Widow

(A) Soulbound Allegiance - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
(50) Soulbound Allegiance - Damage/Recharge

Level 50: Spiritual Core Paragon
Level 50: Void Radial Final Judgement
Level 50: Reactive Radial Flawless Interface
Level 50: Rebirth Radial Epiphany
Level 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 0: Portal Jockey
Level 0: Task Force Commander
Level 0: The Atlas Medallion
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Level 2: Swift

(A) Empty

Level 2: Health

(A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
(13) Numina's Convalescence - Heal
(13) Miracle - +Recovery
(15) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration

Level 2: Hurdle

(A) Empty

Level 2: Stamina

(A) Performance Shifter - EndMod
(34) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge
(37) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
(37) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge
(40) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy
(40) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End

Level 1: Brawl

(A) Empty

Level 1: Critical Hit
Level 1: Sprint

(A) Empty

Level 2: Rest

(A) Empty

Level 4: Ninja Run
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Set Bonus Totals:

21% DamageBuff(Smashing)
21% DamageBuff(Lethal)
21% DamageBuff(Fire)
21% DamageBuff(Cold)
21% DamageBuff(Energy)
21% DamageBuff(Negative)
21% DamageBuff(Toxic)
21% DamageBuff(Psionic)
16% Defense(Melee)
11% Defense(Smashing)
11% Defense(Lethal)
13.5% Defense(Fire)
13.5% Defense(Cold)
11% Defense(Energy)
11% Defense(Negative)
6% Defense(Psionic)
16% Defense(Ranged)
16.31% Defense(AoE)
51% Enhancement(Accuracy)
4% Enhancement(Heal)
72.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
15% FlySpeed
200.8 HP (15%) HitPoints
15% JumpHeight
15% JumpSpeed
MezResist(Held) 6.6%
MezResist(Immobilize) 6.6%
MezResist(Stun) 4.4%
MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
11.5% (0.19 End/sec) Recovery
84% (4.69 HP/sec) Regeneration
3% Resistance(Smashing)
6.78% Resistance(Fire)
6.78% Resistance(Cold)
3% Resistance(Energy)
3% Resistance(Negative)
3% Resistance(Toxic)
6% Resistance(Psionic)
3% Resistance(Lethal)
20% RunSpeed
2.5% XPDebtProtection

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Super Pack Suggestions

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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

And the chances of getting IO Salvage and IO recipes like LOTG, and dozens of others from Super Packs is precisely zero so I don't know what on earth YOU are going on about.

That's not entirely true. You can't get them directly, but you do get merits from them, which can buy IO recipes and salvage.

Forum Issue

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I've been away from the game for a few months, and came back a couple weeks ago. Ever since I came back, I've noticed something irritating about the forums. I CANNOT stay logged in. It doesn't matter whether I click the 'stay logged in' checkbox or not, every time I close my browser, the next time I open it, I have to log into the forums again. Is this a known issue or has anyone else had to deal with it?

Is there a fix for it?