heroesjunkie

Ive been playing with MIDS seven ways from sunday trying to get the specifics down, maybe someone can help me do the math:

In most builds i can get domination recharge from anywhere to 70-88 secs. this number reflects HASTEN which I can get down to around 125-145 seconds depending on how frisky I get with cost. My question pertains to how the math affects the short downtime for hasten. Im worried about the recharge changes to DOMINATION during this HASTEN downtime. I cant quite grasp the math needed to figure it out. I am worried about having to stare at my skillbar to make sure I hit HASTEN the instant its ready as well as DOMINATION. It would really suck to keep this in the back of my head so much to avoid a crash that I cant focus as well. Im trying to eliminate the need for purple sets and more than 3 recharges on HASTEN as much as I can. I understand there will be a need for 1 or more purple sets to get the 10% bonus.

On another topic, Ive removed Psi Scream in Leu of Dark Obliteration for the same bonus set. Ive noticed MIDS claims DO to be 95 base damage and Psi Scream at 75. However The enhancement menu puts DO at 45 base damage for lvl 50. That put a big kink in my build but Im unwilling to accept a cone as opposed to a Targetted AoE so I dont have to boogy around to get max targets. It doesnt fit in my PBAoE play style Im trying to achieve. Ive yet to try it out though. Does anyone use DO and am I to expect only 100 damage from it every 10-12 seconds? Doesnt seem as enticing as I anticipated...

Can anyone verify?

New mids says DOM Soul Master Dark Obliteration has a base damage of 95
Old mids claims something like 45ish
Ghost Widow plaque in GV says base damage of 35ish

I dont have any high level Doms that can verify this data in game yet. Based on new mids, I have a build where Dark Oblit replaces Psi Scream (base 75 damage) in a Fire/psi PBAoE build. This way I dont have to boogey out of a mob to cone them and loose some efficiency from hot feet in the process. I can get Dark Oblit down to about 12 sec fairly inexpensively, but if the damage is going to considerably lower than new Mids claims, Ill have to rework this idea

SO as far as having enough recharge to obtain permadom status, what about the crash and the time spent having to rebuild domination before you can use domination again? Is that still permadom or am I missing something? The way I see it, you crash and your domination is reset regardless if it is recharged.

My proposed fairly inexpensive PvE fun build as discussed in the above post: 70 recharge bonus. Fanatics look elsewhere

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Archetype: Dominator
Primary: Fire Control
Secondary: Psionic Assault
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01: Char => Devastation(1), Devastation(11), Devastation(46), Devastation(46), Lockdown(50), Lockdown(50)
01: Psionic Dart => Accuracy(1)
02: Fire Cages => Enfeebled_Operation(2), Enfeebled_Operation(3), Enfeebled_Operation(3), Enfeebled_Operation(9), Enfeebled_Operation(9)
04: Mind Probe => Crushing_Impact(4), Crushing_Impact(5), Crushing_Impact(5), Crushing_Impact(7), Crushing_Impact(7)
06: Hurdle => Jump(6)
08: Combat Jumping => Luck_of_the_Gambler(8)
10: Hasten => Recharge(10), Recharge(11)
12: Flashfire => Stupefy(12), Stupefy(13), Stupefy(13), Stupefy(15), Stupefy(15), Recharge(17)
14: Super Jump => Jump(14)
16: Health => Numinas_Convalesence(16), Miracle(17)
18: Cinders => Basilisks_Gaze(18), Basilisks_Gaze(19), Basilisks_Gaze(19), Basilisks_Gaze(43), Lockdown(43), Lockdown(43)
20: Stamina => Efficacy_Adaptor(20), Efficacy_Adaptor(21), Efficacy_Adaptor(21), Efficacy_Adaptor(37), Efficacy_Adaptor(37), Efficacy_Adaptor(40)
22: Drain Psyche => Doctored_Wounds(22), Doctored_Wounds(23), Doctored_Wounds(23), Doctored_Wounds(25), Doctored_Wounds(25)
24: Boxing => Accuracy(24)
26: Tough => Impervium_Armor(26), Impervium_Armor(27), Impervium_Armor(27), Impervium_Armor(34)
28: Subdue => Devastation(28), Devastation(29), Devastation(29), Devastation(34)
30: Weave => Red_Fortune(30), Red_Fortune(31), Red_Fortune(31), Red_Fortune(31), Luck_of_the_Gambler(34)
32: Fire Imps => Expedient_Reinforcement(32), Expedient_Reinforcement(33), Expedient_Reinforcement(33), Expedient_Reinforcement(33)
35: Hot Feet => Multi_Strike(35), Multi_Strike(36), Multi_Strike(36), Multi_Strike(36), Multi_Strike(37)
38: Psychic Shockwave => Obliteration(38), Obliteration(39), Obliteration(39), Obliteration(39), Obliteration(40), EnduranceDiscount(40)
41: Dark Embrace => Impervium_Armor(41), Impervium_Armor(42), Impervium_Armor(42), Impervium_Armor(42)
44: Soul Drain => Obliteration(44), Obliteration(45), Obliteration(45), Obliteration(45), Obliteration(46)
47: Dark Obliteration => Positrons_Blast(47), Positrons_Blast(48), Positrons_Blast(48), Positrons_Blast(48), Positrons_Blast(50)
49: Acrobatics => EnduranceDiscount(49)

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01: Brawl => Empty(1)
01: Sprint => Empty(1)
02: Rest => Empty(2)

Im finding more and more that playing as a PBAoE style seems to mesh much better with surviveability. Im married to tough/weave as much as I can regardless of AT. (this will lead to my dom questions at the end) Experience has shown that if you get close to your enemies, you force them to switch to their melee attacks. In many cases a minion or whoever will have strong unique range powers that in many cases will negate tough/weave smash/lethal protection. A good majority of these critters only have a fist, baseball bat or pistol whip to give you, which is mediocre. Yes there are big blades and whatnot out there, but as a dom with tough and epic shields you should have over 50 resist against this. Also, once you force a switch to melee they tend to follow you which allows a tighter group and considerably boosts your PBAoEs which can have as small as an 8' range. Of course an alpha lockdown will prevent most movement in many cases. These strategies can help tremendously with a /psi dom since you can bolster the number of boosts with Drain Psyche and Soul Drain per cast. I dont have a perma hasten build, but its close enough for my taste without having to spend a couple extra bil for a more fanatical build.
Given the rant above, Ive decided to exclude Scream in Leu of Dark Obliteration. The base damage is higher, and as a targetted AoE used on the closest target it can be used as a PBAoE. Yes the recharge is longer, but I can still inexpensively get it to about 12 secs. Compared to having to pop out of the PBAoE to shoot a cone, your taking away from Hot Feet anyway. I dont see many toons out there with this power, how come?

This is also a build I havent yet achieved yet. From what I see, after dom crashes you still need to spend some time building up the bar before the next dom boost. Is that still considered permadom or am I missing something?

So Ive been rolling a Plant/Earth and a Mind/Fire. I love them both. Earth Assault plays well as a Point Blank set and Mud pots help. Plant is a good combo for it.
Im in love with a Mind/Fire for a more Single damage play style. FE really makes the set.
My concern is this...all I hear is permadom permadom permadom. Im ready to invest in both these builds pretty heavily to achieve perma. My concern is a future domination nerf. Any talk or rumors about this? I havent seen much chatter about a nerf but after playing doms more often, they are obviously overpowered in team play. Domination is always there for my lvl 30 and 44. Permadom or close to it seems unfair compared to other builds bonuses. Sure, containment boosts certain builds..but not all controller sets take advantage of this. Domination and near perma completely overpowers all doms, regardless of the powersets you choose. Id like some good educated input on possible nerfing before I spend my hard earned infamy to set a dom in an already ridiculous redside market.

On another topic (stupid question catagory) Do you have to create a toon in Preatoria in order to convert a toon to one side or another? Or can my uber set 50s transfer just as easily? ANd what about accolades? If my accoladed uber50 vil turns sides, can he obtain blueside accolades. Im talking about completely converting. ANd if this can be done...what if hes got uber infamy and 10 IOs on his person...will that make it over?
I know random questions are popping in my head as I type...but these are good questions that need answers

Is there a thread or special service for player who are interesed in selling/buying/trading SGs? I transferred from infinity to freedom and Im leaving behind the keys to a SG. I cant find much about this in any searches.

Nova Killers - former top 20 SG (slowly falling due to inactivity) maxed out user friendly base. I have recently moved the bulk of my toons to Freedom due to Infinity underpopulation. I have started a new sg on Freedom. I am interested in "selling" or trading SGs. Nova Killers currently has 2-3 low active rug rats running around. Nothing more besides a great maxed base and a lot of privacy. Since the active toons have left, I have used it mainly for my personal hoarding of enhancements and salvage. It worked very well for me in its prime. I have no use for it. During its prime, we spawned an "overfill" supergroup Nova Killers 2.0 which I have already handed down to an online friend. I have also inherited "Chaos Legacy" VG which has no active players. Im not sure what the prestige total is, but the base plot is maxed and it has double energy/control rooms. Since I dont have anything left on Infinity, these SG/VG are available for trade or influence/infamy.

It was a hard decision to leave Infinty, especially starting a SG from scratch and sculpting it into a top 20 with about 5 active players and their alts. Since all of them have moved on and there is little activity on Inifinity compared to other servers, its time to pass on the keys to a group of people or that special "solo" player that would like a VERY nice fortress of solitude.

Good Luck and farewell Infinity!.....I can be found @tapp

SG