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My ill/kin is sitting at 93.8% global recharge so PA isn't perma out of the box. However, if I can double stack Siphon Speed it brings PA's recharge down to 60 seconds; difficult targets let me occasionally triple stack SS to further reduce that 57 seconds. It is expensive to achieve; mostly in getting the 3 LotG's I have in my build. However, there's still room in the build for more recharge. I could, for example, grind out the purple sets for AoE and ranged sets for an extra 13% or so that would give me perma-PA with two SS's.

When I first took my dom to Paragon, still a rogue but only because of tip mission limits, a defender on the team skipped me over with buffs and hostilely roleplayed against me including the suggestion that the team "watch their backs". My reply, "I'll be way ahead of you, showing you how it's done." Then, as doms do, I locked everything down so the team could steamroll them.

Other than that one I've had some pretty good teams. I played with an emp that kept me Fort'ed and AB'ed, which was quite nice.

Ooh... by the mangaka of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. That sells it for me.

Where's the villain option? Given enough power I'd rule with an iron fist. I've been stocking up on mustache wax for just such a day.

I was finally able to see this over the weekend. It was... meh. The secondary characters that I loved in the comics were all skimmed over in the movie. The problem there is that Scott's background and real character is revealed through the relationships he had with the people around him; it's no wonder reviewers saw him as a blank slate for the audience to project themselves on. A great deal of the nuance and characterization was lost in this re-interpretation.

I also think Cera's casting for the part was a poor choice. He came across far too insecure while comic book Scott's defining trait was willful ignorance. Coupled with the Cera backlash, he probably did little to aid the movie.

For anyone even slightly interested in the story, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the comics over the movie even if it is a harder medium for some folks to swallow; it's just that much better. The movie did have a few good qualities to it, but they won't be enough to save it.

Amongst my hobbies are a few not so pleasant tibbles, for example, taking a naive young stone tank to face Carnies.

It's a shame to still see it in there. People will eventually use it in there builds even with the potential for it being replaced eventually, which will invariably lead to a stink being raised if/when it does. It's not like they had to look far for a replacement; Pulverize or Shatter from Bane Spiders would have worked fine with little adjusting.

I have a fire/forcefield which can be a lot of fun. Unfortunately, it wasn't always that way. Fire is a bit of a late bloomer, at least until you can get its endurance issues under wraps, and forcefields can be a bit boring. There are some good things about the combination though.

Dispersion Bubble lets you keep Hot Feet running without worrying about a lot of mezzes. It also provides a nice bit of personal defense, which layered with Weave and one of the defense armors from Stone or Ice, make it not too difficult to soft-cap to lethal/smashing. The ally shields can make the Imps a bit sturdier too when you're running alone.

I tried the Leadership pool at one point; it's definitely good for the team, but it comes with a caveat. Tactics will drive the Imps wild. It offers +perception in addition to +tohit. That means the Imps may lock on to mobs normally outside of their perception range and they will run to them, revealing more enemies to whom they will run. I found them over-aggro'ing much more often with Tactics than without.

As for epic pools, I went with Stone. It offers a defense based armor, a self-heal, a nice close ranged AoE, and a mag 4 hold for quickly taking out trouble mobs (exotic damage types and anything with a sleep). Ice also has a defense based armor as well as a health/end recovery tool in Hibernate. It also offers two AoE's to toss on top of the damage you'll get from Hot Feet. For a very team-oriented build, I would consider Primal for Powerboosted shields though Conserve Power also would help with Fire/FF's endurance issues.

, against even con minions, -35% tohit is the equivalent of 35% defense. Unfortunately, it's a bit more complicated due to resistances and level scaling.

For example, at +2 debuffs are only 80% as effective, reducing that -28% tohit. It's further complicated by mobs that have resistance to debuffs like AV's, from 60-87% of the total debuff. Defense, on the other hand, is a flat value. If you have 30% defense you'll get the same return against minions up to +5.

So against even level enemies -tohit = defense; against higher level enemies and AV's -tohit is resisted while defense is not.

I don't have a lot of dom experience, but I do play controllers a lot so my advice my favor that side a bit.

Random suggestions:

• Drop the end/recharge/hold from Basilisk's Gaze. Replace with acc/recharge/hold from Essence of Curare. That will bring your accuracy up to 75% as well.
• Drop the chance for knockback from Stalagmites. It's a mag 6 knockback so it tends to spread enemies a good bit.
• I like Dark Watcher's Despair in Earthquake. Enhancing the -tohit helps keep enemies from shooting back in between bounces and you can pick up a cheap 5% recharge with just 4 slots.
• Replace the damage/range in Fissure with the damage proc. As it is slotted, you're biting into diminishing returns. The proc will provide more damage than the 3% gained to damage and you're likely to be in melee range to use your other powers anyway.
• Consider Powerboost. In addition to boost your mezzes, it will boost the -defense in most earth control powers and the -tohit in Earthquake. It will also boost your defensive powers for it's duration, which can be handy when you're opening on a group.

I do believe Shark Skin is a resistance based power, not defense. The only defense based shield in the Patron Pools comes from Mace Mastery.

The PPP do present some interesting options. If nothing else I have considered Scorpion Shield just for that fact that it isn't nearly as ugly as Rock Armor.