lantrill

Hi all.

I just returned to the game after a long abscence and would appreciate some advice.

This is my preliminary plan to level 40 which I would welcome comment on and also any suggestions for replacing the standard SO's I have chosen with
crafted ones as I have no real knowlege of these.

I also have no real knowledge of patrons as I left the game within a few months of COV release so would appreciate advice on how to proceed after level 40.

I should probably also say that im broke heh so any options have to be easily affordable.




Mercenaries:-

Soldiers : Acc Acc Dam Dam Dam (5)
Equip Merc : Rech (1)
Spec Ops : Acc Dam Dam Dam DisDur DisDur (6)
Serum : Rech (1)
Commando : Acc Dam Dam Dam (4)
Tactical Upg : Rech Rech Rech (3)


Dark Miasma:-

Twilight Grasp: Acc Acc Heal Heal Heal Recharge (5)
Tar Patch : Rech Slow Slow (3)
Darkest Night : EndCost ToHitDbf ToHitDbf ToHitDbf (4)
Shadow Fall : Def Def DamRes DamRes EndCost (5)
Fearsome Stare: Acc Acc Fear Fear (4)
Petrifyng Gaze: Acc Acc Hold Hold Rech Rech (6)
Dark Servant : Rech Rech Rech ToHitDbf (4)

Pool powers:-

Hover : Def (1)
Fly : FlySpd (1)

Assault : EndCost EndCost EndCost (3)
Tactics : EndCst EndCst ToHitBf ToHitBf ToHitBf (5)

Swift : RunSpd (1)
Health : Heal Heal Heal (3)
Stamina : EndMod EndMod EndMod (3)

I also considered Manouvers as a potential power but I understand its not that potent
for this AT.

Thanks for any help

Major look - lv 22 MM

Ah ok I see. thanks. Until I get SO 4 is fine then.

Zach, I just took a look at my enhancemnt screen, according to that my 3 level 20 DO give +55.1% damage and the 4 give +72.4.

That seems to differ with what you posted.

Well they seem like bad choices atm as they both seem to have little effect.

Hopefully you are right and S0's might make a difference.

Currently though I kind of wish I had a primary attack and assult instead.

When I hit 18 I decided to try out the bloody bay missions on different difficulty settings to see which offered the best xp rewards over time.

The mission I chose was listening post, where you need to destroy 3 pieces of equipment.

My mastermind is mercs/Dark. I made a couple of poor power choices (Manouveres and serum) which Im basically not using so hes not exactly optimal.

Mercs are slotted 4 damage 2 acc and spec ops is 4 damage 1 acc. They rarely miss orange and below with this setup.

Standard procedure for all fights was Tar patch and darkest night then let the soldiers do the work while I keep them alive. I have no primary attack myself. I put serum on Desmond (spec ops) for the boss fights but im dammed if I saw any difference to his performance.

Any way heres what I found.

VILLANOUS and MALICIOUS settings were very similar. Both had white and yellow minions. Gropus of 2-3 for villanous and mainly 4 for malicious. 2 seperate yellow lt's for bosses in Villanous and 3 yellow lt's + 1 orange boss for malicious. Trivial difficulty for both settings. Main differnce was more mobs in Malicious.

Xp for vilanous: 2511 in 17 minutes. 147.8 xp/min
xp for malicious: 3486 in 29 minutes. 120.2xp/min

VICIOUS and RUTHLESS settings. Again similar. Both had yellow and orange minions. Groups of 2-3 for vicious and up to 4 for Ruthless.Both had 4 orange lt's and 1 red boss guarding he equipment. Bosses could be trublesome if care was not taken, lost a soldier occasionly on Ruthless due to larger mob groups.

xp for Vicious : 3222 in 20 mins. 161.1 xp/min
xp for Ruthless : 4118 in 26 mins 158.4 xp/min

RELENTLESS setting. Orange and red minions in groups of 2-4. 3 Red lt's and a purple boss. Not as hard as I thought it might be. Boss only had 1 orange minion helping.

xp 4731 in 35 mins. xp/min 135/min

So from an purely xp perspective, for me anyway,Vicious and rutless provide the best gains.

I picked up 5 DO's in Relentless difficulty though which was nice.

One good tip for anyone doing this mission on the harder settings is that the equipment you need to destroy can be targetted with twilight grasp and it rarely misses these. Handy for the boss fights

If anyone else would care to do something similar with different builds I would be interested.

Major Look. lv 18 Mercs/Dark miasm MM. Union

Edit * Total xp gained was 96% of level 18 for these 5 missions

I was wondering if any beta MM's have had experience of the stealth power pool.

I read that MM,s are often quickly disposed of in PvP and though maybe stealth/invis/phase shift might help out.

I notice with my stalker though that Mission NPC's that are supposed to follow me cant seem to when I'm hidden, if our pets do this too then its obviously going tobe a non starter.