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To my knowledge, Absorb Pain makes it so that you cannot heal "by any circumstances". Meaning, Regen Aura would do nothing.
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You must have MoG confused with Absorb Pain. MoG = no healing "by any circumstances" FYI I know it works as I said it I have played Emp since beta.
With recovery and regen aura + hasten you can heal all day long
Great guide and You can be healed with ab with regen. I think I would know 
LM or anyone else.
Are there numbers for how high a mag resistance Clear Mind grants? I've been curious about this for a while, and at least for PVP events it might be nice to know.
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"Curse you Perry the Plata...wait, is that Love Handel?" - Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, Phineas and Ferb
While the version 2.0 of my testing is still on-going it's taken a bit of a turn due to an unexpected internet outage at home that may go on for several weeks. I will continue it when my connection is reinstated.
If anyone would like to take up the torch, feel free, but if not I'll continue when I get home.
And to the above poster, no I have never manage to test the magnitude of Clear mind, but now with the arena there's a controlled way of doing it. If someone would like to do some testing, again, please feel free.
Did they reduce the Defense Buff from Fortitude?
Necropost'd!
Yes, the current boost from Fortitude is estimated to be 12.5% defense or so. Stargazer or Penelope can give more exact values, likely.
Also, for those interested, the sliding scale for controller efficiency is wider than Ladymage knew - it's estimated that some things, like recharge buffs, work at 100% for Controllers, while heals work at 88%, and defense/regeneration/recovery buffs seem to work at 75%.
One should note that as a Defender, ressurection theoretically costs a lot endurance (50.96 according to CoH/CoV Character builder), that does not take into account Vigilance. Everytime I have gone to fire-off Ressurection, it costs 5 endurance, maybe. One of the few times Vigilance is useful :P
I'm new to CoH and I really appreciated your guide. I have a few different toons on different servers to figure out which AT I like best. So far the Emp Defender is my favorite. I was wondering if you know of where I can find some advice on which enhancements to slot on the Emp power set. Thanks.
Woo, double necro'd! =O_O=
LadyMage is just that good. >_>
Heh, and to think I kept asking LadyMage in global if Fortitude's numbers were right. "You sure? Really? Hmmm... really sure?" <_<
I'd say that for slotting, O_Positive, you'll probably want three recharges in Fort, the Regen/Recov Auras, and Andren Boost. Clear Mind comes up fast enough that I just leave it alone, and Rez... well, put more slots in it only if you think you're going to get multiple deaths all the time. >_> I just went with the one.
I haven't gotten past 35 yet, but I'm intending to slot Defense into Fort (maybe 2 Def, 1 ToHit... or just 3 Def), and maybe some End Mods into Recov Aura. Heal Other and Healing Aura both have 3 Heals in them, and I think I've put one Recharge into Heal Other.
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Thanks for the help Pep_Cat! I will take that into consideration. I can't wait to get into the higher levels.
The only problem I have with Empathy is that it's pretty much a team-based powerset. Only three powers work on yourself, and you have no enemy debuffing ability. Now, as people are always asking for healers, you would think that it's not hard to get into a team. And it's not.
However, most of the time, the folks asking for healers are in the lower level range (Hollows comes to mind), and once you get higher up, you might find more teams, but of lower levels, which means exemping down. Good for inf/prestige, not so good at leveling up. <_<
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Peppermint Cat-- Lv50 Mewtant Ice/Eng Bls
Cool guide thanks
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You can't heal yourself or get healed when using Absorb Pain.
These things don't work:
Healing Inspirations.
Healing Aura.
Other heroes healing you.
Regen Aura and Adrenaline Boost are 'technically' not heals.
They are Regen buffs. Because of that, they work.
Things that can heal you:
Regeneration Aura
Another Empath's Adrenaline Boost
Fitness/Health
Your 'natural' health regen
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Utility Bot's right. +Regen does work when in the buffer. +Heal does not.