Yeah, I feel the same way. I know how awesome I will be after 24, but I feel completely useless and like a porcelain doll at times.
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Yeah, I feel the same way. I know how awesome I will be after 24, but I feel completely useless and like a porcelain doll at times.
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exactly my friend....
does anyone want to help out two needy wolfspiders? 
This is what I leveled up with, but then again I stayed with the Wold powers after 24, I grabbed the Bane armor, cloaking device, and surveillance but otherwise i'm rocking the rifle at level 45 and going strong.
never felt weak or that I wasn't contributing.
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.401
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Level 23 Natural Arachnos Soldier
Primary Power Set: Arachnos Soldier
Secondary Power Set: Training and Gadgets
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Single Shot -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(5), Dmg-I(7), Dmg-I(19)
Level 1: Wolf Spider Armor -- ResDam-I(A)
Level 2: Burst -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(3), RechRdx-I(3), Dmg-I(5), Dmg-I(7), Dmg-I(19)
Level 4: Combat Training: Defensive -- DefBuff-I(A)
Level 6: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(15)
Level 8: Heavy Burst -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(9), RechRdx-I(9), Dmg-I(15), Dmg-I(17), Dmg-I(23)
Level 10: Tactical Training: Maneuvers -- EndRdx-I(A), DefBuff-I(11), DefBuff-I(11)
Level 12: Venom Grenade -- Acc-I(A), EndRdx-I(13), RechRdx-I(13), RechRdx-I(17), Dmg-I(23)
Level 14: Super Speed -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 16: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 18: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(21), EndMod-I(21)
Level 22: Mental Training -- Run-I(A)
Level 24: [Empty]
Level 26: [Empty]
Level 28: [Empty]
Level 30: [Empty]
Level 32: [Empty]
Level 35: [Empty]
Level 38: [Empty]
Level 41: [Empty]
Level 44: [Empty]
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Conditioning
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Poisonous Ice 50 Ice/Rad
Icy Jax 50 Ice/SS
Jaxon Penn 50 Shield/Mace
Cpt Clax 50 Thugs/Dark
Lady BlackIce 50 Dark/Cold
Lady Black Ice 50 Dark/Ice
Bella Jax 50 Storm/Sonic
Operative Jax 50 SoA
Level 50 Trick Arrow Alts
TA/A-Plant/TA-Bots/TA
Level 50 Claws Scrappers
SR-Regen-DA-Invul-WP-FA
thanks JAX, ill try this build and get back to you
edit: is it neccassary to go for stamina if its just for the 3 levels?
I've been doing much better. I reslotted and finally got the hang of the play style I needed for the character. I do die more than on any other AT, but I don't feel useless anymore. I just have 3 more levels to go to get my legs though and then everything changes. Hopefully for the better.
I left out stamina on all my pre 24 veats. I went for more attacks myself.
Spines/ D A lvl 50 Scrap, stone/wm lvl 50 tank, Kat/reg lvl 50 Scrap
Grav/Kin lvl 50 Cont, Fire/Enegry lvl 50 Blast
Warshade lvl 50, PB lvl 39, nightwidow lvl 50, crab lvl 42
plant/thorns lvl 50 dom, ice/fire lvl 40 dom, grav/nrg lvl 41 dom
My mind is foggy all of a sudden, I know I used that beginning after my level 24 respec and I think I had Stamina before that as well. I do not think it's mandatory, but by level 24 you have so few slots for powers that I like having a couple of powers that can contribute without much slotting, hence fitness pool.
I aimed my build at softcapping Ranged and AoE defenses and they focusing on ranged attacks. So I basically kept all my pre 24 power choices, I did grab the Bane armor on the level 24 respec and have added Cloaking Device and Surveillance. It's a blast to play, as it's a ranged alt that suits my personal style.
Poisonous Ice 50 Ice/Rad
Icy Jax 50 Ice/SS
Jaxon Penn 50 Shield/Mace
Cpt Clax 50 Thugs/Dark
Lady BlackIce 50 Dark/Cold
Lady Black Ice 50 Dark/Ice
Bella Jax 50 Storm/Sonic
Operative Jax 50 SoA
Level 50 Trick Arrow Alts
TA/A-Plant/TA-Bots/TA
Level 50 Claws Scrappers
SR-Regen-DA-Invul-WP-FA
Hey all, i just got a bane to fiddy and i wanted to try a crab out. However the first time through (my bane) in the first 24 levels, i was absolutely terrible. I was really squishy and did terrible damage. I'm not sure if it was just my powerchoice or slotting or what. So i was wondering if this time i could get a little help on making a pre-branch build.
Thanks!!