Two pieces of info I can give you:
1. Mid's Hero Designer with have all the IO info you need as well as help you plan oupt your character.
2. IOing out can be VERY expensive. VERY!
I'll leave the other questions to those who can better explain and go into deeper detail with them.
T. Hayes
@The Cleansing
well from the sounds of it, your wanting an AV solo'ist ... of your listed ones, spines is the worst choice for AV solo'ing, but the best choice for farming... i would go with your DM/SD for the final build goal for that, it's harder to attain the magic # of 45% than an SR but the utilities in DM give it the heal and the -tohit to stack on the def based SD plus the end recovery, plus SD also has one of the kewlest AoE attack in the game to help make up for DM's lack of AoE, but as such DM dominates the ST genre with its exotic damage type aswell, which will be your main focus when solo'ing AV's...
as for where to find info, paragonwiki is great and you will want to get Mid's Hero & Villain Designer (i'm sure someone will post the links)
low lvl AV's can be found in Faultline's story-line starting with Jim, aswell as a few odd others all arround Paragon
as far as market help goes, just keep playing and you'll get drop's that will fund you by selling at WW, when you hit lvl 12 upgrade to DO's and at 22 upgrade to SO's, you shouldnt really worry too much about IO's till late game, except for a few unique exceptions, such as the steadfast protection Unique IO of res/+3 def and such for example
Favorit this:
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Main_Page
IO sets:
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Invent...hancement_Sets
Arch Villz:
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Category:Archvillains
go here http://www.fusionforce.us/mids.asp and play with the builder for a few hours, it will help a lot
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Pardon my IOgnorance (IO ignorance), but I always just use the enhancements from the sellers near Ms. Liberty.
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What? You buy TOs? I never do that, even before IOs were introduced. They just don't provide enough bang for your buck. Hell, even generic IOs are better.
Three simple IOs Every Scrapper should have,
- The Steadfast Def Unique
- The Kismet Acc unique
- The Performance Shifter unique
Thats all you should need for the majority of the game, and you'll get change from 20mil
After that though, IOs become a strange, murky and expensive landscape, my single piece of advice is get the Field CrafterAccolade. You'll learn everything you need to know about the market doing this, (salvage prices, how to turn inf into more inf, etc) because an high end IO build isn't cheap, and you'll need a way to pay for it
Thanks again to all with the replies, much appreciated
You haven't learned how to walk, and you're already thinking of winning marathons? Hmm, I'd slow down a little there pal. Enjoy the view, maybe smell some roses and whatnot...
Pardon my IOgnorance (IO ignorance), but I always just use the enhancements from the sellers near Ms. Liberty.
All of my scrappers are lvl 11 or lower til one stands out from the rest. Usually rotate thru dm/sd, spines/dark, spines/wp, kat/reg, and fm/sr. Been eyeballing a claws/?.
They are all fun in their own way, so I haven't narrowed down one to level to afford the enhancements.
These are my main questions:
Where is a good source of information for the different types of enhancements and sets I see mentioned in the forums? (SO,IO, and whatever else there may be)
What level(s) should I start using them?
With only low level toons, will I need to focus on one to make some money to afford my enhancements?
Where is a list of AV's and their locations, so I can find them eventually? I've seen Werner's, Powerforge's and Nihilli's AV victory lists <triple salute there>, but not sure of the locations.
Are there any low level AV's to take a stab at while I level?
Sadly, my IOgnorance is only superceded by my Market knowledge for making money. Any market help or sources might not hurt either....tyvm also.
Thanks to all for any knowledge passed along. I rarely post, but I enjoy scanning the scrapper forums to see new builds, fun scrapper ideas, videos, and AV victories of the other scrappers <salute>.
Scrapping til my first AV falls....
<insert evil ***cough good*** laugh here>