Plotting and Scheming a Solo Recluse Strike Force
By
AlienOne,
Posted on: 2009-06-18 22:08 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I know. We're talking about someone who soloed the RSF prior to i15, so it would be the old rules. Old or new, however, as far as the mez duration goes, it still just appears as a line-item in each mez power description. Furthermore, it looks like you only get double-mag effectively for the normal mez duration and then sinlge-mag for the remaining domination-extended duration. e.g.
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+17.88s Held (mag 3) PvE only
+26.82s Held (mag 3) PvE only, in Domination
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i once one shotted a tower buffed LR with my stalker........................................... ............just sayin
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i once one shotted a tower buffed LR with my stalker........................................... ............just sayin
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Hax!
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I took a +178% recharge or so Mind/Psy Dominator and was unable to perma-hold 53 Heroes in AE. I would love to see what I was doing wrong.
You didn't stack enough holds. Check my numbers on page 3 of this thread. You need to stack 11 Holds in about 34 seconds. That requires over 200% Global Recharge. You can get by with a little less if you get some IO set bonuses or overslot your hold to increase your duration. Telekinesis would also help, but you may need a couple Minions around for Drain Psyche to keep your blue bar up.
Next time, grab a Temporary Power: Power Analyzer Mk III and see how much Hold you're stacking.
Goodbye and thanks for all the fish.
I've moved on to Diablo 3, TopDoc-1304
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You didn't stack enough holds. Check my numbers on page 3 of this thread. You need to stack 11 Holds in about 34 seconds. That requires over 200% Global Recharge. You can get by with a little less if you get some IO set bonuses or overslot your hold to increase your duration. Telekinesis would also help, but you may need a couple Minions around for Drain Psyche to keep your blue bar up.
Next time, grab a Temporary Power: Power Analyzer Mk III and see how much Hold you're stacking.
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How would the Mind/Fire listed previously handled endurance? Are Stamina, Domination and IOs enough? Could a Mind/Fire have a better shot?
You figure it out! Take into account the END cost of TK and attacks. Attack chain should be Dominate, Blaze, Dominate, Fire Blast. Replace Fire Blast with Incinerate if there's enough time, but there may not be. Balance that against Stamina, IOs, Domination, and Consume. Dominate needs to be frankenslotted with HOs for Acc, Dam, Hold, and Recharge. You'll lose damage if you put END Reduction in it. My gut feeling is that Mind/Fire doesn't have the damage output alone, even if they do have enough END. No Regen debuff, and no pets or Hot Feet. While a non-Psi Mind Dom can solo an even con AV without twinking, it takes quite a while. A +3 AV may just be too much. An HVAS or a Longbow Heavy might be enough to tip the scales, as they have Regen debuffs and can provide more damage.
Goodbye and thanks for all the fish.
I've moved on to Diablo 3, TopDoc-1304
I came close to soloing this with my Mind/Fire Permadom, I got up to the last mission but the FP are just too unpredictable. CONFUSE is the strategy. You just need to find which AV/Hero can kill each other and set them to kill each other. 
I know I can do this eventually if I have the patience, the furthest I have gotten was with 4 Heroes remaining in the last mission.
I have a couple of screenshots from an earlier run I did paired up with another Mind/ Dom, when my build wasn't completed. It's the same strategy.
Confusing Mnyx
Confusing BaBs
Seems like several players have done this with Confuse. I'll be attempting it with a Stalker. *EDIT* and an arsenal of Nuclear weapons.
I think I'm going to try this again when I have time. I'll report back.
This thread makes for an interesting read, but I had to laugh at this:
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The STF had been doen a handfull of times by Illusion/Rads, and I know of one RSF being soloed by a mind/fire dom.
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I've had an Ill/Rad at 50 forever now (though he isn't exactly IO'd out) and if ever I've had a character that could solo things he shouldn't be able to, it's him.
Even on Test running the new TF's before they went live I was doing enough psionic damage to make a real difference on Reichsman while everyone else just wailed away at him to no effect.
I would never have the patience to pluck my way through something like this, though. I don't have the time to farm the cash I'd need for the build and I'd go mad watching the AV's go down that slowly. I'm always impressed when other people pull things like this off, though.
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I don't have the time to farm the cash I'd need for the build and I'd go mad watching the AV's go down that slowly.
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It takes about 4 minutes for my Ill/Rad to take down your average AV. Though granted, she has a VERY expensive build.
Goodbye and thanks for all the fish.
I've moved on to Diablo 3, TopDoc-1304
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Seems like several players have done this with Confuse. I'll be attempting it with a Stalker. *EDIT* and an arsenal of Nuclear weapons.
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I'm curious if you've made any progress on this, Smurphy?
I started this again last night with my Mind/Fire. Only had time to do the first mission. Here's some screenshots 
Dominating Crimson
Crimson Down
Win
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each application of domination does +50% duration, and increases the magnitude of confuse *shrugs*
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You sure about that? Domination, the inherent power, does enhance damage so stacking Domination stacks the damage bonus(snip)
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Now with i15 this is no longer true. The Domination bonus was added to the base damage modifier for Doms. So now domination only improves Status resistance and increases mag of mezzing attacks.