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(1) I've been trying to find a way to use the monitor window (powers -> combat attributes) to monitor the Domination bar, but I'm unable to locate the attribute in the monitor window. Is it not possible to do so?
[/ QUOTE ] No need to, its right below your endurance bar.
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(2) I assume yes, but before I make plans to take the power pool I just need to verify. Does the Hasten power under the Speed power pool affect the global cooldown of the Domination power, and does if so, is it a recommended?
[/ QUOTE ] Yes as does set bonuses that increase recharge and outside buffs for recharge.
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(3) Once Domination is activated when you reach 50% on the domination bar, is there any further benifit to having a full domination bar or is it just window dressing at that point?
[/ QUOTE ] Domination can be activated only at 90% or higher when you click the domination button. Not trying to be smart here but there is a domination button. I have teamed with a few doms in the past that didnt know about the button.
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(1) Unfortunately, I don't think there is any particular way to monitor the level of dom in the attributes window. That said, it's probably not really needed - I find it pretty easy to keep an eye on the bar most times once you get used to it.
(2) Yes, hasten shortens the recharge time of the domination power and brings it back sooner (as do global recharge boosts from things like speed boost or IO set bonuses). For that reason, most people recommend hasten on dom builds. I personally don't think it's mandatory, but if you have an extra power choice it's certainly useful.
(3) Once your domination bar reaches 90% (not 50%), the domination power becomes available and can be clicked (assuming, of course, it's recharged). While it's active, the dom bar remains full, and yes, this is just window dressing in most cases, to remind you that you have domination active.
However, there is one case where the full bar during domination is important, and that is if you have enough recharge bonuses to allow domination to recharge before it expires. In this case, since your domination bar is still full, you can click domination again and reset the timer. If you can keep the level of recharge up, you can continue this cycle indefinitely and keep domination running forever, attaining what is called 'perma-dom'. As you might imagine, this is a very sought after state - doms LOVE speed boost, and it is one of the reasons that IO sets that grant recharge bonuses are so massively expensive on the villain market. However, this is also a very *difficult* state to attain - without buffs, you have to have hasten and about 70-80% recharge bonuses from sets at a minimum, and that tends to cost hundreds of millions of inf in most cases. As a new dominator player, I would not recommend worrying about permadom for now.
Also, if you're a new dominator player, I have to give one piece of advice. If your primary set has an AoE immobilize, unless you're plant I would seriously recommend skipping it, or at least putting it off until later. The damage they deal is utterly negligible (apart from plant, whose AoE immob does much more damage than normal), they provide next to no mitigation on their own, and they get the user a *lot* of aggro. The immob can be useful to prevent wandering after an AoE stun is used, but that's about it since doms don't get containment. If you take it for that purpose, don't use it willy-nilly - it's nigh useless on its own and *will* get you killed. Overenthusiastic use of the AoE immob is probably the number one cause of unnecessary low level dominator faceplants.
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Also, if you're a new dominator player, I have to give one piece of advice. If your primary set has an AoE immobilize, unless you're plant I would seriously recommend skipping it, or at least putting it off until later. The damage they deal is utterly negligible (apart from plant, whose AoE immob does much more damage than normal), they provide next to no mitigation on their own, and they get the user a *lot* of aggro. The immob can be useful to prevent wandering after an AoE stun is used, but that's about it since doms don't get containment. If you take it for that purpose, don't use it willy-nilly - it's nigh useless on its own and *will* get you killed. Overenthusiastic use of the AoE immob is probably the number one cause of unnecessary low level dominator faceplants.
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Hello all,
I just started a new dominator today and am trying to learn my way around their special Domination power. I had a few questions that are incredibly simple but I'm unable to find answers to specifically about the power.
(1) I've been trying to find a way to use the monitor window (powers -> combat attributes) to monitor the Domination bar, but I'm unable to locate the attribute in the monitor window. Is it not possible to do so?
(2) I assume yes, but before I make plans to take the power pool I just need to verify. Does the Hasten power under the Speed power pool affect the global cooldown of the Domination power, and does if so, is it a recommended?
(3) Once Domination is activated when you reach 50% on the domination bar, is there any further benifit to having a full domination bar or is it just window dressing at that point?
Thank you in advance for your answers and help!