There is a 5% change for a 5 second Build up every time it has a chance to fire. That means every time a click power (it's slotted in) is activated, or every 10 seconds for a toggle or auto power. The response to you was talking about averages over time.
In a word, "poorly."
I only have it slotted because of the defense bonus that the set offers. Otherwise it's infrequent enough and short enough that I can never rely on it to go off when I want it to. If it does actually go off in combat, I don't even notice it.
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In a word, "poorly."
I only have it slotted because of the defense bonus that the set offers. Otherwise it's infrequent enough and short enough that I can never rely on it to go off when I want it to. If it does actually go off in combat, I don't even notice it.
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Just for the heck of it, I slotted that enhancement into Invincibility so that it checks every 10 seconds. (The rest of the enhancements include a taunt set and a damage proc). I notice the damage proc going off from time to time cause I can see the numbers, but I don't notice the BuildUp going off either. If I open the chat and combat monitor and watch for it, I can see it pop up but it pretty much only lasts for 1 attack, and only if I happen to be attacking that moment instead of taunting.
It's pretty useless in my opinion, but I leave it there anyway. lol
I only have one character that has this slotted, and it is my MA/SR scrapper in his Focus Chi power, which has the full 6 piece Gaussians set, for the Defensive Set bonuses.
Since Focus Chi is itself a BU power, any benefit I receive from the proc would be right at the first one or 2 attacks after the proc fires. I never really notice it being a wow experience any more than an unexpected critical would.
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Does the Gaussian's proc get multiple chances to go off if it is slotted into an AOE, such as Soul Drain, that hits several targets?
Like most Procs, I consider it to be a 100% chance of providing the final set bonus in the set. No more, no less. 
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Like most Procs, I consider it to be a 100% chance of providing the final set bonus in the set. No more, no less.
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Does the Gaussian's proc get multiple chances to go off if it is slotted into an AOE, such as Soul Drain, that hits several targets?
[/ QUOTE ] No. It checks once when the power goes off. The number of targets does not matter in any way. In toggles, it checks once every 10 seconds as well.
For damage procs, it's still the same. It doesn't check each target individually. If the proc hits, it should hit every target that is affected by the power.
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I only have one character that has this slotted, and it is my MA/SR scrapper in his Focus Chi power, which has the full 6 piece Gaussians set, for the Defensive Set bonuses.
Since Focus Chi is itself a BU power, any benefit I receive from the proc would be right at the first one or 2 attacks after the proc fires. I never really notice it being a wow experience any more than an unexpected critical would.
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Although I like this Idea, wouldn't be better to have it auto fire, so you get more chances for it to go off? Every 10sec compared to around 15-24sec for Focus Chi recharge?
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I only have one character that has this slotted, and it is my MA/SR scrapper in his Focus Chi power, which has the full 6 piece Gaussians set, for the Defensive Set bonuses.
Since Focus Chi is itself a BU power, any benefit I receive from the proc would be right at the first one or 2 attacks after the proc fires. I never really notice it being a wow experience any more than an unexpected critical would.
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Although I like this Idea, wouldn't be better to have it auto fire, so you get more chances for it to go off? Every 10sec compared to around 15-24sec for Focus Chi recharge?
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I can see two good reasons to use it in a BU-ish power.
1) The player has no other powers that it can be slotted into. In my case, I have it slotted into TT:L for my widow. I have another set in BU. They might not have any other ToHit powers.
2) Gives more control over when it goes off. Maybe it triggers less often, but at least you know when it's going to trigger. Instead of being totally random and maybe happening every 10 seconds, but usually 99% of that time being at an inconvenient time, you know that if it DOES go off, it's right when you hit BU.
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I still enjoy having the gaussian CFBU in followup and the decimation CFBU in focus.
With my current single target attack chain, I'm getting a 5% chance every 1.5 seconds or so.
So on average, every minute I get two five second buildups on top of double stacked followup. Yay claws.
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Where would you put that in MA then? Would you take Tactics or Focus fighting to put it into?
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Does the Gaussian's proc get multiple chances to go off if it is slotted into an AOE, such as Soul Drain, that hits several targets?
[/ QUOTE ] No. It checks once when the power goes off. The number of targets does not matter in any way. In toggles, it checks once every 10 seconds as well.
For damage procs, it's still the same. It doesn't check each target individually. If the proc hits, it should hit every target that is affected by the power.
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That's not how damage procs work in AoEs, cones or PBAoEs. Every target is checked individually and every damage proc in the AoE/cone/PBAoE can check once per target, once per 10s for toggles (Hot Feet) or powers with durations longer than 10s (Glue Arrow) , or once per activation (Tenebrous Tentacles). If a damage proc does trigger, it only deals damage to the target or targets that it rolled a success on.
So MA, where would you put it? Would you try to grab an autofire to put it into or just focus Chi?
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So MA, where would you put it? Would you try to grab an autofire to put it into or just focus Chi?
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Tactics or Focused Accuracy. That will give you the chance for trigger every 10s, as opposed to once every ~45s (Focus Chi with 95% +Recharge).
Additionally, despite the rumor mongering about the 3:20s "average", the proc has no restrictions which prevent it from triggering several times in a row. Theoretically, it can trigger every 10s, if the random number generator decides it really loves you. Realistically, based on my own experience with the proc (slotted in Tactics on my TA/A), it triggers two and three times in a row relatively frequently (usually two or three "multi-triggers" every 10-15 minutes).
Furthermore, having it in a toggle doesn't "waste" it. It makes absolutely no difference if it triggers when you're standing at the market, or on the way to a mission, or between spawns, or in the middle of a raging, bloody fight, it is not prevented from triggering again on the next check by anything other than the random number it comes up with when it performs that check. It's not the Force Feedback proc.
So if you're going to use it, it's best used in either a toggle like Tactics or Focused Accuracy, or in a power with a recharge time below 10s, like Follow Up with some +Recharge applied (enhancements or global, anything that reduces the recharge time below 10s).
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In a word, "poorly."
I only have it slotted because of the defense bonus that the set offers. Otherwise it's infrequent enough and short enough that I can never rely on it to go off when I want it to. If it does actually go off in combat, I don't even notice it.
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This exactly. The 5% chance is fine, but it's the 5 second buff time that kills it. Your lucky to get one attack off with the extra damage buff on it. The defense bonus for six slotting is the ONLY reason to take this.
That's the question. . .someone said this to me in one of my builds. Is this how it works?
"...And, of course, I don't think that the Gaussian's proc works the way you think it does... The proc has an uptime of 5 seconds out of every 3 minutes and 20 seconds on average. Not exactly what I would refer to as continuous."