The end reduction only reduces the amount of end you'll need to activate the nuke, it'll still fully drain you if it hits anything.
The only "acceptable" slotting of a nuke is 3 Damage 3 Recharge reduction.
Hooray for ED...where every player is now the same 
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The only "acceptable" slotting of a nuke is 3 Damage 3 Recharge reduction.
Hooray for ED...where every player is now the same
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I'm amazed we're still getting posts like this post-Inventions.
Clearly, there are other good ways to slot that 3 Rech/3 Dam, and those will vary depending on what you're trying to do with the character.
Pre-ED there was "standard" slotting for everything too. ED didn't change that - Inventions did.
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The only "acceptable" slotting of a nuke is 3 Damage 3 Recharge reduction.
Hooray for ED...where every player is now the same
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I'm amazed we're still getting posts like this post-Inventions.
Clearly, there are other good ways to slot that 3 Rech/3 Dam, and those will vary depending on what you're trying to do with the character.
Pre-ED there was "standard" slotting for everything too. ED didn't change that - Inventions did.
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Its fun that everyone yells Invetions, but i gues nobody ever saw the prices of them. Specialy if u go with the 'famous' sets that give the good bonus, dont expect things to get cheaper then a million.
Outside that inventions make your nova even worse, perform max is going cap ED recharge/damage, IO's cant do this (specialy not sets).
Inferno, nova.. the same. Damage, no mezz, just plain damage as often as you can do. Every blaster hits Aim/BU before going, all you need is damage and recharge. Or i stil wanna see the first person that slots KB in Nova.
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Outside that inventions make your nova even worse, perform max is going cap ED recharge/damage, IO's cant do this (specialy not sets).
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Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg:50, Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx:50, Sciroc-Dam%:50, Sciroc-Acc/Rchg:50, [/color]C'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg:50, [/color]M'Strk-Dmg/Rchg:50
That gives 95.5% damage and recharge (After applying ED), 26,5% acc and Endrdx, 10% +regen, 3,13% negative res, +9% acc in all powers from set bonuses, as well as 20% chance to cause additional lethal damage with the nuke. How's that worse than SO's?
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The only "acceptable" slotting of a nuke is 3 Damage 3 Recharge reduction.
Hooray for ED...where every player is now the same
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I'm amazed we're still getting posts like this post-Inventions.
Clearly, there are other good ways to slot that 3 Rech/3 Dam, and those will vary depending on what you're trying to do with the character.
Pre-ED there was "standard" slotting for everything too. ED didn't change that - Inventions did.
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It's a nuke....there's not much in the way it can be used subtly 
Ok...let's put it this way....at lvl 32/33/34 it's not worth paying big cash to get special IOs for your nuke.
Slot it 3 damage 3 rchg redux until higher lvl when you can afford the nice stuff.
Everyone happy?
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Ok...let's put it this way....at lvl 32/33/34 it's not worth paying big cash to get special IOs for your nuke.
[/ QUOTE ]It didn't cost me that much to get PBAoE sets for my Fire Sword Circle at L31, can't see why it'd cost any more for a nuke
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95.5% damage and recharge (After applying ED), 26,5% acc and Endrdx, 10% +regen, 3,13% negative res, +9% acc in all powers from set bonuses, as well as 20% chance to cause additional lethal damage with the nuke. How's that worse than SO's?
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Worse as in like a quite bunch of millions to get them? 
Added to that its lvl50 based, how would it be at 32 with those IO's?
(actualy nice idea to start looking for your setup, seems very interesting - although scirroc %dmg already goes for a bunch of millions)
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Worse as in like a quite bunch of millions to get them?
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Added to that its lvl50 based, how would it be at 32 with those IO's?
[/ QUOTE ]89.23% dam and rech with L35 IO's. Dropping the damage proc and Cleaving: Dam/rech for common dam and rech IO's you'd get both back up to 95.83%, at the cost of the acc boost set bonus.
Thank you all for your input.
My curiosity is fully satisfied
This really applies to any Blasters' tier 9 'nuke', although I have just got my Fire Blaster to level 32 which has prompted my enquiry.
I notice that nukes can be slotted with End reduction. My understanding was that your Endurance was drained when you activate these powers.
So does slotting with End reduction make any discernible difference to your end drain or is it a waste of valuable enhancements space?
comments/observations welcome.