1.4 Billion Influence Question.


Mortilance

 

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I took a break from Cox around i12-i13 to play another game. I've been back playing cox for about a month now. I made a elec/shield scrapper and have saved up around 1.4 Billion + inf so far that I want to use to make a nice pvp toon. I know 1.4 Billion is chump change for most peeps, and i'm not bragging by stating I have this much. I spend an hour or so a day farming after work before the fiance gets home (she resists placate, which don't matter, heroes dont get it ).

Anyway I have a list of toons I'm considering, but I'm totally up for any other additions/considerations. I've been asking questions on the forums about these builds so far, so I have a slight idea whats going on, but not much

This will be for RV open zone pvp. I might throw in some lolfightclubbing once in a while, but this will be 90% open zone stuff. And I know what I pick in the end will probably be "what I enjoy most to play". I enjoy winning But I'll try multiple builds till I find something that I mesh well with.

The builds:

Fire/Regen/Weapon - All out dmg, but will the lack of mezz hurt this guy? At least I'll have webnade to add in catching peeps.

Martial Arts/Regen/Weapon - Trade some dmg for secondary effects. Has stuns, but does anyone have any real experience with this? Does the stun make up for picking this over Fire/ ? Seems now you stun someone and immediately follow up with an attack so it will bypass their shields (that the stun temporarily disabled). Please correct me if i'm wrong.

Invul/SS/Earth Tank - I hear this is popular now. I worry that a tank doesnt get many solo kills in pvp. I guess it comes down to slotting, having pvp io's (which Ive yet to see, since I havent pvp'ed), and the player.

Elec/SS/Earth Tank - Same worries about solo kills. But at least I'll resist slows and end drains a bit (I know invul resists end drains a tad), and will have less End problems in general. I know Elec gets Energize now (+regen and heal), but does that make up for the lack of Dull pain?

Earth/TA or Earth/Therm Controller - I hear this is a nice disrupt toon (earth/TA). I know its also a squishy, so maybe this would be a better duo toon. Can either get kills solo? I know TA's Glue Arrow is hated, and I know that Therm is known to be hated for HE.

Mind/TA or Mind/Therm Controller - Mind seems to do more single target dmg than earth. Then again Earth/ can pick up Stone Mastery I think its called, and get seismic smash. Not sure if that equals out though.

I'll be rolling this new toon up by Halloween, so i'm sure by then I will have amassed a couple hundred more mill to add to the budget.

Thanks for your time for anyone reading this, and more so to anyone who is kind enough to respond.


 

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I've been back playing cox for about a month now. I made a elec/shield scrapper and have saved up around 1.4 million + inf so far that I want to use to make a nice pvp toon. I know 1.4 million is chump change for most peeps,something that I mesh well with.
I think 1.4mil is chump change for everyone nowadays lol. I think you meant to type billion? Not sure :P


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I think 1.4mil is chump change for everyone nowadays lol. I think you meant to type billion? Not sure :P
Lol Gamete thanks for the catch there. I was listening to Aziz Ansari on youtube, and I guess I don't multitask well Thanks again for pointing that out.

I fixed it, and yea I meant Billion.


 

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If you plan to team a lot, I would go with one of the /therm controllers. Probably earth, so you can have some -def to make sure HE lands.

If you plan to mostly solo, I'd probably go with the MA/regen. Its damage is pretty close to fire, but you do get the mezzes too. Then again, webnade is really the only mez you need, so fire would be fine too.


 

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You want too to do solo or team more??


 

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You want too to do solo or team more??
I'll probably be solo more than anything to be honest.


 

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Diminishing Returns sucks big time so don't waste all your influence on one toon. My suggestion is to make a couple or few different toons and go for middle of the road enhancements for now with bonuses that cover weak points. Later when you find the toon that is for you then make a stronger investment.

Also, post your possible builds on the forums prior to leveling any toons so ppl can look at them and help you.


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Lol Gamete thanks for the catch there. I was listening to Aziz Ansari on youtube, and I guess I don't multitask well Thanks again for pointing that out.

I fixed it, and yea I meant Billion.
that guy is hilarious, have you seen http://www.laughyourdickoff.com ?

of those builds you listed i think ma/regen/body is probably the easiest with the mezz, mog, tons of perception, and phase, then the elec/ss tank but i havent actually seen any of those yet so its all conjecture.


 

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that guy is hilarious, have you seen http://www.laughyourdickoff.com ?

of those builds you listed i think ma/regen/body is probably the easiest with the mezz, mog, tons of perception, and phase, then the elec/ss tank but i havent actually seen any of those yet so its all conjecture.
Thanks for the link, that site if pretty funny. I'm not sure why I find him funny, but I do.

So far it seems Ma/regen sounds fun, not sure if id go body instead of weapon though. Not sure how important webnade can be. Elec/ss sounds fun, but so much lower in hp (DP) and lower in s/l resist. Guess I have to decide how important major energy resist, energy drain resist, and slow resist can be compared a major hp buff.

No one has chimed in on the controller, so im assuming there arent so hot for zone?