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I'm not sure if White Dwarf needs much IO slotting, if any. Even with regular SOs if you team up you'll probably have 85% resistance, and if you slot up the self heal with regular SOs so that it fires every 30 seconds or so you'll be pretty tough. However, if you want to boost your melee defense, as an example, then you would slot in Titanium Coating. |
Originally Posted by Steel_Omega
My Peacebringer, Sun Phoenix, is about to reach level 30 and, based upon advice I received earlier, I'm going to be picking up White Dwarf. I'm going to six-slot that form because I want it to be a powerful form. My question is, which one would fit it best? Price isn't a huge issue for me, since I am going to be buying the recipes with Reward Merits. Here were some of my options:
Aegis Impervium Armor Reactive Armor Titanium Coating I don't know much about IOs in general (other than their basic function), but I was curious as to which set of six would give me the biggest benefit for White Dwarf. Any suggestions? |
But then you would also have to slot in four sets of Touch of Death, a 3% defense Steadfast IO, the Gaussian's set in build up, and the Sovereign Right set in the photon seeker power. You won't have slots left over for other powers, but you might just get to 25% melee defense, which isn't too bad.
Your peacebringer or warshade will be centered around being a dwarf, but you'd be the best dwarf tank ever. Unfortunately, even with all those melee defense IO sets your dwarf would end up tougher than a scrapper (but with a lot less damage output), and yet weaker than almost any tanker, especially an IOed tanker (except possibly for the fire primary).
Instead of herniating yourself trying to IO out your kheldian, just join big groups and enjoy those huge group bonuses and extra protections and extra healing.
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Just joining large groups isn't going to do the trick. He/She still needs to team with the correct archetypes to have the inherent kick in. Slotting for defense on a Peacebringer is foolish unless you are slotting for ranged defense. Peacebringers can cap the reanged defense rather easily and even though they have melee, the cost and results of slotting Touch of Death in RS and IS are kind of pointless and even if the dwarf form has melee IO it still still be a small amount of defense to melee and for the price its doesn't really work out as being sensible
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Slots on a Kheldian are at such a premium that I honestly can't find a good reason to do anything more than double slot Dwarf and put two level 50 common Resist IOs into the power. Most of the set bonuses on the resistance sets are garbage from beginning to end, so there's not much point (imo) to slotting up for them. Better off spending your slots on the attacks in Dwarf than on the form power itself.
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I see what you all are saying. I actually do plan on slotting all of White Dwarfs abilities to the max (with the exception of Antagonize and such). Where am I getting all these slots without sacrificing slots in my Human form? Well, I'm not taking Bright Nova, so that frees up a lot of my spaces.
So, theoretically, IF I had enough slots and enough money, would it be more beneficial to six-slot White Dwarf with standard SOs or an actual IO set? That is all I'm wondering. I understand it is uncommon to six-slot the form itself, but since I'm not taking Bright Nova I feel as though I have some slots to spread around. I like to use my Human form for damage output.
You all probably think I'm a bit crazy for doing this, but I absolutely love the look of White Dwarf and I want it to be as powerful a form as possible, and have the option of actually filling in for a Tanker, at least temporarily.
I do quite a bit tanking with my White Dwarf, so it's frankenslotted with mixed IO enhancements for +Res;+EndMod;+EndRdx. I currently have White Dwarf Sublimation 5-slotted with one of the healing sets, I forget which one, and White Dwarf Flare is frankenslotted for a mixture of accuracy, recharge, endurance cost reduction, damage and the Achilles Heel Chance for -Res proc. It all works quite nicely and allows me to survive, attack and rarely do I go out of Endurance in my White Dwarf.
I believe that a Kheldian Gold Standard should be based on SO's, and for anything above that... there's Platinum!
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I six slotted mine with Efficacy Adaptor End Mod, Acc/End Mod, End Mod/Endurance and Reactive Armor(It was cheap) Resistance/Endurance/Recharge, Resistance/End, and Resistance. I only play on large teams with my PB though, so YMMV.
Not that you'll need this info, but Nova is similarly 6-slotted with Gaussian's and Efficacy Adaptor. I simply don't have end issues in either form.
Edit: This puts me at 55.51% Damage Resistance without teammates.
My Peacebringer, Sun Phoenix, is about to reach level 30 and, based upon advice I received earlier, I'm going to be picking up White Dwarf. I'm going to six-slot that form because I want it to be a powerful form. My question is, which one would fit it best? Price isn't a huge issue for me, since I am going to be buying the recipes with Reward Merits. Here were some of my options:
Aegis
Impervium Armor
Reactive Armor
Titanium Coating
I don't know much about IOs in general (other than their basic function), but I was curious as to which set of six would give me the biggest benefit for White Dwarf. Any suggestions?