Farming question for both sides whats the spec ?
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-01-15 08:33 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
Well Fire/Kins are still pretty popular farmers. For Blasters Arch/Mental, Fire/Mental and Fire/Fire are the most popular (Mental is popular for the regen and recovery). For scrappers it's definitely Shield secondary and I think Electric primary although I'm not certain about that.
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SS/Shield is the combo of choice, at least with Brutes.
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Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
For scrappers it's definitely Shield secondary and I think Electric primary although I'm not certain about that.
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Heroside cheap: Fire/Kin
Heroside expensive: Fire/Kin
Villside cheap: SS/WP
Villside expensive: SS/SD or SS/FA
You can farm with many things but those are the best.
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SS/WP
WP is will power, what is SS or SD
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SS = Super Strength
SD = Shield Defense
FA = Fiery Aura
Edit: It wasn't made readily apparent, but the preferred Villain farming AT is the Brute. Personally, I'm a big fan of my Elec/Shield Brute for all his crazy AOE attacks. 
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Well Blueside you have to go Tanker for that which limits it's appeal |
Originally Posted by Sardan
SS/Shield is the combo of choice, at least with Brutes.
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Villain side I really don't have what might be classified as a farming toon.
I have 50 Crab, 50 bot FF mm. and a 40's Rad Kin
Hero side my friend who is coming back does have a fire kin though and he has a 50 tanker from the old arc days of PL / Farming. I have several 50s on Hero side but again nothing for main farming, but more assist.. 50 AR Dev, 50 Storm Rad and a 50 BS / don't recall.
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4. Rule of Five: http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Rule_o...e_Law_of_Fives
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As much as I love elec/sd, it just doesn't compare to SS/SD. The reason has to do with the two pseudopets capping out at 400% dmg, which is easy to do with fury, against all odds, and slotting. Scrappers don't have to deal with fury cutting into their maximum potential, hence why an elec/sd/blaze scrapper can outperform an elec/sd/mu brute easily.|
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
SS = Super Strength
SD = Shield Defense FA = Fiery Aura Edit: It wasn't made readily apparent, but the preferred Villain farming AT is the Brute. Personally, I'm a big fan of my Elec/Shield Brute for all his crazy AOE attacks. |
But, Elec/SD is still a fun combination to play, even if it isn't the best brute.
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I'll give you that it's not the best, but as you said, it's a lot of fun. And if I'm going to be spending several hours grinding repetitively, then durnit, I want to have fun doing it. |
Originally Posted by Tonality
But, Elec/SD is still a fun combination to play, even if it isn't the best brute.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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I've seen a Plant/Fire and Plant/Thorn Dom farm as good or better than a SS/SD Brute. While not as easy or cheap to do, I think the endurance part makes up for it. YMMV tho
Elec/Shield or Fire/Shield for both sides (Brute and Scrapper)
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If you can find a Kin to partner with, the Brute pulls way ahead due to the ginormous Brute damage cap. Speed Boost to speed the DPS, Transference to cure End woes, and Fulcrum Shift to keep you perma damage capped is pretty sick.
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Originally Posted by Darth_Vernon
I've seen a Plant/Fire and Plant/Thorn Dom farm as good or better than a SS/SD Brute. While not as easy or cheap to do, I think the endurance part makes up for it. YMMV tho
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lol at Sardan. Everything does more everything with a /kin.
If u have the accounts, this is what i use: 1 Fire/Kin, 1 Fire/Rad, and 1 Fire/Sonic. Set to +3x8. Can run +4's but miss a bit more due to bosses.
Solo, i run my fire/kin or elec/sd scrapper. Both run at +2x8 solo. Run against Praetorians. Easy to stun and die fast.
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True, but Brutes gain more from having a /Kin around than Doms or other ATs do. The Brute damage cap is insanely high, so they're the only AT that can fully benefit from double stacked Fulcrum Shift.
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Originally Posted by eryq2
lol at Sardan. Everything does more everything with a /kin.
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I hate asking these which is best farming questions.. BUT for the time being I am posting my disclaimer of being away for over 1 year to know the right answer.
Nutshell Anyone mind giving some insight on which specs are better for farming on both sides hero and villain.
I won't bother asking for builds I will do the research for that. Just the basic 2 specs to pick.
I have several 50's on both sides as does a friend of mine who is coming back also. So eventually we will turn to farming as a team or at least the main start of one as we get more.
The last time I played on hero side Fire Kin used to be the OP build and a Brute with gimp that had Kin for SB was OP on villain side. Again that was OVER 1 year ago, close to 1.5 years as some of my toons say last logged in 497 days.
1. Why Soft Cap is Important : http://dechskaison.blogspot.com/2011...important.html
2. Limits: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Limits
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4. Rule of Five: http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Rule_o...e_Law_of_Fives