Farming

Farming, A common think done on "Freedom"

I am reactivateing a account I had when I first played with game and would like to start a farming toon.. What are some farming builds for Vill's and Hero's?

Thanks!

@BrenX

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Heroes:
Fire/Kin Controller
Spines/Fire Scrapper
Elec/Shield Scrapper
Fire/Shield Scrapper
Fire/MM Blaster

Villains:
SS/Fire Brute
SS/Shield Brute
Elec/Shield Brute

Other builds can farm of course, but those would be some choices I recommend.

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The best thing I can say right now is that farming is not necessary to be successful in this game. Think about why you want to farm. If it's to earn inf, you will find with less time invested, you can make a LOT more simply using the market.

Farming can be enjoyable to some players. It can be fun soloing missions at 0/8 difficulty. But if farming is not fun for you, I strongly recommend you not burn yourself out on the game.

With all that said, I will answer your question.

Blueside, the standard farming character has always been the fire/kin controller. With limited investment, it does a great job, which is great for starting out. You'll have to get used to the playstyle, but it's a viable option.

Shield/Super Strength tanks are pretty quick and aren't too expensive for a simple build. However they won't kill as fast as a fire/kin or a AoE scrapper.

Scrappers can be AoE monsters. You can make a spines/?? or a fire(or elec)/Shield scrapper for some very sick AoE damage, but expect to spend a good deal of inf to get these performing well.

There are a few blaster builds, but I'm not going to point you to them as they probably aren't the best to get started into right after returning to the game.

Redside, make a SS/WP brute. It's fun, works alright with SO's. IT only gets better with IO's. While the Superstrength/Shield brute outperforms it by a long shot, it also costs a ton to get up and running, so it's probably out of your range.

But in general, just about any brute you pick can be effective at soloing 0/8 content. Just pick a more AoE oriented set, so Superstrength, Claws, Electric, and Fire being the top ones, with Mace trailing closely behind.

So again, think about why you really want to farm and whether it will adversely affect your experience in the game or not. You don't have to grind at this game to enjoy it.

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Fire/Shield brute is also good, it comes much closer side by side to Fire/Shield scrapper than elec/sd brute - elec/sd scrapper since the primary dosent get held back by pet damage modifiers.

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SS + SD Brute or Tank

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