Well, you're going to need more than 100 million. Even my "flat broke on a budget" softcapped BS/DA ran me 350-400 million, andyou will need to spend at least that much softcapping a Shield Defense. Shield Defense is better than SR....IF you drop a crapton of money into it.
I'd say slot your priority pieces first, shooting for as much defense as you cn get for what you have, and then work on getting the other stuff as you earn more money.
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When starting to soft cap a build I look at the following sets:
Steadfast Protection +3 defense (+resist damage power)
Guassian's Syncronized fire Control... full set (+tohit power)
Blessing of the Zephyr.... full set (travel powers)
Touch of Death.... full set (melee damage power)
Obliteration... full set (PBAoE damage power)
Mako's Bite... full set (melee damage power)
Red Fortune... full set (defense power)
Razzle Dazzle (Stun) and Lockdown (hold) are 2 sets that are useful for increasing positional defenses, but generally are not useful for enhanceing a power you'll be using much. They are quite cheap, however, so you might keep them in mind.
One thing I almost always do is a full while leveling up on any toon (in any AT) is to take boxing, tough, and weave... then slot boxing with a full set of razzle dazzle, tough with the +3 steadfast protection, and weave with a full set of red fortune. With weave running this gives a total of about 11% defense to all 3 positions and probably won't cost more then 20M inf... (note this week is going to be higher prices on recipes because a lot of people just hit 50 this weekend and are IO'ing their toons. Be patient if you want to get more for your money).
I gotta make pain. I gotta make things right. I gotta stop what's comin'. 'Least I gotta try.
Ohi.
I've got a DM/Shield that hit 50 this weekend, and she looks like a good choice to try out an IO setup with.
I have about 100 million inf from selling one of those 7%recharge lotgs on a lucky drop.
What kind of sets should I be looking at? I would like to softcap, but I'm only at 32% with my SOs and basic inventions.
Recently I've been using tough, weave, combat jumping, and everything from shields that +defs.
I'm not looking to solo AVs or anything ... yet, just looking for a budget build from wise people that know what they're doing a lot more than me.
thanks