It's true then - BotZ

Does anyone have any Elec/Shield builds made up for the new Zepher numbers?? My computer is down (using wifes) so I can't use mids at this point.

A build preferably without the Gladiator IO.. No way I'll be getting that.

Just checked out my DM/SR build, and since I use level 33 IOs entirely on this character it will be a pain in the *** to replace both sets of Botz. But I don't mind that much at all since my build will be significantly better with the changes.

I lost 15% recharge, gained a bit o' resistance, lost a tiny iota of recovery. I'll live.

"With great moustache comes great responsibility" - Zee Captain

I finished my tweaks to my DM/SD. Rech bonuses were non-negotiable, so I ended up losing a bit of AoE defense, as well as some healing from Siphon Life, which I'll probably regret.

But as a wise man once said, the difference between the average man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge and the average man takes everything as either a blessing or a curse. Scrappers are warriors, and this is just one more challenge.

I'm losing about 3.5% AoE defense, some speed slotting on most of my travel powers, a bunch of KB protection I didn't need on the characters I've used these sets heavily on, and a bunch of inf because I'm subbing in a PvP +Def unique. In the process I'm actually gaining about 2% melee defense and 1% ranged.

My DM/SR is safe with his current build (only uses one 3-slotted set and will still have a few points of wiggle room), but it does mean I won't be respec'ing him into the build I was planning on.

Castle,
Thanks for putting the word out there. That is really appreciated.

With all that has been said re: this announcement, I sincerely hope that you could look at a different solution and process for these types of things. These are the kinds of things that drove me away from the game the first time (and a lot of my friends).

Its not that changes are made. Its not that problems are identified and corrected. It IS, like a few people mentioned, that people put SO MUCH time into the game playing by the rules that are out there, play for so many hours, spend so much of the game's resources (influence, etc), and then it gets changed and all you get for the 12 TFs, 180 hours, etc is a respec.

I really have no idea why I posted this as my first comment in four years. I know its whining and crying and all, and I don't even have more than one set of these things in any of my toons, and I'm sitting here like "fine. If a change needs to be made, so be it, but how about some considerations for literarly months of work that go into building your toons.