Hurray the alpha slot is here!!!

Here's a question, which would be best for /SR? It's for my main brute, a ss/sr, and I honestly have no clue what to pick.

Still have not figured out which one I will get first on my main. I have the same build except for adding stealth and manuvers for more defense. I have NO end issues now, with all three health procs and set bonuses. I also have dark consumption for rare occasions I run low. But with two new toggles running who knows. I also am only at 70% SL resists. and energy and elements so resist boosts would help some too. Maybe not much, but some.

Accuracy with defense boosts would be good. I have several defense powers that would all get alittle boost. I pretty much softcap in a crowd and get near 40% to most against even 1-2 targets. That could put me over the top but may not be needed. Is more accuracy needed. Maybe not, but might not hurt either.

The Damage is always welcome, but the defense debuff would only help melt armour, so do not know how good that would be. Now when we get the rarer ones, the Musclature Radial Paragon has mostly useful bonuses. ENd mod, to hit debuff (I am dark melee) and even run speed all help SOME.

SO I am just not sure what I want to do yet.

I went spiritual. Broadsword can use all the recharge it can get.

I picked up my uncommon boost yesterday (Spiritual Radial Boost) from running an ITF, LGTF and a Tin Mage TF. That thing with healing flames is a godsend.

Still needing my uncommon boost. Looks like LGTF and ITF tomorrow! Several times on different characters.

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Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze Stupid work

I got four shard drops off that ITF. Maybe you and jshmoe not doing the arc got me a couple extras!

The difference between my Issue 18 build and my Issue 19 build with an Uncommon Alpha Boost is staggering. My stats are just insane, and I'm loving it!

I kinda wish Nerve was something other than accuracy. I mean, after 1-2 SOs in your attacks, you don't need any more accuracy. Especially people who take focused accuracy or have set bonuses with accuracy. You don't need more accuracy, yet the devs decided to give us more accuracy.

Wish it was something like defense buffs. But then again that's probably just because I'm a SR scrapper and would like to see a 33% defense buff boost <3

Got the common Cardiac last night.. Pretty easy too. Bought the G'Rai matter (I had already over 1000 Vanguard merits) and then went to do an ITF (for the Nictus Essence)... and during that tf I got enough drops to make the Hero 1 DNA sample. Presto!

Today bought my second G'Rai matter. And I still have some shards left from the ITF. So I will do a LGTF and most likely can build the uncommon directly after.

I find doing two tf's for two alpha boosts is easy... maybe too easy :S


ps... The Alpha slot boosts will work the best on things you are not the best in. As a boost to your weak side. As it is liek adding an extra enhance to all powers that can handle that enhance. If you are an almost capped defence toon... I should actualy take the damage resist. I went for Cardiac as I still have END probs in big battles and I grabbed three diff damage resist powers that each are not that good. But the Cardiac will add a good amound of ress to each of those powers. Adding up in the best numbers I could get from it. Oh.. and I use fear too.. and range is always good.

To be honest, I could get use out of the radial boost on all four trees on my main (DM/Inv Scrap) But that is a lot of time, especially when I have several other 50's and DOZENS of lower alts. All screaming for Playtime.

While he is my Main, my namesake character, my heart and joy, I never play him as much. I have a 50 fire/kin I use for pl'ing low alts up some (not as necessary with inherent fitness) and I do the lvl 50 TF's mostly with my Ill/Rad because they get picked up and are very useful.

I decided to Cardiac, after testing a couple in beta. The Cardiac Radial for my Inv, now I run all toggles plus tough, weave, and manevuers and my end bar does not suffer, took 3 TFs to get it but it was quick.

Going to use the cardiac boost until I can get the uncommon nerve boost, and from there I'm going to test how much of a defense increase I get. If it's significant then I'll start using that, though I'd need some more +recov IOs in order to offset the endurance consumption of super reflexes + maneuvers/tactics

In my pre-I19 build on my DM/INV I went with dark mastery and just had the hold (for sappers, but rarely used because no damage) and the dark blast for a little range (for runners, etc.)

With new powers to pick, I went with Blaze instead and got the hold (with minimal DOT damage so more useful), the blast, the Fireball (little AOE never hurt) and melt armour (aoe debuff is great) Also picked up manuvers and dropped Superjump (ninja run + inherent fitness FTW) and picked up stealth.

Was starting to have actual end usage. I was not running OUT, but actually down to half bar once but used dark consumption then. So im not worried. However, I turned off manuvers and stealth and end use was fine. not alot of defense out of it considering I was 40% Energy, 36% S/L defense with no one in range of invincibility without them. Might keep them for special situations when I need a tad extra defense, as stealth has some uses other than just as defense and manuvers can help the entire team. But I might look at taking something else if there is even anything else worth taking.

My thinking is I COULD go body mastery and get Phys perfection, but then lose ranged AOE, the debuff, and the hold all of which I find useful.

My upgrade path is basically this:

My goal is to get as much Heal/Rech as possible and since the Alpha slot only released as high as Uncommon, I went through the Radial branch first. When the Rare and Very Rare boosts are released, I will go through the other branch to get the Core Paragon.