Base Empowerment Buffs

Have people forgotten about them?/Have no idea about them? It seems like nobody uses them, and when I use them on my character I get a question here or there about it.

Or are they known and just provide so little that they aren't worth it?

Generally there are of little use.

A couple which I use periodically are the knockback protection and the +end drain resistance one (maybe if I was thinking of a synapse on a lowbie rather than an exemped character).

I use them all the time and specifically keep the appropiate salvage pieces on my salvage racks (knockback protection and recovery are very useful for lowbies, and the recharge buff is useful for toons of every level)

Bases? I think I saw one of those things once. They're involved with them 'supergroup' doohickies those kids in Atlas are so keen about, right?

I use the eff out of them.

Every time I get ready to run a SF or w/e I go to my stations and try to clear out as much salvage as possible.

My favorites are:

Grant Invisibility--you can stay invisible even when I click on glowies

Increase attack speed--a 20% bonus for a few pieces of salvage I'd vendor or delete anyway

I also like to get +res for w/e kind of enemies I am about to face

And +lethal res for general purposes--it's only 5%, but it's free

And the crafting @ empowerment stations counts toward you crafting badges.

I don't use them all the time, but I make use out of them from time to time.

I just go down the line and start grabbing the buffs I think I'll find useful, untill I can't create any more of them

Just a quick note here... Base Empowerments last for an hour... not the 15 min.s stated in the description text.
Also, you can stack different empowerments (invis + hold resist + psi resist...).

The trick is to have the salvage available for your favorite buffs. With the 30 item restriction on base salvage, it likely means you'll need to keep reserves in your personal inventory.

ETA:
Another little note, the stations come in 3 tiers, one built off of the other. The tier 3 stations have pretty much everything on them.

ALSO, the tech and arcane versions have slightly different recipes for some buffs. We keep a tier 3 of each "style", so that if we're missing salvage for the recipes on one, we can check the other... more options are usually a good thing.

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Every now and then someone on the forums will bring up how these things are awesomesauce smothered in bacon, but in the end I always forget they're there. And when I do remember, I've already sacrificed all my salvage on the altar of Wentsworth.

I generally use Empowerment Stations when I'm having a lot of trouble with a mission. When I end up back at the base stocking up on Inspirations, I'll put on some Empowerment buffs as well. Generally, I'll use what is specific to the problem I am having, I have found the mez protections come up more often than trying to use the Resistances. Invisibility is also useful too, and I'll often just add it simply because it'll just help overall.

They're OK.
I have the Tier 3 set up in my bases, but the bonuses are small and I'm not a big fan of the green smog that surrounds you after using half of them. The 20% Recharge boost is one of the better ones, but even so I can't be bothered zoning into the base to grab them half the time.

Grant Invis is very useful for non-Stalkers who wish to run the Spy Hunt arc redside for 16 merits in around 20 minutes (+90 min logged off). Although I dont think I've ever put that one into practice...

They're nice little buffs to have around as catch alls for any situation. I generally use the stealth and the psi and toxic resists the mosts since I like running the Abandoned Sewer Trial.

My low level characters are about as addicted to the -kb buff as Trolls are to their superdyne.

The others are fun.

I'm a big fan of the empowerment buffs on my Ill/Rad since I can get a cheap easy 20% global recharge buff for my PA that gives me breathing room in AV/GM soloing trips. Even if you are perma already having a little bit of cushion in exchange for some junk salvage you were going to toss onto WW or vendor anyway is never a bad thing.

I use the +recharge a lot, the grant Invs a fair bit, and the +perception frequently.

I also use up any spare salvage I have with buffs.

In particular, if I die in a missions, its nearly always head to base, and empower up.

Not only the buffs but theres a second good point to using them if you are a badge hunter...

Crafting them adds to your total crafting badges like the 500 made one (can't remember the name) which make it easier to get those badges as doing the various lvl IO badges doesn't finish them for you.

thanks for reminding me I had forgotten about them completely.

I really only use the +recharge one. It's really nice for keeping up permadom/perma AM.

I use them whenever I remember them. Great feature!

I used to use them for my fire blaster's DA adventurings, but it's been a long time.

you know what'd be cool, if you could craft them from the portable workbench...

I haven't seen these at all. There was a reference to "base salvage" earlier, are these dependent on stuff we can't get anymore? Or is it just regular salvage?

Woah. Those look seriously awesome to my untrained eye. Cheap components, hour-long buffs that would make a lot of content way easier.