Very Best Farmer?

I think we trying to decide what the best farmer is and 54's are the standard.

WE already know what the best farmer is :P

Here's my attempt at a cost-is-no-concern farm build. I'd really like some feedback from the SS/FA/Mu experts in this thread, as I have never run one before. I managed 166.3% global recharge, 32.6% fire defense (capped with one small Luck), pretty good end reduction on the big hitters, and decent HP/max end/regen/recov. Considering I have Consume slotted for end mod (giving me a net recovery of 4.35 eps) could I get away with the Spiritual alpha? Folks upthread were recommending Cardiac. Should I forgo some of the fire defense in exchange for more recharge?

I haven't ever run one of these highly specialized farms/farmers before. All my farming experience has been on my purpled WS and my softcapped/high-recharge Elec/SD scrapper. Any ideas/thoughts/comments on the build are welcome.

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Brootfarm: Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Super Strength
Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Punch -- Mocking-Taunt(A), Mocking-Rchg(15), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(40), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(40), Mocking-Acc/Rchg(40), Mocking-Taunt/Rng(42)
Level 1: Fire Shield -- Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(A), Aegis-ResDam(3), Aegis-EndRdx/Rchg(15)
Level 2: Blazing Aura -- M'Strk-Acc/Dmg(A), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx(3), M'Strk-Dmg/Rchg(5), EndRdx-I(5), M'Strk-Acc/EndRdx(9), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(9)
Level 4: Healing Flames -- Numna-Heal/Rchg(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(7), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg(7), H'zdH-Heal/Rchg(39)
Level 6: Haymaker -- Mocking-Taunt(A), Mocking-Rchg(42), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg(43), Mocking-Taunt/Rchg/Rng(43), Mocking-Acc/Rchg(43)
Level 8: Knockout Blow -- UbrkCons-Hold(A), UbrkCons-Hold/Rchg(11), UbrkCons-Acc/Hold/Rchg(11), UbrkCons-Acc/Rchg(13), UbrkCons-EndRdx/Hold(13)
Level 10: Temperature Protection -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A)
Level 12: Stealth -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), EndRdx-I(23)
Level 14: Grant Invisibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 16: Invisibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 18: Plasma Shield -- Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(A), Aegis-ResDam(19), Aegis-EndRdx/Rchg(19)
Level 20: Rage -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(21), RechRdx-I(21)
Level 22: Consume -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-End%(34), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(37), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(39), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(39), P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(46)
Level 24: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(25), RechRdx-I(25)
Level 26: Boxing -- Amaze-Stun(A), Amaze-Stun/Rchg(27), Amaze-Acc/Stun/Rchg(27), Amaze-Acc/Rchg(37), Amaze-EndRdx/Stun(37)
Level 28: Burn -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(29), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(29), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(31), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31)
Level 30: Tough -- Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(A), Aegis-ResDam(31), Aegis-EndRdx/Rchg(34)
Level 32: Foot Stomp -- Armgdn-Dam%(A), Armgdn-Dmg/Rchg(33), Armgdn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Armgdn-Acc/Rchg(33), Armgdn-Dmg/EndRdx(34), EndRdx-I(36)
Level 35: Fiery Embrace -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 38: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 41: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(42)
Level 44: Electrifying Fences -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(45), Posi-Dam%(45), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(46), EndRdx-I(46)
Level 47: Ball Lightning -- Ragnrk-Dmg(A), Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(48), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(50), EndRdx-I(50)
Level 49: Rise of the Phoenix -- Empty(A)
Level 0: Born In Battle
Level 0: High Pain Threshold
Level 0: Invader
Level 0: Marshal
Level 50: Spiritual Radial Boost
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(17), Mrcl-Rcvry+(23), Numna-Heal/Rchg(50)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(17)
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 5.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 5.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 5.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 5.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 5.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 5.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 5.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 5.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 8% Defense(Smashing)
• 8% Defense(Lethal)
• 21.13% Defense(Fire)
• 21.13% Defense(Cold)
• 3% Defense(Energy)
• 3% Defense(Negative)
• 3% Defense(Psionic)
• 5.5% Defense(Melee)
• 3% Defense(Ranged)
• 15.81% Defense(AoE)
• 3.6% Max End
• 96.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 78% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 5% FlySpeed
• 56.22 HP (3.751%) HitPoints
• 5% JumpHeight
• 5% JumpSpeed
• MezResist(Held) 5.5%
• MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%
• MezResist(Stun) 3.85%
• 21% (0.351 End/sec) Recovery
• 22% (1.377 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 12.6% Resistance(Fire)
• 12.6% Resistance(Cold)
• 20% RunSpeed

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First off don’t get fighting i HIGHLY recommend you get leadership. It’s insane how nice veng is when you are PLing someone.
Also get the FF+rech proc in foot stomp.
You will easily be able to support end costs with the spirit alpha; this build you listed of course won’t be able to run any of the content to unlock it.
Last but certainly not least: rech, rech, rech, rech, rech, rech and then more rech. Shooting for fire def is waste. Insp can give you def/dmg/end/healing/etc. the one thing they can’t give you is global recharge. On a "cost-is-no-concern" farm-only build i say 130% rech (140%ish if you REALLY dont care about cost is possible as well) from sets is about what you want.

i went for 32% fire defense, because as you say, in practical application its just one less thing to worry about. i keep 1 purple going, and everything else becomes reds. but clicking fiery embrace, consume (i use consume after a rage crash), and eating insps all takes a little bit of time. so your chain doesnt have to be 100% seamless. i took static discharge for the small time that hasten is down (its not perma on my build) so that i can still throw out an aoe attack. it works nicely. most of the guys here run with 10 reds going all the time anyway, and next to what eating that many insps can give you, a second or 2 of recharge or a few percent of defense is pretty miniscule.

In reading through this thread over several days (and probably skipped around and missed my interest) I began to wonder, can I do this with my SS/ELE/Soul? I play her because she's fun and I've never been interested in farming before. She's only 43 but able to take down large spawns w/ FS/PS opening and the lightning field never really lets the minions/lts recover END. She's not fully set up w/ IOs yet so I only run her at 0x6 or 0x8. Anyway, I spent a little time working on a mish with energy heavy mobs (you know, keying for her resistance) but that's still in testing. I guess my question is, has anyone else created a mission keyed for */EA like those that this whole thread is based around */FA. Secondarily, can you consider it the *best* farmer if it only excels at one type of mission?

I have seen plenty of missions made for elec armor. Don’t know any of the IDs.
And yes, /FA might only excel at one type of mission but it gains inf and tix/min (tix/min is where the money is at but people don’t like to test that it seems) much greater than anything can really come close to. And that’s ALL that matter, the amount of inf you get versus the time you put in.
How many farmers (before the days of AE) run more than one mission anyway? That’s actually kind of the point, imo, the more you run one mish the faster you get at it. You can often double or even triple your original speed without any kind of build change.

I never realized how much you could do in the AE until I read this thread. Amazing stuff.

I leveled my Brute 16 - 41 almost entirely in one mission, with side divergences to grab Invader pre-reqs and to try out other missions discussed here (i.e., the Fire Cybor mission).

I spent some time leveling with someone else who entered the mission at level 1 - absolute best part of it, other than enjoying time with friends - watching the poor guy die, rez, die, rez, etc ... every 20 seconds or so, I'd hear the level up music, followed by SPLAT. Good times.

Question: what is the "farming channel" on Virtue? I wouldn't mind padding on some alts that I'd like to level, and am working on a ELM/FA brute myself and having a blast in Jekev's invasion map so wouldn't mind returning the favor. He's only level 22, but been running -1/x8 since level 17 or so and having a great time.