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Supposedly it's not an Afraid / Avoid aura but it happens just as frequently as it used to back in i5/6 with my Fire Tanker (except they don't change their minds 2 seconds later and run back at you thanks to your Taunt Aura).|
Originally Posted by ultrawatt
Really, burn will scare stuff away on a scrapper? That sucks.
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It's meant to be morale breaking but I'm not exactly convinced, it *looks* like a standard Afraid/Avoid reaction to me.
The only good thing is that since the damage is frontloaded now it matters less. I wouldn't be farming with it though.
Posted in another thread, but it's a bit more germane here.
I just finished getting a SS/Fire/Mu to L 47 or 48.
Not interested in getting into the Elec/Fire vs. SS/Fire contest. I think, at best, we're talking about wiping mobs out in 8 seconds, rather than 9 seconds (or whatever, I didn't actually time it). I use Rage and have more than Foot Stomp firing off every few seconds. It doesn't have near the End issues I thought it would.
In the end, I appreciate the discussion. I never would have tried the SS/Fire/Mu because I was fixated on Defense.
In addition, it is a ton of fun. Power up, roll in, foot stomp, unload other AoEs and mop up the bosses with a couple punches.
Thanks, folks. Your advice is appreciated, even if it wasn't directed at me.
Also, I think someone posted a pesudo-cheap build earlier (other thread). I used that as a guide and it worked well.
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Quills Does Not Taunt.
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Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
Blazing Aura, on a Scrapper, does not Taunt. Burn will actively scare things away on a Scrapper.
Of course Spines is probably the best set for dealing with that sort of running, Slows as secondary effects and Quills taunting them back. |
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Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
Supposedly it's not an Afraid / Avoid aura but it happens just as frequently as it used to back in i5/6 with my Fire Tanker (except they don't change their minds 2 seconds later and run back at you thanks to your Taunt Aura).
It's meant to be morale breaking but I'm not exactly convinced, it *looks* like a standard Afraid/Avoid reaction to me. The only good thing is that since the damage is frontloaded now it matters less. I wouldn't be farming with it though. |
I tried to do some comparisons of my spines/fire vs. my ss/fire and it was utterly pointless, the brute wins by miles simply due to scrapper afraid/notaunt thing.
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Out of curiosity, how much inf/xp/tickets per hour do these builds earn? |
Originally Posted by Signpost
Because the mob doesn't matter, only the inf/xp/tickets does. Because of AE, we can pick and choose which type of mob we want.
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I can manage a hair over 500k inf/min in AE with my Plant/Storm controller, but I don't know how that stacks up vs. the builds discussed here.
Hazel Black - Mind/Psi D
Stephanie Winters - Nightwidow
Jacqui Frost - Cold/Ice D
Jacqui Embers - Fire/Kin C
Simone Templar - Fire/MM B
Mallory Woods - Kin/Rad D
Sanguine Melody - Grav/Sonic C
Fumina Hara - Plant/Storm C
Nutmeg - Warshade
Lauren Wu - SS/WP B
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Im glad i was able to hear this. For awhile now i have been thinking about making a spine/fire to test out.|
Originally Posted by Lobster
This.
I tried to do some comparisons of my spines/fire vs. my ss/fire and it was utterly pointless, the brute wins by miles simply due to scrapper afraid/notaunt thing. |
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Originally Posted by Mezzosoprano
Out of curiosity, how much inf/xp/tickets per hour do these builds earn?
I can manage a hair over 500k inf/min in AE with my Plant/Storm controller, but I don't know how that stacks up vs. the builds discussed here. |
Edit: 599.34 tix/min and 758,281.39 inf/min (in SG mode)
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-Al Gore
Fiery Aura is only good for farming, I'm cereal
@Caucasiafro
Wow -- 750k inf/min in SG mode? So twice that out of SG mode? That's a lot of *freem*.
Thanks for the info!
Hazel Black - Mind/Psi D
Stephanie Winters - Nightwidow
Jacqui Frost - Cold/Ice D
Jacqui Embers - Fire/Kin C
Simone Templar - Fire/MM B
Mallory Woods - Kin/Rad D
Sanguine Melody - Grav/Sonic C
Fumina Hara - Plant/Storm C
Nutmeg - Warshade
Lauren Wu - SS/WP B
I haven't tried my Spines/Fire in a while, but I know with my SS/Fire I usually get around 2 mil inf/min in AE, give or take.
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Does "Fraps" work? I think I have heard of other people using it to record video.
Oh wait I see someone already mentioned that..nvm.
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Originally Posted by ultrawatt
Trying to get a video to upload and i cant seem to get Wegame to work. Do i have to be running from WeGame where it has all your games and stuff, because i cant get that to work.
Anyway, i got a video using camstudio (**** them) but it has REALLY REALLY REALLY crappy quality and for some god awful reason the colors got ****** up. I guess i suck at this kind of stuff >.< |
I did not back down on anything and I don't need you to repost my comments either. I know what I said and I know how I ment it so no problem. I just want to encourage someone with a mega ss/fire build to post some video. No need for you to try and continue the smack talk.
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Originally Posted by Nihilii
I knew BBJ would back down, but I got to say I didn't expect him to keep running his mouth after publically admitting he can't do it. Heh.
I use FRAPS (paid version; free stops after 30s), it works well. Another option, if it works for you, is to use the WeGame client. It records, encodes and uploads to WeGame.com. |
I am not even sure why you would be.
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Originally Posted by Jets
Why dont you post your build, I would be interested in seeing it since its so awesome.
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So you actually meant you were all talk and no action right from the start? My bad then.
For reference, here's my SS/Fire/Mu on Black Scorpion's shard mission. The video was recorded before I18 so you're seeing old Fury and old Burn at work, but I reran it post-I18 and there was a negligible difference. That build was capable of pulling in about 1.3-1.5 million inf/min when running solo ambush farms, but as I haven't really kept up with the game since I18 I'm not sure what it could do with today's options.
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Just curious on what is a good inf/min to gain on a farm? Once on a team a person said 500-800k but i felt this might have been a little low.
Has anyone figured out the best Dev's Choice AE mission for farming, so you can get regular rewards?
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Originally Posted by mr_elotes
Just curious on what is a good inf/min to gain on a farm? Once on a team a person said 500-800k but i felt this might have been a little low.
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Originally Posted by macskull
That build was capable of pulling in about 1.3-1.5 million inf/min when running solo ambush farms.
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Freedom: Blazing Larb, Fiery Fulcrum, Sardan Reborn, Arctic-Frenzy, Wasabi Sam, Mr Smashtastic.
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Why would you want regular rewards? :P
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Originally Posted by Granite Agent
Has anyone figured out the best Dev's Choice AE mission for farming, so you can get regular rewards?
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"I have ridden the mighty moon worm!"
-Al Gore
Fiery Aura is only good for farming, I'm cereal
@Caucasiafro
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Yeah, if you want regular rewards, you'd be better off farming one of the popular farming missions. Otherwise, AE is superior for raw inf/xp gain, while regular content can net you more depending on the drops you get.
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Originally Posted by ultrawatt
Why would you want regular rewards? :P
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I find it's the tickets that actually make AE good. I can generally average upwards of 100mil a day from only 20 minutes or less of actual farming.
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Originally Posted by Fiery-Enforcer
Yeah, if you want regular rewards, you'd be better off farming one of the popular farming missions. Otherwise, AE is superior for raw inf/xp gain, while regular content can net you more depending on the drops you get.
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"I have ridden the mighty moon worm!"
-Al Gore
Fiery Aura is only good for farming, I'm cereal
@Caucasiafro
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So what kind of mobs are giving better raw inf/exp gain? Are people just creating custom large maps populated with, say, Council or Freaks and going at it. I'm sorry to sound naive, I've just stayed 100% away from AE farming and now with double xp upon us I need to figure out what to do to drive 2 new level-pacted toons to 50.
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Originally Posted by Fiery-Enforcer
Yeah, if you want regular rewards, you'd be better off farming one of the popular farming missions. Otherwise, AE is superior for raw inf/xp gain, while regular content can net you more depending on the drops you get.
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double xp doesnt work in AE. |
Originally Posted by Granite Agent
So what kind of mobs are giving better raw inf/exp gain? Are people just creating custom large maps populated with, say, Council or Freaks and going at it. I'm sorry to sound naive, I've just stayed 100% away from AE farming and now with double xp upon us I need to figure out what to do to drive 2 new level-pacted toons to 50.
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But mostly people make costum critters geared toward a certain set, like fire melee critters for farming on an SS/FA.
Edit: >.<
"I have ridden the mighty moon worm!"
-Al Gore
Fiery Aura is only good for farming, I'm cereal
@Caucasiafro
what ultrawatt said
but, custom* critters 
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haha >.<
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Originally Posted by LygerZero
what ultrawatt said
but, custom* critters |
"I have ridden the mighty moon worm!"
-Al Gore
Fiery Aura is only good for farming, I'm cereal
@Caucasiafro
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yea...i saw it after the fact...but is the 1.3-1.5 a good baseline to judge or is that number low/high?
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Originally Posted by Sardan
Note this excerpt from the post right above yours:
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Of course Spines is probably the best set for dealing with that sort of running, Slows as secondary effects and Quills taunting them back.
"I have ridden the mighty moon worm!"
-Al Gore
Fiery Aura is only good for farming, I'm cereal
@Caucasiafro