Cebr

Well, what if you add integration, and took out fast healing? that way they have the same amount of passive regen (due to integration giving regen) but they have KB protection.. I know Hand Grenade only has a chance for KB, and being able to chain Spin -> Hand grenade will up the AoE damage by quite a bit, especially if you can limit the KB. granted, you'll probably burn end just as fast, but in theory it could cut down on the timing. And Hand grenade can be used to pull Alpha/Beta closer to you, so you have less running (and more time to smash)

There is an AE arc titled "Crafter's Cafe" if I remember correctly, it has an invention crafting table in it. That could save time on the trips to recharge your temps since you just zone into the misson, craft, and zone out.

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In regards to PL'ing another player/account. If it isn't working, you're doing it wrong. I kid, I kid. That's the fun way for me to put that). I took someone into the original CEBR map to demonstrate the process for them (as they too made a Claws/Fire for this). Within the first two missions we were able to evaluate the most secure what to use this map as a Farm for other toons, and it has worked rather flawlessly since. I can run the map solo and PL two others (at least, haven't bothered working with more than a few friends on this) while being the only one working. On average it takes about 80 seconds each run and I've used the same process each time.

Slam F1-F2-F3 while mass purchasing Reds. Continue slamming while clicking to Oranges, purchase at random for two seconds, switch to Purples, purchase for two seconds. Once this is done, while still clicked on Purples, purchase four, click Red, fill tray (while doing this, hit '5, 6', and then '7' if its up (Hasten, Energize, and Power Surge, respectively)). Run into the mission of which any and all of your PL goons should have run into the center "Death Zone" of the map (which, we've been using the Warehouse rendition as its a bit easier on the collection of enemies). Snag the two bosses and proceed Auto-Spin in center of mobs. Shortly around the time the third ambush waves collect on me I pop the rest of my tray and munch down any oranges that drop (as often at least two or three do, or I can combine what I don't get). Within the next ~50 seconds wipe out as much of the room as possible (mostly with just Spin), click the glowie and leave about five seconds before the inspirations would drop.

About 95% of the time this is pretty straight forward and nets 1,500 tickets for the Farmer. We did confirm that those additional in the map with you will get a ridiculously poor amount of tickets (as they should!), but attempting to contribute a single death before they die increases their ticket-pull by about 10%ish.

I've also done this with two CEBR's PL'ing two additional bodies on the map and we averaged about 60 seconds a map from load to completion using only the inspirations we go in with. We also tried this with the other sheep on the map feeding us a pre-assorted stack of inspirations. Usually a couple purples, a couple oranges, and as many reds as they could stomach to carry. This would allow extension of the map to 90/s-120/s if needed.

Quick Build Spec:
Spin: Dam/Rech, Three Procs, Acc/Dam
Lightning Field: Dam, Acc/Dam, Dam/End
Hasten: 6-Slot Rech
Power Surge: 6-Slot Rech
Energize: 4-Rech, 2-Heal

Fortunata 5-Of Purple Set in Salt Crystals and I use the Base Recharge Empowerment Buff. Most of the time I have Hasten up every other run, Power Surge up every skip of three or so. I don't use it that often depending on how lazy I'm being on a run. I considered the Gladiator's Net set as well, but the extra 120million Inf didn't seem worth it considering how stream lined I felt already.

Edit Note: Hasten six slotted for recharge with the otherwise 30-50% (depending in or out of mission) global recharge gives Hasten a total downtime of approx. 40/s (20 second short while running, double that once hasten drops into 40/s. Really is something like 50, but there's also period between where you've got an additional 20% from Lightning Reflexes to easily say at least 40 total downtime which turns into "up every other mission.")

Finished my 50 Brute on Guardian tonight. That makes 7 total, I just need 4 more to get a level 50 character on every server. I went from 36 to 50 in about 3 hours, and a total of about 5:40 for the whole run of 1-50. I was a bit slow at lower levels, trying temp powers, but I did find a good use for them. Plus I didn't die at all tonight. I had a sidekick for 2 missions, a level 4 Claws/Elec Brute who had read about this and was trying it for the first time.

Here's my new way to run. Load up on Inspirations as usual, saving 1 yellow, 4 Lucks, and 4 or so oranges. Eat lots of reds and run into the mission. Once inside, use all those saved Inspirations as you run to the first boss Alpha. Spin on auto to take him out and start the 3 ambushes. You'll get pushed around a bit, but try to stay around that spot for the rest of the mission. Target the yellow minion just to the right of the far boss Beta and toss a Hand Grenade. That generally agros the entire second spawn so they'll come to attack you. If you damage the boss in the second spawn that will trigger 2 more ambushes, and they will come to your current location near Alpha. Target Beta and finish him off when he arrives to finish triggering the ambushes. Then slaughter mobs for a while. If you don't have the Hand Grenade temp power (maybe because you just started on a new server and don't have a base with crafting table), attack Beta directly with a ranged Vet power. If you don't have one of those (newb!), use your starting Origin power. Those tend to be short range, so run close, use, then run back.

This method is better for two reasons. You start triggering the ambushes as soon as you reach the first boss, rather than waiting for the second boss. And you stay closer to the ambush spawn point (near the start of the mission), so it takes less time for the ambushes to reach you. Those two things combined means you're target capped sooner, and thus earning inspirations earlier than before. You're more likely to earn the Inspirations you need to survive earlier. Safer means less debt which means faster leveling.

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Doing a CEBR on Freedom right now while level-pacted to a friend's kid's account. It's taking appreciably longer than my solo did.
But in inf and prestige output per-level is phenomenal. I actually started my own SG my secondary account is lapsed pending Freedom) and was to 15 before one of the people in my regular SG showed up. Now, 30 levels later, I'm spitting distance of 1 million prestige and almost completely proc'ed out now.

The hard one is turning out to be the last Eradication proc (there's literally NONE on the market right now). I even have BRAWL proc'ed up.

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Back when my CEBR was 30 or so, I tried some of the higher level maps that were supposedly for brutes with EA. The mobs in theses maps used electric attacks that drained my END way too quickly. I haven't tried in my 40s yet, but thought before I do I might as well ask...

Am I just doing it wrong?

BTW, the CEBR trip has been a fun one. Not so much that I would endeavor a 50 on each server as TopDoc is attempting, but definitely worth at least one through to 50. Not the way I would always want to play the game, but a really great and interesting change of pace!

I had a slightly frustrating night on a new Brute on Union. My /netgraph had a fair amount of red, like I was bleeding. I was rubber banding all over the place, and the mobs were rubber banding even worse. The mobs didn't even appear in 2 missions till I was standing in the middle of them. My power tray sometimes displayed powers as constantly being activated, even when they were recharging. My inspiration tray was acting weirder than normal. I was getting holes in it, meaning there were Inspirations sitting above the holes. There were Inspirations in my tray that I couldn't use. I found that if I moved them, they went away.

Despite all that, I hit level 23.6 at 1 hour, 32.5 at 2 hours, and 38.5 at 3 hours. I only died once. The Inspiration combining macros appeared to be working, which is good because I would have gone mad trying to manage them by hand. I should hit 50 tomorrow, this will be #8. That is assuming I21 doesn't go live. Hey, you never know.

Why Claws/Elec and not Claws/Fire? Just based on the Energy Res. in Charged Armor as opposed to Fire Res.?

I thought about doing this but then i was like wait i have enough 50's. Friends that power level me and a SS/Fire.

And doing incarnate trials all over for characters sucks. I guess this is good for solo people but then why play an mmo?