The Determinator

So, my bad idea has come to fruition, and I dub it The Determinator challenge.



As you can see, I have a daunting task ahead of me. I have to get this guy from 1 to 50 using just temporary powers, secondary powers, and pool powers. Feel free to join me as I update this thread at least weekly. And feel free to give it a shot as well.

DAY 1
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I made the character today, of course. I chose to start in Outbreak for an easy way to level 2. Yeesh, my power bars look pretty empty. The only powers I'll have until at least level 6 are brawl, blackwand, nemesis staff, sands of mu, and throwing knives.

Hopefully I can make it to at least 6 by the end of today.

Are you not using temp power recipes or only using ones that drop on the character? Otherwise why not send yourself several temp recipes and the salvage for them before level 6?

This'll be an interesting character to watch in action once he hits 10 and starts tossing temp attacks every which way.

Heck, if he's on Virtue I might actually get to see him.

I think this is totally doable. It's going to take a LONG time, and you'll have to be really careful about temp power management. But hey, carefully take your Pool powers, and then frequent Bloody Bay for some Shivans, you should be golden!

haha, good luck man. I'll be reading up on this, since I admit I have wondered "What if..."

So what secondary did you go with?

Yes, I'm on Virtue, and just joined my first team, actually. I picked Willpower as my secondary to follow the theme.

Well, I made my first mini goal - level 6! I picked Boxing, since it will forever be better than Kick, and I'm heading to Kings Row now.

I really don't see why this build wouldn't work.

Your damage output would be pitiful, but you'd still have WP's survivability, and the ability to run at 0/0 when solo if needed.

No reason this character shouldn't work out for you.

Well, unfortunately, I have to cut Day 1 short at level 7, as I have real life to attend to. It was still fun, and I actually didn't get kicked from the team I joined. Stay tuned for tomorrow!

Why did you eliminate AE content? There's plenty of legit arcs, filled with standard characters & challenges you can play. Limiting yourself to 'no Farms' sounds inline with your goals, but all of AE?...that's throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Also, if you open yourself to AE possibilities you can use my arc, "The Crafter's Cafe" #487283, to craft your temp powers at AE and it won't give you a lick of XP but it will save you on all that travel time getting to and from the Uni/RWZ/Base crafting tables. Plus, tickets will make getting salvage a lot more feasible without the need for twinks from your alts.

Good luck on your challenge and don't forget to grab even more temp power attacks & defense via Ouro!

Ah, the return of the MAN build. Take a controller, ignore your primary and secondary powers at levels 1, 2 and 4, then start into power pool powers at level 6. Take nothing but power pools from then on.

The OP's version seems a little watered down. Scrapper hit points, a useful inherent, AND you get to take powers from your secondary? Pfft.

Don't be weak, be a MAN! *massively-sized WINK*

I never got mine past level 18, but I've still got him around.

Good luck to you, OP!

DAY 2
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Starting day 2! Level 10 is only 3 levels away, thankfully, although I plan to reach level 12 before I give up for the day. Right now, I plan on running contact/radio missions until I can find a team.

Oddly enough, I'm thinking of ideas for a second costume already...

DAY 2 WRAP UP
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Don't worry, I'm not gonna update every single day.

I got to level 12 today. I spent about 6 million influence buying temporary power recipes and salvage. Bad idea, I know. Unfortunately, I was completely out of temporary power uses within two missions. I did pick up Jump Kick at 12, so now I have a solid (albeit weak) attack chain when I run out of temporary powers.

Boxing -> Jump Kick -> Brawl -> Throwing Knives

Devastating.

I'm glad everyone on the teams I join are friendly about my gimpiness, although I did have one person get a little steamed after I used Smoke Flash to get out of being overrun from a Hand Grenade misfire.

Are you planning on taking Air Superiority? That's pretty much a standard attack on all my controllers/defenders.

Don't forget to get, craft and slot the kismet +acc def IO as it applies to all your temp power attacks and sits nicely in CJ.

Hmm reminds me of my attempted MAN build though yours is more MANLY than mine due to the fact my only restriction was power pools only from level 6 onward.

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.942
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Click this DataLink to open the build!

Level 50 Science Brute
Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Secondary Power Set: Electric Armor
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Medicine
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Leviathan Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Havoc Punch -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5)
Level 1: Charged Armor -- RctvArm-ResDam(A), RctvArm-EndRdx(5), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(7), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(7), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(9)
Level 2: Jacobs Ladder -- M'Strk-Acc/Dmg(A), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx(13), M'Strk-Dmg/Rchg(15), M'Strk-Acc/EndRdx(15), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(40), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 4: Conductive Shield -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(9), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(11), RctvArm-ResDam(11), RctvArm-EndRdx(13)
Level 6: Boxing -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(17), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(17), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(19)
Level 8: Kick -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(19), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(21), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(21)
Level 10: Hover -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(23), DefBuff-I(23)
Level 12: Fly -- Empty(A)
Level 14: Tough -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), RctvArm-ResDam(25), RctvArm-EndRdx(25), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(27), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(27), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(29)
Level 16: Aid Other -- Empty(A)
Level 18: Aid Self -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(29), Heal-I(31), RechRdx-I(31), RechRdx-I(31), IntRdx-I(33)
Level 20: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(33), DefBuff-I(33)
Level 22: Jump Kick -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(36), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(36), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37)
Level 24: Acrobatics -- KBDist-I(A), KBDist-I(37), KBDist-I(37)
Level 26: Weave -- RedFtn-Def(A), RedFtn-EndRdx(34), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(34), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(34), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(36), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(43)
Level 28: Air Superiority -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(39), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(39), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39)
Level 30: Stimulant -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 32: Resuscitate -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 35: Group Fly -- Empty(A)
Level 38: Super Jump -- Empty(A)
Level 41: Spirit Shark -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(42), Dmg-I(42), Dmg-I(42)
Level 44: Arctic Breath -- ImpSwft-Acc/Slow(A), ImpSwft-Dmg/Slow(45), ImpSwft-Acc/EndRdx(45), ImpSwft-Rng/Slow(45), ImpSwft-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(46), ImpSwft-Dam%(46)
Level 47: Summon Guardian -- SvgnRt-Acc/Dmg(A), SvgnRt-Dmg/EndRdx(48), SvgnRt-Acc/EndRdx(48), SvgnRt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(48), SvgnRt-Acc(50), SvgnRt-PetResDam(50)
Level 49: Bile Spray -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(50)
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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 -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(43), Heal-I(46)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(40), EndMod-I(43)
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 2% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 2% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 2% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 2% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 2% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 2% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 2% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 2% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 29.3% Defense(Smashing)
• 29.3% Defense(Lethal)
• 5.81% Defense(Fire)
• 5.81% Defense(Cold)
• 8% Defense(Energy)
• 8% Defense(Negative)
• 3% Defense(Psionic)
• 21.8% Defense(Melee)
• 7.38% Defense(Ranged)
• 8.63% Defense(AoE)
• 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 3% Enhancement(RunSpeed)
• 3% Enhancement(JumpHeight)
• 3% Enhancement(FlySpeed)
• 3% Enhancement(JumpSpeed)
• 112.4 HP (7.5%) HitPoints
• MezResist(Confused) 2.75%
• MezResist(Held) 4.95%
• MezResist(Immobilize) 21.5%
• MezResist(Sleep) 4.4%
• MezResist(Stun) 6.6%
• 10% Resistance(Smashing)
• 10% Resistance(Lethal)
• 12.2% Resistance(Fire)
• 12.2% Resistance(Cold)
• 10% Resistance(Energy)
• 10% Resistance(Negative)
• 10% Resistance(Toxic)
• 10% Resistance(Psionic)

DAY 3
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Time to start up! Not sure what my goal is for the day, but I have been watching the thread for tips, and I will be taking that Kismet idea.

Also, does anyone posting on here play on Virtue? I'd love to be able to point some of you guys out.

Edit: Goal for the day, waiting for the server to come back up.

Hey, I don't post much, but I am a man of challenges and this is pretty cool!

I might actually give this a try when servers come back up. So these builds are called

Determinator builds huh? (Or if I got this wrong please correct me)

Have any pointers for a returning subscriber in terms of temp powers and power selection?

I am trying to make a gimped Gangster rapper type of character. I was thinking of taking

all the temp gun and shotgun abilities weapon skills and the bat to kind of give that

thematic touch, but not too sure of the cost in inf from 1 to 50?

Sorry for the newbish question (Newbie here) are these builds really expensive in the long

run to say. . buying IOs for a normal character from those span of levels?

Thanks in advance