34 Ancient Hami-Os: Weird Build Advice
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Posted on: 2011-11-02 21:19 in Player Questions
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It's a bit pricey, but if you end up wanting to pull HOs out of your build during a respec, you can by global Enhancement Storage upgrades (10 slots each for $20, 2 upgrades available, 30 storage slots total per character). Might be pricey, but it's a permanent upgrade for all of your characters. Considering extra respec tokens are $10 per, it's not a bad option.
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Might be more economical just to buy a couple dozen enhancement unslotters.
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Originally Posted by Obsidius
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It's a bit pricey, but if you end up wanting to pull HOs out of your build during a respec, you can by global Enhancement Storage upgrades (10 slots each for $20, 2 upgrades available, 30 storage slots total per character). Might be pricey, but it's a permanent upgrade for all of your characters. Considering extra respec tokens are $10 per, it's not a bad option. |
Buying those two extra trays was my first move when Freedom went live (dropped $50/account, 2 accounts). It is like night and day having the 200% more storage. A respec now can unslot almost 1/3rd of your enhancements. Well worth the cost, and the benefit when running TF/making builds has made me giggle each time I notice it.
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Well, for starters I'd recommend ditching the concealment pool, at least beyond the basic Stealth power. Phase Shift got nerfed some time ago, and now has a maximum duration of 30 seconds before it kicks off again. It's not really worth the skill spend anymore.|
Originally Posted by Maudy
Here's what I've got: Thoughts/guidance? Is my strategy as antique as my enhancements?  |
Likewise, you no longer need to spend skill slots on the Fitness pool; it's inherent now. Perhaps you'd like to pick up Choking Cloud and the last couple powers from the psychic pool instead. I don't really have the time right now to go through and spec out a full build, but that's my top-of-head observation.
You're definitely going to want to pry out those hami-Os and six-slot specific powers to emplace IO sets that will help you. Attack sets are the most commonly slotted; for your ranged single-target you'll want to go with the rare set Positron's Blast if you can afford it; if not you'll get decent results with the uncommon set Detonation until you can afford Positron's Blast. For ranged AoE you'll probably want the rare set Obliteration (though it's pretty expensive and hard to find), with the uncommon set Thunderstrike filling in until you can get them.
And consider what level of IOs you want to slot. Lower level IOs have smaller per-Enhancement bonuses, but they provide their set bonuses across a broader range of powers. For example, if you have level 30 IO sets slotted, you'll get access to the set bonuses if you exemp all the way down to level 27. (In a lot of cases, if you're sure to slot multiples of IOs, you'll get set bonuses that make up for the weaker IO strength.)
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Before we jump to that conclusion, @Maudy, you have a subscription if you're posting here, are you planning to keep your subscription or drop to premium? Because if you drop to premium you'll lose the benefits from any IOs but those Hammis still work.|
Originally Posted by Robotech_Master
You're definitely going to want to pry out those hami-Os and six-slot specific powers to emplace IO sets that will help you.
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Also, you have two builds you can swap between so if you think you might go premium, I'd say keep 1 hammi build and make a cheap IO build on your swap.
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Nowadays Fly is already capped at the max flight speed even without any slotting, so you're wasting a Hami-O there. If you want to put something in the default slot, stick in a regular endurance reduction.
You may want to reconsider Stealth from the Concealment pool. You could just buy a +stealth IO and put it into Sprint and you'll be better off altogether, ie you won't have to suffer Stealth's -speed penalty. Phase Shift can also be replaced by a temp power recipe you can buy from the Auction House. It has limited charges, but you can always buy more. So, unless you really want Grant Invis, you can ditch the Concealment pool completely. Along with the +stealth IO in Sprint, you could pick up Superspeed which has a stealth aspect. These 2 stealths will stack and give you effective invisibility.
And if you decide to pick up Superspeed, then you might not need Fly either if you keep Hover which can cover your vertical movement needs. And speaking of which, unless you like to do hover-blasting, you could ditch Hover too and just use a jetpack temp power (purchasable as a recipe or from a jetpack vendor in the Shadow Shard).
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That is my favorite thing in the entire world. It is better than family Christmases. Given the choice between family Christmases and hover-blasting, I will choose hover-blasting every single time.
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Originally Posted by SerialBeggar
And speaking of which, unless you like to do hover-blasting. . . .
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Unless, of course, he(?) goes with the Afterburner flight power. The way Afterburner works is that it removes the flight speed cap, so any flight speed enhancements slotted into the Fly power will have their full effect.|
Originally Posted by SerialBeggar
Nowadays Fly is already capped at the max flight speed even without any slotting, so you're wasting a Hami-O there. If you want to put something in the default slot, stick in a regular endurance reduction.
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By the way, it's also worth noting that you don't need to take Hover before Fly anymore, and you can now take Fly at level 4.
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I just wanted to correct some things Robotech Said, For those ranged Single Target attack you'd want to go with Devastation or Thunderstrike, For the Ranged AOE Postron's blast or Detonation Obliteration is a PbAOE set
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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master
You're definitely going to want to pry out those hami-Os and six-slot specific powers to emplace IO sets that will help you. Attack sets are the most commonly slotted; for your ranged single-target you'll want to go with the rare set Positron's Blast if you can afford it; if not you'll get decent results with the uncommon set Detonation until you can afford Positron's Blast. For ranged AoE you'll probably want the rare set Obliteration (though it's pretty expensive and hard to find), with the uncommon set Thunderstrike filling in until you can get them.
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I posted before. I have a level 50 rad/psy defender with thirty-four level 50 Hami-Os from 6.5 years ago, and dating back from the first Hamidon raids. I also have a Mac now, so I can't run Mids.
I also have young children and am never going to do a 4 hour task force again, so I don't need a GOD character, here, just a fun, workable build. I'm going to solo a lot more often than I team up.
I realize I can only pull a few Hami-Os off the build during a respec, so this is probably an intermediate step to an IO build, or maybe this is the SO/HO build I play when I'm premium and don't have an inventions license.
Here's what I've got:
5 Enzymes (tohit/defense debuffs, end)
3 Endoplasm (acc/mez)
1 Lysosome (tohit/defense debuffs, acc)
5 Nucleolus (dam/acc)
12 Centrioles (dam/rng)
4 Peroxisome (dam/mez)
3 Microfilament (trav/end)
1 Membrane (tohit/defense buffs, rchg)
Here's what I'm planning (Total Slots, Hami-Os Deployed):
Mental Blast (6: 1 Nucleolus, 2 Centrioles)
Psionic Lance (4+: 2 Nucleolus, reduce interrupt SOs)
Psychic Scream (6: 3 Centrioles)
Telekinetic Blast (6: 1 Nucleolus, 2 Centrioles)
Will Domination (6: 3 Peroxisomes)
Psionic Tornado (6: 1 Nucleolus, 2 Centrioles)
Radiant Aura (3)
Acc Metabolism (6)
Radiation Infection (3: 3 Enzymes)
Enervating Field (1)
EM Pulse (6: 3 Endoplasms)
Lingering Rad (3)
Mutation (1)
Hasten (3)
Hover (2: 2 Microfilaments)
Fly (1: 1 Microfilament)
Stealth
Grant Invisibility
Phase Shift (3)
Conserve Power (3)
Power Buildup (?: Membrane)
(Stamina: 3)
I haven't totaled the slots exactly, but this looks like a fun flying brain-sniper. I'd pull off 3 Centrioles, 1 Peroxisome, 1 Lysosome, and 2 Enzymes to sell or use elsewhere.
Thoughts/guidance? Is my strategy as antique as my enhancements?