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Unbelievably, Build Up and Chucking hunks of Street (as I like to call it) are very important to Stone attacks. Build Up can mean the difference in defeating an opponent or being defeated, the increase of damage and accuracy alone are worth taking it. Now throwing huge chunks of street at enemies far away is important. A Stone/Stone tank has very little in the way of ranged attacks. Hurl Boulder can be, if properly outfitted with ranged enhancements, a devastating and effective attack. My WP/SS Brute uses her Hurl Boulder as fast as it recharges. Therefore, I do recommend you keep those two powers. There is a point in the mid-twenties where obtaining other powers can happen because the primary and secondary powers are not available.
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Originally Posted by Tezzereth
I have not played CoH since the end of 2005. A LOT has changed since then, so I decided to make a new character instead of reviving one of my old ones. I really love how the trams are one line now, and that the Finesse Pool is free!
So, for my first character, I went with a Stone/Stone tank because Stone Armor was so awesome before, eh heh. But basically, since I have only just gotten back into the game, I don't have any of the influence to afford those really spiffy enhancements from sets, so I have been just using what I find and what not. But basically, I am more interested on the powers I should be using, moreso being that I am a Granite Armor tank. I do know though, that I have not liked Build Up or Hurl Boulder, so I don't plan on using either for a final build. I am more focused on holding aggro and teleporting head first into a mob with Mud Pots on while getting everyhitng to look at me while the team blows 'em all up. When in close quarters, I use the KB attacks to heard the enemies into walls and corners. In the eventually of getting the awesome IO stuff, what are first few things I am going to want to slot up as best as I can? Sorry for the pseudo randomness in this, but this way late for me, and i don't want to forget to post about it! |
Current active characters: Dragon Maiden (50+3 Brute SS/WP/PM), Black Widow Maiden (50+1 Night Widow), Catayclasmic Ariel (50 lvl Defender - Kin/DP), Quantumshock (50 lvl Elect/Energy/Energy), American's Defender (38 lvl Tanker - SD/Mace), Spider-Maiden (15 lvl Corruptor - RB/PD) & Siren Shrike (15 lvl Defender - Sonic/Sonic). My entire stable.
I liked throwing the piece of rock, but I wished it was bigger :3
It also seemed to miss a ton and never knocked anything back ever, even after I added some SO's to it. Perhaps since I only used it for two levels that I didn't like, so I couldn't' really outfit it properly.
I really liked getting the damage boost and acc with Build up, but at these higher levels, I am finding that I am rarely out of Granite Armor where super slow recharge powers like Hasten can recharge effectively.
It doesn't help that most people don't seem to be able to work in a team very well. Had a controller blame me for getting him dead, but he'd be the one standing in melee non stop while I had 20 foes all held to me at once. But then he'd distract one and pull it away from me, so I wasn't to hold it.
I love playing in teams, as I find doing stuff solo so dang boring! That, and it seems it would be expensive to have two well equipped builds, as I know I want to eventually make a second build that can do Solo and Low level stuff.
Would anyone be able to suggest a basic Stone/Stone Tank with focus on Granite Armor that I could go off of?
I have a Stone/Stone but its private, what I can offer though is a Stone/Ice to look at and adapt from and try not to have more than 17 mobs if you can help it :
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He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
I don't want to copy someones super duper special build, i just want some input on some the powers and possible ways to slot em, especially stuff that has several ways to do it, when to go for an IO or franken it or just the stuff that not everyone might not useand such.
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Originally Posted by Tezzereth
I don't want to copy someones super duper special build, i just want some input on some the powers and possible ways to slot em, especially stuff that has several ways to do it, when to go for an IO or franken it or just the stuff that not everyone might not useand such.
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The whole Stone/Ice build is something I suppose you can't copy unless your Stone/Ice. The slotting in the build is some input on how to slot.
Make a build and we will look at it. There is like almost 0 interest in doing builds for people in them in their entirety.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
When I played last, there were only SO and HO for high level characters to choose from, for all this frankenslotting and IO sets is a bit daughting. Sorta like, what are the sets that when they drop, I better squeeze my claws around them and either sell them or use on a critical build and such. Way way back when slotting six recharge enhancements into your pets is what you wanted to do to get tons of em everwhere.
I don't want to copy anyone, I just want tips on what people think of certain skills. Like, if Throw Boulder can be made to go so fast that you can spam it really fast, then I can see it having more use than just chuck and wait a while.
I'd use that hero maker, but I have no idea where to begin on how to properly select the powers and when to give slots and when not to and what not.
And there is a difference between making a super duper awesome build with the billion in influence influence invested over me who has just a bit over 150m.
I have not played CoH since the end of 2005. A LOT has changed since then, so I decided to make a new character instead of reviving one of my old ones. I really love how the trams are one line now, and that the Finesse Pool is free!
So, for my first character, I went with a Stone/Stone tank because Stone Armor was so awesome before, eh heh.
But basically, since I have only just gotten back into the game, I don't have any of the influence to afford those really spiffy enhancements from sets, so I have been just using what I find and what not.
But basically, I am more interested on the powers I should be using, moreso being that I am a Granite Armor tank. I do know though, that I have not liked Build Up or Hurl Boulder, so I don't plan on using either for a final build.
I am more focused on holding aggro and teleporting head first into a mob with Mud Pots on while getting everyhitng to look at me while the team blows 'em all up. When in close quarters, I use the KB attacks to heard the enemies into walls and corners.
In the eventually of getting the awesome IO stuff, what are first few things I am going to want to slot up as best as I can?
Sorry for the pseudo randomness in this, but this way late for me, and i don't want to forget to post about it!