Last year I posted a MasterCrab build w/ SOs thread. Many people looked at it, but the thread got zero responses. Evidently there are not a lot of people out there who want to unlock VEATS and then go Premium. Anyway, I will not allow your SO-only thread to meet the same ignoble fate as mine! And my response is...
Whoa! Don't you think it's a bit dishonest to post a thread called "SO Only Night Widow Build" and then post a build that has a bunch of set IOs in it? It's like going "camping" with an RV.
My advice is to get rid of all those procs and either:
A) Use the slot for damage and suffer the ED consequences, or
B) Use the slot for Recharge. You've got no Hasten and no set bonuses, so things will recharge MUCH slower than you are accustomed to.
I would slot Mind Link with regular old Defense and To-Hit SOs and use it only when needed. Even with your current frankenslotting of set IOs, it's still not permanent so you are going to need to accept downtime. If there's too much downtime, get Hasten.
I would take the Leadership pool; Maneuvers at the very least. VEATS have great bonuses for Leadership. I'm not sure what powers you consider optional. If there's nothing else you want to give up for it, give up Combat Jumping. It's a choice between 3.5% defense for the whole team or 2.5% defense for just you.
Confront can miss and needs accuracy. (Unless you drop it for Maneuvers.)
Tough and Weave are both hard on endurance. I would give them each two End Cost Reduction SOs. And I would give Tough two Damage Resistance SOs. No point taking the toggle if you're not going to get full effect from it.
OK, maybe not totally SOs :P But basically I was aiming for a cheaper build >.>
If rock-bottom pricing is your goal, then pure SOs are the way to go. I often sell level 53 SOs on the auction house for 100 inf just because I have /auctionhouse and I'm too lazy to find a vendor who will buy them. In many cases they don't sell, even at those prices. Where are those lazy marketeers?
Anyway, those procs you are planning to use are not exactly cheap. For a similar price you could get whole sets of bad or lower level IOs. There are a number of IO sets that have lame set bonuses but their enhancement values are still good. For example, using Air Burst instead of Positron's Blast. These might work as a bargain alternative to SOs or non-set IOs.
(My supergroup has a "lowbie night" in which our characters shut off their XP gain at certain points and play for a while at that level. When you know you're going to be level 15 for a few weeks, it actually pays to check out the dumping ground of obscure and unloved IO sets that exists at that level. Not that I think you should slot your level 50 Night Widow's attacks with Salvo, I just think the crappy IO sets are something to be aware of.)
heh, RV camping
perma jump is ---> /up 1
http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...71FF019D58D5E7
So I'm working on this build for fun really. Testing what I know. I'm trying to only us SOs, defence/recharge enhancements when I need them (in mind link) and procs to overcome ED. So what do you think? I've got 15 slots left to spend and no powers.