Why did Stone Melee fall off the map?

OK... setting aside the number crunchers, because I don't play that game...

What I'm seeing is that people either love or hate the aesthetics of Stone Melee. That is my reason for having not run one so far. What I like, for the most part, is playing super heroes, and SM animations look more Anime to me than what I want.

That said, running a character that can turn to stone works perfectly well with Super Strength and Invulnerability from my perspective.

Based on what I can gather from Mids, running the numbers...CB becomes more effective than Burn at about 75-90% damage buff (or BM + Med Red Insp), after that Burn is costing you DPS...

It appears as though Whirling Smash being worth more than Gloom would be somewhere around +/-125% damage buff (BM + 2 Med Red Insp)...based on my late night math...

Read the link in my sig to my guide for /Regen...

With all the stuff available to /Regen toons these days...I can run around constantly with never less than 1000-1200% Regen at all times with perma hasten and perma DP.

Do you regenerate +/- 160-170 HP/sec all the time? Somehow I doubt it...

Actually...With Regen having 5 healing powers, you can easily slot for recharge...I recommend Doctored wounds to most anyone for a budget build, and that will put you somewhere around 150-165% global recharge if you slot your attacks for Defense and Recharge also...

My "budget" claws Regen build was only about 2 billion influence, and had 35% S/L Defense and ran 160% Global Recharge...with Spiritual Alpha, you can easily get Hasten permanent.

My current build is something over 170-175% Global recharge, I swapped DW for Panacea and picked up some extra recharge there, my Regen sits around 675-680% Passive with integration...on my brute the % is slightly lower...but instead of claws I run SS and the numbers vary.

Perma Dull Pain only takes about 55-60% Global recharge + Hasten running...if you slot LotG +rech in the defensive powers available to you, and use DW, you can't fall short of that...especially with t4 Spiritual Alpha, which is not a stretch to get either...a pain maybe...but just takes effort.

Perma Hasten takes more recharge to get, but it is not out of reach, slot crushing impacts/oblits into your attacks, and upgrade your DW sets to Panacea...you can get those pieces for mostly less than 200 mil now unless you want the proc...it is still around 300 mil @ L50. You can also keep the DW's sets and build for about 160% global recharge with LotG sets and attacks slotted and t4 Spiritual will carry you the rest of the way with 2 or 3 recharge IOs in it.

Also getting t4 Rebirth Radial Destiny will increase your ability to survive greatly as it is essentially a permanent buff of between 1200% and 200% Regen...

You guys make this out to be a lot more than it is...My SS/Regen brute is costing me about 8-9 bil inf to build, but that's mostly because of purple sets, and the Glad Armor Unique...5 sets of Panacea didn't help either but they were going to be the biggest expense because of the sheer number of pieces I had to get and I was willing to accept that...

With all the tools available, particularly a t4 Rebirth Radial Destiny...you can permanently run around with 1000% +/- Regen.

I rather like SM. For me...hitting some poor slob with a biggazz rock hammer is just shmexy. I've got a 50 SM/WP brute that's just started down Incarnate Road (right now just has a t1 agility)...but he was a joyride for me. He's also still my only toon that can handle at least 0/+8 missions...tho not all mobs need apply. Spiders and Carnies give me hell. And Cimmies....they hurt.

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Originally Posted by Smiling_Joe ::looks at RaikenX's signature:: Something funny.

So, what you're telling me, is that other than perhaps a fistful of IO enhancements...the majority of the INDIVIDUAL IOs that I slot into any given build, BY THEMSELVES (one at a time) cost MORE than your "richest build"?

Ok, I am betting you solo on something like +0/x4 or team mostly...probably takes you something like 20 issues to get to 50...etc...and you like that right? That's fine...

However, before you start talking about what an "expensive IO build" is...here's a tip...when people start talking about IO builds with even a single piece of Kinetic Combat, or Luck of the Gambler, or a Numina Proc, or a Miracle, Steadfast Unique, etc...when you hear those terms, run for the hills...SERIOUSLY...you need to cover your ears with ear muffs, then wrap your head in a blanket, then cover your ears with your hands, and start screaming, "la la la I can't hear you!!!" and run for the hills.

On my most expensive build, I just counted, and I have only 5 IOs in that entire build that cost less than the $50 mil inf that you are claiming is your "richest build"...most of my individual enhancement pieces cost 2-6 times that, one piece at a time.

You can keep your SOs or plain IO enhancements, I will take my sets and my bonuses, build them the way that I want to, and be happy soloing +4/x8.

But the majority of builds I see people asking about are somewhere between 10 times and 40 times your "richest build"...so I would think you should realize your own perspective is perhaps a bit skewed...when the majority of people on here build around +/-$1 bil inf for an average/budget build. Not that there are not some that still build SOs...but they have been doing it long enough they don't need tips for slotting.