Slotting Blazing Aura in Issue 24

In Issue 24, Blazing Aura becomes Cauterizing Aura. In addition to it's current damage pulsing effect, it loses its endurance cost, gains a heal per pulse, and a 50% Recovery buff (double Stamina, for reference). I haven't gotten to test it on the Beta server to see how significant the heal is, but I'm trying to figure out how in the world I'm going to slot for all this.

My current thought is:

+5 Armageddon (Accuracy/Damage/Recharge)
+5 Armageddon (Damage)
2x +5 Heal IO
2x +5 EndMod IO

This slotting would give:
33.30% Accuracy
94.69% Damage (127.18% with Musculature Core)
95.90% Heal
95.90% EndMod
+4% Recovery (Set)

This is about the only way I can think of to frankenslot this power for all these effects and have it be fully functional. The downsides are that this uses 6 slots and 30 Enhancement Boosters, 2 pieces of a purple set, and has crap for set bonuses.

Anybody have any better ideas?

Edit: Apparently the heal with ED slotting is around 18 hp/s, or around 1.5% hp/s for Blaster base HP at 50.

I24 Proc Chance = (Enhanced Recharge + Activation Time) * (Current PPM * 1.25) / 60*(1 + .75*(.15*Radius - 0.011*Radius*(360-Arc)/30))
Single Target Radius = 0. AoE Non-Cone Arc = 360.

The recovery is so large, I am strongly considering not slotting it. I may go with 4 boosted Scirocco's and two boosted Heal IOs. But I have so much to consider for my main build, it is hard to say. I am still hoping we can convince Hawk to allow the power to use Accurate Healing sets.

I definitely do not plan to slot for recovery.

In my experience, Blazing Aura is useless for damage. If Cauterizing Aura doesn't have its damage or range boosted over BA, there's no point for me to slot it for damage and this is coming from a DP/Fire/Ice blaster who often is in melee range.

Looking at my options, if they fix Cauterizing Aura so that it doesn't detoggle:

*2 Boosted Heal IOs
*The absorb proc from Preventative Medicine
*2 Boosted Recovery IOs
*??? Was thinking the Blaster ATO that gives mez protection? Not sure on the chances of that proccing though. It probably needs to hit something to work. Needs to be an enhancement that's good with just the 1 slot though and damage/accuracy is probably not going to net much good.

I figure, if CA will enable me to easily run Hot Feet, I'll just use Hot Feet and Burn for PBAoE dmg. If CA won't suppress the sustain effect (the damage will suppress) might as well capitalize on that.

/2 cents

I'm really surprised that people are planning not to slot the recovery bonus because it's large. I was thinking that because it's large, I would heavily slot it, then maybe drop Consume and leave Stamina at 1 perf. shifter proc.

I24 Proc Chance = (Enhanced Recharge + Activation Time) * (Current PPM * 1.25) / 60*(1 + .75*(.15*Radius - 0.011*Radius*(360-Arc)/30))
Single Target Radius = 0. AoE Non-Cone Arc = 360.

My current plan: 1 accuracy. That's all.

I currently have Blazing Aura on my fire/fire. It's slotted with Eradication to get me softcapped to Energy/Neg Nrg. I plan to add another 3 slots to the power. 1 for the new Absorb proc, and probably 2 Numina IO's.

It doesn't have an end cost, so all that end reduction is wasted. And you also neglected end mod, though since /fire also has consume, and the base end mod is good as is, that might not be a big problem.

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Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler That...was a Herocon 09 exclusive easter egg. The powerset will not have doves associated with it. Namely because you guys would want to color tint the damn doves, or make them hawks/ravens/flying sharks/etc and that's just a headache I do...not...want...to deal with.

I don't have, or planning to make, a /fire fire blaster, but just curious..
Not trying to cry nerf or anything either, but, now it has NO end cost at all? Is the damage the same? (like 60 or whatever slotted)
Does the heal pulse go off regardless of if you are in melee and burning things, or not?

Don't know about damage, didn't use it before, and haven't actually fought anything with it yet (damage is no longer one of the listed stats, just shows the buffs). However, I can say the heal goes off without anything nearby, and conversely, walking through a group of outcasts in steel didn't increase the healing I received.

Also, none of the sustain toggles have any end cost, not just /fire's.

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Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler That...was a Herocon 09 exclusive easter egg. The powerset will not have doves associated with it. Namely because you guys would want to color tint the damn doves, or make them hawks/ravens/flying sharks/etc and that's just a headache I do...not...want...to deal with.

It's not a Consuming Aura, it's a Cauterizing Aura. Damaging enemies that happen to be nearby is just a side effect

Personally, I find Blazing Aura thoroughly skippable currently (running both of the damage auras is very expensive, so if I choose only one, I go with the one that deals more damage and covers 6x as much area). Despite the wink above, I really do plan to use Cauterizing Aura primarily for the sustain, and any damage it deals is just a bonus.

For my Rad/Fire I plan to prioritize it like this:

1) Healing
2) Endurance Mod (probably 1 slot)
3) Absorb
4) Damage
5) Accuracy

...with 1 and 2 being the main goals. I am unsure how effective the Absorb proc is right now for this power.

However, this power is really nice on beta even unslotted. I have never found its damage that useful personally, but the heal is really nice.

I'm also planning to probably drop Cardiac Alpha for (probably) Spiritual. The extra Recharge combined with crazysupernuke, with +Healing, +Stun (for Cosmic Burst), +ToHit Buff (need to look into this more), +Slow (for Hot Feet). My current build also has Burnout, so I can nuke-Burnout-nuke and (the idea is) Consume and Cauterize will carry me through it.

That's what I thought..the closet power I can compare it to would be..conductive aura. Which is regen and FA less useful to a blaster..and also needs you to be in melee..and can miss!

There's 4 sustain toggles, the new Martial Combat set is getting reaction time.

Fire Manipulation has two damage auras, one of them is being converted to the new Cauterizing Aura, the other remains unchanged and everything else (except build up, the immobilize, and fire sword) is a PBAoE.

And all the sustain toggles, and most of the clicks, do in fact provide healing (or regen, or absorb) without needing to hit a target. The only exceptions are touch of the beyond from dark (modified touch of fear, has lower end cost, range, and buff lasts a minute while power recharges in 10 seconds...doesn't self stack) and drain psyche from mental, which is unchanged so far from it's pre-i24 state.

All the clicks, (except the unchanged DS) have the same end cost and duration for buffs, at 5.2 end and 1 minute. Energize is the only one not perma out of the box, though is still provides conserve power level end reduction, and a heal plus regen, and it only needs 100% total recharge to be made perma (so 95% slotted and a single LoTG for example).

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Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler That...was a Herocon 09 exclusive easter egg. The powerset will not have doves associated with it. Namely because you guys would want to color tint the damn doves, or make them hawks/ravens/flying sharks/etc and that's just a headache I do...not...want...to deal with.