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I hadn't realized that having green "roots" around the wrist would mean your SKIN had to be green. VERY good job of disguising that fact! The blades look pretty good as they are --- sort of like "green" thorns, as in not mature or old but freshly grown. The notches in the blades helps sell the 'natural' look to it quite…
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I've never used the Roinesh hands, but if you can set their texture to leather or cloth, then maybe a dull yellow/orange color could simulate thorns? Sort of a dark ochre kind of earthy color, like they're wood that is covered in mud or dirt? VERY neat concept, though. :) If you don't want to use Thorn (it cannot be…
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My only wind character is... SVETKA, I think. Been away from Champions for a while; her origin is a bit vague both intentionally for mystery's sake and also because I haven't really decided myself, yet. ;) HOWEVER she came to be, she was being prepped by the Germans to serve as a mole in the Russian superhero community.…
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Most likely answer is a conflict, like it won't show up with, say, Shirts or Jackets but only with Tights or actual Chest Wear upper-body selection.
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I'd get a thematically appropriate one at level 6.... I remember back in the day, in City of Heroes, at level 6 you could only get hover (putt putt putt putt) or Combat Jumping or similar "weak" travel powers until you unlocked a PROPER one later. Granted, that "later" was only level 14, I think? Anyway, I don't have a…
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I use Targeting Computer on ONE character (out of my 30-odd roster) and even there, I only use it for concept (Pip-Girl's V.A.T.S., Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System).... it takes so long to lock on, most foes are dead and those that aren't WILL be almost instantly once the lock on happens, so it seems like most of the…
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Love the look of those stockings. :) Story-wise, the first thing I thought when I read your post was Charisma Carpenter's character (Cordelia) on the Angel TV show by Joss Whedon. Late in the series, she dies and goes to heaven, but is SO bored she comes back to Earth. :) What's that song lyric, "I'd rather laugh with the…
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I'm no good at chronology, but "recently" they did add a lot of individual powers (Rimefire Burst, for example) and they totally revamped Telepathy, adding a lot of DoT and layer-effect/detonate-effect abilities. They also changed the way crit/dodge work, although I forget the details (I THINK that, basically, you can't…
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Make sure you play with Smoke Bomb Lunge in the training room before you lock in that purchase; it's definitely got a different feel from the other lunges. If this is to be a leveling build, I'd move Inexorable Tides and Dragon Kick to level 11 and 14 --- they'll be more useful than any of the powers currently listed…
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Now that passives are not linked to a given appearance, you might consider Shadow Form, which increases paranormal damage. Seraphim boosts healing, I believe? More of a support passive? With Skarn's Bane you hardly need any other attack powers (I love that power SO much!)... You might run into energy issues, so some kind…
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Thanks for the re-work. That build DOES seem more efficient :) The thing I love about Regen is that you don't really need to think about it --- it just WORKS to keep you alive. You don't have to remember to heal, or to activate this or that protection ability. Rimefire is so new I always forget about it. Good consolidation…
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I heartily endorse this idea; I use both of these and to have my giant muscle-bound warrior queen enter combat and SHRINK (until she then grows as Enrage builds) just feels weird. Likewise, when Angstrom is flying around in tiny form and then attacks, she ~grows~... I can see where changing size in combat might be…
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I always start things off by admitting that I do not know the Specializations by name, so I cannot offer any advise there. :) Whenever I see Ricochet Throw without Night Warrior, I weep a little. With the stealth of Night Warrior, Ricochet Throw can basically clear out entire spawns with one throw. AFTER you've broken…
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I don't know enough about how Manipulator works to comment on it, really... came in after I'd left day-to-day play. That said, WHATEVER it does, it looks like the rest of the build is quite solid. I was going to mention the lack of a Dragon attack to trigger the Rush buff but without a Form to generate stacks of Focus, I'm…
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I don't see why it wouldn't work; since Dodge either works great or fails dramatically, I'd be inclined to stock up on heals and some kind of buffer, like maybe Inertial Damping Field instead of Concentration. BCR and the Reconstruction Circuits might be enough to overcome what gets through Dodge. Six of one, half a dozen…
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I'm guessing Conviction's Reverence lets it work on Allies? I never use that advantage so I'm just guessing.... that, and whatever benefit Seraphim offers allies (minimal, as I recall) seem to be IT. If you wanted to boost your Aura Healing you might consider getting Medical Nanites --- they are essentially Regeneration…
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Dunno if you want AoPM for the look or for the all-over stat increase; if the former, you can get the AoPM ~look~ using a legacy aura from the vendor, and then you could get a no-special-effects Invulnerability or Defiance to make a really bricky brick. Of course, the all-around stat boost from AoPM is QUITE nice, and that…
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Although it's your only AoE, you might consider getting Tread Softly advantage for Lead Tempest, especially if you have/use Dodge gear at all. It can give you a bit of breathing room if you need it. With all the healing potential here, though, you may NOT need it, in which case the increased AoE damage would be welcome…
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Dodging the boss, so I have to be quick here... PowerHouse (Link to this build) Powers: Level 1: Psi Lash I just love the imperious animation of this energy builder. :) Level 1: Ego Sleep (Plagued by Nightmares) Make the foes see Illusions that prevent them from attacking --- they are lost in their own illusory world for a…
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Playing hookey from work for a bit, so this will be quick... PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Ego (Primary) Level 10: Constitution (Secondary) Level 15: Recovery (Secondary) Talents: Level 1: The Scourge Level 6: Wordly Level 9: Ascetic Level 12: Quick Recovery Level 15:…
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I THINK that when this has happened to me in the past I had to disable my firewall/antivirus (free Comodo software) so that the game could install some file or other, then I restart the patch and it seems to work. Once it's got the updater updated, I re-activate the firewall/antivirus. I ~may~ be thinking about The Secret…
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If you swap out one of your active offense/defenses, then you could get Inexorable Tides from martial arts --- Pounce into a pack of foes, then legsweep them all with Inexorable Tides and then a fully charged Roomsweeper as they are getting back to their feet. They SHOULD be knocked ~up~ instead of ~away~, which is handy…
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One costume idea I made as a lark turned out to be one I liked so much it became that character's primary costume for a long time: Battle Damage. Basically I used some of the tattered costume pieces and some "patchwork" armor pieces, and mix-and-matched left and right pieces to break up symmetry and make it look like the…
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I can never remember what the Specializations do, so I cannot comment there... But the main power choices seem good to me. I would worry about the lack of a lunge, but you DO have ranged attacks you can use. I just prefer the mobility a Lunge offers (and it also helps trigger MSA, which may be a problem). Bear in mind,…
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The one thing I always have to remember with a Power Armor character is that many of the attacks are toggles, and you can only use other power armor powers while those toggles are running. Often I'll activate an attack and then ---- forgetting it's a toggle --- try to activate some other power and it won't work, because…
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It depends on how drastic the changes to crit are, I think. Going with EGO and Concentration would certainly boost your "standard" damage output. Another consideration, though, is that with the changes to Dodge, it's possible you'll be more squishy than before, and IDF might look more appealing in that case.
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I guess I'm just conditioned to be disappointed in "control" in Champions Online... in City of Heroes, even my Ice Blaster could lock down an entire spawn and stand there twiddling her thumbs for what felt like MINUTES, but in Champions you're lucky to get SECONDS of control. :)
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I'd seriously recommend swapping Manipulator for Form of the Tempest; even secondary, your DEX should be high enough you'll crit often and get stacks fast. Manipulator has such narrow cases when it can build up (if memory serves) and this appears to be a melee oriented build. And before you put two ranks in Ice Slide, make…
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I forget... do Throwing Blades get the from-stealth bonus damage from Night Warrior? I know the ricochet shot does, since it can basically one-shot an entire spawn from hiding. Once you are out of Stealth, Night Warrior underperforms, IMHO, nearly every other passive. I love the stealth and the from-stealth attack damage…
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I don't see a self-heal in there; Way of the Warrior is an offensive passive (odd combination of words, that ;D ) but even so, I know I'd feel more comfortable with some way to heal from those attacks that luck up and get through my Dodge/Avoid. I'd take advantage points from the active offense/defense powers (but then I…
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Whenever I use force bolts, I try to get that advantage... refractive bolts? It's the only non-Accelerated Metabolism or straight power-increase advantage. Anyway, it gives a chance to pop a shield on you, which is always a nice thing when it happens. That shield also serves as an Energy Form (I believe) which can be…
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I would think Power Armor has very poor synergy with most anything since it has so many "toggles" that lock out anything BUT other power armor powers. That said, "power armor" powers like Invulnerability or Energy Shield or non-toggle powers like Chest Beam would work just as well as other powers when combined with some…
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Unfortunately I don't know the Specializations well enough to offer any suggestions without the list in front of me. There's a builder program at http://powerhouse.nullware.com/powerhouse.html that I use... Since many attacks are melee-range, I'd get the Nailed To The Ground advantage on your Void Shift, to knock fliers…
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It could be that your new character isn't high enough level? I seem to recall they put in some weird code that made it so that the costume options were limited for NEW characters until like level 10, or maybe just finishing the tutorial. Or it could be that you're trying to use a piece that conflicts with another piece...…
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Looks pretty solid to me; whenever I see a sword in a build, I always expect to see Eye of the Storm --- that's one great (dual) sword power. With no attack at rank 3, I might worry about the damage-dealing potential of this build, but with STR primary and Aspect and the fact Regen lets you stay in fights longer, it's…
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At work, so I cannot participate but I'll say that the New versions look better than the old ones, to my eye. :)
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Sixty seconds left at work... let's see how fast I can do this :) Four minutes past quitting time, so this will have to do for now: PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Ego (Primary) Level 10: Dexterity (Secondary) Level 15: Constitution (Secondary) Talents: Level 1: The Void…
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Bear in mind, with Gigabolt you either need a TON of energy (high equilibrium) or you can burn your Electric Form to charge it up... I'm not SURE that electric form will actually help anything but Ball Lightning and Gigabolt --- the power bolts and power gauntlet are ~particle~ damage, I think. That might count, but I…
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Clearly a retcon build and not a leveling one. ;D If you're going CON superstat, I'd be tempted to go with Defiance, but Invul is fine, too. Uppercut and Haymaker seem to do the same thing (massive single target damage), although the advantage you selected instead of rank 3 makes them somewhat different. It seems like…
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Since it's a fire-and-forget DoT, you don't really need to build around Ego Sprites --- just throw 'em out there for the "Oo! Fireworks!" effect and get back to the "serious" powers around which you build synergies and such. :) Celestial DOES look nice from an FX point of view, but the animations are VERY distinct and may…
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On the drive home from work I remembered Ego Sprites and slapped my forehead for forgetting it --- even though it's Ego damage, not fire or electric, they LOOK exactly like fireworks... Glad to see someone else thought to mention it, above. :) If you DO mix damage types (fire, electric, ego) then you might be better off…
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Off the top of my head (and at work - SHHhhh!) I can't think of any Champions powers that mimic "fireworks" in the sense of sparkly arced-trajectory flight. That said, there are a lot of "spark" type powers in the Electric powerset. The Ball Lightning "pets" (uncontrollable) are kind of large to be "fireworks" but most of…
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Skarn's Bane is so awesome, you can just about make a character with no other powers at ALL. You can almost pick any slotted passive you want (that augments ranged damage or offers protection in some form ---- that is, the Kinetic Manipulation or Fire Form slotted passives likely wouldn't help you unless you built around…
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It's not an ideal solution, but the Cheshire mask from the G.R.A.B. Alert is a mask that covers the top half of the head only and, I think, lets you have your own hair out the back. I -could- be wrong about that, though ---- haven't been in-game in months and only used the mask on a few characters. Coupled with the Cowl…
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I don't see any ranged attacks and few AoEs... I'd be inclined to get a 100' range ranged attack, for those times you don't want to lunge into combat... I believe most foes don't aggro if you're beyond ~50 ft range or so, which means a 100' attack will let you attack -first-. Or a ranged AoE that doesn't require a target…
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With Bullet Beatdown and Close the Gap on Two Gun Mojo, you would be well-served to get a LUNGE of some kind to fling yourself into the midst of foes. Your Lead Tempest also does more damage the closer you are to the foes. You can Breakaway Shot and then immediately lunge back (assuming anyone's left alive!) for a very…
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CON as primary superstat would be quite good for Regeneration --- more hit points you have, the more time Regeneration has to repair you. While DEX and STR are both good in terms of melee offense (crit, melee damage, etc)... you might want to consider getting INT or REC as a secondary ---- you may find energy management an…
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I can never remember the names of the Specializations so I cannot comment on those. It's rare that I've seen Recovery as a primary superstat; not sure it's really needed. You hit all my Things To Look For: * Heals in BCR and Conviction * Energy unlock in Overdrive (hurricane and Lightning Arc, your main AoE and single…
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True, Sleep doesn't work on the bosses --- and they WERE a big problem, even after I got the fear-on-waking advantage (which, come to think of it, may not apply since they never get PUT to sleep) ---- but I also had problems with inordinate numbers of minions. In the Let's Stop A Riot mission, for example, the prisoners…
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Yeh, I give up. Having the magic symbols around my top hat is neat looking and all, but nearly dying to the "Let's Stop A Riot" blue-con foes taught me that this is just not worth the effort. AoAC may be great in groups or some other situation, but for me it's just too much work for nothing I can really point to as being…