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Your reasoning is sound. You will find most builds are aimed at running rampages, because everybody wants the justice. That's where the extreme high end dodge builds all originate, which, to be honest, are pretty amazing. For the rest of us plebes, regen is the bomb. I combine it with bestial (supernatural…
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Maybe people don't say this enough: This is awesome. Yer doin' God's Work, boyo! Keep it up! :smile:
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I will hold them over for a bit, but I'm a lifer and can just buy the Q if I like, generally every couple of months. This build is more than nice enough to tool out. :) So, skip avoidance/dodge and just stack defensive/offensive to pump Wardicator. Yeah, was leaning that way. So 1 each impact and gambler in the utility…
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Oh, and here's a copy of the build at 40, just a few minor tweaks. PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Laser_Queen_5 Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Intelligence (Primary) Level 10: Constitution (Secondary) Level 15: Dexterity (Secondary) Talents: Level 1: The Fist Level 6: Negotiator Level 9: Body and Mind…
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Well, the new laser sword toon has hit 40, and it works pretty darn good. Equipped with 3 Armadillo pieces and three cyber suit pieces, it can land crits of 4k against powerhouse dummies. In hybrid role I still need to pop lunge every couple of combo cycles, but I expect some cost gear will fix that. And boy, does it do…
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Well, here's the build I'm thinking about moving to: PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Fervor_5 Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Presence (Primary) Level 10: Ego (Secondary) Level 15: Constitution (Secondary) Talents: Level 1: The Scourge Level 6: Showmanship Level 9: Ascetic Level 12: Shrug It Off Level 15:…
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What is a better heal, Empathic Healing, Psionic Healing, or Arcane Vitality? Empathic is an early power, Psionic has that tasty 100 foot range, and Arcane is a cone. Aside from that, I've never used any of them, how do they work, what gotcha's are there, that sort of thing. What is better in rampages and alerts and such?…
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I'm curious, what do you mean? Have you posted any analysis on this, or could you elaborate?
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THIS This setup also has the huge advantage that it heals your whole team, as long as they stick close and keep attacking.
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Huh! One of my (way too many) side projects is a fire-themed buffbot that I was planning to slightly rebuild into a more direct healer. I will be watching this thread with interest. I know absolutely nothing about healing. :D I can't seem to target my teammates for blood or money, so I wind up doing a whole lot of nothing…
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To toss in my thoughts: I dislike healing, I always feel like I'm too slow to react when people get hit. I'd rather bubble a strong tank, take the pressure off his survival, so he can hold aggro. But I find an even better approach for all content below rampages (and this even works okay in most rampages) is the 'buffbot'…
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...well crud. Didn't think of that, saw it in zone chat and had the G to hand and impulse bought it. (sigh) Well, okay, it'll keep nice and safe in my hideout until I find a good home for it. :) Dang, man, gonnz take me a week or more to build up a stack of G again. :(
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Just so folks can see, here's the build I'm currently leveling: PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Laser_Queen_4 Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Intelligence (Primary) Level 10: Constitution (Secondary) Level 15: Dexterity (Secondary) Talents: Level 1: The Fist Level 6: Negotiator Level 9: Body and Mind Level…
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This. I'm not a Gravi expert by any means, but I find a lot of high DPS players (not toons, players) don't really have a strong sense of tactics. Hit it harder, until it breaks. Nothing wrong with that, but you need to have a sense of teamwork, too, a sense of who is doing what. For example, if I'm on a DPS toon and…
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Yeah, I've looked at that build a few times, and it's a doozy. But honestly, the complete lack of a rage-building attack makes it almost as clunky as my ranged/melee switcher I posted at the start of this thread. :) COULD that beast feed Laser Sword? As long as you keep aggro, sure. Defiance is...a helluva drug. :D And…
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Well, okay. 1) Kaizerin has posted ranged builds that hit 8k dps. Hard Frost and Fire Snake is a helluva thing. 2) The designers of the game state in the game materials that melee does more damage than ranged, to make up for the increased risk of being in melee combat. This is currently incorrect. So when you say melee…
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I have a toon that I absolutely adore that mixes ranged and melee. It KILLS. :) But, I'm using concentration, which means its a lot stronger in ranged attacks than in melee attacks. Aspect would be perfect for this toon, except that in a team, or a boss fight, Aspect is useless because you can't count on it. Every other…
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Yeah, that's interesting, but to justify the huge increase in END usage, that would have to stack to about +35 percent resist or more. You ran your test for 4 minutes, and while I didn't log my stuff, I went at it for WAAAAY longer than any fight in-game would ever go. An advantage that isn't an advantage. (sigh) Maybe if…
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I'm glad you posted this, because I just took my brand-new L20 into the Powerhouse and did me some tinkering, and I could find no advantage AT ALL for Particle Acceleration over R3. And all that nothing raised the endurance cost, per swing, from 18 to 25. So, for the privilege of paying an extra 40 percent End, you…
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Also, just out of curiosity: Does anyone actually know what particle acceleration does, and is it actually better than R3? It occurs to me I'm taking on faith that PA is good. ...and I'm not sure. :)
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Huh.... I find this reasoning persuasive. Swapping from REC to DEX. Plus, to make this even more sweet, I have MSA as my energy unlock with Int as a primary superstat. That's working WELL so far. :) I am cautiously optimistic! Yeah, I'm speccing for the +15 percent crits AND the +10 percent damage on the laser sword combo…
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Well, maybe not. I have a heavy blade combo user, and a single blader with the advantage on the combo, and I have gotten into the habit of 'circle strafing' in melee. IE, Run into melee range, start firing the attacks, and rather than standing still, just sort of 'twitch around' my main target. I find that this causes the…
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I think I might be all right, the toon this is based off has over 160 Dex on top of the huge boost the Int tree spec Enlightened gives me. The base crit chance is 42 percent, which should be plenty to keep Form of the Tempest firing. Ah, now that's a great idea. Made that change, so now the combo gets +15 crit chance, or,…
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Three vigilante secondaries and a full set of Legion primaries, with mostly L7 mods, on this particular toon. Now, that said, I'm gearing for Dex and End off-super on this toon. With AoPM and the Intelligence specs I've taken, the stats on this toon are just huge, almost like having five super stats. There is nothing it's…
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What I've been doing is, I cycle between Pulse Beam Rifle to trigger Overdrive and drive Concentration, then Laser Sword to stack Particle Acceleration, then PBR to trigger Overdrive and concentration, etc, etc, etc. It...sort of works? And make no mistake, the damage is something to behold. I could remove Overdrive and…
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Aha! Thanks for replying! Some good stuff here, let me address it. Actually, no, I deliberately left off an energy unlock. I've used Molecular Self Assembly and Supernatural Power on this toon, and they both have issues. MSA requires pounce and thunderclap to power, and when I'm settled into a long shred/massacre cycle…
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Okay, here's one of my absolute favorite toons. It doesn't do nearly as much damage as the heavy weapons build does, but few do! Instead, with supernatural power and regeneration this toon is the energizer bunny, and it's allll about the Shred, baby. PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Grrl_7 Archetype: Freeform Super…
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Aw, shucks, yer gonna make me blush. :) Just for that, I'm gonna go check the build of one of my absolute favorite toons and post it. Back in a bit!
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Maybe? But, I am a lifetimer, and that 500Z per month builds up. When I get a toon to 40 that I like well enough to outfit, I just BUY the Q for a set of Vig's. The priveledges of being a lifer, I suppose. If the Vig gear is too much grind, a set of Armadillo gear in the secondaries is drastically cheaper and almost as…
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Ok, that was an old version Here's the current version: PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Gnarl_4 Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Strength (Primary) Level 10: Constitution (Secondary) Level 15: Recovery (Secondary) Talents: Level 1: The Devastator Level 6: Physical Conditioning Level 9: Quick Recovery Level…
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Okay, I totally lied. Here's a semi-random list of additions I'd love to see. 1) Add a 1-point "rank-4" advantage to all melee powers that you can only buy after rank3 is in place. Have it add +50 percent damage. (Yikes!) This will go a LONG way towards addressing the damage disparity between melee and ranged. Melee is…
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Indeed, this is so. I equip everything with Legion/Vigilante, and that's plenty for the game as it stands. This is why I stated FIRST that the difficulty sliders must be HARD, and give good drops. As a note, the recommendation I put out, for +100 percent hitpoints and +100 percent damage, means that encounters are four…
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Indeed, this is correct! So, here's the second set of thoughts. Rampage gear (Justice) has a huge problem in that it is bind on pickup, and even worse, there is literally only one set of the darn stuff. So, first, shake that up a bit. Add in three or four more sets of gear that are identical to current justice gear, except…
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Exactly! Adding in higher tiers of loots, WHEN, coupled with significantly higher levels of challenge, will allow lots and lots of people to push themselves and their characters higher and harder. I would love that, and so would a lot of other people. Adding replay value to existing content by enabling new rewards. This is…
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Nope! All rewards drop in-game, not a nickel required if you don't want to pay. If you DO want to pay, well good for you! Keeps the lights on. Also, this does not alter the lockbox and vendor gear in any way. I have other thoughts for that stuff, though. Honestly, right now the Legion gear in the lockboxes is the true pay…
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Well, you did ask.... :) I would ask for shiny new toys. The players need stuff to do with our level 40's. But I know new zones and missions are expensive and time consuming, so here's some suggestions that would hopefully be cheap and easy to implement, but would give a lot of new things to do. 1) Have all the missions…
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Uh oh.... I didn't take Ego as a superstat on my pistol build. Hrrrrrm...... This is more complicated than I expected.
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Wow, a lot of different builds here.... And they're a LOT different. So, since pistols is about as good as DPS gets, should I just stick with that toon? Fire sounds like a lot more fiddling for not a lot of gain. Although the 8-9000 point hits you guys are talking about sound pretty cool....
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Ah, thank you for the clarification. I will see if I can work this in. :) Ahhh, cool. Hrrrm. Ahhhhh, I see!. Wow, that looks like a MUCH better power, especially for the 'damage' build since I lose Defiance. I was already planning to have two builds, I may drop one of the later 'click' powers and put that so I can have it…
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Yes, I am planning to have a 'tough' build running hybrid mode and Defiance, and a 'damage' build running the ranged mode and Quarry. Hmmm. I did not know that, I was taking it for another bit of damage. I kind of like Locus, it gives 74 Offense with the 'Best Defense is a Good Offense" ability. I use shotgun and tempest a…
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(reads) (thinks) (tinkers) Okay, max is MAX, so dragon claws is in. I'm also worried about diminishing returns, so I am going to stick in some debuff. This next build should get 14-18 percent resistance debuff pretty easily. I'm also worried about keeping enraged up, so I want another rage-maker or knock power, and I…
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Ok, I was looking at he build on page three and see it's from July. I went ahead and put it into a fresh Powerhouse formula, and I'm wondering if anything has changed since July that would invalidate it/stop it cold. See below: PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Wisp Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Ego…
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I Am Not an Expert, but.... Here's what I'd do: PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Dexterity (Primary) Level 10: Intelligence (Secondary) Level 15: Ego (Secondary) Talents: Level 1: Sureshot Level 6: Academics Level 9: Coordinated Level 12: Shooter Level 15: Acrobat Level 18:…
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TY for the reply. I must say, as a COH refugee, this game seems...buggy. I'm starting to regret my subscription.
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Any ideas on how long this is going to take?
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Well, that's me told. :) Fifty foot RADIUS? That's...large. Anyway, all this discussion of TKM, and the prospect of getting from level 8 to level 35 with the same three attacks (awesome though they are0 has prompted me to rebuild one more time: Basically, I reshuffled TKM down to level20 so I have a big AOE and a 4th…
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Telekinetic maelstrom is an AOE stunner. (yikes!) With the expansive intellect advantage, (assuming it works like it's advertised) that should be a 35 foot radius. This is, hands-down, the biggest AOE I've found in this game yet. So basically, you make it so that attacking every mob in a battle heals, uh, everybody close…
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Yes, even though I'm only 17th so far, the spirit reverb is an excellent source of energy: I'm having no trouble running laser sword with rank 3. One thing I did was place emerging nightmares on void shift immediately. This is a reliable ten foot radius fear you can get right out of the tutorial, and i find that it makes…
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I've started leveling, and what fun! :D I've also tinkered just a smidge, here's what I'm settled on unless something pops up during the level-up process. PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Ancilla Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Constitution (Primary) Level 10: Dexterity (Secondary) Level 15: Endurance…
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Ok, sounds great. Went over it one last time, tucked away the last two advantage points, stuck a fork in it, he's done. :D Thanks much to all for the good advice, this guy is an absolute blast to play! PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Strength (Primary) Level 10: Constitution…