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Different game, different rules. CO does have roles, but not Traditional/Trinity style roles. CO doesn't have a need to "I hjeeal only for over 9000", but there sure is good to have someone with aura (ebon destruction, sentinel, etc) in the group or those sigils that debuff and so on. DPS build can take care of itself on…
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To improve survivability, I'd try: 1. In DEX spec tree take Quick Reflexes (gives some dodge bonus). Replace Laser Knight with Parry/Monk (also gives some dodge bonus). Take Evasive Maneuvers (extra dodge bonus). Gear with dodge/avoidance bonus. Would not give you LR or Quarry level of dodge, but should still be a nice…
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A nice self-heal, protection. Looks like you have a nice set of attack powers, but it doesn't look you last long. Conviction or Bionic Shielding. As you have ranged build, Concentration would be a nice form. Don't take IDF. Its weak. No good for anyone but maybe support/pet master build. Standard (currently) active defense…
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Pets inherit half (1/2) of your critical chance and severity. The cool part of AoED is that extra damage on critical. Pets do get that. I'd go with DEX primary to pump up critical as high as possible. Your pets won't be as durable as with Arcane Protection so you may want to max out damage output. With PRE as super stat…
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You reap what you sow. How about next time you start with: - Hi, I've been away for a while. I have this build <you list what you have> and it looks like it's has become a bit underpowered. Could you help? Start with fire and you may get nuked. Ask for help, and maybe ...
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STR primary, CON secondary super stat and take Juggernaut. Warden(or Gardian)+Vindicator spec tree for The Best Defense and Aggresive Stance. This should give you a solid defense rating (resistance). Not as good as if you'd have defensive passive, but at least you'll not be that squishie. Add Armadillos secondaries and…
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Number on Wiki are 'base'. As if you would have all stats at 5. Actual number in game, with stats at and above recomended, are many times bigger. You should read that "14%" as 50% or even more. The same goes for dodge/avoidence and INT/EGO boost. You can get up to +90 INT and EGO boost at max for example. One of my Quarry…
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I'd go with Quarry passive and take EGO/DEX/INT for super stats. Quarry is a good 'hybrid' passive. Boost damage and at the same time boost defense. May not be as good as pure offensive or defensive passive power, but is not far behind. Large part of that "not far behind" is because of diminishing returns on…
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Tried in PH: - no powers selected, power dialog has 13 power slots left - I pick EB - still 13 slots - I reset, so no powers selected - I pick one power, slot number goes down to 12 - I pick EB, power slot numer still 12 Or did I missed something?
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Maybe something like this: PowerHouse (Link to this build) Name: Archetype: Freeform Super Stats: Level 6: Ego (Primary) Level 10: Intelligence (Secondary) Level 15: Presence (Secondary) Talents: Level 1: Energized Level 6: Level 9: Level 12: Level 15: Level 18: Level 21: Powers: Level 1: Wrist Bolter (Automated Assault)…
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Didn't tested fire, but Two Gun Mojo is bigger (on test char damage went from ~650 to 1000+). I hope there is no nerf.
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Replace Field Surge with Bountiful Chi Resurgence (Reiki). Get some dodge/avoidance gear. BCR is so-so on its own, but rocks with solid dodge and especially when MD is up. Add Summon Shadows (R2, Devouring Darkness). They do nice damage and heal you. A mini damage over time and heal over time. Tako crypts: - "Your soul…
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Take Scarn's Bane. Good damage, has a debuff. Energy hungry, but if you run in support mode, it should be fine. Drop that golem. Pets are good, but only if you have lot's of them (tipical pet master) or as cheap add-on (temp pets like pyro blades or shadows). Temp pets also have less problems with that 'dont seem to be…
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>> Has fire, earth or supernatural themed abilities for attacks (highly preferable) Don't have much experience with Earth. Have with Fire and Supernatural. Fire hits hard, but Supernatural (Toxic) is more 'practical'. Well atleast for me. A toxic, supernatural with a touch of magic build: PowerHouse (Link to this build)…
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Did MI Crisis yesterday. Solo, as there was no one else around. It worked. Big monkey won. Tip: big robot godzila and big monkey always win (bug is, when they don't or port away or are not there or if one of of hostiles regenerates). You just have to be there. Poke something, so they know you are there, then block and…
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That is actually a good idea. Current system plus 'form a big enough/full team and pick a specific alert'. Maybe not one of mini 5-man alerts (random 5-man PUG works just fine for 2-min Shash), but only one of those bigger ones, Gravitar & Co. (replace Gravitar with <big cosmic critter>)
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Wiki has 'old' version listed. New (current) version is better. Heals more and has +30% resistance built in. Plus Regen's heal 'scales' with damage taken. Last time I checked it healed one of my chars, with crap gear, for 1500+ per tick. Its a good passive. Not the best but also not the worst. Weak point: it's 'every 3…
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END is about energy management. Ionic Reverb scales of END. Same with REC. Thats about it. Energy management.
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STR primary, take Juggernaut. With CON secondary (boosted by AoPM) you can get some pretty good +defense. If you boost stats high it actually gets scary. I'd go STR, CON, PRE. STR for spec tree and you are mostly melee, CON for more HPs, so you don't die so often, PRE for big heals and others get more from your Aura. I…
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No idea really. Never had that problem. If its network, you usually get rubber banding. Now your here then back again. There is one thing that I had in Skyrim. Its called micro-stuttering (or something like that). It has something to do with video card being fast, game engine skiping frames, your FPS at around 60. You…
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Specialization tree for STR/EGO is damn good. If its your secondary ... what others said. So-so.
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I like Vindicator. To create a loop between Best Defense and Agressive Stance. With such a high resistance, Laser Knight will not add much. Diminishing returns. Ebon Void with adv for blocking maybe?
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Add Armadillos set (3 pcs secondary so you can use UNITY primaries) and in combinations with ID Mastery and EGO Force of Will you'll have a pretty nice damage resistance. You'll not die much. Large number of henchman or 1-shot from a big boss can be a problem. Start the fight with Masterful Dodge and block big attacks and…
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At lvl 40, END 220, REC 15, clean (no tricks that would lower energy returns): - +57 on consume - +11 on utilize Same char, removed gear, END 93, REC 15, clean: - +32 on consome - +6.3 on utilize @OP I'd go primary END, secondary DEX/REC for leveling. For good energy management. Primary EGO, secondary END/REC at level 40.…
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Different mission, but maybe related ... Tutorial. Black Talon fight. He is spamming special attacks like Orbital Cannon, Tanglecoil, etc 24/7. A couple of month ago he'd use this powers, but not spamming with zero delay. That orbital cannon FX was up nonstop for example. It could be that the bug is that bosses have zero…
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Co is a bit weak when it comes to animations. There are some powers that look ok, like (for me): - Orbital Cannon with Anvil of Down. - Munitions Bots in turret mode. Looks and sound very dps-ish. - Two Gun Mojo, Bullet Beatdown. - Lightning Arc, Gigabolt. - etc
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Have you ever solo'd all 5-man missions on Elite? Have you ever solo'd lets say Mega Destroid in MC? Most people busy with Alerts so not hard to party with MegaD alone. Or jump to PTS. Create Nemesis with dodge (lets say Archery based) and go do Nemesis Alerts. Its a challenge. Did that (sorry to all that where 'forced' to…
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You can have 14 powers. One of those is Energy builder. Thats the limit. You'll still not run around with 13 'pet' powers. You'll atleast want to be alive. So you''l want some heal, protection powers. More pets is better. Thats why I like those powers that give more then one pet. Synergy between pets? Maybe there is, but I…
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Sorcery is not the only power set that doesn't have energy unlock. Martial, Brick also don't have it. Some energy unlocks are very power set specific like Ionic Reverb. Its very electricity specific. Some energy unlocks are more generic, like MSA (cooldown) or Overdrive (maintain). Circle of Arcane Power is also very…
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What level is your char. The trick is that power cost stays the same, but your stats go up with levels (and better high level gear). At high levels you get more energy back. CON is good thing for Darkness. Shadows Form HP return is percent of your max HP, so you can say its CON based. With high HP pool, Dark Trans hurts a…
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Sort of yes. You get 13 powers to pick. As most attack powers have no cooldown, there is no need to pick multiple attacks that do more or less the same. You pick one, the good one. You pick attack powers based on ingame situations. That would be: - AoE vs hordes of henchman - good single target attack vs big boss -…
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Other means, yes. INT is one of possible means. OK, not INT, but Molecular Self-assembly. Secondary energy unlock. Wiki: http://www.champions-online-wiki.com/wiki/Energy_Unlock Energy Builder is something you use at start. Because you have nothing else, not because its so good. Later, when you get energy unlock, form, etc,…
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DEX + Form of the Tempest is one of those, dunno how its called, 'synergy'. There are others. Like INT + MSA + lunge. It goes like: - you are melee oriented char - to be 'melee' you have to be in melee range (doh!) - to get there fast you use 'lunge' power. A jump. - lunge powers have cooldown - with MSA every time any…
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Quarry pasive is nice for hybrid builds. Its offensive passive, but gives a nice dodge bonus. Its part offensive passive and part defensive. Hybrid passive for hybrid build. It boost all damage types. Physical more, but as you can use offensive roles, the difference is not so big. Something about diminishing returns.…
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The fact that Freeform and Archtypes play by different rules is what is killing the game. If you are playing football, you kinda expect that the other team is also playing football and not basketball. I mean its a basic things about game. It has 'rule' and all follow the same rule. This 'dual rules' makes the game look…
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I have an old, cheppo air compressor for this. Blow the dust out. An advice, don't use it inside your house ... all sorts of **** comes out :/
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FF slot. Mix regular missions and alerts and you'll be 40 in a couple of days. UNITY gear is bound on equipe, right? So with a couple of alts you get gear in a day or two. I'm sure its easier and faster to a level 40 char and gear it then grind Q for FF slot. Another thing. That Savage will always be Savage. With FF you…
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Nothing really 'helps' a Become Critter device. It has its own stats, powers, gear. A Form (like IDF) 'transfers'. But it could be just visual glitch. You'd use Become Device when/for: - you are stuck with AT. Lets say a high damage, but squishie AT could use Warewolf (has Regeneration) for some fights. Or you have Mind…
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Hmm, never heard that before. No need to move if stuff dies before it gets close. And even if they do, you have CON+Invuln. You can take a couple of hits. Plus you can drop Sigils and hide behind Ebon Void (with adv). You have only one heal, BCR. Its good heal, but only if you dodge. Without dodge its sucks. Plus it lowers…
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Replace Pulse Beam Riffle with Lightnig Arc. It's elec, very good damage, feeds Ionic Reverberation. At one point it (when stats high enough), it not only does good damage, but acts as Energy Builder. On Elec build I take Lightning Arc ASAP ... other powers are then just 'filler' :) No idea about Taser arrow ... didn't…
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On your 1st build, INT (if MSA) or REC (if Enrage+knock) would be nice for leveling, but at 40 not really required. At higher levels, you can use gear to give your self a bit better INT for example or lower power cost by a lot. You could go STR/CON/INT or (REC) for leveling and switch to STR/CON/DEX at 40 (with gear…
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Audacity scales of INT and is capped at +30 per stack.
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Sentinel mastery doesn't work on any given crowd control. I didn't tested everything, but it looks like its Stuns/Holds/Paralyzes/Sleeps only, not any CC.
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Which one? I do that 'journey' thing, but mine is not 'level from 1 to 40 by doing all missions I did many times before', but more 'how to do all max level epic raids solo'. Not ez-mode with perfect group (tho getting a perfect group is a journey on its own), but totally solo. Not that many max level stuff here. And some…
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How I look at this things ... Everything below max level (40) is XP. Main idea about 'levels' is to levelup up, right? So why would I bother with harder, slower, low XP below level 40 content? I mean in those 40 mins (how long OP was making group) I could get a level up doing regular content. On top of that, those lair are…
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Extra Active Defense or Offense.
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Electricity. Does high damage, looks cool, has cool (for me) sound effect. Fire and Toxic is also good, but don't like sound effects so much. Plus toxic looks like you eat to much tacos :p So electricity. Take Lightning Arc and Lightning Storm (plus other powers to keep you alive and fuel you Arc/Storm) and zap everything…
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Bah, another gear nerf :/
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PRE/CON/DEX. PRE boosts your heals, CON so you are not so squishy (can't heal is dead), DEX, so you crit more. Heals can crit. I like Dark Displacement on Shadow Embrace. For nice knockdown. I'd add a pet like Summon Shadows. Nice fire&forget power. So you do some damage while healing, bubbling. Rez? Two forms? Neh, i'd…
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None of those shield effects (monk, knight) will add much. Its so little I wouldn't bother. Both do lower your damage output by 10%. And its in the same layer as role, so direct -10% damage. I'd save adv points for something else. Your build is probably at or around max when it goes for defense. The only other powers that…