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Yeeaahhh, it was late and I wasn't thinking. I was stuck on needing another T0 or Infernal T1 power take at level 1 if I dropped Cleave. Just moving things up was the smart thing to do, which is probably why I didn't think of it :s Speaking of energy, is that why you dropped Super Charged to 1/3 and moved the points into…
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I know I can mostly compress Cleave + Havoc Stomp into Vicious Cyclone, but I really really don't like the chain attack animations. But let's say I grit my teeth and power through it: Brick/Infernal Tank - Freeform (Tank) v3.44:37 I don't have Fractal Aegis unlocked, so I'll leave Immolation where it is for now.
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Thanks for being patient, flow. I'm going to be trying both of your builds in the Powerhouse later, though I'm starting to feel like needing two passives and two forms means the concept just isn't going to work that well. I'm noticing. I don't have that problem with my melee DPS/healer, and I'm actually a little annoyed at…
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Crap, I forgot about that. Well, I'll abandon that idea then (unless Support Drones can stack Compassion? I dunno. I never use pets.) That would work too, but other than Chest Beam I'm not sure what AoE to take from that set. Rocket Fist for Root + Trapped? And they wouldn't be maintains, so I'd have to switch EU. But you…
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ONE YEAR LATER Hey again. I'm trying to convert this character to a healer/DPS because I don't have a friend to tank for anymore, and I'm also not 100% sure anymore why I tried a range tank in the first place. Made a couple of melee DPS unhappy on the Cybermind fight. (If one of you is reading this after all this time, I…
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That may be true, but I try to make my builds work while leveling and gearing and not just after the level 40 retcon so I don't assume that I'll have any devices. Also, I have reeeaaallly bad timing with unranked group rezzes and it'd be worse since this character isn't a healer. :p If I have to pick up more than 2 people…
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Whaaat, how'd I miss that Archery has a good single target option now? I'll swap Sonic Arrow > Storm of Arrows and Explosive Arrow > Rapid Shots then. I don't know how I'll recover from not causing chain explosions though. Archery/Sorcery DPS - Freeform (Ranged Damage) v3.44:37 [EDIT: Oops, forgot to swap MD for…
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Nice. I was afraid this wasn't going to work well at all, but at least the powers were (mostly) okay. Though wasn't Upper Hand in Warden bugged and not working right? I seem to remember something like that from a few years ago. Anyway, I'll play around with it and see whether I like MStorm or SN more. Thanks!
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Was hoping to keep the dual passive, but I guess I shouldn't be trying that with all the build resources you need to sink into making a proper dodge tank. And yeah, I had Master of the Mind as a mitigation AD in case I needed it instead of Masterful Dodge. Anyway, this looks better. Thanks!
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Nah, it's not off-topic at all! I'm the one who brought up Vindicator and Arbiter Masteries in the first place. :tongue: Anyway, what about something like this? Martial Arts/Telekinesis Hybrid - Freeform (Any / Multiple) v3.43:35 I prefer Int as the third SS because it doesn't diminish in tank role like Recovery/Endurance…
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Yeah, it's a little bit of trying something I don't normally use, but also because I didn't think Sentinel was a good pick in a single passive DPS build that has only one healing power. I also spend most of my time lately playing Alerts (i.e., AoE spam to the boss), which is the playstyle I had in mind when designing this.…
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Yeah, I was hoping it would be in a different damage layer or something because it's such weird statting to work around if you want to maximize it. Guess not! Anyway, I'm reviving this because I decided to go in a different direction after playing around with the first build a bit. With all the lightning flying around, I…
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Ah, does it? That explains why no one uses it, then. Good to know. I think I'll keep the ult and the self-rez and call it a day, then. Thanks for the help!
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Yeah, I just wanted to see if End was workable, otherwise I'll swap for Pre PSS. As for Eldritch Blast, it already is a second source of Illumination + Illuminated. I had it mostly for the single target rotation (EB > Soul Beam x4) while I was just going to spam Star Barrage for multitarget. I'd considered Wisp, but that…
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Good point. I'll do that. Thanks again for all the help. =)
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Yeah, same talents as before. I actually use Cleave for its damage (it's my main AoE/trash clear), but Expulse is more for the pyre patch so I'll pull R2 from there and the res. Hadn't really thought about it before. Should I have any preference for Defiance or Invulnerability? I don't know how well this build could scale…
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Hey again. I'm revisiting this because I'm sitting on a free respec and I'm wondering if it might not be worth it to swap out a few powers. Per the above discussion from last year, it's supposed to be a dual passive healer/casual tank build. Celestial/HW Hybrid - Freeform (Any / Multiple) v3.41:33 I remember it being fine…
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Well, I knew it was going to be messy when I decided on the powersets for this. Yeah, I get you. I've only been playing on-and-off since 2012, but I can't think of a time where hold CC was really needed or useful outside of certain special cases? (Then again, I have serious alt-itis so I never tackled high-end content very…
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Heh heh, sorry. ;) Definitely not Cosmics! Probably just Alerts. I wanted that build to have more of a CC focus, but I really like Sentinel Mastery and I figured it was a waste to take the Sentinel tree just for that. As is, though, it's not much of a healing build I think? It's just Protection Field for some sustain and a…
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Awesome. Thanks again for all the help. By the way, I noticed the pyre patch from Daybreaker triggered Thermal Reverb even without any enemies around. Didn't know it worked it that way, but it's been really helpful for energy management. Even so, do you think I should still gear a little Rec/End for my healer set?
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Sorry to come back to this one, but I did some digging around on old threads to see your other tank recommendations because I really want to see how far the idea can be pushed without losing anything essential. Here is the newest version, which is really more Celestial/HW than Fire/HW at this point (or will be close enough…
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Thanks, that's looking much better. I wasn't sure about Thermal Reverb because I didn't have End or Rec SSed. Would Compassion be enough for energy management even when tanking? I still have Sentinel Aura + Absorb Heat to keep it rolling, I would think.
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Yeah, I noticed there wasn't nearly enough room in the build to include everything I needed for both roles. Let's scale back then and make a primary healer who can tank casual content (like an Alert or whatever) if need be. Is this more realistic/workable? I'm thinking AoRP would give me a little more margin for error, but…
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Ok, cool. Just wondering if you had some specific reason for including it in your build. I'd probably just use Enchanter since it's in-theme. Anyway, I can't make up my mind if I want DPS + CC with some healing or Healer + CC with some DPS, so I read the Healing Builds sticky and made a healer variant. Does that look all…
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Oh well. I guess I'll just leave my dreams of a pet build for whenever they should happen to get a revamp. :'( Some questions on your choices, though: 1. Why Ego Form instead of Enchanter or Shadow Form? Best I can tell, EForm only has a little flat damage resistance over the other two and there are no other TP/TK powers…
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Thanks for the link. And yeah, I realize it's not ideal to rely on the energy builder. I only mentioned it at all because I was surprised I could pull it off at level 20 with poor gear and literally half a build. Hopefully that means I'm not making too much of a mistake going with End PSS instead of Str, but I guess I'll…
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I decided to give my END/Str/Con setup a try if only to see how badly put-together my own attempt was, and because rerolling to STR/Con/End would hardly bother me. Here is the level 20 build which is as far as I've gotten as of now. Things I've noticed: 1. I'd forgotten how inconsistent Knock To powers could be. Some…
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Thank you for the detailed breakdown. At this point, I wonder if it might not just be better to drop the "dodge tanking" thing altogether and do something more traditional if Dex doesn't synergise well with the Laser Sword kit. Not that I'm blaming you or anything, since I was the one who insisted on keeping it. I notice…
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I'm also trying to create a "battlemage" (of sorts), though my first attempts have not gone quite so well. I've been playing around in PowerHouse while redesigning my other hybrid melee/magic build, and I started wondering if I should scrap my original concept and try something else. Since this (and other) posts had me…
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It's not a pure melee build. Perhaps it's not the most min-max choice, but at least I get some mileage out of Ego's specialization tree - crit is damage-type agnostic, after all; further, I get some Defense out of Ego's tree which will pump The Best Defense. [EDIT: However, I don't know how well Force of Will scales, so I…
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Perhaps I can take a stab at this, since I've been playing around with a similar build in PowerHouse. Please note that I am just returning to CO after a long break so you should view my recommendations accordingly. To start, I need to ask: are you entirely or very new to the game? I'm going to guess that you are, and I…
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True, but there are only two Energy Unlocks that work with this build: Molecular Self-Assembly and Ionic Reverberation. There's no question about which skill to drop (I don't think Storm's Harvest is strictly necessary once I have Dragon's Wrath), but the problem is that I don't think either one works particularly well.…
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How refreshingly simple. [EDIT: That was not sarcasm, by the way. I elaborate further in my response to agentnx5.] The first part was a little over my head. I assume that what you're referring to has something to do with the Modification system, of which I know nothing except that it replaced crafting (and I'm kind of sad…