Carnifax

On live my only Empath was a Plant/Emp. Thematically it works and play-wise Plant isnt too busy (Seeds, Creepers when available then just hold whatever you like) so youve space to Empath. Audrey can receive your buffs. That said on Live I got annoyed with the occasional "you're the healer, stop attacking stuff" so on homecoming I rerolled her to Plant/Storm.

Given how unproccable zombies are generally the 20% chance (it still seems to be a flat rate rather than a PPM, weirdly) across 3 zombies with 2 single attacks and a narrow cone is quite decent. Ive no idea why its a flat 20% though.

I'm also fond of the Universal Dam/KB2KD/Chance for knockdown in my Zombies. Rounded off their damage for me : 4 intensive recharge IOs for the set bonus + that, leaving one spot spare for a Pet unique. Watching things slip in zombie vomit gladdens my heart.

Once every 10 seconds itll roll to proc, since it's in a toggle. And since the AoE is big the proc chance is poop. Much better off taking an Epic hold and sticking it there. At least then it'll proc on cast when you want that big horrid boss out of your face. My Necro/Nature MM frankenslotted it with a few End/Hold IOs. I stuck procs into Life Steal, the -resist power pool and 2 epics (knockout blow and shark jaws), along with a sprinkle in my pets.

What's the magic number for perma-dom? I've a Elec/Stone who I've been trying to get into and was thinking of this as a "sapper" build. (A) Empty (A) Empty (A) Empty (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (37) Endurance Modification IO (37) Endurance Modification IO

Remove the animation penalty of popping claws. All other sets removed it but Veats still have it. Give them proper cossie choices for weapons. I want purply-pink "Psi blades" for my fort, not the knuckle dusters im limited to now.

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Yep Spectral is way, way better than Flash. It can stack the fear, continues to apply fears to anything getting close and comes with a hefty -ToHit debuff. Flash is pbaoe, has crap animation time, takes ages to recharge and doesnt have any secondary debuff attached.

And thank you for reminding me that Id left Mombie sitting at level 49 even though id kitted her out. Dinged 50 last night because you reminded me of her existence (altisis is a blessed curse)

My proc-happy build is here. I achieved a fair chunk of it, especially the procs and pet uniques

Sorcery is also a route to mez protection which acts like a break free. This gets very useful in the 40s when Malta and Carnival start showing up. Later I respecced the absorb shield in instead of it on my Ill/Dark. Thats more situational but good to lob on an aggro attracting Blaster or Domi.

If we're talking procs Slowed Response can be a decent proc monster. Its something you'll want to be casting every time its up, it'll take 3 damage procs + the -res ones, animation time is reasonable and long base recharge means the chances to proc will be decent. Distortion field suffers from animation time and the fact its a patch (procs don't work well in patch powers, they're essentially toggles).

We're hoping so. Most feasible may be "allocate each a costume slot".

I couldnt click with Rad/Elec brute. Rad melee just seemed too slow animationwise and Elecs end tools come quite late. Mine ended up stuck at 27. Instead I rolled a Warmace/Rad brute. The AoE tends to come towards the end but its satifying single target too and in the 30s / 40s you just heap the AoEs in.

I wonder if there was some way to boost Supremacy when your Tier ones aren't out. IE when you forfeit your Tier 1s the other Tiers are a bit stronger to compensate (with maybe also a Res & Def buff to you to compensate for no Bodyguard)

Mu has Power Sink or something doesn't it? My Plant/Stormie took it because of that.

My Plant/Emp became a Plant/Storm. That left Carnifax stuck as she'd been illusion/storm live. So I remade her as Ill/Dark. Carni became a carnie. Costume-wise it turned out id preserved the entire CoH installation into Documents when upgrading my PC. Dont even remember doing it but the cossie files were mostly there. So I've been using them as the basis of new characters (tatooed, kilt wearing broadsword/nrg got Spectrum-oranged into Iron Brew, War Mace/Rad for example).

Solo its probably worth doing that. Any AoE character its worthwhile lowering level and increasing numbers. DPE is much better. Also you can Insp burn as you go. More defeats means more insp drops means quicker defeats . Also frankenslotting hotfeet (and choking cloud) to level isnt the worst idea in the world. Use Attuneds and theyll be useful all the way to 50.

Does it? As far as I knew the PB buff does transfer to FFG but since the def bubble is a "toggle" type power, refreshing every couple of seconds, once the PB buff wears off the increased defense wears off shortly afterwards. So the boosted defense only lasts 16 seconds so so max afaik when combining FFG with power boost.

Well yes but then no. At 50 your pets kitted out with the IOs will be tougher. Unfortunately you'll also find yourself on +3/+4 teams. So +5/6 against your tier ones. That's what splats them so easily. They run into the purple patch since they are -2 to your level and you're fighting +4s. Mercs and ninja are also the two most fragile sets overall which doesnt help. What can help are debuffs. Dark is good for this since you can lower a bosses tohit and damage a lot between darkest night, fearsome stare and the servant. Also the forthcoming ai changes should help. On my warshade the biggest cause of Fluffy death is charging into melee range and getting caught in aoes. Its really annoying. The boss isnt even attacking them, they just get caught in the blasts.

Yes to this. Personally id go slightly further and allow Orbiting death run unsurpressed in Dwarf and the Stun cone be used in Black Nova. Id also like epics on Khelds, mix of things plucked from scrapper, brute, tank pools (no attacks or shields but other things like buffs, controls and debuffs).

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Me too, generally. I always feel slightly anxious that I'm not doing it "right" (+4x8-Council-Radio-only isn't my thing) but it tends to work out. On a PuG if someone doesn't like it they'll just move on anyway.

I would love a "public teams" mechanism though where teams could flag themselves as lfg and you could just join it.

Even on Reunion its rare that I'm left hanging for a team. And I tend towards supports. Did a Everlasting team during the week at 11am (which is what, 3am / 4am) on my defender in Croatoa which was intended as a "maybe ill get one blaster or scrapper to buff" which turned into an 8 man in minutes by accident. So I dont really see the need for this. If Reunion is quiet I try everlasting. If there's really nothing happening I'll maybe solo a brute or scrapper. Edit : and id be madly annoyed if Reunion got merged and I lost the Carnifax name. Had it on live and as my global (boo to whomever took it on Everlasting)