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Congrats again to @Auroxis for taking the November bounty! I'll be moving on to more specific challenges in the near future. Going to fill in some blanks myself and set out bounties to beat various times in various conditions as i am able to ear mark the inf.

1. 150% (70% comes from Hasten) global recharge is all that's needed to make it permanent. You also don't need it to be permanent, your endurance doesn't evaporated instantly the second your income doesn't match your use. 4 minutes is a long time, you'll be fine. Even with 0 recharge, it averages out to +0.66 end/s which is about +40% recovery. 2. Ageless Radial is the best suited option for a lot of builds when soloing because debuffs are usually the issue for a build that can normally solo without relying on it's destiny. For group play you just don't use ageless because the group has your end covered. For the niche case of a solo build reliant of barrier or rebirth to survive solo, then sure, but recovery Serum is still available unless you are doing something like hard mode TFs solo. The level argument is fair to a point, but you don't need to get build fancy before 50. Sure it can help but ive leveled every AT and a lot of power sets using just SOs and basic IOs and yeah then I slot end redux because I just have the spare slots since I only need 3 of the likely 4-6 each attack will get, to cover accuracy and damage and only 2 for each buff or defensive

So here's my contribution to your goblin hoard, if you'll have it. Abandon +recovery, embrace drugs. https://cod.uberguy.net./html/power.html?power=temporary_powers.temporary_powers.alt_lp_recovery_serum Really this is something that took me several years to realize. Most builders tend to worry a lot about endurance, and I did too for a long time. Initially it was just vibes, then i got into the nitty gritty and tried to make sure i had more end/s coming in then my ST rotation and my toggles would eat, then i just shot for lasting two minutes with the understanding that Ageless Radial (not the one gives recovery, just a full bar) would solve that, as well as embracing accolades. Eventually however I realized that hitting that two minute mark is pretty easy most of the time, and when its not there's this stupid cheap gem at the START vender. Now its a temporary power sure, but the only content that locks you out of temporary powers is specifically tuned for teams, specifically large and/or coordinated teams. This means that you almost certainly have an endurance battery somewhere on the team, take a look through the support sets they are absolutely lousy with +recovery and +end. Not to mention the kings of support (in said content) currently, Kin and Cold, both bring big end to the team. Thus I've landed strongly on the ideology that endurance is a non factor even before factoring in any other tools. This opened up my options and planning a lot.

Also congratulations to @Auroxis for taking the gold on this one.

Terribly sorry for missing your question all month, been a messy year all around for me. These are challenges I am posting to get engagement with the thread linked in the OP. For now its mostly pylon times but there are other categories and I am open to adding more, all in an effort to collect real world performance metrics for ATs and sets under various conditions.

Congratulations to @mezzosoprano for taking the win

Alright been a busy as hell week for me IRL so apologies for the delays. Congratulations to @Auroxis and @mezzosoprano for winning the D4 Sentinel and D1 Controller competitions respectfully. I will be in touch to transfer your winnings via the forum dms here. Due to said IRL roller coaster and others I'll only be posting one time gated bounty for November, one requested by a previous winner. Depending on activity levels I may be swapping to 'first to beat x' bounties in the near future as well. Without further to do. Bounty Posted! Prize: 2 billion influence Task: Post the best Division 5 time of any AT for the month of November. Start Date/Time: 00:00 UTC, November 1st 2024 See in your time here! End Date/Time: 00:00 UTC, December 1st 2024 See in your time here! (In the links, look in the non bold text with your location in it, if anyone has a better translation method, let me know.) Runs on the test server are valid provided they do not make use of any changes currently being tested, or the changes used are promoted to live. Division 5 Rules: No temps or incarnates that provide anything but defense, resistance and hp, this includes no endurance tools.

But this time with a twist, lets see what you all can do without the toys! Bounty Posted! Prize: 2 billion influence Task: Post the best Division 4 time of any Sentinel for the month of October. Read the rules and regulations for Division 4 and post your results here: Clear Speed Leaderboards (posts made in this thread will be processed if they meet the requirements listed.) Start Date/Time: 00:00 UTC, October 1st 2024 See in your time here! End Date/Time: 00:00 UTC, November 1st 2024 See in your time here! (In the links, look in the non bold text with your location in it, if anyone has a better translation method, let me know.) Runs on the test server are valid provided they do not make use of any changes currently being tested, or the changes used are promoted to live. Division 4 Rules Synopsis: Any power not available in the most restrictive endgame content (currently 4 star hardmode) is banned. (See OP for specific powers)

Its finally time for Controllers to flex their stuff, and in this competition the AT has a history of unexpected results, lets see what yall can manage. Bounty Posted! Prize: 2 billion influence Task: Post the best Division 1 time of any Controller for the month of October. Read the rules and regulations for Division 1 and post your results here: Clear Speed Leaderboards (posts made in this thread will be processed if they meet the requirements listed.) Start Date/Time: 00:00 UTC, October 1st 2024 See in your time here! End Date/Time: 00:00 UTC, November 1st 2024 See in your time here! (In the links, look in the non bold text with your location in it, if anyone has a better translation method, let me know.) Runs on the test server are valid provided they do not make use of any changes currently being tested, or the changes used are promoted to live. Division 1 Rules Synopsis: Any temp that can be easily stockpiled and ran as part of normal play is legal, lores and inspirations are banned. (See OP for specific powers)

Huge congrats to @Ratch_ and @BRADICAL for taking the month's challenges. As we roll onto October, the next round begins. Bounty Posted! Prize: 2 billion influence Task: Post the best Division 1 time of any Controller for the month of October. Start Date/Time: 00:00 UTC, October 1st 2024 See in your time here! End Date/Time: 00:00 UTC, November 1st 2024 See in your time here! (In the links, look in the non bold text with your location in it, if anyone has a better translation method, let me know.) Runs on the test server are valid provided they do not make use of any changes currently being tested, or the changes used are promoted to live. Division 1 Rules: Any temp that can be easily stockpiled and ran as part of normal play is legal, lores and inspirations are banned. (See OP for specific powers) Bounty Posted! Prize: 2 billion influence Task: Post the best Division 4 time of any Sentinel for the month of September. Start Date/Time: 00:00 UTC, October 1st 2024 See in your time here! End Date/Time: 00:00 UTC, November 1st 2024 See in your time here! (In the links, look in the non bold text with your location in it, if anyone has a better translation method, let me know.) Runs on the test server are valid provided they do not make use of any changes currently being tested, or the changes used are promoted to live. Division 4 Rules: Any power not available in the most restrictive endgame content (currently 4 star hardmode) is banned. (See OP for specific powers)

Big congratulations to @Ratch_ for taking the win, and doing it with two hands behind his back. Submitting a time of 52 seconds with inactive hybrid and no 'burst' category powers used.

Huge congratulations to @BRADICAL for claiming the win with a monumental 10 seconds, taking the record not only for this month, not only for the AT, but for all pylon times submitted thus far!

time for your last minute entries!

not much time left now!

Can we get this pinned? i know this category is a little pin heavy but given Carni helped provide code for this and its versatility id like to avoid it eventually slipping off the list. Especially with the search tool as bad as it is. Not sure who to ping if anyone.