[City of Heros TW/BIO Titan Weapon / Bio Armor Build List]

@Ratch_

 

Amazing! Thank you so much for the explanation! I'll dig a bit into this but this gives me a great start! 

[City of Heros TW/BIO Titan Weapon / Bio Armor Build List]

Thanks for the information! 

 

I have a hard time understanding MIDs so maybe I just need to spend a bit more time there.

 

How are folks calculating procs? I see quite a few builds out there where some DPS abilities are slotted purely for "Chance for [X] damage" instead of using a set. 

 

I slotted Rend with two different options and I think MIDs is telling me that the Superior Blistering Cold slotting will yield a higher DPS, but am I reading this correctly?

 

Also, @Ratch_, do you mind sharing build(s) you have that fit certain use cases? I'd love to understand more about your line of thinking

 

 

 

[City of Heros TW/BIO Titan Weapon / Bio Armor Build List]

Is there a way in Mids to understand the damage output trade-off? Like, if I build for capped S/L def and res, how much potential damage am I losing? 

 

In `View Totals`, I see `Damage` but unsure if that's what I want. I understand that builds can benefit from multiple procs in various offensive abilities but I don't really know if there is a straight-forward way to model that and compare to a more defensive-oriented build

[City of Heros TW/BIO Titan Weapon / Bio Armor Build List]

30 minutes ago, SomeGuy said:

Trying to get S/L Def softcap passively with TW/BIO seems against what the combo is really about, but what do I know? I've only been playing the combo since 2011 (yes, I'm aware of what that means)/

 

What do you mean? I'm new to the build so I don't quite understand. I assumed most/all melee builds would want soft capped S/L def

[City of Heros TW/BIO Titan Weapon / Bio Armor Build List]

I'm interested in getting S/L Def and Res capped and wanted feedback on this build. I'm new to self builds and curious what I'm sacrificing to hit the 45 and 75% caps

 

 

Build plan made with Mids' Reborn v3.6.6 rev. 3
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• Primary powerset: Titan Weapons
• Secondary powerset: Bio Armor
• Pool powerset (#1): Flight
• Pool powerset (#2): Fighting
• Pool powerset (#3): Speed
• Pool powerset (#4): Concealment
• Epic powerset: Soul Mastery
  

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Powers taken:

Level 1: Crushing Blow

• A: Kinetic Combat: Accuracy/Damage
• 3: Kinetic Combat: Damage/Endurance
• 3: Kinetic Combat: Damage/Recharge
• 5: Kinetic Combat: Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 15: Achilles' Heel: Chance for Res Debuff
  

Level 1: Hardened Carapace

• A: Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3%
• 11: Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All)
• 11: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance
• 13: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance
• 13: Unbreakable Guard: RechargeTime/Resistance
• 15: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime
  

Level 2: Inexhaustible

• A: Performance Shifter: Chance for +End
• 5: Performance Shifter: EndMod
  

Level 4: Environmental Modification

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• 39: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance
• 40: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Recharge
• 40: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• 40: Luck of the Gambler: Defense
  

Level 6: Follow Through

• A: Mako's Bite: Accuracy/Damage
• 7: Mako's Bite: Damage/Endurance
• 7: Mako's Bite: Damage/Recharge
• 9: Mako's Bite: Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
• 9: Mako's Bite: Chance of Damage(Lethal)
  

Level 8: Build Momentum

• A: Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control: Chance for Build Up
• 46: Rectified Reticle: To Hit Buff
• 46: Rectified Reticle: To Hit Buff/Recharge
  

Level 10: Adaptation

Level 12: Fly

• A: Blessing of the Zephyr: Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range
  

Level 14: Boxing

• A: Kinetic Combat: Accuracy/Damage
  

Level 16: Ablative Carapace

• A: Preventive Medicine: Heal
• 39: Preventive Medicine: Chance for +Absorb
  

Level 18: Rend Armor

• A: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage
• 19: Superior Blistering Cold: Damage/Endurance
• 19: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 21: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 21: Superior Blistering Cold: Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime
• 25: Gladiator's Strike: Chance for Smashing Damage
  

Level 20: Evolving Armor

• A: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance
• 29: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance
• 34: Unbreakable Guard: RechargeTime/Resistance
• 37: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime
  

Level 22: Whirling Smash

• A: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage
• 23: Superior Avalanche: Damage/Endurance
• 23: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 25: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 27: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 27: Force Feedback: Chance for +Recharge
  

Level 24: DNA Siphon

• A: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 34: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Recharge/Critical Hit Bonus
• 37: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 48: Obliteration: Chance for Smashing Damage
• 48: Obliteration: Accuracy/Recharge
• 49: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  

Level 26: Arc of Destruction

• A: Superior Critical Strikes: Accuracy/Damage
• 29: Superior Critical Strikes: Damage/RechargeTime
• 31: Superior Critical Strikes: Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime
• 31: Superior Critical Strikes: Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
• 31: Superior Critical Strikes: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
• 33: Superior Critical Strikes: RechargeTime/+50% Crit Proc
  

Level 28: Genetic Contamination

• A: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Accuracy/Damage
• 37: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Damage/Recharge
• 39: Superior Scrapper's Strike: Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• 45: Obliteration: Chance for Smashing Damage
• 45: Obliteration: Damage
• 45: Obliteration: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  

Level 30: Parasitic Aura

• A: Preventive Medicine: Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance
• 43: Preventive Medicine: Heal/RechargeTime
  

Level 32: Tough

• A: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance
• 33: Unbreakable Guard: +Max HP
• 33: Unbreakable Guard: Resistance/Endurance
• 34: Unbreakable Guard: RechargeTime/Resistance
  

Level 35: Weave

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance
• 36: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Recharge
• 36: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• 36: Luck of the Gambler: Defense
• 47: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• 48: Kismet: Accuracy +6%
  

Level 38: Hasten

• A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
  

Level 41: Moonbeam

• A: Superior Winter's Bite: Accuracy/Damage
• 42: Superior Winter's Bite: Damage/RechargeTime
• 42: Superior Winter's Bite: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• 42: Superior Winter's Bite: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• 43: Superior Winter's Bite: Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime
• 43: Superior Winter's Bite: Recharge/Chance for -Speed & -Recharge
  

Level 44: Shadow Meld

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
  

Level 47: Stealth

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
• A: Shield Wall: +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)
  

Level 49: Hover

• A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
  

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Inherents:

Level 1: Critical Hit

Level 1: Brawl

• (Empty)
  

Level 1: Sprint

• A: Celerity: +Stealth
  

Level 2: Rest

• (Empty)
  

Level 1: Swift

• (Empty)
  

Level 1: Hurdle

• (Empty)
  

Level 1: Health

• A: Numina's Convalesence: +Regeneration/+Recovery
• 17: Panacea: +Hit Points/Endurance
• 17: Miracle: +Recovery
  

Level 1: Stamina

• A: Performance Shifter: Chance for +End
• 46: Performance Shifter: EndMod
  

Level 1: Momentum

Level 10: Defensive Adaptation

Level 10: Efficient Adaptation

Level 10: Offensive Adaptation

Level 12: Afterburner

Level 49: Quick Form

 

[Badges Account Wide]

I'm on the fence too.

 

I do agree that account-wide badges might potentially de-value certain activities and that's a definite concern. At the same time, I sometimes feel restricted (perhaps just me though) to playing my main for badges instead of playing any character for badges. 

 

I wonder if the right move here is to sort of borrow a page from how WoW does this - the majority of achievements in that game are account-wide, but some are not. I think the balance might be different for CoH, but the same idea might work. I'm honestly not sure which badges should be considered account-wide, but I know that if there were steps taken in this direction, I'd feel more free to play whatever characters I want (again, I'm not going to pretend that this is a feeling affecting the majority of the player base,  but it definitely affects me).