PyroBeetle
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My savage tank is Dark, so was a bit sturdier leveling up than a Bio tank...my thought in the blood stacks is they are nice to have, but I dont build an attack chain around them. I use Shred when it would fit, if I burn my stacks I burn my stacks.
Hemorrhage is absolutely skippable on a tank.
As far as viability goes, my Dark/Savage never had a problem putting out enough damage to complete its tasks in a reasonable time frame. I don't compare myself to timers though as I am just a long time duffer.
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I do not see the need for this...I recently completed another every arc run through Praetoria, soloed all content to include the events, using only SO enhancements purchased by the vendors...while the content may be "overtuned" it was not so challenging that it couldn't be done, easily, using only SOs...point in fact I only came close to dying one time, and a couple of inspirations fixed that.
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3 hours ago, Player-1 said:
To clarify, the bug only affected Blasters, Defenders, and Corruptors due to the Fast Snipe version of Direct Strike being able to provide the Storm Cell Lightning to yourself and all viable pets. Sentinels did not experience this particular bug.
This alone meant you could possibly get triple the lightning between Storm Cell, Category Five, and yourself. But with every pet or pseudopet created you would get that many more procs which would be problematic for various reasons.
To be clear, I was not responding to the bug fix either, I am more worried about the increase in the lockout and the reduction in damage for the lightning procs. Without the changes, which made the set perform much better than the bottom tier set that it was without comparing to Inferno still, you will end up with Storm in the same place it was before...shelved for a vast majority of people. There has to be a tradeoff in effectiveness for the set-up time required to play the set, and the way that it is currently constituted, the value for the set-up time is not there. The changes that you rolled back helped to fix this.
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I copied my Storm Sent onto Brainstorm, basically the set as it is in Build 3, reverted from Build 2, makes it so the intended buffs are just non-existent. The set will remain mediocre and I will have to reshelve my Storm Sentinel again, after looking forward to taking him off the shelf. I understand it might have been a bug, but the one second cooldown on the lightning made it feel powerful, which is a decent tradeoff for the 5 to 6 second setup.
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I play a variation of Darkir's Scappy Dom, an Ice/Savage which is an absolute beast in melee. It's not hard to play either, especially now when Domination affects Arctic Air.
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I have to say I am very disappointed by the decision to ditch the pseudopet. While the change might make the set more usable for setting up containment, in practice, this is rarely done...the pseudopet made the power usable in a wider variety of situations
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In practice I have seen this effect to be 5s, not 15s, and I have not found it to be worth altering the cycle of sysmic forces then Meteor, Upthrust, and Rock Shards...I have also found in practice the best place to use the Sesmic mechanic is with Rock Shards for AoE chain or with Stalagmite for ST chain
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1 hour ago, Sovera said:
I read something how Meteor is the fastest recharging nuke between the FF procs Seismic can slot and the Seismic mechanic. How does that feel for you?
Between the FF proc going off almost every time and the Seismic forces, it is up every fight. I haven't tuned it but it feels faster than ever other sentinel I have that has a native +recharge (Psy/SR, Beam/Elec, Storm/SR, Elec//EA) and quite a bit faster than those that don't.
As far as it goes, I get about 1 in 10 for the Decimation proc, but seeing as I wanted the set there anyhow, I will live with the minimal effect.
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One of the things that I have never understood about City of Heroes is oftentimes how little thematic consistency there is with powersets. Oftentimes, there is little synergy between a thematic pairing. Thankfully, I have not found that to be the case with this character. The problem that I have had with most Sentinels, and I have leveled a bunch of them and played through many a vet level, is that I eventually get tired of the ST damage problems that most of the sets have. Seismic does not have this problem.
Once you get over the fact that Meteor is going to land after a delay, and you accept the fact that you are not going to get the first hit in on every group, but when your Meteor lands it will take care of whatever is left, which does not mean that you are not contributing in groups, but it does mean that you may not be the superstar soloing TF when there is an entire team there too...well you get the point. Meteor is a fine T9, even if you have to pay the KB tax for it. There are ways to fit that into the build. The set in its entirety looks good and feels visceral. Aim, Meteor, Upthrust, Rock Shards, and then whichever ST power you put your Decimation Chance for BU in, for me this is Gravestone, Rock Shards, Upthrust and a spawn is pretty much dead, mopping up bosses the same as any other AT or powerset, which thankfully Seismic has an excellent ST chain. Gravestone, Entomb, Havoc Punch, Gravestone, Entomb, Stalagmite is an excellent way to game the system to ensure that you are getting your big hit with Stalagmite. If going ranged I just cycle through Gravestone, Entomb and Shatter and pop Stalagmite whenever seismic forces procs.
There are drawbacks, especially with flying enemies, and the fact that sometimes Meteor strikes through platforms to the ground below, but these are able to be lived with. However, I have not had to use excessive proc games to get an acceptable damage output, which is somewhat of a relief, allowing me to fill in the gaps to make my Secondary fairly impervious.
Stone I have found to be an excellent all-around armor secondary for Sentinels, if a little bit endurance hungry. The build as put together can run a bit hot, and I always make sure to carry around Recovery Serum from the P2W vendor. The end suck is not so extreme that you cannot interpose a Serum before you get in trouble. The combination of a solid regen, soft capped defense and solid resistances makes this one tough cookie, especially if you remember in teams that you are not the tank. At +4, I can take a bit of that nonsense, but remember, you brought a tank to the TF for a reason.
For those users that have Mids, the last spoiler is the data chunk. For those that do not, I have included the following images. Hopefully this helps some of the new users looking for a decent Sentinel build.
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I have a Storm/SR which I will break out again after the changes...it does okay in teams, and is entirely focused on getting Cat 5 out as often as possible...interestingly, the issue I have with it is not the AoE damage, it is the ST damage feelsnlike I am tickling MoBs
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As somebody who played from Beta to Sunset, and was in the first wave of Homecoming folks in 2919, this is beyond huge...thank you for all the continued hard work and look forward to seeing everything you continue to come up with. I hope that I can continue to get tin before donations are closed...maybe this will help.
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This is something that I used to do with load files, but am at work and not at home...you can do it and bind it all to a key, and the load the next bind all in one press, but it is not flexible and if something breaks the rotation you need a second key bound to reset your rotation at step one.
IMHO there are better ways to do it, but the again this is why I bought a mouse with a 12 button thumb pad to allow me flexibility. I do something like this with my AR/TA blaster just to give you an idea...
/bind e "powexec_location target flash arrow"
/bind r "powexec_location target glue arrow"
/bind t "powexec_location target oil slick arrow"
Then I have my AoE attacks on my 6 to 8 keys in the sequence I fire them off in rotation.
6 M30 Grenade
7 Full Auto
8 Flamethrower
6 M30 Grenade
Works seamlessly, but that is with the thumb pad like I said, and it gives me flexibility if things die before other powers recharge etc.
The 9 key is Vorpal Judgement, which Inuse reactively if my Full Auto arrow a second group, because it is fast and enough to take out the non debuffed mobs that might stream around my glue and oil slick.
For you this might look something like this
/bind 1 "powexec_location target Meteor"
/bind 3 "powexec_location target Burst of Speed"
1 Meteor
2 Dragons Tail
3 BoS
Etc and just run down the keyboard/thumbpad, I would actually bind the combat teleport backwards 50 to the e key CT back max to r and CT to target to q
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I differ in building my blasters, primarily in the fact that I don't go overboard to try and get to the ranged softcap. I find much more flexibility and overall effectiveness if I get myself to 32.5 or so, within range of a purple, and then maximize the build for damage...procs, recharge, etc. My reasoning is simple:
Dead enemies do no damage, and nobody is better at creating dead enemies than a Blaster.
YMMV of course, but I generally put 2 50+5 End Mod in the sustain.
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1 hour ago, tidge said:
The build is fun, even if I have 'hang back'. I don't often use Bonfire, but when I remember to use it I find I want it! It is practically just a stepping stone to get RotP.
To me, on the concept of the AR/TA, which is a heavily modified version of the old Rambo build, it just didn't fit thematically, which was the nail in the coffin for the power choice...no matter how I tried, I could only get it available every other group, and when the alpha strike I already have is sufficient 99% of the time, I couldn't justify the variation from theme.
It is a good power, but not available often enough. And yes, like the French, it takes some getting used to "advancing to the rear". I prefer the terminology fighting a retrograde action, sounds more positive, or defense in depth, or any of the myriad terms I picked up in the service to avoid saying retreat!
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I can comment on a few things about this build, as I have been playing an AR/TA build recently. Regarding the use of travel pool powers, this is the same route I went with mine.
Regarding your macro to target oil slick and light with Electrifying Net Arrow. I have found that my explosive blast, which does a touch of fire damage as well as smashing, similar to your AoE Arrow, is normally more than sufficient to light my oil slick, as well as being a +recharge proc driver. Functionally this has led to me starting a group solo with Flash Arrow, Glue Arrow then Oil Slick Arrow, then Explosive Blast, Full Auto and finally Flamethrower, which if nothing else did earlier, will light my slick. I do have a similar macro to target the slick in an emergency, but do not have to use it...maybe 1 time in 100.
Regarding Bonfire, I have this on the precursors to the build that I settled on, Ice Blast/TA, and Fire Blast/TA. I did enjoy the bouncing, but have not found it to be necessary nor really adding particularly to my survival. YMMV of course, but to me it was a crutch and I have left it behind.
Just my $.02, and worth about the same. I hope you are having fun!
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I think that it is the target caps on a Sentinel that is really going to be the major drawback. It's not the damage scalar, it is the fact that those juicy dark cones will only be hitting a fraction of the enemies at a time that a Blaster would. I ran across this issue with my Sonic Sentinel, which worked great, except for the fact that I just wasn't affecting as many enemies as I would on a Blaster. My experience seems particularly relevant a different cone based set.
My main right now is a AR/TA Blaster with 32.5% ranged defense, reaching soft cap with single purple. I don't normally need to pop the purple as Flash Arrow is that good, but against some enemies it is useful, and I have a macro to combine most insp into purples and a bind to eat them for this purpose. I rarely die in team content and am damn effective. Natural character so I don't hover either.
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While I do not follow the old Rambo build exactly, I do play AR/TA and have found it to be very very effective.
Mine is named Veteran's Vengeance.
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I have been the point person on teams with my blasters recently, Fire/TA and AR/TA, and have had quite some success doing it. It is a razors edge playstyle, but can lead to quick TF completion when done well.
A blasters best survival tool is always going to be more damage and both of those have damage in spades. Dead enemies cannot hurt you. Flash Arrow, Glue Arrow, and Oil Slick Arrow are available every 15 to 20 seconds with my build, and I open the engagement with those debuffs, then follow up with M30 Grenade slotted to knockdown, which ignites the oil slick most times, then follow up with Full Auto, which also knocks enemies down with the Ragnorak proc, then Flamethrower, which will ignite the oil slick if nothing else already did which polishes off most groupings. At this point ST the bosses who are just getting back up. On to next group with full alpha strike available in 20 seconds or sooner, depending on +recharge proc.
No I don't hover, I don't have capped defenses, and I have never felt the lack. I do combine all but reds into purples when I move, and pop one or two if facing certain enemies (looking at you wolves), or if doing Incarnate content. Being the point man is about attitude, not thr build.
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While I do understand the draw of Drain Psych, and have played a Psychic Blast Mental Manipulation blaster after the changes, I do not think that the pairing works well as a ranged blaster. Ignoring the PBAoE is just handcuffing yourself, and defeating enemies while handcuffed is not easy.
If your goal is to make a ranged blaster, other sets work a lot better for this. The Tactical Arrow secondary in particular is strong for a ranged blaster, offering good tools to help keep mobs at range, and extra ranged damage in Oil Slick. I have played Ice/TA and Fire/TA into Incarnate levels, and found them both quite strong, though in different ways. However, I am just beginning the Incarnate journey with my Assault Rifle/TA blaster and have found this pairing to be the chef's kiss for a ranged blaster. Please keep in mind I do not farm my toons up, I level them through play, both solo and teams to get an idea as to how to play them.
Enjoying a set oftentimes means maximizing what it does well, otherwise you are just hurting yourself and worse, your team.
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Sorry for the necro, but I saw a link to this build in a semi recent post about TA. Thank you for this build Nemu.
I have been using a slightly modified (updated level range for selecting power and some minor substitutions) and have been quite impressed with its capabilities. I use two basic AoE combos each of which is available every other fight...Flash Arrow, Build Up, Blizzard, Rain of Ice, Glue Arrow and then burn down bosses remaining health with single target powers or Ice Breath if targets are clumped, and Flash Arrow, Aim, Bonfire, Oil Slick Arrow (Immediately lights because of bonfire), Rain of Ice l, then the same ST or Breath as above.
Soloing content is easy on x8, and is useful on teams. I run a couple macros to combine all inspirations except +damage ones, and then try to always pop one before I fire Flash Arrow, and the +damage insp are used automatically when I use Aim or Build Up.
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I have played a Sonic/Bio Sentinel through Incarnate levels, and it works quite well. The concept was originally a Sonic/Stone, but I did not enjoy stone enough as a secondary.
As always, the problem ends up being the target caps on the Sentinel primaries, and ultimately I ended up doing the Sonic on a Blaster, enjoying the same cone grinder mayhem with better caps, and a longer recharge on the T9 that I felt compelled to work into my chainsaw cones. Sonic/Temporal just ended up working better, and is also a functional at range Blaster secondary, though I might want to redo as Devices
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On 7/18/2023 at 5:14 AM, 10kVolts said:
AFAIK you won't be able to execute any more than 1 insp per macro press/click at a time, I usually just mush the button several times to combine and pop a few off every so often.
This, which is why I use the Macro set that I mentioned
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If you check out the Farm Fresh Builds post in the Guides section, there is an intricate series of macros designed to do this that I still use to this day...
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Stupid counting error on my part, please ignore!
People in General Chat are telling me that Super Strength sucks.
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SS is arguably the best attack set for anybody that has it for specific reason:
Rage.
It allows you to proc out your attacks all the way and never worry about missing even if you have no inherent accuracy slotted.
It's synergies work the same with the Cross Punch from the fighting pool, which is better than any ST attack you have other than KO blow. Kick and Punch are also netter than any other ST attack in the set so you can build that way.
However, as good as the set is, as much as a procced, capped build will just allow you to shrug off the rage crash, I still don't like playing the set. Double stack rage is great, but just not fun for me.