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In the old days, we had to worry about emails (and attachments) being purged after some length of time. Do we not have that concern now?

Yeah, at times I wish there was something akin to the Legacy in SW:TOR. Certain things could be character based and some could be account based.

Here, this should help... A lot.

The patch notes in the other IO thread list Call of the Sandman's heal proc as now being unique. This is verifiable in game in the /AH. The patch notes above list the Power Transfer Chance of Self Heal as being Unique, too. But, in game, it lacks the Unique tag. Is it supposed to be unique or not? I can't tell if the notes are wrong or the IO is.

/Fire Melee should be a high consideration. Fire Sword Circle and Combustion both end up being 15' PBAoEs.

The story arc he offers, The Bonefire Plot, is also offered by 2 other contacts, Lorenzo DiCosta and Willy Starbuck. Any chance you completed either of those contacts first?

This was the best guide to follow for me. Once you have the money to get started, influence can be raked in:

Hmm. For some reason my mind assumed Provoke instead of Confront. Yeah, Confront and Taunt both have -range already.

The whole Presence pool could use some work. Unrelenting is pretty nice, but you are basically wasting 2 picks to get it.

If they were an Admin or Mod, shouldn't they have used a name/header indicating as such when they made that announcement instead of spamming it repeatedly looking like a normal user, too? The same thing prefixed by an indicator of Admin or Mod status would have much more gravitas, assuming that indicator couldn't be duplicated by a standard user.

Mace and Broadsword a practically identical excluding Parry. So, this post on Shield/Mace should be easily adapatable to BS.

Let's use your Bright Nova Detonation, and go over various options on it. Maybe a concrete example will help. As you have it slotted with Level 50 Positron's Blast, the set bonuses will only work at level 47-50. Assuming you have them slotted in order, you have the Damage/Range +5'd. That gives you enhancement values of 47.7%A/100.07%D/47.7%E/26.5%R/19.92%Rng at level 50. If you had those PB attuned instead, the set bonuses would work from level 17-50. The enhancement value would be 47.7/99.08/47.7/26.5/15.94 at level 50. If you got all 6 of the PB set at Level 33 and +5d them all (except the proc, no value in boosting it), the set bonuses would work from level 30-50. The enhancement values would be 50.48/100.19/50.48/28.05/16.88 at level 50. Which is best completely depends on your build goals, in particular to what levels do you want that build to be able to exemp down to. Note: I indicated the enhancement values at L50 because they will alter as you exemplar lower and lower. In case you aren't familiar with that system, here is the wiki: https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Exemplar_Effects_on_Enhancements

It's probably not exactly what you are looking for, but there is a Temp Power called Power Analyzer. It is available at the P2W store. Do a search in that post for Power Analyzer.

I'd like to see that build.

Posted a related idea recently. I like the idea of having the ability to toggle off the level shift and incarnate shifts to be able to regain actual +4 content at L45-50.

Look through the pylon thread for results: Page 1, StrikerFox hits 450 DPS with Street Justice. I'm pretty sure StJ is the answer most folks will point at. StJ/Bio in particular. Here is a whole bunch of sets tested by Microcosm later in the thread. Broadsword and DB did really well in those tests too, but all 3 can be hampered by high mob Resists in game.

Is it auto-hit? I know the +regen and +recov is auto, but I thought the power still had to hit for the Stun and KB components?

For IOs with a level range, you either get a specific level or you get attuned. If you have an IO set at level 50, the set bonuses only work down to level 47. If you have that same IO set at level 35, it works down to level 32. If that set has level 25-50 range, you can get it at any level within that range, and it will work to 3 levels below that. If you attune them, it will work from level 22-50. Every IO in the set slotted into the power will affect this, so if you have mixed levels of the IOs, you get varied levels for the set bonuses. Example: If you have 3 slotted from a set, one IO at 50, one at 40, one at 30, the first set bonus will work down to level 37, the 2nd set bonus down to level 47. You could attune the level 50, and then the set bonuses would work down to 37 and 27. But, then you couldn't boost the level 50 one. Here is the wiki with detailed info: https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Enhancement_Set_Bonuses

There is a lot of low level content available through Ouroboros, but you may not care about it. Or, as you have 3 builds once you hit 50 incarnate levels, you could make specialized buidls. Attune any set where you want to keep the bonuses when exemped. Correct. You can either attune for exemping or boost for max value at 50. Now, you can buy things at specific levels and then boost them. For example, my high level build is set to work from 33-50. I buy level 36 IOs for any with multiple stats (example: acc/dmg or end/defense) or not category A, and I boost them. They will work down to level 33, and the boosted values from level 36 IOs is better than level 50 attuned. Any that are single stat and category A (acc, dmg, rech, etc. that max at +42%), I take the attuned version. I do this because of the exemplar rules, in particular rule #2 The Maximum Bonus Cap: https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Exemplar_Effects_on_Enhancements I'll give a specific example so that makes more sense: I have Build Up 3 slotted with Adjusted Targeting (L21-50). I have End/Rech and ToHit/Rech both at level 36 and +5 them. I have the pure Recharge at level 50 attuned.

Non-superior ATOs are already attuned. You will want to use a catalyst on them at level 50 to turn them into the Superior version (which is attuned, too, but only slottable at L50). All the sets have level ranges. LotG is 25-50, Numina is 30-50. Those should be attuned if you want to slot them while leveling or if you want to exemplar.

For Purples, you are correct that they are attuned by default. PvP IOs are basically this way to. So, yes, if you have the funds, boosting them, excluding the Proc, is a good way to go. For regular set IOs, boosting vs attuning depends largely on what you are after. Attuning is better for you if you want to be able to exemplar down or if you want to slot them while leveling. Boosting is better for maxing out a level 50 only build. edit: And you can buy the IOs attuned on the market. It is cheaper and easier than trying to buy catalysts.

Yes, here are the patch notes for it:

Given the toggle proc rules, that's about ~17.5% chance to proc (per target) once every 10 seconds. Not terribly reliable healing from that.

I think my updated idea would be easier to implement and would fix the issue, giving more options. It also wouldn't require unslotting or gimping Alpha.

In the toolbar above where you type, there is an eyeball symbol (next to last icon). If you mouse over it, it says "Spoiler". If you click that, it gives you a spoiler box. Paste the build content inside the box.