Hyperstrike

The point is that there's really only so much one can wring from single slots. You can always argue that something is "more efficient". You have to prove it, QUANTITATIVELY though. And not just in the vacuum "This slot/these slots" aren't as efficient as something else"

If you're looking for zombie-click type play? Sure. But pretty much everything you want is shallow with HMerits. And it's far more stable than the market. If I feel the need to massage my marketing e-peen, I can be patient. If I just want it now? I just get it now. I've built up billions of Inf and thousands of HMerits.

No. Invuln is generally fairly durable the floor for Invuln is 67%. There are just LOTS of places to pull Resit (S/L) from Simply having more than enough is NOT hurting you in any way. But look at most high end builds. There is ALWAYS going to be an overlap of some sort. As to the SL boost? Okay? So what? The rest of the set boosts are deeply useful on an invuln. This is why I don't limit it to two slots. And if a Resist power IS only limited in such a way, something else gets chosen. Also, achieving Soft Cap Defense is relatively easy with a couple enemies in range? Is having some unnecessary slotting feeding in MORE not beneficial? Of course no, it simply makes operation in steady-state Tanking more attractive.

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Thank you for agreeing with my point. You're eschewing a set-defining power because you prefer to operate as a Scrapper.

#ITSATRAP!!!!!!!!!

And entire map full of aggroed "chase your ass down and kill you PAINFULLY!" enemies. And that's just you walking into the map!

Neglecting "leg day"....

* Introduces Mercedes Lackey * to shame you for the pathetic little Cossack you are...

There's fairly few things you can really cram in those sections that are really useful with a multi-dimensional nature.

To each his own.

IMNSHO, talking about "Need" with regards to Taunt for Tanks misunderstands both the point of Tanking (soft combat control). Tanks without Taunt are like petless mansterminds. CAN you do it? SURE! Like fighting a boxer with one hand tied behind your back.

I agree about the ED stuff. However, my personal little foible/conceit is that you're using Fighting as a mule pool, you're better off taking Kick rather than Boxing. Differences in damage output are negligible. And kick allows you to sneak in a Force Feedback proc. Sure, it only a tiny speed boost. But it's something USEFUL to to your whole build, rather than just dropping in a damage proc without real augmentation. Consuming valuable slots and set bonuses that can be shoe-horned in elsewhere.

I can't speak to the Damage choices. The basic build is a generally nice "safe" place to feel out your options though.

The best way to make your own personal decision is to take a build with Soft Cap or Incarnate Soft Cap defense and then experiment to see what works with your personal play style. This way you can make the decision in relative "safety".

Ah. A hero concentrating on crime and PUNISHMENT!

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The basic concept of Def/Res/Regen(Heal)/Damage Output still exists. It's now more that there's fewer incentives to focus on one aspect to the exclusion of all others. It's possible to bring all of the above in a single character, successfully. As such you now have LOTS of options to kick ass and decide whether you need to know their names...

Devil's Advocate: So, the ability to specially craft a build that negates the inherent means there's exactly ZERO use to the Inherent for anyone else?

The one gimping them is the player. Not the designer.

But gang war produces something like 10 henchmen per instance. Double gang war? I'll let you do the math.

Full agreement. A decent single-chip solution. Not a HUGE fan o the X3D solution. But the performance bump exists. But the 7800 is a single CCD solution so less "Grunt vs Gaming Performance" choices.

My current rig is a 16 core (32 virtual core) AMD CPU with 64GB of RAM and an RT 3070 Ti. All drives are PCI-E M.2 SSDs. Running 3x 4K monitors in Portrait mode with desktop fusion. Essentially running 6K-ish resolution. Currently unless I'm running more than 6x FSAA, I don't really see a problem, but I don't really notice much more at that high a resolution, so no real need to step "up" to "Stupid" mode.

Yeah. Was looking at Threadripper and Epyc. Couldn't justify the price increase. Even a 16 core/32 thread 5950x is already grotesquely powerful.

Have said this for years. Unstop is not an "FU Click" It's a suicide button with a short delay.