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I've found that certain ATs and powerset combinations lend themselves more to being able to take advantage of multiple builds more than others. For instance, a Kheldian can have a tri-form build and a human-only one. A have an Arachnos Soldier with a bane build and crab spider build. On many of my sentinels, I like to create 3 builds - a DPS one, a durable/tough one, and a team support one using either the fire or elec APP with the team heal...

He's actually really afraid of spiders... the whole Arachnos thing is just him compensating...

Imagine a fully hidden AV with assassin's strike that prowled around random points within a mission, then ambushed you...

Some Longbow bosses or Ballistas have this. It is really annoying.

You may be able to recolor the transformation FX or the faint glow around them, but not the model itself.

I'm very partial to radiation armor. It's tough and has some great utility powers in there. If you want to be a bit more sneaky, ninjutsu can work well, too. Energy Aura is no slouch, either, (though I prefer that one on Stalkers). I also tend to go with the single blade or energy blade claws weapon models, do be a bit more distinct from Wolvie. Cheers!

That could be interesting - a way of getting *some* sort of benefit from your enhancement slots, but nowhere near as good as DOs, SOs, or IOs.

Use up the power pick if you want that other power from the pool. Builds should require some thought...

I've had great results with an ice/earth blaster. I like to include stealth from concealment, combat jumping, and aid self, if at all possible, and keep an extra break free or 2 on my at all times, just in case.

Frankly, I would say it all depends upon the opportunity cost involved in obtaining those buffs or debuffs. For instance, would you be giving up damage or recharge, thereby drawing out the fight for longer, in order to get that bit of extra buff/debuff? If your character has access to a reliable self heal, could that make up the difference? Just how close to the razor's edge between survival and defeat does your character teeter on? I mean, if you can casually get like 17% defense on a resistance build, that's like knocking a third off incoming damage, but chasing 45% may hamstring your entire build...

I think it's fade from darkness affinity that imparts all those affected with this really cool contoured glowing eye effect - that would be awesome as an aura option!

Let's introduce a new 5X XP buff at the P2W vendor. It comes with a few caveats - You can't gain XP from AE content nor while sidekicked. You get no drops, (enhancements, salvage, etc), and no influence/infamy. Would you still use it?

It seems, according to this article that there is more involved...

Another thing to consider, (and I think someone already brought it up), is that when you dodge an attack, that's it and it's over with. When you take the damage, even if oyu resisted all the damage, you still suffer any debuffs or other status effects that come with it.

Or just add a few superhero/ninja emotes, like the 3-point landing, positing with a sword, etc...

Don't even-con enemies only have a 50% chance to hit, assuming you had no other source of defense?

It could be interesting, especially for AR. My only concern is that it could also mess with the sheathed weapon costume system...

That's defintiely something to consider, but I'm not going to use up a respec at this time. Thanks!

What bugged me about the most recent episode was:

I don't typically play blasters. I had a 50 ice/earth one that I recently respecced to bring her more up to date. I didn't really doo all my homework, and accidentally put 4 slots in both Aim & Build Up. I was planning on putting the Gaussian's in both, but failed to realize I can only have 1 per build. I like the build otherwise, so am not going to spend an entire respec just to move 1 slot, so which of Aim/BU do you suggest I put the Gaussian's in, and what would you recommend for the 4th slot on the other, (I was just gonna do 3 recharge in each, then I'm open for the 4th slot)? Thanks!

I'd love to see them add some sort of "danger room" content for people to (re)learn the ropes - maybe utilize a neutral group like Vanguard or even the various Universities host such resources. Just to be clear, I think this should be distinct from AE...

Bio may not be trash, but it can sure swirl it around all pretty-like...

I'd say your safest bet would be a willpower/broadsword tanker.

Just to be clear, does your laptop have a dedicated GPU or no? If no, then you're not going to get great performance on any game that expects one. In that case, try the -usetexenvcombine launch parameter for a smoother gameplay experience. If it does indeed have a dedicated GPU, then you will need to manually tell windows to use it, due to CoH's age...

Don't underestimate the -range component - it can be very useful. Whether that is worth the power pick, however, is up for debate...