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Well, if you wanted to go with his power armor incarnation, something like an energy blast (tinted green)/invulnerability sentinel could work. He also has private security forces, so a mercs/traps MM could also work.

Oh no doubt. I wonder if the generic leadership "fist to chest" animation could work.

Ninjitsu also has a few varieties of "press both hands together" if you wanted something more mystical, but not as hand-wavy as sorcery's.

The generic "touch random computer on your forearm" animation would be cool if you wanted a more tech-oriented animation.

But are we going for "like-minded people" or the widest reach and to reduce clutter in the general LFG chat? If it's the former, then knock yourself out. If it's the latter, then you're going to need some sort of formal implementation/declaration/enforcement.

I want to preface this topic by saying I do not run farms for other people. That being said, what I tend to do is run PI Council Radio mission teams that are open to anyone. I also tend to drop 50+ SOs on low level characters in AP to sell or save, (I tend not to have large amounts of inf). Any other things I can do on a casual basis to help others level up a bit? What things do you folks like to do with your 50s when you aren't suffering a bought of alt-itis? Thanks for your input!

The flash-step animation from burst of speed is also pretty cool.

Even accepting that, what's easier - go into your chat options and add the channel, or stick to using LFG? I'm not talking about what's "right" or correct, either. Frankly, a better approach might be to make the AE channel on/added by default, but even then, unless there is some consequence for not using it, people will still gravitate to the general LFG one. Also, as @Rudrapointed out, AE is not the only place people farm/PL.

One interesting side effect of dual pistols on sentinel, since their ice ammo also provides a 33% range buff, is consistently very long range AoEs from APP/PP and Incarnate judgements that don't suffer their normally-reduced range!

I don't think the issue is people not knowing about the channel - it's people not wanting to bother with it. Even if we spread the word, there's still no reason, as that channel has less reach...

I prefer cornbread and coffee or iced lemon cake. If you don't feel like baking, an Entemann's Louisiana Crunch Cake is a great alternative!

I made my own version - a dual pistols/ninjitsu sentinel. Take psionic mastery if you really want to round out the theme; Mass hypnosis, dominate, psychic shockwave, and link minds all fit. For reference, "The Umbral Hawk":

It's most likely the Controller inherent, "Containment" that you're thinking of.

Here's one I think turned out rather nicely - "The Shrouded Swordsman", a BS/Nin Scrapper: I wasn't quite satisfied with the mouthpiece and sword, so made a slight alteration for the second costume slot:

Nuthin' like an inflammatory/click bait title to get some attention, eh?

Wise words!

I remember a time when the popular thing was to create "realistic" or "unpowered" builds, where your only travel powers consisted of hurdle + combat jumping. Trying to survive a trip whilst under the canopy of Perez Park, with only that, or maybe hover if you were lucky, was a truly nail-biting experience.

I just checked, and Savage Leap *does* do crit damage, but it's only a 50% chance.

The devs seem to use narrow cones to represent an attack's ability to "pierce" enemies standing right behind others, (see Piercing Rounds from Dual Pistols). This may be another similar case...

Are you blinding or otherwise locking down the EB's ability to fight back? IIRC, if an enemy can't retaliate or see you, they'll flee...

My avatar, as you may notice, is in the classic "rest" pose - that's because it's from one of my first screenshots I took of the game, before I knew you could free-move the mouse, and by using rest, it fixed your position, so you could rotate the camera. He was a dm/regen scrapper back when IH was a toggle, and I got most of the way from 1-40, (before PI), by street sweeping. I used to do laps of Bricktown...

The problem isn't the channel, it's getting people to use it. What will get the most visibility - the AE-specific chat or the general LFG one? Players will choose the path of least resistance...

Keep in mind that any such values are only in reference to even-con enemies and with no debuffs applied to you or buffs applied to them. A higher-con enemy will have a greater chance to hit, and if you've been hit with any debuffs, (which are also present in many attacks that may hit you), that may further dip into your defense or resistance ratings.

The problem is the game is sort of in a state of stasis with regard to where the world is when we first create our characters and when we "finish" them at 50+3. It's not a perfect analogy, but as you progress in level, time also advances in-game. In theory, and if this was a single-player game, (and assuming you did the story arcs), AP should be nearly crime free, and the situation with various other villain groups changed, by the time you hit PI and the updated DA.

Agreed. You've got the 3 unique IOs, (panacea, miracle, numina's), performance shifter, and various lower level sets that provide end discounts, additional recovery, or general end cost reduction...