Neiska

i just made one of these (sword and shield) and im loving the style. it feels sort of tanky, though im only level 40 so far. still unsure what incarnates to go with, and i do wish i could sneak flight into the final setup just for convince. i just wish it had a bit of AoE. even just one or two besides that baby one from Broadsword. She is my first stalker though, and more often than not my placate fails. it doesnt rehide me, mabye i have it slotted wrong? its mostly for +hit i think.

Hello out there! I am just hoping to get some feedback for a build I am working on. She is a Radiation/Bio armor scrapper. She is currently 43 and things are going well! But I am not sure if I have any "holes" in my defenses or if I missed something would be a big help. So please feel free to point those out if i missed something! This is in no way final. Here's her powerset picks - Level 50 Tech Scrapper Primary Power Set: Radiation Melee Secondary Power Set: Bio Armor Power Pool: Flight (1 power) Power Pool: Fighting (3 powers) Power Pool: Speed (1 power) Power Pool: Leadership (1 power) Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery (2 powers) Hero Profile: Level 1: Contaminated Strike Level 1: Hardened Carapace Level 2: Radioactive Smash Level 4: Inexhaustible Level 6: Fusion Level 8: Radiation Siphon Level 10: Environmental Modification Level 12: Evolving Armor Level 14: Flight Level 16: Ablative Carapace Level 18: Irradiated Ground Level 20: Adaptation Level 22: Boxing Level 24: Tough Level 26: Devastating Blow Level 28: DNA Siphon Level 30: Weave Level 32: Atom Smasher Level 35: Genetic Contamination Level 38: Parasitic Aura Level 41: Haste Level 44: Focused Accuracy Level 47: Physical Perfection Level 49: Assault Level 1: Brawl -- Level 1: Critical Hit Level 1: Prestige Power Dash Level 1: Prestige Power Slide Level 1: Prestige Power Quick Level 1: Prestige Power Rush Level 1: Prestige Power Surge Level 1: Sprint Level 2: Rest Level 4: Ninja Run Level 2: Swift Level 2: Health Level 2: Hurdle Level 2: Stamina Level 50: (undecided!) Notes- 1. I do have the hero builder program, but I am posting this from a work computer and so I don't have access to it right now. 2. Still figuring out enhancements, as far as what needs to go where. I also have zero experience with IO sets and so on. She is currently using a full set of 35 IOs that scale so I can save money for high level stuff. And there are so many sets that I am a bit overwhelmed by them. I plan on having a sit down with friends and figuring out which sets I need to shoot for. But right now she doesn't have any. 3. 50 alpha slot - No idea what would be good here. And I've never unlocked it so I'm not sure what would be good. Questions- 1. Are there too many toggle powers? By my count this has 9 toggle powers. I am not sure if that is "too many" or if that would be fine with the right enhancements. 2. Is this balanced? I tried to keep a good balance of offense vs defense. I wanted to have both "enough" offense and defense if possible, but I am willing to swap things out like Assault if something is missing. And would this have enough offense and defense, or would it be squishy or does it a hole somewhere that I am overlooking? 3. Am I missing anything important? Feel free to point it out and maybe we can squeeze it in! One thing I love is how helpful the community is with the veterans giving guidance to new people like me. I am really looking forward to unlocking incarnates and running with the big heroes with this one! Thanks bunches in advance!

Hello everyone, I am hoping for some advice/imput on my planned Claws/Bio Armor build. This is my first time doing this, so I'm still sort of learning here. Also I don't have enhancements planned out yet either, because I have no idea what the end sets are for this sort of setup or what all is even possible. More or less I just want to make sure my primary powers check out before figuring out where to go from there. Advice from there is welcome! This will be a rebuild, but she is level 41 right now. I also have zero experience with Ancilliary Pools and Patron powers yet. But I do have some spare slots and things I can change out if there is something thats "should have" that I am missing. My goals are - To be able to do Decent damage, but I do sort of want to be a bit on the tougher side of brutes, able to offtank if necessary or even run point on teams. But i do definately want to be able to take some hits if push comes to shove. It doesnt have to be able to speed run or AOE farm or anything like that. More or less be able to roll with the hits on team content if need be. Anyway, please let me know how this looks and if there are any glaring things I missed or what could be changed. I also have a few spare power slots that I'm not sure what to do with, and I'm not sure which I should take on the Slash/Taunt level. Thanks bunches in advance, and I am sorry its incomplete. Its all new to me. Level 50 Tech Brute Primary Power Set: Claws Secondary Power Set: Bio Armor Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: ??? Villain Profile: Level 1: Swipe Level 1: Hardened Carapace Level 2: Inexhaustible Level 4: Environmental Modification Level 6: Spin Level 8: Follow Up Level 10: Evolving Armor Level 12: Hasten Level 14: Boxing Level 16: Tough Level 18: Weave Level 20: Adaptation Level 22: Flight Level 24: Slash (or Taunt?) Level 26: Eviscerate Level 28: DNA siphon Level 30: Maneuvers Level 32: Shockwave Level 35: Genetic Contamination Level 38: Parasitic Aura Level 41: Tactics Level 44: ??? Level 47: ??? Level 49: ???

Thank you everyone, I appreciate the input and advice from the veterans of the game! I have decided to go with what most people advised and make her a Brute. Reading up on the powers I am pretty sure I want Invulnerability as a secondary power just because it looks all around good and I can see that as being a cyborg trait of being hard to hurt. For offense I am on the fence between both Claws and Dual Blades. Both look like fast sets which is important to build fury with, but Blades has that special combination attack while claws is more streamlined. Both sets have cyborg sort of visuals though, either laser claws or swords sort of looks. I asked in the Brute channel what people would recommend to pair up with Invulnerability. Again thanks for the input everyone, it is appreciated! Happy Hero-ing (or villian-ing!)

Hello out there! Just had a question! I am going to be making a cyborg sort of Brute, and not sure which attack powerset to go with - Claws or Dual Blades. Her secondary powerset will be Invulnerability. Now as I understand it, both power sets are pretty quick which is good to build fury. Claws is more consistent, but Dual Blades has that special combination attack going from Empower, Weaken, Attack Vitals, and Sweep. So which to go with? Does either of them function ahead of the other, and how much of an impact will Dual Blades combination attack have? Thanks bunches in advance!

thank you for the replies! Appreciate the imput! I just want to make a theme that fits, and that is good, and not useless or unwanted at higher levels. I do better with a powerset that can heal in some way, because i always take damage and can get overwhelmed fairly quickly. Do like how invlunerability looks as a secondary though. is there anything that pairs with that one particularly well? Thanks bunches again! P.S. - (someone posted while i was typing) - Whats the difference between a brute and a scrapper? Arent they more or less the same?

Hello everyone, First off, sorry if this is the wrong section. Its about AT help, but I haven't actually decided which AT to go with, and there is no overall AT general channel. So sorry if this is in the wrong spot but wasnt sure where else to put it. I am hoping to make a kick-butt cyborg girl, but I'm not really sure where to start. None of the powers really jump out at me for supporting this sort of hero. And thats where I would like some help. My only request is she be some sort of melee, but other than that I am open to suggestions and guidance. At the moment I am leaning toward claws, sword, or shield power sets, mostly due to the cyborg-like options which are nice. As far as what i want it to be able to do? well, some soloability would be nice. and desired for parties would be nice too. I am not looking to solo +8 and so on, just enough to play in a group or solo at endgame if need be. Thanks bunches in advance! TLDR - would like some help picking a poweset/build for a cyborg sort of character please. Would perfer melee if possible!

Hello agains! First off, thank you for the answers. They have really helped! So I appreciate that. 😊 But I have another round of questions if people don't mind! I tried Bots/FF, but I wasn't really feeling FF. It was good, but entirely too passive for me. So I re-rolled and I am going Bots/Dark this time, so my questions are about that. 1. Which powers are "skippable" for a robo/dark setup? I am not planning on taking the rifle powers or the grenade from Robo, but Dark I'm not sure about. I am not sure If i will want to take Fearsome Stare, Petrifying Gaze, and Black Hole. The rest look useful though! Any advice on this? 2. Patron Powers - I haven't actually tried any of these out yet. But are there any of them that stand out for MM's in particular? Or are they more of a "if you feel like it" option? 3. Power Pools - Are there any power pools that are especially good for MM and their Pets? I was looking at Leadership in particular, my hope is the toggle modes affect pets. Is this the case and if so are there other pools noteworthy to make pets better? 4. Lastly, enhancements! Apparently there are sets for pets, but they are for the recharge pets, not the MM pets. So what do folks usually take since there are no pet specific stuff available for MMs to use? (which really sucks by the way!) Thanks in advance! P.S. - I have looked around and I haven't seen many examples of a Robo/Dark build that I can look at. Does anyone have a link to one please? Thanks bunches!

Hello everyone! New player here with some questions. I have read some forum posts as well as some old posts from years ago. So first off, thanks for posting information and answering many of my questions beforehand! I have decided to go with a Mastermind! After playing around with the different pets I decided to go with Bots. My highest hero is 26, but shes moving along well. But I still have some questions for any veteran players! 1. How relevant are the posts/guides from 7 years ago? Are they still good or has there been updates or changes? 2. I am going to go Bots, but I am not sure on a secondary. From what I have read, having a -regen power is important for killing bosses and high difficult targets at high level? If that's the case what do builds like Bots/Force fields? I mean if its possible to do high end content solo with force fields I would love to, (i tend to like defensive characters in games) but would doing so make soloing high level things with a high regenerate hard? I have tried using traps, as people say its good, but either i don't have the good powers yet or I am doing something wrong. The Triage beacon barely heals at all and is on a super long cooldown, the poison mortar does no damage, so i guess its more for debuffing? 3. What sort of Enhancements do you put on pets? Do they benefit from Accuracy, Damage and so on or are there special pet enhancements out there? Like from a recipe or something, because I haven't seen anything like that yet. 4. What is "Bodyguard mode" I keep seeing now and then? I tried using the ingame help tool but couldn't find anything. 5. Lastly a general game question. Is there a super group recuriting channel or tool I am missing? Because it seems pretty tricky to meet people and team up for missions and things. After running Death from Below a few times, I cant really find groups after that. I spend most of my time pretty much soloing contact missions to level up. But it would be wonderful to meet some people and make some friends. Thanks bunches in advance!