Major_Decoy

You're taking candy from stranges in houses who may decide to summon monsters to attack you. If you decide to eat that candy, it's on you. Caveat Emptor.

The easiest thing to do is have an attuned build. Or you can have two builds, one for level 50+ play and one for exemplaring. If you're really looking to just have one build and get the absolute best performance you can while exemplared or at 50+, then using level 30 enhancements and +5 boosting them will get you set bonuses from level 27 and better enhancement bonuses than attuned version. (Exception is PVP sets and Purple sets which do not lose set bonuses when you exemplar below the level at which you could slot them) Edit: As to build recommendations, it helps to have some idea of what your goals are.

The thing about Ninjitsu is that kind of turns you into a stalker. Your crit chances improve when hidden. And claws on stalkers has build-up instead of follow-up. I'm sure Claws/Ninjitsu will be fun to play, but Ninjitsu is slightly better for sets that have build-up and attacks that crit.

It's not a particularly pressing issue for me. Actually, I just dropped Cloak of Fear from my Tanker and picked up Whirlwind instead. It would still be a nice change though.

Your defender gets benefit from Vigilance when solo or when teamed with fewer than... three people? I think it starts at a 30% damage bonus, -10% for every team mate, minimum 0%.

Sorry, "Color Tintable" It's just white so it looks pretty bright.

With bright Dark Armour, I'm not noticing a fade.

All tanks can get a cone by 20 with investment in the Fighting Pool.

No, Tankers do not need a buff, not as a whole. There are specific sets that don't see as much benefit from Gauntlet as others, but Tanks are well off, if not perhaps too well off right now. Any sets that are under performing should be addressed individually rather than by tweaking Gauntlet.

I think the biggest issue of "redsiders and bluesiders can do this task force" is "Why would the Praetors give Task Forces to non-praetorians" You could run it like the unlockable task forces "you have to be a praetorian to lead the team" Actually, I think the best way to unlock these is to use badges from mission arcs, so you can run those in Ouroboros to explain why the contact trusts you.

Well, they wouldn't require turning off experience. You'd miss some content, but depending on the story you're telling, it sometimes makes sense to miss content. It would, however, make progression easier for people who didn't want to leave praetoria because it'd give them things to do after they can't get repeatable missions in the first ward or night ward.

Yes, they can. I had someone come help me when I thought that the five minute timer on defeating Warworks was earnest. I think there might be something that prevents redsiders and bluesiders from joining missions in Nova Praetoria, but I've teamed with both in the other two zones.

And I do agree that it's really hard to find the room to take a travel power with all the other powers I want to fit into Widow and Soldier builds.

Yes, but the pool power version doesn't work with Mask Presence. Turning on Infiltration turns off Mask Presence and visa versa and there is a moment, at the switch, where you are entirely visible. So it would be nice to have a version that worked with the Arachnos cloaking powers.

It'd be nice if it stacked with Mask Presence.

They don't dress like anyone else in the organization, they don't follow any of the naming patterns, so I'd assume that they're not in the organization. They're standing there, looking over Odysseus' shoulders. The warriors have at least one arc where they're trying to capture a god: it's possible that these two women are there to represent the gods they're named after. Any Odysseus is kind of under their thumbs. He claims to be a clever tactician and know that the villains are out to double cross him, but it could just as easily be that these two are giving him advice because as he gains power, so do they gain power. Meanwhile, he wanted to trap a god to try to get out from under their watchful eyes.

For me the breaking point turned out to be "costume alterations cost infamy under level 10" so I can't make alterations after seeing what a costume looks like while running around in game.

Maybe the second one was listed at 8 million?

The Clockwork are powered by the Clockwork King's Psionics, which is why psi does extra damage to them, it's the entire point of an arc. He was a mutant first and it's his mutant power that powers all his constructs. Dr. Vahzilok is science because he's a Frankenstein pastiche. Yes, the Vahzilok Plague is given my mutant contacts, but that doesn't mean he's a mutant. Vahzilok drop Science Enhancements. He is a science based enemy. I'm sure I don't even need to justify Circle of Thorns being technology.

Positron 1 & Positron 2 are about two attempts to blow up the dam and one to poison all the water. The Clockwork are mutant origin, the Vahzilok are Science Origin, and the Circle of Thorns, of course, are Technology.

Ah. That's a much better origin than "Bris gone wrong"

Last time I was running in that range, I got the different arcs for the contacts, but one thing I did notice in the 25-29 range is that, outside of the arc mission, I was getting repeats. I'm sure I did "take frankie frost into protective custody" at least twice.

Only if the pool also includes Mastermind: Traps: Detonator

He is Eros. I suppose bows would make sense for him too.

Yeah, but the midnighters are represented Blue, Red, and Gold side, so they seemed like a good neutral organization. The bartenders work at Pocket D, and DJ Zero owns Pocket D. Maybe it'd make more sense to treat DJ Zero like Recluse and pick sub-factions within Pocket D. (Bartending Pool, Bussing Pool, Kitchen Pool, and AE Pool?). Meanwhile, choosing someone who is at Pocket D, but does not work for Pocket D would be the Patron Patron Pool.