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Mids says it has a 10-target cap on blasters -- wrong?

Someone's cornering the market on PVP IOs by constantly bidding up all the recipe bids in increments of like 300K -- to the point where they've taken the craft-n-sell margin down from 60%+ to maybe 35%-40% now. That's a lot of bidding across all PVP IOs during weeks, so I assume they have deep pockets and don't really care about margin (e.g. rather than up bids from say 2,000,000 to 2,000,010 like normal people, they jump to 2,300,000 to squeeze people out, then when you go to 2,300,001 they go to 2,600,000). It's working for me, as having to sell 2x as many IOs to get the same profit kind of takes the fun out. Quite a few players have the resources to do so.

I think they have to be within a certain radius of you as well. If they're too far away (but still alive) they don't get counted for spawning spirits.

But PB+Clarion are cool X-D \ NecrobubbleMM.mxd

I don't think you have to click on a pet anymore? It seems I can just click SE without targeting a pet, and it spawns spirits based on # of pets in range when I click it.

NecrobubbleMM.mxdThis is what I'm running ATM if useful. PB+Clarion for sheilds. I usually PB+shields at least whenever I Soul Extraction, so the summoned pets get bubbles too. Missing IO in SoulExtract is Unbreakable Constraint +Smashing.

Yeh the build in question has a lot of KB->KD.

Supressive Fire regularly triggering Decimation Chance of Build-Up on LIVE is something I didn't see in your tests -- it's a big help for a set that lacks Build Up, and the effects last long enough for 1-2 fast attacks including Hail of Bullets or (if MC) Eagle's Claw.

Fair enough, I just end up blasting a bit between FR, Tornado, Thunderstorms, debuffing, etc, and the energy blast stuff always felt pretty underwhelming.

I think Elec/Shield on stalker is pretty team-friendly, as you have good AOE plus good ST and obviously the team benefits of Shield (and teams to help overcome some of Shield's weaknesses).

Can you share your AR build? I've been dying to make an AR toon for some time but always have been held back by the issues with the set.

Seems like a single immovable enemy is a good fit with Storm Blast as on beta. From what I see in threads, people are more concerned about perfomance in fast-moving groups?

Necro/FF is much fun when you softcap the pets and with the changes to FF.

I've been running it on my toon Weatherman, but the damage does seem kind of weaksauce from Energy (vs. Fire/Ice). Curious how the new Storm Blast will play when out of Beta. energy storm dfndr v3.mxd

Outside of damage procs, one of the nice things about Supressive Fire is that a Decimation Build-Up proc in it goes off (on Live) a lot of the time, allowing DP to make up slightly for the lack of Build-Up. My sense is the changes will gut this along with the damage-proc chances, which is a shame - the set really needs some more oomph to offset its relatively low damage.

Pretty sure this is what I ended up with, at 32% for M/R so 1 purple soft-caps. Supressive Fire triggers the BU proc fairly consistently. It's a great proc-attack too, people overlook it too much - good animation time, good damage w/ procs. DP-Martial_Blaster_rebuild2023.mxd

Good points. Here's what I'm testing (attached). 1) Radioactive Cloud is basically now a proc-nuke up every 30 seconds or so, that has a 10-target cap (like Atom Smasher) but a 20-foot radius (AS = 10 foot) and a chance to hold things including bosses. Wanted to test out the idea above from @Dungeoness. In truth, Atom Smasher proc-slotted per MIDS would do on average 367-391 dmg (and chance to apply -RES) up every 8.5 secs vs. 290 for RC slotted as is. I have AS on my Fire/Atomic blaster and it's OK, but the radius is low (per above) and the cast time is annoying. Worth considering. ==> Reactive Def scaling resistance is slotted in Combat Jumping ==> Couldn't see where to fit Prev. Maint. Absorb, though I do like it. 2) AS was skipped for reason above and to put in Steam Spray - I might put it back in and take out RC. Positronic Fist is so slow to animate (have it on my Fire/Atomic) that I often end up corpse blasting - and it's DPA isn't that far ahead of the other attacks from what I could calculate. The PositronCell/Negtatron slam combo lets me apply Gamma Ray so I skipped PF. 3) Yeh good point on FF +rchrg in Geyers, may just unslot it for a damage proc. 4) Steam Spray was proc'loaded to front-load its damage (a lot is DOT). In MIDS it appears to have meaningfully more damage frankenslotted like I put it, vs. set-slotted, esp. when you consider upfront proc damage. CT in, RC or AS the group - apply Whirlpool - hop out and Steam Spray during the hop. Seems to work well. ToxicTsunami.mxd

Interesting thoughts, thanks. Here's a rebuild taking some of your points into account and allowing for the earlier powerpicks that can now happen. I had to drop under 32% def to S/L/R (it's around 30%), but that's probably OK. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Natural Blaster Primary Power Set: Water Blast Secondary Power Set: Atomic Manipulation Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Teleportation Power Pool: Fighting Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Aqua Bolt (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (7) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime Level 1: Electron Shackles (A) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Recharge Level 2: Negatron Slam (A) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance (9) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge (9) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (11) Hecatomb - Recharge/Accuracy (11) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) (13) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 4: Positron Cell (A) Gladiator's Javelin - Accuracy/Damage (13) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (15) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) (15) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage (17) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic) (17) Gladiator's Net - Chance of Damage(Lethal) Level 6: Whirlpool (A) Bombardment - Damage (19) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (19) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (21) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy) (21) Ice Mistral's Torment - Chance for Cold Damage (23) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff Level 8: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (23) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (25) Kismet - Accuracy +6% (25) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range (46) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) (48) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 10: Ionize (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 12: Dehydrate (A) Gladiator's Javelin - Accuracy/Damage (27) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (27) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (29) Touch of the Nictus - Chance for Negative Energy Damage (29) Ice Mistral's Torment - Chance for Cold Damage (31) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff Level 14: Super Speed (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) (46) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range Level 16: Tidal Forces (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up (31) Recharge Reduction IO Level 18: Water Jet (A) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage (31) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge (33) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (33) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (33) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (34) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage Level 20: Metabolic Acceleration (A) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery (34) Numina's Convalesence - Endurance/Recharge (34) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance (36) Numina's Convalesence - Heal (36) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (36) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge Level 22: Steam Spray Hamidon Origin:Nucleolus Exposure (37) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage (37) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (39) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy) (39) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage Level 24: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (39) Recharge Reduction IO Level 26: Geyser (A) Ragnarok - Damage (40) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (40) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (40) Ragnarok - Recharge/Accuracy (42) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (42) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 28: Radioactive Cloud (A) Unbreakable Constraint - Recharge/Accuracy (42) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage (43) Neuronic Shutdown - Chance of Damage(Psionic) (43) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic) (43) Gladiator's Net - Chance of Damage(Lethal) (45) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold Level 30: Beta Decay (A) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff Level 32: Combat Teleport (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance (45) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 35: Scorpion Shield (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (46) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 38: Teleport (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance (48) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range Level 41: Fold Space (A) Accuracy IO (48) Recharge Reduction IO Level 44: Kick (A) Empty Level 47: Tough (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (50) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 49: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (50) Reactive Defenses - Defense (50) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Brawl

Is there any added benefit to the pets to have the +3% Def IOs slotted into Enchant Undead (the Glad Armor and Steadfast uniques)? Does it give both the pets *and* the MM each 3% def bonus that way? I currently have mine in Tough much later in the build. The benefit of getting them earlier is a plus, but just wonder if any other benfits. NecrobubbleMM.mxd

I have a Water/Atomic blaster I like to play, though I have to respec him for power choices etc. Gamma Ray is a fun minigame. I went big on procs and >32% S/L/R. Positron Cell is a nice proc-power and will create Gamma Ray with Negatron Slam. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Natural Blaster Primary Power Set: Water Blast Secondary Power Set: Atomic Manipulation Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Teleportation Power Pool: Fighting Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Aqua Bolt (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (7) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime Level 1: Electron Shackles (A) Trap of the Hunter - Immobilize/Accuracy Level 2: Water Burst (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage (9) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (9) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy) (11) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (11) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (13) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 4: Positron Cell (A) Gladiator's Javelin - Accuracy/Damage (13) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (15) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) (15) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage (17) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic) (17) Gladiator's Net - Chance of Damage(Lethal) Level 6: Whirlpool (A) Bombardment - Damage (19) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (19) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (21) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy) (21) Ice Mistral's Torment - Chance for Cold Damage (23) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff Level 8: Super Speed (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance (23) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 10: Ionize (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up (25) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge Level 12: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (25) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (27) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 14: Dehydrate (A) Gladiator's Javelin - Accuracy/Damage (27) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (29) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (29) Touch of the Nictus - Chance for Negative Energy Damage (31) Ice Mistral's Torment - Chance for Cold Damage (31) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff Level 16: Tidal Forces (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 18: Water Jet (A) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage (31) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge (33) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (33) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (33) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (34) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage Level 20: Metabolic Acceleration (A) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery (34) Numina's Convalesence - Endurance/Recharge (34) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance (36) Numina's Convalesence - Heal (36) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (36) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge Level 22: Beta Decay (A) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff Level 24: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (37) Recharge Reduction IO Level 26: Negatron Slam (A) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage (37) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (37) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (39) Superior Blistering Cold - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (39) Superior Blistering Cold - Recharge/Chance for Hold (39) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 28: Teleport Target (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) (40) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range Level 30: Combat Teleport (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance (40) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 32: Geyser (A) Ragnarok - Damage (40) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (42) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (42) Ragnarok - Recharge/Accuracy (42) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (43) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 35: Fold Space (A) Accuracy IO (43) Recharge Reduction IO Level 38: Scorpion Shield (A) Reactive Defenses - Defense (43) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance (45) Reactive Defenses - Endurance/RechargeTime (45) Reactive Defenses - Defense/RechargeTime (45) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance/RechargeTime (46) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 41: Boxing (A) Empty Level 44: Radioactive Cloud (A) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold (46) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold (46) Lockdown - Accuracy/Recharge (48) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold (48) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold (48) Lockdown - Endurance/Recharge/Hold Level 47: Tough (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (50) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 49: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (50) Reactive Defenses - Defense (50) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Brawl

Isn't there an alignment power (Frenzy) for Villains or similar that fills Dom instantly on click?

i also have a DP/Martial and i'm in melee all the time

Fair point but not soloing with this toon.

+1 The best when proc bombed incluidng Decimation Chance for BuildUp. It's a great opener.