[Mastermind Farming: Discussion/Guide]

Would this still work with the changes to MM's taking some stuff and putting it into primary attacks, etc...?

[Electrical Affinity for Defending?]

On 6/25/2020 at 10:32 AM, Hjarki said:

Like most defensively-oriented sets, Electric Affinity tends to work better on Masterminds than other AT. The fundamental issue is that in most content, your teammates will not really need your defensive support to succeed and even if they do, it may not be the right kind of defense that they need. Electric Affinity is also a set that doesn't get much payoff from the Defender version. Many of the best effects are the same scale across all AT and many of the rest tend to fall into the 'too little to matter' or 'too big to matter' range. A Mastermind with EA is already healing superstar; ramping them up to Defender levels is just superfluous.

 

EA also pairs very poorly with Blast sets because it's such a 'busy' set. Not only are you constantly throwing a variety of effects from the set, but you need to do so to keep your stacks up. This effectively reduces your ability to deal damage. The bubble as a click rather than a toggle further limits what you can do - while other people are leaping straight into battle or dropping massive debuffs, you're just putting up a bubble that you're probably the only one who cares about.

This is BS.

[Slotting Range increase on /Electrical Affinity-Question]

someone please answer this, I'm wondering the same thing

[Beast/Electric ... Smell the Ozone]

I'm going to build a new character specifically based on your Build. Redlynne, you're a symbol of character integrity for us who are too retarded to put builds together. Thank you for what you do.

[Beast/Electric ... Smell the Ozone]

uh what new build planner?

[Necro/FF Builds?]

Okay, please know this is my last resort. I have been gun-shy with asking for builds, and I see a lot of replies to similar questions that look like, "Go on mids and try out some stuff." I seriously had a look at mid's and I'm admittedly just plain overwhelmed. So, I have gotten down to hard quoted google searching for necro/ff builds and there's virtually nothing on the internet. Oddly, I got more "Tree of Savior" hits than City of Heroes. There was a 7zip file someone uploaded, but the builds seemed either outdated, very strange (Not taking zombie horde or lich???), or incomplete.

 

I'm just wondering if anyone has played Necro/FF and come upon a build that works nicely, (I'd prefer kicks ass, but with the lack of info I can find I'm beginning to wonder if it's because the build isn't even viable?) 

and would be willing to share it or help me out. I appreciate all you guys and your feedback thus far and into the future. 

 

[I feel like I'm missing something.]

12 minutes ago, Rieitdd said:

First and foremost look for the IO auras , it will give a lot of defense and resistance to your pets, which will make them sturdier

 

Second, try to pair the sets with their strenghts, like, zombies go well with things that increasee their resistance(like sonic or thermal), ninjas do great with defense sets ssuch as time.

 

Third, try using demons, or bots, they are more durable. . . thugs are great at damage and so are ninjas(but they`re actually paper ninjas who die when enemies sneezes without the correct build), zombies from necromancy are bad at AoEs, but at 32 every pet there has a life leech attack (and their boss monsters is a lich who act as a dark controller)

 

ohh and avoid mercs, sadly its way underpowered compared to others.

 

 

If you want to last forever, go with Forcefields as secondary, you and your pets will survive, I guarantee, only thing that will kill you is boredom....

 

 

Also, you will always have to do a resummon here and there, of course, not as much as  you`re describing, but, its part of the job

Thanks man.

[I feel like I'm missing something.]

Just now, Redlynne said:

Um ... which pet set are you trying to play?  The answers to how to keep your pets from faceplanting ... vary ... depending on which pets you're leading around.

Thugs, beasts, Necro are a few I've tried.

[I feel like I'm missing something.]

The concept of the mastermind one of my favorites, within the entire mmo genre. However, every time I roll one with high hopes, one thing keeps ruining it for me. I'm going to assume I'm just doing it wrong.

My pets die...a lot. I guess it wouldn't be so bad, but having to hit one or two summon powers and then two upgrade powers because 1-4 pets died, in almost every other group of mobs, leaves me without endurance and without courage to go on. For reference I usually get about midlevel and throw some ios or even sets in the pets. 

 

I guess I'm wondering what you successful full-time MM players do to keep your pets alive or at least ameliorate the process of reviving them. It's a lot of endurance going through that cycle so many times in a mission. I feel like a big leech on the team.

[Does /kin attack speed work on Pets AFTER Pet Update? (they don't default to brawl?)]

Thanks so much for the detailed reply guys. I'll accept then. Now I just have to figure out how to play an MM without my pets melting and spending all my time and endurance resummoning and upgrading. 

[Does /kin attack speed work on Pets AFTER Pet Update? (they don't default to brawl?)]

The biggest downside to /kin that I have seen is that the attack speed boost would not affect pets as a bandaid to prevent them from spamming low-cooldown brawls and stuff. Since they fixed the AI to prefer ranged attacks for ranged pets, does that mean the pets can get speed boosted power cooldowns now? If not would it be reasonable to implement now?