gunaro

So this one manages to keep that perma-hasten/AM. It has maxed S/L defense, and close to maxed energy. It runs lots of toggles but has lots of end recharge and redux. It has lots of panic buttons (EM pulse, Inferno, venge, incarnate powers). In groups, it can debuff like mad, while tossing out respectable damage, buffs (AM, leadership, venge) and some heals. Soloing its also a beast....the passive defense lets you survive most things, and the debuffs take down AVs and Giant monsters well. I've soloed most of the GMs, which isnt easy as a squishy corrupter. I did say you dont need fly, but i have Super speed. Thats because super speed+the sealth proc in swift gives you AWESOME stealth. I can ghost almost any mission. On SFs with the teams permission, i can ghost any mission that is ghostable, either TPing the team or just soloing the boss. I dont have Blazing bolt. I understand theres been lots of upgrades to the sniper powers, so I should give it another look, but i just LOVE this build. Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Gunaro: Level 50 Magic Corruptor Primary Power Set: Fire Blast Secondary Power Set: Radiation Emission Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Flight Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Fire Blast (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (3) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (3) Devastation - Damage/Recharge (5) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 1: Radiant Aura (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge (5) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance (7) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge (7) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (9) Doctored Wounds - Heal Level 2: Fire Ball (A) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (9) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (11) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge (11) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (13) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown (13) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy) Level 4: Radiation Infection (A) HamiO:Enzyme Exposure (15) HamiO:Enzyme Exposure (15) HamiO:Enzyme Exposure Level 6: Accelerate Metabolism (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod (17) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge (17) Recharge Reduction IO (19) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge Level 8: Rain of Fire (A) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage (21) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Recharge (23) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (23) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (25) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Recharge/Chance for Negative Energy Damage (25) Superior Malice of the Corruptor - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 10: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (27) Recharge Reduction IO Level 12: Enervating Field (A) Endurance Reduction IO (29) Endurance Reduction IO Level 14: Super Speed (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 16: Mutation (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 18: Blaze (A) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (21) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (31) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge (33) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (33) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 20: Lingering Radiation (A) Curtail Speed - Accuracy/Slow (29) Curtail Speed - Endurance/Recharge/Slow (31) Curtail Speed - Accuracy/Endurance (31) Curtail Speed - Range/Slow Level 22: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO (34) Endurance Reduction IO Level 24: Boxing (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage (36) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance (36) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge (42) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus Level 26: Tough (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance (37) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (37) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (37) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance Level 28: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (39) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance (39) Red Fortune - Defense (39) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge (40) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (50) Red Fortune - Endurance Level 30: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (40) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance (40) Red Fortune - Defense (42) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 32: Inferno (A) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage (33) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (34) Superior Scourging Blast - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (34) Superior Scourging Blast - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (36) Superior Scourging Blast - RechargeTime/PBAoE +End Level 35: Hover (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed Level 38: EM Pulse (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge (42) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold (43) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold (43) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold Level 41: Scorpion Shield (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (43) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance (45) Red Fortune - Defense (45) Red Fortune - Endurance (45) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 44: Web Cocoon (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge (46) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold (46) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold (46) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold Level 47: Summon Disruptor (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge (48) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (48) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage (48) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge Level 49: Vengeance (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (50) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff (50) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception Level 1: Brawl (A) Accuracy IO Level 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) Empty Level 1: Sprint (A) Celerity - +Stealth Level 2: Rest (A) Empty Level 2: Swift (A) Flight Speed IO Level 2: Hurdle (A) Jumping IO Level 2: Health (A) Miracle - +Recovery (19) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery Level 2: Stamina (A) Endurance Modification IO (27) Endurance Modification IO Level 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) Empty Level 1: Scourge Level 4: Ninja Run Level 50: Support Core Genome Level 50: Musculature Radial Paragon Level 50: Void Core Final Judgement ------------

Any specific questions, or just general thoughts? as a life-long fire/rad, (my main always) here goes: Good job with the perma-hasten/AM! Any specific reason you are focusing on resists? those are pretty impressive numbers, but you still have so many things that can rock you. anything besides S/L. anything that isn't ranged. I feel like you are putting a lot of effort into that. For my squishier toons, I almost always focus on defense. If you can cap either positionals or S/L, you can survive most things. And it looks like you have to do some weird slotting to max your ranged def. You have lots of powers that are being nerfed by the lack of slots, because you need them elsewhere. Rad infection, enervating field, AM, rain of fire, stamina...all these are great abilities that could use more slots. I don't know the numbers exactly, but i imagine this build would struggle with End issues. Seeing 6 slots in boxing HURTS i'll go a bit deeper ill start with the stuff you skipped: -Mutation: im not a healer, i dont enjoy healing, but this has saved my group so many times. and it requires zero slots. I think its great. When the team start to fall, rez another rezer and suddenly you are back in it. -Choking cloud: I also skip. too much end for such a meh ability -fallout: I also skip. Its so situational, and if someone is down, im already trying to veng/mutate -EM pulse: its an awesome "panic button". its such a good hold. I think its great and worth grabbing. I have several panic buttons and its just nice to have. With perma-AM/haste, you can spam your main powers so often that you only need a few attacks and have room for lots of those panic buttons. things you got that...ehhhh -aim: i get its a nice buff. But you have so many other things you can spam all the time. Or is this to help with the sniper power? I've had it and found that I was usually better off just hitting another attack. But I can see its use. -fly/afterburner: as you stated, we have so many other travel powers these days, I dont actually pick these up -Dark mastery: While I disagree with the focus on resist, this does fit your theme. but the other powers in it dont do that much. consumption will get you some end, but with different slotting, you dont need it. and its damage is weak. Soul drain also does weak damage, but that buff does look pretty nice. While I mentioned it before, having perma hasten/AM makes all your recharge SO AMAZING. I can literally throw fireball or blaze constantly. Your build has lots of buffing (aim/soul drain). the problem is all that takes time to set up. You already need time to set up your debuffs. So if you go to a group, you drop radiation infection, then enervating field, then lingering rad, then soul drain, then aim....thats SO MUCH setup. if you are on a team by now the enemies are probly dead. if you are soloing, that took so much time before you can use a real attack. I'll post mine and talk about it a bit...

So on live, I had a incarnate-d crab. It was so tanky that it could to ticket farms, and pretty much take on anything. I've been re-making it (currently level 49) but had a question if about how folks feel about omega maneuver, do other folks find it lackluster? It sounds like one of those "this is so good that a kid must have designed it" powers. invincible nuke that taunts the enemies and then KABOOMS. But in practice, it seems SO SLOW. if im on a team and drop it in a group, the group is usually dead before it goes off. So I end up sticking it in the NEXT group after the one we are fighting, so it goes off right before we start to hit them. And even then it seems lackluster, seems weaker that an incarnate judgement power or a blaster/corrupter nuke. Solo its a bit more useful, but my recharge is already high enough that i can spam between my 3 AoEs (suppression, venom grenade, frag grenade). And none of them require that silly setup. So be clear, I like my crab as a tanky ranged AoE-er. I have pets but am not trying to be a crabmind. However, droping omega could let me get hasten and be closer to being a crabmind, or a taunt to use my tankiess in a team setting. linking my build for reference. Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Old Hermit Crab: Level 50 Natural Arachnos Soldier Primary Power Set: Crab Spider Soldier Secondary Power Set: Crab Spider Training Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Fighting Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Channelgun -- Dvs-Acc/Dmg(A), Dvs-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Dvs-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), Dvs-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5) Level 1: Crab Spider Armor Upgrade -- StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(A) Level 2: Combat Training: Defensive -- LucoftheG-Rchg+(A) Level 4: Wolf Spider Armor -- GldArm-3defTpProc(A) Level 6: Maneuvers -- Rct-Def/EndRdx(A), LucoftheG-Rchg+(7), RedFrt-Def/EndRdx(7) Level 8: Suppression -- Dtn-Acc/Dmg(A), Dtn-Dmg/EndRdx(9), Dtn-Dmg/Rng(9), Dtn-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11), Dtn-Dmg/EndRdx/Rng(11), AchHee-ResDeb%(13) Level 10: Tactical Training: Maneuvers -- LucoftheG-Rchg+(A), RedFrt-Def/EndRdx(13), RedFrt-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(15), RedFrt-Def(15), RedFrt-EndRdx(17), RedFrt-EndRdx/Rchg(17) Level 12: Venom Grenade -- SprDmnofA-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), SprDmnofA-Acc/Dmg(19), SprDmnofA-Dmg/Rchg(19), SprDmnofA-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(21), SprDmnofA-Rchg/DmgFear%(21) Level 14: Combat Jumping -- LucoftheG-Rchg+(A) Level 16: Kick -- Acc-I(A) Level 18: Frag Grenade -- OvrFrc-Acc/Dmg(A), OvrFrc-Acc/Dmg/End(23), OvrFrc-Dmg/End/Rech(23), OvrFrc-Acc/Dmg/End/Rech(25), OvrFrc-Dam/KB(25), OvrFrc-End/Rech(45) Level 20: Tough -- TtnCtn-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtnCtn-ResDam/Rchg(27), TtnCtn-EndRdx/Rchg(27), TtnCtn-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(29), TtnCtn-ResDam(29), TtnCtn-EndRdx(31) Level 22: Mental Training -- Flight-I(A) Level 24: Fortification -- TtnCtn-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtnCtn-ResDam/Rchg(31), TtnCtn-EndRdx/Rchg(31), TtnCtn-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(33), TtnCtn-ResDam(33), TtnCtn-EndRdx(33) Level 26: Tactical Training: Leadership -- GssSynFr--ToHit(A), GssSynFr--ToHit/Rchg(34), GssSynFr--ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(34), GssSynFr--Rchg/EndRdx(34), GssSynFr--ToHit/EndRdx(36), GssSynFr--Build%(36) Level 28: Serum -- DctWnd-Heal/EndRdx(A), DctWnd-Heal/Rchg(36), DctWnd-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(37), DctWnd-Heal(37), DctWnd-Rchg(37) Level 30: Weave -- RedFrt-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFrt-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(39), RedFrt-Def(39), LucoftheG-Rchg+(39) Level 32: Omega Maneuver -- SpdBit-Dmg/Rchg(A), SpdBit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), SpdBit-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40), SpdBit-Rchg/Global Toxic(40) Level 35: Summon Spiderlings -- ExpRnf-Acc/Rchg(A), ExpRnf-Acc/Dmg(42), ExpRnf-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42), ExpRnf-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(42), CaltoArm-+Def(Pets)(43) Level 38: Call Reinforcements -- ExpRnf-Acc/Rchg(A), ExpRnf-Acc/Dmg(43), ExpRnf-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43), ExpRnf-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(45), ExpRnf-+Res(Pets)(45) Level 41: Gloom -- Dvs-Acc/Dmg(A), Dvs-Dmg/EndRdx(46), Dvs-Dmg/Rchg(46), Dvs-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(46) Level 44: Darkest Night -- DmpSpr-ToHitDeb/EndRdx(A) Level 47: Summon Widow -- BldMnd-Acc/Dmg(A), BldMnd-Dmg/EndRdx(48), BldMnd-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(48), BldMnd-Acc(48), BldMnd-Dmg(50), SvrRgh-PetResDam(50) Level 49: Tactical Training: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A) Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- Empty(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- Empty(A) Level 1: Sprint -- UnbLea-Stlth(A) Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A) Level 2: Swift -- Flight-I(A) Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A) Level 2: Health -- Mrc-Rcvry+(A), NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(5) Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(50) Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- Empty(A) Level 1: Conditioning Level 4: Ninja Run Level 50: Musculature Core Boost Level 50: Ion Core Judgement Level 50: Gravitic Radial Interface ------------ ------------

Having the same problem on excelsior. Multiple characters, my account and my partners. "map failed to start"