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I look at the ratio of the duration to the recharge. Particle Shielding has a 60s duration and 120s recharge (50%). Rime has a 30s duration and 90s recharge (33%). Psychokinetic Barrier has a 30s duration and 60s recharge (50%). The 50% ratio is easier to perma. Also, Psychokinetic Barrier's absorb stacks with itself, while the others do not. The absorb shield you don't list is Bio's Ablative Carapace (30s duration and 90s recharge). While it provides the same absorb buff initially, its absorb buff increases as your max hp increases. So if you have the 20% hp buff from the accolades, the absorb shield is 20% larger.

It's not AoEs that cause proc problems, it's pseudopets, which only check every 10s. Storm Cell, Cat 5 and Sleet all summon pseudopets. The Google Sheet linked below provides very comprehensive proc calculations (go to the PPM calculator tab). You will need to save a copy of the sheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vd4ZZd1jfhOzdZZkGxC9O0NN5G0T1EdWPu_XRrV6s0U/edit?usp=sharing

Ran the PI bank robbery mission. Robbed the bank and defeated the hero and everyone else inside the bank. Still read "Defeat hero to escape". Ran around the map for 10 minutes defeating PPD and KoA and running side missions, went inside the police station and freed the prisoner. While I defeated multiple Longbow ambushes, the mission wouldn't complete and I ultimately failed the mission.

Every power in Bio has base effects when no adaptation is in use. Using any adaptation adds a bonus (or penalty) to the base effects.

In addition to the +end proc, I recommend two 50+5 heal IOs for the +hp/+regen buffs.

Bio is a hybrid set combining resistance, defense, absorb and regeneration. Its armors rely on resistance for S/L/T damage and defense for F/C/E/N/P damage. Note that its defense is typed, not positional. If you're going to chase defense, it should be the types Bio already provides (F/C/E/N/P), not M/R/A (which have nothing to stack with). Also note, while Bio does rely on defense for a portion of its mitigation, it has no defense debuff resistance (DDR) whatsoever. This means that your defense can be stripped away easily. Taking Adaptation at lvl 49 is pointless unless you never plan to exemp. Hardened Carapace should have 3-4 slots. Radioactive Smash should have 5-6 slots. 6-slotting Inexhaustible with Power Transfer is largely a waste of slots unless you're just chasing the set bonuses. The accuracy, damage and end reduction pieces do nothing for you. While slotting end mod is useful, you're missing out on the hp buffs that healing enhancements would provide. Environment Modification should have 3-4 slots. The Panacea +hp/+end proc shouldn't go in Ablative Carapace. It needs to go in an auto power or a toggle. Evolving Armor, Maneuvers, Tough and Weave are overslotted. DNA Siphon should be slotted with an Accurate Healing set, not a PBAoE damage set. Superior Might of the Tanker is poorly placed in Genetic Contamination. It's a toggle and doesn't benefit from the recharge, plus the +res proc will only have a chance to fire every 10s. It would be better placed in Atom Smasher or Devastating Blow. Don't bother muling Proton Sweep for melee defense (see above). You need to take Mu Lightning before Ball Lightning. Slot the Kismet 6% +tohit in one of your defense powers.

I assume you're referring to Inexhaustible, Ablative Carapace, Genetic Contamination and Parasitic Aura. These are very good powers even without receiving any specific bonuses while using Offensive Adaptation. Bio really doesn't have any skippable powers.

Yes. I've also tried whitelisting Mid's to no effect. I'm not running any AV/Firewall other than the standard Windows 11 Security. I've had Mid's installed and updating fine on this computer for years until they dropped the July update. I'm fairly certain it's something on their side.

What I get is this error pop up. I can open the link in a browser with no problem, so it's not a firewall issue. Zed says it shouldn't be happening, but it is. Nothing appears in the Windows Logs. I have been downloading the zip archives.

I reported my issue on Mid's Discord (and I'm not the only one experiencing this) but they haven't been able to resolve it. I've got all the prereqs and I've tried deleting and reinstalling to no avail.

The update mechanism hasn't been working for me since July. Zed has been posting the updates on Mid's Discord channel (I don't believe their website is up to date). Make sure you read the instructions about which Windows runtimes you need. .

I've take Trick Arrow to 50 three times, twice on live and once on HC. Since it was reworked in i27p1 (November 2020) it's become one of the best performing support sets in the game. It isn't as visible as other sets because it has no buffs and players take less notice of enemy debuffs. I see no reason why the persistent EMP Field colors can't be customized, since Faraday Cage (which uses the same animation) can be.

I'm not planning any respecs. I will make slotting changes to the upgrade powers now that they accept something other than endred and recharge. There are a few other minor changes required to powers that no longer accept the slotting I have.

DFB limits you to using your lvl 1, 2 and 4 power picks in the first section, adding lvl 6 and 8 picks by the final section. I don't think there's any combo in the game that can be fairly evaluated based on only 3-5 powers.

I have 42 lvl 50s, all T3 or T4 Incarnates. I have MoKeyes on 3. For comparison, I have MoMagi on 25.

EMP Arrow can't be customized at all (nor can any other power in Trick Arrow). I find it very hard to see the "dome" which delineates the EMP ally buff field (which persists for 4 minutes), It has static that moves but is very pale, making it hard to see its boundaries. It would be appreciated if the color could be altered to make it more visible, or if the ability to customize the color could be added.

If you're slotting attacks, most of the sets within a category (i.e., Ranged Damage) have more of less the same enhancement values for slotting 5-6 pieces. The difference between them is what set bonuses they provide and, if they have a proc, what that proc does. (The same holds true for categories like Healing, Holds, Stuns, etc.) Within the current meta, set bonuses that provide global recharge and ranged or melee defense are highly sought after, although there are also some very good resist bonuses to be had. Categories like Defense and Resist Damage are a little different, since you generally don't need more than 3-4 pieces to get the enhancement values you want. Slotting 6 pieces is almost exclusively done to get set bonuses.

It's useful to understand how these foes are built. Out of the box they have 30% S/L and 35% F/C/E/N/T resistance. Unstoppable (which has a 45s duration) adds 65% S/L and 60% F/C/E/N/T resistance, taking them to 95% resistance to everything except psi. While damage resistance caps at 90%, the additional 5% resistance makes it more difficult to debuff their resistance (https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Resistance_(Mechanics)#Resistance_to_Resistance_Debuffs). There are a couple of ways to deal with Unstoppable: Psi damage - Cyclops and Minotaurs have no resistance to psi whatsoever. -End/-Recovery - if you can floor their endurance before they pop Unstoppable, they won't be able to fire it (or the animation will occur but will have no effect). Wait for Unstoppable to expire - fighting them while Unstoppable is up is pointless. Kite them or beat up something else for 45s. https://cod.uberguy.net/html/entity.html?entity=romans_minotaur_boss If you're fighting the Incarnate versions, base E/N resistance is increased to 50% and E/N resistance from Unstoppable is reduced to 45%. https://cod.uberguy.net/html/entity.html?entity=romans_minotaur_boss_endgame Not sure what you're referring to regarding 1000% regen. Neither Cyclops or Minotaurs have any regen buffs, whether from Unstoppable or otherwise.

I wanted to share some testing I did with Detonator on my Beast/Traps. If you're not aware, Detonator looks to the slotting of the henchman targeted for its dmg/acc and ignores dmg/acc slotted in the power itself. In addition, the relative level of the henchman affects the resulting damage. As a result, on Live the T2 is lvl 49 and the T1 is lvl 48, while on Test all henchmen are lvl 50. There is no change in damage if the T3 is targeted as it is lvl 50 in both tests. The damage from the T2 increases 11.5% due to the 1 level increase, while the damage from the T1 increases 25.7% due to the 2 level increase. Because my base slotting of the T1 isn't at ED max for damage, I did an additional run in which a %dmg proc is replaced with a dmg IO to increase the damage slotted to ED max.

You don't need to put it on a spreadsheet. If you use Mid's, pull up the Power Graphs window and select Damage/Anim. Piercing Rounds DPA is inferior to Executioner's Shot, Hail of Bullets, Pistols or Suppressive Fire (using Cryo or Incendiary Ammo). [Note, Mid's information on Suppressive Fire is incorrect for non-standard ammo types and it doesn't appear in the Power Graphs window.]

I agree with this, however, be aware that most categories of set IOs have 2 tiers, one that goes from lvl 10-30 and one that goes from lvl 30-50 (some categories have more than 2 tiers). For this reason, I generally hold off on slotting set IOs until lvl 27 (when the upper tier sets can be slotted).

This isn't possible without changing Posi 1 to an instanced TF.

This has been requested many times and it wouldn't require any work. They just need to replace the version of Trip Mine in Traps with the version in Devices. Roughly half the cast time and no interrupt.

This is what I was alluding to above. SOs were made available down to lvl 5 in November 2020. In the 5 years since, there has been no adjustment to the relative strength of IOs at lower levels, which has remained unchanged since their release in May 2007. An even-level Schedule A SO has a value of 33.33% and an even-level Schedule A DO has a value of 16.66%. In contrast, Schedule A IOs have values of 11.7% at lvl 10, 19.2% at lvl 15, 25.6% at lvl 20 and 32.0% at lvl 25. If you can afford to slot SOs, there is no reason to slot IOs before lvl 25.

This bothers me less, since IO values are vastly inferior to SO values at those levels. I'm generally slotting SOs until lvl 25.