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On excel with my SM/RAD/SNIPE I made some changes with the targeted AOE heal after BSing with @Pzn and dropped the time for it to a consistent 1:50 ish. x/rad armor is better DPS than I thought. Meltdown goes a lot further than people realize.

Was hybrid activated or just slotted? I love PA.

I'll always say KM is a good set, measured metrically and with it's secondary effects. Also, Conc Strike on a huge model who intentionally looks goofy is GREAT if you are imagining the character making the noises like a sugared out toddler.

Interesting, I noticed the same thing a few patches back. Exactly when? Not sure. If it's actually a thing, wasn't in the patch notes. When did you notice it?

This. It's not over or undertuned. The set's "gimmick" is that it's FIRE. I'm sure that appeals to some? Also, KM is actually good. Hard to figure out and use, but it's good.

Proc bombing is TOTALLY better DPS than straight through setting in SOME instances, not all. Like, Rad Melee? Set straight through does OK ST DPS. Proc bombed? It becomes really good. I've personally seen a BS/BIO (and BS is notorious for being a very underperforming set) do some really good ST DPS when proc bombed. I haven't been able to figure out how to proc bomb a build and have it not rely on outside buffs though (temps or team buffs). Like @Sovera was talking about, you really hinder the efficiency of your build in other areas when doing this. It's fun when you can find a balance in a build, though. I was definitely skeptical of it, but after doing it myself with SOME builds and seeing it with others, it is absolutely viable. You sacrifice a lot if you solo play, or refuse to use temps though. I've actually found that proc bombing Dark Melee's Touch of Fear makes it pretty decent and reliable AOE. This is probably old news to some. I personally slot Dark Consumption for DMG to have another AOE boost. It does surprisingly well mixed in with Soul Drain, ToF, and Ball Lightning.

It was my first trip with an MMO too. I spent a lot of time exploring. I definitely remember respeccing in to Fly when I hit 40 just so I could check out the shard. The Hollows in issue 2 pre travel powers was a trip. And hitting 14 was a HUGE deal then. And I'll never forget getting SS, thinking I was safe to get around that place, to just round a corner at light speed and getting one shot by a mob.

400 hours for my first 50. 50 my second. 250 for my first 50 villain. So, I hear ya.

Just gonna add you to the list of people NEVER TO LISTEN TO CAUSE THEY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT

Nothing is, and thank god. Averaging runs in the 50s without outside buffs was stupid. It made playing other sets pointless once you had a taste. EM is definitely king of melee ST but it definitely isn't doing old TW level of ST DPS.

Bio Armor. +DMG, -RES aura, and PBAoE aura. WM is the hardest hitter of those three primaries. BS needs to be procced out to make work well.

ST Rotation: MG-Sm-Snipe-Sm-SL (this is off the top of my head...I'd have to do some dummy/pylon runs to be sure). If the build doesn't have access to a snipe at the time (exemping sometimes) then I just use SL. The crit proc duration is 3.25s (I think?) so I can just use Snipe-SL when it procs some times. Snipe is a 1.33 fast-cast activation time. You can do Snipe-Sm but the total cast time with the two is 3.21, but latency effs that up. You can actually get decent AOE out of DM with Ball Lightening and a procced ToF. Combined with Dark Consumption being slotted for damage, it isn't TO bad.

I got my best results putting it in Midnight Grasp. I've tried all of them, but MG worked best for me. I also slotted Siphon Life for damage. It just hit's to hard. Feels wasteful doing it as anything else. DM/EA sounds like a really good combo, so even the very small heal from Siphon will add up. DM is a pretty end friendly set too.

I will definitely defend KM as being one of the better sets, but you have absolutely valid points. The big wind up of CS does have a really awesome payoff, so I will excuse the cast delay on that all day long, but the other attacks on the set having the incredibly long windup that they do makes them VERY skippable to me. The PBAoE definitely isn't skippable, and it is by no means weak, but that wind up is pretty harsh. I really like the set because of how different you have to play it to get the most out of it, and it DOES perform really well once you do (unlike DM, which needs some SERIOUS buffing to balance it to the other sets).

I never knew this. Granted, I haven't used RT since the set came out in GR.

I gotta say I like the fact you found a bug with it. Maybe it'll put a light on the set and it's mechanics.

The proc in CS works well for me even when CS has streaky misses like that. PS has a pretty long duration, so even with a high recharge build it worked out fine for me. PS is an interesting BU to work with and get the most out of. Having it up constantly definitely didn't seem like the best way to get the most out of it, especially since it's duration is 20s and it doesn't stack with itself. If it stacked? I'd feel pretty differently, and I'd imagine it could be pretty abused. But it would be nice if CS did like, maybe 14% additional damage AND refreshed PS when it would crit. I dunno. I'm just thinking out loud since I've got Seismic Smash on the brain from Stone Melee. CS proc goes off. BB-QS-SB-BB-CS. Proc duration is...3.25s? You can string together some good crits before firing off CS again for the proc. The set is in a really good place for those willing to understand it. KM is good. Really good, actually. Do the ASF final fight. The big bad's KM is pretty annoying. 😛

In the mean time, try putting the proc IN conc strike. You may like it.

You're on a scrapper. You're "job", so to speak, is to do damage. And a PBAoE is normally the best damage E/PS you can get and it's an AOE. It's really good and cheap DPS. I like cheap DPS. Lightning Field is cheap DPS. And it's an AOE. And always on. So it makes your single target DPS better too. It's a set-n-forget DPS button.

Posting drunk, high, and having a stroke I see.

Scrapper SM/RAD/Snipe 2:05 I definitely did way more than 10 runs on this one getting the chain more precise. Changed my chain up a little. SM-HM-Snipe-SM There is a slighhhttt gap that way, but it works out noticeably better with build-up and ATO2.

What happened to old schools claws/ela?

I rolled a SM/BIO/Zapp scrapper on Test last night. Unless someone else is doing it, I sure ain't seeing SM take the top spot. I'm getting averages right there with DB, WM, Kat, IM, etc. It's good, but it ain't king of the hill.

So, I got on Test and did a thing. Scrapper SM/BIO/Zapp 1:36 SS-HM-Snipe-SF Not sure if this was ideal but it felt pretty good. Tried a different chain. Replaced Stone Fist with Stone Mallet. 1:26 Noticeable difference. This set is chonky.

I keep forgetting about this.