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I'm probably not doing it "right" but I buy winters, ATOs, and converters with merits. None of that ever gets sold, they go into my builds and then the rest is bought from the AH. I farm a bit to keep the coiffers full and to keep a nice stockpile of purples and PVPs. Many of the most commonly used enhancers get bulk lowball bids that fill with time so stuff like LotGs, Miracles, Steadfasts, Unbreakables, ect don't cost a fortune. An average leveling build will cost me around 50 - 60 million plus 1200 - 1800 merits. Then by the time that toon hits 50 and I'm ready to start another one, I've already replenished all the merits I used. I've played the AH game in the past and I'm just bored with it, as long as I can keep making and setting out new toons without heavily engaging in the AH, I feel like I'm coming out ahead.

I've always pronounced it "Sue" as well and my extensive study of Chinese take out kinda makes me an expert, no big deal.

Well, if you mean same primary and secondary, no. At least not yet. However if you mean using the same armor set multiple time, then very much yes! I will make every combo of Rad Armor Tank! I also have a Rad armor stalker, I have a build ready to go for a Rad armor Brute and the scrapper can't be too far behind. I also have multiple Shield toons across all the ATs that can utilize Shield. I have an Electric/Shield Stalker, Scrapper and Brute. A Fire/Shield Stalker is on deck as soon as I finish up the Rad/Claws tank I'm currently playing. One of the posters above mentioned that it helps speed up the build planning phase, that is so very true! The armor side of the build is mostly worked out so you just have to deal with the attack set and maybe the flavor of the Epic. Though that changes a bit if you bounce between ATs but at least you already know what to aim for. Play a set multiple times and you become intimately familiar with what it needs and how it should be played. I only have 7 Rad Tanks left and I dread the day I finish my last one!

I usually come up with a build before I even make the toon and then I gather all the IOs it'll need before even 1 Outcast is ever "arrested". Those IOs then get slotted as soon as my level allows and the slots become available. I'm not a huge endgame guy so 1-50 is mostly the meat and potatoes of the game for me as well. SOs will get you to the destination but IOs offer a world of difference. Honestly, it's night and day! Those set bonuses are extremely valuable, especially in the earlier levels. Nothing wrong with running SOs, they'll get the job done, but you may be doing yourself a bit of a disservice by eschewing IO sets.

I think you'll be in good shape! Your recharge looks great! The only bit I'm on the fence with is the losing the procced out Blind. It's probably not "make or break" but it adds a ton of damage. I think I'd be inclined to drop the Decimation recharge bonus in favor of the base buff recharge bonus so you could keep the proc damage. Regardless, I think you'll bag your trophy!

Oh lol, yeah I guess there are a few options there. Troller was my intention.

Sure, the /Dark has a small gap in the PA recharge but it has enough other pets to cover the aggro for a second or 2. edit: The /Rad covers PA without Incarnates though so that may be helpful for your goals. If you go with an Illusion just get damage into your pets and then load up on Recharge. Controller ill rad troller Calpernia rebuild 1.2.mbdController ill Dark troller Countess Gone v3.mbd Yeah DE makes a fair point here, those builds will solo a GM but it ain't fast and you gotta be on your game the whole time. I haven't really found anything else that can combat the crazy regen and take the aggo though. What would you suggest that would be faster, DE?

I start every new toon in Echo: GC! It's a nice small zone. I can street sweep to level 5 very quickly and grab the exploration badges to have a little patrol xp built up before I shoot over to the Hollows. I'd love for it to come back proper but I think it would get changed in some way that I would not enjoy so I'd rather they just leave it alone. It would be nice if they put a trainer in there though! Ironically, back on live when GC was still regular GC, I always spent my early levels in Atlas and ignored GC. Sorry Galaxy, I didn't know what I had until I lost it...

Ill/Rad or Ill/Dark are my go to solo GM killers. Perma PA is a must!

That is very clever! Nice! I love that your "time to 50" ranges from 3 days to over 1800 days! Gives me hope for that blaster I made 2 Halloween events ago that I got to 25 and haven't touched since lol

Gotcha, fair nuff'. Yes I've seen those posts but I don't think there is much value in litigating individual conflicts or pointing fingers at other players regardless of what side they land on. A lack of action on the Devs part have created opportunities for these conflicts to arise. I'm certain that was not the intent, but it is the reality we are experiencing. I'd like to see the issue solved at a more inherent level that would prevent these conflicts before they ever begin. Maybe that comes in the form of altering the power, maybe it comes from adding Nuls functionality to numerous other NPCs so one is never locked out of making the change, maybe it's something nobody has ever envisioned yet but the current solution leave quite a bit to be desired.

Hang on buddy, I have never stated such a thing. I don't take/use GF, never have, never will so I have certainly never insisted on using it. I'm sure you misread, all good.

That's a fair point, maybe they have a fix in mind and this will all be moot, fingers crossed! I think the problem with Nul is one of social engineering (apologies if I'm using that term incorrectly). It's like the story of installing a beautiful new walking path on a college campus. It looks great and it's functional but it wasn't getting used because it was placed where the engineer wanted people to walk but not where people wanted to walk so they ended up with an unused walking path and lots of little worn out dirt paths across the lawn. So we could tell everyone that they're using it wrong but it won't change their behavior, it would be far more advantageous to adapt the plan to the behavior of the masses that would see it's use.