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As everyone has said, farming without a Tank/Brute is sorta possible but just isn't very efficient. At least not on traditional farm maps. Here is what I would do. Make yourself a troller/dom with good CC and Damage (probably lots of procs). I recently used a Arsenal/Trick Arrow for this to great effect. Then instead of going to the traditional farms, talk to Tina Mac in Portal Corp in PI, she will introduce you to Uni. His first mission is a big Banished Pantheon map, great for farming Masks if you want that badge but I'd just set it low and complete as fast as you can. You want his second mission. This is a large city map filled with Council Empire (old school council) and some blinkies. Your troller/dom will easily be able to CC them (essentially negating your lack of taunt) and burn them down with relative ease even at 4x8. The only thing that hurts is the high kicks from the bosses but with decent def/res you shouldn't take enough of those to be a real problem. Just slaughter all those jabronies, don't touch any blinkies and reset. If for some reason you can't get Uni as a contact or you already completed his mission the AE mission "Council Simulation" is the same mission. Fair warning: you will not get xp/inf as fast as a Brute on a traditional farm but it will be way faster than trying to take a troller to a traditional farm. Ill attach the troller build I was using since it worked very well but I'm certain there are any number of combos that will work for this, it's pretty forgiving to a decently built toon of almost any AT. Controller (Arsenal Control - Trick Arrow) 2 many procs pre 50 v1.3 fire epic and tp Arseman.mbd (slightly modified from Onlyasandwich's build)

I'm hoping that the latest patch is sufficient to please most folks and make your suggestion unnecessary but I love the concept! As you said, those zones are a window to the past, it's almost poetic to have the old version of tot implemented there!

What an interesting lunchtime read, thanks for putting this together! I had heard a couple bit and pieces of that over the years but it was mostly brand new info to me. I lament to loss of additional ATs to that game just for the added diversity we missed out on but at least some of them morphed into other thing that made it into the game. I'm ashamed to admit that despite having multiple 50s of every other AT (well, just 1 Widow and 1 SOA), I've never made it to 50 on a PB or WS. They just never clicked with me and they stalled out in the low 30s but they're both on my bucket list! I'll get to them eventually 🙂

Good to hear! I just hit 16 on the new Dark/Storm so I still have a ways to go before I can slot them but I have 2 planned for the build! Ice blasters are so much fun! They have like 30% Troller DNA!

Thank you! I'm excited to try this!

I agree with all this! My solution for the bank missions would be to let us call the Detective. Then you could call him and turn down the bank and I could call him after I complete the bank so I don't have to run back across the zone for the Detective to give me a high 5 and a new contact and I can finally get that "return to contact" mission off my list! It's probably one of those things that can't be changed but a boy can dream!

As I understand it, a Hami-o or D-Sync will only enhance the stats that the power will accept. Aid Other doesn't accept range enhancements so you would only gain the benefit of the Heal part of any hypothetical Heal/Range D-Sync.

My only beef with fold space is how it arranges baddies. Occasionally it'll nicely clump them up but more often it drops them in 1 long conga line. Just 1 long single file line and if you got a good number of baddies, that line is a good bit larger than a fire rain or ice patch or similar. I want to love it more but its more a novelty on the toons that I've taken it with.

Wow! What a detailed dive into each character! That's some S-Tier spreadsheeting!

Thanks guys! I'm building out a dark/storm troller so Dark Grasp was the power I was looking at but I didn't want to make the question so specific. Dark Grasp takes both and that's what got me thinking about the comparison. It sounds like it's probably not worth slotting them both into the same power. I'm tight on slots anyway so I think I'll go with the Devastation if it has the better proc chance.

Hey folks, I'm currently planning a new troller and I'll proc out the single target hold. I like the Lockdown proc in there to get bosses held in 1 attack but got curious about the other hold proc. Devastation vs Lockdown, is that an advantage to either one? Is there any benefit to using both? Bonus round: do you have any oft overlooked procs you'd suggest? (I usually throw 1 acc/hold, 1 Lockdown proc, and 4 damage procs in there.)

We recently had a very similar thread and mostly the consensus was that it becomes too easy to game the system and there isn't really a strong reason for extra rewards for the leader. I think Ms Laucianna made a very strong point in that thread. "The incentive already exists in the fact I can run whatever I want to as a leader, whether that be a Trial, TF, Missions, RP hang out sessions in Pocket D etc. It's not a burden I am forced with and need to be compensated for with temporary powers or extra rewards and I feel if that is the incentive to run a team you will get some people who don't want to lead doing it for the better rewards and Snarky will have a lot more Pug stories to tell about leaders 😄"

The free Black Wand from the START vendor has been wonderful for pulling when I'm on a low level melee toon!

I'd be interested in hearing how you like it. I had a BS/Will Scrap on live and remember it fondly, I felt like a real force of destruction! Then I made a BS/Ice Scrap on HC and I didn't like it at all, felt very weak. I don't think BS has taken any nerfs so I can only chalk it up other sets getting buffed/reworked and leaving BS feeling a bit weak and slow in comparison. I look forward to hearing about your tanking adventure!

That's fair, how about a .pdf first date?

Sound advice for sure! My day job sheet is new and last weekend it took forever (really like 8 hours or so over 2 days but still) to log every toon in and gather the data! Now it should be easy to keep up with, I try to update at the end of each play session but sometimes I gotta go eat dinner and I forget.

Dude! I LOVE that you're using the same sheet from live! That is really awesome! Do the "50"s mean you hit 50 on that combo?

Hi all, I know lots of us use spreadsheets to track various things in the game and I suspect that no 2 are alike! I'd love to see what yours looks like! What have you found to be most useful to track? For me it's probably the 4 passive accolaids. Now, whenever I have a couple free hours that I don't know what to do with, I'll grab a toon that doesn't have Portal Jockey and go get that done. Any surprises present themselves when you gathered the data? I was surprised to discover that almost all my toons have the same 4 day jobs and only a few have significantly more than that. I really thought I had moved those jabronies around more than I did! Any spreadsheet tips from the pros? Mine is pretty rudimentary, it does what I need it to do but there's lots of room for improvement. Full disclosure, part of the reason I'm posting this is to shamelessly steal your good ideas to incorporate into my own spreadsheet 😁 I'll post mine since I'm asking the question but try not to laugh too hard at my novice attempt. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K3OgSvRVkvHrpLcvetrGdh-iWyH_qlENgoJR1vgTAZA/edit?usp=sharing I look forward to seeing what you've done!

BS feels bad... I have scrappers of each weapon set and BS was the least fun to level. Everything it does is done better in other sets. There is effectively no reason to play BS unless it's for RP or you just like the concept or appearance. As others have said, it's not unplayable and it's not the lowest damage set but it has nothing that makes it stand out in any way and it just doesn't feel good. At least that was my experience with it. I plan on doing a rad armor tank with every secondary (I'm more than halfway there!) but I'm kind of dreading getting the BS done... The funny thing is that back on live my BS/Willpower scrapper felt like a monster! I don't think it's been nerfed (though not 100% sure) but other sets have been buffed/reworked/proliferated so well that they left BF in the dust.

/Storm is such a fun set! You can't make a "wrong" choice. I will tell you that the one I had the most fun playing was the plant/storm. The unmitigated chaos you can inflict upon the enemy ranks is truly a beauty to behold! Just don't get addicted to /storm, I'm about to start my 6th one (Dark/Storm). Cause chaos, have fun!

For Hami raids, I log in about 30 min before invites go out to ensure I get into the zone before it fills. I'll often put myself on a TF/AE mission so I wont AFK out during this time and I can do some house work or play with the cats without fear of losing my spot in the Abyss. About 5 min before invites go out I quit that TF and I'll join the league when the call goes out and actively participate in the pounding of Hami. Would this method be disallowed under the new CoC? I would assume not as I don't believe that would be disruptive behavior but It's a pretty important point of clarification because if I were to be moved out of the Abyss, it would be unlikely that I could get back in to participate in the raid. I'd feel much better if this could be clarified.

Why would I need this? I already know my global! I kid, I kid, yeah this wouldn't do much for my SG since it's just me in there but I could see this being very nice for those with big, diverse SGs and with the prestige column just taking up space these days, it makes sense!

I really like your idea as a concept for a mechanic in a new powerset! That could be very fun! However, it's probably best to leave life drain only as awesome as it currently is.

Have a wonderful day!