COH Radgen

Hi folks. On live my first 50 was a radiation/electric defender and I've recreated him on HC. I had a couple other defenders on live and on HC but I decided to try my first Empathy char a while back. He's pretty decent but about 15 sec sort of perma-hasten and I'm sure he can be tweaked for improvement. I've seen the Emp guide @MonteCarla made and comments made by @Doomguide2005 but I'm open to most any recommendations/build suggestions. Thanks for your help! Bobby_emp_ar_Defender.mbd

But...but I already did a Synapse on each alt. Isn't that enough penance?

As a player who is experienced enough to know which zone is which and how to get to them, I use AE and/or events to power level alts when I feel comfortable with my knowledge of the power choices on that alt. If I already have a tank with given powers and want to try a brute with the same power sets to see how they differ, or mix with a different primary/secondary to see how they synergize. If I'm trying power sets I haven't used before, I'll usually run in level appropriate teams/missions to get an understanding of the powers, at least up to the 20's if not 30's. At that point I know what powers I have, when and how to use them for a team's benefit, and can see if I like it enough to start slotting in IOs.

My IKM tank is a sometimes Hami taunter. Who cares about a long windup when all you really want to do it keep the giant jelly's attention on you while the league defeats the mitos.

Heather Townshend's arc in Dark Astoria is repeatable and provides incarnate rewards. There are only a couple missions, are fairly easily soloed and can be completed in 15 min-ish once you've done it a time or two.

Thanks for the update @Michiyo, I think I speak for many when I say thank you for all you do for us!

I get that error too...and I'd just started on a Numina's tf! Arrrrgh!!!!

I've appreciated and used your COHModd for quite some time, @Michiyo (although I had issues similar to @Snarky but resolved them with a fresh install of HC last year)! Welcome to HC to you and all the players on Victory!

I tend to take my fully-end-build 50's and join low level teams. They usually exmp down pretty well, for the most part, and show me where I may need to reconsider when/where I take powers in the build. I try to backstop the lowerbies as they work through the mission because it's way too easy to bust out the "look at me" and take over the team/mission...I mean, I DO try. And you may get to meet some new people, experience arcs you did but don't remember, or, just maybe, have fun again. Cheers!

At some point after I recreated and leveled the Kin/Fire 'troller I had on live, I decided to flip the script and made a Fire/Kin 'corruptor...same power sets but obviously plays VERY differently. And both VERY fun and effective (aside from those uncontrollable fire monkeys on a sugar high!). Sometime later, I decided to try something similar, a Ice/Dark dom and a Dark/Ice corruptor. These I did back to back and deliberately didn't take the pets so I could more directly compare the control vs the damage from each build. I did much the same with an Ice/Ice dom and a Cold/Ice corruptor. Of course, I have a number of Invul/ and /Invul because...why wouldn't I? Only one is paired with SS, the rest are all varied in the damage powersets and all of them are good fun and very survivable as you'd expect from a solid Invul build. I don't have as many alts as some here on the forums but I generally take them to 50 and incarnate abilities and fully build them out before with going back to run one of the others or, sigh, getting inflicted with a fresh round of altitis to start the cycle all over again.

I have to admit, I don't generally worry about adding specific pets. On the other hand, my main/badger recently got the Pet:Mini Hero 1 so I may have to start working on merits so I can 'collect them all'!

Thanks Greycat, I've been here on HC for more than a couple years, on live before that, and I'm still learning new things. As the saying goes, any day you learn something new is a good day!

When bringing up the Server Friend window/list, you have the option, by right clicking the name, to Add/Edit notes on that player. Global Friends, Global Ignore and the various Channel 'Friend' windows/lists don't have that option unless that account is online. It would useful to be able to add or view a note from that window for someone who you enjoyed teaming with enough to gfriend or accept a gfriend invite. My apologies if this has already been brought up but I haven't been able to find it if it has.

I recently leveled up my first Grav controller...I don't have Fold Space but I do have Wormhole which can have a similar impact. I tend not to use it unless I'm solo but I'm trying to begin to use it in specific situations. Wormhole has knockback and disorient components which Fold Space does not. I've been trying to use it by targeting the mobs around the tank to drop them on the tank. With KB to KD slotted and disorient emphasized it can add some extra mitigation, especially if the tank begins to have trouble. It can also be helpful to bring another group to drop at the feet of the tank (or brute, etc) for aggro management and team AOEs.

Hey, some of us resemble that remark!!! Thanks for posting the info Lauci!