Renatos1023

I would like to open the discussion on the title topic: should the repel effect be removed from Mind Control's Telekinesis? Foe me the answer is a resounding YES. The trawl effect is perfect, but it should just be centered on the target. No repel. I don't want to guess where my AoE immob will end up. Is it here, there or anywhere? Your guess is as good as mine. And it has a long recharge - its not like Mind is immob-ing every mob: there is a good recharge. The repel is just a relic from a previous power that needs to be removed. Just a thought.

I also agree with this. Something to make controls stick longer/actually affect tough targets - I had suggested a chance to ignore mez resistance/protection, but would be fine with literally anything that makes my primary useful against harder targets, like Romans in a +4 ITF.

As I mentioned in another post, I really like the fact that Adaptive recharge lets you use your AoE hold on a smaller number of mobs - this was definitely needed and a neat way of going about addressing the long recharge issue. However, I still think that the top line recharge number should be less than 240 seconds. If I get a fully saturated hit with my AoE hold, I now am back up to the 240 second base (minus whatever recharge I have). Blasters on the other hand have nukes that wipe out a mob that recharge in 125 or 170 seconds base (not counting Arch or AR) -- why is an AoE hold at so much more of a recharge disadvantage than a Blaster nuke, we all know which one is more efficient at removing mobs from the board. Can we get the max recharge down to like the 180 second mark, similar in line with the longer recharging Blaster nukes. Just my 2 cents, as I've never understood why the recharge of AoE holds was always so long, especially considering that theres a lot of mez resistance at higher levels, making the holds that much less effective than a nuke anyways.

I want to start off by saying that I love the idea of finally being able to command Controller pets, definitely a needed change that was long in the making. As someone who mostly mained Controllers back on live, that was always something I wished I'd been able to do. So yay for this change! I also like the idea of the adaptive recharge based on the # of enemies hit for the big control AoEs. That will definitely help in smaller teams, or to use in other situations. However, I still think the top line, fully saturated recharge rate should be less than 240 seconds. Even if you do hold the max number of mobs, the 4-minute recharge is a little ridiculous. Blaster nukes (not counting Arch or AR) seem to range between 2m5s or 2m50s -- and they generally wipe out most of a mob, not just hold them. I think that 4-minute top line recharge should be no more than 3-minutes. Now, I don't play on beta, so I'm not able to test these changes, so please take my following question with a grain of salt: How does extra containment damage help Controllers be better controllers? As I said, I used to mostly main Controllers on live, but since coming back to Homecoming have found them relatively lacking at upper levels due to increased mez resistance/protection of mobs - maybe its just my perception, but controls either seem to not have an effect or last such a short time that it feels like a waste of endurance to use. This, along with the reduced secondary buff/debuff numbers, is why I pretty much just main Defenders now. I feel like the current iteration of Containment's bonus damage and sporadic chance for the extra +1 mag does not overcome the issue of being able to lock down mobs at upper levels. My hope was that a fix to Containment would address this issue, rather than adding more damage (I get it, more damage is the current meta, but a Controller should control first and foremost, no?). One thought I had was a fixed chance for control effects to ignore an enemy's status protection (i.e., a 20% chance that your control powers will ignore status resistance/protection). A Dominator can overcome an opponent's protection by stacking higher mag and duration controls due to Domination (and for many, this is perma, making them more effective at lockdowns than most, if not all, Controllers) - maybe Controllers should be able to get around that protection in a different way. The chance for +1 mag should still stay, but it is currently useless on say an ITF due to Cim mez resistance -- just one example of why a chance to ignore mez resistance could help Controllers be more effective at higher levels. Just a thought I had while looking at the patch notes and my current perceptions playing Controllers on Homecoming. Not sure what the % chance should be for ignoring status resistance/protection, but I feel as though it should be relatively moderate due to a Dom's ability to dramatically increase their mag/duration with their inherent power.

I want to thank you all for your insights! I made a few minor mods to the build: I can see how I may have mis-spoke. I should've said "with Link Minds down", as I def took that power. I don't think this build has LM permanent, so I wanted 45%+ for my positionals without it. Apologies for that confusion. That was a Q that I forgot in my Q section. I was not sure which procs I was supposed to put into Dom. I know its proccable but I took a guess. I'll add the FF proc to Tornado, but that seems to be a good portion of my AoE. Also, I have Subdue in my build and not Mental Blast (thats a screw up on my part) not sure if that changes the Decimation proc. But please let me know. You hit the nail on the head for my choice. I wanted that extra Energy damage proc. But good points! So, I wanted this too. But I couldnt get anymore res into the build without sacrificing defense (which I thought was more important.) I'd love to see a build with decent res. Cause those ITF AVs hit like friggen freight trains. Agent Shara - Arachnos Widow (Fortunata Training - Fortunata Teamwork).mbd

I finally got my first VEAT to 50 after 21 years. Yay! Now I just want to figure out the best way to slot her. My goal was soft-capped positional def w/out Link Minds which I think I succeeded at, plus a healthy dose of global recharge. Currently at vet level 15 and this is what I have come up with in Mids. As of today, these sets aren't completed, and I am mostly running with basic IOs at the moment, plus most of the special IOs (Kismet, LoTG, and the ones in Health and Stamina, plus Gaussians). I did get my full set of Coercive for my confuse power (had some lucky drops). But this character is only about 40% set slotted. So far she's been a blast though. Did a bunch of +4 ITFs and been scraping in that influence. Please feel free to pick it apart - as I said this is my first VEAT 50, so kinda on the learning curve atm. I have to say, this has been one of my most fun rides so far. A few notes: 1. I didn't take any power pools beyond CJ/SJ and Hasten. I really do enjoy all the Widow powers and the diversity I can bring to a team (Tanky, Buffy, Damagy, Controllery) 2. I had Scramble Minds but hated the animation time - I felt like I was always hitting dead things, so that got removed. 3. I'm a novice (to say the least) with procs. So, I chose a two for my nuke and Psy Tornado - please let me know if I should change those for something with a better proc rate. (I want the set bonuses of what is there, so really just the 2nd proc is up for grabs) A few questions for those more experienced: 1. Am I dumb for not stacking leadership, or at least Maneuvers? I'd be willing to dump Combat Training: Offensive (but its not like that would clear up any extra slots). 2. Any comments on the incarnate abilities I chose. I focused on recharge, defense, and end. recovery for the most part. Thanks! Agent Shara - Arachnos Widow (Fortunata Training - Fortunata Teamwork).mbd

The Ice powersets are probably one of my favorite to play with across all ATs. My Cold/Ice Defender is definitely up there in top tier play. She's kitted out and I routinely lead ITFs with her. I also have the Ice/Ninja combo on both Blaster and Stalker. I gotta say this was the first Stalker I ever took to 50 and it was very strong and fun the entire way.

Adding onto the OP - are the patron pools worth the effort? I'm running my first Widow blue side and just hit 36. I seem to have enough powers to choose from moving forward without dipping into the patron pools (which I've never done on any char before since I generally just play blue side). Are VEATS fine without the patron pools, or would I absolutely be missing something? And if so, what is considered the best one (currently running as a Fortunata).

Ahh, didn't know that was a thing. Thanks! Here we go if anyone is interested: Nox Eternal - Tanker (Dark Armor - Spines).mbd

This is the build I use for my Dark/Spines Tank who is one of my main ITF characters - and probably the only Tank I've enjoyed running in a while. There have been multiple times when I haven't even hit my heal through the whole TF. This build is pretty immortal with 49% melee/34% Ranged/46% AoE defense (along with pretty high defenses across the board) plus capped S/L/N/Psi resists (and close to capped F/C res). I settled at 11pts of KB protection and am fine for the vast majority of content. Sorry can't ever figure out how to correctly import a build, so I figured I'd just share the screenshot.

For an alternate animation, what about something similar to the Dark/ hold, where the target seems to just be petrified, with their hands up and held in some shadow mist. Except instead of the shadows around the character, it can be some brown/dark dust and dirt. Just a thought since that animation/code is already there.

I like Sentinels because, as someone else mentioned, you can fill the damage or alpha breaker roles as needed. Because of this, most of my Sents use a defense based secondary as I find it easier to fill the alpha breaker role that way. My two fave Sents that I like to run are: 1. Dark/Nin/Dark - I went Dark with primary and ancillary pools because the stacking -Acc helps boost your defenses even more. Nin also has some good powers to help keep you upright when you do get hit. 2. Fire/Stone/Fire - This was a concept build, but also very fun once you get soft-capped defenses. Fire helps to melt mobs quickly, and I took the AoE immob from the ancillary pool to help keep things under RoF. Both of these have no problem finding teams and/or running point when needed.

Haven't played Regeneration since live. One of my first characters was a Kat/Regen Scrapper. We all know that the melee Regen is meh. Sentinel Regen seemed like it was better, so I decided to take a run with it. My Rad/Regen Sent just hit 37 and it has actually been pretty fun. I'll admit my other Sent secondaries are stronger, but this was a concept character. Just looking for some Regen feedback. This build is without incarnates. I was trying to get my Sm/Le Resist over 50% (which I just did) and also get my positional defenses over 25% (also a super close cut). I couldn't figure out how to export a link to the build or get my incarnate choices in (my Mids magic is very limited) but this seems solid. Currently, I'm only using basic IOs as I level and it has been fun so far. But I am trying to fashion a good build. I appreciate any feedback. Thanks! Ren

I agree with Gershwin. Thermal is a jack of all trades, but master of none set. Having played all of the defender sets to 50 between HC and live, Thermal/ is on my lower end of sets. It isn't bad, but it is very spread out in what it does....between shielding, healing, buffing, and debuffing. I went Thermal/Fire for my Defender for theme. IMO the Thermal/ debuffs are lacking. But this comes from my love of playing Cold/ and Storm/ both of which have a rain -res/-def debuff that is pretty much auto-hit. I hate that Thermal's T9 can miss, because for all intents and purposes it is the same debuff as Freezing Rain/Sleet (which I believe are like T5/6 in Storm and Cold). The rain debuffs from both Storm and Cold just are so much better than Thermal's T9, that it's hard for me to play my Thermal anymore. I think that is my biggest gripe with Thermal...the T9 really needs to be adjusted to come in line with Freezing Rain/Sleet. Thermal is fun, don't get me wrong. But it is one of the busier defender sets, kind of like Empathy. YMMV, I say play it and see if it fits your style. None of the Defender primaries are terrible, Defs are my main for a reason.

Thanks for the feedback Uun!