[Share Your Puns/Amusing Pet Names]

[Share Your Puns/Amusing Pet Names]

I've got a handful of masterminds with a full set of pets:

 

Tribute to Harlan Ellison:

 

 

Tribute to Kurt Vonnegut;

 

 

Tribute to Money Heist/Paper House:

 

 

And these are just for fun:

 

 

 

[scrapper and damage proc enhancements]

Different people are going to have different styles based on their play and what they discover for themselves during gameplay.  My style (which is clearly the best style (for me, that is (at this point in time) ) ) answers some of your questions this way:

 

On 5/1/2024 at 8:46 AM, R jobbus said:

So where and how/if do I use damage proc enhancements for scrapper.

 

The current mechanics of procs for damage are favorable for low damage ATs, since they increase the total damage at the cost of a higher volatility.  On scrappers, I tend to only slot them if I have an extra slot and I do not prioritize them.  The purple damage procs for melee and melee AoE are definitely worth slotting (although only once each per build).  I focus my proc attention more on -dam resist procs like Achilles Heel and Gladiator Strike.

 

2 hours ago, R jobbus said:

But I mean if this is the case, how do you get more damage for a scrapper?

 

 

Slot for damage enhancement; I'll shoot for 95%+.  Also, I use a fair amount of debuffs.  Understand the scrapper ATOs and how they work in order to increase your overall rate of critical hits.  With respect to the ATOs, I will usually split the Scrappers Strike set 3-3 between two powers unless it is a pure defense set in which case I will 5 or 6 slot it in one power.  you should always slot the Critical Strikes proc, and sometimes that's the only one of the set I will slot.  Usually I figure out a way to slot three for the accuracy bonus.  Rarely I will 6-slot it in one power.

 

2 hours ago, R jobbus said:

One last question would you go barrier if a scrapper is already tanky or ageless?

 

This is where my biases really show up.  I avoid barrier always because my scrappers generally are tanky enough and I also think it's kind of cheesy.  Since I rarely play scrappers with defense debuff resistance. I take Ageless and when I do get debuffed I activate Ageless and it provides plenty of protection.  Note:  it does not override existing debuffs, but those tend to wear off pretty quickly.

 

 

[Experienced (Self, +Partol XP)]

Experienced gives you 5 bars of patrol xp.  This basically lets you gain experience at 1.5x normal rate, and it stacks with the P2P experience buffs.  You cannot have more than ten bars of patrol xp, and the recharge rate of the power is ten minutes.  I've currently got something like 3k charges of this power from opening hero/winter packs, so I figure out why not use them?

 

They are useful both pre- and post-50 and make levelling extremely fast.  Post 50 it's going towards vet levels (and the accompanying emp merits every three levels.)

 

 

[Suggestions to help with the Name Release Deilemma]

Countersuggestion:  once a name is created it is permanently invalidated.  I can’t speak for why name campers (and I’m flabbergasted that current devs can name them) do what they do.  But it’s easy enough to make something new.  It sucks if you have a personal connection to it.  Probably the person who owns it does too.

 

unless the devs choose to cut back on the thousand names per server.  That makes total sense and the only objection I could see is if one of the other devs were the campers

[Kinetic Melee: Talk to me]

Another factor behind the original design of Kinetic Melee (in my opinion, I wasn't there) was that it adds an extra layer of protection in the form of -damage debuff on enemies.  This has the approximate effect of additional damage resistance, which would enhance survivability.

 

Unfortunately in this iteration, survivability is pretty much a given, especially for tankers with their ATOs.  And so, players don't notice they are surviving more, since they have no problem surviving, and players then focus on why isn't my damage higher.

 

I don't like Kinetic Melee enough to play it on a tanker or a brute, but I'll get some use out of it on stalkers or scrappers.  Scrappers get a recharge of Power Siphon when Concentrated Strike crits (20% chance) but unfortunately that chance is not enhanced by either of the scrapper ATO procs.

 

[Give Medicine Pool Power some love]

The kindest way I can respond to any of these "buff the power sets I don't use until they are better than the ones I use!!!1!" is a gentle pat on the back as I murmur "there, there, it'll be ok."

 

I think @Glacier Peak did a fine job of talking up the set as it is.  I have it on very few of my alts, but those that have it use it very well and use it exactly as they described.

 

Maybe, maybe there is a learning curve that some people may not be aware of?  I know that's blasphemy but I can't understand otherwise.

 

 

[Levelling advice 40-50]

On 4/23/2024 at 10:36 PM, Nostromo21 said:

Do I just add +1/2/3 to mob level and team size while I solo & see how I go? She currently steam-rolls all +0/0 content, no surprise there!

 

Math-wise you get a lot more bang for the buck (and more drops) increasing your x rather than your +.  Both help, but more enemies gets you stuff a lot more quickly.

 

Try +1/x3 and see how quickly you go.  then I'd try +1/x5, and feel things out from there.

 

In my experience with melee alts, by lvl 40 I'm generally running +2/x5 and maybe x8 if I have enough Aoe.  I'm at level 50 before I can blink.

 

Also, the Experienced power (which is the same as Patrol XP) really helps a lot with rapid levelling.  The devs give it out occasionally during events, but I get it mostly from opening hero or winter packs.

 

[DEDICATED AV HUNTER]

3 hours ago, Lazarus said:

 BIO has the same debuff just with a 90 sec recharge instead of 60.

 

I'm seeing it as -150% for radiation v. -100% for bio, plus a faster recharge.  

[Are branded character names illegal?]

6 hours ago, Oubliette_Red said:

Unless the OP means 'brand name' as in Q-Tip or Xerox.

 

I'm tempted to make Pepsi Marlboro and see what happens.

 

 

[DEDICATED AV HUNTER]

Radiation Armor.  Lots of debuffs, including the regen debuff from Radiation Therapy.

[Scrapper or Brute?]

9 hours ago, Erratic1 said:

 

Figuring out where to put ATOs is activity? Is that not a one time activity?

 

It can be.

 

Some of my scrappers have at least two builds:  one primarily for single hard targets and one for standard play (+4/x8 for me at endgame, which may not be for everyone).  I'll usually pick a different power to put the Critical Strike proc in for each build.

 

Also, look at Savage Melee set.  Do you want to take Hemorrhage?  Some people do and some people don't.  It's great for proccing out, but if you don't want to use it it's useless.  Also, are you paying any attention to the stacks of Blood Fury that you are building up?  I'm not a pro on the set yet, but there are definitely times I want to avoid putting myself in lockout since I want the reduced endurance.

 

 

[Power Pool Mini-God Modes (Rune of Protection and Unleash Potential)]

Most of my builds at this point run either Force of Will, Experimentation, or Sorcery.

 

Unleash Potential is a catch-all power.  I would like to 6-slot it if I can (Lotg +rech, Lotg D/R, Panacea H+5, Panacea H/R+5, 2x lvl 53 E/R DSO).

 

On scrappers I've been moving towards Experimentation, since Moonbeam/Shadow Meld is such a good epic pool pair.  Adrenal Booster or Corrosive Vial depends on how much AoE I've got.  the pull power on Axe Cyclone now practically demands Corrosive Vial.

 

I find Unrelenting ok, but not stellar.  I'd rather have Invoke Panic!

 

[Scrapper or Brute?]

I think it comes down to which AT do you prefer to play?  For me, scrapper is more active.  In order to get the most out of the build you will want to figure out where to put the ATOs in order to increase your damage.  for a brute, it's a more straightforward smashie-smashie.

[The reason you failed that last trial was because:]

Not enough/too much cowbell.

[Elevators]

Occasionally I consider putting together some art project where I would build a model of what the building would actually look like from the outside.  Emphasis on occasionally and consider.

[What year is it?]

erp

[Defense/resistance/mez]

I try to diversify.  I don't like pure defense sets, because sometimes defense fails you.

 

Ideally (and this is for a scrapper), I will try to get around 40%+ defense to melee, 50%+ resistance to what I expect to fight against, at least one (and preferably 2) heals, and at least one "oh shit" button.  For bio and radiation armor (which are admittedly my faves), this is pretty easily done.

 

Since my defense is generally active, I can get away with not blindly softcapping defense.  

 

also, I like to put a LOT of knockdown and other crowd control, which helps with not needing to cap things.

[Endurance Drain Should Do Something]

34 minutes ago, Haijinx said:

This thread makes me tired. Course that could be because I'm in the hospital  but w/e.

 

Feel better soon!

[Endurance Drain Should Do Something]

Well, first of all it DOES do something.  It restricts the highest enemies to their weakest attacks.  How well would your character do if they were restricted to their weakest attack?  I get it that endurance drain needs to affect enemies differently than enemy's endurance drains affect characters, because the deck is so overly stacked in our favor.

 

Secondly, it is remarkably easy to build for endurance drain, significantly easier than building for health drain.  You can drain a foe from 100 to zero in an extremely short period of time that is a tiny fraction of the time you can drain health from 100 to zero.  If endurance drain immediately led to AV/GM incapacitation, then people would build for that.

 

I think that people are blinded by their cognitive biases, and only judging by dps.  Endurance drain significantly improves your survival (just like sleep, or -damage from kinetic melee, etc.) but people don't care because their survival is practically guaranteed and so they just want moar dps.

[Scrapper: Am I Doing it Wrong?]

If you are playing a scrapper like you are playing a tanker (and by that I mean slotting any and all damage procs), you are not going to notice a tremendous pickup.  Procs don't crit, and the parts of your overall damage that can be enhanced are minimal.  Where you will see the most benefit is when you are at +100% damage from slotting, and using critical hits intelligently.

[Name Purge]

On 4/17/2024 at 5:43 PM, UltraAlt said:

 

It was Yomo hoarding names on 50s all along!

Who knew!?

 

Well, other than Yomo....

 

I would like to point out that this was me making fun of my altitis and not actually camping names.

 

 

[Versions of characters]

9 hours ago, Oklahoman said:

Are you familiar with the Nino-verse and the Snarky-verse?

 

I really didn't enjoy Snarky the Duck very much.

 

[Name Purge]

1 hour ago, UltraAlt said:

 

How many characters do you have at this point that aren't level 50?

 
About 4,900 per account…

[Them one-handers]

They are all similar, it is true.  I think they overtuned the new Axe set, and out of those four it is far and above the top performer in my experience, but it takes a little getting used to since it's kind of a ranged set now in many ways.  War Mace is extremely satisfying; it's got tremendous AoE and I seem to recall the CRUNCH factor of the sound effects are great (I usually play with sound off).  Broadsword and Katana are basically the same set; some people like the speed of katana better than broadsword since it has slightly better damage per animation/second numbers.  The sword sets have Parry/Divine Avalanche which helps a LOT with your survival.

 

But this:

 

On 4/15/2024 at 8:42 AM, Aeroprism said:

And I found that most axe options (graphically) are pretty meh, while there are loads of wicked nice swords.  So there's that.

 

Pretty much sums things up.  It's nice to enjoy the animations!