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I haven't examined the full build, but I would drop the Scirocco proc I think. You'd have to ask one of the proc experts if that would increase or decrease your DPS, but I've found that the +rech triggers like mad. Happy hunting!

Proc-wise, they have a chance to trigger on cast and then every 10 seconds. So combined with a mass immobilize or hold, it works a lot better. That said, they are also superb for getting things out of your face pretty much instantly when there is no mass control. They'rrrrrrrrrrre great both ways!

Throw a Force Feedback +rech in Pendulum and you will not regret it.

They should also raise the agrgrroo cap while they are raising caps. EDIT: cap

Is the problem that the Hami-O you want is too expensive for you to buy, or is the problem that the Hami-O you get is too cheap for you to sell? I think that if you are able to do Hami raids (and presumably several a week if not a night), you probably have the ability to generate enough inf to buy whatever you need. I wouldn't protest if they made Hami-Os convertible, but it seems like an extreme case of a first-world problem.

I respectfully disagree for two reasons: 1. There are so many ways to store influence now. You can send yourself emails for 999,999,999 each that don't seem to expire and I have not yet found the upper limit as to how many emails you can have in storage. You can bid up to 2bn on a presumably infinite number of items that are listed in the AH but don't actually exist. Heck, you can make 5,000 characters per global and store 2bn on each of them for a total of 10 trillion. 2. (And this is the important one) There really is no point in having more than 2bn per character in Homecoming. 2bn will buy you top end builds for all three of the layouts for any level 50. The only point in having more inf than that is to hoard it, give it away, play stupid market tricks, or build more alts. There is simply nothing to spend it on. I would be incredibly supportive and thankful if the devs were to institute some major inf sink, but the only statement about that I can recall is that they are far more likely to institute small sinks that will affect more people than large sinks that will only affect a small number of people even if the aggregate amount removed from the system is larger in the latter case. I expect stupid market tricks will become more frequent as people get bored. If so, hopefully they will not negatively impact the entry level hero or villain.

I've been following this thread for a year. A recent project had me digging deeply into some profoundly unpopular builds, and many of them were defenders. A few things I've learned on the trip re: procs and defenders: 1. Generally, the secondary has one or two powers that really shine with procs, but a lot that don't. For Assault Rifle, for example, Flamethrower becomes a beast pretty early on. 2. Some procs just need to be in every power they'll fit. Force Feedback +rech, Annihilation -res, and especially the Overwhelming Force proc. That last one just transforms "meh" powers into something that is frequently hysterically amusing.

It's a really disconcerting thing to have my exact thoughts stated by someone both cleverer and faster than me.

Do it! My guide is still good!

I generally use attuned IOs ( even for procs—it’s an aesthetic choice) until lvl 50. Then I use catalysts on my ATOs and Winter Os. But then, when I think of it, I replace some of my other attuned IOs with unattuned so I can boost them. If we could use catalysts to unattune as well as attune, that would be marginally more convenient than using an unslotter, selling the attuned, and buying an unattuned. just a thought. It might be too niche a case to bother.

I believe that any mission that used to require simultaneous clicks has been changed so that you can now solo it. But they have not changed the mission text.

When you open super packs, the items go into your Character Items tab and are accessible by any character under your global name. If you open up a bunch of packs and leave the dual and team inspirations there, you can access them at any time.

I totally hear you, but I think some of the restrictions are serving as governors on marketing, which I think is a good thing. Keeping it slightly annoying or difficult helps keep individuals from really scaling it up and massively manipulating the market. I don’t think that was ever the intention of the devs, but it’s probably a good thing, IMO.

Howdy pal! 1. Set up a separate chat tab just for LFG, then periodically check it. The default tabs usually have a lot of other stuff that clutters it up. Look for anything advertised in your level range. People always like adding support. Your jackpot will be people advertising for a free slot on PI mission teams or AE farms for any level. Those move quickly. 2. If you do start something on your own, throw out a notification in the LFG channel. People love to join things, all kinds of things. If you want to start a TF, don’t wait for someone else, start it yourself. Worst case is you only get one or two takers in which case you can just run missions for a bit. You are always better starting something yourself, even if it is random contact missions, than waiting for something specific.

In general, it is more efficient to sell your merits (often in the form of converters as @Carnifaxdescribes above) than to spend them directly on recipes or IOs. Also, it *may* be cheaper to buy recipes and craft them yourself, but it’s much more convenient to just buy the IO directly, especially if you want it in attuned form. Specific recipes are usually the bottleneck in the supply chain.

I believe that those are real numbers. In my experience, the display errors only apply to the last 5 prices and not the number for sale or bidding. I have no doubt that a single person could clear out their base storage and dump, for example, 2k 7.5% LotG on the market in an afternoon. And I believe that’s exactly what happened. It’s also easy to buy up all supply in a specific segment, but I’ll bet that anyone who has tried that has found that it’s hard to make inf doing it. Thanks to fungibility, converters, bucketing, etc., you can’t keep IO supply from entering the market.

Great job! I’ve streamlined my own personal version blueside at double xp (or +1/x3 which seems to work out about the same.) A few things/tips: It’s Doc Delilah whose arc gives you Entrusted With the Secret so you don’t need Agent G. She opens up at lvl 20. I like to do most of the Montague arc in the early/mid teens since the Cure Lost power makes some of the Faultline missions much easier. Do NOT use that power on the group that is guarding Mr. Yin, since it doesn’t count as defeating them. Presumably the same holds for Muxley but I’ve never tried it. Using the new contact finder as a teleport is a great way to shave time pre travel power. You get bonus merits for completing all missions in Hollows,etc., so even if you don’t run an entire zone arc at once, make sure you go back eventually and run the remainder through Ouro. EDIT: 35 is kind of a magic level, and a whole lot of things unlock. At 35 I first join Vanguard, which will give you access to Vanguard merits every time you defeat Rikti, even in non Vanguard missions. This takes just a few minutes. Next I check back in with Montague and travel to Cimerora and run the basic missions there. If you unlock the dude who gives you repeatable timed missions, you can teleport there quickly for an ITF by phoning him and starting a mission, use mission teleport to get to the zone,then joining the ITF and letting the timer expire. Finally, I usually unlock the patron epics if I feel there is any chance I will use them.

As an ebil cowman, I recognize that granting more enhancement slots would directly benefit the power marketeers. I think we already have too much power. i suspect that the 70 number was chosen specifically for respecs, and I think that for the vast majority of cases it’s plenty enough. And if it isn’t, respecs are cheap and plentiful. Personally I’d like to see the number of enhancement slots drop to something like 30, which seems to me a goodish number for people just playing the game “normally”. We don’t need to make the game any easier for power marketeers, trust me! It’s already plenty easy.

I have about ten alts that I check each time I have a “playing session” who are involved in some particular nefarious scheme. Almost every other alt has *something* going on, even if it’s just a block of 50 yellows for playing rare roulette. I like to have at least 200mm and a couple of hundred converters as walking around money, so when someone has over 1.2bn cash, a billion either gets put to work or put in email. When email starts to fill up, I pick it up with one of my vault alts and put in bids on (hopefully) unbuyable objects in the AH.

I think the reason that you don’t see a lot of broadsword is that people feel that it isn’t “as good” as some of the alternatives. But it certainly is good enough!

Nice! i don’t think anyone has a trillion, and I don’t think very many people have even a mere 100bn, so I’d put you in rare company!

You can go either way on the xp thing. If you want to level quickly (and it does not sound like you do), there is a P2W vendor that will enable you to select a power that will trade off inf for xp, so you can accumulate 2x xp if you find things too grindy. The vendor has all kinds of QoL goodies, many of them free. On the flip side, as long as you are playing at a reasonably active hour (and maybe even unreasonable ones too), if you advertise in the Looking For Group channel what you are doing, you can frequently get people to join you in missions. Something like "Lvl 20 doing Doc Delilah missions in Faultline, anyone want to join?" will often get you a partial or full team relatively quickly. Do not use the Find Member interface, since I don't think anyone uses that anymore. Also, you will get a much better reaction if you are actively forming the team than if you are passively asking if anyone needs a teammate. Welcome back. Happy hunting!

You need to be careful with Staff (and presumably Titan Weapons) matched with regen. Your defensive options are clicky, and getting caught up in a long animation will prevent you from hitting that magic button sometimes. My staff/regen brute learned early on to "pre heal" before going into some of his spins.

I was very surprised that this name was available, and on every server too I think!

How about a Build Your Own Powerset Powerset?