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Yomo Kimyata

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  1. An absolutely first-world problem is the 2 second delay between activating Mass Levitate and the damage being inflicted.  Super annoying to get a critical strikes and an insight and waste your G. Psi Blade attack on something that has already died.

  2. I'm a secret fan of psi melee, although I haven't found the right pairing for it yet (just leveled up a psi/ice and that was close...).  You've done a good job of getting some really high mitigation numbers, and I suspect this might not be as squishy as you may think.

     

    I feel like you are chasing a lot of set bonuses, particularly for psi/toxic resist.  Maybe that's the new world we'll be living in, but I tend to be willing to give up on some hard/soft caps for a bit of mitigation.

     

    I'm 100% with you on Mass Levitate's slotting.  In crowds (which you will be in most of the time) it will be the norm that your procs will be going off.  I don't usually run Hasten on Shield builds (or anything with click mitigation) but that +100% recharge from FF will be very useful regardless.

     

    I'd like a healing "oh no!" power like One with the Shield or Unrelenting from the presence pool more than a resistance power like Rune of Protection.  I'd also like to slip some slow protection in there.

     

    Good work and happy hunting!

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  3. You can go a few different ways with DNA Siphon.  The way I choose is as a debuff/damage proc bomb that happens to heal and return endurance.  So I generally aim for the same amount of accuracy I would target in any AoE attack.

  4. I'm going to keep submissions for the top eight for a few more days, but I'm going to start to execute on the "also-rans".  This is 50% due to the fact I'm getting a little antsy; 50% because I have some good ideas for the matchups; and 50% because running twelve scrappers to 50 (and beyond!) is going to take some time so I might as well get on with it.

     

    The chosen matchups for the also-rans are:

     

    Savage/Stone:  This was a marriage of necessity, as I've been playing another Stone Armor to 50 (and beyond!) and dang Stone of all sorts is very endurance intensive so I need some help from the primary.  Pu'u Wa'awa'a is a proto-Hawaiian demigod who was trapped/guarded by Pele (the Hawaiian goddess, not the Brazilian football player) for thousands of years before gaining his freedom in a recent eruption.

     

    Stone/Electric:  Also a marriage of endurance necessity but the other way around.  The Electric Pizza uses piezoelectric forces from his specialized quartz weaponry to power his electronic armor.  He chose his nom de guerre after trying to explain "piezoelectric" to his five year-old niece and they both got bogged down with laughter on "pizza electric".

     

    Street Justice/Fiery Aura:  I'm been playing some StJ and it feels very light on AoE, so a little mitigation in the form of knockdown/stun/terrorize and a little Burn might do the trick.  Hellion Carnate's story isn't as uncommon as it may seem at first -- a young woman from the shady side of Atlas Park who got tired of being a Girlfriend from Hell, went straight, and wanted to help bring a little gender parity to Paragon.

     

    Radiation/Ice:  You've heard of the Chernobyl meltdown, right?  But I'll bet you've never heard of the far more deadly Balachko incident.  In the deep north of Siberia, the secret city of Balachko was where Russia did much of its state-sponsored superpowered "research" and was powered by the most powerful nuclear reactor ever made by humankind.  Well, until it melted down, leading to the deaths of every soul in the town except one man.  No one is sure if he was a superpowered experiment, or simply a janitor who got "lucky".  Working name is, well, the Balachko Incident.

     

    In a few days I'll make my decisions on the top 8, then we can move on to the next phase of me giving you inf!  I'll make payouts for this thread then.

     

    Happy hunting!

     

  5. 1 hour ago, Bionic_Flea said:

     

    DING! addiction is real.

     

    Well, I guess that's one way to look at it, but I meant it in terms of liking progression and learning, not in terms of being a dopamine addicted slave to leveling.  I'm not going to play a card game of War with a friend, unless it was extremely important to them and we were able to have good conversation during the process.  I'd be more willing to play bridge since I would probably learn how to play the game better during the process, which would enhance my experience.

     

    This game is a lot closer to War than bridge, and I mostly solo, so I'm just gonna stick to the things that I enjoy about it and not worry about it.

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  6. I'm going to say that I think that the purpose of having several sets in a category is to provide diversity.  You want better set bonuses?  Slot Eradication or Obliteration.  You want better endurance reduction?  Slot Multistrike or Scirroco's Dervish.  I'm pretty sure that was the intention from the very start.

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  7. I'm happy to see this thread come back, mainly so I can see how I've changed my answer over time.

     

    Now, I track:

    1-3 types of defense

    1-2 types of resistance

    To hit bonus

    Last hit chance

    Endurance cost

    Recovery rate

    Recharge time bonus

    Influence

    Sometimes max hp

     

    Some of that is tracking what I need to watch as I level (do I slot for damage or endurance reduction next level?) and much of it is to see when I get debuffed.

  8. 51 minutes ago, Oklahoman said:

     

    It's much more complicated than that. Unless you have a specific partnership with something like BetterHelp, then you are probably looking at interfacing somehow with PsychologyToday. Then, you're talking about a pretty narrow filter - show me all therapists licensed in the state I am currently in, available now, who accept my insurance. Honestly, PsychologyToday even struggles with that, because therapists themselves, by and large, are usually not very technical. Rather than take down a profile or flip a switch to say they are no longer accepting new clients, they are more likely to simply include as part of their intro statement "***NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS***" and how do you code for that? Some seem to have forgotten they even have a monthly subscription to PsychologyToday, as evidenced by the listed contact info not working at all.

     

    You may not be aware of the therapist shortage we have right now, so getting into see a therapist may not be possible for weeks or even months. A lot of therapists are having to turn away client right now. Depending on how urgent your need is, you may not be able to tolerate a delay in seeking treatment. So, now we need to consider if an inpatient stay is appropriate, in which case this whole command really needs to refer you to your closest ER for evaluation, or maybe the new 988 service.

     

    Assuming you've managed all of that, now you are looking for a therapist with training in your specific age group, and this supposed problem you have with getting along with strangers on the internet. Quite honestly, I'm not aware of any specific diagnoses in the DSM related to "not getting along with strangers on the internet" so there's not a lot of call for training to be available. You could round that up, I suppose, to a larger addiction, but maybe it's just an adjustment disorder of some kind. Now, you are overtreating the client, which is unethical. Really, without a full intake and assessment you don't know if you are talking about the psychological equivalent of a cold or something more serious.

     

    Anywho, I'd guess the implementation of something like that is a lot more difficult than what's being suggested here, otherwise I'd totally go for your suggestion.

     

    -Oklahoman, LPC

     

    I figured this would also be a great way to add thousands of new players.  Could you imagine how incredibly useful this service could be to so many people who are desperately in need of help?

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  9. 26 minutes ago, Ukase said:

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    So, maybe I am out of my gourd. But I'm not out of Nectanabo's Gourd. 

    Who is Nectanabo? Is he/she/it a farmer? Do they grow gourds? I don't recall any CoT mission mentioning this Nectanabo. Is there a story arc I've missed out on? 


    It’s the new currency for 27:4.  1,000,000 gourds = 1,000 Yin’s Zucchini = 1 Mako’s Pumpkin.

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  10. 15 hours ago, thunder_crane said:

     

    Which is what I was told but when I brought up that SomeGuy has his in Clobber it seemed to spark some discussion. Kanil swears by him and I found a few other threads that seem to have rotations beginning with Clobber:

     

     

    The only time that I am fighting one opponent is when I've already put down the rest of them!  I haven't crunched the numbers for a pure single target optimal chain, but for mixed use I'm *very* happy with putting it in Shatter.  Although, this does give me an excuse to craft up an alternate build for single target only.  By switching after all the lowbies are gone, that might shave a few seconds off defeating AVs.

  11. My experience with the Crit ATO is that I put it in Shatter.  Generally, I would like to get as close to a guaranteed proc activation as possible, and I would like to follow it up with a big hitter.  Shatter has a 45 degree arc, and it is pretty simple to get three or more enemies in that arc, which usually leads to a very high chance of activation

     

    Since my AoE chain is Shatter, Crowd Control, Whirling Mace, repeat, that puts the Crit on Crowd Control, which is nice.

     

    Since my ST chain is Shatter, Clobber, Jawbreaker or Pulverize, repeat, that puts the Crit on Clobber, which is fantastic.

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