The Trouble

I'm going to also say Psy/Energy because I have one, and want other people to see how much fun it is! I was recently on that huge Freakshow map, and my fleeing target faded out of draw distance... and not once did I get the warning "out of range!" Up close, or even a mile away, nothing you face will be able to keep their teeth with a Psy/Energy Blaster.

Becoming entrusted with the secret makes it very difficult to venerate Lord Nemesis 🤷‍♂️

Step 1: Log in to the character you want to be "Super Respec-ed". Save their costume. Step 2: Log out and rename them. Step 3: Create a new character. Load the saved costume. Give them the old name. Step 4: As you level this character, go ahead and reacquire the badges you left behind. Congrats, you just saved 2 billion 🙂

Your defense debuff resistance is so low that I think chasing defense cap is a losing game. I think this is the core of your frustration. Personally, I would chase pure resistance, and regen/absorb. Your blue bar is apparently suffering greatly as well, and the plethora of recharge in this build won't help you. Devour Psyche is your best friend (although inconveniently a cone). You can max out it's target cap simply by re-applying it to even just one badguy. It deserves more slotting with a focus on health and recharge. As far as what damage is from procs: Right-click the power, and select the Info tab. The Damage window will give you a breakdown of where the damage comes from. I believe the default shows you the average damage to account for when the proc doesn't go off. The good news is that Axe/Psi look like a really nice pairing. There is a whole lot of potential here... an optimized build would make this character a beast. It's also good that you had a direction, and found pathways to get where you wanted to go. I just think that direction is a bit flawed. Do you have any interest in build examples that don't bother with the 45% defense softcap?

Please review my tank that is a tank:

But what about weirdos like me that like it's current functionality? I don't need to be in the middle of the crowd to effectively fire this off, and I really like that. As a PBAoE, I could accidentally use Spinning Strike with nothing in range, and evaporate Combo 3 for no reason. It feels strange to advocate for the tiny kernel of wisdom that lies in the center of the Cottage Rule...

I have a Darkness/Psi Tanker that I love and continue to play well beyond level 50. That said, I still agree with most of what is said here. I dislike the Lockout, and never bothered with Boggle. What's impressive about Psi Melee is that, without any enhancements, it softcaps your Fonzie stats.

"dialog_yes" is the base command and will select OK, Yes, or Accept on any menu prompt that has focus. Since you want it as a button on your Power Trays, then all you need to do is copy-paste /macro OK dialog_yes into your chatbox, and hit Enter. "OK" is simply the button label, so you can make that say anything you want.

You could try: /macro OK dialog_yes Or bind it to a key of your choice since a macro can imply clicking... Enjoy!

You appear to be pretty new to Homecoming, but that doesn't necessarily mean you're new to City of Heroes. Are you well versed in the lingo and general vibe of the game? I think a lot of folks would love to help, but you haven't given us much to work with in regards to your preferences. Survival, damage, or an evenly mixed focus? A leveling build, or one that assumes you're 50? Going all-in on set bonuses and the like, or just standard Single Origin enhancements? Do you have endless funds, or a modest budget? What flavor of Epic/Patron Pool? While sturdy, my personal build a bit clumsy, really expensive, and I skipped Rage... which is one of those set-defining powers that makes me sound crazy for ignoring it. I'd post my build if I thought it would help, but I think it would mislead new folks, and enrage veterans.

Yes, it'll run on Steam Deck.

It should, for the most part. But admittedly, the first percentages were typed-in rather than made by formula (bad practice, I didn't plan for how big this was). This would mean my Titan Weapons with Momentum numbers in the post are still off... Everything in my sheet is now fully formulaic, and definitely includes the local recharge... but I clearly need to update every table in the post. I'll fix everything later today (Done!). Huge thanks!

I have a proc-monster Ice/Sonic Blaster that accidentally became a Hamidon raid exclusive character. Tons of damage and a shocking amount of Holds made the build a perfect fit.

If you're set on putting it in a single-target attack that's not Greater Fire Sword, then Incinerate looks okay to me. Each power comes with their own trade-offs. Plenty that have large Crit Windows don't have high Proc chances. Incinerate is fine! Consider the info compiled here to be a very basic introduction to Scrapper crit min-maxing. These tables should help you 'flavor to taste' for your builds, and it sounds like you're doing that just fine.

Titan Weapons now has a table for when Momentum is in effect. This was a great suggestion because it was something I hadn't even thought of. Please let me know of anything else I may have missed. I started this project to seeking to boost the capability of my one and only Scrapper. I played on Live, and the AT never clicked for me until I tried out Broadsword/Super Reflexes here. The really cool part? After putting all of this data into a more easily consumable chunk, I've found myself building Scrappers. Plural. What a world.

It would have been nice if Statesman had been taken out by someone besides Skippy MacGuffinthief. Blueside reaction: "Who?!?" Redside reaction: "That Neo cosplayer with the hair fetish?" My retcon would be that Darrin was actually manipulated by some other, better, shadowy mastermind - and there is some remnant of the Well and Rularuu power that has combined and lays dormant within him. Whoever was behind this wanted Darrin to die for this novel power to be unleashed, so his capture has only postponed the unknown mastermind's plan... I've been out of the loop on the game's lore for awhile, so please forgive any misconceptions or poor memory. Also, apologies for pulling this poor horse out of his grave to wail on him a bit more.

It wasn't me, but I have something like that: I play them almost exclusively in mini-mode. Put the Circle of Thorns "backpack" on a costume like this, and it'll get much closer to the ban hammer. It's not exactly the same as pictured, but I attached the costume file for anyone that wants to play around with it. hiveling.costume

I certainly don't think that. Lowest price goes to the highest bidder. I very deliberately used the word "can" to imply there's a chance.

Here's the EVIL MANIPULATION I was using to make that 200m in an hour: I listed a large quantity of extremely high-demand enhancements for pennies. I'm not the reason you're spending 4m+ on that Luck of the Gambler. I'm the reason you can get one for $1m.

It requires understanding which of your attack powers are junk, but this thread has some additional considerations for where to slot your Critical Strikes Proc.

They were likely not crafted directly, but the result of us Ebil Marketeers using Converter Roulette. Using "free" Reward Merits to purchase Converters makes the cost of that process much cheaper than the standard way. This is part of what makes us so darn Ebil - most of our tactics make things more affordable for everyone.

The attempted comedy was me introducing divisiveness into your appeal for unity. "Reunion" was chosen for another level of irony. Failing to land the joke is really Torchbearer* of me. 🤦‍♂️ *chosen at random

Ugh. You sound so Reunion with this... 😄

False, @Glacier Peak. Just perma-Hasten your softcap defenses to multibox your proc-bomb.