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I never see anyone saying that Electric Armor is this or that. I hit 46 last night on an Ele/Ele Scrapper and it's been a joy to level. It has alot of tricks and decent (to me) resists especially to Energy. But I got to wondering if, after 50, it falls flat, cause I never see it recommended anywhere. This started out as a Black Lightning theme hero but once I got into him more I started realizing it might be the best combo (Ele/Ele) that I've ran. 20% boost to recharge, an AOE aura toggle, a strong End drain/transfer, a decent heal with a blue bar boost, decent resists, and it's so endurance friendly that I can pretty much go ham on every pull. It's one drawback maybe that there is no AOE taunt, but I don't mind sometimes when a bad guy or 3 peels of and stops pounding on me for a few, they eventually find their way back to be "arrested." Thoughts or tips?

I have both Bio and WP on Brutes and Bio is my favorite between the two, but Bio hero-wise will on work on some for me and that leaves WP if that's how I'm planning to roll the toon. I've got Regen on a Claws Scrapper and only recently figured out what all I was doing wrong. I want it to work so bad on him haha.

I did that very thing and with Dark Melee as the OP wants to do. Made him Hulk sized for fun. WP is really good.

So I pugged in a 50 PI radio session yesterday. At first I didn't like how the lead was micromanaging the group, most of what she was saying seemed like common sense, and someone telling me what I already know bugs me. But then I remembered this thread and it dawned on me that it's likely she's had issues in the past...after that I just went with it. But because of her it was smooth and organized. Also, haha I pulled some stupid newb stuff and no one complained...too much. Like in a sewer mission, run through the tight door, y'all know the ones, and bam like 30 baddies just on the other side. I swear I backtracked so fast that they shouldn't have seen me...but nope here they came. I also fell off some stairs into a pile of baddies...I swear somebody had some buff that made us move faster. I'm usually not that clumsy. All good fun though. But how this reflects back to the OP.... The lead clearly stated on a couple missions not to pull more than one group at a time cause that's all she could handle. On others though it was a bit faster. She'd clearly done her research and knew her capabilities. Much how the OP here is doing.

Mildy agree, but I definitely see your point. That is why my PUG expectations are pretty low and that's also why I have no prob bouncing if it's no fun. Can you get kicked from a group in CoH? If I were to lead one and I notice someone doing things that caused wipeS, then that might be a consideration I mull over. But yeah, you've got to see things from other's perspective. What makes something fun for one might not be fun for someone else. Like in WoW, I could spot people who were in a group just to be lead on the DPS meter, show their prowess and display their tiny little epeen. I'm there for fun, experience, money, loot, maybe meet a decent rando, or any number of reasons. But I always try to be tolerant of how others are so long as it's not douchebaggery.

I'm new and pugging is all I do if I group. I don't know mechanics and I don't know runs, but as I am new sticking with the group is my only real goal. I found myself and a few others were working a boss that just would not go down. I also noticed my End was not replenishing like it was and that's when I realized that as soon as that boss gets unbound from whatever was holding him we were toast...I bounced and got back in range of the group as fast as lighting. As far as bad pugs...I can only go with my experiences from other MMOs, it's almost always a bored vet or worse a bored malicious vet. If I find that we are dying more than I like then I politely bounce, mostly because it could be my deficiencies causing the wipes and I don't want to ruin it for others. But if I were to find it to be because of a douche in the group...then I would bounce and make sure to note their handle. Having said all that, I have yet to experience a bad pug in CoH. Even General chat is low on trolls compared to other MMOs. Most everyone I've ran across have been very helpful, prob one of the best MMO communities around.

I 4 slotted it and yup....worth taking. Thanks for the advice!

I just built an Ele/Ele Scrapper and am now realizing how nice it is having good slow resist. I'll definitely take that advice! Also Ele/Ele has really good built in recharge, another thing I thought was good but is actually a pretty big deal. But then I wouldn't have thought to stack it for Claws/Regen cause claws is so fast already. Thank you

Yes I'm understanding this now. Also I was making the mistake of choosing sets that only had regen or prioritizing regen, cause you know....regen, BUT... What I've come to realize is if I resist more damage I'll have less to regen. I was also trying to stack the Power Transfer: Self Heal in several places. Now in Regeneration resist and def are limited but as you said the melee IOs have resists as well.

To a Freakshow: Rez and run? That all you got?

I can't think of the abilities name but I was wondering with only a 50 degree radian, is it worth taking? That would mean only baddies lined up right in front of me would get hit. Thanks!

Hahaha nice...

Yes, just for leveling. And thanks!

It's a good power. Depending on your build the endurance cost may be a bit high during fights but you can toggle it off. You can boost your sprint and take Combat Jump out of the Leaping power pool then customize your move stance to Ninja and have the best of all worlds.

I did the same before I realized... Enhancements that drop off the baddies are just for selling to the vendor. Do not buy them at all, wasting your inf. You can use one that drops to plug a hole until you can craft a better one, that's fine, but don't buy them. The crafted ones do not diminish as you level so their potency remains, now their relevance may wane, but as some here have undoubtedly mentioned, crafted level 25s can last you til 50.

It takes a PvP enhancement to covert to a PvP one though, right?

I quietly made about 80 mil yesterday in about 30ish minutes. My best day but the AH was hot for some reason. Also got real lucky with converter roulette. I've literally just figured out the Ah and converters so that may not be good for an old pro. Though, on converter roulette, I've learned not to laser focus on just one exact enhancement...good way to blow a mil in converters.

I have a Stalker with /Regen and have Integration 6-slotted with just generic Heals and he can tackle a mob of 6 or more and he'll regen through it, and that's at roughly your level. So I think it's worth it. WP has a similar Recovery mechanic as Regen and I 6-Slot it as well for spamming.

Piggybacking this thread as I too have a /Regen Scrapper at roughly the same level. What about the Resist in Regen. What's best in that since it's just a +resist to all? Franken-slot it to boost just resists? Or is there a set worth using? Not high-jacking just a complementary inquiry.

I will eventually make a /SR hero. Just gotta think of something.

So... I was sort of complaining about how easy a Scrapper face plants and all that. Welp...as they say a good craftsman never blames his tools. So now that I know mobs better and actually understand the importance of set IOs, my Claws/Regen is pretty unstoppable. Was able to up the mission level and team size. Popped 22 so going to respec him and swap more slots over to Regen. What are some good IO sets for Claws? Thanks!

I do....I do.....I DO!

Don't really know what I've done. The other night we fought Calvin at the end. I get random invites, I've never actually used the LFG features. I'm trying to regear now to make myself more useful. But at under 50 I'm not sure how important that actually is. But on my main and highest level Brute I have mostly generic crafted IOs. Working on sets now....and I just found out there are melee procs...doh! So I was looking into those as well as starting to beef up my Radiation set resists, which I've been completely neglecting. See in my mind I thought Brute already had built in defenses that are good enough so I focused on my DPS. Only just stated slotting my Resists at level 45...live and learn.

Heck yeah paired up with a couple vets.... Just fair warning, my newbness shines brightest at the worst moments.

Thanks! Haha and I like you name. Great play on words.