Uncle Shags

I was +1. Still rough. I have a feeling the new difficulties are going to be interesting. Might be some respecs in my future.

It was maybe 50/50. Psi Armor seems to be a pretty active playstyle: refreshing 1 big and 2 small absorb shields, the ato +res, the regen power, and then my cc. I didn't last long without the clicks. So all toggles stay on. But they also still function normally while held? Even Aura of Insanity?

Thanks for the help. I looked at the link and it makes sense. As far as my particular example, I was stress testing psionic armor, which is new to me. I was also trying out the new +5 mission difficulty. And pulling more than one group at a time. And trying out a pure resistance version with very little defense. All of that must have added up to some well stacked holds. I think I'm going to try it with melee hybrid now to see if that's enough. It's only up half the time, though. Might need to carry breakfrees...

I was looking at that. I think it's not the number that matters (9.09 and 3.61) but the source of the bonus. The over 5 instances are different bonuses so don't break the rule. I think.

I was just bebopping around on test, trying a new tank. Carnival was breaking through my status protection so I looked at my stats. Anyone know why the total is much lower than it appears it should be? Mids is displaying 125% on this build. What gives?

You got the "there are many" part correct. The rest, not.

Can you explain? You want the proc, but not the set? The other 5 elsewhere? What would you slot instead?

Get the mod if you want, but the macro from that thread I linked does it in a way that doesn't need it.

Speaking of, why do you have someone following you around, thumbs downing everything you say?

Powerexecauto avoids this. Top of page 2: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/4494-psa-for-new-players-how-to-have-hasten-and-domination-on-auto/

This post got me theory crafting. It looked so good on paper that I went a little overboard and actually built it. Then ToT fast leveling got me to 50. Then it was actually fun to play so now it's T4 incarnate. Thanks OP! For me, the answer to the question is /earth/fire. In short, it's the single target dps of fully procced Seismic Smash, Char, Freeze Ray, and Bitter Ice Blast. Not sure if it can be beat. And as an added bonus, 3/4 are mag 3 holds. Super fast, super fun. Bosses melt. But they're also frozen as it happens, so... Hmm. Not sure how that works. 🤪

I run pugs too. What's your message?

You can probably use mids to check it out. See what the damage difference is with agility turned on then off. I tried to get on my def build and give you numbers from my super proced water jet but my stupid mids isn't working.

I'm not sure I quite understand this reasoning. Agility Alpha, for instance, reduces recharge for your powers, which is nice. But it does it in a way that decreases the chances of dmg procs to fire. So if you're leaning heavily into procs it can lower your damage.

Alternatively: VG stacks with the other buffs making them stronger, has an easily managed end cost, and you get to hang out in melee range. Melee range isn't a bug, it's a feature. If you don't like it, that's fine. If you hate going in melee, don't take it. If you don't want to take tough and weave, don't. But trying to minimize and downplay its benefits is unnecessary.

I'm trying to wrap my head around this with an analogy and I think I've found one that works. My dad has a side by side with a funky speed governor. It goes 25mph without the seat belt engaged. Which is okay. But if you put on the seat belt the governor shuts off and it can go 60. If you don't want to wear a seat belt that's fine. And maybe 25mph is great. But you shouldn't try to convince yourself or others that you're going just as fast as you would be without the governor engaged.

It depends on the team, but yeah, I do a lot of jousting. I like to try to pop my pbaoes right over their heads. One thing /fire does have going for it is the hot feet slow and fear. Without that I've had to be more careful. I even joust with my melee attacks occasionally. I've also got combat tp with a backwards bind so I can zip in and out. It's a much more active/twitchy style than my other toons. I got rid of almost every survival tool and traded in for dps/recharge and mobility. I don't even have the +def/resist unique ios slotted, which sounds dumb. But it's fun!

1.8s Arcana time vs 2.9s. Standing still in nearly melee range for 3 seconds isn't pleasant. I can't stand fire breath. Also, unlike FB, BS isn't a full dot. A big chunk of damage hits before the dots. Procs also hit at the same time. I’ve found the cone is fine. The range on mine is over a hundred feet, which makes the far width 56ft. LRM has a 4 second cast time and a 240s recharge... And force bomb hits 10 with a 60 second cast time. My Bilespray recharges in 10 seconds. It does what I want it to do: it gives me another quick, big aoe button to mash when my others are on cool down. Have you tried it? I quite like it. It makes a disgusting sounds as an added bonus.

I like bilespray much more than fire breath. Faster, better range, and hits 6 more targets. I need the full 16 target cap on all aoes for my pure dps blaster. Not having 6 extra enemies trying to kill me makes a big difference.

Meh. You've got to try to die and the recharge is twice as long as Inferno. Or you can hit 16 targets each with Fireball -> P Shockwave -> Bilespray for Inferno level damage, and then do it at least 3 more times while you wait for your next nuke.

Other than for theme and procced out char (which is nice), I think triple fire is overrated. I don't think /fire/fire is the most damaging compliment to a fire primary blaster. I'm not sure what the MOST most is, but for instance, I've found my /mental/leviathan is much more destructive than my /fire/fire. I realize this is risky, as I'm saying this to people who like fire. Fire x 3. Please don't get all flamey and try to burn me. I'm a nice guy. And your super power should be about CONTROLLING your fire....

I'm a big believer in CJ, but when the build is tight, sacrifices must be made. It may sound silly because end cost is fairly high, but athletic/ninja run gives the same mid jump adjustment as CJ. I usually can build to afford the endurance. Combat tp is the other option.

Wow, this is awesome. Also, nice word play. Edit: I'm curious about the numbers for TW when in momentum.

They're player designed missions that are harder than normal content. They get harder the higher the decimal. It's useful for testing survival.

I built a DM/SR on test and took it for a spin. It could take 2 groups at once of CoT, Council, Arachnos, and Carnies at 54x8. It wasn't super fast, but the survivability was there. It wasn't as tough as my SR/DM tank which can solo all 54x8 radios and up to 801.5 with endless waves of multiple groups forever, but I think 2 groups at once for a scrapper is pretty dang good. I think trading survivability for damage is a delicate balance on every AT, but because of the raw damage potential of scrappers it can be a very big deal. I compared my TW/Bio, for instance, and vs some of the 54x8 radio scene it performed noticeably better by relying on kills as mitigation. But for other stuff (Arachnos) it melted while the DM/SR wasn't ever at risk.