Maelwys

The "inertial drift" that accompanies Hoverless flight can also be partially mitigated by Toggling on Combat Jumping or Athletic Run. Personally on the (few) characters I have which take the Fly pool over the Sorcery pool, the only real draw is the extra one-slot wonders for LotGs. Mystic Flight's Translocation teleport ability is excellent at reducing main map travel speed, enabling me to bypass geometry to appear at a target's feet, and getting me the hell out of dodge quickly.

That's kinda what /Devices is for, TBH... although Trick Arrow works fantastically as an always-ranged secondary set too. Beam Rifle or Archery are probably the best standalone sniper sets (due to the ranged Nuke) than AR. Elec is decent too but lacks a weapon (may break immersion). I've got both a Ranged-Defence Softcapped Archery/TA Blaster and a BeamRifle/Ninjitsu Sentinel that use this sort of playstyle.

Also "/showfps 1" will give an indication of how well the graphics element of things is doing. Whilst it's unlikely to be your CPU or video card that's the issue, it's always a good idea to rule it out (healthy is anything from about 30 FPS up to whatever your monitor's VSync rate is - typically 60 on non bleeding edge kit)

Recipe and Salvage drops certainly add up. Purple Recipe drops are definitely "big ticket items"; and I'll usually average a little over 1 of those per hour (my best is six in one run). However most will want to maximize inf/hr from BOTH enemy defeats and gain of high-profit drops. If it was purely (or even one-sidedly) about the drops, then we'd all be running at +1x8 instead of +4x8. Ultimately the aim is to defeat mapfuls of enemies as quickly as possible; which translates to "maximum AoE damage output whilst staying upright". Everything else is just efficiency tweaks... 😉

issue 28 Page 1 was the previous major patch (landed in July 2024) Issue 28 Page 2 is what we're on currently (landed in June 2025) The OP was last updated in June 2024, so it predates both those patches. Since then there have been plenty of changes, most notably to how Tankers deal AoE damage (which lowered both raw damage vs large numbers of foes and proc rate)

10m plus a Panacea proc (typically attuned so as they get exposed to the idea of attuned Set IOs) is fair IMO. That's enough that they'll not have to worry about SOs until they're high enough level to have built up a merit stash. If you throw another zero on, you tend to either get more "that's far too much" protests and/or they'll pester you again once they've blown it all on winter packs and Pocket D lapdances. Gifting them more IOs instead (especially globals/Procs like LotGs and Miracles) feels like it has a higher chance of producing a more engaged newbie, even if it takes a bit more time.

They do. However they have the same recipe drop rate as bosses but die slower. https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Recipe#Pool_A_(Enemy_Defeat)

If it's not in the RosettaStone post or this followup you might have to go PIGG diving or try the generic city mod tool. CoDv2 has the PFX and FX files listed as: "source_file": "MENU/POWERS/ANIMFX/PLAYERPOWERS/BLASTER_SUPPORT_EARTH_MANIPULATION_BERYL_CRYSTALS.PFX", "activation_fx": "CUSTOMIZEABLEPOWERS/STONEFX/MINERALARMOR.FX", MINERALARMOR.FX seems to direct to the following OGGS: SOUND\OGG\POWERS\STONE4 SOUND\OGG\POWERS\MINERAL_LOOP SOUND\OGG\POWERS\GLOW6_LOOP

This one?

Planning a build is almost always an exercise in compromising (A, B, or C... pick any two!). There's no one-size fits-all approach. But there are some rules of thumb. Like "Aim for capped (95%) Accuracy versus whatever you're fighting". And "ED (Enhancement Diversification) cap your damage". And "Don't post in any thread about knockback". Technically CoDv2 ( https://cod.uberguy.net./ ) has virtually all of the raw data; but it can be hard to understand even if you're familiar with the powers and effects concerned. So if you want to really get into the ins-and-outs of particular powers and proc interactions then it's probably best to pick a particular subject and ask. There's a lot of tribal knowledge and many of us old hands have convoluted knowledge about various subjects. I'm going to drop some links to previous posts here:

Recharge is the most important base empowerment buff for "Passive" (AFK) farmers as it helps get your one big PBAoE attack up a bit sooner. You don't strictly speaking need it though (and personally I tend to not bother if I'm just chilling with a movie) You can also get the Offensive booster (and others) from the START vendors; but it's rather pricey at Lv50 so IMO isn't worth it if you're farming for inf. No. From one single Active (behind the wheel) farming toon; running solo at +4x8 with Bosses enabled. Whenever I'm active farming, bringing any teammates to sit/buff is a drain on my inf-per-hour, frankly... because I'm already at the damage cap (from insp-spamming) and cycling AoE attacks constantly. So about the only thing that'd be beneficial to me is AoE -res debuffs; and lots of those cause scatter (even if it's just by causing any mobs that I might have around me which are over the aggro cap to start pummeling the debuffer!). To be fair... I've tried bringing a Sonic and Dark Miasma Defender along and they do speed things up... but not so much that they'd offset using that account to just run an AFK farmer in a separate map instead. And Cold Dom/Stormies cause far too much bedlam IME. I have a few different maps I cycle through: the Asteroid maps by far require the least brainpower; but you end up wasting a little more time in loading screens. The "secret ingredient" really boils down to always keeping at least 10 foes around you (the more bosses the better dropwise) and keeping yourself at the damage cap and having an unbroken chain of of powerful AoE attacks (Force Feedback procs help here). Additional damage output buffs like damage procs, -res procs (especially Achilles Heel and Fury of the Gladiator) and selecting the correct Incarnate abilities will all contribute to your killspeed. Survivability is much less of a concern for Active Farmers than for Passive Farmers, but the more survivable you are the less time you'll need to spend clicking on heals or active survivability buffs (or using purple/green/etc insps instead of combining them into reds). My Passive farming toons defeat foes roughly half as fast as my Active farming toons... hence ~80m/hr per Passive farmer; and ~160m/hr per Active farmer. However those figures are averaged over multiple runs, and include selling off the pricier salvage (rares, prismatics) and recipes (rares, purples etc) on the AH. Often I'll craft some recipes into enhancements to make them worthwhile listing... but "selling and crafting stuff" factors into playtime and often it can be more cost effective to just NPC the lower-cost junk than juggle additional sell orders on the AH or craft stuff that's worth sub-500k inf. Playing Enhancement Converter Roulette can definitely be worth it though. And the real thing to remember is to have fun. Active Farming can be incredibly intense... and if you're trying to optimise inf/hr by running 1x Active and 2x Passive farmers per shard it's like doing air traffic control. But running three separate Passive farmers on different maps is almost as good, and you can do that whilst watching Netflix.

Also worth remembering Archvillain Debuff Resistance https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Archvillain_Resistance

The raw stat boost benefit from running Maneuvers, Assault and Tactics is tiny on (non VEAT) melee ATs. You can gain an additional location for a LotG +7.5% Global Rech in Maneuvers, but you don't need the power toggled on to benefit from it. FWIW on most of my toons I'll aim for a recovery surplus of at least 2 endurance per second. Occasionally I'll drop below that if the toon is running Ageless and/or has an inherent endurance restoration power.

There shouldn't be any attacks that debuff defense on a farming map that has "Updated for Page 5" in the name/description. Meteor maps are best for passive farming, but lots of maps work for active - "Boomtown Tunnel", outdoor Skyscraper/Carnie/Dreck, whatever. Don't do a cave map though, they're horrible. Really you just need lots of big spawns and a sufficiently open space to pull 2-3 of them together. "Most efficient" for inf/hour is usually max difficulty; unless you are weak at both survivability and AoE damage output... however the main thing is to enable Bosses when solo and set your team size to 8. Mob level just affects your raw influence gain from killing them; not the likelihood of getting salvage/recipe drops from them. As a ballpark, whenever I'm going flat out I tend to average about 80m/hr (including drops) per passive farmer and about 160m/hr (including drops) per active farmer. (although to be fair; I hardly ever go flat out these days!) 😛

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill 😉 ⚔️ (also https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/mad-jack-churchill-a-rare-breed-of-warrior/ - which details his antics both before and after he became a Commando) Just the Bagpipes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Millin Bagpipes were officially considered to be weapons of war until 1996 (and kinda sorta still are, at least during wartime!)

There's a variant three posts up in the thread linked above (here!) The current version I'm using on live right now has a smidge more regeneration and recovery Brute - Rad Melee - Stone Armor (AFK Farmer).mbd ...but the damage output is still roughly 40% higher (see here) than AA's 2023 Elec/Rad Tanker build. It's a Fire farmer though. If you're after a melee S/L farmer; then you'd probably be better off looking at Active Farming builds than Passive/AFK. There're some decent options here and here and here.

Tanker AoE damage has plummeted recently (due to the new "overcap" mechanics vs >10 foes; and the lower proc rate from moving their AoE radius increase from a global buff to a baked-in value) to the point where Brutes are generally superior even versus >10 foes unless you're getting external damage buffs (such as popping damage insps like candy). As a result they're still OK for active farming; but not for passive (AKA "AFK") farming. They can survive just fine, but their killspeed isn't great... which makes Tankers a safe option for AFK farming, but not a particularly efficient one. FWIW... an average haul on my AFK-farming RadM/Stone Brute (which is the combo that is AFAIK by far the smoothest ride at present) is on average about 80m/hr including drops (I'll typically AH anything worth >100k; and just NPC-vendor the rest). And since it's possible to have have three such toons going per non-busy server shard; multiply that by three (or by two plus an active farmer if you can be bothered... as a good Active Farming toon will defeat things about twice as fast as an AFK toon!) However the aforementioned Brute outputs considerably more damage than AA's Elec/Rad Tanker when AFK farming - so even without popping any insps (enter map, hit Hybrid + Destiny + Lore + Judgement, then wait) they'll clear the bulk of an Asteroid map in ~5-6mins. So I'll generally use a map that kicks you out after 5mins, not after 10.

Your MM gets the benefit of "set bonus" special enhancements, not your pets. Currently the only way to shoehorn a special enhancement's effects onto a pet is if it's coded as a proc and the pet summon power or one of the upgrade abilities can inherit enhancements of the same type (like placing a Panacea proc into the T2 Necro upgrade, or a Kismet into the Ninja one) https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Set_Enhancements_with_Special_Effects

IIRC the "don't aggro" flag can be overwritten by outside rider effects like procs. So a simpler solution might be to grant the participants of the content in question a dummy 100% proc effect which only applies to their confuse powers (it could be coded as a confuse set enhancement) and which inflicts a negligible offensive effect that causes the target(s) to notice the caster.

I always take the Rectified Reticle +Perception IO in any build which doesn't have perception buffs; because otherwise certain PVE enemies like CoT Ghosts and Tsoo Ancestors can go "full invisible" and become very annoying (especially on 'defeat all' missions). Sentinels have 550ft Perception instead of 500ft; which is half a Rectified Reticle. It's almost (but not quite) useless.

It shows. I already pointed the reasons out in the very post you're quoting. And frankly, the day that Scrappers get Epic/Patron pool Nukes is the day that the final nail gets hammered into Brutes' coffin. Seriously, if you hate Sentinels that much... then just don't play them. Personally I believe that (Clarion Destiny and Dispersion Bubbles notwithstanding) there is a sufficient "gap in the market" for a Ranged Damage AT with inherent Mez Protection and a Nuke every ~20-25s to carve out a decent niche.

I don't think that's true... IIRC Siren's Song applies the Sleep "after 0.25s" precisely to avoid procs waking them up... So by all means proc it up and potentially stick an Annihilation -Res in it too. Also since you're going for -Res; I'd very much recommend picking up Corrosive Vial from the Experimentation pool and using it for an Achilles Heel proc. And ideally Electricity Mastery for Thunderstrike (damage procs plus a Fury of the Gladiator -Res proc!)

Given that Kinetics will comfortably cap a team's damage even on a Mastermind... I'd go Corruptor every day of the week. The difference therefore comes down to Sonic Blast, which deals more damage on a Corruptor but inflicts more -res on a Defender. (and to be perfectly honest; I'd probably just swap to BR or DP + then stack damage procs and Achilles Heel -Res... Sonic Blast is better than before but it's still not great)