euNoir

Thank you all for your responses. This gives me a lot to work with; I can now be quite focused in obtaining most of the key knowledge I need in the short term, and expound from there.

I built an Emp defender on live sometime around i6; I died only if I let my team die first, and I always used AP when I needed to - best and biggest heal. Like most people I thought it lacklustre at first and then I started to really delve into what makes empath great and how to leverage that and grow beyond the basics (I had some amazing help too!). The amount of HP you lose from AP is negligible, frankly, and if you take any more damage after that you're doing something wrong. It is of course - at best - a clutch heal but it's supposed to be and using it that way, I saved so many tanks running all the buffs and all the resistances/defence boosts under the sun in all the content, including Hamidon on live, LRTF back when that was hard etc. It's a great power if you use it well, and it always has been. I exemplar'd a lot too, so I can attest that it worked well at all levels. The trick was managing your position and using utility powers effectively; note that I would do this while keeping the party within range of my auras so there was actual theoretical risk. I agree with everything said about CM. Another great power that should be a staple of every Emp, and I have maintained that stance since I started playing one. This was my final build for the toon. It's showing it's age and will need a massive update, but if I could do this in 2009 then surely someone with the right knowledge can do much better in the current meta

In 2009, I created a build - that is still viable now - that could pop Fort on the entire team and maintain it on all of those people for the entire TF (excepting myself of course, so you're technically right) but let's assume you meant the other 7 members of your team - because that would be reasonable. I could also very nearly get AB on 2 characters perma. I bet I could do it now.

First, thanks for the responses; I really appreciate it! Also, forgive me the following questions 🙂 I'm not familiar with Ageless; I found it, but there are many of them; do you pick one or get the whole lot or... ? A primer on this stuff would be great if anyone has a link for them? I don't think I've found that section of the wiki yet. How do you get automatic enhancements? I've done some preliminary checks on Brainstorm, where I run the level up to 50 command and then I spam Ms Liberty. Is there something I should do after that or do you go about it differently? I've seen this "melee core hybrid" in Mids; what is it and how do you get it? I'm also not familiar with Might of the Tanker(?). Demonic is an Accolade I think; not sure. Finally, how do you get Slow resist? Is that +recharge, +spd, or the ResEffect(Recharge) I've noticed on one or two enhancement sets. I'm assuming it's the latter and if that's the case, what's the best way to build that? I'm trying to get familiar with all the new enhancements types and things in Mids, but it's taking a little while.

Hi. I hope you fare well on this mortal plane, or are - at the very least just - having a good time. As stated above I'm too old for this game, but I lovesss it so I'm back. I mained a DM/Regen Scrapper (Velvet Noir) back in the day. The 'hardest' content I played was the LRTF and that Crimeria TF - I forget it's name. Disclosure: - Before you read the below it's worth knowing that I also tried a Fire/Fire Scrapper, an Elec/Elec Brute, and an EM/Nin stalker when I used to play and only the EM/Nin made it to 50 - I played pre-incarnate and all that stuff so any mentions of such things or more recent enhancements sets will be lost on me (for now) unless it comes with a more detailed explanation. I could use some help with the following, please: - Sav/Regen - I've already started playing this and it's fun so far, BUT...any issues I should know about or big wins? I realise Regen is an underdog right now, but you never forget your first love. (I'm changing from DM which was super inefficient with Regen, although enjoyable as a set) - DM/Nin - Any good? (I enjoyed DM and Nin was fun on my Stalker; I always wished I had the option to try it as a Scrapper) - What other secondaries would you pair with either of the above primaries, and why? - What other primaries would you pair with either of the above secondaries, and why? P.S.: What's the quickest way for me to catch up on end-game for Scrappers, including all the build stuff? I have Mid's and know how to use it, but there's a lot of new and unfamiliar (to me) stuff in there. Regards Old live tag [EU]: @noir

Hi. I hope you fare well on this mortal plane, or are - at the very least just - having a good time. As stated above I'm too old for this game, but I lovesss it so I'm back. I mained a Regen Scrapper (Velvet Noir) back in the day. The 'hardest' content I played was the LRTF and that Crimeria TF - I forget it's name. I also played tanks; see below. Disclosure: - Before you read the below it's worth knowing that I tried Inv/SS, Ice/Ice, Shield/DM when I used to play and they just didn't stick; I was not motivated to play them past the 25-35 level range. - I played pre-incarnate and all that stuff so any mentions of such things or more recent enhancements sets will be lost on me (for now) unless it comes with a more detailed explanation. I could use some help with the following, please: - Rad/EM - I'm inclined to build this - any issues I should know about or big wins? - WP/ ? - What 2ndaries pair well with this set and why? [I tried this with DB back in the day and it did well enough in Crimeria, although I didn't enjoy DB at all] - ?/TW - It's cool. What primaries pair well with this and why? P.S.: What's the quickest way for me to catch up on end-game for tankers, including all the build stuff. I have Mid's and know how to use it, but there's a lot of new and unfamiliar (to me) stuff in there. Regards Old live tag [EU]: @noir