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Went with full set of Cupid's Crush myself. Also Tried 2 ACC/MEZ +3 HOs with 2 slot Cupid's Crush (one being the Confuse Proc) and one being the Purple Confuse Proc. Felt I did better with the Cupid's Crush set, with it's set bonuses (+3 S/L Resist and good +RCH Bonus)

True, but it has more than others and it has other features that, for me, that make up for it (Fear/Confuse/+Perception)...also while I hadn't fought Malta on my run (KW Warriors mostly) in tests, I would think what -Rec Protection is has it also has the +Recovery to help with the -Recovery. But hey, if it gets filled better, all the better 🙂

Good post @BuildsAllTheThings I just want to say, the end drain issue you may have, I do feel would be the best theme weakness for Psi Armor. If it's one thing psychic superheroes are always doing is running out of end to keep using their psychic abilities at a sustained level. A little more thematic in theme than lethal weakness 🙂

And why doesn't Mask Presence give AOE Defense when in the middle of combat? I'd honestly prefer the equal amount of Melee/Range/AOE defense over a Ninjitsu style Crit while in stealth.

Oh, gonna suggest it again. Not saying do it for every power in the set, but can Impenetrable Mind get the MinFX treatment, please? Or a glowing eye alternate animation like Fade, if you must have an FX with it?

I like how Dark Armor has it. Have to say, I get the annoyance of KB. However, players complaints on it on some armors are just bad imo. For instance, a defense based set like Ninjitsu should be fine without it. Don't get hit...don't get knocked back. Knockback protection. Yet, people will complain because they got KB once. Also, while I haven't done teaming, doesn't the power give -KB strength to the enemies, so it becomes more of a team support power?

It's not much of an offensive boost either. However, I may have left it to a Ninjitsu style ability? Either or tho...I'm good either way. I'd rather lose that and get back the adaptive recharge 🙂

Haven't completed but been using it as testing for Psi Armor...and whew...not saying change it, but wow...that ambush when set for 3/6 in the desecrate the altar mission...daaaaamn...that's rough...and I like it 🙂

I'm up for Mask Presence to just give standard Defense like Dark Armor's stealth and give the set a Psi Proc like Brimstone. I'd say tack it on to Impenetrable Mind. AoI isn't really a damage aura (don't even notice the little damage it does on uneffected foes).

And it's a much better stealth power. Oh and does Stalker get Hide to suppress AoI while hidden? Scrappers do not suppress AoI while stealthed.

Does the +DMG stay or fade after use? I guess I'll have to check.

I was just curious on it, so did a pylon run test on beta and live and had a 7 second difference in time. Though, I was worried more about ST than my AOE, as I'm sure I (personally) can handle the changes there.

Don't all melee aoes say PBAOE now?

Loving the set. The Toxic Resist is nice, it's not to high, but gives it a little leeway. Aura of Insanity still doesn't accept ATO sets. Memento Mori I'm not worried if it does damage or not, but the old heal felt a little more useful than it is now. As someone else stated, it becomes either used for just big groups or to raise from death.

I miss the adaptive recharge. No real point of casting it with no enemies around, so the adaptive recharge was nice. Bigger heal, bigger recharge. Don't notice the removal of damage. Never used it for damage anyways. Didn't mind the accuracy check before, but auto hit with no damage seems fine.

Oh, Toxic resist added. That'll be nice. Hmmm...I wasn't having issues with Memento Mori as it was, but will have to go around dying now to see how it is. 🙂 Or was it maybe powerful the other way?

Exactly. I joined during the first Winter Lord event as well and stayed until shut down. They were not the same. Don't get why people say "It's not what I knew" when I think "Well yeah, it's an MMO" I love that they continue to update it. Do I like every update? Nope. Did I like every update back with Paragon Studios? Nope. Still pretty much about picking those right attacks and button smashing. 🙂

Haven't felt a mission really taking longer. Though, was playing a scrapper.

I don't know. I'm seeing take 2 steps forward, 1 step back and I think...still going forward. Also, doesn't seem so bad since the few times I've tried for the badge it took some serious time.

I will say, I didn't feel the lethal hole was as bad as others, but I do have the build with IOs (but I wasn't using any Destiny...so no Barrier). 2.5 - 3% Per Devour Psyche Buff (so Consume Psyche for the ATs I wasn't testing) could be enhanceable or not may be the way to do it as it wouldn't be just on one of the resist shield (not that I would be against it). Could be a lower Resist value on Psionic Shield or equal value on Impenetrable Mind (as I believe this power gives a small resist to Psychic...and Psychic and Toxic share the same IO bonuses usually).

Yeah, 55% Slow Resist (what I have on my EM/PSI) will only go so far.

Oh, for sure. It's much like WP's T9. A power one wants to use in advance, but it's recharge is so long, one tries to save it.

Ran some KW missions at 3/5 (I did use Alpha, Interface and Hybrid for passive only...no Destiny or Judgement Use) difficulty 4/8 seemed to much solo for my build (Note: I'm not one worried about being able to solo 4/8 and it may be the enemy groups for people who do say they can do it :p) Tried different slotting on AoI. Have to say using Cupid's for the set bonus seem to do better than 2 Slot Cupid, 2 ACC/MEZ HOs, Purple Confuse Proc (should've tried 3 Slot Cupid perhaps) for over all performance, but AoI may have done a bit better with the non set slotting. NOTE: Which btw...explains why I was wondering why I lost S/L Resist in a previous post *facepalm* forgot I had 3% S/L Resist from Cupid's. Think I was enjoying Cognitive Radial over my normal Degenerative Core Interface with AoI (did not try this with the non Cupid's slotting). Not sure I was feeling it was doing damage on the non mezzed targets, but maybe it's not supposed to if they're hit by the mez without being under it's effects? Maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention? That said, fun little bit of power. Going to say again, it doesn't take the ATO Sets when it does take damage sets, but I'm not likely to slot the set in there, as I'm feeling Cupid's is perfect for it myself. However, others may want those sets in there and they should be allowed I would think. I did fine with Devour Psyche. I'm sure, as I'm more likely to be in melee, to enjoy the PBAOE version over the cone version, I also think I was keeping the buffs up pretty well, so it's not like that was a big issue. I would rely on Memento Mori for the Heal. Other than wishing the set had some Toxic Resist (maybe in Devour Psyche) I've been enjoying the set.

For me, it was the first heal I clicked, rather than just hit it and keep it on and hit it when I needed a heal and it was available. It was Instant Healing I feel got the least use tho.