MoonSheep

i have two lvl 50’s which i play almost daily since returning may 2019 (kin/sonic def and mind/fire dom) + now a lvl 41 psi/shield stalker which has slowed down i’m still on the hunt for the perfect third alt..

tempted by fire/DM myself, or fire/ice - an eternal classic

as dark has such a great self heal, have you considered playing more into +recovery sets rather than +regen? i have a D3 tank on beta i play around with and it seems to work quite well

put it on health or another auto power unless you’re looking to use it for the set bonuses

Some initial thoughts as someone who plays a mind/fire dom Overall, the slotting doesn't make too much sense, your main damage dealing powers appear to be very underslotted, whereas you have overslotted powers which won't give you much benefit - e.g. smoke You'll be able to slot with rare IOs reasonably easily from playing lvl 50 content and TFs, the inf will come in over a few sessions Here's the initial changes I'd make: - 4 Slot char with basilisk's gaze, or if you use it often, 5 slot it with the ascendency of the dominator. if it's too pricy, at least get the +Dam proc - Don't slot flares - Fire cages is overslotted - Fire blast is a primary attack, 6 slot it, or 5 at least - decimation if possible - Smoke is heavily overslotted - Consume is overslotted - Blazing bolt and blaze are hugely underslotted, give each 6 - these are you main damage throughout the build - Rain of fire may not be too helpful - Incincerate should be 5 or 6 slotted, another great attack - Consider taking ice mastery for Sleet if you are not thematically wedded to fire, it's vastly superior. Sleet will benefit your team and the ability of your imps to take down mobs hugely - If you take a shield with your mastery choice, give it 4 slots - One travel power is enough. If you have too many powers left over I'd recommend either leadership for vengeance (turbo charge your imps) or the teleportation pool for Fold Space to bunch things up, which I'd 3 slot with 1 acc and 2 rech

hope you’re able to complete it before the eventual heat death of the universe

RNGesus give’th and take’th, do not question his ways 🙏📿

reading your story makes me think of the paradox where people are able to read LFG to see a TF advertised, message the lead for an invite.. then lose all communication abilities for the rest of the TF, completely unresponsive no matter the chaos unfolding

the late 30’s and early 40’s were quite painful - though i have positive memories of being part of great teams in FF with kin support and incredible looking grav controllers the respec TFs used to be a lot harder too, sometimes you would fail them no matter how hard you tried

are you familiar with how to monitor certain combat attributes to see what your current defense, damage bonus, dmg resistance etc is? i tend to keep a few stats monitored on every alt to see what my current numbers are

you are underestimating my ability to mash those F keys during times of chaos 😛

wandering peregrine island destroying the portals that rikti comms officers used to spawn - back in the day they used to reward good XP i don’t know if the game genuinely was grindier back then or whether i was just awful at playing it, used to do a lot more street sweeping

i play my alts permanently stacked with T3/T4 insps and more backups in email where needed - it‘s why i don’t build for defense, my dom is stronger than any tank as it’s permanently juiced up to the eyeballs with insps 💉 i’ve considered playing my next alt “sober” for a different style of play

if you’re feeling underwhelmed and want to experience a top tier dominator give mind/fire/ice or plant/energy/soul a go on test, the two unmatched kings 👑

kin for life. when the best is on offer, why choose anything else? 😛 edit: probably not too great for solo play though

it goes to me - thanks for the salvage 👍

the “Buy It Nao™” price has always been higher than the average long-bid price ever since the AH was released on an alt i made bids a few months ago for around 500 rare IO recipes in total. every single one purchased now sells for either half the amount i bought it for, or the same amount along with salvage prices going down, things on the AH appear to be getting cheaper across the board

i’ve been playing this as a stalker - it’s a great combo with the addition of AS. if you’re not too fussed about ultimate survivability i’d highly recommend it also consider ice melee/shield for the scrapper, it doesn’t have a strong ‘whacking’ feel (oioi) but is quite effective

powerboosted transference is surprisingly just “okay” from my experience. lightning ball/short circuit are good end drainers though on the test server i’ve found an elec dom to be a better end drainer. my experience of trying to find the ultimate end-drainer is that clicky powers make it a constant grind of trying to keep that end bar low. always on PBAOE powers help so much

interestingly worded as always, though i do actually agree in my view CoH the game ends in the late 20’s. in the lower levels powers matter, ATs have some definition and teamwork is often required to complete missions and TFs after that it breaks off into 20 levels of button mashing where success is guaranteed, just get 8 people to mash those buttons i have two 50’s which i have played a crazy amount over the last three years on high level content which has been really fun, but nothing beats that old school CoH feel

i’d be interested in an early issue shard, e.g one that’s held at issue 3. i imagine it would be a lot of work to roll back so many changes though

i main a mind/fire/ice dom since 2019 and have played it as pretty much my only alt in that time i’m surprised you were frustrated with a grav/fire, fire assault is incredibly damaging, easy to fire off and delivered all at range if you were to make another dom i’d recommend mind/fire, mind/energy or replace mind with plant. mind/fire is near enough the most potent dom combo, on the same level as plant/energy for lockdown ability and incredible ST damage ice mastery is nearly the only sensible choice for dominators, with soul also a great and equally good choice for those who want extra damage. the others aren’t worth choosing

if you get a single rare salvage drop that’s an instant 500k. run a few TFs and use your merits to buy a miracle or LOTG and sell it for 5M+ plenty of inf available

all hail dominator’s defender strength sleet 🙌 The Lord said unto’h his creations: I have bestowed you with free will. You may choose to follow in my light and select ice mastery, with its powerful debuffing abilities, or you may stray and pick some other power that a knuckle head would choose. The choice is yours my disciples 📿🙏 The Dominator Testament, 13:7 - 14

i would have waited to see what things were like in the mission after before making a decision. synapse is long enough, added difficulty with a team that isn’t steamrolling the mobs is a recipe for a 2 hour+ TF