MoonSheep

read my post again 😛

i have to say, i’m disappointed to see that CoH is several spots from the bottom it shows that the reviewer hasn’t really done much research - if they had spent time on the forums, got to know some of us and looked a bunch of the everyday discussions on here i’m confident that we could have easily pipped that last place position

happy christmas everyone. had some nice ITF and MLTF runs earlier on excelsior - people in good spirits

i main a mind/fire for the last 5.5 years (and for a few years on live) which isn't too dissimilar to plant/fire - both are primarily almost completely ranged based which gives you a lot of survival potential. not being in the middle of combat means you'll take far less damage if i was to build this combo it would look very similar to @Caimie's build, i can't see much i'd majorly change given you want the experimentation pool so i'm not going to list any IO changes i'd prefer to have as it's personal preference. the only change i'd make is to take the ST immob rather than AoE immob to keep your team mates happy, an AoE immob is rarely appreciated thesedays the build isn't too different to how i run my mind/fire either - a primary focus on recharge and damage. i wouldn't place much thought on building for defense as it's not needed when you have permadom and playing at range - a mezzed enemy deals no damage plant is one of the strongest dom control sets out there and fire assault is the most damaging secondary (sorry @Mezmera! - i think the low activation times and fiery embrace give it an edge over our mutual friend energy assault) so you'll be in for a great ride - i personally wouldn't use the pet much as i don't like to be tied down, but it'll be handy to have it at times - go for any epic set you like, they're all reasonably average thesedays to be honest. i recently respecced mine to have mace mastery, i slotted the achilles heel -res proc in poisonous ray and it fires quite reliably and turns it into quite a strong -res debuff against AVs. i placed LoTG mules in scorpion shield and personal force field like how Caimie has done with psi mastery - once you've played the alt a while, you'll find on some teams you'll be focusing heavily on control and keeping the chaos low, on other teams things will be well handled by the tank and you'll be mostly a damage dealer. a dom like this is 2 characters in one - a blaster and controller - stay tuned into what will help the situation. as a spoiler: seeds of confusion is usually the answer! i'd reccomend levelling it organically and becoming familiar with it - it's one of the most powerful alts you'll play and will be great for any content hope you enjoy it

perhaps true, but as someone who’s enjoyed playing Trimps and other incrementals before i’d say there is definitely a community to people who like to ‘master’ complex game dynamics

i would say; 1. that colour theme in the export is genuinely the worst i've ever seen on the forum 2. i wouldn't 6 slot Boggle with the purple confuse set in order to get the ranged def, i'd 2 or 3 slot it and use the extra 3 slots elsewhere 3. stalker's guile ATO is much better placed in AS and is the 'default' location for the set 4. i'd 5 slot greater psi blade with hecatomb and another damage proc for additional damage output 5. i'd put shield wall +5% res in one of your def powers using 1 of 3 slots freed up from boggle 6. i'd put in a miracle +recovery in health with number 2 of the extra slots 7. i see that you're 4 slotting stamina with efficacy adaptor for the +regen, i would just 2 slot it with end IOs, this frees up 2 more slots meaning we have 3 left 8. i'd remove 1 slot from psi blade as you've built for positional defense, so the extra elemental def isn't going to be much use 9. if you 2 slot dark blast with apocalypse this gives you +16% regen rather than the 10% from efficacy adaptor, if you 3 slot it you'll get 3% +HP rather than 1.13%. i'd then just 5 slot it which will give us back the +10% rech we took away in boggle, gives you a handy +4% dmg buff too edit: 10. you have 6 LoTG +7.5% rech, you can only have 5, one of them isn't giving you any buffs 11. the panacea sets are also giving +10% regen, you have 7 set bonuses in total for this, meaning 2 of them aren't effective, consider slotting something else edit 2: 12. Hide and Stealth give higher defense numbers before you're discovered, your 'actual' melee defense figure is probably closer to around 33% rather than the 43% shown by mids. the P2W defense amplifier will give you an additional 5% def if you want to purchase some of that every few hours overall though i wouldn't choose a regen anything yet alone a regen stalker to do +4 content. i'm skeptical whether psi melee would be able to take down a GM or AV solo having played it before as psi isn't very fluid. it's a very enjoyable melee set and not too bad with its damage output, but it's not top tier. regen has needed a buff for many years and unfortunately there are no stalker secondaries worse than it. if i was making something to solo AVs and GMs etc i'd make energy/energy. in team play it would be absolutely fine unless you intend to be the team tank and take the alpha aggro on each mob. a min/max build on mids is irrelevant if you're teaming lots and enjoying it. the person behind the keyboard and mouse is also a considerable factor in the alt's success, so ultimately if you like the combination and want to play it - go for it you may be aware of all this however and wanting a challenge, so if that's the case - goodluck and enjoy it

most of my time is spent playing two alts that are now over 5 years old - i find running a TF on them just as fun as levelling a new alt

but if you have confuse protection, how will CoT succubus’s activate Surprise PvP Mode?™

Dian.. nevermind

i’d swap tactics for veng. lovely veng, warms your heart after seeing the fallen corpse of a teammate

i tend to use my merits to but ATOs or LOTGs, probably horrendously inefficient but feels nice to buy yourself a treat

they’re still clicking

i think he means enhancing your abilities by putting additional slots on them empty slots are like windows which let the power out. more slots = more power can leak out putting IOs in them blocks the power leakage so it’s best to avoid clogging up your slots with things that get in the way of the goo inside

doesn’t look too out of place compared to some of the builds that get posted here i’d recommend picking up shield charge and 6 slotting it for recharge so you can use it as a travel power

speak for yourself, i live for these posts and the responses 🙏

my bigger frustration is the immense bias against resistance, especially with inspirations the resistance scale goes up to 100%, and the defense one arguably up to around 45-50%. despite this, res inspirations are less powerful than def on a % basis and in reality, less than half as effective when you consider the 100% vs 45% scale a T2 def insp gives 25% def, which is arguably just over half way to the ‘cap’ a T2 res insp gives 15% res, which is 15% of the total amount possible to block - three times less effective than the same level def insp

i for one am pleased, i’m going to heat my house all winter with this hot take

that’s really kind of you mate

it’s definitely worth using some of the procs and other unique IOs before lvl 50 the majority of the ones worth having are available by lvl 22 - LoTG +Rech, Miracle +Recovery, the two 3% +Def ones are available at lvl 7 i believe, same with the +5% res one a lot of the ATO procs are worth having too

on live i solo’d a katana/invul scrapper to 50 and enjoyed it so much i did it a second time perhaps its time to do it a third time

fire/rad controller was also a gooden back in the day. for an AV or GM killer you generally want something with -regen and -res i haven’t tried to kill a GM on my poison/fire defender but may be possible, will give it a go later edit: there wasn't enough -regen on the poison defender, lovely debuffs though

i would argue the polar opposite to this - conductive aura is -the- defining power within elec control. it carries the entire set and is the primary reason to chose elec control. without it, there’s not much in the powerset of particular interest static field is an obvious power to drop given that it doesn’t do much and is bugged. dropping one of the immobs would also be a sensible move given they’re not overly useful, preferrably the AoE immob given it's rarely applied in a useful manner @JonelethStar - on some of your other attacks, consider whether 5 slotting a purple set including the damage proc + a damage proc from another set will still give you the defense set bonuses you’re looking for, the extra damage procs will up your outout slightly. for example on vicious slash, 5 slot hecatomb and then also put in mako’s chance for damage overall, whilst building for defense isn't my sort of thing the build doesn't look too bad. you'll find refinements through continuous play and your own perefences will shape what you want in the final build

it’s just /ghide i believe it brings up a window which lets you tick hide from pretty much everything has been a while since i used it, but the above should work

post your mids export for it in one of the archetype subforums. it wouldn’t stand out much compared from some of the terrible builds that are posted on there

ooh a fellow mind dom ^^ i really enjoy my mind/fire main, it makes playing anything else feel clunky ice/ice is a classic dom pairing for melee, chaotic and end heavy but the combination of arctic air and chilling embrace is fun.. whilst you’re alive for a short while