Shoulung

To start, I think those people you watched handling large groups of mobs probably had their character funded by their level 50 farmers. If you right click on their portrait, click info, and scroll down to the bottom of the power tab, you’ll most likely see a ton of set bonuses. I found my work/dm tank pretty easy to level, though I tend to group a lot with tanks in general due to their lower FPS. Wp has a lot of survivability, and the life drain in dark shores up one of its weaknesses, the lack of a clickable heal. I personally run missions at-1/x1, just to move through them faster, because I’m trying to maximize merits to get my IOs faster. You might want to think about getting into summer blockbuster before it ends too, as a half hour nets you a random Overwhelming Force IO, which you can equip. Any extras you get you can sell for 5-10 mil on the auction house.

Sounds like a combination of my two necro MMS; the voodoo has the dead presidents and the other is the mortician. I think I focused on -to hit wherever I could on the /dark pet just to help with defense. My zombies were both Roosevelt’s, Washington, Lincoln, Reagan and Obama if I remember correctly.

I use cloak of fear on my brute more for the to hit debuff than the fear.

/cold and/thermal are pretty common pairings with necro, and I’m sure /nature would be fine as well.

I want some religious zealots/cultists following me around, armed with rolling pins and heavy duty staple guns. I mean, if televangelist doesn’t scream mastermind then I don’t know what does. I suppose a coven would be okay too.

Maybe just give them a speed bonus to group flight? Does group flight even work on pets?

I don’t see a thematic issue with beast/traps at all; people have been using dogs and hawks for hunting and retrieving for millennia.

Does KB result in Metz protection as well? If not I could see some utility in focusing on KB powers with KB to KD, and maybe a OF KD in your tier 1s.

I have a thugs/dark whom is mostly complete. My one complaint has been an inability to solo AVs effectively. You throw your debuffs on one, and after using its alpha strike abilities on you, the AV will run off while waiting for its abilities to recharge, which are faster than your debuffs. I was only able to get Hopkins down to around 80% or so before his health started gradually increasing and I’m wrapped up in a cycle of trying to heal the pets while resummoning dead ones and debuffs as I can. I’ve only tried soloing the weekly TFs so far, so not sure if the issue extends to incarnate content as well. While leveling the toon felt a little squishy, but I did so without the defense/resist IOs for the pets. At 50 they feel fine in general content.

I take it that you can’t effectively cast two holds back to back for an overall increased duration? Also if magnitude is no longer a thing, how do you establish a hold on AVs? It used to be a matter of overcoming a magnitude level of resist from what I understand. If there is no longer magnitude, is there still a point to stacking KB protection? A lot of confusing and conflicting information on the forums.

Thanks for all the tips guys. Null the gull is an npc in PD that you talk to for switching your alignment.

I’ve enjoyed reading your tier list here and on the dom page, but it’s left me with a question. On the dom page you said that the only cc that really matters are single target holds. /dark and I think/time both have a hold, and the soul patron set also provides a hold so you can double up on it, which makes me wonder why they aren’t rated higher. Is it because they don’t have domination to make their holds stronger? I’m not 100%sure what domination does to your hold magnitude.

Thanks for the write up, will be useful if I ever see pvp on Indom.

Like that would stop anyone! My pimp on live used zombies because they were super obedient. Also, find it sexist to think you can’t pimp out your thugs or troops.

My apologies, I construed a build described as tough to do as being bad. Haven’t seen a lot of traffic on/stone brutes being used for farming. You just put your aoe on auto cast and wander off for a bit? I’m guessing the trade off for speed is durability. I don’t imagine there’s a lot of /fire brutes that care that they’re only good at a few maps as it’s strictly a resource generating endeavor. I’d have to wonder about anyone that farms because they think it’s the most fun to be had in the game.

Not in game atm, but what are the secondary effects of both? There in probably lies your answer.

First time I’ve ever heard someone say that fire armor was bad for farming.

If the ah has been dry, can always farm merits for the recipes and buy your own.

Thanks!

Since I’ve came back I spend most of my time searching for TF groups as I like to use merits to get my IOS as I level. I would like to explore more of the solo content but not sure what provides good merit rewards. Is it possible to get a guide like that together, or is there already one out there? Would really like to know the contacts for the good mission arcs. Thanks for the help!

Okay guys, thanks for the help.

I usually throw my Debuffs on elites/AVs, so I like the fact that they can’t run out of it.

So I managed to clear manticore tf up to Hopkins, but when I engage him he just runs all over the place while my alpha strike abilities wear off, and then it’s a slow losing battle between trying to keep current pets healed while recasting others. I’m thugs/dark, and I start the fight with dark servant and gang war out, then cast darkest night, tar patch, howling twilight, fearsome stare, and then petrifying gaze just for shits and giggles, in case it stacks with my dark servant. He basically ignores tar patch, and I can never get him lower than 80% health with all the chasing. Any recommendations?

Giant weapons are a common theme with anime scrapper types, as they’re considered to highlight their heroic portions I think; also a big deal in the exalted rpg.

I have a 50 spines/dark that is also heavy on END, but once I picked up incarnate abilities to help, it became much easier. I’d say PL to 50, jump into some baf groups and such to get your IOs going, then give farming a shot.