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I'm a network engineer at a university. I usually play over my lunch hour. I mostly just do mindless farming.

"Bigger team size means more bosses, and bosses have better drop rates." I think that is the key part I was looking for. So, I could run +1/x8 and get less influence per kill, but the same drop rate per boss? Thank you for the input.

I have a 50 MA/WP Brute that I've been doing some SL farms with in AE. I can run them at +4/x8 fine and relatively unscathed (even without insps), but there are a lot of purple bosses that take a bit of time to grind down (probably 6 or more hits each). Being an MA, I don't have much for AoE. I have Dragons Tail and Mighty Judgement incarnate ability. That's about it. Those two do a good job of getting rid of minions while I just target the bosses in each group. But it can be slow going. I have xp turned off. Is there any reason to have it turned on? We still get incarnate xp with it off. But does having my notoriety cranked up open up any rewards other than just more influence? Should I be focusing solely on how long it takes to clear mobs vs how much influence I get from doing so? Would a lower notoriety end up in more inf per hour?

Thank you!

Villain Plan by Hero Villain Designer 2.23 https://github.com/ImaginaryDevelopment/imaginary-hero-designer Click this DataLink to open the build! Night-Prowler: Level 50 Natural Brute Primary Power Set: Martial Arts Secondary Power Set: Willpower Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Storm Kick (A) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance (3) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge (3) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (5) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (11) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 1: High Pain Tolerance (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Recharge (13) Impervium Armor - Endurance/Recharge (13) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge (15) Impervium Armor - Resistance Level 2: Cobra Strike (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage (5) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance (7) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (7) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (9) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (11) Endurance Reduction IO Level 4: Mind Over Body (A) Titanium Coating - Endurance (15) Titanium Coating - Resistance (17) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Recharge (17) Endurance Reduction IO Level 6: Fast Healing (A) Panacea - Heal/Endurance (36) Panacea - Endurance/Recharge (37) Panacea - Hea/Recharge (37) Panacea - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (37) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance (39) Panacea - Heal Level 8: Super Jump (A) Springfoot - Jumping (9) Springfoot - Endurance Level 10: Stealth (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed Level 12: Boxing (A) Empty Level 14: Tough (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 16: Weave (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 18: Focus Chi (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance (19) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff (19) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge (25) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge (25) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge (33) Endurance Reduction IO Level 20: Crippling Axe Kick (A) Superior Brute's Fury - Recharge/Fury Bonus (21) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage (21) Superior Brute's Fury - Damage/Recharge (23) Superior Brute's Fury - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (23) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (36) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage Level 22: Indomitable Will (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (39) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge (39) Luck of the Gambler - Endurance/Recharge (40) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (40) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 24: Rise to the Challenge (A) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance (42) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (43) Numina's Convalesence - Heal (43) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery (43) Endurance Reduction IO Level 26: Quick Recovery (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod (27) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge (27) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (31) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge (40) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy Level 28: Dragon's Tail (A) Armageddon - Damage (29) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (29) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (31) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge (31) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (36) Empty Level 30: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed Level 32: Eagles Claw (A) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage (33) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Damage/RechargeTime (33) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (34) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (34) Superior Unrelenting Fury - RechargeTime/+Regen/+End (34) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 35: Heightened Senses (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (42) Endurance Reduction IO Level 38: Superior Conditioning (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (48) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy (48) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod (50) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge Level 41: Physical Perfection (A) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (46) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance (46) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge (46) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End Level 44: Focused Accuracy (A) Endurance Reduction IO (45) Endurance Reduction IO Level 47: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (48) Recharge Reduction IO Level 49: Acrobatics (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) Empty Level 1: Fury Level 1: Sprint

I've sort of got my Mids issues handled. I did an uninstall, then ran setup again and now it works, but I don't have a shortcut to the program, nor is it listed in Programs in CP (Win10), but if I run setup.exe, it launches the newer version and I can work with files. Weird..I'm sure I will get that part sorted eventually. Here is an updated data link: http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/download.php?uc=1448&c=668&a=1336&f=HEX&dc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

I am not terribly experienced at builds. I think I did OK on the MA side of things, but my WP is mess. I would really appreciate any criticism and advice. Thank you! I have entered my build into Mids/Pines, not sure what is the preferred method of sharing it here. My first real stab at doing this. Does this work? http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/download.php?uc=1436&c=661&a=1322&f=HEX&dc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gh, well that really sucked. I spent an hour putting my build into Mids (just downloaded today) and now I can't open what I saved. I get an error about index out of bounds of the array...

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I just stock up on the envenomed dagger from P2W. They pack a pretty decent punch and the power recharges very fast. I love them.

I have a level 45 MA/WP Brute that is my current favorite. I took energy mastery as I was initially drawn to the regen/recovery and accuracy aspects. But after reading some lately, it doesn't look like it really buys all that much. But my character concept is a Batman type one where I don't want laser beams or anything that would not fit with that concept. So my question is, has anyone here completely avoided selecting an Epic pool? Maybe focus on leadership for those choices? I sometimes find where i have to choose a power and nothing really appeals to me. I have all that I want from MA and WP right now. Not interested in a self rez, and I skipped the one MA attack that does knock back, so I seem to have a surplus of power slots that I was filling with choices from Epic. But maybe I should respec and take things from Leadership. For my travel power I take Super Jump and just "pretend" that I'm not leaping but that I'm really using a rope or cable. That's my concept justification :) So not looking for Flight or Super Speed either. If I need better vertical, I put on a P2W rocket pack.

LOL, I never noticed that until you mentioned it. Too funny. Thanks for the explanation, folks.

How do you reset a mission? Not sure, exactly what that means. I always thought leaving the map would do that.

If I'm in a meeting and faceplant a few times and want to crank down my difficulty a bit, when does that come into play? If I exit the map and return, will it be easier?

I respeced and did not take a travel power, I'll just use one of the p2w rocket packs to get around for now. I also took superior conditioning and focused accuracy. I 4 slotted superior conditioning with an endurance mod set that adds a +end proc and I slotted all my WP toggles and fighting toggles with one end red. Wow! What a difference! My end bar is now much like my health bar--never moves much beyond a tick or two, even when surrounded by red minions and a purple boss! This is fantastic! I haven't needed to use a single recovery serum or even a blue insp. In fact, I cleared a huge +3 mission and didn't use a single insp at all or a recovery serum! I might even go to p2w and disable end inspirations :) THANK YOU so much everyone in this thread for your advice. I feel I may have given up a bit of global recharge, as I only 5 slotted some of my attack IO sets, so perhaps some global recharge is gone. It feels like hasten comes up a bit less frequently than before, but it makes very little (if any) difference to my fighting effectiveness as I have enough attacks in my chain that I am never waiting anyway. This is really great. Thanks again!

We're not on the same page here. HPT and Fast Healing are not toggles and do not consume endurance. Endurance reduction in those powers from a set or any other source will not affect your endurance usage. Half of zero is zero. Each of your powers that does consume endurance needs its own, individual, endurance reduction enhancements. I understand what you are saying now.

But you don't have any endurance reduction slotted in your toggles. Whatever's slotted in your attacks isn't relevant here. I didn't say that; I said they are not toggles. You can't turn them off and they don't consume any endurance. I see. I may have some end reduction in my toggles. I have Panacea 6 slotted in Fast Healing and I have 5 of a set in HPT, but the name escapes me right now. I should drop one each in Tough and Weave maybe too. I've been fighting Devouring Earth the last couple of nights doing the rescuce Tanya whatsername arc.

Those add up to exactly 2.33/s... if you have zero endurance reduction slotted. (HPT and Fast Healing are not toggles, btw.) I don't have zero slotted. I have sets in my attacks that include some endurance reduction, some acc, etc HPT and Fast Healing are not meant to be used as toggles? Didn't know that. I turn them on and leave them on :)

I've already spent a couple hundred million on this character, and I scraped my alts today and got together another 50 million. I also have a level 50 AE farmer that can generate money.

I'll take Superior Conditioning at my next ding, and will slot with Performance Shifter.

I do always turn off sprint and I don't use Ninja Run... My active toggles are: High Pain Tolerance, Mind over Body, Fast Healing, Indom Will, Rise to the Challenge, Heightened Senses, Tough, Weave, Combat Jumping, Focused Accuracy..

I have Quick Recovery slotted with Efficiency Adaptor My attacks all have sets in them, though I still need to fill out two more Unrelenting Fury in Cobra Strike (including the one that has chance for end reduction cost proc) My Endurance consumption is listed 2.33%/sec My Recovery Rate is 3.67%/sec (base is 1.67%).

Thank you all for the information. Very much appreciated. I'm at work right now and won't be able to confirm stuff until my lunch hour (yes, I play CoH at work on my lunch hour..one of the few perks of being a network engineer). I am wondering if I maybe slotted Quick Recovery with healing enhancements. It's possible. I'm not terribly experienced at builds. I'll definitely look at that.

I have a level 40 MA/WP Brute. He's fantastic in a fight. His regen is amazing and my health bar barely moves unless fighting a purple +3 Boss. I breeze through everything else and usually run door missions at +3/x2 right now. While my health is always fine, I burn through endurance like crazy unless I have an active recovery serum from P2W running. If that runs out, I'm pretty much useless for the 60 - 90 seconds it takes to pop another one. If that happens in the middle of a larger, tough fight, it can get pretty close the wire as I can't do my attack chain. I was hoping someone could maybe point out some tips for better endurance cost management other than popping expensive serums. I have Panacea slotted in Fast Healing and I have 2 slots right now in Stamina, both of which have a set IO in them..the name escapes me, but one IO offers end modification and the other adds a +end proc. (Performance Shifter, I think it's called) What is unclear to me is which sets offer the most benefit for managing endurance. Should I be looking for recovery (that is my current understanding, but I could be wrong)?

I've kind of avoided the lore pets. Are they more cosmetic, or do they actually help?

Although I am enjoying this alt, I would still appreciate any tips for WP or MA that anyone might feel like sharing. Tips on powers to avoid (if any, other than the rez--I never take any rez), slotting recommendations, etc?