Infinitum

Sounds like You arent happy with the game as a whole. Thats not our fault, or problem.

If anything other pools and powers need to be looked at so they arent so horrible so we may have a choice to challenge good powers like hasten.

All you are describing is the need for new content thats outside of the box from the original content. Not many I know want to repeat that or extend it. We want to test our OP builds. None of the current metrics invalidates having OP builds. There is also no rule that says you build every character to the nines then council stomp all the way to 50. For me and many more, im not looking for a grind, I did that on live. I'm not interested in grinding every single character to 50 anymore as I have already done that many many times. I still think it may be fun to occasionally level up the grind way with SOs and such, in fact I think I'm going to embark on that journey soon. For the most part I like to try to see how OP in can make a toon and see what can challenge me. Frequently I find it - the other night running pandoras box for instance, i dont know if we got sideways or the enemy had the right mix to test me, but on my best tank I had the best fight of my career and it lasted about 5 min I suppose, it was exhilarating. The challenge is out there, there just needs to be more of it. But no, nothing should invalidate an OP build just because people cant take the time to seek out challenge or make their own.

Thats all very subjective, seriously, unhealthy to you and 5 other people may be one thing but fun to 1000 others. You don't get to decide that, the fact is its a superhero game with a myriad of options to build to OP levels if you choose to do that. Or you dont have to do that. Play however you want and let others do the same,or if that isnt good enough go to another server, these nerf threads have gotten a little crazy lately. If you make it so hard its not fun and change literally thousands of builds over night it will not be fun anymore, and people will leave. Then you can sit here and discuss the merits of things being perfectly balanced to your terms while the game ceases to exist.

I could tweak that build in the topic for earth mastery, is that what you are wanting Bronco?

But the chart and graph work we are getting has all kinds of power creep.

What if they dont deserve their lives improved at the expense of decent people who dont deserve stuff taken away? Its all subjective.

You know what I mean. 😛

This is true, and it touches on reality, lex luthor needs gimmicks to beat superman. Being unchallenged isn't bad since this is a superhero game, but having ways and means to beat you as a superhero isnt bad either. That's where unique mechanics come in to play here. That levels the playing field for the enemy. If You want to allow the enemy to be level without unique mechanics, dont set or incarnate.

There isnt a challenge in the game that makes you feel more under attack and dynamic than the final battle of Apex. Its not a gotcha, it requires thought, positioning and dynamic movement across the map and even team makeup for optimal spread. Its like you are fighting against all odds against a space born artillery barrage while trying to take out an incarnate hardened target and her minions. Its not a gimmick or a gotcha its prime content. And better than face rolling an av for 30 min with no movement.

Convert them to super insp in oro and sell them on the ah. Anywhere from 1 mil - 3mil each per 10 threads.

I have a melee lineage of all different versions of Infinitum - family, versions from other dimensions etc. There is currently 10 of them and they are all similar in their looks but different at the same time. 3 are shield with SJ, Elec melee, and Dark melee. 1 is Invul ss, 1 is a rad rad, 1 is EM Invul, 1 is fire psi, 1 is psi elec, 1 is rad elec and 1 is fire fire. My controllers are ill rad a mysterio type clone. A gravity time kinda like an x men type. And a Elec Storm also an x men type. Forgot about my plant kin Troller a Dr strange poison ivy mashup I have 2 corruptors one atomic kin which is an x men type look and a Archery Time that has an old school archer warrior look kinda like a time traveling robin hood theme. My blaster is a fire atomic and a cross between iron man and the human torch. I have a few Scrappers 1 kat nin Jedi look, 1 bs shield futuristic knight/viking look. 1 SJ Nin ripoff from the old video game double dragon. 1 ma nin kung fu type. 1 mace shield Robo cop ripoff. 1 axe shield nutcracker look. 1 stalker a elec shield futuristic hunter assassin look. 1 MM merc time themed on the A Team show. 1 sent BR Nin halo-shock trooper theme. Oh Yeah and my farmer a rad fire named Granjero some how ended up looking like Mel Gibson from signs.

On live I sought after perma hasten for some reason but on homecoming I changed my philosophy 2 builds in. On melee I build to the strongpoints of the set first - defense sets I chase incarnate softcap and high levels of s/l resistance. Resistance sets I chase capping as many res categories as I can and try to also get to 45% melee defense. Hybrid sets like shield I chase incarnate soft cap in vectored defense and at least 50% resistance. Regen, I just don't. Haha Controllers, blasters, and corrupted I chase 45% and above on ranged and aoe defense. While I do take hasten on my builds - mainly because its a good power and makes my builds more fun, I really only seek to make it perma and make it matter on my trollers - mainly my ill rad for perma phantom army. As far as pool powers go, im pretty predictable. I pick fly hover and afterburner - not to mule but because i love fly, sometimes I 3 slot BotZ for the defense bonuses and forego the LotG bonus. So thats not a prereq either for me. COMBAT JUMPING. RAWR kitty say maw. Yeah I have this on every character because its probably the most utilitarian and fun power in the game. Sometimes I use reactive defenses, sometimes I use LotG. Again LotG isnt the default winner here for me. Kick tough weave I usually have these on my melee characters. Stealth I usually have this on my squishy characters. Leadership sometimes I pick this when stealth isnt a concern. Hasten, Honestly its a choice on the other builds, but theres nothing else I really want - like I said I'm pretty predictable. Thats not hastens fault. The ones I have tried but dont like. I could see how mystic flight could be a draw and that pool. But its not really my style. Teleportation - yeah not for me. Medicine, its either not needed or surpassed by what most sets do anyway. Presence - yeah what is it even there for? So if you look at it from my perspective here, why would you pick any of those other loser sets over hasten. Thats not so much that hasten is so good but the other ones suck so hard it could pull a golf ball through a garden hose. Again thats not indicting hasten, but the crappyness of some of these pools and maybe they need to be upgraded to give us another useful choice that could cut into hasten or combat jumping or the fly pool. Same thing with the set bonuses - we dont need nerfs but more diversity and crappy ones brought in with more options. Maybe more larger + damage to add depth to mitigation instead of + defense or res - kill it faster is your mitigation there. But seriously nerfing hasten or set bonuses is something Carol f'n basken would do. Lets not be like Carol.

Better than a jranger.

I agree 100% with what you are saying, but... GB isnt talking about removing the game as it is now, only adding more content and a new difficulty setting that adds to content.

Adding a setting is a great idea as long as it still has the legacy option. Cause sometimes You just want to smash unabated. hehe

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Martial Arts Ninjitsu stalker.... Just.... Don't. You dont get the end click and once you AS you are dead in a few sec if you dont find cover.

Thats why I keep going back to the battle maiden experience in Apex. Everything is useful in it and its dynamic. Ther is no face rolling on it and you feel exhilarated after its over. Thatd why I think more options that create scenarios like that is what is needed.

Yes, however my point was what you are gaining in resistance isn't going to mitigate any noticeable bit better. But a good portion of added damage will.

Just my opinion here, but you are giving up a good measure of damage for unnoticeable small resistance gains. Still impressive to get those numbers where you got them though.

Are You talking about the scaling resist enhancement reactive defenses? Also defense on a resistance set is good but if you cant get to 45 % in a category you arent really getting a good return on your investment or whatever you sacrificed to get there. Either way sacrificing psi and negative energy is detrimental to gain in cold because they are a lot more prevalent late game and throughout the game really. Galaxy Brains new chart proves how inconsequential cold really is.

I tried to tell meself that one time, last may, but alas it didnt work.

Lodestarr - Tanker (Fiery Aura - Psionic Melee).mxd

run a fire psi tank lol its got insane damage when you combine the gaussian, insight, build up, and fiery embrace.