Swiftmage
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So does this not work anymore or am I just dumb? I hadn't used it yet, but wanted to track my INF. I'm on an SS/Fire brute and it doesn't seem to register the character at all. Name server origin etc are all blank. Powersets are Unknown/Unknown and HP and Endurance are both 1.00/1.00
I've tried closing the client/hero stats and re-opening, tried making the HSData tab, tried deleting the two files above but nothing works.
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Was out of town for a bit but I did make a few to mixed results.
Water/Energy Blaster (25, current fav)
Plant/Martial Dom (22, 2nd fav)
Arachnos Soldier (16, Not sure yet, needs more levels)
Warshade (14, Same as solider, but even less so)
On 9/11/2019 at 11:24 PM, natewest1987 said:There is a reason that fire is so common, though. And it is actually pretty fun. I mostly play AOE focused ranged characters - usually variants of farming builds as corruptor / blaster.
By by far my favorite toon has been fire/storm corruptor. The damage is obscene at times and the AOE damage is enough that most single target attacks ( and a good amount of AOE’s) are at the least enhanced by scourge, and often overkill the targets.
In the past few days I’ve been working with a sonic/storm variant, and I’ve got to say it’s been very pleasantly surprising. If you get enough resistance debuffs layered and then toss out ionic, for instance, the AOE damage becomes AOE delete. Literally zapped a +4 boss on a fire map from about 60% health to dead, from just ionic after applying debuffs. I think sonic damage may actually be very competitive with fire in some scenarios. So that might be interesting for you. Just play with the sound OFF. lol
I would avoid water if I were you. I’ve done several aoe focused water builds and, while water offers a very complete set, it gets out paced very quickly. And the fun factor goes away when you’re just watching mobs bounce, without any real damage
You might have sold me on the Fire/storm Corr. I've been trying to decide which /Storm AT to make between Corr and Controller but haven't decided yet. I can't play Sonic, the sounds are just too annoying to me lol. Funny though, the water blaster I made has been really fun.
On 9/11/2019 at 11:35 PM, MunkiLord said:I vote for Archery. I just love Rain of Arrows.
On 9/11/2019 at 11:36 PM, biostem said:I'm really enjoying my archery/tactical arrow blaster. Pretty much all ranged, some good AoE damage and controls. Highly mobile and very self sufficient.
I'll probably be trying out Archery here soon, see how I like it compared to Water.
On 9/12/2019 at 1:04 PM, Seigmoraig said:Titan Weapon scrapper is so fun, it's not a set for everyone though. It has the whole momentum mechanic that some people can't stand but the damage and AoE that it dishes out is top notch. I personally run it TW/Bio for the +25% damage you get from /Bio. That being said /Bio isn't the most harmonious pairing with TW because you need to be pressing your "don't die" buttons which sometimes makes you waste your momentum window (until you get properly IOd anyway), but it still works very well.
I actually planned on making one AT that fulfills my original question, and TW might be what I pick for Scrapper, they do seem to have a ton of AoE and the weapons look really cool.
If I end up going Fire/Storm Corr that just leaves Controller. Don't think I want to do Plant twice since I have on Dom, so unsure what to pick there that does the most damage.
Anyway, thanks again for all the responses!
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14 hours ago, Beul said:
Blasters are always good for AoE. Archery and water are both very fun to play. I can also recommend a crab. Currently have a crabbermind build myself. It's pure AoE while the pets mop up any remaining mobs you can already hop in to the next mob group and start AoEing. Crabs are also very durable to do this. Added bonus are the massive leadership buffs for any teammates. You can really steamroll with a well built crab and make the team your on even better.
9 hours ago, Omega-202 said:Crab Spider. I'm not sure what you're looking at for recharge times, but they're not abnormally long. By the time you get some solid slotting up in the late 20's /30's, you can have an uninterrupted AoE attack chain of Venom Grenade, Frag, and Suppression, with the option of adding Heavy Burst, dropping one of them later once you're fully slotted up.
You provide solid -Res and -Def with your attacks and +Def, +Dam and +Tohit with your leadership. Your damage is scale 1.0, which isnt far behind a Blaster's 1.125, and is basically the same after Venom Grenade's -20% resist debuff.
Also, you can be tanky as all hell. Soft capped defense, 50% resists across the board and a strong heal/+HP in serum.
In my opinion, the best AoE character and general +4/8 content grinder. I am currently struggling with playing anything else because of how strong it is.
I think you guys have sold me on the Crabs. I'll try them out first!
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I know fun is subjective, but I'm looking for something different that might not be seen in every party with the primary focus of dealing good AoE damage but also helping the party with debuffs or CC if its within their wheelhouse. Having said that - I'd like to avoid fire, as it seems to be the most common "best aoe" damage type. No Spines, or SS - I have them already. Elec/SD is out, mainly because I'll probably already make one eventually and just want to do something different for now 🙂
I've gone ahead and narrowed down a little of each AT that I assume would be good choices for AoE and would love feedback on any of them, especially if you've played more than one. Any other sets that I'm missing that might pair really well together for AoE I'd love to hear about!
Blasters
DP, Archery, AR and Water look interesting to me. Archery not /as/ much since its doesn't look as flashy. In terms of secondaries I dont really know much about blasters, but I'd guess Elec was a good choice for aoe shenanigans. (I know rad has some AoE, but I'm not a fan of their animations)Controllers
Plant seems pretty obvious, but not sure what to pair it with Storm always sounds good thanks to FR, Darkness Control is also on my radar even though its not as AoE as plant, I've been wanting to make one anyway. Kin or Time might work as a decent secondary as well here.
Defenders
Kind of a pattern here, but the same secondaries of Controllers (Storm/Kin/Time?) Same primaries as Blaster (DP/AR/Water/Archery) would there be a better primary for boosting damage for me or the team?
Scrapper
Since Elec and Spines are out, I dont know much better AoE sets for scrappers, TW, Katana or Dual Blades maybe? Not sure how wide DBs cones are. Secondaries sounds like Bio is the largest potential for more damage.
Peacebringer and Warshade
I honestly dont know much about them. They seem to have a decent amount of AoE available, but I know PBs have crazy knockback. Any insight with these is welcome.
Brute
Pattern again, like with Scrappers Katana/TW and possible Battle Axe or War Mace too. Again, Bio probably for secondary.
Stalker
Not sure if its 1:1 for scrappers and brutes, but I'd guess the same sets probably apply? Ninja Blades, Dual Blades maybe StJ?
Mastermind
Not sure I'm ready to dive into MMs yet, Robotics seemed to be the most likely, but I'd rather do another AT I think
Dominator
Once again, Plant seems to be the obvious choice, with Darkness next in line. Secondaries seem like Psi or Martial is the way to go
Corruptor
Basically just reverse my defender choices. This might be the only one I'd do Fire Blast still, but I'm on the fence.
Widow
They actually seem like they'd be fun, help with the buffs, and both paths have AoE options. Not sure which one is more damage, I would guess Fortunata is more AoE, while Widow is more single target?
Soldier
Crab looks like it has a lot of AoE options, but the recharges are quite long. I think Widow looks more interesting than Solider but I don't know how it would be in practice.
Sentinel
Last but not least, no surprise here, Water Blast, Dual Pistols. Bio again I suppose for 2ndary?
Overall, the most AT I'm leaning towards is the Plant Controller or Dominator, with Warshade next as I dont really know much about them, but I'd love to hear any thoughts on everything else - I'll probably make a lot of these eventually anyway lol.
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After getting all 5 LotG and Mocking into consume, I've almost stopped having end issues. Is Agility still recommended? I was going to go musculature. Also curious which is better Degen or Reactive as I've seen both being used on different farming posts.
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That's funny, your recommendation is exactly what I started with. Force Feedback was first, since it was so cheap, have two LOTG and working on the Uniques in health. Have about 11m last I looked. I run the dawg farm, as for some reason I don't do as well in the rainbow one. Do you weave in any of the single target attacks? My end bar is pretty bad with just FS, Burn, Fences, BL. I dont even run Tough, Weave, or CJ.
I found a macro/bind thing with CityBinder that just lets me mash F1 to make reds so I have a good stack most the time. But Defenses is low so I still have to have ~3 Lucks going at all times, so I'll look into the Fire defense stuff next.
As an aside, I kind of wish I did another primary as I really dislike the Rage crash, but I don't play all that much to get another 50 up just to farm when SS does just fine.
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Do you happen to have a more budget friendly build for fresh 50s on the SS/Fire?
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Unfortunatly I didn't know that was a thing, so I didn't archive anything before the servers went down.
I was dumb and didn't even take screenshots of anything. Really kicking myself now :-(
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So supposedly the old character data is still somewhere available. I know people have asked about getting their old 50s back and such but my question isn't related to levels or enhancements etc it's actually about...what characters I actually had and what their costumes looked like. Unfortunately I never took pictures of any of my characters and going through my memory I know I had at least 20, but remembering what each looked like and their powers...it's not all there still in my mind :/ Now I didn't plan on remaking all of them, but I wouldn't mind recreating some of my favorites I just dont remember their details.
Long story short - is it possible to just view our old character data to see costumes and powerset choices? Or best case scenario, download the costumes? I'd even be willing to donate if this was a feature.
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Crap. Ok thanks