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Hey @TrixieKixx, I am planning to bring green Meg Quartermain to this, Kinetics/Beam Rifle Defender.

YOUR wakeness didn't seem to be the problematic one recently 😎 *wink* wink* ...ahemMidnyte... 😉

As much as I hate to miss this fancy wolfpack, I have things to do on saturday... won't be able to make it this week. Have fun and a good hunt!

@TrixieKixx I have readied Battle Priestess Vea, Arachnos Soldier-soon-to-become-Crab-Spider for this. Just need to think of a way how to make her full-powered-battle-armor look spy-like... EDIT: Decided on another toon that goes better with the theme. I will bring Arachnoir for the sinister spy part of this. Maybe, with this being such a short SF, we can have another go-around with a 2nd group of toons. Vea still would like to get her own Flames to toy around with. For the Wizards Weakness Tip, you have to run Sharkhead, right? Although the Tip mission itself is in Cap. And one of these days I seriously need to learn how to play those VEATs. I have completely ignored them so far...

I throw in my try at this, for whatever it is worth. Not a pro, but I absolutely fell in love with that toon and its probably going to be my next 50. I actually play here as a relentless Blapper, assaulting into mobs with the Spring Attack and then hitting AoEs like there's no tomorrow. And then see what's left standing... So, softcapped Ranged and Melee Def was the primary goal, then take it from there... Am a little bit concerned about the level of endu consumption, but hey... where's the fun without the challenge. (A) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb (46) Miracle - +Recovery (46) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (46) Performance Shifter - EndMod Level 6: Chemical Ammunition Level 6: Cryo Ammunition Level 6: Incendiary Ammunition ------------ Money is not an issue, so I am just trying to go for whatever is best. Any advice will be appreciated. No guarantee that I will heed it, however 😇

Ah, I see. Totally missed that, thank you. Shame, would have stocked up much more then...

@TrixieKixx Still noobing on the EATs, so I will simply bring my Peacebringer BarbarelIa again, the only Kheldian I have in that level range. Could of course always dig up one of the many lvl4 Kheldians I made and powerlevel them. But I think I am too lazy...

No wthat sounds like some really great news. Congratulations and good luck with your job hunt and finding something right to kick off your career. Also, looking forward to see you again more regularly In Theme then!

Just wondering, aren't the Winter Packs supposed to go down in price for the winter time events? Been watching for the price drop, but every time I checked they were still going for 25M... Am I too early? Have I missed something?

THanks for the write up! I think I recently stumbled across a comment somewhere else that mentioned the endurance drain effect of attacks and recharge, which I never really thought about. All my powers above a certain endu cost usually get some kind of reduction slotted, and I put all the neccessary parts into Stamina. But I used to walk into that same trap you mention here, focussing on bringing the toggles down while probably underslotting on the heavy hitters. Must say however that once a toggle comes in the 0,5/s and above range, I found that this IS noticable and needs some form of workable mitigation. Focussed Accuracy being the worst offender here, to the point that I have respecced out of it at times...

As I already mentioned last week, I won't be playing this weekend. Friends are coming to town and we will be busy partying. @Midnyte @TraumaTrain: amongst them a familiar face for you 2 guys 😉

Nope. Never had that before. Must have been The Luck Of The Goblins 🤩

Hope you can make it! Would love to see your Plants Lizard! Is that a name you just created for this theme, or is it "original"?

Thanks so much again @Midnyte for these great pics and comments! In that Positron moment, it couldn't have been insufficient photgeniuity (is that a word?!?), because by default any team with a Theme Teamer on it is automatically award winning! The Goblin just tricked Posi into believing he was all alone. 😇

@TrixieKixx I am thinking about bringing somebody to tank for the final Lord Recluse fight. Or is anybody of your brutes going to take him on? @FrauleinMental @Midnyte Just in case, I have prepped Panzeropteryx, a Shield / Superstrength Tank in his vintage power armor. If I am not needed for tanking, I will bring Magmasaurus, my Water / Thermal Corruptor.

Ah, yes of course. But for the proc to trigger I would have to use Kick in my rotation regularly, right?

I know you can build around travel powers. however, I like my toons to always have one just for thematic reasons. So here I go with Leaping bc I find combat jumping more usefull on a melee toon than Hover, take the Leap for travel, and then I am already qualified for Spring Attack. And I absolutely love that power as an opener to zoom into a mob and knock them down. Not too much concerned about the mediocre benchmark. I just like it for style 😎 I wasn't aware tho about the difference between Kick and Punch. What is the effect that comes into play here? And thx for the heads up on Tough, wasn't thinking about that either.

Hi @TrixieKixx, count me in for saturday, but I am still somewhat undecided what I want to show up with... By default, I would be coming with Droidica MK5, this version being an Ice / Claws tank. Smashy looks! However, Mister DeWinter would be wanting that Ice Mistral badge. In this incarnation he is a Fire / Nature Controller, but all his powers are specced to Winter Theme. Don't know if that qualifies? It looks nice and icy 🙂 I also have a little Storm / Ice defender, Icebloom Djinn, which I have been wanting to push some levels on for half an eternity, so kinda just will do that and see if I can get to 35. And then decide what I feel like going with when I get there...

I have been looking for a build for my Invul / Spines tank (yes, it is because of theme), but haven't found any so far. So I tried my hand and used a SS build as basis. Needed to substitute some Winter IOs for classic Purples because of all the AoEs in the set, but money is not an issue anyway. On paper it looks quite ok, I think. But before I start respec and go shopping, I would like to get some feedback from the pros, especially on things like the proc slotting (Kismet and the healing procs basically... not sure if those work as intended?). Appreciate any suggestions on how this can be improved. Or just confirmation that this is the best Invul Spiner ever. Also, this may be helpful for those that are in the same alley and looking for a build. Doesn't seem to be a very common combo... This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.6 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Scornlord: Level 50 Mutation Tanker Primary Power Set: Invulnerability Secondary Power Set: Spines Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Resist Physical Damage (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (3) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (3) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (5) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge (5) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (7) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 1: Barb Swipe (A) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Recharge (9) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (9) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (11) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (11) Superior Might of the Tanker - Recharge/Chance for +Res(All) Level 2: Temp Invulnerability (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (13) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (13) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (15) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (15) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP Level 4: Spine Burst (A) Armageddon - Damage (19) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (21) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (21) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (23) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage (23) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage Level 6: Dull Pain (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration Level 8: Resist Elements (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (25) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (25) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (27) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge Level 10: Super Jump (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%) Level 12: Unyielding (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (27) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (29) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (29) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 14: Resist Energies (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge Level 16: Boxing (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage Level 18: Invincibility (A) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (33) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (33) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (33) Shield Wall - Defense (34) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 20: Ripper (A) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage (34) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (34) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (36) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (36) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (36) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown Level 22: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (37) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (37) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (37) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 24: Weave (A) Shield Wall - Defense (39) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (39) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (39) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 26: Tough Hide (A) Shield Wall - Defense (40) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (40) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (40) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (50) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 28: Taunt (A) Perfect Zinger - Chance for Psi Damage Level 30: Combat Jumping (A) Shield Wall - Defense (42) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (42) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (42) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 32: Build Up (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 35: Quills (A) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage (43) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/RechargeTime (43) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (43) Superior Gauntleted Fist - RechargeTime/+Absorb (45) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (45) Superior Gauntleted Fist - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 38: Throw Spines (A) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage (45) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance (46) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (46) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (46) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (48) Superior Frozen Blast - Recharge/Chance for Immobilize Level 41: Spring Attack (A) Eradication - Damage/Recharge (48) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (48) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage (50) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (50) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal) Level 44: Conserve Power (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 47: Physical Perfection (A) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb Level 49: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 1: Gauntlet Level 1: Brawl Build Note: This is still from MIDS without the updates to the power availability of issue 5. I will probably take some powers earlier (e.g. replace Barb Swipe with Lunge) as they become available when I actually respec, but haven't got the MIDS update to work yet...

Wow, that sounds amazing! Enjoy! Where are you, somewhere in the Rockies? Or some mountain ranges more to the east?

That sucks, @Jaxman100 Hope you find enough time to join again frequently!

On pic duty for this one, here is Bananiacs summary of the Weaponized Goths Theme Team! Line-up of this weeks small but effective team. Note Trixie giving in to the Goth'nRoll lifestyle already. And here after we gave her the meds... Fräulein Mental, still pissed over that dog thing... Umber in his Imperial Roman Goth Toga Goblin misfit of the day: Bananiac After all..., why not airguitar it out? Short brake for Trixie doing the Trixie thing 😉 That one mission, where Umber ghothed it right into the triple ambush... Fun fact: Having the triple Beam Rifle was a blast! Those creeps just disintegrated everything in their way... well, away. Final thought: Happy Birthday @Midnyte, you were missed. But understandably had probably something important (there is no "better", of course) to do. Hope to also be able to welcome @drdread again next time! Don't give up on us! 🙂 Great fun, this one! See you all next week!

Not 100% sure if I can make it on time this weekend, but if I can - and if I get the remaining 4 levels on my toon to get to 25 🙂 - I will be there with Smiley Goblin (Beam Rifle / Traps Corruptor). @TrixieKixx EDIT: Going with The Theme, I decided to rename my guy to Gothy Goblin, because alliterations are the best!

Thanks for the input. This here has really been my takeaway for most of the toons I got to 50 now. I usually get by without any slotting anything until I hit the 20ies, where I start to add standard lvl25 or lvl30 IOs to boost up hit rate, endu management etc. This is usually where I start to notice that your effectiveness takes a serious hit if you don't do something about it. And then I ride this out until I hit 50. At this point I have probably taken most of the powers from my primary and secondary, just to get to understand which mechanics I like and which powers hit hard and which don't, which pool or epic works well with the concept, etc. And then it is getting interesting, putting a build together and developping the complementary incarnate abilities. This is where I still use the help of other builds, which I tweak for the powersets and powers I want to use. I generally give thematic fit and concept the nod over efficiency, so my builds tend to be not super optimized. But the immediate power level jump from my "level-up" build to the Set IO build is usually so massive that I still feel god-like with the monsters that I have created! 🙂 Money not being an issue for my builds is going a long way in supporting this playstyle, I have to admit...

Got some business that day, need to see how I can fit it into my schedule to make it on time. But should be easy enough to drop in later once you are going. Thx.