Bananiac

My 1st lvl50 toon here (or ... ever, actually) was a Mind/Emp that was one of my favorites from live play and was basicallly driven by the theme. Meta had changed a lot in the meantime, so I wasn't aware that this was considered a "sub-par" combo nowadays. But I wouldn't have cared anyway, I liked playing this toon and enjoyed the ride. And you will, too, if you love your concept and just roll with it. A few thoughts: A) Mind Control - Besides the ST high recharge Confuse, Mind gets a strong AoE, only Nature has a similar one IIRC. Use it. - Fear, Holds and said Confuses makes it strong in lockdown. Add in the ST and AoE Sleeps on off-focus mobs or ambushers, it is Stop-Motion-Central. - As mentioned, the 3 initial ST attacks make for a solid early level weapons arsenal. - Stay away from the Repel power, as it is awfully endurance-inefficient. Although it can be fun to use for "repositioning angry mobs" 🙂 B) Empathy - The buffs are what makes this thing click. Healing is just a by-product in case a teammate gets redbar frequently, keep an eye on them. - Buffs are strong and will be appreciated by every team. But so will be Heals, even if the current meta is something along the lines of "every toon is self-sufficient and doesn't need to be healed. I have been on enough low, mid and high level teams where you see some of your mates getting their behinds kicked regularly (not everyone is driving 500Mil Purple Builds on every toon). Saving one that would otherwise been going down still feels very satisfying every time it happens. That being said, this is most enjoyable when you team up. Going solo can be an enervating experience and is just naturally slow, even by Controller standards. So do it, take your 3 hours in the Character Creator, build your toon, spend another hour looking for a name that's cool but not taken, go out there, find a team and save the city. You will enjoy it. No reason to be afraid of Mind/Emp if that's what fits your concept best! My toon is now Vet Level 63 with full incarnate powers and a ridiculous build that makes him feel just as ridicoulosly overpowered as every other toon I played to that level!

Haven't checked it yet, but just from looking over it I think I like that. Mu Mastery actually sounds like a decent fit, and I always appreciate more pets. I will run it through MIDS when I come home, and maybe tweak it for some Overpowering Presence and see what it does. But overall it may just get me to where I want to be. Thank you. EDIT: Still waiting for the last IOs to fall out of the auctionhouse, but so far this is as advertised. It plays exactly as intended, and is going to be even mor efun when fully assembled. I made a few minor adjustments for theme, at the cost of a few fractional % of optimization. Overall, fun build for the 1st Illusion Controller I have seriously taken to the shop.

Great, I take a look. Experimentation is not really a Must, I just thought it might be nice to use something different for a change. I think getting PA to Perma (or at least close to) and having robust defense is the main idea with this...

Well, what the title says... Any ideas what can be improved or see anything broken? I know it is not a highly synergetic power combo, but I enjoy it nonetheless. Trying to get PA perma'ed, but as far as I can tell this depends on heavy Force Bombing things. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Kestrel Dawn: Level 50 Science Controller Primary Power Set: Illusion Control Secondary Power Set: Force Field Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Experimentation Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Blind (A) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (3) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) (3) Neuronic Shutdown - Chance of Damage(Psionic) (5) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (5) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic) (37) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage Level 1: Deflection Shield (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (7) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance (9) Red Fortune - Defense Level 2: Deceive (A) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Recharge/Accuracy (11) Coercive Persuasion - Contagious Confusion Level 4: Hover (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 6: Flash (A) Superior Overpowering Presence - Accuracy/Control Duration (13) Superior Overpowering Presence - Accuracy/Control Duration/Endurance (15) Superior Overpowering Presence - Accuracy/Control Duration/Endurance/RechargeTime (15) Superior Overpowering Presence - Endurance/RechargeTime (17) Superior Overpowering Presence - Control Duration/RechargeTime (17) Superior Overpowering Presence - RechargeTime/Energy Font Level 8: Fly (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 10: Insulation Shield (A) Red Fortune - Defense (19) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance (19) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge Level 12: Superior Invisibility (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (13) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (21) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 14: Experimental Injection (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (23) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance (23) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime (25) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime (25) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance (27) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb Level 16: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (29) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 18: Phantom Army (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge (29) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage (31) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (31) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance (31) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge (33) Expedient Reinforcement - Resist Bonus Aura for Pets Level 20: Dispersion Bubble (A) Reactive Defenses - Defense (21) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage (33) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance (33) Reactive Defenses - Defense/RechargeTime (34) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance/RechargeTime (34) Reactive Defenses - Endurance/RechargeTime Level 22: Toxic Dart (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage Level 24: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 26: Corrosive Vial (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage (36) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (36) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance (36) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge (37) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy) Level 28: Spectral Terror (A) Superior Will of the Controller - Accuracy/Control Duration (39) Superior Will of the Controller - Accuracy/Control Duration/Endurance (39) Superior Will of the Controller - Accuracy/Control Duration/Endurance/Recharge (39) Superior Will of the Controller - Endurance/Recharge (40) Superior Will of the Controller - Control Duration/Recharge (40) Superior Will of the Controller - Recharge/Chance for Psionic Damage Level 30: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (40) Recharge Reduction IO Level 32: Phantasm (A) Sovereign Right - Accuracy (34) Sovereign Right - Resistance Bonus (42) Sovereign Right - Accuracy/Damage (42) Sovereign Right - Accuracy/Endurance (43) Sovereign Right - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (43) Sovereign Right - Damage/Endurance Level 35: Force Bomb (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage (45) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range (46) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge (46) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy) Level 38: Scorpion Shield (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance (46) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge (48) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge (48) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (48) Red Fortune - Endurance (50) Red Fortune - Defense Level 41: Damping Bubble (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (43) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 44: Tactics (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance (50) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge (50) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge Level 47: Adrenal Booster Hamidon Origin:Membrane Exposure Level 49: Vengeance (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 1: Containment Level 1: Brawl Any comment appreciated!

Even though I am not gonna make it this week, I had to do this!

That would definitely be my Captain Future action figure, or maybe my toy soldier mastermind... But will have to miss this one, got plans for next saturday. Good Hunting!

Yes, usually I count 9h between CET and California. So it should be 5pm for me this (and also next) weekend then.

@TrixieKixx I will be there with the Clockwork Clown, a Robots / Sonic Mastermind. Note to myself: We have not yet changed the DST, so I think(!) this will be happening 1h earlier than usual.

Did you guys in NA already switch the Daylight Savings Time? I know that you are always a little ahead of europe, where this will happen only next week. So just wondering at what time you are planning to run this weekend, to make sure we account for this change if needed.

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.