Generator

sure, I am too. The only problem there is, I can't do that when I'm on my phone slacking off at work. :-)

It's Sir, and thanks. :) I won't claim that Sparky is perfect, but this takes a lot of the pain out of using him.

Hey, So I've been playing this Radiation/Atomic Blaster, and he's been phenomenally fun. Almost as much fun as my Elec/Elec. :) But I don't really have a solid plan for what I'm doing with him, so far it's all been improv, which will work great, right up until it doesn't. What I've got is below, and any feedback anyone would care to give would be great. (All the IOs are level-appropriate, a few are IO-25s but most are actually 15s, but that will obviously change over time. Key question: I'm close to 26, at which point Neutron Bomb would be available. I already have Irradiate and Electron Haze. Do I really need 3 AOEs? If not, which one should I skip? Later on, Generator Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Project 212: Level 49 Science Blaster Primary Power Set: Radiation Blast Secondary Power Set: Atomic Manipulation Power Pool: Flight Hero Profile: Level 1: Neutrino Bolt (A) Accuracy IO (3) Endurance Reduction IO (3) Recharge Reduction IO (5) Damage Increase IO Level 1: Electron Shackles (A) Accuracy IO (11) Endurance Reduction IO Level 2: X-Ray Beam (A) Accuracy IO (5) Endurance Reduction IO (7) Recharge Reduction IO (7) Damage Increase IO (25) Damage Increase IO Level 4: Fly (A) Flight Speed IO Level 6: Irradiate (A) Accuracy IO (9) Endurance Reduction IO (9) Recharge Reduction IO (11) Damage Increase IO (25) Damage Increase IO Level 8: Negatron Slam (A) Accuracy IO (21) Endurance Reduction IO (23) Recharge Reduction IO (23) Damage Increase IO Level 10: Positron Cell (A) Accuracy IO (13) Endurance Reduction IO (13) Recharge Reduction IO (17) Hold Duration IO Level 12: Hover (A) Flight Speed IO Level 14: Electron Haze (A) Accuracy IO (15) Endurance Reduction IO (15) Recharge Reduction IO (17) Damage Increase IO Level 16: Beta Decay (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 18: Cosmic Burst (A) Accuracy IO (19) Endurance Reduction IO (19) Recharge Reduction IO (21) Damage Increase IO Level 20: Metabolic Acceleration (A) Healing IO Level 22: Ionize (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 24: Aim (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 26: [Empty] Level 28: [Empty] Level 30: [Empty] Level 32: [Empty] Level 35: [Empty] Level 38: [Empty] Level 41: [Empty] Level 44: [Empty] Level 47: [Empty] Level 49: [Empty] Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Defiance 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: Sprint (A) Empty Level 2: Rest (A) Empty Level 4: Ninja Run Level 2: Swift (A) Flight Speed IO Level 2: Health (A) Healing IO Level 2: Hurdle (A) Jumping IO Level 2: Stamina (A) Endurance Modification IO ------------

I'm with you Vanden, maybe I was having wrongbadfun back in the day but my Inv/SS never had a problem with Rage in endgame content.

In ddition to Erydanus' comment, I'll also throw in that the Leadership toggles are a lot of end cost for not a lot of return. Ditch 'em.

Hey, if that was enough to diagnose the problem we'd have helped by now. List of people with this much of an endurance management problem: *You /end_of_list Don't get snippy with us for asking for the information we need to help you.

Nice thinking. I'd be fine with this as a solution.

Hey folks, So I'm interested in trying a Sentinel, but I'm just wondering, is there any forum post/website/wiki page anywhere that has an offline description of what the Sentinel versions of power sets do differently? To cite an example, I know what Fire Bast does for a Blaster, and what Fiery Aura does for a Brute/Scrapper/Tanker, but if I make a Fire^2 Sentinel, what changes? (Just so we're clear, I'm not "asking for a fish," so much as I'm "asking if there's a resource where I can read up on fish." :) Thanks! Generator

This does not sound like "get the Performance Shifter proc piece" kinds of issues. I agree with Vanden, let folks take a look at your build in the approporiate AT forum (IIRC you said Brute). Be as specific as possible, Mids/Pine build will be a huge help.

Hey there, Let me throw this out there. I love the idea behind the Empowerment Stations, my issue has always been that the duration feels ust a bit too short to be useful. So, I think upping the buff durations would be very QOL-ish. Assuming you agree, what's a good duration? I think if they at least went to 2 hours (up from the current 1), that justifies the time & trouble at their current pricing. If they were to go longer, I think that would warrant upping the amount of salvage needed to grant each buff. Any thoughts? Generator

5-slot for PBAoE Damage Set and add one of these in the 6th slot so you can heal yourself by using Frozen Aura. How well does that work in PPM-world?

Not everyone is built for that, so don't go taking away Interrupt Rdx based on that assumption.

Are you aware this item can be controlled via Options? I always set it to forget it, slide both to 50 or whatever.

I'm actually okay with that. 10:1 seemed a bit too much.

Aha, I just searched the patch notes. Turns out it's not under Pyre Mastery, my bad. :) Also, thanks for picking this up! (looks closer) Um, GFS should probably be level 44, right? :D

I'll try and remember to give it a spin tonight. :) If you're still working with it, the first version of Pine I used didn't have the Pyre Mastery for Defenders and Corruptors that's in the i25 patch notes. Any chance you can stick that in?

I'll throw my wish-list item in here. An Electric Mastery pool for both Controllers and Dominators, please & thanks!

I think you're really on to something. For me, that "Psionic + debuffs" issue was often the heart of the matter. More so the debuffs, really. Nothing ruins your day like those Carnie Ring Mistresses and their huge -Regen/Recov debuff, for instance. I think back in the day, my response to this was to use my Destiny Slot for Ageless Radial, which offers huge chunks of debuff resistance. Other than that, myresponse was to try and not get hit by said debuffs. Not sure where the next step to take this leads, jut thinking out loud for now. Generator

Preach!

That's what I was seeing earlier today, 10:1.

Hey, So as a long time Elec user, one of my real peeves about VS was always that it was a multi-step process to use it. In a fight, both of my hands are on the keyboard, but to drop a Sparky, I had to go get my mouse, drop the Sentinel, then get my right hand back on the keyboard. Enter issue 25, and the powexec_location command. Want to just drop a Voltaic Sentinel right in front of you? Bind or marco the following: powexec_location 0:5 "voltaic sentinel" That puts Sparky 5 feet in front of you. Done. Happy blasting! Generator

Thats's exactly what I'm trying to figure out, best plan to optimize. Invul is weak to Psi, so naturally I'd like to mitigate that, but softcapping defense is a necessity too. The thing is, I don't think you can do both in the same build. You'll have to pick one on which to focus.

That's not bad. Can't recall, was Illusion proliferated to Doms? Because if so I'd go Ill/Energy Dom.

As happens frequently, I think optimizers have overstated the case. Is it resisted more? Yes. Enough to make those sets unplayable? God, no. Play what you want. Enjoy. Life's too damn short.

I can almost guarantee that none of the folks clamoring for ED rollback are ready to give up their Inventions.