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Was every team member inside the sphere? The ambush may very well target someone outside of the sphere. I've done this while "tweaking" a lowbie to get PJ, leaving the lowbie at the mission entrance and the ambush headed that way. Whenever I've done this mission and everyone was within the sphere I've never had a problem (dozens of times).

Generally .5 miles is my threshold, but other factors come in to play. For example if a character uses teleport (the pool power) and I'm in an obstruction free zone I'll just use that regardless of distance.

Here's what you need to know: https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Exemplar_Effects_on_Enhancements

I painstakingly counted each and every e-mail when I got a "full email" error and the number was 100.

Just fyi, it may not even matter but one of my quality checks is just to check number of items, in the README.md file. By doing that I found a discrepancy, the text listing doesn't include "Pet Combat" which is shown on the image below it.

There's a door to Paragon City Dance Club, it's on the perimeter of TV. It's listed on the map.

I'm not going bother looking for the dev post, but my recollection is that some new HOs were added to HM LGTF. These particular HOs had equivalent D-Syncs (I don't think anything new was added for HM LG). These were NOT added to Hami raids or other sources of HOs (like LRSF and MLTF). As for why Acc/Rch is so expensive, it's a way to boost multiple aspects in powers that don't take sets. My favorite use case is Benumb, a typical slotting (for me) would be 1 Acc/2 rch but Provocations allow me to either boost those stats further or even save a slot to move elsewhere. Fulcrum Shift is another power I've used provos with.

I just found this thread. I'm a data junkie so I downloaded asap. This is outstanding. Since I'm a good test case of "even this guy could do it" to evaluate directions, if I had followed them to the letter, I would have been fine to get it working the first time, but I did miss a step initially. I only bring this up to let someone sitting on the fence about using this that 1) it works 2) follow directions to a T. Right away I found some really eye opening results, like I wasn't expecting to see the interface proc be my highest source of damage for this MM I used to test this.. I can't wait to start using this after gaming sessions now.

Like Frozen Burn, I have a 100% success rate by entering and immediately exiting. No time spent minimum, no need to defeat anyone. This is true for the mission via Ouro, or directly from the contact. You won't see the notification that you earned it necessarily, but it will be at the top of your "most recently earned" badge list (assuming you didn't already have it, ofc). Oh when I say 100% I don't mean 10 times out of 10, I mean literally out of more than 100 times.

Well we (US) lost to India but beating Pakistan was a big deal.

I just retired a Stalker (after attaining all T4s) with this combo and I really really dug it. Unlike many Stalker primaries you don't lose an aoe. Shield Charge in, you're still hidden, then begin doing the Stalker things. Good fun.

Regarding PVP IOs, no, they do not attune "up" as you level. That lvl 25 Glad Javalin Acc/Dmg will give lvl 25 values forever. Related, I would strongly object to taking out attuned PVP IOs from the AH because I use them frequently while leveling.

Early in these HC days I used to plan for a 25/40/50 respec but I've simplified over the last couple of years and just have a lvl 50 target. Now, I 1) figure out what I'm going to play 2) make a final build in Mids 3) create it in game 4) head to Pocket D to begin acquiring the enhancements needed. Pocket D so I can have the added bonus of opening LRT by doing nothing at all (1 hour in PD opens it). With the exception of Pana proc and Kismet unique I use SOs until I can get meaningful IO set bonuses or IO enh values catch up to SO values (whichever comes first). I do slot L%tG 7.5s ASAP. The next meaningful milestone is at 50 when I have to decide to unslot vs respec. If I'm heavy on Winter-Os and ATOs then I'll use unslotters for what I'm substituting (and not catalyzing) but if I'm adding, say, 5 new purple sets, I'll probably just respec. There are exceptions to this whole thing, like for a new powerset I'll take all the powers while leveling and will probably end up with a different build for a lvl 50 respec after omitting powers I find less useful.

The part where I said "here's a screenshot of a fire troller" was a hint for what AT I was looking at. Here's the bottom line, you said Bonfire is slotted for +Knockback and has the Force feedback Proc (which won't affect you since it's a pseudopet) The bolded was incorrect, you later corrected it.

With no recharge slotted in my Bonfire it's up every 20 seconds (maybe less, I'm not in game) so yes, I did "go for it".

I happen to be Mids-ing a Fire/Fire blaster now and decided to skim the forums for this topic before I started in earnest. I did notice this comment about the FF proc in Bonfire. To avoid a sequence of "no it doesn't" "yes it does" exchanges here's a screenshot of a fire troller whose only action was to cast Bonfire, so yes it does work on cast. This true for for other pseudopets too, such as Tornado.

If you're exemping in a mission fighting even (or higher) cons tips can drop. If you're aoeing mercy or atlas mobs those don't drop tips. In the open world they need to be at least 20. This was the case on day 1 of Going Rogue when tips and alignment were introduced.

For probably 75% of my characters only the default slot is used, Pana proc and Perf Shifter proc for health and stamina respectively. Endurance management is easy to solve via set bonuses for +rec and +MaxEnd, which tend to be given while pursuing other bonuses. There are exceptions of course, like endo hogs (looking at you Stormies) that merit additional slots for recovery. Then there are meleers that lack a heal where I'll look for more regen and the Power Transfer he%l proc.

Yes I see from Uun's explanation above how it's no longer repel the effect but repel the power within a certain radius. Thanks Uun.

Force Bomb does not need a kb%kd pr%c in it, from page 5 patch notes: The Vectored Knockdown does not scatter, it knocks mobs up who then fall back down. Make a character on test if you want to see it in action. So, personally, I would never include this as an answer to "what to skip" for the OP. AOE -res, kd mitigation, it's an important power for FF.

Edited to minimize notifications from meleers quoting this and saying "but I can do it". Anyway if I'm doing family at volume for HPT I turn bosses off. The same consigliere mobs spawn and summon singularity but lts are defeated significantly quicker than bosses.

Activati%n time is absolutely part of the core formula for computing %pr%c% rate. Details can be found in the first post of the thread in the link below. This link directs you to a post where Bopper answers the OP, that the activation time used is whichever applies to create the %pro% pr%bability.

Also, if you have this lvl 50 alt on another account, the lowbie can join the 50 for the Unlucky Artifact at level 30. The lowbie can't start this mission from Ouro, but they are in the band where they can join it, so no need to wait for 35. Same with the one from Timothy Raymond. Born in Battle can also be acquired early, level 30, with damage farming. I personally go with this over PJ,

It may not be cheap at level 40 (will be 1.6M inf for 1 hour) but the Defense Ampifier from P2W will basically solve mezzing issues (mag 4 protection to all) which is, from my own experience, the first step in my blasters being defeated. The task list of "what to do" should include acquiring Demonic, which has gotten me out of many a jam, whether lvl 50 tank or lowbie blaster, via a pseudo-armor t9 that's available every 9 minutes.

Just another data point. I was level 3, ran by a capsule in Atlas and clicked. 3 Rikti spawned, I punched and punched and punched and got 1 to about 85% hp. The damage they do seems scaled appropriately, I was surviving, though I certainly would going to die if I slugged it out with all 3 of them. To see if my guy was just super weak I fought an even level hellion and it went down in 3 hits, about what I'm used to with an even con minion at that level.