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This is simply about DPS. For a Stalker, that is only done on a ST level. This doesn't factor in things like utility. Ice Patch is pretty much cheat code. FA sleeps mobs which means a Stalker can go and pick through a mob at their own pace. Ice as an overall set is absolutely S tier on a Stalker.

It was for a mission set at +1/x8 so not a whole lot. I find only the bonus for an end of an arc being with a damn.

If I do 5 packs of 10 in a mission even at +4, then yes, my XP bar is going to move much more.

You should really try out an MMO that has an actual end game because having gone elsewhere, CoH is criminally non-existent. Blitzing through 50+4 content on a team is some of the most boring content there is.

Being able to pull off something you shouldn't be able to solo due to the difficulty of it and yet get crap rewards for it. I got the Hunt 50 Rikti mission from Tina. I went to the island area in PI and cleared out the 50 Rikti as a level 43. My XP bar barely moved.

I don't have map names, but you essentially want outdoor maps. Battle Maiden being one. There is another that is similar but has two islands. I can't recall exactly the Infernal one as he appears on multiple. I believe the old school Fire map was one were you went around the edge of the map and there was a large lower area you went down and cleared out. Maybe not the best map, but the one that that is similar to PP has a nice open area. I know Tina gives that map for a badge although she's only max level 45. I know Maria gives that map as well. Oh, the city map that Marauder uses. That's Point A to B, clear to the other street, and back down again.

If you look at their totals, the end usage versus recovery is quite good. Also, As much as I don't suggest using the Power Transfer: Chance to Heal Self for a set with a heal, that and the End Mod is likely more beneficial for your HP bar than the 16 HP bonus you are getting from Efficacy Adaptor. One tick from the proc is multitudes higher than 16 HP.

If you just want the arc rewards, you can blow through that arc even quicker. I think someone did a video of doing it with an Emp Defender in 15 minutes, and he admitted that was slow. A Stalker would be even faster.

For fire farms, it's still cap Fire Def and Resist. My first run through post changes sucked since I was rusty as I hadn't played in a while, but the second run was clean, and is as long as I don't brain fart my run. But seriously, there's no real advantage to running +4/x8 in AE versus standard missions. Any decent Stone, Rad, or Bio Brute or Tank is going to run all over Murdertown for regular content for farmable maps. Hell, my Ice/stone Brute did a +4/x8 Council map even before hitting 50, and no, I didn't need Ice Patch. It was slow as watching paint dry though, but it's different now with Incarnates.

About the only vendor I use is in my base. The only vendor outside of that I can think of using in a really long time is one in Atlas as a newbie character stood next to one and placed stacks of bids on common salvage for 25 and dumped them to the vendor.

You can always dual box Unai Kemen missions. There's no real need for a specialized build either. I'm currently dual boxing RWZ arcs at +3/x8 for the sake of speed. and rotating between my Ice/stone Brute and a Claws/ea Scrapper. Even if you do classic farming, there is a case to be made that S/L farms are better, but honestly, I ran some missions post AE/FA fixes and have hardly been back. Also not listed, XP was peeled back. I could do a tunnel run and have a character be at level 22. Now it takes two to hit 23.

From a practical point, both set up containment. Sleeps will prevent the target from attacking for the duration of the sleep as long as they take no damage. Rooting a target in place can be rather useful and more so as some mobs might actively try to to flee, see any slow power. No, they don't prevent the target from attacking. They are set up for consistent containment damage, which a sleep is one and done. So no, a sleep is not 'orders of magnitude better.' And, hear me out, rooting your target is bottom feeder of controls.

It is more so on a Dom. /dark is arguably the strongest secondary or at least in the running.

1. Now be on a team. 2. I currently don't have the Immobilization powers on my Fire/time although that will change. 3. Immobilization powers are merely there for controlling a mob's position, and likely used for damage. 4. If I am looking to control a mob, holds, and AoE mezzes are for that. 5. Even on my Symphony controller, I slot the Sleep for damage. Also, if you aren't dying, you aren't trying.

I put them into a tier list and did so not based on DPS since that's a terrible measure of a sets worth. It isn't rocket science to figure out that AR is clearly not in the same class as Ice while not talking about DPS. About the only primary which wouldn't mind being paired with AR is FF. Any player picking a secondary wouldn't think twice about Ice working out regardless of their primary.

RTFM.

The biggest needs are TF revamps and more missions as reasons to go there. I used the Day Job badge to travel around for the sake of badges within the zone.

You can list something at the AH pretty much anywhere. You have to actually be at the vendor to sell them your stacks. This is why I am saying it is quicker to sell them on the Market.

Doesn't the tutorial cover this?

People sell at a loss on the market all the time. See also common IO recipes. There's enough of a player base sitting on so much currency it isn't that terrible to sell things on the market for less at a vendor. Selling on the market is also quicker, so there is that. Honestly, any new character I make uses grabbing stuff off the market for less than vendor value until I get enough currency to start working enhancements convertors, and yes, I have billions. I kind of feel like it is just a way for the player base to give back to newer characters.

Farmers made the case they actually helped keep prices low. Homecoming made farming less enticing as ever. It isn't that difficult to see why certain changes are leading to long term price increases. I'm just glad I'm far enough along to where the genuine need of currency is easy to deal with.

Also factored into things, if the player base gets smaller, there is less stock. If less people are farming, that means there's going to be less stock. Considering what I can dual box on a number of characters through regular missions, I have no real desire to farm, or certainly do it regularly. Why farm for lesser rewards when Unai Kemen exists? I don't even need a 'farming build' for that.

I'm hellbent at buying commons at most for 100 and uncommons at 1k. Around 3 weeks ago uncommons skipped to where even buying them at 1.5k is an absolute crap shoot. At one point I saw I was able to take stacks of uncommons and sell them for 500k to 1 mill per stack. Sure, currency is easy to get, but new players don't know that and them walking into uncommon salvage being sold for 100k isn't helpful. I have enough high level characters I just run them and get the salvage I need. Even better is when I dual box a couple level 50s who are working on their Incarnates. I run arcs at +3/x8 and rotate who does the mission.

You upload the file.

I to a default play Def based characters or have my Def as high as I can get it, so yes, adding in a significant amount of Res is going to make my characters incredibly durable. I remember on Live I was on a Hollows team with a Sonic and FF, and it felt like Free XP Day.