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Karma KB protection is slotted in shadow cloak. Why not into the default slot if absorption? I assume it works in passives?

There was a guide somewhere in the old days that roughly said "think of multieffect IOs and half of a normal IO for each effect". At first glance it doesn't make a lot of sense, because two slots of Acc/Dmg would be the same as one slot of Acc and one slot of Dmg. Then the guide talks about triples and quads being "small halves" and duals being "halves with gravy". So is the main reason to get access to "halves" so you can slot 1.5 Acc and 2.5 Dmg for 4 slots (not a bad idea actually). Or you mostly want to slot triples for the most benefit of frankenslotting? Looks like I need to play around I'm Mids or Pine and compare between standard IOs and combinations of sets to get a better feel for it.

This guide claims stamina and auther auto powers don't work in forms, but another post in one of the WS builds says it does. I assume this was changed since plasma's guide?

Nice!

I read somewhere (I think I was a guide from the old forums) that stamina turns off when you switch form (only affect human form). Can you confirm? I currently have it 3 slotted and it might be overkill although I do some d a little more time in human form now that I have various things that go boom. 20-30 it was mostly while out if combat and dropping into it quick to mire and recharge.

Cool thanks!

the P2W gave me free multu aspect enhancements for free. They show lvl1 it it looks like they are Unique but there are 5 (I think?) different ones and each has a Proc attached to it that stops once you reach 20 (doing this from memory so I may not have it quite right). I think they do 16% improvement for each aspect they cover (that's DO territory right?) I wanted to enter them in Mids to figure out my stats in the 20s when I think it may still be worth slotting them rather than IOs, or at least as an alternative to spending influ nice on lower IOs. Is there a way to slot then or are they not known to the character builders?

Thanks to both of you. This helps a lot.

Thanks, I really appreciate the feedback and will look for your controller thread (I also have a fire/dark controller at lvl 19 I think but I've played a lot of controllers in the old days a d decided I wanted to try something else first) I also posted a thread on asking for tips on frankenslotting earlier. I couldn't remember what buffs you get from certain levels of IO sets (like a dual effect 25) but based on your post I really need to look at it more in Mids. I'm trying to not overthink or min/max the build while leveling. Don't want to spend a ton of inf. But also don't want to need the build too bad.

Thanks for the clarification.

It say human but I see you took dwarf too. How do you work dwarf in gameplay? For mezz protection and tankiness? Mostly as a set mule? Back in the day I had a triform on live but I felt that the attack chain was unnecessarily long on teams. With a decent team by the time I pulled off a double mire there was little left to kill and I could probably have done it injured. Playing around on the current servers it looks like maybe form change is faster but I still seem to be waiting for the tray swap to occur (I have my own binds. I should see if the pop-up tray is faster or not) So back in the day I went to human only and felt I had a faster chain with less micromanaging. So maybe the concept of a "mostly" human would work well for me. Focus on the human chain but build utility in (both) other forms for the occasional use.

Wow, I forgot almost everything about this game, especially the later issues. I still expected my toggles to go down on mezz. I don't want to invest a lot of time right now figuring out the "perfect" slotting for my character yet. Part of the reason is that I like to get a sense of how to use each power and what I like, and then decide how to slot then for bonuses. In the meantime I want to "frankenslot", but I'm not sure how to do it intelligently and how to not waste I fluence doing it. Do you have tips for frankenslotting on the way to 50? For example, at 32 I can slot all lvl 35 standard IOs, but I think I can get higher numbers by slotting dual and triples? Are standard IOs always cheaper than set IOs to craft or can I save money by frankenslotting (first character so not rolling in inf yet) I can probably figure some of this in Mids/Pine but I'm hoping someone can out me in the right path.

Regarding the UI save, it's computer specific right? I play CoH on multiple computers (e.g. laptop when traveling) so it seems like it would help to have a macro to reset it when I change computers. I'll have to try.

How useful is combat jump? Do you use it much it is it a way to slot an LoTG? I took it "accidentally" on my warshade (I brainfarted and thought it was an auto/passive ability) but since it's a toggle I never use it. I'm rarely I human form long enough to bother, and use TP/niva flight to get vertical movement. Just curious and trying to be more educated, not a criticism.

I thought Stygian circle was endurance, not health, it's obviously been too long since I played a warshade.

I didn't see any mention of the heal power (drain essence I think it's called?) I'm guessing because it's obvious you should take it?

I just saw a other thread that Pine's was updated so I think it is being actively maintained.

Yeah translocation is not enhanceable.

I was in an SG in the old days but wasn't the "admin" and u remember pretty little about it except it was used for storage and maybe travel between zones. There doesn't seem to be many SGs on Excelsior and if they are they are not spamming the global channels for recruitment like in the old days. Should I join an SG? If I remember right you gain less inf while in SG mode? Maybe most people are focusing on inf right now? Is there a benefit to have your own private SG base and is it worth the trouble?

One of my 50s was Claire de lune, and I had built her as a human only WS and she kicked ass. I'm think about re-spinning her as a tri-form this time around, I had a tri-form Peacebringer so I'm familiar with the binds, etc.. and the basic of constant form shifting. To be honest I mostly stopped playing the PB after I got my WS Looking for Ward to any updates to the guide for i25, not that I can't figure it for myself but it's nice to get other perspectives. It's funny, I forgot a lot about the game and some of the stuff I remember was removed in later issues and I forgot about it (I grabbed the bike on my corruptor last night and discover that it no longer crashes!?! Is that true for the glowie ball mode of the PB too?). This game is getting too easy :) Gotta curb the altitis. Only one Kheldian this time :)

oh, and share your own fire/dark builds, both levelling and endgame. I ahve a sort of plan for end game that involves focusing set bonuses on defense (around 40% for most?) but it will be a long time before I can afford any of that. First character on the new servers, so starting building inf from scratch.

OK, a bit of a clickbait title, but I rolled a fire/dark corruptor, currently lvl 27, and really loving it. I saw a few endgmae builds with IO sets, etc... but I didn;t find a guide or build for the early to mid game, when all you use are IOs (or SOs), so I'd like some advice/comments. My thoughts: - I find that /dark is pretty slot friendly, so even at 27 I have quite a few slots in my attacks. - I like the AoE Damage (tarpatch + rain of fire) and I find the single target attacks quite serviceable - Twilight Grasp (-regen) and Darkest Night (debuffs) seem like good powers agasint AVs and Elite bosses, unless their effect is negligible. So I'm pretty happy about the balance and utility of the sets so far. I don't care for Fire Breath. Maybe it's a matter of more practice but it seems pretty ineffective. Maybe I should have taken Flares instead but its description of doing "minor" damage turned me off, and fast recharge can mean sucking blue, so I skipped it. I took recall firend because I was in the middle of a TF and hadn't trained several level when we decide we wanted to stealth some of it. Since I had Superspeed and was planning on taking Shadowfall to stack for invisibility anyway, I took recall friend. I'm not sure what to think about howling twighlight, I have used it once or twice as a rez and then realized it doesn;t need a dead teammate to work, the rez is just a side effect, so I'm considering slotting it as an opener or at least crowd control / debuff power (and hope I don't need it right after that to rez a teammate) I don't know if the game mechanics changed, but I remember my energy blaster snipe to take a long time to execute and be easily interrupted. Blazing Bolt feels almost like a normal single target attack instead But I'm wondering what to take next: - I think fearsome stare should provide nice crowd control or a nice panic button, but I assume it doesn't fear bosses. - petrifying gaze doesn;t sound appealing, I'm not a controller and I have several AoE controls already. I think the Dark Servant will have hold of its own, so maybe it would stack to hold bosses, but you can't control the dark servant target right? -I think I'll definitely try Inferno, more AoE goodness to stack on rain of fire - I'm taking Dark Servant, more control and debuffs, and I won't feel lonely - black hole seems liek a good way to piss teammates off so I'm plannign on skipping So even if I take Fearsome Stare, I'me not sure what I even care to take at 28 and 30 and tehn again at 35 I can probalby take a fly power for when superspede gets annoying (it happens) as I have not yet figured out how to get flypacks like in the old days. What secondary pools should i take for synergy? i play solo and team, and since i don;t have pets, not sure leadership is a great choice until the end game? Even worse with Fighting, I think it's best used as a place to put IO sets once you get there? I'm also not sure what Epic pool is good synergy. Thematically I like Dark. Power mastery might be good, Power Build with Aim could boost my AoEs and it Force of NAture could add a layer of resitance on top of shadowfall, with temp invulnearibilty being a good panic button? So let me know your thoughts on powers and pools. Also any advice on what to slot for. So far I have been slotting more or less whatever drops I get, with accuracy/dmag going to fire powers and recharge going into tarpatch and rain of fire primarily. With hasten I'm running out of endurance so I will satrt slotting more end red and stamina, etc... I sort of recreated my build so far in Mid's designer (from memory so not an exact match, but it's close) to give you an idea of where I am so far: Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.96 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Mr Burns: Level 28 Magic Corruptor Primary Power Set: Fire Blast Secondary Power Set: Dark Miasma Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Teleportation Villain Profile: Level 1: Fire Blast (A) Empty (3) Empty (5) Empty (9) Empty (13) Empty (17) Empty Level 1: Twilight Grasp (A) Empty Level 2: Fire Ball (A) Empty (3) Empty (5) Empty (9) Empty (17) Empty Level 4: Tar Patch (A) Empty (11) Empty (15) Empty Level 6: Rain of Fire (A) Empty (7) Empty (7) Empty (11) Empty (13) Empty (15) Empty Level 8: Super Speed (A) Empty Level 10: Darkest Night (A) Empty Level 12: Recall Friend (A) Empty Level 14: Howling Twilight (A) Empty Level 16: Shadow Fall (A) Empty Level 18: Fire Breath (A) Empty (19) Empty (19) Empty Level 20: Blaze (A) Empty (21) Empty (21) Empty (25) Empty Level 22: Aim (A) Empty (23) Empty (23) Empty Level 24: Hasten (A) Empty (25) Empty Level 26: Blazing Bolt (A) Empty (27) Empty (27) 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: Sprint (A) Empty Level 2: Rest (A) Empty Level 1: Scourge Level 0: Born In Battle Level 0: High Pain Threshold Level 0: Invader Level 0: Marshal Level 4: Ninja Run Level 2: Swift (A) Empty Level 2: Hurdle (A) Empty Level 2: Health (A) Empty Level 2: Stamina (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) Empty ------------

Female characters even if it's a guy behind the keyboard? I'm an equal opportunity character creator and have heroes of both sexes, so possibly not the right SG for me but I like what you're about (old vet at the game from the old Liberty server that started playing again 2 days ago)