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I didn't think of burn not activating. Now that you say it i checked and you are way correct. It happens all the time. Sigh.

I guess i should add that with combat jumping off i'm at 45.8% def and with Plasma Shield off 101.87% res. THe build is end stable with Fire Shield, Blazing Aura, Hover, Quills, Weave, Maneuvers, Tactics, Assault, and Darkest Night active.

I play with a few friends, and we regularly farm. I find myself following a lot, but I don't have flight so i have to use a temp or keep hopping around. My toon is a spines/fire brute. Money is no object. This is my first from scratch build, so i for sure need advice. 1. Needs flight/hover - non-negotiable. 2. Only one power will be on auto, and no other powers will be clicked. I assume burn is the best option but I'm happily proved wrong. 3. I assume that after 45% def and 90% res, the stat priorities are: Recharge Rate, Dmg, to hit. 4. Ancillary/Epic should have a useful toggle. 5. Leadership - trying for all three toggles. 6. Blazing Aura, Quills, and Burn are the only dmg dealers. Everything else is for set bonus only. Hero Plan by Mids' Reborn : Hero Designer 2.6.0.1 https://github.com/ImaginaryDevelopment/imaginary-hero-designer Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Brute Primary Power Set: Spines Secondary Power Set: Fiery Aura Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Leaping Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Lunge (A) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) (27) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge (33) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (33) Hecatomb - Accuracy/Recharge (33) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance Level 1: Fire Shield (A) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance (3) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge (3) Aegis - Resistance Level 2: Blazing Aura (A) Multi-Strike - Accuracy/Endurance (9) Obliteration - Damage (9) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (19) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (25) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (27) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage Level 4: Hover (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 6: Healing Flames (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (7) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance (7) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime (40) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime (40) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance (43) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb Level 8: Boxing (A) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage (37) Superior Blistering Cold - Damage/Endurance (39) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (39) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (39) Superior Blistering Cold - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (40) Superior Blistering Cold - Recharge/Chance for Hold Level 10: Temperature Protection (A) Aegis - Resistance/Recharge (11) Aegis - Resistance (11) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance Level 12: Taunt (A) Mocking Beratement - Taunt (13) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge (13) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge/Range (15) Mocking Beratement - Accuracy/Recharge (15) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Range (17) Mocking Beratement - Recharge Level 14: Tough (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (34) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 16: Plasma Shield (A) Aegis - Resistance (17) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge (19) Aegis - Resistance/Endurance Level 18: Quills (A) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage (34) Armageddon - Damage (34) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (36) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge (36) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (36) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage Level 20: Consume (A) Mocking Beratement - Taunt (21) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge (21) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Recharge/Range (23) Mocking Beratement - Accuracy/Recharge (23) Mocking Beratement - Taunt/Range (25) Mocking Beratement - Recharge Level 22: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 24: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 26: Tactics (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up (37) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance (37) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance Level 28: Burn (A) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage (29) Superior Brute's Fury - Recharge/Fury Bonus (29) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (31) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (31) Superior Brute's Fury - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (31) Fury of the Gladiator - Chance for Res Debuff Level 30: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 32: Vengeance (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 35: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 38: Spine Burst (A) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage (42) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (42) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (42) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (43) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (43) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown Level 41: Impale (A) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage (45) Superior Winter's Bite - Damage/RechargeTime (45) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (45) Superior Winter's Bite - 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Thanx!

On topic Question: When using #2915 to darm, it exemps you down to lvl 49. Because of this, should i Attune my enhancements? Or would it better to boost them?

I wrote up a little review of this post in the Brute forum. Thanx for everything you've done @Warlawk!:

Purpose/Goal: I am working on my main, an inv/ss tanker, that I love more than anything. But he is so slow, and i mean slow at pretty much everything, but especially at gaining insp. AE farming isn't great. I'm mostly running ITF full clears and iTrials. I get the idea that if I take a break from him for a minute, I could build a farmer, and get there quicker. At that point, I estimated I was about 3 months from completing my dream infinity tank build. Guide Used: A big thank you to my generous knowledge patron @Warlawk. May all of your endeavors fit see point #1: Timeline: 2021/01/25 - The birth of Warlark's Ward 2021/01/25 - After some DFB and other TFs, got picked up in a farm, and hit 28. BURN BABY BURN. 2021/01/26 - Didn't leave the AE unless necessary to vendor sell. Solo farmed #2915 +0/x8 by the all powerful all knowing @brigg. Spent the entire time manually managing purple/red insp and learning what to sell on the /ah. 2021/01/27 - Had to leave the AE to do the Patron Arc. It's a scary world out there and not having a travel power hurt. I invited others, and one of them gave me 10mil for the cause. This was a huge difference at that moment. I burned through 5mil instantly. 2021/01/27 - Hit lvl 50. Opened Hybrid slot in like an hour. Switched to "no XP." 2021/01/27 - Bought my last set of sciciro's dervish. Purple management is now done. deployed insp eating macros. began rocketing to the moon. +3/x8 2021/01/28 - Level Shifted +3. 2021/01/29 - Completed the build minus the Very Rares. Needed a purple insp again here and there for +4/x8 so i stuck with +3/x8. 2021/01/31 - Bought my last Very Rare. At some point I also got all my Incarnates to at least T3. Upped to +4/x8. 2021/02/06 - Completed from scratch a second Very Rare build for my inv/ss tanker. Tips: GET GOOD AT SELLING - You need to get efficient at selling loot as early as possible. You can get very good at this, and try to game the market and craft as well. But that all took a lot of time. I wanted to farm. Because of this, I chose to: Vendor sell all enhancements and white recipes. Auction House salvage: white (500inf) yellow (2500inf) and orange (400,000inf) Auction House recipes: yellow (1inf) orange (probably 1inf) purple (check history, probably 10mil) AFK FARMING, DO IT - As soon as i didn't need a purple insp, i started afk farming. Before a meeting or irl task, i'd set the Comic Con Security guard to follow, and set burn on auto. Obviously not as efficient as actively clicking, but it's infinitely more profitable that not earning any inf. Considering how busy i am irl, I honestly feel this ended up being the bulk of my earnings. I'm afk farming right now actually. USE A LEVELING BUILD - I chose to do this leveling using the final build. This was dumb. If I could do it again, I'd have picked what made sense per lvl, rushed to fully slotted scicero's dervish everywhere, and respecced at 50. SOME SEED MONEY HELPS - I chose to do this with no seed money. 5 to 10 million makes a huge difference. If i had gotten IO's starting at lvl 28 oh man that'd have been nice. ADJUST LEVEL TO MINUS ONE WHAT YOU CAN DO - In general, you will make more inf if you have big groups that you easily crush. So if you're even remotely struggling at +2/x8, don't drop to x4. Drop to +1/x8. QUEUE 10x STACKS OF MED RED INSP IN THE AH - I keep 10 or so buy orders at 500inf/per insp of med reds in the AH. Between missions i'll burn all the insp in the tray, and grab a 10x stack of med reds. You won't be at 600% damage, but you'll be pretty close and it's super time efficient. KILL BOSSES - Bosses are where the money is at. Yes minions and lt's will die too, but chase down running bosses. They drop purples. Enough said. INCARNATES ARE MEH - They are great and all, but imo don't make or break any of this. The only one is Destiny - Ageless helps save me from using consume as much. But i've tested not using it and it's mostly fine. I'd do the minimum to get level shifted +3, and then just fill in the rest as you can. No rush. Besides, BAF and LAM are boring. Also see Warlawk's point #1. IGNORE MERITS - Yes you can get good stuff from them. But you earn inf much faster than the rate at which merit farming makes sense. I'm at well over 100mil/hour. I think I have 13 reward merits maybe. Goal achieved?: I went from 3 months out to done in 12 days. Yeah that's achieved. Introduction: Without further adieu, I introduce you to Warlawk's Ward. A mutation rad/fire Brute on Excelsior. He's good natured and hard working, even if his pilot is not. Thank you everyone for reading and happy hunting! Build: The "Alternate Radiation Melee/Fiery Aura (No performance change, more expensive New highest inf earner with the updated rotation!)" From this post:

I am using this guide to rain in inf so thank you so much! With no seed inf, i created a toon on a tuesday, and was easily soloing #2915 +4x8 on the following Saturday. A couple of questions: 1. Should #2915 have Elite Bosses? 2. When working on incarnate powers, is there a priority order to getting them? In particular a T3 and T4 path that is recommended for optimal damage gains. Thanx in advance!

Unfortunately I do not play enough to be farming 100's of millions of inf on IO set builds. I'm already months in to saving up for my main tank anyways. I'm looking for something that is competent at teamed end game content, but won't break the bank. In general standard IOs are fine, with a few entry level sets. I know I'm not into Energy Blast, that much is certain. A build centered around a hate mechanic is no thank you. I have tried a few others in blasters, corrupter, defenders, and doms, and i'm open to pretty much whatever. Also if you could provide a Pines for your suggestion it would be hugely appreciated. Thanx in advance!

From this: to this: That is all. Thank you for your consideration.

Has anyone tried the OP's build? Has OP tried it and if so how is it working? I am kind of a noob without a lot of inf so i can't afford to test things out.

Yes. This makes more sense. Also, duh to me.

Lately some of you have been a little out of sorts... Erratic... Unreliable. Downright sloppy. Not you Hyperstrike. You've been great. But the rest of you, fair to say, I'm... disappointed.

And if you haven't already watched The Boys you are severely missing out.

Hello fellow heroes! I'm returning from sunset with my first lvl 50 in homecoming. I am going for a theme that requires Flight as a travel power and using the power Laser Beam Eyes. l'd also prefer to not use stealth, as it'll effect appearance. But if i have to then I have to. All other options are on the table. The goal is to main this character only all the way through all the end game content. Soft def cap, high to-hit, end stable, etc. I will get into incarnates, but I don't have any of those powers yet. I found this build some where on the forums (so credit to whoever it is due to, but sorry i lost track). It is VERY close, but it doesn't use laser beam eyes. If it is possible to fix, then it would seem i don't have the IO set knowledge to do so. Thanx in advance! Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! AdmiralNorman: Level 50 Natural Tanker Primary Power Set: Invulnerability Secondary Power Set: Super Strength Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Temp Invulnerability -- StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), UnbGrd-Max HP%(3), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(3), UnbGrd-ResDam(5), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(5), ImpArm-ResPsi(7) Level 1: Jab -- KntCmb-Acc/Dmg(A), KntCmb-Dmg/EndRdx(7), KntCmb-Dmg/Rchg(9), KntCmb-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(9), Acc-I(11) Level 2: Punch -- SprGntFis-Rchg/+Absorb(A), SprGntFis-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), SprGntFis-Acc/Dmg(13), SprGntFis-Dmg/Rchg(13), SprGntFis-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(15), SprGntFis-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(15) Level 4: Haymaker -- SprMghoft-Dmg/Rchg(A), SprMghoft-Rchg/Res%(23), SprMghoft-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(25), SprMghoft-Acc/Dmg(25), SprMghoft-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27), SprMghoft-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(27) Level 6: Fly -- WntGif-ResSlow(A) Level 8: Unyielding -- RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctArm-ResDam(29), RctArm-EndRdx(29), RctArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(31), ImpArm-ResPsi(31), GldArm-3defTpProc(31) Level 10: Resist Physical Damage -- TtnCtn-ResDam(A), TtnCtn-ResDam/EndRdx(33), ImpArm-ResPsi(33), ImpSki-Status(50) Level 12: Resist Energies -- TtnCtn-ResDam(A), TtnCtn-ResDam/EndRdx(33), ImpArm-ResPsi(34) Level 14: Stealth -- ShlWal-ResDam/Re TP(A), LucoftheG-Rchg+(34) Level 16: Resist Elements -- TtnCtn-ResDam(A), TtnCtn-ResDam/EndRdx(34), ImpArm-ResPsi(36) Level 18: Invincibility -- LucoftheG-Rchg+(A), LucoftheG-Def(36) Level 20: Knockout Blow -- SprBlsCol-Rchg/HoldProc(A), SprBlsCol-Dmg/EndRdx/Acc/Rchg(36), SprBlsCol-Dmg/EndRdx(37), SprBlsCol-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(37), SprBlsCol-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(37) Level 22: Dull Pain -- Prv-Absorb%(A), Prv-Heal/Rchg/EndRdx(39), Prv-Heal(39), Prv-Heal/EndRdx(39), Prv-EndRdx/Rchg(40), Prv-Heal/Rchg(40) Level 24: Taunt -- PrfZng-Dam%(A) Level 26: Tough Hide -- LucoftheG-Rchg+(A), LucoftheG-Def(40) Level 28: Rage -- AdjTrg-Rchg(A), AdjTrg-ToHit(42), AdjTrg-ToHit/Rchg(42), AdjTrg-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(42), AdjTrg-EndRdx/Rchg(43) Level 30: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(43) Level 32: Maneuvers -- Rct-ResDam%(A), Rct-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(43), Rct-Def(45), Rct-Def/EndRdx(45), Rct-EndRdx/Rchg(45), Rct-Def/Rchg(46) Level 35: Focused Accuracy -- RctRtc-ToHit(A), RctRtc-Pcptn(50) Level 38: Foot Stomp -- Arm-Dam%(A), Arm-Dmg/EndRdx(46), Arm-Dmg/Rchg(46), Arm-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), Arm-Acc/Rchg(48), Arm-Dmg(48) Level 41: Physical Perfection -- NmnCnv-Heal(A), NmnCnv-Heal/EndRdx(50) Level 44: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A) Level 47: Hover -- LucoftheG-Rchg+(A) Level 49: Afterburner -- LucoftheG-Rchg+(A) Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I(A) Level 1: Gauntlet Level 1: Prestige Power Dash -- EndRdx-I(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Slide -- EndRdx-I(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Quick -- EndRdx-I(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Rush -- EndRdx-I(A) Level 1: Prestige Power Surge -- EndRdx-I(A) Level 1: Sprint -- UnbLea-Stlth(A) Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A) Level 4: Ninja Run Level 2: Swift -- Flight-I(A) Level 2: Health -- RgnTss-Regen+(A), Pnc-Heal/+End(17), Mrc-Rcvry+(17), NmnCnv-Regen/Rcvry+(19), NmnCnv-Heal(19), Mrc-Heal(21) Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A) Level 2: Stamina -- PrfShf-EndMod(A), PrfShf-EndMod/Rchg(21), PrfShf-End%(23) Level 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve Level 0: Portal Jockey Level 0: Task Force Commander Level 0: The Atlas Medallion Level 50: Spiritual Core Paragon Level 50: Mighty Core Final Judgement Level 50: Reactive Radial Flawless Interface Level 50: Longbow Core Superior Ally Level 50: Rebirth Radial Epiphany Level 50: Assault Radial Embodiment ------------