Gobbledygook

Yeah, I've read plenty on how to use the Regen powers since the great Nerf Bat Beatdowns of the early days. I just havn't given it an honest and fair shot since then. I have suggestions I want to make, but I don't want to make them from a place of ignorance. Time to walk a mile in Regens shoes, as the saying goes.

So, I picked up Instant Healing, which if I'm remembering correctly, basically doubles my hp regen. Again, this on it's own doesn't really seem to be doing too much. Yes, I use Dull Pain as soon as it recharges. Yes, I see why so many people bash on Regen. Am I going to jump on that bandwagon? Quite possibly, but I am going to remain open minded and not form an opinion until this journey is complete. Not like when I first went to Iraq. That place just sucked.

I never played in a SuperTeam, but I did run a Bleach themed SG on Triumph. There is talk of one starting (SuperTeam) in the Defender forums. I'd be up for a group of elemental themed group.

Based solely on the prospect of shit-talk, I'll do my best to be there. I can't remember my global name, but I'll fire a /tell off in game.

I'm going to make a SS/Bio soon. I forget, which one of us is the evil double?

Thanks, I'll have a closer look when I'm on my desktop. Resistance, health and regen are the aspects I was going to chase once I started IO'ing him out.

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Fine, I'll roll a Sentinel. Guess I'm doing Regen to compare to my current Regen Brute project. Any recommendations for primary?

I'm running -1/x6 at the moment, and having a blast. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I just picked up Shockwave. Meh. Just a few things I have noticed on my path so far: Do not wait until you're at half health to use Reconstruction. If you wait that long, you're most likely toast. Once you're at 3/4 health, fire away. Dull Pain, I sometimes wait until half health for, as it's a beefier heal that also increases your total health regenerated per second. Speaking of health regenerated per second, Integration. Yuck. I was hoping that when I picked it up, there would be a much higher increase in survivability then what I observed. Honestly, so far the best increases in survivability have been from Tough and Shockwave. Though I'm honestly not too surprised.

I was going to do the whole "quote within a quote" thing, then realized, maybe that's not for me. I do have three slots, well, four now, in Recon and DP. I mean they were the last ones I slotted, but yeah. As far as RoP, I'm purposely avoiding the majority of external res/def powers just to test Regen itself. Yes, I know Tough is an outside power, but it is on consistently. This is one of the reasons I went Brute instead of Scrapper. No Shadow Meld, RoP, Eye of the Magus, Elusive Mind.

Ok, spent a few hours playing tonight. As mentioned earlier, I was not digging Savage, so I remade the toon based off of feedback from the previous thread where I asked about primary. I am enjoying my Not Wolverine Claws/Reg Brute. A few notes. WHen I build melee toons tend to slot there attacks before defensive powers. Normally three slotss in the attacks in the case of Brutes. Just an ass, end red, and a recharge, as I feel Fury contributes enough to damage at this point. Reconstruction is, at this point, just a respite. I died quite a few times running the Hollows missions solo. I have not tried changing difficutly settings at this point. I did join a Posi part 1, and ran a few PUG missions, getting me up to 25. I got Tough after I had the mandatory attacks, (spin, focus) as I feel that Regen reall needs something to bolster it's survivability right now. And with Stamina and QR, I definitely have the end to spare for one additional toggle. It stacks well with Resilience, and I already notice a difference. Tomorrow I plan on Running Posi 2, Synapse, Moonfire, Citadel, and the Yin TF's. I'll also probably start grabbing the exploration badges needed for the accolades. If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.

So, after playing Savage for a few levels, sober, I might add, I decided I really did not like the sound effects. I will be switching to a new powerset.

At the sound of sounding like I have no search-fu skills at all, can you point me to the starting line? I'll run the race myself after that.

Completely agree with @Mjolnerd Another issuee that I have personally with Discord is the app. I don't like apps on my phone. If Discord allowed you to go to the website on a moblie device, then I might be willing to try it out.

Apologies for not updating. When I hit revive the next morning, the debuffs kept me down. They lingered through the bed inspection. I think I got hit with the Vahz wasting disease. Apparently 2 bottles of Jack are bad for you, mmkay.

Ok, I decided that I'd slow level this toon. You know, run the starting contacts, no dbl xp. Well, when you're drinking, it's hard to follow the story. Mostly cause it's hard to read, but whatever. After 30 minutes and only being lvl 4, I decided to pick things up a bit, grabbed dbl xp booster and went to town. Well, the sewer, anyway. Me, someone that had been drinking scotch, and some other fine players I lured to my cause of getting me xp by rhyming and lying about my ability to pay their dry cleaning bill. I noticed I actually died on this DFB. Twice. I also noticed a distinct lack of a satisfying sound effect when attacking. I will pay more attention when I'm not drinking, but in my opinion, when ripping someones intestines out and shoving them in their face, there should be meatier sound effects.

So, with the semi-frequent discussions that have occurred recently regarding Regen, and my disliking it since it was nerfed (cutting regen percentage on Integration and Instant healing, changing IH to a click instead of a toggle, the purple patch, which lowered the effectiveness of powers such as Tough and Weave), I decided to make one for myself, with a primary that would not really sway the survivability of the secondary. As I had already ran a FM to 50, and wanting to try a new powerset, I chose Savage Melee. This is where I will chronicle my journey with this character, noting the good and bad. I will be leveling without the use of IO's until around 35 or 40. I also plan on skipping most of the pool powers that have a direct effect on survivability, with the exception of tough. No RoP, no accolades (except the passives). I am currently drunk, as my healing factor has not kicked in enough to handle this Jack Daniels. I reserve the right to edit this initial post to fix grammatical errors, make bad jokes, and to add any information I find to be pertinent at a later (sober) time.

I was thinking Savage, as it's a set I haven't played yet I'll read up on it tonight/tomorrow and then start him up. Any suggestions Savage Melee, Or which side to start? Blue/Gold/Red?

I'm a Floridian, I don't speak numbers, so I'll trust you on that.

I think is the second time I've seen a Regen discussion turn into a SR discussion.

Disclaimer: I have not attempted Regen since the great nerf of the dark times. Unnecessary background info follows: Back in Issue 0, I made a Claws/Regen Scrapper as my first toon. This was my first MMO, and I did not know a great deal about the powers, or even how to play. I did not have tough, and I never knew about perma MoG. I didn't even know about the forums. All I knew was one day Gobbledygook was amazing fun to play. He would get hit, and his health bar would drop dramatically, I would hit reconstraction or Dull Pain, and it would rise, quickly. The passive regen was good enough that it would take at least 6 mobs to cause to need to use a click heal. As there have been quite a few threads and discussions on Regen lately, I have decided to test Regen myself. My plan is to run a Regen Brute, 1-50, with no farming or PL'ing at all. I am having a little trouble deciding what primary set to pick though, as I am wanting to test Regens effectiveness, not the mitigation that an attack set can provide Regen. That means sets that provide +def, like Katana or Browdsword are out. Same with DM, as it provides a self heal. So, I come to you good people. And you too, @Snarky, for opinions and advice. I may even log this experiment for posterity.

I myself have called for changes to regen since the " Great nerfing of Regen". I disagree with people that say Regen would lose it's identity if IH was made back into a toggle. I say it would regain it's identity. Anywho, with all of the recent discussions on Regen, and a comment that @Erratic1 made in their SS/EA thread, I have decided to make one and see for myself.

Challenge accepted!

Maybe have the MM part as the battle cry, then have a macro for the second part?

Sabretoth is clearly a Brute