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I will be playing WoW Classic because my son wants me to play with him. I figure if I can put up with CoH being gone for almost 7 years, I can put up with a month or so of WoW Classic until his nostalgia goggles wear off.

I play an Energy/WP Sentinel, and I had to play a Fire/Regen Sentinel in order to learn what to do with it. The thing that made it click for me was to lean into +regen. Fully-kitted, my En/WP Sent has +717% regen. Yes, you read that right: seven-hundred-and-seventeen percent. My Fire/Regen Sentinel has only +666% regen (throws up devil horns). This means that my WP does regen better than my Regen. My mind boggles at the thought, even now. Add in the layered defenses and resistances, and my En/WP Sentinel is nigh unkillable, once the alpha's out of the way. YMMV.

As a recovering Blaster, it was really hard to break the Acrobatics habit. Sure, I stumbled a couple of times with the Aegis and Impervious Skin globals (sexy little temptresses they are), but I got right back on the wagon. Once I did, I never looked back. I don't need those crutches any more. While the Sentinel base protection is less than that of Scrappers/Brutes, it's enough. And because so many IO sets include either status protection or resistance, that more than makes up for any delta.

I choose SR over Nin simply because I prefer to "set-it-and-forget-it", instead of having more buttons to click. Nin is definitely strong, but more trouble than it's worth, to me. YMMV.

One of the most common misconceptions I encounter is this age old argument about "DPS" (damage per second). There is no denying that Blasters and Corruptors (and even some Defenders) have better DPS than Sentinels -- in most cases, the math is indisputable. But my experience playing both Blasters and Sentinels all the way up to the end game is that DPS isn't the whole story. When I talk about Sentinels, I try to shift the conversation to "DPE": damage per encounter (where "encounter" means a group of mobs). When I play Sentinels, I'm fighting/blasting almost non-stop, the whole time, until all of the mobs are down. When I play Blasters/Corruptors, my combat is rarely "non-stop". My attack chains are usually interrupted by something: the need for me move to shake aggro/mitigate damage/select targets, or the need to buff, de-buff, heal, or control a target. Sure, my individual attacks have a higher DPS, but my DPS is zero (0.0/sec) when I'm kiting, dodging, moving, healing, (de-)buffing, or controlling. Additionally, I seem to need to break for endurance recovery more often with my Blasters/Corruptors than with my Sentinels, because almost all of the Sentinel secondaries include +recovery powers, while fewer of the Blaster/Corruptor secondaries do. So over the course of a protracted fight with an entire encounter, I feel like Sentinels do more sustained damage as whole, rather than the bursts of damage offered by Blasters/Corruptors. In fact, over this past weekend, my friends and I were discussing this on Discord, and one of my friends (who's an excellent team leader) said (in so many words), "I prefer having Sentinels over Blasters on my teams because they just keep going, don't go down, and don't need as much babysitting." I'm sure that this significantly varies from player to player and build to to build. Admittedly, it's hard to tell that for sure without a robust combat logging and analysis tool (similar to Recount or Skada from the WoW universe). Perhaps someone can do some experiments with the revived HeroStats to come up with some solid numbers. But until we have those, I can only report my anecdotal experience.

More tweaking of the AoE build... 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! Rathfire: Level 50 Science Sentinel Primary Power Set: Fire Blast Secondary Power Set: Regeneration Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Fighting Hero Profile: Level 1: Flares (A) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage (3) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Damage/RechargeTime (3) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (5) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (5) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (7) Superior Opportunity Strikes - RechargeTime/Chance for Opportunity Level 1: Fast Healing (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (7) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance (9) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime (9) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime (11) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance (11) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb Level 2: Fire Blast (A) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage (13) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Damage/RechargeTime (13) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (15) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (15) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (17) Superior Sentinel's Ward - RechargeTime/Chance for +Absorb Level 4: Fire Ball (A) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage (19) Annihilation - Damage/RechargeTime (19) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (21) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (21) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (23) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff Level 6: Blaze (A) Apocalypse - Damage (23) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (25) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (25) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge (27) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (27) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 8: Quick Recovery (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (29) Performance Shifter - EndMod (29) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge (31) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy Level 10: Instant Regeneration (A) Panacea - Heal/Endurance (31) Panacea - Endurance/Recharge (31) Panacea - Hea/Recharge (33) Panacea - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (33) Panacea - Heal (33) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance Level 12: Hover (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (34) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 14: Fly (A) Flight Speed IO Level 16: Dismiss Pain (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration Level 18: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (34) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 20: Integration (A) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance (34) Numina's Convalesence - Endurance/Recharge (36) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (36) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (36) Numina's Convalesence - Heal (37) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery Level 22: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO (37) Endurance Reduction IO Level 24: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (37) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (39) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 26: Rain of Fire (A) Ragnarok - Damage (39) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (39) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (40) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge (40) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (40) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown Level 28: Resilience (A) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (42) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (42) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (42) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 30: Tactics (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance Level 32: Inferno (A) Armageddon - Damage (43) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (45) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (45) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge (45) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (46) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage Level 35: Second Wind (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 38: Moment of Glory (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 41: Kick (A) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus (46) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance (48) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge Level 44: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (48) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (48) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime (50) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 47: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 49: Afterburner (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Opportunity Level 1: Prestige Power Dash | Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1483;681;1362;HEX;| |78DA6594C94F137114C77FD30E42294BCBBE959D52284C5BC17D4B14311A48A02C2| |65E9A068676B499D6B6897AF4E85513FD073CE8C58BFE19AE37D78BFB867A7089A7| |FACAF74B2176D2E6F39BB7BF37F366F6E254CD9D13978F28ADEE582A9ECBC5164C3| |B6FD966AA7261C532ED1553C955158DE7936B56D6AC949B8E4D8B58346E27CC5563| |5A14B1A3E29CF7955453E69A69E74C236A264CDBCCC6F356DAF69EB49366562C8CC| |D837B2E9D4E19D3292B91CCD76C9C67CC78C6B213F59B37AB663697B432B5302CDA| |89B6E378C65A31B672C5B3E762B392DECC5E6A930287E49FF62B5E850AF554572AA| |22BC733F239A8BF205F823B5E81D180B869F4FDE884EE1358F599FC02567F25D7C1| |8C9FAEE2ABDD47BC9A07E443B0EE11F918F43C01CF8BAF93BECED788D7F0867C0B3| |6BD23DF832D1FC0ACF856D0B762CC01DD38D8669021B0234C46C045E9B712FD3A2B| |6F40D67595BC06765F0797C4D6C5D9B8BA90BBDB477683BD3D642FD907BAE4ED71C| |35773376B1BB2BE26D02DBA5AD4AF6A07D4866C5972D5C35ED51F96834F7A123B2F| |6378FF8B715AEC1B595BE33C75517060815C2497C0C165B041E236336E735F31BF4| |B0D925ED1B542E76865CE41E6F47BC00B32FF76CEBF7D2766E59F2027C1E15DE46E| |720F787744A94ECEBFF32F6635F293FC45FE011BA5161F6BF1DD86FFE84DF216784| |56AE9612D3D7BA9DB078EED270F9007C1F143E03DA9A59FCFA13F88FECF04B05345| |D9502B9E8343EA0840E60C2C0AFA25C61C390F86A2A0536C83EC2FC8BE42EC2BF41| |B8CB03F5D6C0DF66770D611CE3AC259AB16A5C2AC274C9B2EBDB4EFF2934B9D1D29| |6E7171270A85D1326DB84C1229934C944926CB24337AE95B218B8119CEE9A56F80D| |28278975D9ED26E17D6AB454F1F8DEFFAF7EDB2537218D6D5B7EDB200EC7E6CC934| |8DBBEAE1AEFE03D282E496| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

The previous build was more single-target focused. Here's a different build that's AoE focused. 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! Wrathfire: Level 50 Science Sentinel Primary Power Set: Fire Blast Secondary Power Set: Regeneration Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Fighting Hero Profile: Level 1: Flares (A) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage (3) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Damage/RechargeTime (3) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (5) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (5) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (7) Superior Opportunity Strikes - RechargeTime/Chance for Opportunity Level 1: Fast Healing (A) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery (7) Numina's Convalesence - Heal (9) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (9) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance (11) Numina's Convalesence - Endurance/Recharge (11) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge Level 2: Fire Blast (A) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage (13) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Damage/RechargeTime (13) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (15) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (15) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (17) Superior Sentinel's Ward - RechargeTime/Chance for +Absorb Level 4: Fire Ball (A) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage (19) Annihilation - Damage/RechargeTime (19) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (21) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (21) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (23) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff Level 6: Blaze (A) Apocalypse - Damage (23) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (25) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (25) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge (27) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (27) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 8: Quick Recovery (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod (29) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge (29) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (31) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge (31) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy (31) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance Level 10: Instant Regeneration (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (33) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb (33) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance (33) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime (34) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime (34) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance Level 12: Hover (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (34) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 14: Fly (A) Flight Speed IO Level 16: Dismiss Pain (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration Level 18: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 20: Integration (A) Panacea - Heal/Endurance (36) Panacea - Endurance/Recharge (37) Panacea - Hea/Recharge (37) Panacea - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (37) Panacea - Heal (39) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance Level 22: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO (39) Endurance Reduction IO Level 24: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (39) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (40) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 26: Rain of Fire (A) Ragnarok - Damage (40) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (40) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (42) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge (42) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (42) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown Level 28: Resilience (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 30: Tactics (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff (43) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance Level 32: Inferno (A) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage (43) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (45) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (45) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (45) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (46) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown Level 35: Second Wind (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 38: Moment of Glory (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 41: Kick (A) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus (46) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance (50) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge Level 44: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (48) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (48) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (48) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 47: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 49: Afterburner (A) Flight Speed IO Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) Empty Level 1: Sprint (A) Celerity - +Stealth Level 2: Rest (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 2: Health (A) Miracle - +Recovery Level 2: Hurdle (A) Jumping IO Level 2: Stamina (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (17) Performance Shifter - EndMod Level 2: Swift (A) Flight Speed IO Level 1: Opportunity Level 4: Ninja Run ------------ | Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1484;687;1374;HEX;| |78DA6594C96F525114C62FF02A525A0B761E684BB1944EAFD056DD69A2B546D3262| |D9D123784B4AFF0943C1048D4A54B13E78D1BC7C4856EDCE89FE1B873DC384F5517| |9AE80A0FFD3E68136E20BFFBCE3DDF3DC3BBF74D9F9CA8B977F0F45E65DBB63F15C| |FE562738695372D23E59C5B360D6BD950325C4BD9783EB96A660DA73CB5955C62D1| |B8953056F4495988ED1375DE575E9A30560D2B67E85123615886C8CDB4E53D64258| |DAC78E8A5897B269D4EE993293391CCD7ACCFA78C78C6B41275A58715239B4B9A99| |5A3816FD64B5ED40C65CD63762C5B3C762D312DEC89E6A91047BE59F0E2A8E42957| |AAE2915D194FD05F912D45E91AFC12D6FC0684864366A176D585B00B7CE91B36075| |949C0733414A456B7B88FD6A1E918FC16D4FC8A7A0E719785CB40E6A1D6F1DEBB6E| |DEFC8F760C307F223D8F409CC8AB68ADAAA213BD686C1169D1C01DBC264049C977A| |9DACD77916B68E73E479B0F3027991BC042E88D645ADEB3372E95E23BF905F41FF3| |7F23BE892D3E486D6EE6E44FFFC0D60C003BAC5A71675A9DA805AB72D4ACC3AE854| |DD1E99F8A456F1F3C266F372AF00F75A12FF7AE658DF81D8011FB8A393EC22BBC1A| |09F7D977D1BB96FA3BF18DF256BA057D69A997F33630619B38FF99F90F7D2CAF7D2| |3A8A9EF58D91E360FF4E7217B91BBCDFAF543BEB6C6F469DF512D3C798BEBBF01BB| |84DDE01CF48CC2EC6ECBA8AB335700D1CBA4EDE206F82C3B7C00712B387FDEE1944| |BF8F8470A78AB6DE51F4C52E7984607384E6053DB2C70C390B46A2A0437C0791B36| |3F01FF423BFC93FE45F50135F9DF5E9EC69843D8DB0A7AA49A930F309F34C7468E5| |FB2E3F196AA0C212AEB0442A2C631596F10ACB9456FE3EC8E147CF67B4F2BD5736F| |6ED67B5D84A7E8765D2A7A91F9B6D21F8FDDAB0D9D415ECE7B90CAE6DF667AD47FB| |8BF18BB7BD507079CADF8CC27F95C1E4E4| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Here's a build you might be able to work with. It's not perfect, and I'm sure someone else will have suggestions to improve it. Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Wrathfire: Level 50 Science Sentinel Primary Power Set: Fire Blast Secondary Power Set: Regeneration Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Fighting Hero Profile: Level 1: Flares (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (3) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (3) Devastation - Damage/Recharge (5) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (5) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (7) Devastation - Chance of Hold Level 1: Fast Healing (A) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery (7) Numina's Convalesence - Heal (9) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (50) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance Level 2: Fire Blast (A) Apocalypse - Damage (11) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (11) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (13) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge (13) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (15) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 4: Quick Recovery (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod (15) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge (17) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (17) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge (19) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy (19) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance Level 6: Blaze (A) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage (21) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Damage/RechargeTime (21) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (23) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (23) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (25) Superior Opportunity Strikes - RechargeTime/Chance for Opportunity Level 8: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (25) Recharge Reduction IO Level 10: Instant Regeneration (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (27) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb (27) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance (29) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime (29) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime (31) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance Level 12: Hover (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 14: Fly (A) Flight Speed IO Level 16: Dismiss Pain (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration Level 18: Blazing Blast (A) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage (33) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Damage/RechargeTime (33) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (33) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (34) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (34) Superior Sentinel's Ward - RechargeTime/Chance for +Absorb Level 20: Integration (A) Panacea - Heal/Endurance (34) Panacea - Endurance/Recharge (36) Panacea - Hea/Recharge (36) Panacea - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (36) Panacea - Heal (37) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance Level 22: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO (37) Endurance Reduction IO (37) Endurance Reduction IO Level 24: Tactics (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance Level 26: Rain of Fire (A) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage (39) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance (40) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (40) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (40) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (42) Superior Frozen Blast - Recharge/Chance for Immobilize Level 28: Resilience (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (50) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 30: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (43) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 32: Inferno (A) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage (43) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (43) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (45) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (45) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (45) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown Level 35: Kick (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 38: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - 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Paging Dr. @oldskool! Paging Dr. @oldskool! He's the DP/Nin expert 'round these parts.

On My Fire/Regen Sentinel (50+1 atm), I decided that since I couldn't cap either defense or resistance, I'd just lean into more recharge, recovery, and regen. I figure I'd just do my best to heal my way through the damage, rather than avoid/absorb it. I did take Hover, Leadership, and Fighting to get as much def/res as possible, but even then it's not much of those. I 4-slotted Kick and Tough for the defense bonuses in Kinetic Combat and Unbreakable Guard, respectively. This is the build I'm working towards (I still need to earn more Inf/Merits to get the best enhancements): Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Wrathfire: Level 50 Science Sentinel Primary Power Set: Fire Blast Secondary Power Set: Regeneration Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Fighting Hero Profile: Level 1: Flares (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (3) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (3) Devastation - Damage/Recharge (5) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (5) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (7) Devastation - Chance of Hold Level 1: Fast Healing (A) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery (7) Numina's Convalesence - Heal (9) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge (50) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Endurance Level 2: Fire Blast (A) Apocalypse - Damage (11) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (11) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (13) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge (13) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (15) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 4: Quick Recovery (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod (15) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge (17) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (17) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge (19) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy (19) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance Level 6: Blaze (A) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage (21) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Damage/RechargeTime (21) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (23) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (23) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (25) Superior Opportunity Strikes - RechargeTime/Chance for Opportunity Level 8: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (25) Recharge Reduction IO Level 10: Instant Regeneration (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (27) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb (27) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance (29) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime (29) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime (31) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance Level 12: Hover (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 14: Fly (A) Flight Speed IO Level 16: Dismiss Pain (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration Level 18: Blazing Blast (A) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage (33) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Damage/RechargeTime (33) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (33) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (34) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (34) Superior Sentinel's Ward - RechargeTime/Chance for +Absorb Level 20: Integration (A) Panacea - Heal/Endurance (34) Panacea - Endurance/Recharge (36) Panacea - Hea/Recharge (36) Panacea - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (36) Panacea - Heal (37) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance Level 22: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO (37) Endurance Reduction IO (37) Endurance Reduction IO Level 24: Tactics (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance Level 26: Rain of Fire (A) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage (39) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance (40) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (40) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (40) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (42) Superior Frozen Blast - Recharge/Chance for Immobilize Level 28: Resilience (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (50) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 30: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (43) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 32: Inferno (A) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage (43) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (43) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (45) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (45) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (45) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown Level 35: Kick (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 38: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - 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I put MoG at the end of my Regen builds to mule Steadfast Protection +3% Defense (or a LotG +7.5% Global Recharge).

This sums up my entire experience with Sentinels. LOL! ;D For those that care, I opted to re-create my Water/Poison Corruptor as a Water/Invuln Sentinel just to see what happened. Oh my. I did not expect it to be that much more fun than my Corruptor.

Thanks for the image: I'll post it on my MySpace page! ;D The build has only SOs in it as a leveling build. If you want to slot it with KB2KD proc, knock yourself out. Or down. Or back. Whatever works for you. ;)

Here's a general purpose leveling build for Archery/Tactical Arrow with SOs, which focuses on single target damage and maximizing defense towards the higher levels. Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Wrongbow SO: Level 50 Natural Blaster Primary Power Set: Archery Secondary Power Set: Tactical Arrow Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Fighting Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Snap Shot (A) Damage Increase (3) Damage Increase (3) Damage Increase Level 1: Electrified Net Arrow (A) Immobilisation Duration Level 2: Aimed Shot (A) Damage Increase (5) Damage Increase (7) Damage Increase (7) Recharge Reduction (9) Recharge Reduction (9) Recharge Reduction Level 4: Glue Arrow (A) Slow Level 6: Blazing Arrow (A) Damage Increase (11) Damage Increase (11) Damage Increase (13) Recharge Reduction (13) Recharge Reduction (15) Recharge Reduction Level 8: Aim (A) Recharge Reduction (15) Recharge Reduction (17) Recharge Reduction Level 10: Upshot (A) Recharge Reduction (17) Recharge Reduction (19) Recharge Reduction Level 12: Explosive Arrow (A) Damage Increase (19) Damage Increase (21) Damage Increase (21) Recharge Reduction (23) Recharge Reduction (23) Recharge Reduction Level 14: Fly (A) Flight Speed Level 16: Flash Arrow (A) Recharge Reduction (25) Recharge Reduction (25) Recharge Reduction Level 18: Ranged Shot (A) Damage Increase (27) Damage Increase (27) Damage Increase (29) Recharge Reduction (29) Recharge Reduction (31) Recharge Reduction Level 20: Eagle Eye (A) Endurance Modification (31) Endurance Modification (31) Endurance Modification Level 22: Combat Jumping (A) Defense Buff (33) Defense Buff (33) Defense Buff Level 24: Hover (A) Defense Buff (33) Defense Buff (34) Defense Buff Level 26: Maneuvers (A) Endurance Reduction (34) Endurance Reduction (34) Endurance Reduction (36) Defense Buff (36) Defense Buff (36) Defense Buff Level 28: Agility (A) Flight Speed Level 30: Kick (A) Knockback Distance Level 32: Rain of Arrows (A) Damage Increase (37) Damage Increase (37) Damage Increase (37) Recharge Reduction (39) Recharge Reduction (39) Recharge Reduction Level 35: ESD Arrow (A) Hold Duration (39) Hold Duration (40) Hold Duration Level 38: Gymnastics (A) Endurance Reduction (40) Endurance Reduction (40) Endurance Reduction (42) Defense Buff (42) Defense Buff (42) Defense Buff Level 41: Scorpion Shield (A) Endurance Reduction (43) Endurance Reduction (43) Endurance Reduction (43) Defense Buff (45) Defense Buff (45) Defense Buff Level 44: Tough (A) Endurance Reduction (45) Endurance Reduction (46) Endurance Reduction (46) Resist Damage (46) Resist Damage (48) Resist Damage Level 47: Weave (A) Endurance Reduction (48) Endurance Reduction (48) Endurance Reduction (50) Defense Buff (50) Defense Buff (50) Defense Buff Level 49: Afterburner (A) Flight Speed Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) Empty Level 1: Sprint (A) Empty Level 2: Rest (A) Empty Level 1: Health (A) Healing Level 1: Hurdle (A) Jumping Level 1: Stamina (A) Endurance Modification (5) Endurance Modification Level 1: Swift (A) Flight Speed ------------ | Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1448;532;1064;HEX;| |78DA6D945D73D250108637109A42A0345468B1505AFAFD614A47EFB56AF5A6D58E7| |5C64B26D20C64264332219DDA4B7F88A38E5EFBCFFCB8F702379C3708279C19F290| |77DF3DBB6713B8F8F03CFFE3E5C7C7A4149EB9D660D07ECAD7D00EB457567813582| |EF1D2DF055EBFFBDEBB5DBF7AADF17D059EF61BABDFB5AFCDD3A0D3B383BBB558BE| |BAF17D2F08CDB75627743A96DB3E0D02EF96F2979EE79AE7B6E53BFDAE3EBA79E13| |ADD5E588C03D77630E8397E41C4A2103BAB67BED331E3BD2FAC8ECD97E8FBDD0AF7| |B2C59F1AC56B98A234434D534AE2993EF610E58556672842CB28F0A9E05C4C43705| |EE2A71D1A958AF64B9785D66064B05F06F9398979639A0BE03A43C3193429B6087E| |E69A5978B252AC046E44CF0B3DE8A85902EFC584B72251E7060A3853212BB42F5CB| |3889A45F856243619066A1AA8715F62CD98E61AF895F75F52C4FE4B738849AC705F| |6578CA2AE62531CB9E657896A5D80668B0A72A3C99AA8698C44D75369FEC13AD8A5| |C5AC56C529C53C7BCEA45A145EF6303B368E0EC5B3271F61D89DF78164DCCBAA923| |06EE82DFD9B38D336CA3E75D89FBEA6CFE5D24DA43EE1EBC0732E13D9298E6F8217| |20FE13D021FC42C4DF31854396E22D784F758E2893A9B54216A61C62DCCBDA64EFC| |9687BCC4131615860789682BA19C24948709E55142394F2897EAF81F849491F23B3| |7EE842827FAFD35A92D08EDCF7F4D21BCE72AF873D28F33FF0372D3A65F| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

That works, too! ;D

/jranger

You're more than welcome, Sunsette! You've helped me a lot with your posts and the great guide for Energy Sentinels. I'm considering a Beam Rifle Sentinel -- maybe SR, maybe Invuln. What do you think?

My 50+3 Archery/Tactical Arrow Blaster assures you that it is fun. Here's my leveling build, which skips all the secondary arrow powers except for the T1, in favor of defense and Leadership. You might find it more useful to take Glue and/or Flash Arrow at lower levels, in lieu of the pool powers for defense. Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Wrongbow SO: Level 50 Natural Blaster Primary Power Set: Archery Secondary Power Set: Tactical Arrow Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Snap Shot (A) Damage Increase (3) Damage Increase (3) Damage Increase Level 1: Electrified Net Arrow (A) Immobilisation Duration Level 2: Aimed Shot (A) Damage Increase (5) Damage Increase (7) Damage Increase (7) Recharge Reduction (9) Recharge Reduction (9) Recharge Reduction Level 4: Hover (A) Defense Buff (11) Defense Buff (11) Defense Buff Level 6: Blazing Arrow (A) Damage Increase (13) Damage Increase (13) Damage Increase (15) Recharge Reduction (15) Recharge Reduction (17) Recharge Reduction Level 8: Fly (A) Flight Speed Level 10: Stealth (A) Endurance Reduction (17) Endurance Reduction (19) Endurance Reduction (19) Defense Buff (21) Defense Buff (21) Defense Buff Level 12: Explosive Arrow (A) Damage Increase (23) Damage Increase (23) Damage Increase (25) Recharge Reduction (25) Recharge Reduction (27) Recharge Reduction Level 14: Kick (A) Knockback Distance Level 16: Aim (A) Recharge Reduction (27) Recharge Reduction (29) Recharge Reduction Level 18: Ranged Shot (A) Damage Increase (29) Damage Increase (31) Damage Increase (31) Recharge Reduction (31) Recharge Reduction (33) Recharge Reduction Level 20: Eagle Eye (A) Endurance Modification (33) Endurance Modification (33) Endurance Modification Level 22: Tough (A) Endurance Reduction (34) Endurance Reduction (34) Endurance Reduction Level 24: Weave (A) Endurance Reduction (34) Endurance Reduction (36) Endurance Reduction (36) Defense Buff (36) Defense Buff (37) Defense Buff Level 26: Maneuvers (A) Endurance Reduction (37) Endurance Reduction (37) Endurance Reduction (39) Defense Buff (39) Defense Buff (39) Defense Buff Level 28: Agility (A) Flight Speed Level 30: Upshot (A) Recharge Reduction (40) Recharge Reduction (40) Recharge Reduction Level 32: Rain of Arrows (A) Damage Increase (40) Damage Increase (42) Damage Increase (42) Recharge Reduction (42) Recharge Reduction (43) Recharge Reduction Level 35: Scorpion Shield (A) Endurance Reduction (43) Endurance Reduction (43) Endurance Reduction (45) Defense Buff (45) Defense Buff (45) Defense Buff Level 38: Gymnastics (A) Endurance Reduction (46) Endurance Reduction (46) Endurance Reduction (46) Defense Buff (48) Defense Buff (48) Defense Buff Level 41: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction (48) Endurance Reduction (50) Endurance Reduction Level 44: Tactics (A) Endurance Reduction (50) Endurance Reduction (50) Endurance Reduction Level 47: Afterburner (A) Flight Speed Level 49: Invisibility (A) Endurance Reduction Level 1: Brawl (A) Empty Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Prestige Power Dash (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Slide (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Quick (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Rush (A) Empty Level 1: Prestige Power Surge (A) Empty Level 1: Sprint (A) Empty Level 2: Rest (A) Empty Level 1: Health (A) Healing Level 1: Hurdle (A) Jumping Level 1: Stamina (A) Endurance Modification (5) Endurance Modification Level 1: Swift (A) Flight Speed ------------ | Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1453;544;1088;HEX;| |78DA6D94DB6F124114C6CFC250E456BA6269B1502EA537AA5B1A7DD7AAD598B4DA5| |8933E922DDDC0261B962C5B2B8FFE25C6C467FF332FEF3EE059E65B84D94EC2FE66| |BFF966CE9933B39C7D7E95FDF1E6CB33D2722F1D7334EABCE0A76F79C977A67FE39| |90E71CB5C7AEEA077E5DED62EDE27F9BD084FE78339E859D7C6B1D7ED5BDE783394| |2F6E8643D7F38D8F66D7B7BBA6D339F63CF796F473D7758CB7834FF6C8BEB21DDB1| |F67A6CA6BC7EEF5FD9CEC075D7BD0CB4FDF4E2DF3DAF2467D7B583A19DA5D230C70| |66762D7E04FDF13A27D4E45F99C23689519C21E214537892997988B252AB3034A92| |534F804B8145297BCA730C5D5886B32665C482DADB0CA4860FD04D6CB2A5CD617B9| |026678FD24F24DA6A496632125632682F8533F783F24623F50580F0E13B96410BBA| |8705D5FE44330C66BE7904B2E2FB51A238F9AE7157F196C3074C4D411A30C6E86D4| |175903BFED101550DFC212C614C639AF557856B1FFBA42C15C43CDD694B1AD90629| |14D50E7F112E696E06D2ADC1177F3F93ED1869C4B1B38BFAFBCA70A6A56C13E7715| |06F7B98A9A5551A35D703FA4BEC816F87785A8817C1BC8AFA5F091B89BDF39B76DC| |CDD86F7B14A780F1506776F0FE7B007EF217804169807F01C286321A94864E09E19| |A8599EC7DAD0DAF095C5DCB73CE14675117ECA93492B32DA8E284711E54944791A5| |14E23CAB998FD839036557EA7679910A565BEBFE6B565A9FDF9AF6984FB2CC09FF3| |7ED4E11F7950A63A| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Defense determines IF you get hit in the first place. You don't take any damage from attacks that never hit you. Resistance determines HOW HARD you get hit when it happens. For example: with +45% defense, and even-con mob has about a 50/50 chance of hitting you at all, in most cases. With +75% resistance, when an attack that would have done -100 HP damage hits you, you take only -25 HP damage, instead.

+1. I can't quite see the point in caring about this too much, because once I hit 22 and start slotting IOs, regular enhancements become vendor trash.

I liked the seamless zones of WoW, having come from Asheron's Call, which was also seamless. Running from one end of the world to the other was kinda neat sometimes. I also liked the Dungeon and Raid Finder features of WoW. You don't have to spam/monitor an LFG channel: you just put yourself in a queue and are instantly teleported to the team. I have to admit that I liked solo questing of WoW better than CoH. In CoH, I always feel like I'm "alone" when I'm solo, rather than just "solo", which is a different feeling. That's not to say that I necessarily liked the quests/lore of WoW any better than CoH. Killing X of Y or collecting X of Y is just as tedious in WoW as it is in CoH. I liked playing with my family and friends, who would not give up on WoW no matter how much I asked, invited, cajoled, bribed, etc. This is still a problem, but I've just decided that they need to ask/invite/cajole/bribe me away from CoH, now that it's back. Yes, I probably will go play WoW Classic for at least a month, just to humor them. But ultimately, CoH is home.

You want to keep XP on so you gain Veteran Levels. You will earn multiple Empyrean Merits for every 3 veteran levels, up until Vet level 100. You want/need Empyrean Merits for crafting the Rare/Very Rare components needed for T3/T4 Incarnates. The amount of merits earned per milestone eventually declines as you advance, with the largest numbers rewarded at the lower vet levels, descending to fewer merits at the higher vet levels. There's a document/link around here somewhere that provides the exact details.

Thank you! I discovered that "/target_custom_next notmypet <target name>" works, too. I was replacing "notmypet" with <target name>, instead of appending <target name> after "notmypet".

I tried that, and it didn't work. It reported that there was no object with the name of the pet I specified. Or are you saying I should've used the actual string "notmypet"?

Anyone know of a way to /target a team mate's pets, other than with the mouse pointer? I routinely team with a mastermind who asks me to heal his pets, and it's difficult to do so in the heat of battle, because there's so much going on and they're constantly moving. I'd like to create a /bind or /macro to /target his pets by their names. I looked at the guide on Paragon Wiki, and the most recent Google document, but I couldn't find anything specific to targeting a team member's pets.