jemal999

I'm not sure where to ask so this seemed the best board. Recently hit 50 and started looking into sets, noticed a lot have "chance to do x", like "chance to stun, chance to deal extra damage, etc". They dont include what the chance is but most DO say something like 'this will occur x times per minute'.. Does that mean that the chance of it occurring Is based on the cooldown of the power? Ie if it says 'will occur 6 times per minute' and I slot it on a power with a 10+ second recharge would it have a 100% chance of occurring? If not then how do they work and what does the 'x times per minute' mean?

My current main is Mace/Shield. Captain Hammergod! (An obvious mashup of 3 marvelous characters) ;) It is fun, seems a bit more spread between defense and resist rather than focusing on one or the other, which I personally prefer but is probably less powerful when compared to something more straightforward like stone armor/invul/Reflexes. However as with most things, unless you're going into hardcore PVP or trying to farm +4/x8 content, there's not really a BAD brute, just varying types and degrees of effectiveness.

Phalanx fighting in the Shield Defense power pool has enhancement slots, and the only thing they will accept is Defense Buffs.. seems ok so far, right? Except the enhancements do not seem to be affecting the power at all. Slot in a defense buff, the tooltip doesn't change, and neither do my defense stats when I go into combat attributes, it still says 3.75%.