Bionic_Flea

It's an odd power, but awesome! I didn't have it on the posted build because it pre-dates the changes to FF. Dampening Bubble is a combination of resistance to debuffs for your team and weakened debuffs for your enemies. So it's not that the enemies have their tohit dropped by 43% but rather, their ability to debuff you and your team is reduced by 43% and an additional 43% resistance to tohit debuff if the team member is inside the bubble! Same thing for debuffs to Defense, regen, perception, and slows. https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=defender_buff.force_field.force_bubble&at=defender (look at both redirects one is for team, the other for enemies, the third is for the bubble's "look".)

In the South, they're fixin' to be prepared to get ready to get ready.

M.A.O.? Sounds like Communism.

You could [Fold Space] . . .

Truncated to Snimple.

WRONG! You love it, you just don't know it yet. I'll be back later with an explanation and graphic demonstrative aids conclusively proving how wrong you are.

No worries! Everyone has different schedules and I had fun while I was there. When I returned from dinner, I got some buffs and soloed the Frostfire and got to 11 or 12. I'll probably play some more over the weekend.

I'll try to make it. I threw together a Mids build, taking into account that it would be a superteam, so less need to softcap and chase recharge as we will be boosting each other. But I also picked up Sorcery and Soul Mastery for some more protection and damage when solo.

Sorry, still no.

Sorry, Wavicle, but this adds a lot of power creep without any counterbalance. No thanks, /unsigned, /J Ranger, /whatever the cool kids say these days.

Here's an older Water/Storm Corrupter that might give you some ideas. Not quite soft-capped, but lots of mitigation in slows, knocks, immobs, and a 200+ HP heal every 4 seconds that also does decent damage. Of course, anything that gets hit by hurricane will have its tohit debuffed to essentially make you over softcap to all positions and types. You can also Hibernate if things go really south. The defender ATOs will also add additional mitigation in the form of an AoE Heal proc and AoE Absorb proc and the higher mods on defenders will have you with higher defense numbers. You could certainly switch a power for Maneuvers to get to softcap. Clarion and Support incarnates boost your defense and debuffs. It's also stupid fun to see sharks swimming in the whirlpool!

Maybe: "If X/If Y" as in "Chance for +Absorb If health X/or If health Y" for the Preventive Medicine? But does it have to have an awkward name as long as the details give the correct info?

But Bopper, what if I need a hug AND reassurance?

I can agree with this. I miss @Jimmy. He was pretty good at doing just that.

Anything we can do to help? Sorry, but no, it isn't. Some folks perhaps, but there are always those that want more. I understand the desire to have things on the forums and not on Discord. Believe me, I hate that thing and was really upset when they were doing the Weekly Discussions exclusively on the HC Discord. But this game has always had a Closed Beta and an Open Beta before anything is published in the live game. My understanding is that many games do the same. It certainly makes sense to try something in a smaller, restricted setting before releasing it to a much broader audience. And it's not just games that do this. Movies, books, even consumer products get reviewed, tested, and critiqued by a small audience prior to public display. It doesn't make sense for Coke to announce their new Pineapple-Rutabaga soda to the public before having some taste testers, focus groups, and test markets first. If Coke announced it and then decided to go a different way, some people would be disappointed that they didn't get to try it and others would be criticizing it before trying it. Closed Beta and Open Beta are taste testers, focus groups, and test markets. If you want to be one of those, join Bopper's Gold Standard Discord, engage in discussions, ask to join Closed Beta, actually test stuff, . . . and don't leak info about Pineapple-Rutabaga Coke!

I wish. Ah . . . the good old days.

I would add that you should also monitor the LFG (Looking for Group) channel in the game so that you can see folks (Like Oklahoman!) organize raids, trials, TFs, and other stuff. Welcome home.

Remember, you asked for it . . .

I only play here, but I do occasionally look at other servers' forums or Discord. I have to admit that some of the changes taking place elsewhere sound like they would be fun. I haven't done the math and counted all the changes here vs Thunderspy or anywhere else. But I would still bet that our evolution of New Powers, TFs, Story Arcs, Base Stuff, etc. are equal to if not better than any other server. See Patch Notes (https://forums.homecomingservers.com/forum/58-patch-notes/) As GM Impervium stated, here the changes tend to come in big packages all at once instead of smaller weekly changes. I'm happy here but I'm also happy there are other places for folks to go.

I think this might be the issue. Not every build and not every player is set up to run +4/x8. Try running +1/x6 and then, if that becomes too easy ramp up to +1/x8, and then +2, etc. Alternatively, post the build you are having issues with in the appropriate AT subforum and ask for advice on how to improve it.

AHHHH! Too bright! My eyes! Kidding aside, super-teams can be lots of fun and your outline follows some of the tried and true STs that folks like the Repeat Offenders have run over the years. And yeah, eventually, you will need to choose a server and a date/time to get real commitments

All my guys start default at +0/x1 no bosses. Then, depending on the character, I slowly ramp it up to where it feels challenging but not a slog. So I might add bosses if I'm a stalker or go to /x2 in the teens, x4 in the 20s, x5 or 6 in the 30s and at some point between 35 and 50 I go to /x8 and leave it there unless I want to speed a badge mission or get exempted way down. As I start getting incarnate levels I'll start adding +levels. Most of my characters do not run at +4/x8 solo, even if they can, just because I find it too slow -- unless it's the DA incarnate missions with all 3 level shifts. And then running at anything but +4 seems too easy.

Topic sounded good but the black letters on dark blue background are very hard to read . . . so I stopped . . . 'cuz I'm lazy and entitled . . .

Here's one I made some time ago on another server. I went with Soul Mastery for Power Boost, Soul Drain, Dark Embrace, and a Fortunata Mistress that you can make tanky and add lots of psi-DPS for AV fights. For incarnates, I went with: Agility for defense, endurance, and recharge. It's not a proc heavy build so the recharge worked for me. Reactive Radial for Fire DoT and even more -res! Robotic Drones tend to stay at range and therefore stay within your buff zone as well as getting periodic heals and absorb from your ATO procs. They also add -regen. Clarion Radial can be alternated with Power Boost to take all your defense powers into the stratosphere as well as boosting your mezzes. Support is added to alternate with Power Boost and Clarion for defense and mez, but also accuracy and damage for you, your pets, and team. Finally, I went with Void Radial for the massive damage debuff. If I'm going to be in melee anyway for Soul Drain and Dreadful Wail, I thought it made sense.