Knottewe

I have 5 lvl 50 sentinels of various specs, although none of them fire, and I've never been able to get past 4 minutes. I'm admittedly not the greatest player so it could be pebkac. I'm working on one currently that I hope can get to 3 minute range, but I don't have high hopes.

Its cool man, Flares can be the new cowbell 😁

I was actually typing that as you posted it

I agree with the intent of what you're saying here, a well built blaster will always out damage a well built sentinel. But....not all blasters are built for maximum damage, nor are sentinels, or any class for that matter. So just to prove that point I went and did some math. Using the Flavour of the Month posts as reference I deduced that almost a third (32.3%) of level 50 blasters have no access to both aim and build up due to set choices, and 8.5% have neither, thats almost 1 in 10. What this really comes down to is that the people that post on these forums are the top 10%. And I dont mean the top 10% damage, I mean the top 10% invested. We care and we try and we like to talk to or read posts from other people that care and try. So the people posting here that care about damage do alot more damage than vast majority of people playing the game.

So I got a new Sent to 50 over the weekend specifically to try knockout blow and I must say I'm pretty impressed. With its long recharge it has a 90% chance to proc anything you put in it and it's a hold. Anything that doesn't resist the smashing damage, which unfortunately lots of things do, takes about 1000 damage. 1462 is the highest I've seen so far on a level 50 mob (with -resist procs active).

Opportunity is terrible as a class feature, ignore it. Unless the T1 in your primary is better than the T2 I would just take the t2. You'll end up with better powers and better sustain. People seem to forget that mobs have a finite amount of hit points. You don't get bonus xp for extra really totally killing them (or arresting if your video game morals don't allow murder) Unfortunately, we have decided to judge the damage we do by killing an immovable object that is unlike anything we kill (or arrest, see above) in game. It really has no bearing on how different ATs actually play. In real play sentinels are fine, although if they redid opportunity I would not complain. CoX is great because there are very few absolutely wrong answers when it comes to murdering (or arresting, see above) huge swaths of villains (or heros), but people like me get to agonize over squeezing just a little more out of a spec. Maybe a good blaster might make his team finish ITF 5 minutes faster than your sentinel, but ultimately very few people actually care about those 5 minutes. Really, you came here to ask why and the real question is why not. Play what you enjoy and if you enjoy the game you'll have 1 of everything eventually anyway.

When we talk about endgame the only real difference between Sentinels and Blasters is that a blaster walks up to a pack of +4x8 mob, pops his cooldowns and erases all the mobs except the bosses and has to wait 45 seconds to do it again. A Sentinel will kill all the minion and most of the Lts., but can do it on every pack. When you have your defenses covered by your secondary you can focus more on damage on your primary abilities. There are some blaster builds that can put out insane damage, most people don't play those builds though and sentinel damage can be pretty comparable to normal blaster builds if built correctly. And as Sovera just mentioned, Mez protection is a huge bonus. I'm currently leveling a blaster and got my badge for being held or put to sleep for 10 minutes at level 32. None of my sentinels at 50 have it.

I use Dark instead of pistols for the immobilize, heal and snipe (Moonbeam's quick snipe can hit for 600-700 damage against debuffed targets) but Im sure you can pull some useful info from the build.

So unless I'm mistaken, and it's entirety possible I am @Bopperis the expert, ageless is a global recharge and does not effect proc chance. Ignore what pines says. As far as I understand, the only way to get correct damage numbers out of pines for proc filled attacks is to make a new build with just the attacks. Even then you'll get average numbers.

Hopefully I'll get a chance to t4 all the important incarnates this week and then I'll harm some pylons in the name of science to see if what I feel like is good damage is actually good damage.

DDR is included in that which might come in handy. 😁

Ageless makes haste perma. What else ya gonna take? Barrier and clarion aren't really needed unless you're exemplared and exemplared content aint exactly hard.

Pines seems to show average damage based on total recharge. You can see this by turning haste on and off while looking at a powers damage. I'm guessing it takes the 58% (or whatever the listed proc chance is), adjusted for recharge, and adds that percentage of the procs damage to the attack.

Below is my take on rad/nin Its more single target focused than yours because I've found, as you highlighted in your sonic write up, that AOE isn't as useful at 50 because everyone has them. Also, Atomic Blast still hits like a truck and combined with Irradiate and Chain fences I have passable AOE. Although the lack of AOE while exemplared is a little rough. The rotation is just Cosmic Burst, Proton Stream, Paralyzing Jolt. Cosmic Burst and Proton Stream both hit incredibly hard most of the time and the double stun from Cosmic Burst and Paralyzing Jolt makes it so any hard target that can be stunned will stay that way for good chunks of the fight. Neutrino Bolt is just there to activate opportunity. While leveling I used X-ray Beam and the difference between the 2 is almost imperceptible. I might swap back to X-Ray next respec just because laser eyes. This certainly feels like the most powerful Sent I've played. Damage wise its a significant improvement over my 2 level 50 Bio Sents and while its not as tanky it is tanky enough. Im still usually the last one to die when thing go pear shaped and regularly still standing and killing things when the rest of the party gets back from the hospital. Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! franken sent: Level 50 Technology Sentinel Primary Power Set: Radiation Blast Secondary Power Set: Ninjitsu Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Teleportation Ancillary Pool: Electricity Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Neutrino Bolt (A) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Damage/RechargeTime (3) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (3) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage (5) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (5) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (7) Superior Sentinel's Ward - RechargeTime/Chance for +Absorb Level 1: Ninja Reflexes (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (7) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance (9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 2: Danger Sense (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (13) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (15) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 4: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (15) Recharge Reduction IO Level 6: Shinobi-Iri (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 8: Cosmic Burst (A) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure (19) Damage Increase IO (19) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (21) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (21) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff (23) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage Level 10: Kuji-In Rin (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 12: Boxing (A) Accuracy IO Level 14: Tough (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 16: Seishinteki Kyoyo (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod (23) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge (25) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge Level 18: Proton Stream (A) HamiO:Nucleolus Exposure (25) Damage Increase IO (27) Decimation - Chance of Build Up (27) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) (29) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage (29) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage Level 20: Kuji-In Sha (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (31) Preventive Medicine - 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To Hit Buff/Recharge (37) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance (37) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 32: Atomic Blast (A) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (39) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (40) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge (40) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (40) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage (50) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage Level 35: Chain Fences (A) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance (42) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (42) Superior Frozen Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (42) Superior Frozen Blast - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (43) Superior Frozen Blast - Recharge/Chance for Immobilize (50) Trap of the Hunter - Chance of Damage(Lethal) Level 38: Tactics (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance (48) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff Level 41: Paralyzing Jolt (A) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) (43) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (43) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (45) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge (45) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (45) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic) Level 44: Blinding Powder (A) Coercive Persuasion - Confused (46) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Recharge (46) Coercive Persuasion - Accuracy/Confused/Recharge (46) Coercive Persuasion - Accuracy/Recharge (48) Coercive Persuasion - Confused/Endurance (48) Coercive Persuasion - Contagious Confusion Level 47: Recall Friend (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 49: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction 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) Empty Level 1: Health (A) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance (9) Numina's Convalesence - 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I've had much the same experience. I have 4 sentinels, 2 in the high 30s and 2 at 50 (both bio) and I feel you have to sacrifice too much to get to or near to soft caps with bio. Mostly its wasted slots but its also wasting set bonuses. So, my fifth sentinel is ninjutsu. I chose it because of all the secondaries I got to my defensive goals with the least amount of slots. As a bonus I got an decent heal, a great end management button, built in stealth so I don't have to take super speed (btw with ninja run active its only 2 mph slower than super speed), and blinding powder. Blinding powder is great for stealthing missions and you can slot the purple confuse set in it which has some great set bonuses. As an extra added bonus you also do 20% extra damage on your first attack out of stealth, which is great for dropping your t9 at the beginning of a fight. The only cons for ninjutsu are the clicky mez resist, end management is a click (its a really good click though), the lack of the 33%, and the lack of resists. Ultimately though I'm not a tank so I don't really care about the resists, I'm still hardier than anyone else with ranged attacks. And as far as the damage goes I really feel the slotting freedom will make up and hopefully surpass the difference but I'm a couple of purple sets away from a finished build so I'll have to report back.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.962 http://www.cohplanner.com/ Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Technology Sentinel Primary Power Set: Radiation Blast Secondary Power Set: Bio Armor Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leaping Ancillary Pool: Psionic Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Neutrino Bolt (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage (3) Decimation - Damage/Recharge (3) Decimation - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge (5) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (5) Decimation - Chance of Build Up Level 1: Hardened Carapace (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (7) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (7) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP (9) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 2: Irradiate (A) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage (13) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Damage/RechargeTime (13) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (15) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (15) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (17) Superior Opportunity Strikes - RechargeTime/Chance for Opportunity Level 4: Inexhaustible (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod (17) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (19) Healing IO Level 6: Cosmic Burst (A) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage (19) Superior Sentinel's Ward - RechargeTime/Chance for +Absorb (21) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Damage/RechargeTime (21) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (23) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (23) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 8: Environmental Adaptation (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (25) Luck of the Gambler - Defense (25) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 10: Adaptation Level 12: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (27) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance Level 14: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (29) Recharge Reduction IO Level 16: Ablative Carapace (A) Panacea - Heal (29) Panacea - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (31) Panacea - Hea/Recharge (31) Panacea - Endurance/Recharge (31) Panacea - Heal/Endurance Level 18: Proton Stream (A) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) (33) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge (33) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (33) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (34) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 20: Rebuild DNA (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge (34) Numina's Convalesence - Heal/Recharge Level 22: Boxing (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage (34) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance (36) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge (36) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 24: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (36) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (37) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (37) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime Level 26: Neutron Bomb (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance (39) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge (39) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy) (39) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance Level 28: Weave (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (40) Luck of the Gambler - Defense Level 30: Combat Jumping (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed Level 32: Atomic Blast (A) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown (40) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (40) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (42) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (42) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance Level 35: Genomic Evolution (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (42) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (43) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (43) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (43) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (45) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 38: Parasitic Leech (A) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge (45) Touch of the Nictus - Heal/HitPoints/Regeneration/Recharge (45) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Healing (46) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge (46) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge Level 41: Mass Hypnosis (A) Accuracy IO Level 44: Psychic Shockwave (A) Obliteration - Damage (46) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage (48) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (48) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (48) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (50) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 47: Link Minds (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge (50) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge Level 49: Super Speed (A) Celerity - +Stealth 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) Empty Level 2: Rest (A) Empty Level 1: Health (A) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery (9) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance (11) Miracle - +Recovery Level 1: Hurdle (A) Jumping IO Level 1: Stamina (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (11) Performance Shifter - EndMod Level 1: Swift (A) Run Speed IO Level 10: Defensive Adaptation Level 10: Efficient Adaptation Level 10: Offensive Adaptation Level 0: Portal Jockey Level 0: The Atlas Medallion Level 0: Task Force Commander Level 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve Level 50: Musculature Radial Paragon Level 50: Assault Radial Embodiment Level 50: Reactive Core Flawless Interface Level 50: Barrier Core Epiphany ------------ Just to give credit where its due, I started with Sovera's fire/bio build when they first posted it and made changes along the way. Also, the resistance numbers in game are about 5-10% higher than whats showing in Pines. I think its the shield wall 5% and genomic evolution having incorrect numbers but it could also be user error.

I'm really enjoying rad/bio/psi at 50 with hybrid and assault at t4 and the rest at t3 In teams I stick to the tank and drop my aoe rotation (irradiate, atomic blast or neutron bomb or void blast, reposition, psychic shockwave). Usually all the minions are dead, Lts are mostly dead and held, bosses are about 50-75%. Solo in +3x8 I use stealth, celerity and super speed, to stand in the middle of groups then start my aoe rotation. Then move on to single target with proton blast and cosmic burst, only adding neutrino bolt when offensive opportunity is up or during the 10 or so seconds haste is down. I can't quite solo avs with regen at +4 and some take too long to bother at +3. I'm currently softcapped melee and within a small purple for everything else but psi. I also have s/l resistance at 62% and barrier, which even at its worst gets me to within a couple percent of softcap. Also Ablative Carapace gives me a 1024 absorb shield on a 24 second cool down and Parasitic makes the you feel like a god if you can hit 4 targets on about a minute thirty cool down. I don't currently have aim/gaussians proc in the build so it feels a little light on single target damage, ultimately I might give up DNA Siphon but it's really useful solo or when I'm soaking up alphas because there's no real tank around. It also nets me 40ish end which is nice in really long fights so I might just keep it and play a blaster for st damage, we really can't compete with them if they're built for it Just some side notes, muscular radial plus rad gives all your targets -30 to 40% defense and neutrino bolt give -20% Resistance which is hopefully helping your team out. Ultimately it feels like I'm playing the game on easy mode, I'm like a scrapper with a 2 or 3 button rotation that doesn't even have to target anything most of the time.

I take it back, you are correct. I'm not seeing any damage from opportunity on PBoEs. My apologies. I'm getting similar percentages on everything except targeted aoe, neutron bomb seems to only get 6.35%

You are absolutely correct for the melee ATs but for a Sentinel Radiation and Fire (shield is not available) don't offer much beyond survivability. Fire is probably the better of the two with its 10% damage buff and aoes, although the aoes are pbaoe and pretty weak.

I went and punched something for you. I didn't look for the ideal test subject for my beatings, a level 20 council Lt was all I had handy. In offensive brawl hit for 18.14 smashing and 6.85 toxic. In efficient brawl hit for 14.51 smashing. In defensive brawl hit for 10.88 smashing and healed me for 1 hp. Also in the description of offensive adaption it states that "many of your powers will inflict a minor amount of toxic damage"

It's actually more than 25%. The first power (Hardened Carapace?) gives a 25% damage buff while offensive adaption is active. Offensive Adaption itself adds 15-20% (I haven't paid enough attention to get the exact number) extra damage as toxic damage to all your attacks.