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Yup, I bought several across multiple characters, but was under the delusion that Winter Packs discount might be an annual thing for XMas. I basically just buy Winter IOs with Reward Merits now.

Never hurts to ask!

Any chance for a discount on Winter Packs for Black Friday?

I'm with you. I will not use Discord and I think it is BS that the official forums are not the formal repository for all data around patches, changes, and other game related information.

Welcome back! Some good thoughts in your post that I am interested to try. I typically go Agility Radial for Incarnates and I have always just used the Fire Ammo. I will definitely be interested in trying this setup.

Video is set to private, so can't watch it.

I think this is a great point and one I was trying to figure out how to articulate. This set pretty much requires you to take Attune. I guess I'm just not a great fan of most sets that require certain powers and/or certain processes (Example - Combos) that pigeonhole you into a certain play style.

Any thoughts on how to slot Attune to get the best benefit? I just slotted a melee set (ToD)... Edit: I did a few minutes of testing and thought I would provide some brief feedback. I am currently a lvl 30 stalker SM/PA I solo'ed the Posi TF in 19:40, which is about the time I would expect to do it for most characters I would solo (Stalkers, Scrappers, Blasters, Corruptors) Attune is better than when I first tried the set. I appreciate the indicator that lets me know when it is applied and active. As a stalker it is not clear to me what my attack chain should be. I have been opening with Attune, which is counter to how I normally play stalkers. I usually open with my Assassin power solo and my highest non-Assassin power when teamed. Maybe I should be doing that and then selecting Attune. I went to Bricks and tried some hard targets and I was able to defeat them. I beat a lvl 35 Lt with 2 Minions, so the set can deal out the damage. I'm not a numbers guy, so tend to go by feel and the set definitely feels better than when I first played it. I am on the fence on whether I will play it when it goes Live, although Sonic Clap and Deafening Wave seems to provide good AoE damage, so it might be something to try. I took Strident Echo and not Sonic Thrust and am wondering if I am gimping myself by not taking both. It looks like you get 10% extra damage to Earsplitter per power if you have both applied, but if you have to take both you basically take 8 of the 9 primary powers, which is more than I would normally take (I usually skip the 1st power in Stalker primaries and Placate). Speaking of these 2 powers I was not aware the indicator was showing that the power had worn off, but I just assumed it meant I needed to use it for more damage, so I guess it worked out. I'm reasonably okay with the animations though some of them look like they are ranged attacks when they are melee. I have not taken Aura of Madness yet, so will be interested to see how it works with Deafening Wave

On new characters I usually just ask someone in AP to drop an Oro portal, so I can get access. On Everlasting, Speck showed me you can get it by just zoning into the PVP zone and back in AP. I had no clue that was a way to get it. I really do learn something new every week in this game, which is crazy after so many years. Anyway, just dropping this PSA here in case others were also not aware.

I'm playing a Sonic / Psionic Stalker. I'm only lvl 12 at the moment, but my early impressions are not so good (unfortunately). I don't like the Attune mechanic or the DOT nature of the attacks. Maybe it gets better. I have taken the highlighted powers below at my current lvl of 12. 1: Sonic Thrust 1: Strident Echo 2: Attune 6: Assassin's Whisper 8: Build Up 12: Placate 18: Sonic Clap 22: Deafening Wave 26: Earsplitter

I didn't read the entire thread, so apologies if this was addressed already. The best way to get Gearsmasher solo is to go to Echo: Faultline and defeat Clockwork Bosses and then their gears.

Why is Katana in the running? I find Katana to be weak for Scrappers and Stalkers, so curious if I am doing something wrong.

NVM, found it. Where do I find this? The recharge sound is driving me nuts! 🙂

The way this thread was going I was really expecting that you find out that you are indeed a robot... 🙂

I've been playing a few PA characters including a BS/PA scrapper. Here is a MA/PA build I have planned, but not started playing.

Thank you both, got it to work!

I remember seeing a post at one point where you could create a macro for hasten tagged to the W key, so whenever you were using W to move it would presumably click hasten if it was available. Can anyone provide this macro?

I almost always go Ionic because of the ease of targeting.

Thank you! I'm probably doing a Psi/BS Tanker next. Any chance you can share that build? I have never gotten a Tanker past about level 10, so have no experience with them.

Oh my! I tend to agree with the 1st part, but the fleas curse was quite descriptive (and troubling). 🙂

I've been playing a Broad Sword / Psionic Armor character and was hoping for some feedback. I went Broad Sword for Parry, so I could have soft-cap melee defense with one application of Parry and RoP for capped resists for S/L/F/C. Psionic is capped without RoP. I'm currently 47 and have not used RoP yet. I'm not really clear how to slot the following: Devour Psyche: I can't tell how well this is working. Aura of Insanity: I am planning 2 Lvl 53 Endoplasm Memento Mori. I am planning 1 Lvl 53 Endoplasm and 1 lvl 55 Health IO. I have not really used Memento Mori at this point. I used it a bunch with my Stalker, which is why I decided to go BS for my Scrapper. I have Psychokinetic Barrier on Auto-click, which seems to be working well. Anyway, feedback is welcome. Here is a build picture:

Is that a Tanker build and are you willing to share it? This thread has piqued my interest in Regeneration and I'm trying to decide what character to make. I was considering a BS/Reg stalker or an AR/Reg Sentinel.

Thanks for all the responses. I didn't realize the disconnect time was so complex, but the explanations make sense. I love the fact that I have played this game since launch (except the down time between shut down and HC) and I still learn something new each week.

I would like to see options to reduce the speed of SS. I use SS mainly for the concealment portion and for traveling. In maps like caves SS is annoying. I would love an option to reduce my speed in caves.

So, when I log off a character to switch characters I see different disconnect times in seconds. I've seen 19, 14, 4, and 0 (might be others I suppose). I understand when you are in some safe zones it is 0 (Oro or Base), but it is not clear to me about the rules for the others. I was in the Hive and logged off in the secure area near the vendor inside the protected area and it was still 19 seconds. What are the rules for the disconnect times? Curious minds want to know...