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So, back on subject for a second... Assume such an enhancement could exist that would give the bonus for whatever set you had slotted... What happens when you frankenslot said power? Do you get the extra bonus from every set that you used?

Regen is the only armor set I can think of that does worse the more defense you have. Reactive Regeneration requires you actually get hit to proc. Build for recharge and resist. If you can get Second Wind permanent then your HP will be capped between that and Ailment Resilience. Also want to build for 100% recharge resistance, which isn't that hard when you factor in the resistance that the set provides.

On live, I loved my D3 defender, but I much prefer my dark/dark controller in HC. Permanent Haunt/Fade/Soul Absorption is a thing of beauty and he actually does decent AoE damage between the immob and Dark Obliteration. I may just not have a good build on the defender, I don't know.

FYI: AA costs the same as Hot Feet. AA used to be the crown jewel of ice control. Now, with Cold Snap, Deep Sleep, and adaptive recharge it is less necessary, but its still good control. Put the contagious confusion proc in there for shiggles.

My favorite Energy Melee toon is a Bio/EM tank. It does very respectable damage and is quite survivable.

You can only have 3 arcs open at once (not missions). If you have 3 contacts that have the book icon then you can't get any more until you close at least 1 out. Also, Dark Watcher requires you've completed the other 3 RWZ mission holders' arcs.

If you're going to play that kind of semantics, let me remind you of a couple powers in Energy Aura... T1: Kinetic SHIELD T3: Power SHIELD

Tesla Cage has the benefit of 1. Allowing your blasts to grant stacks of Static 2. Doing some AoE damage when you have stacks of static So its really worth it when paired with Electric Affinity.

You say its doable, even "100% doable" but this is going to be the sticking point. NCSoft understood that the cat was out of the bag and there was no way they could prevent rogue servers from showing up. IMO they signed the agreement for 2 reasons. 1, I almost guarantee that part of the monthly donations goes into their coffers and 2. It gave them some free positive press. They're not going to let anyone make money off CoH though.

Concentrated Strike is hot poo. Either the animation time needs to be lowered or its base damage needs to be raised. I'd love for Repulsing Torrent to actually do -damage like the rest of the set. It also should add a stack to power siphon when used (no idea why that got skipped).

Not to mention it would likely be detoggling anything, not just debuffs. I like the idea in theory, but my first thought was the same as @Rudra

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Mace_Mastery#Brute_/_Tanker

It *should* work. But I haven't tried it.

Marine probably edges nature out, but both are very solid. Marine has the advantage of being more offensive with White Cap, Tide Pool, and Shifting Tides

That is exactly what the update did.

I can't tell you the last time I used one of the respec people instead of just /respec.

Since the OP said they mostly solo, I stand by my statement.

Those are some sick numbers in inv/dark... I should look at my planned build for mine and take some pointers from you.

I think an Empathy defender would be way up there, and that's coming from someone who used to regularly solo his Empathy/Energy on Invincible (remember when that was the max difficulty?) Sonic Resonance would be pretty high too, but at least it has the advantage of giving hold and stun protection to you.

It is working as intended (at least Katie Hannon is). Amy specifically lost the ability to be targeted because of KH speed runs.

Sentinels have slightly lower scalers than scrappers for defense/resistance but have the same caps (75% damage resistance, soft cap for defense is the same across all ATs). So they can be fairly sturdy if built that way.

I'd think the opposite. Since sleep is more mitigation than chance for knockdown I think I'd prefer the targets stay asleep.

Liquify got buffed a while back, its recharge got cut in half. I think it's in a pretty good place right now. I used to think that the buff to liquefy was all that was needed for the set, but Marine has come out since then and it shows the devs are willing to give some extra "oomph" to support sets. The biggest issue I currently see with Sonic Resonance is the endurance cost.

apparently uploads are still broken so you need to use your imagination here... Tis but a scratch!

Dark servant, much like Seeker Drones is best summoned inside a spawn. Since it has Chill of the Night, you want it in melee range ASAP. Similarly, Seeker Drones makes an excellent alpha cracker.