Psyonico

I'm running Linux and the export function doesn't work right. You should be able to open the mdx file with something like notepad though

Here's my first pass at a Symphony/Sonic, soft capped S/L/E defense with respectable N/F/C defenses, should be moderately successful at damage as well. I'll probably keep tweaking the build a bit more. Controller - Symphony Control - Sonic Resonance.mxd

Yeah, they are the 7(?) Lost leaders from the various lowbie zones.

Venomous Gas + Weaken (hitting splashed targets) can do ~22% to-hit debuff without slotting. With slotting you can get pretty good numbers on that for splashed targets. That combo also provides about 36% -damage to splashed targets. Really the only thing that poison particularly needs is bigger AoEs for Envenom and Weaken.

Toxic Dart is actually a pretty good attack. It's very fast animating. The thing is, it's a long DoT.

There is also Rune of Protection.

Here is some food for thought on secondaries (in no particular order) Sonic - the resist debuffs added to Sleet and Heat Loss will help your team kill faster. Additionally, the page 4 rework means your boss have good AoE damage Dual Pistols - Chemical Rounds means your team is not only getting hit less because of your shields, but are taking less damage when the do get hit. Dark - the to-hit debuffs mixed with your shields will help, you also get a self heal.

Once Mids is updated, I plan on quickly making a build for my symphony/sonic and then I'll post it here.

And TA has oil slick arrow, unfortunately, both come at 35, so it takes a while to get your damaging help

As @Carnifax said, Ice control does very little damage. I tried soloing my ice/ta the other day (which has arcane bolt) and was pretty painful. that being said, ice's control is now way better than it was, so you'll be able to solo safely at least.

I don't remember seeing any info on when it would happen, but my guess it's it would be in the next major update. Which went live in November of last year. If that's the case, and looking at the time frame between page 3 and page 4, you probably have several months before that happens.

Interrupt time is a thing, and it's really annoying.

Sure, but if you're pugging, you're not always going to get 2 colds.

I would make 2 minor changes to the build. Instead of the 2nd Blessing of the Zephyr in Combat Jumping, I'd put the Kismet +Accuracy IO and in Entangling Arrow, I'd slot an Endoplasm HO instead of just the accuracy. I would also try to put Defender's Bastion into something other than Oil Slick so that the proc will fire more. You've got a very proc-heavy build, which is not something I'm super familiar with, so I don't want to make any other comments on it.

ooh, I had that problem too at first. Trying to remember what I did to fix it. I'll get back to you if I remember.

Poison Trap in Traps is pretty much a must take. It's your -regen power and has a nice hold component to it as well. In fast moving teams, however, you'll only use it against AVs/GMs. Poison Trap in Poison is more skippable. It too does a hold (it used to be a sleep, which was basically useless) and it does -recovery. Since Poison doesn't have any -end powers, this is only useful (IMO) if you are Electric Blast.

Here are some recommendations, I also threw a couple other primaries in there as well. Dark Miasma - Dark Blast.mxd Poison - Water.mxd Radiation Emission - Radiation Blast.mxd Thermal Radiation - Dual Pistols.mxd Traps - Assault Rifle.mxd Traps - Dual Pistols.mxd Trick Arrow - Archery.mxd Trick Arrow - Dark Blast.mxd

Oh, one other thing. I can't get Mids to copy to the clipboard when using the "export to forum" thing, so I just attach the Mids file to the posts instead.

I don't have any advice on the build, but I may be able to help with Mids, as I am also on Linux. The first thing you want to do is make sure your WINE is up to date. Then download the zip file for Mids (not the installer). From there, unzip the file, then in terminal, go to the Mids folder and run wine (mids file name) I don't remember if your need the .exe at the end of the command or not. There is also a way to make this user-friendly using your GUI, but I'm on my phone right now, so I can't check exactly how it's done. edit: Here's how to make a desktop shortcut. create a new text file on your desktop then put the following in there [Desktop Entry] Name=MidsReborn Exec=wine "<file path>/MidsReborn.exe" Icon=<file Path>/Images/Unknown.png Type=Application Categories=Wine; Then save it as MidsReborn.desktop. From there, you may have to right click and choose "Run as program" Alternately, if using Ubuntu (only one I've tried on) you can save this file into Home/<user>/.local/share/applications This will put it in your app drawer.

So, the reason Energy and Invulnerability got psi resist/defense has to do with the changes to attack types. Since psi attacks no longer are tagged as multiple damage types, the psi hole was a lot more noticeable.

If you're doing Hard Mode, my understanding is a combination of buffs and debuffs is key. None of those three sets have particularly strong buffs, so they might not be the best choices. That being said, all three of them are excellent for non-HM content. Did you have a thought on which secondary you wanted to go with? That would help with build selections.

My first toon on live was Psyonico (I joined in i6). before CoH I didn't really have one game identity that I used. Since then, this has become kind of my go to for gaming handles

Wait... Fire/Fire isn't a good AoE tank? What am I doing wrong on mine then?

Use Target_custom_near instead of next. This will prevent you switching between targets if you happen to be on a team with multiple TAs. Also, you only need it to say Oil or Oil Slick, the target isn't called Arrow, so that won't work. As for your build, the biggest thing I see is not having Poison Gas Arrow. It's really a fantastic power and one that shouldn't be skipped. I personally like Flash and Glue arrow, but those are a bit more personal preference over PGA. Finally, here's my Ill/TA for comparison. Obviously if you want fly, you could swap out Teleport Target and Teleport for Fly/hover. Munchausen - Controller (Illusion Control).mxd

For oil slick, you can use apprentice charm to ignite it. On my phone right now, but when I get to my computer I'll look at your build and also give you mine for comparison.