Scarlet Shocker

You're taking the piss. You must be crey crey 🫠

Does Veng work on pets? My understanding was that it did not.

This is useful and enlightening and I clearly don't understand Procs as well as I thought I did Are you suggesting I should load my health with the Procs and eschew the set bonuses? I took Thunderstrike in that build because although I'm going for a "Stand Off" build I'm very aware that even the best defences will be breached at some stage and I have no meaningful CQC damage. Kick, GSA and the other prestige melee attack (name eludes me right now becuase I've never liked it) are not enough when the manure impacts the thermantidote! Most of those KBs came almost naturally in the build. I didn't purposefully factor them in but I will take on board what you suggest and refactor.

Please explain what you like so much about it. I would be geuinely interested. What is it about your playstyle that makes it work so well for you?

Yes, that would be easy. Just scrap it and move on, start afresh with something new. But here's why I haven't yet done that: Firstly I want to see if it improves once I approach lvl 50. Will it get better or is it really just that boring? Secondly it's pretty competent at what I'm trying to do with it and my buddy and I started at level 1 and we've been enjoying our regular weekly team up. If I now turn round and say "Hey this sucks I'm starting again" we now have to decide if I PL to the 30something we are now or he starts anew and so far as I know he's very happy on his toon. That is incredibly unfair on a fellow player and we're enjoying where we've been so far. So the decision I make impacts our team probably negatively. I will probably get him to 50, then I will be able to judge fully whether or not it's worth keeping. It may be I find 50, and delete it or perhaps just put it in the box with all the other bad 50s that almost never see the light of day. I can't, at this stage, imagine me expending huge energy getting it IO'd and Incarnated out but who can say?

Early 40s at present and he's struggling a little. That's partly because the progressive build isn't great so may need a resepct prior to 50 - still fun though 🙂

Does it use up End when pushing enemies back in PVE? I think it used to

Thanks for your guidance, chaps. It's been useful I've come up with this which is a lot better I feel. Still some pressure on End but some blues and purples and I should be right as rain. Datachunk for those who wish: |MBD;24028;1478;1972;BASE64;| |G9tdACwKbOcVO6rNQp7JNcb5lUQp0rWn6kTEh89+QGLbqaKpU9VsOiLXm0Wnq68ztlI| |ne94G7EvZFDVVy6p2QfTqmuDqAW3NxkQkykdSye/3v3xnI3SUioxQL4UmLLIJlfk7L7| |0rSnX/oNJmN60rilC1H1+6Qwoc1s5T7w5tV2JxSHDgHTgk8B8xXU89jK2QnPxNZgvLM| |GDpnWMRORW9WPrFfUuY1vOxmcZxAclvkPB+502/AvghjUhISnImyOPEf6S8SPcNbw7h| |4IY0QcLnANbdJ33chqhElO4xgXhK50hI26iAF1r5pJcER8MWU0kWQ9LfVsOWs4qPqcy| |K9fgTFCxlEo4XLOchL6yUPlOdgN5zLm9+Z5fYmeIE/A0DtDaXq1a4UPWJLze2Rgvh5M| |d456w5HcTPaeLm4NvONqWxuXF98ksGTmAlwUckWjsHF2u4b3skp36OaelsYednQLGcK| |ZfBmfno0op41StF3Du6Yp2jOS938IErZecXSPEovxj0esmsh/4l+/2Feh86R4KTSeFS| |wUDll2qcGocGSy6vk7/HunmcDH0W03ZJ73Q46Z1CCDjwPVbCtZwCtSZz1Pdw8uPR0+B| |3uoCXHU/8Hf8gh903uwgqCgf/yI7gQAE5yBysJTAiAmGZSQpB71qab6Tkph3SZd2ci+| |XTTXyO5tII+hob6gKPPK+pUfgn9LuIofMYDAvZ/NKt2Eyyq8P3W3skse05COzIesAlj| |tkjttW5KgyZdUi9QSk4Dro891BcE4GBCWweZGt+UuOahxbGCJPAbT5aNNKM3R6XHS1Y| |l0in+fqfCSat0CXsFndxvH9Jpr6tBKzYfCjz/203RsmmJXAMGxzDv9AY2k1rRSJirkr| |ibDNF22Hb4MjnN18BrMp7YOKIfk3XmYiq7ewYyctbfB2daksFwHIWPz0wQcQChkR8oI| |gcS8CYeI3yds7F99qvV3ELbDbYr4/povanZqEOmVfvMCrLorkLhyGO6xqCr5Zmq1xpd| |kNHj+jdrKla82a829oUDWHuZVz0LBf2/lLfCdwY292+e5wTOPO9hlNjatmla04i2cyT| |NGHgxfH+V7j2NNcEl7/rYNJP2gMLr/mzjRnvHkwLPccZjK7M5rU6sIpef+/l04Ej0q/| |bGQMLUPDIrwv72Lfp7NMO1zicvN10qw5Jjx9vRrAOUFySzWe3DsWHorv0HmJ8RXp+dY| |FEeOlAATmUsZ7AiAgb401QFrTztyhZych9YB/HIDAHaznseWVIqt3e5/bEbsVI+QzcW| |NszFjlQClfUlHTM38GlricV1qot12U6nvvWrcxkwIvjPWnvO07SgaiwC3neUjRVitOq| |4Fqn8PkbBc+FiaviKtjNirt+Wk5WkYXJhYbZUmvOi3/B8w4JVAcmjvn4oTvT1BP95Xu| |fNeWbHWnBVbUUtcziUzJQQP5cwJD4GuOF7SYkc7b8eeZMbXFV7GZV2169h3oWFNWjm9| |d6tXkDznWtzfa2hx7JQnxpE8CL4+19fLVkkvMDwtgavTLd9FNtK7CVoIg97rDV2JHlX| |O99BSO4GbrC3jgU18ludh7LHV+9ot4FK1S9XnNWDgOiEPYSewWMiaDQvTLguTm+ijlg| |O4fsZjvZk5yexGazwtabkBZsB5dPlUIXPcIxgq696gMeHI1fcFzBX5H1BGPnVeNt5go| |2E5hJUMSerLDSqK7ESvHIVkBVhny4PU6Ekgs+0Av4vPLO9slVIvRjBMPhBOp/FIlbxG| |S3dpy8UAcAos2I6ig85nxmep8y1TY0X73bNyP6KDb1WAn/vTV/k/rDnrf6C/b5n5PJH| |rWFeuC9tCN/er+JYT1N+whKtrEAhUQwGCtQTAQHfJZt39uOPkj420Gypv2pLp3mevAb| |yFflJrnA/2RA8FZsxZ9960Mr3YScBWwJSRR7vdiM7uxsyY17gNCKY5ryYfp5rqGd2XZ| |mQQgHKNfUxXqYhBWOcgTdVq6+Zwc=|

Thanks. I'm struggling to open this. Could you please post the data chunk?

I have never in my life advocated merging shards and understand this. Please reread.

Whilst I agree with your post entirely the issue there is that 20 seconds after somebody works out how to do it, then it's done that way forever and it becomes boringly easy. If it doesn't get done boringly easy, then it doesn't get done at all because something else much easier and even more boring can be done instead

I get the OP's point but I understand the Devs' motivations here (I think) in that we are typically a smaller community than we were on live and some of our shards have much much smaller populations than on live. The only solutions to that is to either merge shards - which would result in huge upset to many players and be a logistical nightmare (and probably wouldn't solve the fundamental issue) or to make it easier for tiny populations to win the hardest content. On Excel it's easy because getting a big team is relatively simple - on Indom or Runion far less so. No it's not ideal, but a compromise needed to be made and this seems a reasonable one. But I also think OP needs to think seriously about what he considers to be "signature" powers.

Ask Karl Wallender

I misread this title and wondered if it wasn't going to be something about Enkidu Now I just want to know who blarfed in my obsolete bin

I'm all in favour of giving Controllers more damage but I truthfully don't know how some of the other suggestions would meaningfully impact the game. When I play, I'm fighting the guys in front of me for the most part. If they fall down and fade away and I don't trip to the hospital, I'm pretty happy no matter where that extra couple of percentage points added or subtracted went. It may be my play style but I don't recall noticing any real difference when a tweak here or a tweak there is implemented. I'm still playing the same game after 20 years and if I'm really lucky I'll be playing it in another 20

First attempt at build for critique purposes: Not bad but a bit End heavy Data Chunk: https://api.midsreborn.com/legacy/download?uc=1660&c=738&a=1476&f=HEX&dc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

would Tough from the fighting pool be worth taking to boost resist?

My guy is now at 32, and is a boatload of fun. He's weak soloing, not because he's not surviving but because his DPS is a bit low, to be expected really. I also haven't taken any of the primary weapons... I've got most of the repelling stuff from FF and all the good shields I can so far and that seems to be working ok I have questions about Pool Powers and A/PPP sets: I took combat teleport because I enjoy the effect but I'm thinking that's a waste. I also have Spirit Ward - I was thinking that provides some useful boosts for pets but not sure how good it actually does. Do I need Hasten? Seems to me that there's no significant requirement for it here. What pools (other than flight, which I'm taking) should I use and wha'ts a good Patron/APP?

Personally I am happy of those unfinished story lines never get completed. They are part of the old game and it's very difficult to pick up someone else's story and finish it. Plus it's kind of fitting that we have those hints but never see them come to fruition, given the actual history of the game. I'm pretty ok with the direction the game is going in now, I'm happy for our current devs do do their thing... In many ways they seem more grounded and focused on story rather than delivering the next shiny but that's possibly because they don't have the commercial pressures of having to make a game make $$$ unlike original devs. I think we can all agree that since the resurrection, our current team have done very very well by us and I trust them to continue in that vein.

well seeing a Respec Agent means saves you typing /respec but functionally otherwise it's exactly the same

I genuinely don't ever recall a respec failing in all the time I've been playing this game I've made some almighty cock ups and some bad

Yes but some of us prefer to go visit someone. It gives more... atmosphere.

We have Lupin in Nerva (too high a zone IMO) and Wolfe (late of Galaxy but of course he's longbow so he made sure he got a nice number) in Atlas But we don't have a respec agent in RWZ. We can be members of Vanguard - we have to go through a few hoops to get there - so it's legit we should be able to go see someone in the Vanguard base to get that much-needed-respec we've been holding off on. If we can be a member of a thing, they should be able to give us a respec. That is all

I didn't know I didn't like it til I tried it did I?

That's a nice build actually. It's king of Procs. I would have to swap out Shadowy Binds for Living Shadows but it has given me something to seriously think of Many thanks!