Scarlet Shocker

useful info. Lots of reading. many thanks

When I convert something using either a chainsaw or a converter, what do I get? I'm talking specifically about crafted invention recipes - once I've crafted it, then I want something different, how do I know what I'm likely to get? I've noticed a pattern one a few sets. They don't seem to just change randomly - but I've not yet been able to discern if they are grouped into categories or there is some other defined way of changing them. Is there perhaps a recursive tree pattern? I is puzzled. Is there an answer?

I successfully used that on a different character but didn't have it available on that

What are the things that suddenly grab you by the head and lift you high? They are not insuperable to deal with but somewhat annoying. I did get one that killed a low level toon because I didn't have a jet pack or other travel power and I was already damaged so the fall killed me. Is there a way to avoid them?

Every silver lining has a cloud!

We won't ever see wind control However we might smell it!

I'm strongly getting the sense - both through reading responses here and also through play - that this is a Proc that isn't worth much for squishies. I could even say that it scales. The more HP you have, the better it suits you. If you're the proverbial "glass cannon" (sounds like a camera with an expensive lens) then your HP is gone before it can effectively kick in. I would suggest it also works best on Res based ATs. I think both Invincible Woman (Elec/Kin Tank) and Scarlet Shocker's best iteration (All Elec Sent) benefit from it greatly but I think my experience with electric blasters (close on 19 years) tells me that she'll be toast before it can be effective. I suspect it would be useful for Barbizilla - my Regen Brute - but that's yet to be tested though she has a much higher res than def. Appreciate everyone's input here. Many thanks team!

Hi Just popping in to say hello and remind you that I'm all about radiation. Also, without me, you'd be completely fucked. kthxbai

Serious question: Can those pieces be slotted in different powers or should they be combined in the same one? I think they should work wherever placed but... sometimes vagaries in the game, combined with my own incomplete understanding, confuse me On a wider note, and I thank you for all your great commentary, I have further questions. It seems this is beneficial primarily to high HP toons that are able to soak damage. Tanks, Brutes, SoA, etc. Blasters, Trollers, otehr squishies, not so much. Is that a fair assessment? If that is a correct extrapolation, what would work better for said squishies?

See, this is why everyone loves @Snarky This is supra-genius. This blows President Musk into the weeds with its erudite, concise, explanatory comment. I red this response and I feel dumb for simply having asked the question. I am not worthy. Thanks you, worshipful Snarkster!

Building a blaster and slotting Hover and this one always puzzles me. What does it actually do, what are its mechanics, is it worth it? So many questions... I leave it to you knowledge based genii to inform me

I'd not really thought of this much until @Snarky posted the thread, but it has made me consider them in greater depth and the more I think about it, the more I dislike them. My reasoning is quite simple and I'll try to explain as concisely as possible. Let's assume for the moment that my character is running out of End and also needs Healing. At the same time. I can pop a blue in green and all's right with the world. Everything is fixed and we can continue with the mayhem. Except that almost never happens exactly when... so suddenly I'm either needing some blue, or some green, and I pop one because it's all I've got - I have buyer's remorse because I've literally just wasted half that precious insp's value. A similar scenario is the red/yellows. I remember many years ago on live, Arcana explained why popping a single yellow was pointless. The details of why and wherefore are forgotten to me but I remember that it was usually necessary to pop two small yellows to be effective otherwise a single one gave you pretty well nothing. So popping a red/yellow seems like you'd need to pop two anyhow. Pointless! If the small red/yellows have the same values as a standard red or standard yellow, then to gain any benefit from them you'd need to pop 4. That's not viable. Orange/Purples: I am playing a character that is usually either defence or resistance focused. If I'm over 50 my build is probably there, or thereabouts, as good as I want it to be. So if I've got a strong res build, then the purple element is likely to have minimal effect. So it's wasted, and vice versa. There's clearly a caveat here in that I'm oversimplifying for the sake of example and I've never probed their values in depth but my core point is that when I use an Insp, I use it because I need that component, not the other thing - and so I don't experience the value of it, rather I see it more as a loss. That's a phenomena known well in Economics. I don't think these things add much value to my playing experience. See Richard Thaler for more on behavioural economics if you are interested. But one good thing I've learned from this thread is that I can turn them off at the START so I'm giving serious consideration to that or vending them

Can Ninjas join? And would you even know if they had?

ok so it sounds like you're saying I can drop some of the claws attacks. Again, limited experience gives me limited data Maybe I should ask what are the must haves and can drop powers in claws to inform my build further

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Thanks guys, some excellent info here. I'm slowly slowly beginning to enjoy melee in this game! 🤣 This is a build I've experimented with - just a rough thing I knocked up before work this morning. I'd opriginally gone for Energy Mastery - partly because of the eye beams, which appeal thematically. I'd also thought of Leviathan because I just love Bile Spray. but I've gone with Gloom-heavy SM and it seems pretty good for a beginning effort. MoG seems to be achievable just under 25% of the time so a brief pause between rucks and I might get some leverage. I've said it before and I'll say it again - although it works thematically on a Brute I hate the Fighting pool. I could be persuaded otherwise but this seems like an interestingly good start.

I started playing a Claws/Regen Brute; Barbizilla (you can check her origin elsewhere in the forums if you're that interested) - basically a concept character that I built and let languish but then suddenly realised I was enjoying playing. However, I rarely ever play melee characters and I have never to my recollection ever played a Regen character. It's fun (she's around 34 I think) but it's a lot more work than most toons I've played, even some of the more finicky Controllers/Dominators I've been reading some of @Spaghetti Betty's wise words here but I have seen a lot of stuff for the more advanced/experienced Regen brute, not the novice. The Claws element seems pretty straight-forward - punch something hard enough and stab/slash it at the same time. But Regen needs more input so where do I go with that? Also what APP/PPP works well? If you hadn't already guessed this is a "magical" blend of Barbie and Godzilla, two plastic kids toys smooshed into a living superbeing made of self-repairing polymer. I had thought Fire as an APP for thematic reasons but sadly I don't think fire breath is available. What pools are mandatory, advisable, preferred? Thanks in advance for input.

If there is an assumption that the radiation in City of Heroes is harmful, there may also be an assumption that mediporters, Ouroboros and Portal Corp all have ways to remove the harmful effects of radiation, thus making the point entirely moot.

So your argument is basically "suspend belief for all powers except radiation which causes long term ill-effects." Got it!

Yes I've... tried to use some of your macros in the past I believe 😂

In a universe where you can rip open a hole to the dark dimension to bring forth all kinds of yukky stuff, where you can literally hit someone over the head with a huge axe as long as a short bus or where you can scream so loud no eardrum could withstand it... or indeed set someone on fire... your argument is entirely specious.

@Snarky

In an entirely fictional game setting, that is simply not true.

If you've ever tried knitting with microfilaments you'll understand why they are so damned expensive 🤣