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I test run my accuracy+resistance build on Kang's story arc. This build is better than that previous psi build since it can withstand a +1 mob with its hp still on yellow to green. The previous one loses at least 80% of its hp after engaging a +1 group. It's promising, but additional testing against other enemy factions is necessary. Totally agree with that. My previous build only protects against psi. That is the reason why it doesn't fare well against non-seers. It still has better damage output, though. The recent one above mitigates that problem by covering all resistance stats. I planned to put any build that leverages enhancement sets into this post, regardless of the archetype. If it is necessary, I could separate others into their respective AT.

The last build didn't go so well, so I took other stats. This time, I am doing defensive (positional defenses or damage resistances). I didn't bother with S/L, fire/cold, Toxic, and Psionic Def because their maximum values for Beam/Temporal/Force don't look good. For defense, this is what I get: Assign To Slot Accuracy AOE Melee Ranged Explosive Strike Single Shot 3 1.88 Explosive Strike Charged Shot 3 1.88 Shield Breaker Cutting Beam 6 11 2.5 3.125 Encouraged Accuracy Aim 2 5 Razzle Dazzle Lancer Shot 6 2.5 2.5 Explosive Strike Penetrating Ray 3 1.88 Shield Breaker Overcharge 6 11 2.5 3.125 Impeded Swiftness Time Wall 6 2.5 Neuronic Shutdown Time Stop 6 7 2.5 End Of Time Eradication 6 3.125 1.5625 Pulverizing Fisticuffs Future Pain 3 0.625 Cloud Sense Time Shift 6 3.75 Reactive Armor Time Lord 5 1.25 0.625 0.625 Reactive Armor Force Of Nature 5 1.25 0.625 0.625 Reactive Armor Temporal Inv 5 1.25 0.625 0.625 Razzle Dazzle Repulsion Bomb 6 2.5 2.5 Explosive Strike Repulsion Field 3 1.88 Serenity Personal Force 5 3 1.25 SUM 85 37 18.125 18.125 15.3325 For resistance: Assign To Slot Accuracy En/Neg Fire/Cold S/L Tox/Psi Salvo Single Shot 3 1.5 3 Far Strike Single Shot 2 1.5 Salvo Charged Shot 3 1.5 3 Far Strike Charged Shot 2 1.5 Shield Breaker Cutting Beam 5 11 2.25 Salvo Disintegrate 3 1.5 3 Far Strike Disintegrate 2 1.5 Encouraged Accuracy Aim 2 5 Salvo Lance 3 1.5 3 Far Strike Lance 2 1.5 Salvo Penetrating Ray 3 1.5 3 Far Strike Penetrating Ray 2 1.5 Shield Breaker Overcharge 5 11 2.25 Curtailed Speed Time Wall 2 1.5 Impeded Swiftness Time Wall 4 3 1.5 Bonesnap Aging Touch 2 1.5 Neuronic Shutdown Time Stop 4 7 2.25 Encouraged Accuracy Chronos 2 5 Unspeakable Terror Future Pain 6 3 4.5 Impeded Swiftness Time Shift 5 3 3.75 1.5 Impervium Armor Time Lord 6 3.75 4.5 Gift of Ancient Personal Force 6 3.75 2.25 4.5 Impervium Armor Temporal Inv 6 3.75 4.5 Reactive Armor Force Of Nature 2 1.5 Impervious Skin Force Of Nature 2 1.5 SUM 84 39 20.25 30 14.25 25.5 I hope one of them is better than my previous build.

Two things I hate when I am battling Awakened: Subjugator lurking around the corner Subjugator ambush

Sometime I have a hunch that some of the ETs in films are merely scientists/deep space explorers. That is why their weaponry seems lacking, despite being a space faring civilization.

I see, so that is what "Global" means. Thanks 🙂

Impervium Armor: Psionic Resistance has a global icon next to it on hcwiki page, but it's not unique.

I noticed this when I slot 6x Impervium Armor. According to hcwiki, 6 x Impervium Armor gives 4.5% Psi Resistance. However, aside from 4.5% from Huge Toxic Psionic and Mez Resistance, I also get 6% from Impervium Armor. Is this what Global Enhancement Means?

Survey questions must capture all possible responses and each question must not overlap. This way, the answers are valid and measurable. Otherwise, the data is useless since we can not make any inference from it.

I didn't, but suddenly I remember this: In all seriousness, try to write a bio, even if it's only one sentence long. If you think that your bio sucks after reading it a few weeks later, you can always revise it or make a new one. Write something.

It is "Integer Linear Programming". Let's say we want to slot some enhancement sets to get bonus stats. We also want to meet some criteria (eg Recharge > 200% and all defenses > 40%). In addition, enhancement sets cost money and take space, so we want to slot only a few of them while still satisfying our criteria above. ILP solves that kind of problem. For me, it helps transforms my plan into an actual build. The drawback is that the build relies on bonus sets, so attuned enhancement is a must. I didn't read GM Crumpet's post once and my toon got a painful surprise!

A few weeks ago, I ran @Darmian AE Story (#40403) using build #3. It didn't go quite well since I lost half of my set bonuses. So, I'm going to build another one for Lv.10-Lv30 missions. As usual, I will use Rare and Uncommon only. According to the powerset (Beam/Temporal/Force Mastery), I can use these enhancement types: Accurate Defense Debuff Healing PBAoE Damage Stuns Accurate To Hit Debuff Holds Ranged Damage Targeted AoE Damage Defense Immobilize Resist Damage To Hit Buff Defense Debuff Knockback Slow Movement To Hit Debuff Fear Melee Sniper Attacks I also decided to increase Accuracy, Recharge Time, Recovery, and S/L Resistance. Accuracy & Recharge to deal more damage and Recovery to keep it firing as long as possible. For short, this build is the low-level version of Build #3. Based on the data, I narrowed down my selection list. Now, I can assign 38 enhancement sets into 20 available powers. After a few iterations, this is what I got: Assign To Slot Accuracy Recharge Recovery Resist S/L Tempest Single Shot 3 1.5 Tempest Charged Shot 3 1.5 Shield Breaker Cutting Beam 5 11 2.5 2.25 nothing Disintegrate 0 Encouraged Accuracy Aim 2 5 Razzle Dazzle Lance 2 2 nothing Penetratring Ray 0 Shield Breaker Overcharge 5 11 2.5 2.25 Curtail Speed Time Wall 5 2.5 1.5 Bruising Blow Aging Touch 2 1 Basilisk Gaze Time Stop 4 7.5 2 Paralyze Time Stop 2 1 Encouraged Accuracy Chronos 2 5 Regenerative Tissue Temporal Healing 5 5 Unspeakable Terror Future Pain 5 5 2 Cloud Sense Time Shift 4 6.25 Deflated Ego Time Shift 2 3 Impervious Skin TimeLord 5 5 2 1.5 Kismet Personal Force 5 3.75 1.5 2.25 Stagger Repulsion Bomb 5 2.5 Impervious Skin Temporal Inv 5 5 2 1.5 Steadfast Protection Force Of Nature 2 1.5 Imprevium Armor Force Of Nature 2 2.5 Energy Manipulator Force Of Nature 2 1.5 SUM 77 35 42.5 24 14.25 It turns out low-level enhancement sets don't provide decent S/L Resistance to Temporal Powerset. Even after I set other values (Accuracy, Recharge, and Recovery) to zero, I can only get 18.75% S/L Resistance! I tried again, but this time I replaced S/L Resistance with Psi/Toxic Resistance. Assign To Slot Accuracy Recharge Recovery Psi/Toxic Far Strike Single Shot 2 1.5 Far Strike Charged Shot 2 1.5 Shield Breaker Cutting Beam 5 11 2.5 Far Strike Disintegrate 2 1.5 Encouraged Accuracy Aim 2 5 Stagger Lance 5 2.5 Far Strike Penetrating Ray 2 1.5 Shield Breaker Overcharge 5 11 2.5 Debilitative Action Time Wall 6 4.5 Bruising Blow Aging Touch 2 1 Pulverizing Fisticuffs Aging Touch 2 1.5 Basilisk Gaze Time Stop 4 7.5 2 Paralyze Time Stop 2 1 Encouraged Accuracy Chronos 2 5 Regenerative Tissue Temporal Healing 5 5 Unspeakable Terror Future Pain 6 5 2 4.5 Cloud Sense Time Shift 4 6.25 Razzle Dazzle Time Shift 2 2 Imprevium Armor TimeLord 6 2.5 4.5 Kismet Personal Force 5 3.75 1.5 Razzle Dazzle Repulsion Bomb 2 2 Impervious Skin Temporal Inv 5 5 2 Imprevium Armor Force Of Nature 6 2.5 4.5 SUM 84 32 35 23.5 25.5 It has a 25.5% bonus compared to a mere 14.25%. The Psi/Toxic build also seems more balanced than S/L, which is nice. I hope this is enough to fend off those pesky Seers and the Awakened. Edit: Nope. Psi damage type is uncommon. So, this build is not too useful. Also, 95% hit rate and slightly reduced recharge can't mitigate Resistance's defense debuff, blastmaster's Molotov, Ghouls horde or Sherperd's blade. Unless the team has tanks or controllers, expect kiting and running while using this build. Glad I tested this build on the beta server. Oh, well. Time to pick other stats.

Deathless run is really hard imo. The participant has to fight thousands of mobs and always win. Imagine that. Their win probability have to be near 100%. Otherwise, even if they re doing everything right, they'll eventually get defeated before reaching their goal. Edit Godspeed, you madlad!

Beauregard Reginald Buford The smell. . .

I have a hunch why 90% of characters you met have no bio. In my experience, writing is not easy. Once I wrote a few sentences, but they don't properly tell a story about my toon. So, I wrote more and ended up with an incoherent bio. Writing also takes time. I need a few days to make the backstory look right. I'd rather spend my time doing some missions. For example, I need days to make her backstory, and I don't feel that I've got it right. I am not sure about the badge. People may write a word salad or copy-paste someone else's to get the badge. A contest may encourage people to write, but there is a caveat. If the reward is too few or the bar is too high, it may discourage people from investing their time writing a backstory. Still, it's a good idea, and I hope you can find a way to do it.

The ambushes in Praetoria is a bit different. The next wave will spawn after a period of time and said period is very short. In addition, each ambush has many waves (more than three, probably nine). God Emperor Cole help you if you haven't clear the previous wave but the next wave has already arrived. Imo Power Arc missions in Imperial city are the worst offender.

My experience is similar to Temporal. Whatever I did in the live server years ago, I have done them again here in Homecoming. If anything, I am getting more since there is no paywall in HC. I am not missing anything at all.

The clockworks! How could I forget Praetoria's main workforce!

I am afraid we would never know unless some of those devs from Praetoria survived and leaked their source code. Also, they would need to rebuild the game so that it could run on Windows XP. Also, derailing this forum a bit, imagine the guys maintaining said game in Primal Earth. What do they look like? A group of grizzled war veterans (obviously)? Corporate hackers? Could a bunch of ghouls run and maintain a pirate server?

I decided to use whatever asset that is currently available, rather than build all her costume parts from a scratch. Let's say she had to fight crime in civvies. Pic Alteration Ninja mask -> Surgical mask. sleeveless vest -> sleeveless crop top armband -> wristband and no gloves Her pants remain, but no white stripes. She is wearing a belt now. ^Civvies + threatening pose

It's just for fun project. Also I'd love to create new character rather than replaying the same powerset. Back then I randomly picked her power. She was mind/ice dom, if I am not mistaken.

I use imgur. It's a little bit complicated, but saves my quota in the long run.

After months of procrastination, I finally sit down and recreate one of my toons from live server. Meet my mind control dominator, Mei: Obivously, her original costume parts are not available on Makehuman, so I created a makeshift costume by painting her torso. She is technically naked, but I'll fix her soon*™️ (please don't ban me). You can download her current costume at Makehuman's repository. Model turnaround, rendered by Microsoft's 3D Viewer About Makehuman: Pros: Open source Quite small and runs on a potato PC (subjectively important for me) Support multiple formats, Cons: Limited available assets even for civilian/everyday clothes (men's clothing is even rarer). Many assets have poor quality. (You need to rework said asset). But said formats are ancient (eg. Collada and Lightwave) *Probably next year or a few years after that.

The question was simple, but it wasn't silly. The OP wanted to know the best blaster to solo level 50+ contents. Since OP didn't elaborate on what he considered as the best, I gave him general advice. After all, any blaster can do those contents. Also, if this thread is any indication, everyone picks different powers while claiming their pick as the best build. Therefore, every selection can be the best build as long as the player knows how to play it right. Don't hate my answer for stating the truth. People tend to overlook simple things.

I think this is a nice feature. My staff fighting scrapper can simply move a bit to abort resting. Usually I press Z to powexec_abort. Thanks.

The best blaster for soloing level 50+ is the one you have used on missions and arcs since level 1.