[Ice/Fire Tank need Help w. build]

Everyone knows Ice Armor pairs best with Stone Melee. That's a fact, Jack. 

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Just my opinion.

 

[Basic Tank Resist Cap Question]

Set bonuses. 6 slot your attacks. Use sets that add type resists that you are lacking.

4 slot most primary(defensive or resistance) powers, unless its a heal or a damage aura, or like invinc adds defense.

Some also use Tough from the fighting pool.

 

 

 

You don't need to max out 90% S/L to survive. Eating an orange inspiration gives you temporary boost to all resists. 

[In praise of Team Inspirations]

36 minutes ago, MTeague said:

I claim all my Team Inspirations on my Masterminds.  I will use them if the team needs a boost, but primarily I use them to boost my Ninjas/Thugs/Puppies.

same here, my MM is the only one that unlocked team inspiration drops at P2W. My others  combine to cover a weakness with insp, and cant afford to clog the tray with team imbuements.

 

[Do you have a 'main'? What makes a main? What's the main things about your main that made it your main?]

I had no problem remaking my old main from live, for in my mind, his last act of Heroism before the shut down was stopping at Penny Preston's location in Founders Falls, and logging off there. Where he was still protecting her from a stray Rikti Headman, or some Nemesis sniper who was taking pot shots at her. That was the extent of my roleplaying, and it was just enough to survive the void until Homecoming.

[Farming]

I run at +3/8 but I kill the bosses. So my completion time is slower, but that doesn't matter to me, really. Im not Fire Armor though. Rad Armor/WM and I fight Energy Farms (14308 is my goto)

 

[Rad Armor and Agro]

I use the PerfZing +PsiDam proc in Radiation Therapy, along with 3 Touch of the Nictus, and 2 Oblits. I just use the base slot in taunt the power. Anything you like. But I use Mocking Beratement Taunt, Recharge, Range, that I bumped up to max +5 levels.

 

I use no other Taunt sets.

 

I slotted Ground Zero for DefDebuff, Recharge, and Damage. I also put an Achilles Heel proc in there.

[Additional Difficulty Mode]

Some really long mission arcs get out-leveled before completion. I had a lvl 29 arc I was completing at +4 on my lvl 33 tank. (I like to street sweep sometimes) It would have been nice to +5 it. I know that's not what this thread is about, but having this option would be useful - - sometimes at lower levels. Just sayin'. 

[Top 5 toons]

RadArmor/WarMace Tanker - Main - farmer

Beam Rifle/Ninjitsu Sentinel - Great teammate, can also ST dominate, without domination even

Illusion/Trick Arrow Controller (A hidden gem combination, don't tell anyone)

Darkness/Martial Assault Dominator (ST focused, play him like a stalker)

Ice Armor/Stone Melee tanker - 2nd Main

 

[What enemies do you find most difficult/what kills you the most?]

Rogue Vanguard for resistance based toons.

Devouring Earth for Defense based toons, mainly because of the crystals. Also, if a Malta Sapper gets a lucky shot in. 

For awhile my rad armor tank has trouble with Cimerorans, but I figured that out. 

[Do you have a 'main'? What makes a main? What's the main things about your main that made it your main?]

My Main is still my first character I played on live. Then he was an Invul/WarMace tanker. Now he is fully incarnated RadArmor/WM tanker on Indom. I made another Main as an Ice Armor/Stone Melee tank on Everlasting. All have/had the same look. Costume. Phrendon Largo is always going to be a tanker. He just has different flavors on each server.

[Who are some "energy melee" characters?]

The Tick

[Weekly Discussion 51: Kallisti Wharf!]

Level 50 Praetorian Family(the ones with the beam rifles) have to be some part of the zone, trying to control the goings on over near the sports stadium that's being built, perhaps in a battle with the Syndicate for control. 

 

Rogue Vanguard popping up instead of Malta.  Hiding in back alleys and dark doorways.

[Capes are broken, should they get fixed?]

11 hours ago, TraumaTrain said:

Nerf capes!

I  still have my nerf bat. It'll be a set.

[Weekly Discussion 50: Darkness Control]

My complaint about Darkness Control pets is that they block you. They cannot be moved or walked through to get through a doorway, for example. 

[A question for farmers]

I dont fire farm, I energy farm. Same tired moon map. I do it because I don't have to seek it out. Its the easiest way to get inf to email my alts so I can play them the way I want to.  I don't even care if I am the least efficient farmer, using the wrong map...etc. I found something that works and Im sticking with it. I definitely don't AFK farm.

[Tanker Without Set IOs]

I am having a lot of fun with an Ice Armor/Stone melee tank. No sets so far (lvl 30) although I have added procs slow-smashing damage, End Mod + End. the typical stuff. I don't really worry about soft capped defense, I just eat a purple and use a blue drone if its not attacked prematurely. Cleaned out Boomtown in my mid to late teens, Warriors, Tsoo Freaks.  Terra Volta Trench in mid to late 20s. Now 30 and in Crey's Folly. Just street sweeping and owning.

[build ideas: ice armor/stone melee]

I am working on Ice/Stone on Everlasting. Soloed him to 24 in about 3 days. Icicles baby. Slot that puppy up!

[Rad Armor/Martial Arts: 45% Melee, Ranged, AoE, 90% resists.]

No Ground Zero or Meltdown? hmm

 

I start every fight with Particle Shielding and Ground Zero. 

[Mixing attuned and unattuned IOs]

If I buy it before lvl 50 I attune it. Some of the lvl 50's I plus 5 them if I think it will make a big difference. For instance, if I use a Dam/EndRdx, and thats the only end reduction in the power, I will +5 it to get the maximum End Rdx out of those slots.

[Is Cross Punch from the FIghting power pool viable?]

I have Kick, Tough, Weave, and Cross Punch from the Fighting Pool on my Energy Melee/ Inv Brute. CP is quite a good attack. Kick is the rarely used, filler attack, the Fatigue it causes is negligible. I use CP right in my main attack chain. If you recall EM's last couple of powers are long recharge attacks. I didn't take Haste on this character so I needed some filler, and CP fits the bill for me. Is it Optimal? I doubt it, but thats boring. 

[Radiation Armo f/x]

Moar X-Rays please. 

[ENOUGH with the Rikti]

Rikti know you hate it when they attack, that's why they still do it. Use reverse psychology, give them a hug. 

[OMG!!! CITY OF HEROS IS BACK?????]

Welcome back. I play on Indomitable and Everlasting. 

[Have any odd in-game habits?]

I organize my tray when I can, but in mid mission, it gets impossible. Depending on if the character is resistance based or defense based, I keep oranges or purples stocked mostly. Anything else will get combined into oranges or purples eventually. 

[Have any odd in-game habits?]

It doesn't matter what character I am on, if I am passing through Talos, and I see a Yellow Ink Man, I punch it in the head. This goes all the way back to my first character I ever played on live. He was an invul tank, and I didn't understand that I needed my status resist yet, and I had to fight Tsoo missions and kept getting slept.. So yeah....I still hate Yellow Ink Men.