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i guess its time to experiment on the locals... Seems it has a meh chance to proc as you throw it and then a random here and there afterwards. Enough to justify slapping in the two pieces of winter for the 15% res to slow effects. That and I have two pcs of bomb in it for +5% range. Rocking a global +35% range boost on my AR Dev and that just gets hilarious. Snipe Rifle and LRM are at 240 feet effective. I hit peeps with LRM and they forget why they were running before they get to me! (kidding, but they tend to be dead anyways....)

Do PROCs work in odd powers like these? If so, how well? Do they PROC randomly during the life of the pseudo pet? Or just when tossed?

Something to look forward to.

The Skulls are getting the jump on a new Hero in Atlas. Scissor Man. My advice. Avoid him. Never run with Scissor Man.

There are badges (available in Ouro, or by turning off exp at 4, 7, 8, 9, 14) For all content completed in Atlas, Mercy, and the Hollows. There are badges for certain specific missions at every level range. But that is grinding. I guess. Because you are doing something. I have one question. What, EXACTLY, is not grinding to you?

Okay.... You do not want to solo. You call that "grinding" even if every single mission and story arc is different for three months play. Okay. Do not do it. I also offered up team options. Which you did not address. I can only assume since there are maybe 10-15 "types" of things a 50 team does that would very quickly become "grinding" Your original post said there was nothing to do at 50. That you did not understand the detailed explanations people gave of what to do at 50. I offered up months of easy to find and non repeat content. "But that is grinding." I got nothing. You do not seem to WANT to play the game. But it is the game's fault because there is nothing to do. Good luck.

Null Gull add Power Button (combat stance, no combat stance) Basically that is what a shield power does, locks the thing on.

We have a test server? I test on live.

Wouldnt it be great if the weapons NEVER disappeared. Oh, but you say, they have to. If you use X power then it has an alternate animation. Solution. Costume editor. that power. Alt Animation. Hold weapon up. Shoot weapon. Hold weapon forward. Anything. with weapon. Because my OCD butt twists myself in knots with backstories that describe the animations. Disappearing weapons.... this is challenging. For NO reason. Simple alternate animation. Literally shoot gun. Hold sword up. Swing sword. W/e All of that is in game.

The simplest "guide" for 50s beyond 50? Do every contact at 50. There are a few HUNDRED contacts that are 35-50, 40-50, 45-50, and 50. These are not through Ouro. Many of them are trying to reach you in your contacts window or through messages to you. For 50 incarnate. If you just want to grind solo all of Dark Astoria was made for you. It is Incarnate. It is waiting. You like teams? level 50 kill most Imperious TF will open your Incarnate slots so fast! Any level 50 Strike Force. Task Force, or Trial is where you should be focusing. 50 teams running content at 50 are not bad either. Then do Incarnate Trials for components. I have yet to give detailed advice. I gave options for solo and teaming. Go, do, be.

As an old Brute player….the heyday is long over. Beyond the great Brute Fury nerf from live…. Tanker and Scrapper ATOs are much stronger and Tanks are getting never ending buffs and upgrades on HC. The days of Brutes being near the best at anything are long gone.

I run my Tank as I badge. Sometimes a week at a time. Sometimes there are two-three Tanks/Brutes. Funnily enough when i am on my Blaster I seem to see a lot less Heavies. Perception i am sure. But i tend to still tank on my Blaster. There are faceplants

I want one

Yeah. I have switched to Tanks on my Dark Dark heavy. Much better build and arguably better damage

Well, in edge cases Brutes were outdamaging some Scrappers on live. So they were nerfed into stupid zone. After that Scrappers always performed at least slightly and generally moderately better than Brutes. Before ATOs. Which, Brute ATOs are just an insult. Salt in the wound of the Fury nerf.

We all know that for same/similar power sets the lineup is roughly (best to worst for DPS only) Stalker, Scrapper, Brute, Tank. Some of the differences are (in my opinion) not huge. Where exactly would a Sentinel fit in there. Survivability is off the table. This is just a DPS race. Same power sets, or the Sentinel equivalent to the melee. Energy Melee to Energy Blast, Ice Melee to Ice Blast etc.

I am seriously thinking of making one of these just to grief teams. I do not normally play like that. But when the universe delivers two free pizzas to your door.... Holy Nova! Holy Nova! Holy Nova!!!

I can get a Blaster to 50 with 0 damage inflicted.... Slap their butt in AE and use my alt acct farmer to get them 0-Incarnate in a day or so grind. 🙂

I do love the many concepts we can create and the depth of personal lore we can write for our creations.

Truth in advertising. Do not mislead people. This set should be called for what it does. Completely obscure a team or league from being able to see anything. Blind Team set? Wish Your Team could See set? Hmmm, I can see where they struggled to get one or two words to describe it. But do not give up!

Well, I was just in two Red SF where the leader upped the difficulty. These are Sharkhead and there was no reason. team had no healers and light damage. i am on my Exemp'd 50 AR Blaster. We load into one mission. The team is right on top of a Longbow spawn. I dont want to waste full auto. I am fully stealthed. I hover past them and up a blacony. Full LB spawn waiting to ambush them. I drop caltrops and a mine in front of it. Line up my full auto shot. And a STORM of Longbow run towards me. targeted ambush, stealth was useless. They did the "Airplane" scene on me and then turned around and ran back through the door they came from. *blink.... really? F me.

They just toggle off then when you rez you turn it on. But here is the thing. I make an AR Dev Blaster. A little green army nan! So cool. Tiny little perfect solid green toon Blasting everything with his rifle. He dies and he is 4-5 feet tall…. I got no backstory that makes sense here. Nothing explains this concept break. For the low low price of about 500 million?

You want high damage. You said other stuff, but pretty sure you said the higher the better. Most crap after that is irrelevant The highest damage here us a Fire/something Blaster. With FireFire prob top Only thing is it is prob a nightmare for a new player. If you can stomach range (less damage but tons more safety) I would suggest a Beam aRifle or Assault Rifle. One of the main problems with Fire is it has no secondary effect to mitigate incoming damage. No stun, no to hit debuff, no knockdown, oh it does get one thing. More damage as the secondary effect. It just obliterates rooms. But if you do not know the missions, the mobs, the maps you will end up in the floor. Like, a lot of floor. You will learn the ground texture of every map we got. Still, I suggest you try a Blaster. Find a theme. We have many power sets. A Blaster is straightforward and does the highest damage in the game. It can be challenging. So maybe do not jump into the deepest end of the pool. At first If you want to take a tourist look at it jump on a Beam Rifle Willpower Sentinel. Middle of the road damage and just easy fun. Great way to learn the maps and the game. You need both knowledge and damage to get things done fast. If you have the best DPS and little knowledge it will be a rough road.

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