Snarky

The character I did every contact, every mission, for every contact not accessible at 50. that took me 4 months or so to go 1-50. Oh, and I did it on Homecoming Excelsior. No need for a new server at all. Just shut off experience, side switched through Null, and ground contacts.

No you idiot. It is a poem about Brutes

Also, I encourage everyone to use my strategy of farming through the lower levels then running content. The recent changes make clear the Devs are not pro farm. So, it is everyone’s responsibility to farm as much as they can. Immanentize the Eschaton

Lol. Enjoy your way. I enjoy mine. 1) I have extra slots to throw at level 1-15 powers which make thrm useful for Posi 2) if I start the TF run at low 30s and do all red/blue I pretty much 50 just doing content i would do anyway 3) even with farming nerf hammered it does not take long to get a toon to high 20 low 30s

I am carrying a torch for Ghost Widow so I have not asked Glenda myself. But I thought she was hooked up with Clamor for a while. Maybe they were just doing costume design Anyways you should ask her. If you don’t ask it is an automatic no…

I am almost the exact opposite. Unless it is a “project” with specific low level goals I farm a toon to high 20s to low 30s. Then I respec them frontloaded for exemplar activity. Then I start Posi 1,Posi2, Synapse, Tarikoss,…. You see the pattern. This allows me to enjoy the toon on PUG teams, learning the powers as they come in. I earn some merits and have fun. Fun….like all the world is Saturday morning cartoon time!

Wow….so 4 powers? I may need to reconsider then…

Here is the build Hyperstrike made for me when I first found Homecoming and ran SS/Invul non stop. You can compare, i am terrible at such things. The only update I made was swapping out D Sync heal/rech in Dull pain for the Heal/Rech from sets that used to be there Oh, at some point I swapped in a UG +HP. Hyper tends to overlook little details like that when building for others. (He gets a LOT of requests lol) This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Snarky: Level 50 Magic Brute Primary Power Set: Super Strength Secondary Power Set: Invulnerability Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Punch (A) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage (3) Overwhelming Force - Endurance/Recharge (3) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (5) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (5) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (7) Superior Brute's Fury - Recharge/Fury Bonus Level 1: Resist Physical Damage (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (7) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (9) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge (11) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% (11) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 2: Temp Invulnerability (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (13) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (13) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (15) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 4: Haymaker (A) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage (19) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Damage/RechargeTime (19) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (21) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (21) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (23) Superior Unrelenting Fury - RechargeTime/+Regen/+End Level 6: Dull Pain None:D-Sync Reconstruction Level 8: Knockout Blow (A) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage (25) Superior Blistering Cold - Damage/Endurance (25) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (27) Superior Blistering Cold - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (27) Superior Blistering Cold - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (29) Superior Blistering Cold - Recharge/Chance for Hold Level 10: Resist Elements (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (29) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (31) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge Level 12: Kick (A) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge Level 14: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (31) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (33) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (33) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 16: Unyielding (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (33) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (34) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (34) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 18: Rage (A) Recharge Reduction IO (34) Recharge Reduction IO Level 20: Resist Energies (A) Reactive Armor - Resistance (36) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance (36) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Recharge (36) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge Level 22: Weave (A) Shield Wall - Defense (37) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (37) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (37) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (39) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 24: Combat Jumping (A) Shield Wall - Defense (39) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (39) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (40) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 26: Hurl (A) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage (40) Superior Winter's Bite - Damage/RechargeTime (40) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (42) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (42) Superior Winter's Bite - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (42) Superior Winter's Bite - Recharge/Chance for -Speed & -Recharge Level 28: Invincibility (A) Shield Wall - Defense (43) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (43) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (43) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 30: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (45) Recharge Reduction IO Level 32: Foot Stomp (A) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage (45) Superior Avalanche - Damage/Endurance (45) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (46) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (46) Superior Avalanche - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (46) Superior Avalanche - Recharge/Chance for Knockdown Level 35: Tough Hide (A) Shield Wall - Defense (48) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (48) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (48) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 38: Maneuvers (A) Shield Wall - Defense (50) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance (50) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (50) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge Level 41: Superior Conditioning (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End Level 44: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 47: Physical Perfection (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration Level 49: Super Jump (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%) Level 1: Fury Level 1: Brawl | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1776;718;1436;HEX;| |78DA7594596F125114C7CFC050A40581D6423768297603A5457D3646DB9AD692342| |1F195607BA54442C9408D7C00DFB56A7C717D3071FD0AAEF54DBF81DB177049D468| |7C190F1CFEF6B68649067E73CEFD9F6DEEDCCC8559EFDB374BC7C8E83A51CA57ABB| |9E3D6464DB932F94271C549441DD972DE3A5777330E345DB98C2A2995CA6E549495| |CBD62C552ED4D622E29A556755B9AA520BE5F31BA5B2B2F2678AA562AD4EBEE5F5F| |5526ABE5858AB15CB056FF36949E52BFCD0D97CC856945AF5C3BEAAACEA5AB1D23F| |5729AEA4E6384EA19ECBE4AB3565D5A5BC3EAE6682EF51837F1AB75CB68BE81D179| |D36C941EF011F044CFA08F824D041F7049ED27F611A91271A4BA2027B68181013E8| |A43043A4018724CCB346142D8CD3A01FE2F1D24FC02F81BDF45B20CE02A79EDB495| |EB3E9E9261F60AFC03EF2030202210A0A3C67AD4B0B63B828C96DB033041863B79B| |B44C6EBA24E23EBA0CD81418A02B80AB0243744DE0056B3D7A971E0C6B08C38A625| |8510CCBC189BBB4DCFC70D1D10CE7648F4F0FE7C3D0A218DA08863682A1BDE4957E| |5DE4876804A218443188265810DC7ECFB611A424B596B4E015FFF5E8717BD05B1CB| |DC5D15B1CBD99DC41AF26327B695132EEA779C002E094C0387D1708B13AACA70C43| |3D0EF5389D6C758030932CE8D75F653FDD375B4B1E001E0A4CD123C063C013812DD| |60E1ADB13710E227702B913C89D40EE512E38A2EFB408A6770030C5EE61BDBC61BA| |61B696DC04DC123848B701770077055EE30B4779A3286F1AE54DA3BC69941774CB4| |EFF271A83280D511AA234441EDE17939A8826E9BA6CCF6E0E97D43D49DE2DF229B3| |26A57B5274540E84306B66F4CD3E43839267DEDC79D0D84326E997DD34DA362DB5B| |12F9BBA9EED86D83F77EE3C7A60FFD2C6FE7597DD61500C07D369A309015A94FDFD| |6DD75AE6D67002B429906853EE4C1B7BBA8DFD701BFB9136764F800F4FCD6EFF097| |13DFA80B7123BDF85FD17499CEB54| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Ukase (I am throwing him under the bus without asking, so like me) regularly starts a team at level 1 and crawls through the entire game. The current iteration has been running a little over a month. It is an SO only team, with only free stuff from P2W. I am considering starting a team to crawl through the game. I have an odd schedule and odder interests. Not sure if it will come together. My thought is that every character would need to be Dark/Dark/Dark/Soul/Necro/DARK you get the idea. If nothing else we would have the enemies to hit debuffed into the....dark ages....

Do not let that make you feel bad. That is Gorgeous Glenda's job.

Here is the build. Nothing special in the damage dept. I did PROC out Umbral Torrent. It was awkward to slot since it needed a Sudden Acc and I chose to get creative with it. Solid ST chain, as Dark deliver. AoE is a Cone barrage. 4 Cones that are essentially neverending if need be. 47% Ranged Def while in combat, over 50% Energy/Neg. The 3 ST Holds are very useful. Paragon Protectors are owned, even at low level when they first show up. On a team or League can work with the control group as needed in a pinch. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Blaster Primary Power Set: Dark Blast Secondary Power Set: Temporal Manipulation Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Gloom (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (7) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status Level 1: Time Wall (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (7) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (9) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (9) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge Level 2: Umbral Torrent (A) Bombardment - Damage (11) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (11) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown (13) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage (13) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (15) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance Level 4: Dark Blast (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (15) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance (17) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge (17) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (19) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (19) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 6: Aim (A) Recharge Reduction IO (21) Recharge Reduction IO (21) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 8: Moonbeam (A) Executioner's Contract - Accuracy/Damage (23) Executioner's Contract - Damage/Endurance (23) Executioner's Contract - Damage/Interrupt (25) Executioner's Contract - Damage/Range (25) Executioner's Contract - Damage/Recharge (27) Executioner's Contract - Disorient Bonus Level 10: Chronos (A) Recharge Reduction IO (27) Recharge Reduction IO Level 12: Tenebrous Tentacles (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (29) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (29) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (31) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (31) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (31) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 14: Fly (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 16: Stealth (A) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 18: Abyssal Gaze (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold (33) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold (33) Apocalypse - Damage (33) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) (34) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy Level 20: Temporal Healing (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (34) Performance Shifter - EndMod (34) Endurance Modification IO Level 22: Life Drain (A) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage (36) Superior Winter's Bite - Damage/RechargeTime (36) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (36) Superior Winter's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (37) Superior Winter's Bite - Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime (37) Superior Winter's Bite - Recharge/Chance for -Speed & -Recharge Level 24: Time Stop (A) Superior Entomb - Accuracy/Hold (37) Superior Entomb - Hold/Recharge (39) Superior Entomb - Endurance/Recharge (39) Superior Entomb - Accuracy/Hold/Endurance (39) Superior Entomb - Accuracy/Hold/Endurance/Recharge (40) Superior Entomb - Recharge/Chance for +Absorb Level 26: Blackstar (A) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage (40) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge (40) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (42) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (42) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (42) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage Level 28: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (43) Recharge Reduction IO Level 30: Time Lord (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 32: Infiltration (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 35: Night Fall (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (43) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (43) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (45) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (45) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (45) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 38: Phase Shift (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 41: Soul Tentacles (A) Artillery - 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No, I go against current CoH gamecrafting (MOAH PROCS BIATCH) and build for tankiness. Like I do on my Brutes. .....and, according to you, on my Blasters as well lol

dance floor. with npc dancers we can put in. customizable.

this idea died in the first hard day of trying. i never ran a squid before and did not realize that a squid only form has like 3 powers. ever.

i regularly (once a year or so) go through a challenge of soloing a lot of the contacts on the game. stopping experience and doing every single mission until they tell me they have no more (blueside) or piss off (redside) no reason for anyone to create a old school server. go be old school. i use i/o's as they come available. go all SO! DO! just what drops, no auction house! go nutz! kill skulz!

Here is the seed of what this thread is really about. Another excuse to nerf Brutes. Like any of this games Dev teams needed an excuse. Random issue update X; List of changes + nerfhammer Brute a bit.

For me this is inspired by the evolution of my playstyle. I do a lot of teaming, mostly PUG. But I have done far more solo. I started with regular “do all redside” which I would do about once a year. Early this year I did a “every contact” which I completed on a Brute for all contacts pre50. But what about characters I levelled normally without stopping experience and playing the stories. Characters I found I liked? Crush them and reroll as level 1 then solo the game on them? Seems….awkward.

This is what I mean exactly. I know how to find (most) everyone. But sometimes they think they should not talk to me!

I just leveled a Ice Ice through all TF SF and it was smooth and wonderful. Worst? One of the best! Pure Tank. Massive Agro control, great armor. Owns the room like a rockstar. Farmer? Nope! TF Rockstar! Oooooooh yeeeeaaaahhhhhhh!!!

I run a bit of solo story arcs. Always an issue when you outlevel them. I do not know if this is possible. Open every contact to anyone above the contacts minimum level. This way you have access to the entire game and not just the ouro arcs. Also, these would be "part of your world" unlike Ouro that is "a different timeline" I suppose this might only be doable for 50s? Possibly anyone over max level of contact could also do it? Then you would walk up to the contact and start their missions as if you were low level. I assume being auto examplared while you were doing the contact. Character chooses when to break connection. One mission, one arc, all arcs, all content until the contact says "I have nothing more for you check your other contacts."

I would assume the number of presents opened in one zone is 200 to spawn the Winter Lord. Data point for that is...Redside. Bestside. To spawn the Cap Au Diable Giant Monster a total of 100 gremlins at power plants need to be killed. (total by everyone ever, then spawn, counter reset) The number of Gremlins needed to be killed by an individual to get the gremlin badge? 100! The number of presents needed to be opened to get a badge? 200!

is this the personification of Hanlon's Razor?

If your concept requires a rifle go beam rifle. They are the flat out best Single Target damage in the game Always welcome on teams hitting hard targets. I pair mine with temporal but energy would work as well. If you want to clean rooms Fire primary. If its dead it cannot hit you Personally i am now on a Dark Temporal. Lot of utility. Dark Temp Soul has three ST holds. Its amazing the things that will stop and dpin in the air. Great for neutralizing things like paragon prot before the mog.

You are not far wrong. I will post the build in the next day or two. 50d it this weekend and have been busy badging and TFs. But yes, lot of ranged defense. 50% or so while “in combat” if I remember. I took Musculature for the Alpha but chose the odd 33% instead of 45 due to the secondary buffs and my perception that the difference between the 33% and 45% was negligible. And the secondary buffs on Dark/Temp were near perfectly aligned. Any thoughts?

Honestly for solo leveling Scrapper will be faster clearing story arcs. (With good powersets and build). Or if you want super safe just run a Energy/Willpower Brute. At anything even level that will grind through