Snarky

I dont even mind that people are too lazy or ignorant to get an alt account farmer to PL themselves. Lot of people in the world just bumbling through. But do not just “decide” i am going to PL you in whatever TF/hostage situation you invited me to…

Yes. In that way. But the pets still define you, at least partly. It irks me. Take Lore pets. Fire and forget. Except….. If you are a closet RPer like me. No, I do not go around ((talking)) to people. I just AM. Usually a Snarky old Vampire. Sometimes a Snarky robot. But when my all powerful Vampire self drops the Lore pets I am saying “I am an Incarnate COH Well worshipping dweeb. Hi everyone”. Grrrrr. If I could make them gargoyles and bats we could talk. But they are inevitably these giant jagged things that have nothing to do with my theme. I would run a MM. if I could have all zombies. I have a story for that. I do not have a story for zombies death knights dark servants black hounds and liches. Lichie? Lichs? Oh bother. Sometimes I want to run a Dark Controller or Corruptor. The pet stops me 98% time. I have a few. But then the damn pet….telling me I am part of its story.

I hate most pets in most games. 1) you are a slave to their theme. They define who you are. 2) You have moderate to no control over them. You have to figure what the game wants you to do to get them to sort of do what you want them to do. They define what you do. 3) You are generally moving in a way that allows your pets to work, or have to sit in one place. They define the pace. Pets suck.

It varies slightly for me. 95% time...99%? I monitor nothing. This is how I played for years. Mostly how I still play. When things get serious. At 50, during content with a lot of debuffs, or Super Strength's self debuffs... I monitor Accuracy, +Damage, Ranged Defense on my squishy Blasters, S/L Defense on my Brutes I build to that, A resistance value to see if Im getting yoinked. Stealth Radius. That is huge when zipping around. Lot of time with changes in lighting in might be easy to miss going in and out of stealth. Once your number pops up to 55 just zip past those CoT goons.

I have 50’d this and opened my Alpha slot. Just emailed some Emps. I have slapped in the above build and will be joining a few TFs, hopefully an ITF. I still need a Manti and a Numi for TF commander. I have not played it with RoP but I followed advice in another thread and pit it in build. It should be a nice option with this click happy build. Basically it seems like you are running around with the ability 1/3 to 1/2 time to be as buffed as if you just leveled. Just need to pick which times to use the buffs. Not sure how that will stand up in long AV fights but I suppose that is why we have teams lol. So used to Invul forget about everything or Dark, ignore everything then Heal w/e you need it for all your health back

I have been rebuilding this guy every 5 levels as I level. I have started to get the feel of this. Obviously building to Defense is a fools errand. Too much debuff out there and too little Defense. So I tried to get 50% resists across the board. Did not make it everywhere. The theory being they will need to Alpha me for 2x Brute health to put me down or I just heal back. You do play this proactively. There is a lot of planning 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes ahead. "Click power management" with long cool downs. This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Brute Primary Power Set: Super Strength Secondary Power Set: Regeneration Power Pool: Fighting Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Sorcery Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery Villain Profile: Level 1: Punch (A) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage (3) Superior Brute's Fury - Damage/Recharge (3) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (5) Superior Brute's Fury - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (5) Superior Brute's Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (7) Superior Brute's Fury - Recharge/Fury Bonus Level 1: Fast Healing (A) Miracle - Heal/Endurance (7) Miracle - Heal/Recharge (9) Miracle - Heal (9) Miracle - +Recovery Level 2: Haymaker (A) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage (17) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Damage/RechargeTime (17) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (19) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (19) Superior Unrelenting Fury - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (21) Superior Unrelenting Fury - RechargeTime/+Regen/+End Level 4: Reconstruction (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (21) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime (23) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance (23) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance (25) Recharge Reduction IO Level 6: Quick Recovery (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod (25) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge (27) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (27) Endurance Modification IO Level 8: Knockout Blow (A) Hecatomb - Damage (29) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge (29) Hecatomb - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (31) Hecatomb - Recharge/Accuracy (31) Hecatomb - Damage/Endurance (31) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 10: Dull Pain (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (33) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance (33) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime (33) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance (34) Recharge Reduction IO Level 12: Kick (A) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage (34) Touch of Death - Damage/Recharge (34) Touch of Death - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (48) Touch of Death - Damage/Endurance (50) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 14: Tough (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (36) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (36) Unbreakable Guard - Endurance/RechargeTime (36) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (37) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime (37) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP Level 16: Integration (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (37) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance Level 18: Rage (A) Recharge Reduction IO (39) Recharge Reduction IO Level 20: Resilience (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (39) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (39) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 22: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (40) Recharge Reduction IO Level 24: Instant Healing (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge (40) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge (40) Doctored Wounds - Recharge (42) Recharge Reduction IO Level 26: Foot Stomp (A) Armageddon - Damage (42) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (42) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (43) Armageddon - Recharge/Accuracy (43) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (43) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage Level 28: Hand Clap (A) Accuracy IO (45) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown Level 30: Moment of Glory (A) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge (45) Shield Wall - Endurance/Recharge (45) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge (46) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) (46) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage Level 32: Mystic Flight (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%) Level 35: Arcane Bolt (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage (46) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (48) Decimation - Chance of Build Up Level 38: Rune of Protection (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (48) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (50) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 41: Superior Conditioning (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End Level 44: Physical Perfection (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End Level 47: Revive (A) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb (50) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime Level 49: Taunt (A) Perfect Zinger - 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It sure is. They can make it +4/x8 and solo it if they want. While sitting naked in a beanbag chair eating cheetos and streaming their experience to only fans. But I am not taking a ST punching Brute through that. They can do it alone or find a group of like minded souls. Also, any reports that I subscribe to an only fans site streaming that content is false. Obviously.

They do not need to be boneless meat cuts. A small chainsaw or even a hatchet and it is amazing what you can make fit. Stay positive, keep focused. Get it done.

Picked up Smacktastic on Excelsior. I was shocked. That was available? I normally use Snark(then something here) but just typed this in.

Velcome!

Truer words never spoken. Was on my main Brute about a week ago. Joined a PUG 2 star ITF on a whim. There was a Tank and a decent team. We were not flying but we were knocking everything down in a somewhat orderly fashion. Then we get to Rom. The Tank could not do it. Super Reflexes with only their Alpha. So I stepped in. Dark Invulnerability Brute. 100+ vet levels. Solid team build. With one of the Corruptors supporting me I was able to put Rom wherever the Team Lead wanted him. That is what a PUG shows you. What you can do when things slide off the plan and you are doing things just to figure out if something will work. For the record I did join a Synapse later in the day after asking the Leader if it was +0. Went smooth +0 we did. Then I led a Yin. I will probably lead one or three more of the rest of the TF commander runs tomorrow

Ironblade, you looking for a job as a Renfield? You have the insight for this kind of work!

I can think of regular everyday game reasons for both those situations. Would need more details, but just spitballing here. Enemy levels in most of the game vary slightly, so -1, +0, and +1 are not unheard of. This is by design. It is a feature not a flaw. The second one is harder to diagnose. But....If you were sidekicked and the leader levelled, you would shift up 1 level too. That would "magically" alter the entire look of the mission. A Synapse TF will normally have +0 minions. with variation as noted above. But to have almost all minions go to +2? (and Lts, bosses etc) That, my friend, is easily diagnosed. Someone changed their difficulty setting. And since the leader offered to "move the difficulty down" ... after stating it was not up? How do you move something down that is not up?

I do not think that happens in TFs. I have seen it in other content. The Signature TFs in particular are pretty locked to the team Leader. Also I run the TFs pretty constant and the level is constant unless the team lead adjusts it. Now this person said they did not change it…..but then they offered to lower it. “Look, dis here is my rock bottom price. Da boss will fire me if I sell it to you cheaper.” ” I dont want it” ”Youse drive a hard bargain. I knock another 509 off and get you free mats!” ”blinks”

it went from level 20 minions in one mission to level 22 minions in the second mission.

i play on Excelsior. my global is.......Snarky

Actually I had the slots thing worked out. By taking the toon to mid 30s in a farm and then respeccing with all the slots front loaded to powers available in a POSi or Synapse. Likewise I know SS well, and use the time to reposition, activate Rage back up, use P2W attacks, and inspiration management. The toon is good. Just no patience for PUGs lol.

Weird. Now I am imagining him getting up from sleeping with all the nails flat on one side, sticking out the other. He has to do a morning routine of "fixing his hair" and even them all back out.

Maybe I am too OCD but every time I see this guy I want to take a tack hammer and finish putting those in.

Yeah. I feel bad about quitting. But I would have felt worse if I stayed. I have anger issues. Especially when caffeinating up for a squat and pullup workout (which I thankfully just finished) If the guy had just said "I upped it, I will lower it." or ""I upped it, what does everyone want" It would be different. But "No, I never raised it." then one sentence later "I will lower it" When I KNOW it was raised? That person can put me on ignore. Or w/e they feel needs to be done. I do not run Synapses to farm other peoples controllers (or w/e) to X level. I run it for the badge. I custom built that toon to run an even level Synapse and check performance. After that experience I probably will not team with anyone besides SG members for a bit. As it is I shelved the toon. Screw the whole PUG experience is how I feel. At least for today.

Yeah, i was seeing level 22 minions in a Synspse. And it was completely different in the first mission. They were normal. Of course i have run this thing for years. Now I was on a toon named Smacktastic...not my regular Snark....insert w/e (I was so shocked the name was available I ran it) Not that everyone knows Snarky. But those that do know when I ask "Did you raise the difficulty" that is Snarky refraining from saying "Hey, Asshat. Lower the difficulty back down before I exsanguinate you. I'm running out of places to stash the bodies this week."

Every time someone says this I have a renewed desire to run that AR Blaster until I get LRM from Munitions Mastery.....

Dark Dark is thematically the best and has good synergy with to hit debuffs stacking. Also with the PBAoE nuke being supported by the auras as well as the fact that Umbral Torrent pairing up with Soul Tentacles makes it a little easier to get your firing pattern set up. 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 Sentinel Primary Power Set: Dark Blast Secondary Power Set: Dark Armor Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Dark Blast (A) Apocalypse - Damage (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (5) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (5) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 1: Dark Embrace (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (40) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (42) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (42) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 2: Tenebrous Regeneration (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (7) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb (43) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance (45) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime Level 4: Murky Cloud (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (42) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (43) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance (43) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance/RechargeTime Level 6: Gloom (A) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage (7) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Damage/RechargeTime (9) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (9) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (11) Superior Sentinel's Ward - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (34) Superior Sentinel's Ward - RechargeTime/Chance for +Absorb Level 8: Umbral Torrent (A) Bombardment - Damage (11) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (13) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (13) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (15) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance (34) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown Level 10: Obsidian Shield (A) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance (45) Unbreakable Guard - Resistance/Endurance (45) Unbreakable Guard - RechargeTime/Resistance Level 12: Dark Obliteration (A) Ragnarok - Damage (15) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (17) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (17) Ragnarok - Recharge/Accuracy (19) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (36) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown Level 14: Aim (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff (37) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge (46) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge (46) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge (48) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance (48) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge Level 16: Obscure Sustenance (A) Touch of the Nictus - Healing/Absorb (29) Touch of the Nictus - Healing/Absorb/Recharge (31) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Healing/Absorb (46) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Healing/Absorb (50) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge (50) Touch of the Nictus - Chance for Negative Energy Damage Level 18: Antumbral Beam (A) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage (19) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Damage/RechargeTime (21) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (21) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (23) Superior Opportunity Strikes - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (36) Superior Opportunity Strikes - RechargeTime/Chance for Opportunity Level 20: Cloak of Darkness (A) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All) Level 22: Abyssal Gaze (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage (23) Decimation - Damage/Endurance (25) Decimation - Damage/Recharge (25) Decimation - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge (27) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (37) Decimation - Chance of Build Up Level 24: Fly (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 26: Life Drain (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal (27) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime (29) Tempest - Accuracy/Damage (31) Tempest - Damage/Endurance (36) Tempest - Damage/Recharge Level 28: Cloak of Fear (A) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Recharge (48) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Endurance (50) Unspeakable Terror - Accuracy/Fear/Recharge Level 30: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (31) Recharge Reduction IO Level 32: Blackstar (A) Armageddon - Damage (33) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (33) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (33) Armageddon - Recharge/Accuracy (34) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (37) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage Level 35: Oppressive Gloom (A) Absolute Amazement - 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I have decided to just finish farming this guy out. Had a bad experience on a Synapse with him. Just not fun for a few reasons. Solid sets, but slow killing one at a time and dependent on team to not be morons. The team WILL let you down. First rule of being a Brute. I do not enjoy farming so this project will go to the back burner. I'll post something when it's at 50 and I can see ITF performance.

I have not tried it, I always shied away from the gimmicky combo systems.