Snarky

I just rebuilt a Blaster AR Dev. Previously I focused on soft cap Range Def. I kept my eye on Range Defense, but sacrificed there. I pivoted to a concept worthy of a Rogue Longbow Agent with PTSD, a Rifle, and a love of the job. Here is the build now. It focused on: 1) Range bonuses. Stay far out, Far out there. +35% range global, and some individual powers got +range from sets 2) Damage bonuses. Sitting stone cold has a +70% global damage bonuses from sets and powers. All the time. 3) Accuracy. When you are a super focused lunatic you are going to hit. +29.81% to hit, +42% accuracy. will this cut through Paragon prot and Nem bubbles? 4) Defenses dropped to 33% Ranged Defense. Hit and Run tactics. Have a ranged nuke. use it. Oh, then there is the LONG ranged Nuke. Now thats just funny. 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: Assault Rifle Secondary Power Set: Devices Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Munitions Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Slug (A) Apocalypse - Damage (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (5) Apocalypse - Recharge/Accuracy (5) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (7) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown Level 1: Caltrops (A) Bombardment - Damage (7) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge Level 2: Buckshot (A) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (13) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance (13) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage (15) Overwhelming Force - Endurance/Recharge (15) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (17) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown Level 4: Burst (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage (17) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime (19) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (19) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (21) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (21) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status Level 6: M30 Grenade (A) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (23) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance (23) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown (25) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (25) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (27) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance Level 8: Fly (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 10: Targeting Drone (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge (27) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance Level 12: Sniper Rifle (A) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Damage (29) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Interrupt/Range (29) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Interrupt/Recharge (31) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (31) Experienced Marksman - Damage/Interrupt/Range/Recharge (31) Experienced Marksman - Accuracy/Damage Level 14: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (33) Recharge Reduction IO Level 16: Smoke Grenade (A) Dampened Spirits - To Hit Debuff (33) Dampened Spirits - To Hit Debuff/Endurance Level 18: Flamethrower (A) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (33) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (34) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (34) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range (34) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (36) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage Level 20: Field Operative (A) Kismet - Accuracy +6% (36) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (36) Performance Shifter - EndMod (37) Endurance Modification IO Level 22: Ignite (A) Bombardment - Damage (37) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance Level 24: Trip Mine (A) Fury of the Gladiator - Accuracy/Damage (37) Fury of the Gladiator - Damage/Recharge (39) Fury of the Gladiator - Damage/Endurance/Recharge (39) Fury of the Gladiator - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge (39) Fury of the Gladiator - Accuracy/Damage/End/Rech Level 26: Full Auto (A) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage (40) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge (40) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (40) 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: Time Bomb (A) Obliteration - Damage (42) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge (43) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge (43) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (43) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 30: Gun Drone (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Recharge (45) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage (45) Expedient Reinforcement - Damage/Endurance (45) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (46) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge (46) Expedient Reinforcement - Resist Bonus Aura for Pets Level 32: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 35: Body Armor (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (46) Steadfast Protection - 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I could lick the sidewalk clean instead of using a powerwasher too. I choose not to.

I'm leaning into the Longbow concept. The Mercy Island story with the crazy Longbow guy. Lesson there....I can even use this! Longbow Turncoat Lieutenant Bill Harris was a decorated soldier within the ranks of Longbow. He has participated in several operations, including the defense of Independence Port from a Rikti invasion. He was a dedicated soldier, but some say that there is something off with him. Many were concerned when he was shipped off to help with the operations in Mercy, but he insisted it was the place he 'had to be'. Soldiers whisper it has something to do with his feelings for a certain Lt. Page. Bill Harris was this guy's friend! The truth was all the Longbow in Bill Harris' unit were exposed to an experimental drug infiltrated into their base by an Arachnos Agent. This was during the Rikti invasion. Something in the way the Rikti Mentalists interacted with the Longbow on the drugs affected some members of the unit in the extreme. It messed them up hard. One of my guy's taglines will be. I had a friend that loved a woman and it destroyed him. ONLY LOVE YOUR GUN. or some such. I will edit later. Maybe.

I have AR parked at 44. Now I will roll with him today. My real question is which concept do I go with. I have two that keep bouncing in my head. 1) Little green army man. Very simple concept. He is an animate little green army man, monotone green costume, animated through some strange dimensional feedback. Ouro, you are destroying the space time stability around here! 2) i hate Longbow. Longtime Redsider. Rogue (literally) Longbow agent. Just PTSD batshit crazy. Really read the recruiting pamphlets one too many times. But he knows how to solve Paragon's problems. It is just gonna take a little more ammo.... or 3) Try to find a way to make Kermit with that machine gun in game. Damn, that would rock.

It was a Master run. With many deaths in the 1st mission. This limits a level 50 ITF to no incarnates and some other restritions. And it was being run at +4. But the real reason I quit was the leader never advertised it as a "All Tank +4 Master run" Then was the first to die. I just try to avoid stepping in dog shit.

I am looking at this and thinking noooooo. AR has been the redheaded step child of Blaster sets since it was conceived. The only set hated nearly as much is Regen. But that hate evolved. AR started out wonky and weak. And....stayed that way. Did this just become useful???

I'm wrong a lot. In my defense I did note this was a possibility. Hey, I read a blurb that said that the set gets nullified in some manner when it is not Respec'd. What does that mean? How does it actually work in game terms?

Thenk you. I have an open sky across my graveyard / base. Recently put in a lot more detail. Now will probably put in a ton more. Need to find a construction crew that will work for Infamy lol. So....with the pass through. Can we just easily build tall now? Like....towers right through the open ceiling?

There was a brief comment in the patchnotes that this is now available. 1) can we actually fly above the base now 2) how can you slap it on? servers are down now. it may be as easy as pie, or....base building (juggling three china plates on a teeter totter while someone shoots you with a paintball gun.) heh.

After you get your first 50 you can start to “slingshot” your next 50s. Take the toon I made two days ago. One day grinding to 47. Next day 50. Immediately emailed myself two Transcendent merits. These are 50 Empyrean merits each. Can combine 50 at an ATM in Wentworths. I busted s few down fir threads. I then T4d my Alpha. You only need it T3 but it is a powerful slot. Then more grinding. Opened Judgement and Interface. Busted a few Emps for threads and T1 in each. More grind. Opened Lore and Destiny. Busted more Emps and T3 in each. Boom. Because as you vet level the 50 grinding to open slots you get threads this was enough Emps with some left over to save and build a bank to send to the next crazy alt idea i have Hoard your Emps. Convert Astrals to Emps in Ouro. The fairy grrrl.

Good research skills there. *fancy bow, flourish of cape

The only thing i could think that would cause that is a rework of a power ( damned rare) and when you respec you hit the issue I am unfamiliar with that set or any changes to it. I will poke around that set would never go in beta decay. It is a Accurate Defense Debuff. Beta Decay only accepts pure Defense Debuff sets that set would go in Ground Zero. Are you sure that us not where it came from?

I learned to not corpse blast a long time ago when I started with Super Strength Brutes and KO blow. If you cannot read how the fight is going... Stunning a minion for 6 seconds so you can burn it down. There are so many issues here that I am just walking away from it. Parting shot....you think 6 seconds is a long time?

Stalagmite does -20% accuracy and gives absorb? And a standalone mag 3 stun with nothing in the set to stack with…that allows you to stun one minion. For 6 seconds. *swoon

Mebbe. I jumped off my Tank for a day and made a Seismic Cold Corruptor. High ranged defense. Got it to 47. I fly a lot. The build is safer hover blasting in stuff like ITF outdoors. In caves just hang back on the ground.

Is there more than one level of this thing like some gimmick sets? Or is this off/on?

my main questions are regarding Seismic Force. I see the powers that say they generate it. So, ....I can get that memorized. How do I monitor how much of this crap I got? Is it a mystery. Related. Stalagmite. This looks like a real turd for a T8 power. You gotta be on the ground, and it does almost know damage. Oh, it has a mag 3 stun. So you can dick around with a minion if you want to stay amused. But it does EXTREME (mids has no numbers, and makes no promises) if you have these Seismic wave thingys. How many? Can you have more than one? Do I know if I got them? Was this just a "great idea" a Dev had after one two many lungfulls of bong inspiration? Then the rest of the team was like "it adds flavor, and it doesnt overpower the set (heh) so lets let him put it on"

Just tanked Lord Recluse in the Master of Miss Liberty. Felt good. Now I did load in with large purple and orange inspirations. Even with my INSANE endurance management tricks I still needed (i think two?) blue insp pulled from email. But the thing worked pretty darn well. Never felt "Oh My Gawd Iz Gonna Ruin Dis" Someone in General was asking me a couple hours ago if my build needs insp. Now, normally it doesnt. I load out a few emergencies and a ton of cheap medium reds I chew when i'm bored. But...We all use Insp for Master runs....right? *looks around... right?

Ragdoll physics. Just….chef’s kiss. Too bad KB kills clear times. Particularly memorable is when you splat some npcs up against an invisible barrier and they brokenly slide down. It. Never. Gets. Old.

This being speaks truth. I joined a +4 speed Yin an hour ago. Overall it was a good experience. Sort of. You have to create your own happy. We get into the first mission. By the third spawn in i identify a huge issue. On my Dark Dark Tank I am racing to the new mobs spawn first. Taunting herding so the first round of AoEs hit hard. A MASSIVE knockback attack. Then someone drops ice slick on me and then an immobilize field. There is no way the mobs are coming back. In team chat I say "Hey, someone is doing massive KB and then other people are slowing the mobs from coming back in" two replies "oh the KB is mine, not sure why that is happening" and "We do not need a Tank" Heh. So for the rest of the TF I got as far away from that team as possible. My Tank can happily chew through +4 Freakshow at that level. Bye suckers. I went far out to the last objectives I could find and happily soloed those spawns.

I use a very high Resist build that is 90% "resistance debuff proof" standing cold and with Hybrid, Demonic Aura, or a small orange insp 100% Res debuff proof. Plan for the madness.

My Tank, a Dark Dark Nosferatu…has Fly on 98% time. That said he is normally exactly where he would be if he is walking. It just really helps me maneuver through the 3D environments.

I frequently post about my bad PUGs. Because lulz! But I have a lot of good teams I join. Redside team I joined tonight doing 54 story arc. Mean and fun. The old school LRSF I joined earlier today. Great team. Deaths yes, very few. One regroup in the final mission and we ground it home for the badge! Great team. No idea who they were. Task Force Junkies about two weeks ago where one long run netted be a big handful of MO badges I needed. Semi PUG there. Me being part of the pugly, i only roll with them when i see an ad go out in lfg. Thank you to everyone in the game! The good two shoes, the wretchedly bad, and the F-ing pugly.

can you see him now?