Snarky

energy is meh. if you want to excel (and the crash does not irritate) go SS. if you want to teleport AoE electric energy is not horrid, since changes recently. just not....wow

they tend to be energy straight up i think if you are a purist

to try to make a very complicated thing simple.... the orinal devs took a simple thing. contact that gives content. then made it complicated. that "content" was randomly assigned to 3-5 different contact names. you randomly get one. then they did that about 30 more times. so trying to do "all content" you have to cross check a couple hundred ghost contacts

I am sorry to hear about your health issues. I desperately want to say something like “ have you tried not smoking…”. There, i said it But I get what you are saying. Sometimes having what we consider an “outside force” make the decision is what it takes. And our own survivability be damned if we are in the drivers seat. There was this time in Cleveland. I knew I should avoid that blood bank, too much security. City full of hunters. Did that stop me? Nope. Was digging out bits of shrapnel and 22 rounds for weeks afterward.

This would open up a new world of gaming for me. Seriously I would of course make an all zombie Necro Dark. Goes without saying Ever see the old Batman TV shows? Or Venture Bros? The minions! The minions make it work. Having random soldiers thugs or undead is…honestly hard for me to work more than one concept out of. Having the soldiers wear outfits? Having the undead be all one type (of my choosing…ghosts, black shadow dogs, zombies, skeletons!! Game changer

heck for a few months about a year ago i knew a dozen people that were on "die and reroll" characters. i think using SO or drops only. not sure, i never wanted that pain. they did it nonstop for a couple months at least. each time one dies, reroll, join back in the team. not sure how far the longest survivors got. i suspect after mid 20s and mez city everyone was screwed.

There are a few level ranges where the "different" story arcs all take on the same subject matter. They are different. In that they are different missions, with different namers, and somewhat different goals. But meatloaf is meatloaf no matter how you change the recipe. Look to zones like Striga to change the story. meatloaf again?

There are (probably?) a few players on the least populated server. Think about this. Cancelled game, rediscovered. You find Homecoming. You CHOOSE a lower population server. You STAY there. Then the game changes your server to not have what the larger population servers get? This is a stupid out of it's mind charlie sheen tiger blood type of dumb.

Oh yes. I use these elements in some of my origin backstories. With the timeline being shredded around Paragon you can justify nearly any crazy idea

Glad you are having fun! Saw your in game tell…10 hours later. That toon is kneeling in fire in Mercy working in 100 million damage taken

Blueside is a nightmare for me when I do a completionist run. I keep a spreadsheet and notes like I am prepping for a doctoral thesis. So many contacts that are alt contacts that give same content. I get why they did it. To make it seem fresh. I just wish I could go back in time and exsanguinate them before they could write it down…

Even better than Ouro. Ouro is an alternate timeline. This would be something in your own timeline. I hope you know this will go down on your permanent record!

Because they want everyone in the world to do it with them of course. I know a few players who do hard mode challenges I am loathe to try. But the ones I set for myself I do. Other folks just want everyone to run along with them dragging the same 100 duffel bag they think they should drag. Its a mental game.

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 - Accuracy/Damage (46) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (46) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (48) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (48) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (48) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 44: Soul Storm (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold (46) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold (50) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (50) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (50) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge Level 47: Dark Embrace (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) Level 49: Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Brawl | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1665;703;1406;HEX;| |78DA75944D4F136110C767DB2D054A29E545DEA554512865A17E02152421B60901E| |FCD4A37B0B2B49BB618F91A5E4C54403D892F9F415ED583DE3C78F0E6C58B2F5F80| |ACD39DFEF569089BECF6D799D9F9CF33CF3C9B7B30D7F6F953F63A69D159C7AC54F| |237F959B5CAA19CB96AAF50ED0AF3DD5F37E797CCE2AA5530E6CCF2BA848EC1B3BC| |E9BAA572D5B8636DF0AFE9E47366D176371DB36A978A14592C951C63DEB157D7AA7| |19F178AF7ED8A7DD776ECEA56AB6F59762DAB10F3316B9905AB5C59B3DDA15BAEBD| |62E47C8D0DBB58C82F97366BB96BFFB7FAB8B424DF76373F34C2E585F8A11365740| |A90060808E81404E8024D1412B831D1982648B44DF5906702CDF41CB02B70AF5B7D| |87B5353A9574AD1408D5E1BB58DAE8478068B80624AE76D204D6384D505D4210DAE| |DB423D001C90E54D3896A3AE985C03AA70969FFF2785CC1A478BAFFC35EC0078763| |C3AA64988E24E4021D034E04FAE83DE083C0007D1498E3AEB5280DD05AA03400D86| |0A588AA14A1A02C7B88744048E0223501C2806681088F6254494351FA264B89B227| |A67A62744A7EA78B2C1D57AAD3E3F445F620415F0169C992A08CC0281902F3BCB62| |E256FA08B1E21E42120218B2CB1528FBAC81E7A29DB7E89F600AF00AF052ED31BC0| |5B815996EC55D3F4D23E420E04AED021E008702C70954E045CAEA65F4DD34F8F83F| |5902780A70213B40DD801EC0A24B9B183EAE60E624F5380052E7858EDFDB05F3F37| |36C62F8FA89E11BF41FCCE3BCE9E54AB4B62205218881406228D81486320D218880| |E16185305C650D4010B8CAB02E3109882C01404A621300D8169081C729A49258D3E| |89E999C2F464704E333895199CD37D7EDB50CB33E89AB435CE85CFA89E197466546| |FFC0679433AA997E71B3D8FB2E7D817F5C6EF11FFF1ED3F5B1B1323FED739F6DF67| |EDA352FC9FB39EFAA1B89DE26529DA1E7F40F8902A866C1707AACBFB0B21D4D3FB| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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