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I am currently running a Tanker for most of my gaming. This was planned and only partly to do with buff. I started the character in late November and had heard rumors About the changes. I had also heard rumors they would not happen. Rumors lol i started the tank and solo arc ran it through Redside. Grabbing blue and red TF and SF. (Rogue). Then the changes happened and u 50’d it and is pretty much my main this has more to do with i wanted an easy badger (this is my badger) than the tank changes i have traditionally played Brutes most of the time and still have a fully kitted out SS/Invul Brute that i pull out once or twice a week so personally i am running tanks more which probably means i will start blasting or bruting soon lol

As stated i have never ran a ‘troller. I ran a grav energy Perma dom back on Live for a month or two before stripping it of the ton of enhancers it took to create What sets work Better in Controllers. I have heard Grav does. Was considering a Grav/Dark. I run a lot of robots and undead. I tried Dark/Dark in a dom recently. I dont like the Dog hellhound personally. The crazy grav ball of death i am okay with thanks

Just for it. Think about how you will feel about this later. Do it

I tried war mace. I am very costume oriented and did not quite live anything that goes with the weapons. i tried TW and was able to drop in a abandoned but liked costume and match it to one of the weapons there i will have to get used to momentum. Of course it really is slow at low levels. But it supposedly rocks at high levels which is the goal

On topic. For a melee character could i get a few opinions of the top three damage dealing powerset

Let say you bave a group of like minded folks. Lets call them villains. But some already want to be rogues. Sigh then you got the tow the line villains ( or pretend to toe the line ) Arachnos then you got cult followers of a specific dream. CoT then you got other folks trying to save the world ... er Vahzilok. Hey full disclosure here that is their party line. Ot even sure how they got there. Drinking their own embalming fluid? then you got the very motivated yet completely off the rails Freakshow i am not even going to try ti fit Carnival in beee point is everyone wants something different. Whether they are fully bought into their gangs way of doing something or are just surfing a movement is individual. But they are all rolling hard to what they think is right

Thanks. I been thinking about War Mace. I normally dont like weapons. But there is just something satisfying about hitting something with a stick. Could be be optimal and primal lol

I e is a weird set. Most controller set of damage sets. So they made it odd to balance. Not sure of exact numbers. It would not surprise me at all

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I got inspired by the min/max thread for a concept toon. Normally i build to theme and end up with an undead or a robot. In fact this will probably be skinned that way But the premise is this: Build not for concept, but for the absolute optimal choices in the game I am leaning toward Invul Armor rite as the base. I know i could get more damage with a set with an Aura but believe that in this situation Invul is the right choice the real question is Primary. I normally roll Super Strength or Dark Melee. But i believe they may not be the optimal choices. I have been looking at Scrapper thread for ideas The concept is for late game content. So incarnate abilities are part of the calculus. Any suggestions about attack set, incarnate powers, and even logical reasons for moving from invulnerability are appreciated also suggestions for pool powers and epics are wide open. I am in the safe CJ Haste and usually Maneuvers rut there. Good chance that will go into this. But again open for suggestions This is not a “farmer” bit a TF and Trial toon, optimized for surviving handily while dishing out tons if damage in a wide variety of situations Thanks in advance for ideas

So it appears that all the damage Interface are DoT and none are front loaded. Is that right?

Yeah i see a tank more like the Dwarf King cousin in Battle of 5 armies Hobbit movie. Just chatting. Occasionally smacking the crap out of something but mostly keeping an eye on the flow and being irritating

I am actually considering more conversions not less. The 3-5 million market is getting soft. May e i will take a hundred enhancer of each method and see the results documented with converters used as a project to see though. If nothing else it will keep me interested ( hardest part) in crafting selling fir another week

I am a costume creator aficionado. Every thing i make finally looks undead or robotic but man do i drag my butt through the choices first. Remember MiB choosing pie? Yeah Everything is there. Everything

I am kind of salivating iver more incarnate powers (and cake!). but honestly i am so grateful to the Homecoming team for being the team that is really making an attempt to do it quality and correctly i am all in here. My backup game is WoW. I still am subbed but have not logged in for months. I only went there after CoH shut down. The community there us just about toxic as can be imagined. I solo and think about CoH whenni am there lol. i stay subbed so i have a place to run in case NCsoft goes crazy (again) I am just glad to have my villains heroes and community back. Thank you Homecoming Team!!!

I just eyeball groups. My tab targeting skills are poor. My comp seems to reset the damn things everytime anyways. And i can tell at a glance the mob group makeup and who i bate most in it. Sometimes i ru. Over a poor cim engineer instead if a surgeon but i can luve with that

I’ve rolled with Junk Bot a few times. Always stands out as being solid on the team AND being astoundingly well developed in style thanks for being around

Being a good team center is more just “doing it”. Whatever build or even AT you do it with. Tanks just have the best tools for it it comes from knowing the game and playing in a manner that is helpful to teammates. See a group of teammates fighting ten baddies as you race to another part of the mission where the “leader” is? ....stop. Taunt. Attack. Help them clear that. Then move as a group to the leader. It is a very team conscious style of play. For a melee that does not necessarily come natural also it goes back to experience. Knowing the mobs. Memorized the building layouts. Knowing the Task Forces. Although there are some late game task forces i do not know well. Those i just fall back to staying with the leaders and coming in like a wet cat at whatever they pause to fight. But if teammates are struggling to keep up? I hang back and help. The leader probably has a blinged out 50 who is doing fine. The poor lost souls in the back? They are gonna be real grateful a Tank happened by to help

No. It is a specific term that goes back to tabletop gaming culture and lore and mechanics. As discussed earlier in the thread. an old school D&D character had 6 stats. If you had a GM that let you use the system of stat placement your character looked and acted like a caveman (min stats) but had the intellect to fire iff massive magic at bonuses ( high int)

Was in game last night and someone in Help asked if the incarnate power was glitched. Someone else responded the radials have a glitch but the cores are fine i was busy at the time and so did not get more info. Incarnate ability, Specific power, etc Can anyone shed light on this topic? thanks

It is taking 4 words and a question mark and force multiplying that into pages of responses

Do not be shy. I run on everlasting. Usually on by 6 pacific. Just broadcadt as you log in you are new and could someone toss you a couple thousand for a jetpack. go to P2W. Heroside it is (as you zone in) to the left of the guy with one huge ball. Villain side it is behind you on a ledge by the hospital P2W is the inside joke pay to win vendor. Only no one pays anything but (relatively) cheap in game cash. At the top of ber list is free experience (experience boosters) at the botoom temporary powers. Travel powers. Jet pack. One of the 7 options is much cheaper. 5000 per half hour fuel can stack a few hours good luck and have fun

I would recommend a Brute. Super Strength Willpower. I actually ran many of these over the years so it is a tested recommendation the reasons are many. Your concept. Okay Brutes have a built in mechanic called Fury. Helps them do damage. Super Strength gets Rage. More damage. And fitting ti concept Brutes are melee, tough, and a great character to explore with. Super Strength fits your concept. Willpower is a very good all around armor set that functions well with almost no investment. I have run it many times. If i did not have billions to pour into builds this is the armor set i would (and have!) counted on to make my life easier

I convert and sell a lot. Crafting anything iver 30 starts to get expensive. Crafting anything orange takes rare salvage. So. Dont craft that stuff unless you want it and will use / attune it. most crap you should just sell on Auction When i convert i look for resist sets defense sets heal sets and end mods. Then j convert thise to specific sets like miracle perf shifter steadfast or unbreakable guard. Then i convert those to specific procs in the sets. Unbreakable guard any of the 4 resist i/os. But henerally mining for procs anything else is not “garbage”. But it is just raw material or sellable my two cents

Thanks. I am building as a rock with taunt and buff. Doing damage is my last job i am making a second build for soloing and when a team has nothing but Brutes and Tanks