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No Nein Nyet Not even! Well, maybe. But seriously. Redside is just the most immersive. The goal of most video games is to kill things and take their stuff. People are...everything you pointed out. Which is why Redside is just smoother. Arrest? What? With the AR Blaster? The Tank using KO Blow? That stuff you collect from them...you are turning that into Paragon property management? No? Just keeping it then... Redside is pure. Just kill the fools and take their shit. With a little having to deal with Arachnos treating you like an errand boy and peeps double crossing you.

Taunt is a great power. Glad you could squeeze it on. It is one of the most effective mob control powers in the game. Pre-inherent Fitness, back when you needed two powers to get a true travel power there were a lot of Brutes that struggled to squeeze taunt onto a build. We (and I was in the majority) decided to instead not take taunt. We developed a strategy of cannonballing into the new spawn and letting our taunt auras do the work while attacking. Once you have gotten in the habit of building and playing this way it is natural to come to the realization that taunt, while powerful, is a luxury not a necessity.

just saw a random one about an hour ago, joined, badge,

My current build: This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.0.4.7 https://github.com/Reborn-Team/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Blaster Primary Power Set: Dark Blast Secondary Power Set: Darkness Manipulation Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Dark Blast -- SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg(A), SprDfnBrr-Dmg/Rchg(3), SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), SprDfnBrr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), SprDfnBrr-Rchg/+Status Protect(7) Level 1: Penumbral Grasp -- GrvAnc-Hold%(A) Level 2: Gloom -- Thn-Acc/Dmg(A), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx(7), Thn-Dmg/Rchg(9), Thn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(9), Thn-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11) Level 4: Umbral Torrent -- Bmbdmt-Dam(A), Bmbdmt-Acc/Rech/End(13), Bmbdmt-Dam/Rech(13), Bmbdmt-Acc/Dam/Rech(15), Bmbdmt-Acc/Dam/Rech/End(15), SuddAcc--KB/+KD(17) Level 6: Aim -- GssSynFr--ToHit(A), GssSynFr--ToHit/Rchg(17), GssSynFr--ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(19), GssSynFr--Rchg/EndRdx(19), GssSynFr--ToHit/EndRdx(21), GssSynFr--Build%(21) Level 8: Moonbeam -- ExpMarks-Dmg/End/Int(A), ExpMarks-Acc/End/Rech(23), ExpMarks-Rng/FSnp(23), ExpMarks-Acc/Dmg(25), ExpMarks-Dmg/Rech(25), ExpMarks-Dmg/Int/Rng/Rech(27) Level 10: Fly -- BlsoftheZ-ResKB(A) Level 12: Tenebrous Tentacles -- Artl-Acc/Dam(A), Artl-Dam/End(27), Artl-Dam/Rech(29), Artl-Acc/Dam/Rech(29), Artl-Acc/Rech/Rng(31), Artl-End/Rech/Rng(31) Level 14: Stealth -- Ksm-ToHit+(A) Level 16: Soul Drain -- SprAvl-Acc/Dmg(A), SprAvl-Dmg/EndRdx(31), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(33), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), SprAvl-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), SprAvl-Rchg/KDProc(34) Level 18: Abyssal Gaze -- Thn-Acc/Dmg(A), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx(34), Thn-Dmg/Rchg(34), Thn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(36), Thn-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(36), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36) Level 20: Touch of the Beyond -- PrfShf-EndMod(A), PrfShf-End%(40), PrfShf-EndMod/Acc(50), PrfShf-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(50) Level 22: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(37) Level 24: Maneuvers -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A) Level 26: Life Drain -- Thn-Acc/Dmg(A), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx(37), Thn-Dmg/Rchg(37), Thn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Thn-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(39), Thn-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39) Level 28: Dark Consumption -- ClvBlo-Acc/Dmg(A), ClvBlo-Dmg/Rchg(40), ClvBlo-Acc/Rchg(50) Level 30: Assault -- EndRdx-I(A) Level 32: Blackstar -- SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg(A), SprBlsWrt-Dmg/Rchg(40), SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(42), SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(42), SprBlsWrt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(42), SprBlsWrt-Rchg/Dmg%(43) Level 35: Night Fall -- Artl-Acc/Dam(A), Artl-Dam/End(43), Artl-Dam/Rech(43), Artl-Acc/Dam/Rech(45), Artl-Acc/Rech/Rng(45), Artl-End/Rech/Rng(45) Level 38: Dark Embrace -- GldArm-3defTpProc(A), StdPrt-ResDam/Def+(46) Level 41: Soul Tentacles -- Artl-Acc/Dam(A), Artl-Dam/End(46), Artl-Dam/Rech(46), Artl-Acc/Dam/Rech(48), Artl-Acc/Rech/Rng(48), Artl-End/Rech/Rng(48) Level 44: Soul Storm -- Apc-Dam%(A) Level 47: Dark Pit -- AbsAmz-ToHitDeb%(A) Level 49: Tactics -- RctRtc-Pcptn(A) Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I(A) Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Sprint -- Clr-Stlth(A) Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A) Level 2: Swift -- Flight-I(A) Level 2: Health -- Pnc-Heal/+End(A) Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A) Level 2: Stamina -- PrfShf-End%(A) Level 49: Quick Form ------------ | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1376;655;1310;HEX;| |78DA4D93C96ED3501885AF13BB531AD234299D87349D48DBB4E10590A080108DA8A| |85847A6B15A53D736194ABBE4151002099A0E8871C32B303C073BE605C30B94F0C7| |E75062C9FEECFFFA9C7B7CFFEBFCCE52E7EBCB77CF292D7AC131CBE5C279B956AC9| |29137D7ED35D5385AE5EC67B970DD74D7AD6276C92C6DE2D5C97F23AB55DFF74A95| |60C8B5C4296FBAB65F75CC8AEDB92AB2E2794EF69263AF6F54E2C1FD1577DB2EDB3| |76DC7AEEC76049555DFB28AB1E076D9328B56A9BC61FB43177D7B2D9B0FE6D8B2DD| |6261D5AB3A053CEFF649B43139379272D11A61EB8652BA52395D85343204EA61520| |75B0CF0F67FAD52374241CD4EB2247E5A4DE1FD7DB0ED803C043B8EC827E02DD186| |A90D1F638ECE3F641D3CA50C5003BB3EA2BE295A835AE329B2743D03BB9F932FC0E| |44BF215E824D1AA86B6F513FC4E7F26BF807D5FC96FE0C0773022C2766855FB07F8| |6D895F847E9130720EE8E09041B68023AD641B1815BF28FDA2C782615D55C52FA66| |9815F6C0FF38ED4C0B17DF2803C045347A02BDA38B3C4D98F14FB91623FD2EC479A| |FD48B31FDBA24DA0BFE1C43D7CDBF44330F780BC0F8E4BEE1ECCA3F5CC423F41C66| |5AC97FBA4B7470B6A9E78F733573F734D30D704734D31D714734D31D71DD10E421B| |1A74B046D32EC6721ED82D730E731D8753A8F9A21BE55E1F7D14C6F73C06CFEC913| |5721FCC1C806F04E3CC3BCE9E66D8D30C7B3AC79ECEB1A773ECE95BD14E625E6DF2| |2CFCE61B0B22B9DFC9E30C7D67E83B4FDF79FA2ED07781BE0BF47D2FDA59AEEB6C0| |E7DD8916FCCB296BD865A42D66291B5C59AD412B2FF74C543FEDD01EE07FDE47FAE| |2FEB4DFF763B7C56F4937F5B697539D48F0EA9F02D2D0D975FCDB514BEF667736D0| |6EFFD6EAE71575DCD4852CC50FF0BDFBEC366| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

I did not want to go Dark/Dark. Was not sure it would work well at high levels. But I have been experimenting with Blasters for a while now. Pulled an unslotted and mostly incarnated 50 Dark Dark off the back pages of my roster and rebuilt them from the ground up this morning. Then i joined a friend Tank in an AE and we had a bunch of 'friendly doorsitters' I hover blasted on the carnie map and jousted in for T9 Blackstar and Void Core (PbAoE) Final Judgement. Went at it about an hour. there were mistakes. There were deaths. Friendly TP to the door and back into the fight. Nice that part i must say. But i learned some things. Even though I slotted Touch of the Beyond for End Recovery (+88%) when hover blasting hard this thing eats end at a good clip. It is VERY nice to have Dark Consumption. Learned to Use Dark Pit when I wanted to go in or had drew a ton of personal agro to disorient a few and debuff tohit (Absol Amaze proc) 20' radius ranged attack. That ranged Heal attack Life Drain is gold in long tough fights. It will not save you from a stupid alpha, but it will pull your butt out of any other trouble. The 4 cones I have, 2 from Dark and 2 from Soul....I love. Some love cones, some hate. I have always liked. But with 4 similar cones? Fuggedaboutit. You do not need to line up and aim each cone. You get in position and start a fire hose, slightly adjusting as you go. Sure, every drop of water out of the hose you cannot plan. But with a constant stream you are going to get it going in the right direction. Touch of the beyond has a Mag2 Fear effect. i honestly never noticed this. This is 1) just fun, 2) sometimes useful I have the Moonbeam snipe slotted with a full set of Experienced Marksman, so the Snipe is always insta. Not sure if other Blasters like this. I do for long fights. I wish I could toggle it off once in a while for style, but overall i like. It is important sometimes to NOT try to take the time to saturate Soul Drain if you are not 98% sure you can get away with it. Just aim and nuke and run. Soul Drain is very good but has to be used clever or you face plant. Did I mention I really liked the TP to the door crew? They even dropped inspirations on me before I headed back in. Love a good pit stop. That is the bulk of what I learned over the course of the hour. Oh, and that it is a way more intensive battle setup than the Ice/Ice/Cold I have been running. To me anyways, quite a bit more work. It comes down to this, as InvaderStych said, enjoying the powerset is more important than the build options. Not sure if he/she meant it in exactly this way. But what I take that to mean is run what works and makes the toon you are creating. Then you will enjoy it. As far as build options, they are infinite. I love Ice/Ice. it just does not work here. There are things I love about this Dark/Dark already. Other things....Well, i need to practice a bit. Not sure if it is more end heavy than my ice/ice but it feels that way. But there is options to solve that, just gotta keep working the gears. Ice/Ice = automatic transmission. Dark/Dark 3 stick double clutched monster. But Dark/Dark makes me very happy for this concept. Heck, I may even learn to love the PB...no, nvm, I wont. But i will get good with it. Can a get another TP to the door?

That is a well done character.

i honestly did not know that. throwing our giant league buffs is something every incarnate does. still, not what like to be focused on. In fact, even though the debuffing on Cold is insane I have moved on to Blasting, working with Cold and Dark right now. I prefer DPS to just about anything else.

I am thinking pretty seriously about running a Vampire Blaster. To me this means Dark Blast. i love Dark Powers, not in love with PB T9 but I am at least getting comfortable with the tactic. What secondary pairs well with Dark? Important Info: I take no melee attacks, just not my style. Darkness Manipulation is natural, but I look at the targeted sustain versus something like cold or temporals "it's just on" and am like....hmmmm. Soul Drain is nice...but it is a 2.37 second animation and you are trying to be at PB range...? 10 radius... I like Mental Manipulation. Adding another cone and a PBAoE attack is nice. Exotic damage type, nice. Clunky PBAoE sustain, at least the animation is only 1.33 sec Temporal Manipulation. Modern set. No need to be at Point Blank Range. has a ST hold, a great sustain, +global recharge power. The automatic transmission in the choices. Since I am running a toon for style it is hard for me to consider certain sets. Tactical Arrow may be off the hook but is tough for me to fit into my style. Honestly I would not consider Darkness Manipulation except I really want it to work. Like, is there a way to make that set compete with the ease of Temporal Manipulation? Maybe set bonuses and slotting will be the key. Certain sets look great and then you get into MiDs and cannot quite cram the build goals on because the powers are not 'right' Oh, so, build goals. i tend to go for high ranged defense and take a swing at AoE and maybe S/L defense (usaally does not happen) The sets I like tend to have a ton of energy/neg defense though. I like a lot of to hit bonuses and high global recharge as well. I am thinking Soul Mastery for the Epic Patron Pool. It seems the only thematic choice and I am one of the rare birds who loves cones. I have a Dark/Mental/Soul that I have run to about 45 and like. Definitely a contender. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks

i 50d a crab when they first came out. i like them, not love. i ran one on Homecoming and incarnated it. weirdest bug. the backpack started showing up on new and old characters, and could not be gotten rid of. solution, delete crab spider. it is a great suggestion, and tempting even, but i am not going to face that bug again, no way.

When I solo "All Redside" I make a list of every contact in every level range. On lined paper. i am old. I then do all content for contacts in 1-5 level range. I stop experience so I do not out level the contacts. Once I have exhausted all these contacts I turn experience back on and continue to level 9. repeat. When i say "do all content" I am not just talking about the story arcs. I do every side mission until the contact absolutely will have nothing left to offer me. Obviously if the contact has infinite repeatable missions I move on. I think the only one Redside that does this is actually in the RWZ, not Redside itself. I have always done this on a Brute. Many times on both SS/Invul and SS/Will. Last time i ran started in mid Oct on a Dark/Dark. (Currently my main) I have always ran these at +0/x1 with AVs set to EBs. I am currently toying with the Blaster idea but setting to -1/x1, AVs set to EBs. I want to explore the story and have fun. Redside is not as hairy as Goldside but it is no walk in the park once you start encountering exotic mobs. Don't even get me started on endless LB. The Bank Missions alone will be a challenge if you dont kill fast, super fast on a Blaster. Since I am a Brute player by nature I am basically taking another opportunity to examine Blaster tactics.

I feel triggered. Why didn't you talk in depth about all my madness. All my epic villain speeches? all my ideas to take over the world and crush my detractors beneath a incarnate empowered vampiric bootheel? What am I to you? Just another poster? Bah!?! but, yeah, Redside needs a hub. Redside...bestside...whatever.

toying seriously with a Dark/Dark undead. some type of skull headed revenant. i can get behind doing a crapton of crap work on an undead

Heroes....Blueside....bah. Bunch of capes who are just looking for power, glory and cash. At least Redside is honest about what is happening. Arrest? Apprehend? Curb stomp is more like it. The low level guards in Atlas use flamethrowers. Everyone just go play Blueside. Leave Redside open for the dedicated, the few, the villains. But for the love of the powers above, and your own personal safety, stop F-ing whining about it.

People should not mock how others speak. That is Snarky, even by my standards.

Lot of suggestions on different ways to write something that was put in the can almost a decade ago. Some good. Some....meh But all besides the point. This is a "finished product" You missed the design phase by a few days. As fas as what Redside is? A glorious traipse through the underside of being a super villain. Sometimes getting played. Sometimes getting beaten. Sometimes being a lackey. Sometimes making people...happy? Sometimes gathering citizens for live vivisection by the Vahzilok. Sometimes kicking Recluse's butt.

so...you can buy from the AH but not sell there?

I generally solo all Redside once or twice a year. Did one last fall on my Dark/Dark Brute. I have only done these with Brutes. The time has come to Blast this thing. The setting are +0/x1, its mostly a marathon more than a weightlifting competition. Steady enjoyment is the goal. I am considering different concepts. Some half demonic Fire/Elec would no doubt be smoking good. Or....I have an alien concept that is a mesh of various fictionalized aliens. Think Cryptosporidium from "Destroy all humans" mixed with Marvin the Martian from Looney Toons and a bit of Paul from the new alien movie. THis would work well as either Psi/Mental, Beam/Temp, or Beam/Dev. Or perhaps another great combo.... So, to the boards! What would be a great marathon solo all redside blaster?

There is a few things about survival that are standard topics. Def>Res>Heals. That is extremely general but a good standard. Now, take my Dark/Dark Brute. No (very stinking little) Defense naturally available. No DDR. I god mid 30s Defense to S/L. This is not horrid, but without DDR against tough mobs it is usually not worth much. However, Dark/Dark plays with an underhanded deck. It has Stealth (Enemies that do not see you will not attack...I hide from crap I dont wanna bother with) It has two Mezze Auras. Fear and Stun, and I have them enhanced out the yang for accuracy. If you are cowering or wandering around like a rock hit you in the head you are not attacking me. Hiding>Mezze>Def. and, again, my defense. well, i have some. Resist. Dark is a resist set and I built for it. Very tough. And Dark Melee has one of the best heals in the game. So, even though Def>Res>Heal Dark/Dark cheats around it's weak defense like a four armed cheating poker player. Oh, and in Incarnate Trials Def softcvap is 65, but most leagues buff you in various ways, including a lot of us running Leadership +Defense powers

the cash thing is leaving me flummoxed. what does by own means...errr mean? are you saying do not use the AH at all for buying/selling? because if the AH is available even i (and i am not good at AH) can have a toon rolling in cash in a few days. with a little effort...okay, quite a bit of effort...i can run a merit farm through doing content, then get recipes or convert drops to just about anything i need for a build. not super fast, not the rare stuff anyways, but a few days hard effort. without AH. with AH? two days with no startup cash or loaned from other toons. just grind/craft/sell/ buy what i need.

Not quite what you asked for, but I will throw out Ice/Cold Corruptor. I have run every ranged version of Ice and Cold, and currently run a Ice/Ice/Cold Blaster that I am badging. But the Ice/Cold Corruptor is in a class by itself. The Cold Domination set has two incredibly powerful debuffs that will allow your teams to destroy the enemies fast. No healing powers (which i like, eat a green you slubs) and the DoT area Rains love Corruptor Scourge.

Oh! It is Numberwang! Now let's rotate the board.

City of Villains failed? Bwah hah hah. Look, if only one villain rolled through and felt the gestalt of being super wicked...that is a success. commercial? no. artistic. dam right. and art is what we are talking about here. I have NEVER completed all Blueside story arcs. Much less done them all on one character. I take a 1st level Redsider and run every contact, every side mission, every story arc until they stop wanting to ever talk to me again once or twice a year. Have since I started playing. It is well written, immersive, and on point. Is it heavily populated? No. Honestly, neither is skid row. Hear me out. From a population standpoint in any major city skid row is a miniscule portion of the people. But if you go down to skid row and hang out for a few hours you will find the experience quite immersive. For those that live there it seems like the entire world is reflecting their view. It is an entirety of an experience. Organized crime...how many actual "made men" in one city? Not that many. But if you were part of that network that would be all you could see or think about. That would be your world, nothing else matters. Drama. Redside created drama. it did so quite well. Could really use a freaking villain hub.

obviously some type of undead who trained on a live typewriter and habitually writes a certain number of characters and hits return, why can you not see these things?

and that's numberwang. WoW figured this out. and they are bone headed stupid. they now all but force players to congregate on certain maps through quest givers and transportation access. Atlas Park, Ouro, they are "the" places to be. You out somewhere else? You are running something. You not running something....guess where you are? Its not a law, its a trend. And, as pointed out, it is self perpetuating. There has never been a "the" place Redside. the absolute closest I ever saw was Cap Black Market on live. And it was never that crowded. Now we have /ah. People do not gather, which perpetuates the illusion there is no players redside, which causes there to be less players wanting to do anything there. The best possible solution? Have a Pocket D close that is exclusively Redside. Not the "D", some random Supervillain map. Have it loaded with Portals to every Red zone, an Ouro portal, every ATM, AH, tailor, every danged service you could offer. Maybe even contact clones for SFs. A Redside villain Bazaar. Accessible from every Base portals. THen the villains would at least have a AP equivalent.

Since the Tank revamp I am now much more inclined to say that Tank vs Brutes is a fair comparison. In general. But Brutes still out damage Tanks, no matter the hype. Tankers do get quite a bit more mileage out of AoE attacks now. So, does Dual Blades have a "ton" of AoE? If so Tank might be a valid option. Otherwise...Brute. I see the last two attacks are cones and it has one PBAoE. i have never run it (do not like combo sets) But i can tell you from the cone on Dark Melee and the PBAoE on Dark Melee that it is a serious upgrade from Brutes with same power....in a crowd. Against Single Target a Brute is still going to be more effective/ In my opinion. No, its fact. Heh.