Snarky

So. I see they finally made a way to get the safeguard mayhem badges if you missed them leveling. Lololol O.K. no not okay not really no You gotta be a PvP futa catgurl to be allowed to get the badges? Seriously I can see them never allowing it. Neglect was what we became accustomed to from NCsoft. We always asked. And they always pretended to be deaf. But to make the badges available to Pvapers and nobody else? I am guessing whoever flipped that switch sits on the PvP maps with a special toon and a ton of “I pwnz uz” quotes already keybound

I play a lot of SS. The rage crash is annoying but the damage is great Do take as much of the enemies attacks as you can. Another reason for taking tough and weave. As a brute when the enemies attack you, hit or not, they increased your damage by pegging your fury Defenses. Soft cap is 45. If you are I/o the build smash/lethal defense at 45 is a very fine goal. Have fun. Melee is about charging in and having fun. Whatever toon you are on should feel like the baddest mutha in the city

I did it again. I alted!!! I had my SS/Invul to 46. Then as I drove all day (I pay the bills driving semis-talk about grinding lol) I thought about why I kept moving from SS back in the day. It is the rage drops. They are irritating. Combine that with on the fly calculating unstoppable drops and the build is hard to run. I considered Dark/Will. Zero issues, but a little squishier than I wanted. So.... I picked up my abandoned alt DM/Invul sitting at 27 and remade him in costume creatir. Then I started spending merits on various characters and shipping I/os over. I have him at 29 now and has Glad +def. Glad + res. Two of the healing set procs not the third yet, will need to check my other toons for merits or grind more and a Brute Fury proc that I put in his tier one attack. Currently I am just slapping things in places and most of the build is SOs. But a DM/Invul is a beat just in SOs because of the way the two sets compliment each other. This will make a fine 50 and way less stress than SS/Invul. I am actually grateful to be a bit of a newb again and rediscovering things. It makes me more open to altering things and reconsidering what I like and what works

It is not bad. All SS Inv is fun if you learn to manage your crashes. I would suggest (f you can afford the time to get them) some Glad +3 res and def. some Numina procs and things like that. I am trying to remember my old builds. I seem to remember 4 slotting my res powers with a set that had a great 4th tier set bonus. Maybe Aegis I seriously have not looked at sets. I been gaming in the city I love while we have it back. Grind happily my friends

Oh yeah I am a grinder even when running low level alts. I ran a 1-20 stopping exp and got every story arc 1-15 and started working on 15-20 before I alter again. Took me a couple days and I netted a little over 299 merits. I spent 100 merits off my main level 46 now had a good night lol. And got the Glad +3% def. if I flood the market with converters it will bottom out as well. I remember spending a day getting all the crafting badges on a toon back in virtue. What it did to the market price in salvage was stooopid lol. Because of the way I game and min max do it NOAH it tends to leave a wake of destruction. Why I run brutes so much Still I appreciate the advice. I got a drop of Glad javelin recipe last night and sold it for 2.7 mil. Of course I am still outfitting SOs. Yes I know about base I/Os at 39. I just never do it. Easier to hit a store for me. I will probably have to market for some of my stuff but I prefer just grinding especially if I can (and I do) make enough merits over a weekend for 2-4 very expensive I/Os. I can Proc and Purple the thing even when just grinding as I love to do. You could never do that back on Virtue

Thank you. I will use this as a goal to build toward filling in things as fast as I can. I found the merit vendor lol. So I have been Altima a lot but I test my alts in task forces as I level to see how they play. So I have enough to get at least 3-5 100 merit I/o. Gotta start searching. Toon is at 41 after a manticore tf and some radio teams tonite. Grind on lol

I am going to start running a 50 after 4 weeks of going alt happy. I want to I/O the build. I am unfamiliar with the latest tricks regarding the many types of currency and how to spend it efficiently Can some kind folks point out the best ways to obtain the healing and end procs the global resists and many of the other goodies that will help an old SS/Invul Brute start getting healthy? Thank you

Okay I been back 4 weeks. Just as alt happy as a puppy in a room full of toys. But now I want a 50 and I want to start grinding level 50 content and Incarnate stuff. So I am asking for help I have not looked at mids since the servers shut down. I still have not installed it on my cheap gaming comp I got specifically for CoX. I mean I been too busy gaming in what little time I got lol. So please include basic text of builds Data chunk is nice but I might not get around to looking at it for weeks My 1st 50 years ago was a SS/Invul Brute. Even with the End problems of a simple SO build before access to Hero Power pools it has always been my favorite. Just ignoring how stupid what I am doing looks to a team and surviving is just Brutes having fun I have a good memory of mostly what I need to do with the build and even half remember the sets I used to use. But refreshers and pointers are what I am asking for. Also any tricks with the new rules and sets and goodies and stuff So finally. After all the buildup. Does anyone have advice on this build at 50 def soft cap s/l. Healing and end procs. Global resist and global def procs are pretty straightforward. There is a global def proc right or is my memory failing? Please post any solid builds for me to shot for. I have zero cash so this toon will be grinding content to earn his enhancers. Thank you super geeks

I been back 4 weeks. So alt happy I haven’t gotten past mid 30s lol. I been doing Brutes Sentinels and Brutes again. This weekend I tried a dark dark blaster then a ice/time blaster. I am having so much fun My little ice blaster hero is half st dom and still better damage than a Sentinel. This build rocks and is pure range. Just hit 29 after one day. I have to have a story on all my characters so I am on the road server. His is that a time lord upgraded his ice machine which became sentient and went off to fight evil. Explains the ice and time powers and why he is a 4 foot tall robot. Good times

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I have never run an Energy Melee after mid 30s. How does this perform in late game/Incarnate trials. I was thinking of pairing it with Willpower to offset the tier 9 attacks self damage (who writes this crap?) and because Willpower is my second favorite armor behind old clunky Invulnerability. Any thoughts are appreciated.

I believe you will find Dark Melee/Invul to be way tougher with the same slotting, or tweak it for even more performance. Dark Melee and Willpower have no Synergy. Dark Melee gives attacks that give health and endurance, which Willpower does not need. The Recharge bonus you put in will not affect Willpowers Uber Buff Tier 9, nothing does. With Invulnerability you have tougher armors, def debuff resistance, and the global Rech brings your tier 9 around faster, also brings the heals and end recovery faster which Invul + Fighting armors need. Invul is an end hog as we all know. The Synergy between DM/Inv is truly neat.

You have not mentioned the Dr Graves arc which has stuff uuntil at least 19

I have been back three weeks. After an alt mania start I am settling into my old style of play. A lot of soloing I soloed redside a few times back in the day. Never fully siloed blue on one character Since I have the opportunity I am once again going to Solo all Redside content. Every contact every mission. Some things have changed since the old days. I am using the stop exp at every 5 levels. (4,9,14,etc) method I am going by memory (not good) Paragon wiki (inaccurate), find contacts tab (seems a little wonky), and hitting the bank to get all. Rocker contacts until that stops producing results. If anyone can point out any other resources I would appreciate I chose a Dark/Invul Brute for the run. Using Sorcery flight to help TP stealth misssions. I will get a +stealth proc when I can afford it. Of course DFB and DiB bonuses make it easier than the old days. Currently level 14 and finishing up Port Oakes before moving to Cap. Had the Gull switch me to Rogue and will probably run Blueside Task Force content as well as I level

Things have changed, and for the better, in our new world. You can take a travel power without a wasted power choice The fitness pool is free. Was that live 23? I forget Sooo. The art of smash. I am wondering what attacks I should take. I never take hand clap or hurl. Personal preference. I am taking both the tier 1 and tier 2 a luxury I think I never got before. Is the fighting pool worth investing in beyond the one attack necessary to open up tough and weave? They look fun but are they efficient? I am not talking super optimal but I just do. It want to I. Eat in dogs. I have one character with the last fighting cone. I have not run it much but never seem to hit more than one. And I run a lot of Dark Melee so I can land a crap cone in combat at least 1/3 time it presents itself. Any hints chats or thoughts are welcome. I run SS on both Will and Invul. It this is about a SS/Invul if it matters. Obviously I cannot invest in leadership toggles like a will brute might be able to. So maybe it does matter

I am very new to role play in online situations. I mostly just banter in character. Part of my character design is knowing the character story and motivations. One reason I am so picky about power sets is it HAS to fit or I junk the character in a day tops. I tend to run a lot of Robots and undead because the storylines make a lot of sense to me in the Cities. Then as I banter I am fully in character. But it is banter. At most I give a rousing speech in character showing off my knowledge of the story and giving an opinion about the AV or the TF etc

My characters always have a full story in my head. I usually type some of this if it fits in the bio Last night I got a pickup team for a Posi 2. I immediately made some snarky comments about needing the dam badge and everyone was happy I did not realize my home comp had grabbed the lesser of my two weight-if and so I got mapserved as I was going through base to faultline. I told the team when I got there sorry comp issues. I got mildly very mildly rebuked for not using parentheses. This is where things got slightly odd. At least it seemed so to me. I explained that I meant my base computer had teleported issues Then I ran the last few missions saying things completely in character. Nothing rude just talking about my past with Cot and how stupid Posi was. My character is a dark brute skull head ex magician with an axe to grind against the villain leadership and so is on Blueside to obtain power. And ER help people yeah. The team made a few comments but it mostly fell flat. So. If you say specifically you are a RO team then people talk about life in the City and their character arc and Okay I am rambling. It just left me confused. Are we grinding or TOing. Good team new. Just left me feeling my efforts were not appreciated. I want applause darned it lol

Thanks

I need a Dark/Invul build. Not sure if you went traditional or the radical patented global recharge monster. Either way I am interested

Snarky was my global and main back in the day. Any chance I can get the old moniker back? Bueller? Snarky you out there?

Hey folks. I been back two weeks have eight or so toons in the twenties. Tanks Brutes and Sentinels. Now I am digging in. My first new 50 will be an updated version of my first 50. SS/Invul. I will be badging and incarnating him. Arguably Dark is tougher but I really have fun on SS. So... I am going to put more focus on building towards armor than attacks. Suits my play style of wandering in and hitting the most annoying thing I can find Any advice from build makers on I/Os and experienced incarnates on power tree choices would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I have gotten a few Sentinels to the 29-28 range. Dark/will Ice/will Energy /will but last night I started a Ele/Invul. I am very impressed. At level 17 now. Making sure I get my banks. Probably try to do both Posi Penelope and Synapse today. He might be my unicorn lol

Just started an Ele/Invul Sentinel. Loving how my blue bar gets propped up. Of course I am still low level but will be getting to mid twenties real quick

Yeah Inv is. A great set. I tend to pair it with Dark melee on brutes. The synergy is insane. I am dabbling around with a few Sentinels and really starting to like Ice Willpower. It is a middle of the road damage at best but it is 109% ranged and I enjoy the concept and costume.

Considering all powers and attack chains and leaving out PBaoe and such what are some of the best Primaries. Will probably pair with Will unless Elec makes it in the top might pair that with Invul