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Going off issue 26 page 4 changes for Tankers I thought the PBAoE was improved from 8 to 12' radius and increased to 16 target cap. I am unfamiliar with whether that applies to this power. The documentation on this game is outdated and the powers have changed more than a U-boats course fleeing a destroyer. You say you "need a lot" of stuff to get Cloak of Fear to be accurate. I have it enhanced to +60.9% in the power. Then I have +54% Accuracy from Purple sets and such. Then a Kismet +6% to hit Global I/O. Is that "a lot of stuff?" I say play however you want. You say I should skip the power in some cyber protest until the Devs cave to your idea of the power structure for Dark. Hey, good luck with that. I have a Dark Dark Brute with almost 200 vet levels. Not a farmer. I am indeed settling comfortably into this Dark Tank as my main. 58 vet levels, 1161 badges. Both run Cloak of Fear. Again, I advocate for Dark taking all the powers in it's Armor Set. And using them. That is what I do. But please, do whatever you want. Hey, maybe you could get everyone to roll up Dark Armor characters and all take the powers the way you suggest, creating a wave of data that will surely convince the Devs to change course and rewrite Dark Armor the way you want it to be. I do wish you well. I'm gonna play this Tank. My way.

Never worried about the invaders with sticks and stones. Always looking to mitigate the guy with a sneak attack that snuck in with them. Sure, hes not a boss. But he has that “one special trick”. So, 1st he cant see me (non suppressed stealth) then i wander over and “oh look, you are just a minion and now stunned and/or terrified and aim is off”. Then i let my pbaoe eat minions like a ghetto farmer while i coordinate boss dance and look to next group…

but i have 90% res to everything but energy (76% before Hybrid Melee, Rune of Prot, or a sm orange...) Brst heal, check. Spinning rims, etc are the other 4 types of damage mitigation. Stealth, Stun, Fear, to hit debuffs. I mean. you can just build a castle wall. Or, you can put the castle on a hill, behind water, with giant rocks slowing infantry/wagons, and put murder holes above the wall. I like to add the little extras. I do this shit for the love of the game.

I was wondering about that. Thank you. Between the power evolutions and the initial poor descriptions it is a mess in there lol. Even so a mag 5/6 Fear is (Cloak of Fear + Touch of Fear) is starting to get serious even for a boss. Everyone seems to miss the point no matter how much I say it. (Then builds up Def on Dark. "O I winz!) Dark has no defense debuff res, In a hard fight it is gone. Dark depends on a LAYERED mitigation strategy for lesser being and high resist best heal for bosses, AV/GM. Sure, you can run without it. You can also drive your car and never change the oil. You do you.

Play how you want. I also, like tidge, do not advocate everyone take it. Without stacking... hmmm. Well, Dark Melee is a PBAoE with mag 3 fear and a 30% chance of +1 mag fear. So, maybe stack it with that? People who should use Cloak of Fear) Everyone who wants to maximize the "faux defense" (Stealth, Stun, Fear, tohit debuff) of Dark Armor People who should not use Cloak of Fear) who gives a crap

Avoid spoilers. Hmmm. Okay. In a linear sense some come before others but everything exists simultaneously so no worries

Without comment on your build I will share mine. just an hour ago finished a 1 star ITF on him. I have run him a lot. He has fly on almost all the time. I just him aim, buildup, float in, nuke, maybe more pbaoe. Then out, two rains, some more ranged aoe, some ST. This is a maximum damage build effort. Alpha is musculature +45% dam. Interface is reactive 75% damage proc. Hybrid is assault damage with an immediate restrike for enegy damage. Blaster (Fire Blast - Fire Manipulation) 2024 v 2.01.mbd

it is a lot, and really strangely connected. but, imo, the OP either was dealing with someone honestly missing something upstairs or who was chemically altered bad form to show up on a pug and chastise your new friends for you not being as happy as you want to be

still commenting on this? really?

You have discovered a singularly annoying issue. That has been around forever. Welcome to Redside. 🤣

Unmaintained or not it was still the best resource of ANY archetype. I just used it for my Dark3 Sentinel

I had few interactions with you Dacy but I was nonetheless highly impressed. When I say I have no complaints with a persons assistance and comportment it is high praise indeed! Sometimes I wish in life that I could (and others) be more effective at communicating my gratitude and happiness when interacting with someone. Too often I fear that it will be misunderstood, misinterpreted, and possibly (oh please no!) reacted to. But I do want to say how grateful I am for the pointers and assistance I received from Dacy. The videos were useful and the regular responses on the less traversed Base sub forum was much appreciated indeed. My next project is to take my old base and make a small floating island of the “necessary working area”. (Porters, storage, and a few devices) then attempt to make it look like there is a power source (mystical) and propulsion. Which I have an idea how I want to do it. The two things I have not solved yet are 1) how to get a truly dark sky/background. I have seen true nearly black night skies in some bases. 2) i wanted the area to have no walls and be a floating platform. But I believe if i make the are raised long before i get to the wall/lip it will achieve the “open” feel i want. It will be a much smaller but hopefully more aesthetic and detailed piece of work than my Rogue Isles Villains Base. Something functional and looking correct.

There were endurance issues. The "sustain" that Dark gets sucks. And not in a good way. You cannot enhance the endurance on it, and that is what you desperately need. the ToA helps, of course. It was a dent character. But I came here from the Blaster door and left looking for even more armor and have landed on a Dark Dark Tank lol. which...is indeed Dark enough...

Miss Liberty TF gives zero credit to Villain Disruptor.

now it makes sense. okay, thx for clearing up. have fun

The more I think about this sentence the more confused I get. it would be different if you said "because they are expensive" But all of these sets are immune to exemplar removing set bonuses. Like hearing someone say "I want to build a boat. But I don want it to be water tight of use materials that float. Because what happens when it loses water tightness or the materials get water logged? And no submarines either. might lose power. No, I need something that works!

Here are a couple takes, a beam rifle with high ranged defense and the ability to stay at range. An AR built for +range to help lay down the cones, but built for damage, and a fire fire fire blaster built as a kamikaze murder machine Blaster Beam Temporal Munitions w ach.mxd Blaster (Assault Rifle - Devices) 2024 v1.01.mbd Blaster (Fire Blast - Fire Manipulation) 2024 v 1.51.mbd

Purples are immune to set bonuses being nerfed due to exemplaring, likewise ATOs and PvP. You can build (if not easily, it is doable) a perma dom exemp friendly build. Life has cheat codes.

I said oppressive gloom. I misremembered the words. It is darkest night. -dam -tohit in an area on target as a toggle. the fear cloak is gold.

The accuracy problems is something I have long been aware of, and try to cram +to hit and +accuracy onto builds. The Fear and Stun cloaks do heavy lifting on "faux defense" especially against garbage, leaving your armor and Health to stand against the bosses/AVs. Oppressive gloom is great against big bosses/AVs and for pulling from across a room. Since it is an AoE, and controls really agro, it acts like a net pulling mobs from one direction to you. Here is my current build Tanker - Dark Dark v7.01.mbd

here is the version i run Tanker - Dark Dark v7.01.mbd

And that is why I am now on a Tank lololol