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fearsome stare is a MUST for any Dark player. I play a lot of dark, every AT, this power is Gold. Do i hit it EVERY time it is off cooldown? No. Do i lean into it as soon as I see a large group? Oh yeah. Do I hit it again on a large group? Oh yeah. Trying to determine if I need to fit Haunt and Unmral Beast back in. I really dislike pets, except in rare circumstances. Haunt is less pet than strange ST attack. But what could I drop to get it in? Soul Consumption? Which is more of an O crap button on a build I try to play ranged. The thing plays well. Trying to determine if I like it better than Corr, and it is definitely different than that.

So I am trying out a dominator now. i have this dark dark dom all situated. the costume, hand colored every power. dark, evil. oh, and the domination power? looks like a unicorn crapped on my head.... why is an "villain" archetype set up with this pretty pretty princess affect color for their signature archetype power. which cannot be recolored?

here is my version. Dominator (Darkness Control - Dark Assault) 2024 v 1.1.mbd

That is what I have, the "joke" wasa a Tank-Mage. And i made it a undead sorcerous Invul/KM that stood around looking like it was casting spells. It wasnt horrid....and it achieved the look....but not crushing any records for anything.

nevermind figured it out...

i want fat characters available in CoH. this would be a great vamp

For starters I would go with a rock solid set like Invul, if you can fit that into a concept. Aim for a Hyperstrike build. Although Invul with just SO enhancers is dam good. If you dont mind the crash Super Strength is awesome. part of this is the giant +to hit that is part of the set. The overloaded DPS makes up for it being S/L. If shit is not res to S/L it is insane. Claws and Savage are both fast hard hitting sets. Energy Melee is a solid ST performer, and now has decent AoE Dark Melee is a very hard hitting ST set with a toolkit of heal/+end/to hit debuffs going for it. The pairing of Dark/Invul will make one of the toughest Brutes walking. Dark has little AoE and some people hate the melee cone. There are some sets I would avoid, combo sets and gimmick sets do not do well late game. I have run Kinetic melee at 50. do not do that lol.

bwah hah hah. there is a story there actually. in my dabbling in art i have studied about people that hoard "junk" and create art. one of my instructors did this and was becoming quite successful with her work. i grok it, yet find it beyond my skill. taking beautiful pigments and destroying them by trying to make them into something on canvas is the height of my ability.

Look to Hyperstrike for an Invulnerability Template. Anything else is just less.

are you positive?

It can be. Depends on the powers. Both things are great in general on Brutes. My Dark Dark runs a solid amount if recharge. Because long cooldown great powers and, lets face it, not a lot to choose from in attack chain. After running blasters and corrupters you seriously are like “faster brute faster” lol

What you need to do is take a cave bat and release it into the sky. Then have a mage cast a spell on it so that it glows blood red for three minutes. Then explodes. Sometimes, not always, but sometimes that gets my attention. Or i could give you my cell number. But you look suspicious, so no, try the bat thing.

I like your basic premise of having more than one leg on the stool. Defense is great. Carry a couple purple inspirations. In my opinion wasting build power chasing defense on a resistance set is an unmitigated waste

Conversations are odd and beautiful things. Many times looping and spinning like acrobats. Oftentimes revisiting a section for clarification, emphasis, or expounding upon. Conversations are organic, and as part of the very definition are the product of two or more who are striving to be understood. They can also be just plain silly.

My two inf. You says you have like 8 projects. I assume different armor types. I do not run many Def sets, but on those you obviously want to get to softcap, and then if doing a lot of incarnate work, softcap that as well. In armor Def>Res>Heal. A "blended" set like Invul gives you respectable Def number, that you might pump to nice levels, as well as respectable Res numbers. And Dull Pain. A Heal/+HP Buff that is so good. Invul also has good defense debuff resistance. Straight Resistance armors. Tough to sell these babies. If you slap on Defense, (and they have no defense debuff resistance) all that investment can be gone in seconds. IMPORTANT FACT about Resistance in CoH/V. You will never find a Resistance Debuff Resistance listed, like you do Defense Debuff Resistance. You know why? Resistance is it's own Resistance Debuff Resistance. So, people talk about hard cap RES for Tanks / Brutes as 90%. True enough. But if you get it to 100% it CANNOT be stripped. (Okay, it can. there are a tiny, miniscule, count them on one hand number of enemies in CoH with irresistable resistance debuff) But the gold standard is 100% Strange armors. My beloved Dark. Dark is a resist set that takes the standard Def>Res>Heal, stands it on it's head, then field kicks that bitch down the highway. How? Oh, glad you ask. You will see many people with Dark builds or conversations on Dark Armor where they leave off or discuss the great way to leave off using all the toggles. Because toggles take end man. Real assholes. Mainly because then they play it and it sucks. Sure, the end curve is better. But the armor sucks. here is an idea. FIX the Endurance problems, then use some of the best defensive powers in the game, that are right in the powerset. A PBAoE fear (stackable with a melee attack Fear) and a PBAoE Stun will severely limit incoming attacks. Not being attacked is (say it with me) DEFENSE. A non suppressing stealth also limits incoming attacks. DEFENSE (and why I like this set for a Brute better than a Tank) Then you have great Resists (and you can pump Energy Res to 60+% on a dark brute, the rest into gold 100% neighborhood) Then you have the BEST combat heal in the game. Up every 10? seconds or so. Dark armor is very odd. But once you understand how to be effective with it you have one of the most powerful armors in the game. And that is most of what I know about Brute Armor. Have fun.

Isnt there an evolution to the 800s. I have vague memories of people advertising for 80x, recently a few but a year or two ago it was constant for about a month

strange homage, but it is me. the idea is a kitchen appliance (vegetable chopper/food processor) which is animated....and kind of a badass. no combo sets, something that runs well in incarnate as well as pre50 play. something with sharp edges... is claws good on scrapper secondary.... willpower? or invul using a hyperstrike build? i never run scrappers so any feedback is appreciated.

uh...is there another way to bring something up here than by yourself. i mean, i have a lot of people haunting me, does that make my posts "brought up by the group?"

Okay I did Aaron thiery (3 reward merits) and got credit. Maybe the other missions were too small in AP to award credit.

well, maybe that is the issue. I am doing "full arcs" but they are the All Atlas Mission ones. Level 7, maybe not long enough? I am completing the ouro badge challenges on the, 'enemies buffed' etc

Funny. Not helping. But funny

i am doing all the low level stuff, and have never needed to pug it in the past

I got the Adjuster badge for 10 flashback missions. i am stuck with credit for 14 flashback missions now. no matter how many i do it does not add any flashback missions. any ideas?