Snarky

then you get into the extremes with resistance being it's own resistance debuff resistance so 100% converts to 90% on a brute or tank but the 100% has a hidden value of making that resistance not debuffable. whereas defense can almost always be debuffed.

To combat end probs i slot health with Panacea, Miracle, and Numina procs. Then stamina with perf shifter end mod, perf shift proc, and usually one endmod IO but you could use 2 in extreme cases i guess. It is also possible to slot a very few attacks in the game with theft if essence proc to steal some end.

I have maybe 3-4 i go back to regular. Others occasionally, some very rarely. Most never. part of it depends on what i am working at. That is more an indicator than the exact toon. As my playstyle evolved from heavy melee to ranged dps to danger close dps the characters have changed. But i chase the concept and playstyle, experimenting with power sets and builds. Actually liking blaster psy/mental/force. It is a solid damage dealer. The strangeness of drain psyche i am just beginning to get the feel of. Force’s Personal Force Field is a very good “i miscalculated this HARD” button. Looking forward to Force of Nature to add another bump to the lopsided wheel of my end recovery. Now at 40, with a build that should have +35% range and +45% damage sitting stone cold. Not a lot of defense, but played smartly it does the work. And…i have always liked the brain in a jar. Both philosophically and with how they added it to the game. So i think this will end up having a chance to stay. It fits my playstyle, i like the look and the concept. The stars have to align carefully indeed.

Yes. Yes indeed. My first 10-15 times through Aeon I felt carried. And i was. Even when i was “helping” it was usually where the job did not even need to be done. It is an extremely goal specific strike force. But now i am of help when i run it. And i do not mind if people are carried on my team. Its a big circle.

The simple key to this might be…. run them more. Hear me out. The first times you do anything is the hardest. Then things get easier. Knowing the maps, the fights, the pacing of the TF is a matter if practice. The Dr Aeon for me was a nightmare until i ran it 15+ times.

Drugs are bad, m’kay? the game, at this point, is nearly entirely choosable in difficulty level. From boring to 4 star content.

Is this a good set? I like the AoE cone and PB, but I struggle with the added element of timing a drain for my recovery. How do you slot Drain Psyche for best effect?

As always I am sad for the passing of someone who cared about people and who was cared about. It is also important to realize the happiness of being part of a community. Celebrate life as we honor the sadness of loss.

Was not me. But I am going to pat myself on the back anyways. Nothing like other people improving your life and you did no work for it. Yeah me!

They spawn automatically. The real trick is not to screw that up. If people attack/kill the ravers less (or no) Supas spawn. Because the ravers go into the bldg and emerge as Supas.

ITF be like that.

you realize you just gave me a new hobby.... right?

I do not have a lot of gaming time these days. 50 hour weeks at a (forgive the pun) draining job. Most of my CoH is with Justice Super Teamers. A great crew on Excelsior running Fri and Sun evenings with themed teams. I do miss the madcap leveling runs I used to do. I recently made a Psi/Mental Blaster and decided to take him up to 50 my old way. Every TF/SF trial in level order. (With odd ones like Cavern Hollows usually missed). After doing DFBs until 15 I recruited for a Posi 1. I am sorry to report there was zero madness. No drama. We had no tank but we just massacred everything. At City Hall we burned from Atlas statue up the steps, into the bldg and to the Simulcrum fight. Here I thought, we will be stung. I had one med purple and 4 med reds. I chomped them and led with 3 AoEs. And…. We massacred them. Posi 2 was even smoother. Sorry folks. I feel that I have let everyone down. Which makes me feel better, but still…

Or just let us use a floating squid on any toon. (Not a particle aether costume that disappears, not a true kheldian. Just a free floating squid person)

because malta knew that and installed psi dampeners?

i think the Mind/Psi power is a side reality of magic. it grew from ancient mysticism and was further morphed during Victorian times and then modern game mechanics. It has almost always been treated as special/different.

A man of worldly experience lol

I thoight you were going to ask “why does it burn when i pee?”

I started a brain in a jar toon (Snarky’s Brain) throwing out psi damage. I never really pay attention to damage types but i think psi may have some sweet spots and some brick walls i need to know about. The playstyle is jump in for massive AoE then hop out to far range for ST and safety. (Blaster Psi/Ment) but i do not want to jump in to drain / nuke and be like. “Heh, just kidding”

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I was wanting to. Until someone posted a really disturbing picture. I just started a Psi/Mental Blaster. Would have been perfect. I used a brain in a jar on the shiny new mech body. But yeah, if we could get …