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Dark Invul Brutes are super cruise

i have taken range to the extreme with a build like AR/Dev with +range in set bonuses and alpha slot. this lengthens cones and provides safety. in my opinion this is the best value for building +range.

Big ones? Lord Recluse does a massive energy attack. This is pretty much his signature move. Not that anything he does is fun. Now energy defense will save you quite often, until it does not. I have tanked Recluse twice on Master runs using a Dark armor Brute. Dark armor is a res only set with minimal energy res. My Brute build has over 60% energy res, plus on fights like Recluse i have sorcery rune of Protection and inspiration. Used correctly it will work. Energy is the main danger. If you can stay up and recover from those you will prob be fine

yeah, i have it on my Fire^3 blaster. i tend to go fire balls out attack on him all the time, built for damage, relying on inspirations and timing. (and fast room clears) when i make a mistake in the formula ROTP saves my bacon.

Hedge posted the most important info. to summarize, exemping down to 30 provides no effect except the loss of a few later powers. exemping down to 10-15 is horrific if your build is not set up for it. if you plan to stay there a while (ouro challenge badges, ouro running of storylines for badges/fun) it can be worth it to make an alt build for this purpose, taking advantage of globals, procs, and the fact that even if a power is grayed out a global enhancer of the correct level in it still works. lot of purple/winter/pvp sets do not hurt either.

i am on a Fire^3 blaster a lot now. it is annoying to nuke nothing. but i just ignore most of the stuff now. even on my weekly pro discord team i have had spawns yoinked away. i just move to the action and work. keep in mind people are trying to also complete the task. they just maybe missed the fact that the most important player (ME, in case you are dense) is trying to do something really cool.

Rise of the Phoenix

Lol. Thanks Dude1: you are an attention seeker Me: yes Dude2: there is almost no audience Me: good, i am an introvert

I mostly agree with everything you said. Including my pointless attention seeking. Yet.... If you are going to LEAD a Master of attempt DO NOT attack every Longbow you see, nor try to clear every map. Your teammates 1) might not want to take a 3 hour stroll 2) this will just keep rolling the dice on failing to get the badge. Why the pull quote? Longbow Wardens can have ANY power. And as EBs they tend to stay around for a minute. Attacking multiple ones endlessly is like looking for the magic prize of which one has YOUR kryptonite. And the team fails to get the badge. Like what happened here, and from reports that came back to me what happened on the next attempt. yes, i am a sick nasty sad attention hound draining the meager life from all of you. also, maybe some of you will NOT do stupid things if I write of my humorous escapades. or you will and then I post more. i've been around a hot minute and seen both outcomes.

unrelenting and maybe something like rune of prot rotating. pretty sure this idiot just sought every longbow warden he could find with neither until one killed him

Yeah, i was kind of wondering why my latest pug nightmare got no love. Lol. 😂 They reformed. Then i got a text 30 min later. Said it had crushed the team

So I join a MoLRSF. It was a PUG, but I needed the badge. Set at +0, but led by Will Brute. Another SS/Dark Brute joined. Ad was Kill most Master. I read that as kill safely everything needed slow and steady. I am on a fire fire Blaster. Load in, I hunt flyers. We down those. The "team" is killing every longbow and gun emplacement in sight. It seriously looks like the plan is to kill everything targetable from first mission door to final fight. Thankfully I was spared this tragedy. (which I gave a 50/50. The dark armor brute had 1200+ badges...) The self described "lead Tank" Willpower Brute died right after we put down the flyers with a meek whine "what killed me?" They never even entered the 1st tower. Was stupidity that killed the beast.

i worked on that song for weeks, glad you like it...

Looks up to the thread. Data shows otherwise…

But i did get to respond +1 post count. Win/win…?

Learning the different enhancement “sets”, their set bonuses, and strategies is complex. I have no info on your playstyle or favored AT. If a Tank or a Brute there are certain enhancement sets, depending on power sets, that are better. Likewise, if going for a Ranged Defense Blaster there are a few specific enhancement sets you will land on repeatedly. The key is a comprehensive build that 1) actually enhances powers you need enhanced 2) has set bonuses that build to a few build goal targets

A Fire Blaster’s Nuke is always a danger. On a Master MLTF just a couple days ago…. Sigh, embarrassing. I was tight on a Tank. It was a simple hallway fight. I let the tank go in. Maybe 3-5 seconds later u wander in and nuke. Almost everything dies. And a Fortunata just pastes me. Again, the Corr version lacks the oomph. You are going to need to do things like pop a sm/med purple on tough fights. Work even tighter with teams. Do not think of it as a nuke so much as a heavy damage pbaoe, and adjust tactics to the reality.

don't I look like I enjoy the lap of luxury? i live in castles!

Yomo definitely has me there. But aside from a random new toon every month or three and the alt builds for Ouro flashbacks I have nothing to spend on. If you have enough blood to last to eternity then the prospect of collecting another billion gallons just seems unnecessary

I go through periods where I solo a lot of stuff. Not sure why. My favorite method is to take a toon and do every contact in a level range, stpping exp to get it done, then move up to the next, repeat, etc

80% of the time it works 100%

i have a strategy?!? you do not realize how good this news is!!!