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I like having it on my Water/Regen as it's a good backup heal and a rez, so my (admittedly rare) defeats are just a blip on the radar. I don't bother with anything more than a single heal/recharge IO. It's a great one slot power.

Thank you, folks

Not really. GoTo tethers pets to an area they won't leave from. Just don't tell them to attack specific targets. I leave mine in Aggressive. Works well for 90% of content. That HC AI fix is awesome sauce!! 🙂🙂

Interesting. How do you get to the secret sub base? My search fu has failed me.

Thank you!

I saw someone in Pocket D using emote while idle - holding a smartphone while texting with two hands. Not the /e smartphone emote, as that one has you speaking into it. I didn't see anything in the menu... Any ideas what this command is? I'm sure I'm overlooking the obvious...🤔🙄

I leveled up a TA/Archery to 34 this weekend. I find it to be very busy. Maybe too busy for my taste. I might try this as a Beast or Ninja MM instead. Let the pets do their thing while I debuff. Sadly the numbers won't compare to Defender numbers. My old Illusion/TA on Live was also pretty similar to MM I think, as PA covers the busy work of interactive with the mobs woke you debuff and control as needed. Do others find TA combos this busy? Could just be me... Maybe I need to keep at it and find my rythym?

Invulnerability is a solid choice. However I'd also recommend Super Reflexes. On sentinel, SR is a fabulous set. It's no hassle. It requires minimal slotting. It gets to defense cap easily. It passively helps your endurance and resistances. It has an absorb clicky to shore up any damage spikes. It has a speed/recharge boost. And agree with Fire Blast. Easy. Reliable. Straight forward. I'm playing one now. Fun, relaxing, satisfying, durable.

You're correct about Cap au Diable, the TP point is at the Uni next to the base portal! Very convenient.

Very welcome. Hmm, not sure what happened. Should be: Nucleolus Exposure (ACC/DAM) Superior Mark of Supremacy Acc/DMG Superior Mark of Supremacy Acc/DMG/END Shield Breaker : % for lethal damage Touch of Lady Grey : % for negative damage Achilles Heel. : % for Res Debuff Shield Breaker is a flex spot, however. You could put a Gaussian there or something else.

You are a gentleman and a scholar. Sometimes when I read the forums on my phone instead of my PC I overlook things!

I missed that, thank you!

Would anyone mind posting a build? This seems to be a very slot heavy combo... So I'm probably missing something 😛

Here's a Mid's data chunk. Pets are just over soft cap. ITs a bit of an end-game build to shoot for, because I use a few Hami-Os, to save slots for more procs, but you can easily get by on standard crafted IOs, that's how good time is with thugs. I didn't put Pistol In, but you could swap out a hold for it and add a bit more to Ranged, but its all up to you. Time is busy enough you can ignore attacks if you like, or not. There's plenty to do usually. There are a million ways to build this, so feel free to tweak. I find I did not need to cap ranged if I had Time's Juncture going, as I typically don't get targeted due to the pets taking almost all aggro. The resist armor is there to bufffer my health when I do. This is my old build by memory. | Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1509;718;1436;HEX;| |78DA65944B4C13511486EF74A6625BA08552CA5328AFC220A555962626A0A248950| |44274451A18DA49FA0AA5892CDDBAD4447CEC8D6E4CDCA8316A628C0226AEC48082| |1ADDB8425DE8C685E3E9FC87769269D27C73FF7BCFFBCEC42F9DA8BE3F7EF9B8907| |C63E944A130174F1496B5A58C9E5D70CF68F3A96C2E9D4BAEC84208D78C9ED13A67| |52C56415AD82957373D3C54C26978D94B60A218B3E5A5C5C8C94ACC86956CF17D38| |9653D97159EA95C2E1D3995D693A965EBB3D77C9ED4120BDA5221A5E7DDE67A3AAF| |690B2D27F3FA7CC4E23A5EE444579A289901FABF740AFE194E718CA0C8E2C03EF78| |831451CFC2A83DF691D5684FB0FF4AD40D956887B92A96D93264153A4B3D0DC93E0| |A138F31CF33CF8816C64D8C8F24387A9753E663E613E025F51BE4E8EE90C210F177| |5B6CA0C6A38AA02F019DAC5F9F00EE8A1332EB673B5A29E3572E4E1DA3D5C73F594| |62EE55CF82B5FF5073ED5BF8F1BD20FA155147FE6A1053AAE1986D3E7087EAF1B25| |FEF269D6F27BBF760FD16D8B80D36FDE53C1FC0769D72AA63DBBADFD8ABFF86B33D| |1BC85B5D07875E83B1357097E2FAB9F77E8EDBC0711A387E23C7EFE1B87EAA23C07| |504EE4253EF805DB417843F2938885E37313728CF6673D286B3997BD7B2CF0BE85D| |DB4530BC829EA963F0FB89F26C454CB9757F5E9264F639E4C7BABB3450CA5334127| |86EED7CF60DC5EE60AD83EFC067F2D9059F4A9743366DBB65A602F638C1D83BE4F1| |856C7AF9DEF5F29DECBB86BDBE695E5F41EE4FC9B49F73EE1FC1DE40941944AE034| |730876784419EE1E0759C39BCCABCC1BC090EDD62DE069F936D846718E1190EF30C| |877986C33CC318CFF023D511E57E4447D1C736C5F26E1AF413AA4D89DA94984D396| |A53466CCAA44D895714A3F442F1174148E6AECB577EDF8D3D37ED4AD6DD9F15C521| |4DA01A6516DD5142E8F00F9BD52FAB5527EE84E32AFAE35805C7D54A56A72DCF67D| |4F277C09850CBF7DAF80F2026FEB2| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

I can put something up later today.

Anyone have additional suggestions for our guy here? 🤔😔

Defender debuff numbers are going to be much stronger. Which means less slotting for things like defense bonuses. Defender forum has some discussion on the TA set and some folks there have positive comments on TA/Ice, too.

I'll just add on a 'welcome' to CoH here. I hope you'll get the issue resolved and get back into Paragon City quickly. 🙂

/em holdtorch

Thanks for the export info @Crysis!! 🙂👍🏻

Thank you. I shall give it a shot! 🙂

I've been rotating my alts around various locations for day job badges. I've had a few parked in PI inside the Portal Corp building and also at the Black Helicopter line in Grandville. The badge bar has filled up, has been for days. If you hover the mouse over it, there's no percentage for progress given. Yet, it doesn't complete, and no badge. Has anyone else had this happen? It's a bit frustrating, I like my badges and perks 🤔

@Jawbreaker I was about to work it out, but ty! Your costume helped me overcome a block on a suitable costume for my Rad/Rad tanker, Armored-Core!

@Verix Yes, if you slot Celerity stealth IO into Super Speed, you are definitely 'invisible' to most things. I've never dipped into invisibility for any reason and I don't think you should have to for your Thugs/Time. I can try to put together my new build for you, its actually my Beast/Time but I can tweak it, they are 99% close to Thugs. I used to be able to run +4/x8 S/L farms with my Thugs/Time (and I still do with other characters, including my Beast/Time). Time makes that very possible. Time is wonderful. Yes, I get the most 'bang for my buck' out of Speed/Hasten, then Maneuvers/Tactics, and then Travel Pool of choice (I like Hover/Fly/Afterburner). Right there are three places to slot a LOTG global recharge IO. With Far sight you have a 4th spot. You don't need to pursue a 5th spot for it, as you aren't trying to get Perma Phantom Army or anything and Time gives plenty of extra global. Temporal Selection is nice but not necessary. If I had room to take it I'd put it on the Brute or the Arsonist. Arsonist does live longer these days due to the AI, but he's still more vulnerable. Mace is a solid pick. I used to like it, but I have not taken it on any characters since Live. I find Time already boosts Defense a lot and I build for Ranged Defense cap, myself. Melee doesn't matter too much. Your -ToHit from Time's Juncture will make sure to cover the gap to the 'cap' for anything that somehow ignores your pets and goes for you. Plus with all the slows, holds, etc, you don't generally worry about melee. Mace is solid, however. You'd cap out S/L/E easily. But you have no resistances. So when you do get hit, it hurts. Hence, I prefer to cap Ranged (easy enough) and have a resistance shield, such as Mu. Then add in two +3% global Defense IOs for an extra +6 DEF on top of your other Defense. Mu gives you a solid layer of protection against many end-game attacks. On my Beast/Time I went with Leviathan for theme, but its still a good set with Shark Immobilization cone and Leviathan Armor (S/L/Cold...meh on Cold, but S/L is still good). You don't really need Elec Fences. You can double Hold runners, as you say, or bosses/annyoing stuff. Elec Fences has a small radius anyway and only the Brute really knocks anything back. So that's a fine approach to go with two holds. Don't forget to put a Lockdown Hold proc into Distortion Field. IT will help stack up on things and is good for freezing minions. Make sure to go with Musculature when you get your Alpha. Best bet for almost every MM. Have fun!

This is terrific! Any chance you could share the costume file? 🙂👍🏻