Force Redux

The entrance:

So, I've long wanted a great base, but lacked the artistic flair to make it happen, particularly one built 'outside' the base itself. I've settled for somewhat functional for many years. Thankfully, with help from some of our base builder community members I've got my new base up and running on Everlasting. I started with a 'Bat Cave' concept that quickly expanded and grew into a subterranean hangout for rogues and vigilantes, staffed by a bunch of androids grown in vats, relics of the previous, rather mysterious original inhabitants. But who can say no to a fully staffed new base on a vigilante's pay? So I present the Rogue Underground (ROGUE-30559) on Everlasting. Thanks to @Easter Bunnyfor guidance/support and @Etchedfor the building itself! Would have been impossible without them 🙂 In my head cannon the base is underneath Port Oaks, accessed through a sewer. I'll post pics to follow.

Base is finished! I want to express my thanks to @Etched and @Easter Bunny for their help in making that come true. I'll post pictures to the Base thread, and anyone who wants to visit what ended up being an underground hangout for the rogues and vigilantes of the Isles (and staffed by androids grown in vats) can come visit on Everlasting at: ROGUE-30559.

It's a non issue. I'm mostly on incendiary. Occasionally I swap to cold ammo for the range boost. By itself cryo mostly negates the sentinel range penalty. With +range from IOs/Alpha, you can get some great distance. Useful on certain fights, like Battle Maiden on TinPex. And was Frozen Burn said, the swap mechanic is as easy as clicking a button. No animation.

Sentinels don't suck now, and yes, this is a great idea. Low hanging fruit, I say.

On my home office at my gaming desk my wife bought me for my birthday. I play alone. No pets. Usually only when my family is not around. 15 minutes to several hours, just depends. Headphones. In game sounds or Cape Radio/music.

Maybe higher demand? All I know is I was grateful to get a builder to help, and one with talent, too.

I run my alts to 50 on xp teams, kit them out, then run them through the Oro arcs from 1-50 so I can play with full slotting and have an enjoyable time instead of the leveling slog. Also for badges and missable content.

Going to agree nicely with TA....the Rambo build. Also Plant is a great ranged pairing...!

"Back in my day, we didn't have Council! We had Fifth Column, aaaaaand weeee looooved it!"

Git off mah lawn!!!

Only a savage would do without!!! (Lol)

Thank you I knew I used to be able to see it at least somewhere. I'll take a peek tonight.

Cashews, cheese n crackers, or apples n peanut butter. With water. Or hot black tea. If I'm lucky, lokum (Turkish Delight).

Copy that ty Luminara!

I have both ATO sets on my sentinel and should be getting +20% range boost...but on power inspection / tool tip, it shows the base range. Is this a new bug? I swore when I last played my sentinel last spring it did display the new boosted range upon inspection....any thoughts/experiences? Thanks.

I currently enjoy sentinels after the recent buff. They are at the right spot where I feel they do not eclipse blasters nor scrappers, but do well enough at their own niche. As was posted above "kind of a ranged scrapper". I'll take a small hit on damage to not chase things in melee.

Sentinel Regen for scrappers. This is a no brainer. It's only complicated because reasons.

Get Leviathan patron pool and do land air AND sea animals 😁😁

Never bothered with Sandolphin's binds and I have well behaved pets, anyhow. Even ninjas who love to chase things. I've managed to melee joust on the Apex TF fight with Battle Maiden's blue pools of death with Beasts no less, and no pet death, so simple can be effective with practice. After years of play, it's muscle memory for me. If I can do it, anyone can, I'm not that stellar, just practiced. I keep only six MM command macros: All pets attack (C) All pets goto (V) All pets follow (B) ------ All pets Aggressive (ctr+C) All pets Defensive (ctr+V) All pets Passive (ctr+B) That's it. When I zone pets reset to defensive. I keep them leashed until we get started, then on aggressive. I typically keep them on aggressive to maintain uptime on attacks while I sic them on the next target. I will change to defensive or passive depending on need though.

I won't argue TA is amazing. But I would also hold up Cold, and I've got a ninja/cold at 50 recently. The two go together like peanut better and jelly: Ice shields + IOs + maneuvers + fog + 2-slotted Train Ninja with DefMods gets you 51%+ on Genin, and only gets better for Jonin and Oni. Ninjas get Kuji in Sha heals, so they take care of bleed through damage on their own. Arctic fog gives them some resists, and stealth ((c'mon ya gotta have stealthy pets as a ninja master!)), and is a great IO mule. Infrigerate and Sleet are your bread and butter debuffs. Floors defense and eats resistance. Proccable for more fun, too. Benumb is ok for AVs, GMs, but I skip heat loss as recharge is ridiculously long. I skip frostwork. With no heal component, it is too much busy work for too little benefit, but if you team it may be ok if you have a tanker or brute buddy not at hp cap. When Oni casts his Rain of Fire, Sleet keeps them within it. And it's up virtually every spawn. I like and keep Snowstorm. It's a one slot wonder power. While AVs will resist it greatly, other mobs will have their move and recharge crippled, which benefits your ninjas. It does draw a lot of aggro so be advised to cast it in defensive or around a corner. Between this and Sleet, you can "control" two spawns. I went with Chill epic for theme and it's also very complementary. Hoarfrost, Ice Armor and Hibernate keep your mastermind standing during hot moments. Oni has a ST Ring of Fire, which is useful for keeping bosses running from your DoTs and debuffs, bridging a control gap you otherwise might have. He casts it frequently too. Acc/Mezz hami in Oni helps him stack. just my two info...enjoy whatever you choose!

All in how one conceptualize things, right? 🙂

Late to the party, but here's my two inf. I don't have a build, I've been making heroes for 19 years (minus the 'snap'), and really don't need Mids' any more. However, I will say it is a fun, effective combo. I like that cold rounds increase range 33%, or I swap to incendiary when I don't need moar range. Incarnates: Alpha: Muscular (for damage/EndMod) Judgement: Nothing really fits pistols, but I do Ion for the min/max as a result. Interface: usually Degenerative for hard targetrs Lore: anything that fits my concept, otherwise Banished. Destiny: Ageless for debuff resistance to preserver your DEFENSE Hybrid: Assault radial graft. I like procs and progressive damage boosts, so I mix it up. Honestly, Sents are so self-contained, you can go with any Incarnates and make it work.

Probably because they are AE mobs they don't register? Run a Synapse and took be done with the badge in 5 min 😁😁 ((like I did))

Those 7-ft tall Council clearly have a high protein diet lol