Quick question - How too boost IOs in the character planner?

[EnjoyTheJourney]

I was wanting to boost some IOs for a build I just posted in this forum. But, I've searched both in the character planner itself and on this website and come up completely empty. 

 

If somebody could tell me how to boost IOs in the character planner (ie: how to boost the 2 recharge IOs in hasten, for exmaple), then that would be helpful and appreciated. Thank you in advance!

 

To be clear, I'm not trying to boost attuned IOs; IIRC that cannot be done. 

[Nyghtmaire]

When clicking on the slotted IO (and holding the button down), press the + key.  Each “+” boosts once, up to 5 times.

[EnjoyTheJourney]

Thank you for your reply!

 

Unfortunately, the "+" key doesn't seem to work for my keyboard. The reason why is probably because there is no number pad on my keyboard; thus, to type a "+" sign I need to hold down the "shift" key at the same time. Thus, without the "shift" key held down an "=" sign is produced by the keyboard, and with the "shift" key pressed clicking on the "= / +" key produces no result. 

 

My guess is that there probably isn't a workaround for this and I'll just need to verbally explain when IOs are being boosted and when they're not, if such information seems needed. 

[Hardship]

So, I didn't know how to do that either, but I tested it just now and it works like this for me:  Hover the mouse over the enhancement you are about to place (no need to click it with the mouse yet) and then press either the + or the = key and it increases by one for each key press. Press the - or the _ key and it decreases by one. It worked for me with either the numpad + and -, or the top row of the keyboard keys.

[kiramon]

7 hours ago, EnjoyTheJourney said:

Thank you for your reply!

 

Unfortunately, the "+" key doesn't seem to work for my keyboard. The reason why is probably because there is no number pad on my keyboard; thus, to type a "+" sign I need to hold down the "shift" key at the same time. Thus, without the "shift" key held down an "=" sign is produced by the keyboard, and with the "shift" key pressed clicking on the "= / +" key produces no result. 

 

My guess is that there probably isn't a workaround for this and I'll just need to verbally explain when IOs are being boosted and when they're not, if such information seems needed. 

As hardship says, both + and = both will increase it, so you shouldn't have an issue. Are you looking at the right thing? It doesn't change the level; they bright teal will say Invention level 50+5 both under the info section and under the name when you hover. Also make sure you have an individua/specific Io selected.

 

If not, you can always raise them for ALL enhancements under slots/enhancements, set all relative levels +5

 

[EnjoyTheJourney]

kiramon: Thank you for a *very* clear explanation of what to look for to see if efforts are working. I can confirm that they are not. I have no idea why. 

 

Thank you for the prompt about the "+5 levels" option; I'm using it now and it works very well. 

Edited August 20, 2020 by EnjoyTheJourney