Picking Enhancement Set on Low Level

[Myrmidon]

1 hour ago, GM Crumpet said:

If you have a build in mind and the levels permit, always buy attuned enhancements not level locked ones. They are exactly the same price and level with you. I always take Blessing of the Zephyr in fly at level 7 when they become available and buy attuned, then never have to worry about them again. The enhancements level with me and so do the bonuses.

 

This. These are also extremely useful when Exemplaring and such.

 

In addition, the market has a handy ability to convert crafted IOs into Attuned, so you can always sell any crafted ones that you have and buy them back Attuned.

[srmalloy]

12 hours ago, GM Crumpet said:

If you have a build in mind and the levels permit, always buy attuned enhancements not level locked ones.

The two exceptions to this being a) enhancements that are just procs (unlike the LotG Def/global recharge), which have the same effect regardless of level, and b) enhancements that you're only slotting one from the set into a power, in which case you're better off buying it not attuned at max level and boosting it to +5. For the pure procs, though, since they have the same effect regardless of their level, and it's mildly inconvenient to have to remember to buy one at the bottom of its level range, and attuned and regular are the same price, you might as well buy attuned just for convenience.

[Yomo Kimyata]

2 hours ago, srmalloy said:

The two exceptions to this being a) enhancements that are just procs (unlike the LotG Def/global recharge), which have the same effect regardless of level, and b) enhancements that you're only slotting one from the set into a power, in which case you're better off buying it not attuned at max level and boosting it to +5. For the pure procs, though, since they have the same effect regardless of their level, and it's mildly inconvenient to have to remember to buy one at the bottom of its level range, and attuned and regular are the same price, you might as well buy attuned just for convenience.

Some procs (Steadfast Protection Res/Def and LotG Def/Rech are two) have both a proc component and an enhanceable component, so sometimes it does matter what level a proc is.

 

Also, I personally cannot stand to see 5 attuned IOs and one unattuned.  It just drives me nuts!  So I always buy my procs attuned.

[srmalloy]

On 3/5/2021 at 8:23 AM, Yomo Kimyata said:

Also, I personally cannot stand to see 5 attuned IOs and one unattuned.  It just drives me nuts!  So I always buy my procs attuned.

The price is the same, so it doesn't really matter, but it's easier not to have to remember to get the proc at the minimum level for the set. I think I've got one character where I didn't bother attuning a KB protection IO because the recipe dropped as level 11, and it was the only one of the set I slotted, so it wasn't worth using a catalyst on.

[huang3721]

I tried ILP again on a level 50 blaster with the same primary and secondary. It produced better results since it has more empty slots to optimize.  Those slots also allow me to increase multiple attributes by more than 10%. In my opinion, ILP can help you cut down trial and error and produce build quickly.

I limit my selection to uncommon and rare enhancement sets since they are more likely to drop and cheaper than purples. I remove any enhancement sets not suitable to my character to simplify the model and then select a few properties to increase. The table below lists the results after a few tweaks.

 

Build	Description	Accuracy	Recharge	Recovery	Resist S/L
1	Balanced	34%	28.75%	28%	28.25%
2	Rapid	45%	62%	15%	25%
3	Defensive	49%	15%	10%	51.25%

 

ILP suggestion for build #3. They are all uncommon and rare. Imagine the numbers if I put purples.

 

Set	slot	assign to
Kinetic Crash	3	single shot
Thunderstrike	2	single shot
Analyze Weakness	6	cutting beam
Thunderstrike	2	disintegrate
Adjusted Targeting	6	Aim
Rope A Dope	5	lance shot
Executioner's Contract	5	penetrating ray
Bombardment	3	piercing beam
Detonation	2	piercing beam
Analyze Weakness	6	overcharge
Trap of the Hunter	5	time wall
Essence of Curare	4	time stop
Adjusted Targeting	6	Chronos
Preventive Medicine	2	Temporal Healing
Doctored Wounds	2	Temporal Healing
Dark Watcher’s Despair	4	Time Shift
Tempered Readiness	2	Time Shift
Titanium Coating	4	Time Lord
Aegis	4	Invulnerability
Titanium Coating	4	Tough
Titanium Coating	4	Power of Nature

 

  

 

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Edited March 11, 2021 by huang3721
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[Grouchybeast]

11 hours ago, huang3721 said:

I tried ILP again on a level 50 blaster with the same primary and secondary. It produced better results since it has more empty slots to optimize.  Those slots also allow me to increase multiple attributes by more than 10%. In my opinion, ILP can help you cut down trial and error and produce build quickly.

 

Does your model take into account the actual enhancement values of the IOs on the power?  At the moment it's producing some VERY odd choices, like two-slotting Disintegrate, and putting non-damage sets into Lancer Shot and Cutting Beam.  With Lancer Shot and five slots of Rope-a-Dope, you're getting a Resistance bonus of 1.5% Fire/Cold and 3% S/L in exchange for having no damage enhancement at all.  Even if you put a generic Damage IO into a sixth slot, you'd only get a 42.5% damage bonus.  If you'd six slotted with Thunderstrike instead, you'd hit ED on the Damage AND get 3.75% Ranged Def AND get 3.75% Energy/Negative Def AND get a 7% global acc bonus.

 

For Lancer Shot, the Mids values for damage look like this:

 

5 slots of Rope-a-Dope: 159.2

5 slots of Rope-a-Dope + level 50 Dam IO: 226.2

6 slots of Thunderstrike: 320.6

 

That's a lot to give up for a tiny bit of Res!

 

ETA: I just noticed that it's also slotted your nuke with Analyze Weakness, another non-damage set!  Bad model, no biscuit!

 

ETA 2: I think that to be useful as a way to actually generate a sensible starting point for a build, the model needs a fundamental change to prioritize the actual slotting values, and only then look at IO bonuses.  So, for example, if the set doesn't add damage to a Moderate/High/Extreme damage power, then the model shouldn't even be considering it unless the power already had good damage slotting from a damage set.

Edited March 11, 2021 by Grouchybeast

[Hew]

This is actually a good task for machine learning. You feed it hundreds of "valid" builds to learn from, the enhancement sets, and some goals. But like anything ML, it takes a LOT of input data. 

 

You definitely would not feed the model just the IO sets. You would feed it both the values of boosters, as well as attuned scaling, AND generics. Sometimes, generics really make the best choices.

 

[Sovera]

Yeah, this is a good example of pretty terrible slotting sorry to say. Slot your attacks for damage for the love of god. Slot your defenses for defense.

 

And unless deciding to dedicate yourself to low level arcs and freeze your XP you will have a much better time simply buying inspirations between missions by typing /ah. Even those ambushes that gave you problem are a non problem if you gobble three medium defense inspirations.

 

Regarding a machine learning program this has been done already. It's over the Guides section and called Robot Woman. I'm not sure how well it would deal with low level enhancements though

[Sailboat]

On 3/4/2021 at 10:46 AM, Li_Sensei said:

Oh, and Huang, regarding defence soft capping?  Unless you're something like a melee AT with Energy Aura, Shield or SR, softcapping before late 30's-mid 40's is not easily achievable.  I'm not saying it's impossible, but it may distort your build horribly to achieve it.  30% or so defence on a blaster seems to give solid survivability, especially when you factor in the blaster secondary sustain powers.

Second this.  Not all ATs and not every character should strive for soft-capped defenses -- it's sort of a fascination the playerbase has, but impractical or problematic in many cases.  I have Level 50 Blasters who are short of the soft cap, and they work fine.  I have a level 50 Defender who solos all the time without any intentional investment in defense at all.  He is hardly ever hit.  Defense is great for many characters, but not mandatory.

[huang3721]

 

12 hours ago, Grouchybeast said:

With Lancer Shot and five slots of Rope-a-Dope, you're getting a Resistance bonus of 1.5% Fire/Cold and 3% S/L in exchange for having no damage enhancement at all.

It means the model works. Because I set accuracy, recharge, recovery, and resistance as constraints, ILP will never consider other stats (damage, defense, etc.). It would be annoying if I want a few resistance bonuses, but the ILP gives me a damage bonus instead. 

If someone wants damage bonuses, they can put that as a constraint, and ILP will select appropriate enhancement sets to satisfy it.

 

13 hours ago, Hew said:

You definitely would not feed the model just the IO sets.

I wish I could! Creating a matrix with hundreds of rows and columns manually is slow and prone to error. 

 

13 hours ago, Sovera said:

Slot your attacks for damage for the love of god. Slot your defenses for defense.

Duh! Sorry, not sorry!

Also, I run those builds on Beta Server. My build (somehow) works by the way, even with all those limitation. 

[huang3721]

You guys won't believe this. I ran the first two First Ward arcs, Praetoria's zone events, and Emperor's Sword using build #2 and build #3 (+0/x1). I multi-boxed so that I could compare their performances. The result: they bulldozed every opposition, excluding Praetor Sinclair. 

Just stand some feet away from a mob and start blasting. That's it. You don't have to kite, and active defense is not mandatory. Because of shorter recharge time, enemies who manage to reach them are full of holes. Also, their attack is less effective due to a high level of damage resistance.

Still, there are some limitations.

• A +1 boss with ranged attacks can deal significant damage because they can hit right away.
• The damages from +1 enemies can add up, so fighting in the middle of an aggroed mob is not a good idea. Fortunately, most of the ambushes are +0.
• Last but not least, fighting a +3 archvillain without a team is a big no-no.

[Heraclea]

I have several characters that are slotted to excel while exemped.  The main one is a fire/regen scrapper; there are others. 

 

There are some real gems in enhancement sets that peter out at 30 or 35.  The Kismet global to hit boost is always worthwhile.  Kinetic Combat is another famous one; my standard slotting at 50 for most melee attacks is four of them and either a single Accuracy or an Acc/Dam Hami-O.  The knockdown proc is very useful, especially in a fast low level attack, and adds the equivalent of defense; do not knock it.  Other sets that are worth looking at are Basilisk Gaze for holds and Theft of Essence for accurate heals.  For melee AoE, Multi-Strike has valuable survival bonuses that can be ridden from 17 to 50. 

 

If you have shedloads of reward merits on another character, like I tend to, slot your ATOs early.  I start with any proc ATOs and the Acc/Dam; for two slots in the power you have something that will set you up for life.  The ATO procs are game changers for blasters, scrappers, and stalkers, and almost always handy for anyone else. 

[huang3721]

A few weeks ago, I ran @Darmian AE Story (#40403) using build #3. It didn't go quite well since I lost half of my set bonuses.

 

So, I'm going to build another one for Lv.10-Lv30 missions. As usual, I will use Rare and Uncommon only.

According to the powerset (Beam/Temporal/Force Mastery), I can use these enhancement types:

 

Accurate Defense Debuff	Healing	PBAoE Damage	Stuns
Accurate To Hit Debuff	Holds	Ranged Damage	Targeted AoE Damage
Defense	Immobilize	Resist Damage	To Hit Buff
Defense Debuff	Knockback	Slow Movement	To Hit Debuff
Fear	Melee	Sniper Attacks

 

I also decided to increase Accuracy, Recharge Time, Recovery, and S/L Resistance.

Accuracy & Recharge to deal more damage and Recovery to keep it firing as long as possible. For short, this build is the low-level version of Build #3.

 

Based on the data, I narrowed down my selection list. Now, I can assign 38 enhancement sets into 20 available powers.
After a few iterations, this is what I got:

Assign	To	Slot	Accuracy	Recharge	Recovery	Resist S/L
Tempest	Single Shot	3				1.5
Tempest	Charged Shot	3				1.5
Shield Breaker	Cutting Beam	5	11		2.5	2.25
nothing	Disintegrate	0
Encouraged Accuracy	Aim	2	5
Razzle Dazzle	Lance	2			2
nothing	Penetratring Ray	0
Shield Breaker	Overcharge	5	11		2.5	2.25
Curtail Speed	Time Wall	5		2.5		1.5
Bruising Blow	Aging Touch	2			1
Basilisk Gaze	Time Stop	4		7.5	2
Paralyze	Time Stop	2			1
Encouraged Accuracy	Chronos	2	5
Regenerative Tissue	Temporal Healing	5		5
Unspeakable Terror	Future Pain	5		5	2
Cloud Sense	Time Shift	4		6.25
Deflated Ego	Time Shift	2	3
Impervious Skin	TimeLord	5		5	2	1.5
Kismet	Personal Force	5		3.75	1.5	2.25
Stagger	Repulsion Bomb	5		2.5
Impervious Skin	Temporal Inv	5		5	2	1.5
Steadfast Protection	Force Of Nature	2			1.5
Imprevium Armor	Force Of Nature	2			2.5
Energy Manipulator	Force Of Nature	2			1.5
SUM		77	35	42.5	24	14.25

 

It turns out low-level enhancement sets don't provide decent S/L Resistance to Temporal Powerset. Even after I set other values (Accuracy, Recharge, and Recovery) to zero, I can only get 18.75% S/L Resistance!

 

I tried again, but this time I replaced S/L Resistance with Psi/Toxic Resistance.

Assign	To	Slot	Accuracy	Recharge	Recovery	Psi/Toxic
Far Strike	Single Shot	2				1.5
Far Strike	Charged Shot	2				1.5
Shield Breaker	Cutting Beam	5	11		2.5
Far Strike	Disintegrate	2				1.5
Encouraged Accuracy	Aim	2	5
Stagger	Lance	5		2.5
Far Strike	Penetrating Ray	2				1.5
Shield Breaker	Overcharge	5	11		2.5
Debilitative Action	Time Wall	6				4.5
Bruising Blow	Aging Touch	2			1
Pulverizing Fisticuffs	Aging Touch	2				1.5
Basilisk Gaze	Time Stop	4		7.5	2
Paralyze	Time Stop	2			1
Encouraged Accuracy	Chronos	2	5
Regenerative Tissue	Temporal Healing	5		5
Unspeakable Terror	Future Pain	6		5	2	4.5
Cloud Sense	Time Shift	4		6.25
Razzle Dazzle	Time Shift	2			2
Imprevium Armor	TimeLord	6			2.5	4.5
Kismet	Personal Force	5		3.75	1.5
Razzle Dazzle	Repulsion Bomb	2			2
Impervious Skin	Temporal Inv	5		5	2
Imprevium Armor	Force Of Nature	6			2.5	4.5
SUM		84	32	35	23.5	25.5

 

It has a 25.5% bonus compared to a mere 14.25%. The Psi/Toxic build also seems more balanced than S/L, which is nice. I hope this is enough to fend off those pesky Seers and the Awakened.

 

Edit:

Nope. Psi damage type is uncommon. So, this build is not too useful. Also, 95% hit rate and slightly reduced recharge can't mitigate Resistance's defense debuff, blastmaster's Molotov, Ghouls horde or Sherperd's blade. 

 

Unless the team has tanks or controllers, expect kiting and running while using this build. 

 

Glad I tested this build on the beta server. Oh, well. Time to pick other stats. 

Edited June 10, 2021 by huang3721
Back to spreadsheet!

[Vulpoid]

On 3/10/2021 at 8:28 PM, huang3721 said:

I tried ILP again

What is this "ILP" you speak of?

[Parabola]

On 3/5/2021 at 4:23 PM, Yomo Kimyata said:

Also, I personally cannot stand to see 5 attuned IOs and one unattuned.  It just drives me nuts!  So I always buy my procs attuned.

There are two types of people in this world. Those that carefully arrange IO's in set order in powers, arrange mixed slotted powers so that any groups are to the left (in order of how many are slotted from each set) and single procs are to the right and hate having to use unattuned IO's because they look messy in a mostly attuned build. The other type of person is simply wrong :).

 

And yes, more than once I've spent the money to attune a proc that dropped for me just to tidy up the enhancement screen. Actually I have to fight myself to not attune purple sets. It hurts me that they look so plain!

[huang3721]

1 hour ago, Vulpoid said:

What is this "ILP" you speak of?

It is "Integer Linear Programming".

 

Let's say we want to slot some enhancement sets to get bonus stats. We also want to meet some criteria (eg Recharge > 200% and all defenses > 40%). In addition, enhancement sets cost money and take space, so we want to slot only a few of them while still satisfying our criteria above.

 

ILP solves that kind of problem. For me, it helps transforms my plan into an actual build.

 

1 hour ago, Parabola said:

It hurts me that they look so plain!

 

The drawback is that the build relies on bonus sets, so attuned enhancement is a must. I didn't read GM Crumpet's post once and my toon got a painful surprise!

[Marshal_General]

My general slotting strategy for low levels is the 5 p2w unique damage enhancements and whatever drops I get except I do tend to buy accuracies to keep them up to date.

 

I also try to get the health and stamina uniques when I can.

 

Then at 22, I slot basic IOs even though they are slightly less than an SO. That way I can sell my SOs without having to worry about them.

[huang3721]

The last build didn't go so well, so I took other stats. This time, I am doing defensive (positional defenses or damage resistances). I didn't bother with S/L, fire/cold, Toxic, and Psionic Def because their maximum values for Beam/Temporal/Force don't look good.

 

For defense, this is what I get:

Assign	To	Slot	Accuracy	AOE	Melee	Ranged
Explosive Strike	Single Shot	3				1.88
Explosive Strike	Charged Shot	3				1.88
Shield Breaker	Cutting Beam	6	11	2.5	3.125
Encouraged Accuracy	Aim	2	5
Razzle Dazzle	Lancer Shot	6		2.5	2.5
Explosive Strike	Penetrating Ray	3				1.88
Shield Breaker	Overcharge	6	11	2.5	3.125
Impeded Swiftness	Time Wall	6			2.5
Neuronic Shutdown	Time Stop	6	7		2.5
End Of Time	Eradication	6		3.125		1.5625
Pulverizing Fisticuffs	Future Pain	3				0.625
Cloud Sense	Time Shift	6				3.75
Reactive Armor	Time Lord	5		1.25	0.625	0.625
Reactive Armor	Force Of Nature	5		1.25	0.625	0.625
Reactive Armor	Temporal Inv	5		1.25	0.625	0.625
Razzle Dazzle	Repulsion Bomb	6		2.5	2.5
Explosive Strike	Repulsion Field	3				1.88
Serenity	Personal Force	5	3	1.25
SUM		85	37	18.125	18.125	15.3325

 

 

For resistance:

Assign	To	Slot	Accuracy	En/Neg	Fire/Cold	S/L	Tox/Psi
Salvo	Single Shot	3		1.5	3
Far Strike	Single Shot	2					1.5
Salvo	Charged Shot	3		1.5	3
Far Strike	Charged Shot	2					1.5
Shield Breaker	Cutting Beam	5	11			2.25
Salvo	Disintegrate	3		1.5	3
Far Strike	Disintegrate	2					1.5
Encouraged Accuracy	Aim	2	5
Salvo	Lance	3		1.5	3
Far Strike	Lance	2					1.5
Salvo	Penetrating Ray	3		1.5	3
Far Strike	Penetrating Ray	2					1.5
Shield Breaker	Overcharge	5	11			2.25
Curtailed Speed	Time Wall	2				1.5
Impeded Swiftness	Time Wall	4		3		1.5
Bonesnap	Aging Touch	2			1.5
Neuronic Shutdown	Time Stop	4	7			2.25
Encouraged Accuracy	Chronos	2	5
Unspeakable Terror	Future Pain	6		3			4.5
Impeded Swiftness	Time Shift	5		3	3.75	1.5
Impervium Armor	Time Lord	6			3.75		4.5
Gift of Ancient	Personal Force	6		3.75	2.25		4.5
Impervium Armor	Temporal Inv	6			3.75		4.5
Reactive Armor	Force Of Nature	2				1.5
Impervious Skin	Force Of Nature	2				1.5
SUM		84	39	20.25	30	14.25	25.5

 

 

I hope one of them is better than my previous build. 

[Sovera]

Getting super good defenses/resistances/recharge/etc in a low level is complicated.

 

I will preface it by saying that emphasis in accuracy is not something that particularly needs to be chased after. We are fighting +0. Tweak your Mids to +0 (I believe it's 75%) and even exemplared down we should be safely in range considering some of the heftier accuracy bonuses that do not go away such as the purple sets. The best way to mimic exemplaring (since Mids does not at a baseline) is changing 'level of enhancements' to the level you'll be exemplared to.

 

Without shields (and even with them) it's hard to get good defenses above something like 25 or 30% at a very low level. If we were to focus on something I would say S/L defenses since a small purple insp can turn median but still porous defenses into a bullwark and S/L can be found mixed in pretty much everything.

 

Aiming for specific things like psi or toxic or even energy or negative can be a trap. These need consolidated stacking to be of use. Going from 3-4% to 15% may be good at a spreadsheet level but it will not keep someone alive in combat. Further more they are very specific and will not protect against the rest. Ranged or Melee or Smash/Slash defenses will work on most, especially Smash/Slash who will work for AoE, ranged and melee as long as this (very common) damage component is included, where for example Ranged protects against every ranged attack, but will do nothing against melee or AoE.

 

But a punch is melee but also Smashing, a bullet is ranged but also Slashing, an electric blast is ranged but has Smashing in it.

 

 

The use of inspirations is something that needs to be considered as well.

[Blackbird71]

This is really getting into the territory that would be better supported by a conversation in the Blaster AT forum, as that's where the Builders hang out and provide feedback on builds.

[huang3721]

I test run my accuracy+resistance build on Kang's story arc. This build is better than that previous psi build since it can withstand a +1 mob with its hp still on yellow to green. The previous one loses at least 80% of its hp after engaging a +1 group. 

It's promising, but additional testing against other enemy factions is necessary. 

 

7 hours ago, Sovera said:

Aiming for specific things like psi or toxic or even energy or negative can be a trap.

 

Totally agree with that. My previous build only protects against psi. That is the reason why it doesn't fare well against non-seers. It still has better damage output, though. The recent one above mitigates that problem by covering all resistance stats. 

 

 

4 hours ago, Blackbird71 said:

This is really getting into the territory that would be better supported by a conversation in the Blaster AT forum

 

I planned to put any build that leverages enhancement sets into this post, regardless of the archetype. If it is necessary, I could separate others into their respective AT. 

[huang3721]

On 3/11/2021 at 8:28 AM, huang3721 said:

Imagine the numbers if I put purples.

Just for fun, I add a few purples into my build. I select all enhancement sets that increase Recharge Time. Then, I randomly put them into any available power. I prioritize enhancement sets with large bonuses, though. 

 

There are more than 100 sets, but I only need to consider a fraction of them, thanks to the rule of five.

 

The result is a glass cannon with minimum recharge time but no defense whatsoever:

Assign	To	Slot	Recharge
Apocalypse	Single Shot	5	10
Kinetic Crash	Charged Shot	6	7.5
Positron's Blast	Cutting Beam	5	6.25
Decimation	Disintegrate	5	6.25
Absolute Amazement	Lance Shot	5	10
Sting of the Manticore	Penetrating Ray	5	7.5
Ragnarok	Piercing Beam	5	10
Hecatomb	Aging Touch	5	10
Basilisk's Gaze	Time Stop	4	7.5
Armageddon	End of Time	5	10
Preventive Medicine	Temporal Healing	6	8.75
Glimpse of the Abyss	Future Pain	5	6.25
Cloud Senses	Time Shift	4	6.25
Reactive Defenses	Force Field	6	8.75
Sudden Acceleration	Repulsion Field	6	7.5
Kinetic Crash	Repulsion Bomb	6	7.5
Sum		83	130

 

 

Hasten and Time Lord add 90%, so the final result is 130% + 90% = 220%.

 

@Sovera's suggestion not to chase accuracy starts to make sense now. Most enhancement sets have an accuracy bonus, even more so for purple sets. Accidental bonuses from purple sets are pretty huge.

 

Now, time to go to Brainstorm, see how well this thing goes.

 

edit 2021/07/07

The build is usually fast enough to wipe out any incoming mob (+0 or +1) before they deal significant damage. It retains almost half of the bonuses at a low level, thanks to Purples. However, some mobs can be troublesome due to small defense. Once, a lucky pack of ghouls cut my HP down to 50% before dying. Fighting IDF soldiers without planning is not advisable.

Edited July 7, 2021 by huang3721
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[Biff Pow]

I notice Time Lord is empty- why not put the Steadfast Protection and Gladiator's Armor +Def IOs in there for a passive +6% Defense?

[huang3721]

That's a great idea. Slot Steadfast Protection: Resistance/Defense and Gladiator's Armor: Teleportation Protection to Time Lord and Force of Nature for additional 2 x 3% Def.

Thanks.

 

edit 21/07/03

I can fight ambushes now! Maybe!

I wish I could also utilize those slots in Maneuver and that Hasten. 

edit 21/07/04

Put a Single Origin in Hasten. Now Hasten needs 130 seconds to recharge. Not bad.

Edited July 3, 2021 by huang3721
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[Blackbird71]

On 6/13/2021 at 11:06 AM, Blackbird71 said:

This is really getting into the territory that would be better supported by a conversation in the Blaster AT forum, as that's where the Builders hang out and provide feedback on builds.

 

I'm going to repeat myself from last month.  You're making a full build here; builds go in the AT forums.  It's better for everyone that way.  You get the focused feedback you need, and the next person coming along looking for advice on how to build a similar character can easily find the info.