Kin / Rad Questions

[Retroman]

I got my first two procs created and slotted in Irradiate.  The L20 Achilles' Heel proc and the L30 Eradication proc.  Cost me 100 Reward merits but I'm on my way.

 

RB is still working on L34.

[Retroman]

OK.  This is getting ridiculous!  I have 2 L35 IO Accuracy enhs in Transfusion, and it's STILL missing more than it hits.  I'm going up against even con or +1 baddies.

 

It's very frustrating!   🤬

[DreadShinobi]

On 8/16/2021 at 4:20 AM, MoonSheep said:

 

This is why I believe being a kin defender is a full time job and the secondary powerset is mostly irrelevant 

 

SB and FS encourage teams to go wild, ensuring everyone is healed, buffed etc leaves little time to fire off many blasts in a meaningful way. I like to strategically let the occasional person die for a nice team vengeance buff too 

 

On 8/16/2021 at 8:41 PM, Retroman said:

 

To ensure that I'm understanding what you're saying, while on a Task Force, I should just focus on my Kinetics powers and not worry too much about my Rad Blast powers (other than Irradiate which could be useful in that it's a Debuff AoE).

A good kinetics user, and any defender for that matter, makes use of their primary and secondary in equal harmony. Especially after you get fulcrun shift you will see a very significant increase to your personal damage. A kinetics defender is not a buff bot.

 

Sorry to @MoonSheep for any disrespect, but their above post is crap advice, misleading, and should be disregarded.

[Retroman]

Sorry for all of the lame questions, but I just did Provost Marchand (Primal Earth)'s first arc (where you help form the New Praetorians).

 

1. When do I use Transference?
2. When do I use Fulcrum Shift?
3. Like I mentioned in my previous post, I have 2 L35 IO Accuracy in Transfusion.  Why do I keep missing?
4. How should my Power Tray be set up to be the most efficient?

 

 

4 hours ago, DreadShinobi said:

A good kinetics user, and any defender for that matter, makes use of their primary and secondary in equal harmony.

 

I guess what I'm saying is that I could really use a Tutorial on how to properly run this hero.  During the arc, I picked up NPC team members.  I tried to maintain a balance like @DreadShinobi mentioned, but I kept running out of Endurance.  Thankfully, we no longer have to wait for Rest to recharge.  👍

 

The game definitely doesn't play fair.  RB got 'Held' by a Galaxy or Galaxy Adjutant, and he attacked her until RB kissed the floor.  She had a full Health Bar, and couldn't do a thing to defend herself.  Nice.  😠

 

Silver Mantis was a beast at the end of this arc.  Sheesh!  😱

 

RB is now L35.  😁

[DreadShinobi]

2 hours ago, Retroman said:

Sorry for all of the lame questions, but I just did Provost Marchand (Primal Earth)'s first arc (where you help form the New Praetorians).

 

1. When do I use Transference?
2. When do I use Fulcrum Shift?
3. Like I mentioned in my previous post, I have 2 L35 IO Accuracy in Transfusion.  Why do I keep missing?
4. How should my Power Tray be set up to be the most efficient?

1. When you need to refill your endurance, when allies near a target need an endurance refill.

----At higher levels consider that transference is a dps loss, using things like the p2w Recovery Serum temp reduce the number of times you need to cast transference, which leaves more time for blasting.

2. depends on the situation. Generally before you fire off any blasts as an opener. With some awareness of where your team members are you may fire off an irradiate or neutron bomb before you fulcrum shift if you are waiting for your allies to get into the middle of the mob. Fulcrum Buff with higher levels of recharge will stack massively over your damage cap where you can time your fulcrum shifts more on the position of your allies rather than needing to use it as an opened to damage cap yourself because you will still be damage capped from your previous fulcrum shift.

3. Even with a massive accuracy buff, aim, stacked tactics buffs, yellow insps, etc, you will always have a 5% chance to miss. There is nothing you can do about this. Typically the 5% miss *feels* higher than it actually is because missing is noticeable. 

4. In the way that works well for you.

[Nemu]

8 hours ago, Retroman said:

• When do I use Transference?
• When do I use Fulcrum Shift?
• Like I mentioned in my previous post, I have 2 L35 IO Accuracy in Transfusion.  Why do I keep missing?
• How should my Power Tray be set up to be the most efficient?

 

First get the recovery serum from the p2w vendor. Kinetics is pretty end intensive and I found the leveling experience a lot more enjoyable with a constant supply of recovery serum buffs. Those are relatively cheap, highly recommend.

 

There will still be instances where you will need to use transference. The default situation is when you are low on end. However you can use it offensively to drain endurance as well. I used it against weakened Hamidon in an LGTF along with 2 other kinetics users yesterday and that helped reduce hami's damage output by limiting how often it can blast us.

 

If you are teaming and you want to be selfish, be among the first to rush into the middle of a pack of mobs so you can use FS and enjoy the benefits of it. Fast moving teams will not give you large window of opportunity to use FS before they blow up everything.  If you are altruistic then use FS when you see teammates engage a large pack even if you can't benefit from it.

 

Solo you have more time to setup, irradiate animates fast, has a large radius, and helps soften targets so they are easier to hit with FS. This is especially important if you skip acc slotting on Kinetics powers, and it can also solve for your transfusion issue. Carry breakfrees, at least 33% of your tray should be breakfrees, learn to combine inspirations into what you need, prioritize on breakfrees and then purple defense inspirations.

 

I'd also advocate tactics, the +to hit helps you hit. Blind is super annoying and tactics answers that.

 

On power trays, if you are dexterous use binds. I use ERTF for movement and the surrounding keys are bound to powers, Here's a bind list of how I set up the surrounding keys

 

A "target_enemy_near"

Y "target_enemy_next"

 

R "+forward"

F "+backward"

E "+left"

T "+right"

SPACE "+up"
 

G "powexectray 1 3"

SHIFT+G "powexectray 2 3"

H "powexectray 3 3"

SHIFT+H "powexectray 4 3"

J "powexectray 5 3"

Q "powexectray 6 3"

S "powexectray 7 3"

W "powexectray 8 3"

B "powexectray 9 3"

U "powexectray 10 3"

Z "powexectray 1 2"
D "powexectray 2 2"
SHIFT+Y "powexectray 4 2"
SHIFT+U "powexectray 5 2"
N "powexectray 7 2"

X "powexecname sprint"

 

I use the triple stack tray layout, tray 1 at the very bottom, tray 2 in the middle and tray 3 at the top. powers in tray 1 are bound by default to the number keys (not number pad) on the keyboard and I assign powers like toggles or travel powers to that tray. My active attack/buff/debuff powers are all assigned to either tray 2 or 3.

Here's how you read the tray binds: The first number is the slot position, the second number is the tray number

So G "powexectray 1 3" means that the G key will execute the 1st power on tray 3 when pressed

 

The benefit of this bind set up is that I can load it for any character, and I can have a consistent setup by dragging similar powers into the same position for multiple characters. For example, I always set up my nukes on tray 2 slot 4. The other benefit is that you can create and drag macros in those slots and execute them with binds.

 

You can copy that list of binds, paste it into a text file and save it as basicbinds.txt. Create a folder on the C drive called Binds and put the file there. Then with any character you make you can type /bindloadfile c:/binds/basicbinds.txt in chat and it will load that bind setup. It's one of the first things I do when I create a new character.

[Doomguide2005]

17 hours ago, Retroman said:

OK.  This is getting ridiculous!  I have 2 L35 IO Accuracy enhs in Transfusion, and it's STILL missing more than it hits.  I'm going up against even con or +1 baddies.

 

It's very frustrating!   🤬

     You should be easily hitting the 95%+ clamp for your final hit chance.  With that sort of slotting you should be capped against +4s nevermind +0 or +1's.  With "Streak Breaker" and a 95% chance you can not miss more than half the time.  Welcome to the world of perception bias most likely (with maybe a touch of frustrated anger hyperbole mixed in).  Look at your combat logs it should be there.  Things like Twilight's Grasp and Transfusion also sometimes "suffer", especially on a fast moving team, from corpse blasting which in this case can equate to not getting a Heal out of what looked like a successful hit on an alive foe.

[SmalltalkJava]

To verify hit chances.  You can show the Last Hit Chance attribute on your combat attributes window.   

Edited August 22, 2021 by SmalltalkJava

[Retroman]

On 8/21/2021 at 7:42 AM, Nemu said:

Here's a bind list of how I set up the surrounding keys

 

That's cool!  I'm not sure how dexterous I am, though.

 

RB recently hit L50 (Whoo-Hoo!) but I haven't done the Respec yet to the 'Sets' Build that @DreadShinobi posted.

 

Is it possible to bind a numpad number (or any key for that matter) to activate all powers in one particular tray with one keystroke?  Right now, in power tray 3, I have Maneuvers. Tactics, Combat Jumping, Dark Embrace, and Sprint (complete with a L50 Celerity Stealth IO  😁).

 

I'm doing Crimson's missions now, and those $%%## Sappers are a royal pain in the backside!  They keep shutting everything off in the middle of combat.

 

I'm working on getting iXP for my Alpha Slot right now.  I went to Mender Ramiel to do his arc to open up the Alpha slot but when I stepped into the very first mission, I almost fell out of my chair with all of the Echoes of Arch-Villains standing around.  One of them had over 27,000 HP!  I used a Jet Pack to fly around and found Ramiel on the ground at the back of the map with some gawd-awful monstrosity standing nearby.  No thanks,  Ramiel can just fend for himself.  😈

[DreadShinobi]

4 hours ago, Retroman said:

 

That's cool!  I'm not sure how dexterous I am, though.

 

RB recently hit L50 (Whoo-Hoo!) but I haven't done the Respec yet to the 'Sets' Build that @DreadShinobi posted.

 

Is it possible to bind a numpad number (or any key for that matter) to activate all powers in one particular tray with one keystroke?  Right now, in power tray 3, I have Maneuvers. Tactics, Combat Jumping, Dark Embrace, and Sprint (complete with a L50 Celerity Stealth IO  😁).

 

I'm doing Crimson's missions now, and those $%%## Sappers are a royal pain in the backside!  They keep shutting everything off in the middle of combat.

 

I'm working on getting iXP for my Alpha Slot right now.  I went to Mender Ramiel to do his arc to open up the Alpha slot but when I stepped into the very first mission, I almost fell out of my chair with all of the Echoes of Arch-Villains standing around.  One of them had over 27,000 HP!  I used a Jet Pack to fly around and found Ramiel on the ground at the back of the map with some gawd-awful monstrosity standing nearby.  No thanks,  Ramiel can just fend for himself.  😈

Congrats on 50.

 

I bind all of my toggles, I don't keep them on my power tray. I bind my toggles to the tilde key next to 1.

 

/bind ` "powexectoggleon super speed$$powexectoggleon tough$$powexectoggleon tactics$$powexectoggleon maneuvers$$powexectoggleon weave$$powexectoggleon dark embrace$$powexectoggleon sprint$$powexectoggleon combat jumping" ...etc as you see fit.

 

Combat Jumping is always last in the bind sequence because it activates first, with sprint before it. This allows me to start moving if I need to get my toggles up on the run/during combat. Patron toggle is next to activate followed by weave and maneuvers to get my protections up. Combat Jumping and Sprint have next to no animation time so that is very quick, your ancillary shield toggle and weave also have extremely fast animation times - leadership toggles are a bit longer, but thankfully not what they used to be. Tactics is further back due to the lower necessity of need for immediate activation. Tough is after that because of the long animation time. I put super speed in the bind sequence first to activate last, when I see super speed activate I know that my toggling is complete and I can stop pressing that key. Having the sequence be right for me is important because it means I never have to think about my toggles. They aren't on my power tray - I never have to look at them, and they will activate in the order that I like. 

 

Also I use 2 sprints. I use one sprint with a run/endurance IO (or a generic run IO if the character has an ability like cardiac/vigor alpha, energize, or conserve power (I do love my energy aura stalkers)) - this is the sprint that I put in the toggle bind. I keep a separate sprint that has a celerity IO that I may bind or just keep off to the side to activate when I need the stealth. Don't put a celerity IO sprint in a bind like this because it will mess up your ability to kidnap or escort hostages.

 

If you have enough bind space (some of my characters have enough toggles to max out the amount of letters you can type into a bind) you can put a tier 1 blast at the very front of the bind (before super speed in my example). As long as all of your toggles are activated, this will turn the toggling up bind into a key for your tier 1 blast so that you don't need to keep it on your power tray either. Typically t1 blasts have essentially no recharge when you have all your +rchg set bonuses and hasten so you don't need to see it on your tray to know that it is always available. This is why I like to put my toggling up bind on the tilde key next to 1.

 

Use cosmic burst to disable problematic targets like sappers before they can do anything harmful. Oppressive Gloom can also 1 tap minions. Oppressive Gloom + Cosmic Burst can 1 tap stun bosses.

 

 

Edit: also I don't think your level 50 stealth IO will exemp down with you. You need to buy lvl 10 or attune it.

Edited August 28, 2021 by DreadShinobi

[Retroman]

8 hours ago, DreadShinobi said:

Edit: also I don't think your level 50 stealth IO will exemp down with you. You need to buy lvl 10 or attune it.

 

How do I attune it?

[Doomguide2005]

1 hour ago, Retroman said:

 

How do I attune it?

You don't need to.  A level 50 Celerity stealth IO is a "proc 120" and will work at any level as long as the power it's in is not grayed out.  So drop it in Sprint and it'll work.  It is a good idea to slot it in a Sprint you are willing to toggle off when you don't want the stealth for hostage or other escort work.  

 

Edit:  Gratz on 50 and next time round up the entire map of AVs (I've been wanting to do this) ... all of them and obliterate them.  Your capabilities in that mission makes our current fully t4'd Incarnated characters look like kindergarteners by comparison.  I don't think you can lose the fight even if you tried, you could Brawl them all to death/defeat (probably blindfolded with one hand shackled to your feet)

    

Edited August 28, 2021 by Doomguide2005
Gratz

[Retroman]

On 8/28/2021 at 1:02 PM, Doomguide2005 said:

Gratz on 50 and next time round up the entire map of AVs (I've been wanting to do this) ... all of them and obliterate them.  Your capabilities in that mission makes our current fully t4'd Incarnated characters look like kindergarteners by comparison.  I don't think you can lose the fight even if you tried, you could Brawl them all to death/defeat (probably blindfolded with one hand shackled to your feet)

 

Oh, it's one of those missions, I see.  Like this mission I did where I was someone else who beat the tar out of Back Alley Brawler.  I did the 'Echoes' mission but didn't even get 1 iXP.  I sit here for 40 minutes mashing buttons and for what?  About 36,000 regular XP and about 36,000 Influence,

[Retroman]

I just took part in my first UG Trial.  I hate Spore Infestation!  RB kissed the floor a few times just from that but it was worth it.   Not only is my Alpha slot unlocked, but Judgement (sp?) and Interface are both 75%.

 

I currently have Vigor Core Boost equipped in my Alpha slot.

 

For the Judgement slot, I was thinking of Void Core Final Judgement.

 

For the Interface slot, I was thinking of Gravitic Core Flawless Interface.

 

Any thoughts on the Judgement and/or the Interface slots?

[Doomguide2005]

      I'm going to leave most commenting to others.  I'm quite out of touch unfortunately with the specific Incarnate abilities since I haven't dealt with it much since my computer died as several of my HC characters reached 50+.  The only thing I'll point out is unlike most powers is while you can use only one of a given ability at a time you can have as many as you want unlocked and switch around as desired without need for a 2nd or further builds.

 

Edit: PS, there is a short cooldown involved swapping around, for example, between Barrier and Clarion Destiny abilities as I understand it but you can unlock both and have either available or even leave it unslotted.

Edited August 31, 2021 by Doomguide2005
Clarity

[Retroman]

On 7/7/2021 at 10:54 AM, Xiddo said:

If you're on Excelsior then drop me a tell

 

iirc, I can transfer toons across servers for free, right?  Of course, I'd have to rebuild my SG Base on Excelsior, but that's no biggie.  Again, everything's free, right?

 

I've been thinking of transferring RB to Excelsior because trying to find a team for Task Forces on Indom can be very difficult.

 

Also, I currently have Total Core Revamp slotted in my Alpha Slot.  Now, in order to get Vigor Core Paragon, I basically have to start over and craft Vigor Boost (again), Vigor Core Boost (again), and then craft Radial Core Revamp in order to be able to craft the Vigor Core Paragon . . . Is that right or did I miss something?

[Doomguide2005]

On 9/1/2021 at 9:12 PM, Retroman said:

 

iirc, I can transfer toons across servers for free, right?  Of course, I'd have to rebuild my SG Base on Excelsior, but that's no biggie.  Again, everything's free, right?

 

I've been thinking of transferring RB to Excelsior because trying to find a team for Task Forces on Indom can be very difficult.

 

Also, I currently have Total Core Revamp slotted in my Alpha Slot.  Now, in order to get Vigor Core Paragon, I basically have to start over and craft Vigor Boost (again), Vigor Core Boost (again), and then craft Radial Core Revamp in order to be able to craft the Vigor Core Paragon . . . Is that right or did I miss something?

If I'm following you correctly you are right, they are components and are used when you create additional boosts in the tree.

[Retroman]

On 9/1/2021 at 9:12 PM, Retroman said:

I've been thinking of transferring RB to Excelsior because trying to find a team for Task Forces on Indom can be very difficult.

 

 

Another thought that occurs to me is that I should just start playing on Excelsior and restart RB at Level 1, and this time, stay away from Power-Leveling by door-sitting on AE farms.  Just get used to the powers as I select them (while leveling up normally) to get a feel for how they all can work together in combat and support.  I PL'ed from L16 to L32, L35 to L41, and then L43 to L50.  That's a lot of combat experience that I missed out on.

 

Of course, if I do this, I'll have to come up a name for my new SG.   My SG on Indom is The Island of Misfit Heroes II.  It's an homage to the SG that I was a part of back when the game was Live.  It had a great bunch of people in it.  We had a Skype thing going on.  We even had The Island of Misfit Villians (Yes, I know it's not spelled correctly and you know it's not spelled correctly, but that's how the Founders spelled it).  🤨

 

Every Friday night, we do a TF.  If someone only needed to complete 1 more TF (say, Citadel) to get the TFC Accolade, we'd run that.  It was a great bunch of people (as I said) to run with, and I often wonder what they're doing now . . . maybe they're playing again and I don't know it.

 

Guys and gals of the original Island of Misfit Heroes, wherever you are, I salute you!  😃

[Retroman]

I've done the respec to @DreadShinobi's build with the Sets so the enhancement slots are all in the right spot.

 

I've decided to go with Void for the Judgement slot  (I still can't get over how they misspelled Judgment) and Paralytic for the Interface slot.

 

Lore and Destiny are at 55% and 56% respectively.

 

I just need a Thaumic Resonator and I'll be completely done with Alpha.

 

I took part in my first Dilemma Diabolique iTrial.  What a disaster!  All those toggles (Tough, Weave, Combat Jumping etc) activated and I kept getting one-shotted!  We failed miserably.  Heck, I kept running out of END and all I was doing was Transfusion, Transference, and Fulcrum Shift.

 

On 9/3/2021 at 4:41 PM, Retroman said:

Another thought that occurs to me is that I should just start playing on Excelsior and restart RB at Level 1,

 

Well, the name Radiant Beauty is already taken on Excelsior.  I thought that it may have been because I use the name on Indom so I renamed Radiant Beauty:  Radiant Beauty A.  I then went back to Excelsior but Radiant Beauty still wasn't available.  Oh well, maybe I'll think up a name that I like just as much.  (I went back to Indom and changed RB's name back to what it was.)  Then again, I could just transfer RB to Excelsior but I'm not sure if names are Server-specific or Global.  What I mean is I have Radiant Beauty on Indom.  Is it possible that someone is already using that name on Excelsior?  If I try to transfer RB to Excelsior, will I have to change her name, or will I get to keep it?

 

Also, is there an item that I can place in my SG Base to allow access to the Auction House?

 

 

[DreadShinobi]

29 minutes ago, Retroman said:

I've done the respec to @DreadShinobi's build with the Sets so the enhancement slots are all in the right spot.

 

I've decided to go with Void for the Judgement slot  (I still can't get over how they misspelled Judgment) and Paralytic for the Interface slot.

 

Lore and Destiny are at 55% and 56% respectively.

 

I just need a Thaumic Resonator and I'll be completely done with Alpha.

 

I took part in my first Dilemma Diabolique iTrial.  What a disaster!  All those toggles (Tough, Weave, Combat Jumping etc) activated and I kept getting one-shotted!  We failed miserably.  Heck, I kept running out of END and all I was doing was Transfusion, Transference, and Fulcrum Shift.

 

 

Well, the name Radiant Beauty is already taken on Excelsior.  I thought that it may have been because I use the name on Indom so I renamed Radiant Beauty:  Radiant Beauty A.  I then went back to Excelsior but Radiant Beauty still wasn't available.  Oh well, maybe I'll think up a name that I like just as much.  (I went back to Indom and changed RB's name back to what it was.)  Then again, I could just transfer RB to Excelsior but I'm not sure if names are Server-specific or Global.  What I mean is I have Radiant Beauty on Indom.  Is it possible that someone is already using that name on Excelsior?  If I try to transfer RB to Excelsior, will I have to change her name, or will I get to keep it?

 

Also, is there an item that I can place in my SG Base to allow access to the Auction House?

 

 

Sadly no access to the AH in SG base, it has the same rules as no access inside missions.

 

Names are server specific. Consider reserving names that are important to you with lvl 1 characters on alt servers, then rename the lvl 1 reserved character b4 you transfer your character.

 

On to the build -

Do you have the +endurance accolades and Geas of the Kind Ones? Archmage/Demonic is also an important clicky.

Recovery Serum temp from p2w vendor.

SG Base empowerment buffs (+recovery and +rchg most valuable) - I use the vault storage to hold common salvage that are specific to SG Base buffs to grab as needed.

 

If Vigor Core isn't enough and you feel like you are using Transference more than you want to, consider picking up Ageless. You don't need to settle on 1 destiny pick, you can rotate them depending on your task. 

I use Incan on pretty much everything for the team tps, but for a main character multiple destiny options can be really nice. Barrier can rez 2 allies and is super helpful for iTrials like Magi and UG. Ageless can provide debuff resistance and can be nice to have for +4 ITF. Clarion can be helpful for mez heavy tasks like fighting Rularuu. You don't need rebirth on a kinetics.

 

Lore and Destiny slots provide level shifts for iTrials and they make a massive difference for trials like DD. Lore Summon is also a massive dps increase on iTrial boss encounters, especially when you can fulcrum shift your Lore Pet.

 

@Retroman feel free to PM me here if you would like to play together in game.

 

Edit: Also Void is a great judgment. It is an awesome opener on any AV to dmg debuff them before your team lays in to them. Paralytic interface is not a choice I would choose on anything though, why did you pick this?

 

I like Cognitive Radial, Spectral Radial, and Reactive Radial. 

 

Edited September 13, 2021 by DreadShinobi

[Retroman]

22 hours ago, DreadShinobi said:

SG Base empowerment buffs

 

You know, for some reason, I keep forgetting to do this before iTrials.  Live and learn, I guess.  🤷‍♂️

 

 

22 hours ago, DreadShinobi said:

Do you have the +endurance accolades and Geas of the Kind Ones? Archmage/Demonic is also an important clicky.

Recovery Serum temp from p2w vendor.

 

No to Accolades and Recovery Serum (along with all temp powers) is grayed out during iTrials.  😡

 

 

22 hours ago, DreadShinobi said:

Paralytic interface is not a choice I would choose on anything though, why did you pick this?

 

I like Cognitive Radial, Spectral Radial, and Reactive Radial.

 

First, a list of Interface Abilities:

1.   Cognitive = Confuse Proc and Psi dmg DoT
2.   Degenerative = -Max HP DeBuff and Minor Toxic dmg DoT
3.   Diamagnetic = ToHit DeBuff and Regen DeBuff
4.   Gravitic = Rch Rate DeBuff, Movement Speed DeBuff and Recovery DeBuff
5.   Paralytic = Defense DeBuff and Dmg DeBuff
6.   Preemptive = END Drain over time and Rec DeBuff
7.   Reactive = Dmg Res DeBuff and Fire dmg
8.   Spectral = Immob Proc and Moderate dmg (Neg)

I wrote this list in a notebook so I would all of the information in front of me.

 

Secondly, a list of my (probably faulty) thinking in eliminating each Ability:

1.   Cognitive = I didn't feel like it 'went' with my toon thematically.  I mean, all of a sudden, I'm Confusing people and doing Psi dmg?
2.   Degenerative = The -Max HP DeBuff is nice, but again, all of a sudden, I'm doing Toxic dmg?
3.   Diamagnetic = One of the final contenders.  I didn't see anything wrong with it.  I just didn't pick it.
4.   Gravitic = Another of the finalists.  I just felt doing Def DeBuff and Dmg DeBuff was the better choice.
5.   Paralytic = My choice.  See #4.
6.   Preemptive = It just didn't say 'Pick me!' to me.  I'm sure that it's fine but not for this toon.
7.   Reactive = Not a bad choice, but once again, all of a sudden, I'm doing Fire dmg?
8.   Spectral = I thought about it, but ultimately (wrongly) chose Paralytic instead.

Luckily, just because I picked Paralytic, it doesn't mean that it's set in stone.  Since you recommended Spectral Radial as one of your favorites, I can always start over with Spectral and that's what I'll do.  👍

 

 

22 hours ago, DreadShinobi said:

Sadly no access to the AH in SG base, it has the same rules as no access inside missions.

 

Rats!  🤬

 

 

22 hours ago, DreadShinobi said:

Names are server specific.

 

Double Rats!  🤬🤬

 

 

22 hours ago, DreadShinobi said:

I use Incan on pretty much everything for the team tps

 

tps?  I've heard of dps but not tps.  Could you clarify?  🤨

 

 

22 hours ago, DreadShinobi said:

Lore Summon is also a massive dps increase on iTrial boss encounters, especially when you can fulcrum shift your Lore Pet.

 

I just can't figure out which Lore Summon to pick.  Do you have any favorites?  😉

 

 

22 hours ago, DreadShinobi said:

@Retroman feel free to PM me here if you would like to play together in game.

 

Will do.  Are you talking about the Indom or the Excelsior server?

 

Also, while I have your attention, in the MIDs build, the Invention Level on most Enhs is L50+5.  What does the +5 mean?  Do I need to wait until I reach Veteran Level 5 before creating the enhs?

[DreadShinobi]

@Retroman

 

Tps = teleports

 

Best attribute of interface is the dmg proc portion, thats why i dont choose ones that dont have a dmg proc and why i always go radial side for the 75% proc chance on the dmg.

 

The +5 on your IOs is from enhancement boosters. You can buy on the AH or from merit vendor. Theyre especially useful on single attribute normal IOs like what you would put in hasten. It brings the value of the io from 42% to 53%. You cannot attune an io with an enhancement catalyst and also +5 it. You gotta pick value or exemp friendly. Purples exemp with you so theyre also a good choice to +5. You cannot +5 ATOs.

 

Server hopping takes about 20 seconds. 

[Retroman]

On 9/14/2021 at 12:50 AM, DreadShinobi said:

Tps = teleports

 

Ah!  Thanks for that!  😁

 

 

On 9/14/2021 at 12:50 AM, DreadShinobi said:

Best attribute of interface is the dmg proc portion, thats why i dont choose ones that dont have a dmg proc and why i always go radial side for the 75% proc chance on the dmg.

 

That makes sense.

 

 

On 9/14/2021 at 12:50 AM, DreadShinobi said:

The +5 on your IOs is from enhancement boosters.

 

Whoops!  I should have asked about that earlier because I've probably sold 15-20 Enh Boosters on the Auction House.  Rats!

 

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I created a toon on Excelsior like you suggested to reserve a name.  I couldn't think of a name that I liked as much as Radiant Beauty so I put a hyphen between the words.  Radiant-Beauty is standing at the beginning of the Outbreak Tutorial on the Excelsior server.  I hate the hyphen but what can you do?

 

Now the question:  Do I run the new toon on Excelsior avoiding door-sitting and Double XP Buffs and learn how to run the toon properly OR do I transfer Radiant Beauty (and all of her stuff) from Indom to Excelsior? 

 

One upside of running the new toon (R-B) is that I can do all of the Safeguard missions that I missed with the old toon (RB) on Indom.  I don't know if there's a way for RB (old toon on Indom) to go back and do them.  Is there?  🤷‍♂️

 

 

On 9/13/2021 at 1:15 AM, DreadShinobi said:

@Retroman feel free to PM me here if you would like to play together in game.

 

Will do.  👍

 

 

On 9/13/2021 at 1:15 AM, DreadShinobi said:

I like Cognitive Radial, Spectral Radial, and Reactive Radial. 

 

Based on your recommendation, I have changed my Interface to Spectral Radiant.

[Retroman]

Ladies and gentlemen, my Alpha Slot is finally done!  I did TPN tonight (I now have all of the badges for Master of TPN) and got the Thaumic Resonator to finish the Vigor Core Paragon.  WOOT!

 

Lore and Destiny are unlocked and Hybrid is already 20% unlocked.

 

I also tried a DD itrial again tonight and it went much better . . . I got all of the badges needed for the Master of DD badge.  I only kissed the floor once during the final battle.  It happened just as D launched her final attack before falling.  I couldn't believe it!

[Retroman]

So I've been toying with the idea of having a Dual Build on RB.

 

The first build is the one that I'm using now (using 5 Enh Boosters per Enh)

 

The second build would be the exact same build EXCEPT that I would use a Enh Catalyst on each Enh.  That way, when I exemplar down for Task Forces or Flashback, the Sets still work.  Is this feasible?

 

@DreadShinobi, I've been meaning to ask:  How did you do the Enhancement Boosters on the Mids build itself so each enh says Inv Level 50+5?  And is there a way to the same thing with Catalysts?

 

Here's an update:

 

RB is currently Veteran Level 11.

 

Here are her current Incarnate Abilities:

 

Alpha:  Vigor Core Paragon

Judgment:  Void Partial Core Judgment (will be Void Core Final Judgment as soon as I get the Living Relic)

Interface:  Spectral Radial Flawless Interface

Lore:  Longbow Total Core Improved Ally (will be Longbow Core Superior Ally as soon as I get the Thaumic Resonator)

Destiny:  Barrier Core Epiphany

Hybrid:  Assault Radial Embodiment

 

Today, RB finally collected The Atlas Medallion!