How are you slotting...

[Xandyr]

Now that it's Live, how are you planning to slot your MMs affected by the changes?

 More specifically,  how are you going to slot Mercs?

 

- X

[Yaliw]

I'm ignoring the attacks still. The damage they provide I don't feel is necessary with the new merc changes. I'm slotting max defense in the upgrades though.

 

If I were to take an attack I'd take the grenade and slot with the standard kb2kd and recharge.

 

Serum I'm on the fence about. It's better but is it worth my time? Probably but I haven't put a lot of thought into it yet. I will probably 6 slot it though and max recharge.

[StrikerFox]

I'm going to analyze the henchmen proc activations and reassess if they're still worthwhile. Not sure what pet powers are revamped/replaced. Going to rebuild to try to get Serum perma. There's going to be a period of adjustment but it can't be worse than before, right?

[Neiska]

Still completely ignoring personal attacks.

[High_Beam]

I worked this on test a bit and as it stands right now I am adding two slots (for three total) on the Equip (RES) because it seemed to translate to less of them getting zeroed down fast.  I tried with the defense and it wasn't as noticeable with regards to mitigation.  Keep in mind I have all of the RES and DEF procs slotted that I can.  Focus fire was nice.  I had a thematic use of Presence that was in there but now I am pulling out two (I need the slots as well) and swapping in Serum (its a good AV/EB fight aid now that it affects the whole squad).  They were noticeably stronger and survivable on test and in sum, I don't have to gut my build too much.

 

There is some tweaking of course because of certain exemplar benchmarks I have but overall, so excited to get home and play.  The Munitions Mistress is coming for you!

[kelika2]

Soldiers - acc/dmg hami x2 // blood mandate: acc/dmg/end // golgi hami // def aura x2

Burst - Decimation 5/6 skip proc // Devastation: acc/dmg/rech/end

Slug - Same as Burst

M30 - Bombardment 5/6 skip proc // SA:KB2KD

Spec Ops - acc/dmg hami x2 // Mark of Supremacy: acc/dmg/end + EndRedux/Resist Aura // Resist aura x2

Commando - acc/dmg hami x2 // Command of the mastermind: acc/dmg/end/rech + rech/aoe def aura // EndRedux // Buildup Proc

 

I do not get personal attack naysayers before, I do not get them now.

You do not need tough/weave before level 40, you do not need Tactics 99% of the time

You are not as IO set dependent like other ATs

Come to us in the future, bros.

[evetsleep]

4 hours ago, Neiska said:

Still completely ignoring personal attacks.

I agree with you to a point. Mainly the mercs attacks are the most skipable.  The big winner, for me, are ninja bow attacks where each adds 3% crit chanceb across the board.  Necro attacks spawning specters are nice, but not sure how helpful they really are yet other than a way to spread threat.

 

So some of them have useful side effects and really don't have a huge slot requirements.

 

[Sir Myshkin]

This is what I'm going to be testing shortly. I just didn't manage to get the character up to 50 and figured out before things went live (yes yes I know auto-leveling and such existed on Beta, but I had intentions on actually just keeping this around hopefully so...)

 

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LotG 7.5 and a Def in Tactical, Steadfast 3% and a Basic +Res in Equip seems that should mostly tap out the benefits of both of those abilities for enhancement purposes (values don't go up dramatically). Yes I did take Burst and M30, honestly Burst isn't a bad attack, and M30 will be decent crowd control with access to a FF+Rech Proc, plus both attacks proc out really well. The Mercs should have just about 45% Ranged and AoE defense and 75% Resistance.

 

edit: I did that math without even accounting for Serum on the resistance and just realized it now. Equip with enhancement will hit ~40%, three Res uniques (10/10/15) hit 75%, Serum is stupid bonus I totally forgot about.

Edited October 19, 2022 by Sir Myshkin
Duh

[Meknomancer]

I ran this on beta and just respecced into it on live it was murdering stuff on +4/8 as fast as any blaster/corr/brute. 2 titanium in equip and serum. 2 reactive in upgrade. I had to drop m30 nade but its easily put back in if i drop gale. Which i won't 😛 Spamming it just kept stuff down. Need to swap out the ff+rech in lightning storm for a sudden acc its the only thing doing kb now. 

 

Spoiler

This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7
https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn

MERCS STORM PAGE 5: Level 49 Natural Mastermind
Primary Power Set: Mercenaries
Secondary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery

Villain Profile:
------------
Level 1:    Burst    
 (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
 (3) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
 (3) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
 (5) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage
 (5) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
 (7) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic)

Level 1:    Gale    
 (A) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge
 (7) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown
 (9) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
 (9) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
 (11) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
 (11) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff

Level 2:    Soldiers    
 (A) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Recharge/Pet +AoE Defense Aura
 (15) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Accuracy/Damage
 (17) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Damage/Endurance
 (17) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
 (19) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage
 (19) Soulbound Allegiance - Chance for Build Up

Level 4:    O2 Boost    
 (A) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime
 (21) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime
 (21) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance
 (23) Preventive Medicine - Heal
 (23) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance
 (25) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb

Level 6:    Equip Mercenary    
 (A) Empty
 (25) Empty

Level 8:    Hover    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (48) Kismet - Accuracy +6%

Level 10:    Snow Storm    
 (A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 12:    Spec Ops    
Hamidon Origin:Nucleolus Exposure
 (27) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Accuracy/Damage
 (27) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Damage/Endurance
 (29) Call to Arms - Defense Bonus Aura for Pets
 (29) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage
 (31) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage

Level 14:    Steamy Mist    
 (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)
 (31) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
 (31) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
 (33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
 (33) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP

Level 16:    Freezing Rain    
 (A) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
 (34) Undermined Defenses - Recharge
 (34) Undermined Defenses - Defense Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
 (34) Undermined Defenses - Recharge/Endurance

Level 18:    Serum    
 (A) Empty
 (36) Empty

Level 20:    Maneuvers    
 (A) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage
 (36) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance/RechargeTime
 (36) Reactive Defenses - Defense/RechargeTime
 (37) Reactive Defenses - Endurance/RechargeTime
 (37) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance
 (37) Reactive Defenses - Defense

Level 22:    Assault    
 (A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 24:    Tactics    
 (A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 26:    Commando    
 (A) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Endurance/Pet +Resist +Regen
 (39) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Damage
 (39) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Accuracy/Endurance
 (39) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
 (40) Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage
 (40) Edict of the Master - Defense Bonus

Level 28:    Hasten    
 (A) Recharge Reduction IO
 (40) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 30:    Fly    
 (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
 (42) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)

Level 32:    Tactical Upgrade    
 (A) Empty
 (42) Empty

Level 35:    Tornado    
 (A) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage
 (42) Expedient Reinforcement - Endurance/Damage/Recharge
 (43) Expedient Reinforcement - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
 (43) Expedient Reinforcement - Resist Bonus Aura for Pets
 (43) Sovereign Right - Resistance Bonus
 (45) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown

Level 38:    Lightning Storm    
 (A) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative)
 (45) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance
 (45) Apocalypse - Recharge/Accuracy
 (46) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy
 (46) Apocalypse - Damage
 (46) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge

Level 41:    Group Fly    
 (A) Soaring - FlySpeed
 (47) Soaring - Endurance
 (47) Soaring - Endurance/FlySpeed

Level 44:    Scorpion Shield    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (47) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)
 (48) Shield Wall - Defense
 (48) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance

Level 47:    Evasive Maneuvers    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 49:    Power Boost    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Supremacy    
Level 1:    Brawl    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Sprint    
 (A) Empty

Level 2:    Rest    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Swift    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Hurdle    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Health    
 (A) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance
 (13) Miracle - +Recovery
 (13) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery

Level 1:    Stamina    
 (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
 (15) Performance Shifter - EndMod

Level 30:    Afterburner    
Level 2:    Soldier    
Level 26:    Commando    
Level 2:    Medic    
Level 12:    Spec Ops    
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[Meknomancer]

Merc/bubs empty slots in equip and upgrade and serum for res uniques and reactive bits and whatever. 3 lotg in the clicky bubble. Kept repulsion to keep stuff away seeing as they're all ranged.

 

Spoiler

This Villain build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7
https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn

MERCS BUBS FLY: Level 49 Natural Mastermind
Primary Power Set: Mercenaries
Secondary Power Set: Force Field
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery

Villain Profile:
------------
Level 1:    Soldiers    
 (A) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Recharge/Pet +AoE Defense Aura
 (3) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
 (3) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Accuracy/Damage
 (5) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Damage/Endurance
 (5) Soulbound Allegiance - Chance for Build Up
 (7) Expedient Reinforcement - Resist Bonus Aura for Pets

Level 1:    Force Bolt    
 (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
 (7) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
 (9) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
 (9) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown

Level 2:    Deflection Shield    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
 (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance

Level 4:    Insulation Shield    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (19) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
 (19) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance

Level 6:    Equip Mercenary    
 (A) Empty
 (21) Empty
 (21) Empty

Level 8:    Hover    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (23) Kismet - Accuracy +6%

Level 10:    Fly    
 (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points)
 (23) Blessing of the Zephyr - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance

Level 12:    Spec Ops    
 (A) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Accuracy/Damage
 (25) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Damage/Endurance
 (25) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage
 (27) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage
 (27) Edict of the Master - Defense Bonus
 (29) Call to Arms - Defense Bonus Aura for Pets

Level 14:    Group Fly    
 (A) Soaring - FlySpeed
 (29) Soaring - Endurance
 (31) Soaring - Endurance/FlySpeed

Level 16:    Evasive Maneuvers    
 (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%)

Level 18:    Maneuvers    
 (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
 (31) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
 (31) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
 (33) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
 (33) Red Fortune - Defense
 (33) Red Fortune - Endurance

Level 20:    Dispersion Bubble    
 (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
 (34) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge
 (34) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
 (34) Red Fortune - Defense
 (36) Red Fortune - Endurance
 (36) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge

Level 22:    Assault    
 (A) Endurance Reduction IO
 (36) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 24:    Tactics    
Hamidon Origin:Cytoskeleton Exposure

Level 26:    Commando    
 (A) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Endurance/Pet +Resist +Regen
 (37) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
 (37) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Accuracy/Endurance
 (39) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Damage
 (39) Sovereign Right - Resistance Bonus
 (39) Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage

Level 28:    Repulsion Field    
 (A) Endurance Reduction IO
 (40) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 30:    Serum    
 (A) Empty
 (40) Empty
 (40) Empty

Level 32:    Tactical Upgrade    
 (A) Empty
 (42) Empty
 (42) Empty

Level 35:    Scorpion Shield    
 (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
 (42) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance
 (43) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)
 (43) Shield Wall - Defense

Level 38:    M30 Grenade    
 (A) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff
 (43) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage
 (45) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
 (45) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
 (45) Force Feedback - Chance for +Recharge
 (46) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown

Level 41:    Burst    
 (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
 (46) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
 (46) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
 (47) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff
 (47) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative)
 (47) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage

Level 44:    Force Bubble    
 (A) Empty
 (48) Empty
 (48) Empty

Level 47:    Hasten    
 (A) Recharge Reduction IO
 (48) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 49:    Power Boost    
 (A) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 1:    Supremacy    
Level 1:    Brawl    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Sprint    
 (A) Empty

Level 2:    Rest    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Swift    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Hurdle    
 (A) Empty

Level 1:    Health    
 (A) Miracle - +Recovery
 (11) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance
 (11) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery
 (13) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb

Level 1:    Stamina    
 (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
 (13) Performance Shifter - EndMod
 (15) Power Transfer - Chance to Heal Self
 (15) Power Transfer - EndMod

Level 10:    Afterburner    
Level 1:    Soldier    
Level 26:    Commando    
Level 1:    Medic    
Level 12:    Spec Ops    
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[Crysis]

12 hours ago, evetsleep said:

I agree with you to a point. Mainly the mercs attacks are the most skipable.  The big winner, for me, are ninja bow attacks where each adds 3% crit chanceb across the board.  Necro attacks spawning specters are nice, but not sure how helpful they really are yet other than a way to spread threat.

 

So some of them have useful side effects and really don't have a huge slot requirements.

 

 

I'm not playing as much these days as I was (Steam Deck has me finally churning my backlog of games) but I did log on yesterday and played my old Ninja/Time build (modified version of @Redlynne's 'It's aBOW Time" build).  That has all three bow attacks, all highly procc'd.

 

While my bow attacks remain abysmally bad (Oh lookit, I hit that guy for 45 damage!), the chance to crit mechanic from personal attacks + revised Smoke Flash is really, really noticeable.  I've not seen much yet from the enhanced +Heal and +DEF mechanics, but since I'm already running Destiny Barrier, not much additional +DEF needed outside of hard mode stuff....and we all know most MM's aren't welcome in those anyways.

 

Ninja's were always fun to play, and the changes really seem to have given them some more teeth.

 

Haven't tried my necro yet and I've never been fond of Mercs so won't bother with those.  Still seems like one of the lower tier sets to me.

[Handren]

Can someone please provide an updated Ninja/Trick Arrow build? I want to respec my MM and give it another try now that Ninjas have been buffed. Thanks in-advance!

[Arbegla]

This is my robotics slotting now. I did try out the Pulse Rifle Burst on life, but unfortunately, Arcane Bolt just out performs it so much that its not even funny. I'm a /traps, so the loss of -regen doesn't affect me at all, and the maintenance drone just let me remove Spirit Ward and swap it right in, slots and all.

I did take one other slot out of Charged Armor, just to get the two piece bonus from Unbreakable Guard in Equip, and now my Assault bot rocks 76% resistance to lethal/psi/cold (Remember Kids, Pets have a 90% resistance cap, like TANKERS!)
 

Battle Drones 6 slots -> 2 Superior Mark of Supremacy, Straight Damage, 2 Call to Arms, the Dam/End, and the Defense Bonus aura for Pets and the Acc/Dam/End  Sovereign RIght Resistance Bonus, Edict of the Master Defense Bonus
 

Equip Bot 2 slots -> Unbreakable Guard Straight Resistance and the +7.5% max HP
 

Protector Bots 6 slots -> 4 Superior Mark of Supremacy (Everything NOT in battle drones, so the Dam/End, Acc/Dam, Acc/End and the End/+resist/+regen Aura, Expedient Reinforcement Resist Aura, and 1 LoTG def/+rech

Maintenance Drone 6 slots -> Full Preventive Medicine set
 

Assault Bot 6 slots -> 4 Superior Command of the Mastermind, the Acc/Dam, Dam/End, Acc/Dam/End/Rech, and the Rech/+AOE def aura, 2 Soulbound Allegiance, the Dam/End, and the BU proc,
 

Upgrade Robot -> level 53 Heal/End Hami-Origin
 

With the additional damage that the Robots do, the current slotting keeps them all good on End even when really low level. I was able to solo the MSR last night on Torchbearer with this character, downing all the Pylons, and actually planting a bomb, so I'm definitely a happy camper.

[High_Beam]

So a little update.

 

Its solid as hell.

 

The Presence Pool shtick was in fact the better choice than what I used a respec for (additional items from Medicine).  I got Serum in and that's nice.  Not chasing perma on it though.  The +RES and DEF slotting really nice except for the fact that Soldiers are not getting the buff (Bug Post made).  Munitions Mistress is more fun that she used to be which is all I could really ask for. 

[StrikerFox]

1 hour ago, High_Beam said:

The +RES and DEF slotting really nice except for the fact that Soldiers are not getting the buff (Bug Post made). 

 

I don't remember checking the +res buff but Mercs were getting the +def. It's pretty small amount. Around +6.2% ranged and +3.2% AoE def.

[High_Beam]

The issue was specific to the Soldiers bit getting it at all beyond the baseline.  Spec Ops and Commando were getting it and any additional is nice.  This was the post in the Bug Forum with the data I gathered:

 

 

 

Edited October 20, 2022 by High_Beam

[Crysis]

Honestly, I think the vast majority of MM's had just a single EndRedux in their two upgrade powers.  I did also.  Too lazy to do a full respec until Mids is finally updated, I just swapped those out with a Golgi Hami-O (End/Heal) and a Ribosome Hami-O (DmgRes/End) on my Necro/Storm.  I really see no need to move any other slots around as on a Necro all the +Def/+Res aura's were already slotted into the Soul Extraction power and there's not a whole lot more worth slotting there.  I may look to my other MM's to do same treatment as the Dual enhancement power of Hami-O's and their kindred gives you a nice buff without having to do a full respec.

 

 

[Tacheyon]

On 10/19/2022 at 2:34 PM, Handren said:

Can someone please provide an updated Ninja/Trick Arrow build? I want to respec my MM and give it another try now that Ninjas have been buffed. Thanks in-advance!

 

Mids hasn't been updated yet with all the changes so even posting a new build would be hard.

 

And quite honestly aside from using personal attacks to increase crit chance you could just leave your build alone and try it.  The only major thing from respeccing is getting some of the T8 and T9 powers earlier.

[StrikerFox]

10 hours ago, High_Beam said:

The issue was specific to the Soldiers bit getting it at all beyond the baseline.  Spec Ops and Commando were getting it and any additional is nice.  This was the post in the Bug Forum with the data I gathered:

 

So weird. My soldiers seem to get a def buff when slotting a single +def IO, only had a lvl 20 IO in inventory to try out (I haven't respec yet). Hopefully the HC team can figure out why it's not working for you.

 

[High_Beam]

I get the original buff which when I started was unslotted.  The problem was after adding slots the other two troop types saw increases commensurate to the addition of additional slots and enhancements but Soldiers stayed flat at the auto slot with no enhancement.  I took screenies of the final numbers but not the progression (or rather absence).  After work today I am gonna yank the SOs from them and screenshot incrementally.