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bellona100

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  On 2/2/2023 at 4:02 AM, JayboH said:

Is that the posted build or your own?

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That build that Mek posted is using Power Boost.    WumpusRat's build or your build - this is getting confusing now - does not have Power Boost.  Though, I strongly think that the Rat left it out of his posted build by accident.

 

The build we are talking about is extremely tanky.   It would be great to 2-box this bad boy.  I bet there would be little resummoning of henchmen involved.

 

FYI, concerning all these photos being posted.  Take note of the Inspiration box.  Those little inspirations.  You can go to the Pay-to-Win contact in Atlas and choose not to receive them.

 

I have my Insp preferences set to receive only Large & Team inspirations.   I find it saves me time of deleting and organizing the little ones.

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Meknomancer

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@JayboHno i don't use other players builds, i just look at them for ideas. Nobody plays the game the same way and when you copy someone elses build you quickly realise it doesnt suit your own playstyle. I did post a mercs/bubs somewhere but i respecced it a few times since then, dropped group fly and fighting, put medicine in and mace with power boost. Had my first death at vet lvl 18 after playing through praetoria and redside and joining a pug group blueside playing the provost marchand arc. Thats when i realised i didnt need medicine and i wish i'd kept group fly. Theres an av in that on a small lava pit map at the end surrounded by a mine field and my pets stepped on every one of them instantly. I'd already dropped the proc in commando as his blue bar kept dipping below 50% in long fights. Medic seems to keep me and the other pets healed up so i don't think medicine is essential. Right now the pool is just a mule for set bonuses, hp, s/l res, the gargantuan rech bonus. I did try old skool slotting with interrupts but that was useless, you click aid other when your fighting nems jaegers/malta zeus titans/cot demon lords throwing fireballs and its just a wasted endurance click, it'll never fire off. Only useful between mobs. Looks like this currently but i can see myself dumping medicine and bringing group fly back into it: 

 

 

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JayboH

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  On 2/2/2023 at 12:47 PM, Meknomancer said:

@JayboHno i don't use other players builds, i just look at them for ideas. Nobody plays the game the same way and when you copy someone elses build you quickly realise it doesnt suit your own playstyle. I did post a mercs/bubs somewhere but i respecced it a few times since then, dropped group fly and fighting, put medicine in and mace with power boost. Had my first death at vet lvl 18 after playing through praetoria and redside and joining a pug group blueside playing the provost marchand arc. Thats when i realised i didnt need medicine and i wish i'd kept group fly. Theres an av in that on a small lava pit map at the end surrounded by a mine field and my pets stepped on every one of them instantly. I'd already dropped the proc in commando as his blue bar kept dipping below 50% in long fights. Medic seems to keep me and the other pets healed up so i don't think medicine is essential. Right now the pool is just a mule for set bonuses, hp, s/l res, the gargantuan rech bonus. I did try old skool slotting with interrupts but that was useless, you click aid other when your fighting nems jaegers/malta zeus titans/cot demon lords throwing fireballs and its just a wasted endurance click, it'll never fire off. Only useful between mobs. Looks like this currently but i can see myself dumping medicine and bringing group fly back into it: 

 

 

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Yeah earlier in the thread I mentioned the Commando seems to need a ton of end cost.

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StrikerFox

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Commando's endurance isn't bad when running Serum. I did a pylon run, Commando had +66% end. End bar didn't move when Serum was activated. As time went on, it dipped down to around 80%. I think if Serum downtime is 25 seconds or less, endurance would be a nonfactor.

 

 

StrikerFox

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  On 2/4/2023 at 3:00 AM, JayboH said:

Yeah Serum is a must-have but it doesn't last very long.

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Serum lasts for 60 seconds with a diminishing return. With a 250 second base recharge, most IO'd builds will probably have it recharge in 75 seconds. A 15 second downtime. Commando doesn't need much end reduction slotted to function efficiently. None of the Merc pets do. Soldiers had +26% and Spec-Ops had +23% end redux during that test run.

 

I made a video of Mercs/Storm vs Council yesterday that i posted in another thread. Enemies are +4/x8 so the fights lasted a bit long. Pets were slotted the same as my Beta test run and endurance was not an issue at all.

 

I would be satisfied with Soldiers/Spec-Ops having +25%, and Commando with +50% end reduction.

WumpusRat

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  On 2/2/2023 at 4:45 AM, bellona100 said:

Though, I strongly think that the Rat left it out of his posted build by accident.

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Nope, not on accident. I rarely take power boost. Generally because I try to make stuff functional without relying on powers that aren't always up. All the numbers on my build are without using power boost.

 

Also it's "her" not "his", just to clarify. 🙂

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JayboH

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  On 2/7/2023 at 12:23 AM, WumpusRat said:

Nope, not on accident. I rarely take power boost. Generally because I try to make stuff functional without relying on powers that aren't always up. All the numbers on my build are without using power boost.

 

Also it's "her" not "his", just to clarify. 🙂

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Internet rule 29 is safer for most: 

 

"On the internet men are men, women are also men, and kids are undercover FBI agents."

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WumpusRat

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  On 2/7/2023 at 1:58 AM, JayboH said:

Internet rule 29 is safer for most: 

 

"On the internet men are men, women are also men, and kids are undercover FBI agents."

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I mean, TECHNICALLY I'm 37 rats in a trenchcoat, but shh, don't tell anyone.

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