Dark/Dark or Dark/Bio?

[ceto555]

Hi folks, 

 

Which of these two would be best for solo leveling and maybe doing some raids at 50? 

 

Thanks!

[Mack008]

/Dark is a odd because it relies on the Fear and Stun effects from two toggles to stop in coming attacks.  If your accuracy is too low (or you get debuffed) those two powers immediately miss and you get hammered.  And since your resistances aren't that good and you have little innate defense, it's going to hurt.

 

/Bio is good, and lets you choose one of three stances (Offensive, Defensive, and Efficient).  You can quickly swap between and adapt the situation as needed.  

 

Personally, I prefer /Bio.

[Sanguinesun]

18 hours ago, ceto555 said:

Hi folks, 

 

Which of these two would be best for solo leveling and maybe doing some raids at 50? 

 

Thanks!

 

First off, try to avoid thinking of things in terms of "best" in regards to play. Its going to serve you well no matter what you make/play in CoH really.

 

Regarding "raids" post 50, depends on too many variables and your choices of desired content to tell you accurately.  Most content will factor more what your team brings to assist you vs necessarily your choice between the two types.  Any brute with any build for example can join a Mothership Raid and even if they die sometimes it wont matter due to the sheer volume of people bringing gobs and gobs of heals, buffs, and other tools for the entire group to enjoy.  In otherwords, the deficits of any 1 toon are diluted and mitigated by the whole collective efforts of the league.

 

If you're asking for effectivity instead for 4 start ITF play.  Then others may make compelling arguments that neither are going to be adequate due to the nature of hardmode content being extreme min/max centric both in terms of power/at choices and that of the actual slotting/enhancer sets etc used. Keep in mind as well that the majority of the player base do not do that content either and the ones that do have honed their skills of playing and builds for it accordingly.

 

The rest post 50 is just on a spectrum fitting between the 2 examples. 

 

As for the soloing, that also depends as you level 1-50.   Either -could- solo 1-50 depending on how its built(power choices, slotting, use or not of set or standard IO's etc), what difficulty settings you choose, missions/story arcs etc that you opt to use for your leveling or otherwise, and the speed/pace you're willing to accept to level from 1-50.  I've seen people level 1-50 over months completely solo, no exp boosters, and with builds that would make people wince in pain upon seeing... and on other AT's much more challenging to play. In other words, its vary relative. They simply died alot but slogged through the agony and even abandoned some missions/arcs they felt even at -1 dif they couldn't handle.

 

Alternatively, if you'd said you were to be teaming 1-50, then I'd've told you -anything- is fine for the most part as teams tend (not always mind you) again support/dilute the weaknesses of any member on the team as you level.  

 

Understanding what the two different armor sets bring to the table is also important.  Some may define dark as primarily a resistance based set (with some smaller holes) that uses various other mitigation tools for survivability though coming with often discussed endurance issues.  Snarky has posted across many different threads about his views with /dark and he pretty explicitly too says you have to build well and understand what you're doing/using.  Otherwise, you're wasting your time.

 

Some would define bio as a hybrid set with lesser resistances(even in defensive stance) with regen/heal/absorb mitigations for survivability along with the ability to be more situationally active for more damage etc(ie through the stances). Both sets require pools and other things to then do their best (and it varies and it still has holes) to compensate for their different deficiencies and strengths accordingly.

 

If you do not care about either armor set but that your broad goals mentioned above are the main priorities (and perhaps due to assumed limited experiences with playing), then there may be other armor sets that would be more optimal for your wants or even considerations of being a tank even(again really really depends).

 

I understand that you are wanting more definitive answers to your question but due to the way you framed the question, the variables partially mentioned above(as there are more), and what would or would not be acceptable to you for your broad goals, its not a clear cut thing.   

Edited July 18, 2023 by Sanguinesun

[Thrax]

Bio

[Snarky]

On 7/17/2023 at 9:41 AM, ceto555 said:

Hi folks, 

 

Which of these two would be best for solo leveling and maybe doing some raids at 50? 

 

Thanks!

If you look at my Dark Dark build I just bumped to top of Brute Threads there is an expensive but VERY effective character.  it addresses End Magt, Accuracy, Tankiness, and does a great amount of damage.  I tend to not run Bio, so no opinion

 

But do realize FUN is the goal.  Concept is everything.  Nearly everything else is a red apple to green apple comparison.  The skin color and flavor are different, so diff recipes (enemy groups) will seem different.  But its a freaking apple.

 

Play what your concept is.