Any Ideas for a Fully Support Build for Mind/Kin

[perrond]

i slotted all my support powers and leadership powers with 6 slots... any builds out there?

[EmperorSteele]

6 slots in the leadership abilities isn't gonna get you much. Between the low buff amounts, enhancement "schedules" and Enhancement Diversification, there's no way you're able to "use" 6-slots in most of those powers.

 

For instance, Maneuvers. It's base Defense buff is +2.63%. A single level 50 Defense IO brings that up to 3.29% (so an extra +0.66%). A 2nd brings it up to 3.92 (+0.63), and the third makes it 4.16 (+0.24). Now If you're 6-slotting to make room for sets, that's different, but otherwise just an End redux and one Defense IO is all you need for that power. Assault has a higher buff, but you can't enhance it for it's buff, either. The only worthwhile thing to enhance it for is Endurance Reduction, and even then, just 1 will do.

 

Likewise, 6-slots in a power like Speed Boost or Increase Density is wasted, unless again, you're using them as set mules. Any more than 2 End Mods IOs in Speed Boost isn't going to have any noticeable effect, same with Increase Density (though I'd argue that a single IO is good enough for that power). Also, you don't need to enhance their recharge speed or accuracy, because they're team-wide auto-hit buffs, and they're fairly cheap on your end bar, too.

 

I touched on this before, but just to make certain we're all on the same page: Enhancement Diversification is the name of a weird thing that happens to enhancements as you slot them. The more you have, the less effective they are. Hypothetically, say you slot a an IO that boosts a power by 50%. If you slot a second one, it'll only boost the power by about 40%. The third will only give you about a ~15% boost. It does its best to keep you from reaching 100% enhancement. Now, this doesn't always work, and it is possible to get over that cap, but it's really hard, usually requiring Rare or Very rare enhancement sets. So as a general rule, don't slot a power with more than 3 of the same thing. This gets even harder with certain powers and enhancements, such as Defense abilities. Defense IOs usually cap at around 25%and ED will kick in a little sooner (as you get closer to 50% enhancement instead of 100% like with other powers).

 

Tell ya what, post what you got, and maybe we can make more suggestions. CoH players are generally pretty helpful, but it's usually considered asking a bit much to ask the community to make a build for you from scratch =)

[Thorazine]

I touched on this before, but just to make certain we're all on the same page: Enhancement Diversification is the name of a weird thing that happens to enhancements as you slot them. The more you have, the less effective they are. Hypothetically, say you slot a an IO that boosts a power by 50%. If you slot a second one, it'll only boost the power by about 40%. The third will only give you about a ~15% boost. It does its best to keep you from reaching 100% enhancement. Now, this doesn't always work, and it is possible to get over that cap, but it's really hard, usually requiring Rare or Very rare enhancement sets. So as a general rule, don't slot a power with more than 3 of the same thing.

 

It's been a while since ED, so long you hear it on the television and it means something different.

 

Thanks for the reminder above I do appreciate it :)