Adeon Hawkwood
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Just eyeballing it here, but I have to say that it looks like a bit of a mess. You've got a number of key powers under-slotted and judging by the list of set bonuses you aren't really going after the useful ones. you've got a decent amount of recharge which is good but the rest are either to low to make much difference (damage and defense) or not particularly useful.
Some general thoughts/comments:
1. When slotting Positron's Blast I rarely find it worth going for six slots. The last bonus (Toxic Resistnace) is of limited usefulness and the set as a whole is heavily over-slotted for damage. Consequently I tend to leave out the Damage/Range enhancement and save a slot (for cone powers you might prefer to drop the Damage/Recharge depending on your build).
2. Distortion Field could really use some love. It provides a surprising amount of survivability from it's recharge debuffs. At the very least I'd recommend putting a Lockdown chance to hold proc in it. I'd also look at a little bit more recharge and hold duration. Slow enhancement is not critical in it, especially if you stack it with Time's Juncture.
3. For Tough if you only have one slot, stick in a Steadfast Protection +3% Defense IO. It'll be a lot more useful than the Aegis special.
4. I'd move the Numina and Miracle specials to Heath so they are always on instead of in your heals (exception would be if you wanted to 6-slot Numina somewhere). Conversely slotting Health for regular healing enhancements isn't that useful. In terms of regeneration per slot you get more benefit form the Regenerative Tissue unique than you do from a level 50 Healing enhancement.
5. The Performance Shifter proc in Chrono Shift is pretty much wasting a slot, you don't use Chrono Shift enough to really benefit.
6. For Blaze and Blazing Bolt if I could only slot one of them it would not be Blazing Bolt (well, I actually wouldn't take a snipe on a Time character but that's a personal preference). You're going to use Blaze a lot more than Blazing Bolt so it needs the slots more.
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Quote:That was sort-of what was done during the GR Beta. It was changed due to the fact that it was annoying to have to switch sides for a respec just to keep the Epic pool you wanted (and this applied both to Villains who wanted an APP and Heroes who wanted a PPP). In the end they changed it to the more rational "use any pool you have unlocked regardless of current alignment" system that we have now.Originally Posted by Talen Lee
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Quote:Oh ok, that makes more senseOriginally Posted by Aett_Thorn
The point was more that Hasten provides 70% +Recharge. In order to get Hasten perma, you need to build up more than 70% +Recharge, meaning that in order to get to perma-Hasten, you need to already have more +Recharge than Hasten would have given you anyways.
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Quote:I'd disagree here. Perma-hasten normally means you have about 170% global recharge (70% from hasten, 100% from other sources). Achieving that without hasten is very difficult unless you can get a similar sized chunk from another power.Originally Posted by Oathbound
It's pretty easy to build enough global +recharge to equal perma-Hasten, without having Hasten at all.
This is largely my view. I build for recharge on most of my characters but I rarely take hasten unless I have a specific reason to want the extra recharge (such as permanent spider-bots on my Crab Spider).Quote:Really if you have other powers you want to make Perma, adding hasten to the build can be helpful, but if not then it's not really needed... Unless you just like having absolutely silly amounts of recharge, like I do. 
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No, the endurance drain in Heat Exhaustion is not enhanceable so it will not be increased by either the Agility or Musculature Alphas.
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Quote:Yeah, I'll admit I'm poor at remembering to buff people as well. At heart I'm a de-buffer, not a buffer.Originally Posted by VashNKnives
I might consider taking the second slot from temporal selection and putting it in thunderous blast. I'm already too busy with buffing, debuffing, blasting, casting, etc. to worry with how many people I've uniquely buffed with temporal.
That's a fair point, the end reduction in Obliteration is horrible. The main thing I was looking at is the large melee defense bonus. It's really hard to build up melee defense on a Defender and I'd prefer to have a bit of excess since higher con enemies will resist the to hit debuff in Time's Juncture.Quote:Edit: In addition, if you're going Agility Alpha, you may be able to get by with 1 less slot in powersink. The one thing I dislike about thunderstrike isn't the longish feeling animation, it's the endurance cost. Therefore, upping my defense a little and making sure I had atleast some endredux in it was important to me. Otherwise, I might have been reluctant to use it on that annoying boss that is standing just on the edge of that bridge
EDIT: Ok, I played around with slotting a bit. If I put a Multi-Strike in Thunderstrike this deals with the end issues in Thunderstrike and means I'm softcapped to Ranged and AoE. My Melee defense is only 37% (with Agility) but Time's Juncture should cover that against most enemies. If I take Clarion Radial I can use it with Farsight to add about 10% defense to all which should help a lot in Incarnate content (both for me and my team).
Honestly between my defense and Time's Juncture I've probably got more defense/to hit debuff than I need for most content but it gives some protection against cascading defense failure which is nice and in most of the cases I don't ahve an easy way to trade defense for recharge anyway. -
Quote:Nah, I took Voltaic Sentinel at 35. I might start my epic pol at 38 but it depends on my final power selection. Unless I take Aim or Recall Friend at 49 I will probably need to push Charged Armor and Power Sink back to 47 and 49 due to slot limitations. Normally I take Vengeance at 49 (since it doesn't need slotting) but here I took it at it 30 since I didn't have anything else there. I could potentially take Tesla Cage at 30 and shift Vengeance to 49 which allows more slotting flexibility but Shocking Bolt is a lot better than Tesla Cage.Originally Posted by VashNKnives
Back on topic, my elect/time originally started taking his epics at level 35, and since you are a defender, I think that would be an easier choice. Slowed Response is just too nice for corruptors to wait any longer for, but I might have it in me to put off voltaic until later(even though I love the little guy). I'm curious if that is what you're doing? Being able to take powersink at 35 might have been enough for me to go Mu. If the devs would have put a chaining power in Mu, instead of conserve power, that would have persuaded me even more.
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Currently I'm thinking something like this (no enhancements, I'm eyeballing the slot counts based on what sets I plan to use). I'm not happy about the number of slots in Thunderous Blast though so I'm considering whether to drop it or try to steal slots from somewhere else. I may end up shifting slots from Thunderstrike since I mostly have them for the Obliteration set bonuses but they may be more useful in Thunderous Blast (Thunderstrike can manage with three or four more easily than Thunderous Blast). Or I could drop it entirely and shift the slots it does have elsewhere *arggghhhh indecision*.
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Dr. Alec von Chronite: Level 50 Technology Defender
Primary Power Set: Time Manipulation
Secondary Power Set: Electrical Blast
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Electricity Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Temporal Mending -- Empty(A), Empty(3), Empty(3), Empty(5), Empty(5)
Level 1: Charged Bolts -- Empty(A), Empty(7), Empty(7), Empty(9), Empty(9), Empty(11)
Level 2: Time's Juncture -- Empty(A), Empty(15), Empty(17)
Level 4: Lightning Bolt -- Empty(A), Empty(11), Empty(13), Empty(13), Empty(15)
Level 6: Ball Lightning -- Empty(A), Empty(17), Empty(19), Empty(19), Empty(21)
Level 8: Distortion Field -- Empty(A), Empty(27), Empty(27), Empty(29), Empty(29), Empty(31)
Level 10: Short Circuit -- Empty(A), Empty(21), Empty(23), Empty(23), Empty(25), Empty(25)
Level 12: Combat Jumping -- Empty(A)
Level 14: Fly -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Temporal Selection -- Empty(A), Empty(31)
Level 18: Farsight -- Empty(A), Empty(31), Empty(33), Empty(33)
Level 20: Time Stop -- Empty(A), Empty(33), Empty(34), Empty(34), Empty(34)
Level 22: Time Crawl -- Empty(A)
Level 24: Maneuvers -- Empty(A), Empty(36)
Level 26: Slowed Response -- Empty(A), Empty(36), Empty(36)
Level 28: Assault -- Empty(A)
Level 30: Vengeance -- Empty(A)
Level 32: Chrono Shift -- Empty(A), Empty(37), Empty(37), Empty(37)
Level 35: Voltaic Sentinel -- Empty(A), Empty(39), Empty(39), Empty(39), Empty(40), Empty(40)
Level 38: Thunder Strike -- Empty(A), Empty(40), Empty(42), Empty(42), Empty(42), Empty(43)
Level 41: Shocking Bolt -- Empty(A), Empty(43), Empty(43), Empty(45), Empty(45), Empty(45)
Level 44: Thunderous Blast -- Empty(A), Empty(46), Empty(48)
Level 47: Power Sink -- Empty(A), Empty(48), Empty(48)
Level 49: Charged Armor -- Empty(A), Empty(50), Empty(50), Empty(50)
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Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Empty(A), Empty(46)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- Empty(A), Empty(46)
Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Vigilance
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
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Quote:I'll admit Soul Drain is tempting but it doesn't work as well concept-wise. If I did go for that though I'd probably go for Dark Mastery over Soul simply because the Dark mastery version of Soul Drain is soooo much better. I can see the appeal of Power Boost but I'd still dump it in a heart beat for half the recharge and a larger radius on Soul DrainOriginally Posted by toadliquor
On my time/elec defender i'm going with soul mastery. I'll have a pbaoe to hit/damage buff with soul drain, a resistance aura that can mule a 3% steadfast protection, power boost for synergy with farsight, and soul storm if I can find the slots..
Hmmmm.... now that I think about it Opressive Gloom could also be an interesting power to add. I wonder if I can think of a concept reason for my character to have Dark powers...
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Quote:I do roughly the same except I'm to lazy to use Set IOs. Instead I make the common IOs needed for Field Crafter use what I need as I level up and sell most of the rest. I don't overwrite and IO over level 25 so my character ends up with a wide level range based on when a particular slot was added to his build.Originally Posted by MajorDecoy
I used to have this mindset, but with one of my tanks I discovered that, for the cost of a full set of Single Origin Enhancements at level 22, I can instead get Invention Origin Enhancements that will last until level 47.
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Quote:*sigh* If only I had the prestige I'd setup a bunch of weapons near my base entrance and fight my way through them. Well I think I've got 100K or so, I can put a few things up at least and at least move the other defense items I have into better positions.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
- The issue which was causing VG Bases to attack players has spread via the Paragon City internet to SG bases, causing Hero side bases with defensive objects to be...defensive...against Heros. Note, this isn't live yet, however it will start happening after tomorrow's publish. So please, if you don't want your base attacking you, remove these defensive objects from your base. While I know that some of you will enjoy this bug, there will be some who do not appreciate the sudden base related aggression. To those who may be upset by this development, we sincerely apologize.
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Quote:You mention you're on Virtue so the main teaming channels on Virtue are (in rough order of popularity):Originally Posted by Wing_Leader
I need to find people who want to do TFs (including the old classic TFs so I can get my Task Force Commander accolade), the weekly strike targets, and non-speed/non-Master-of iTrials. But everyone seems to have been doing this Incarnate stuff for so long now, that regular runs are a thing of the past for them. If there is a chat channel (on Virtue) where like-minded players can find each other, I'd love to learn about it!
Virtue TFs 2010
Virtue LFG Beta
Virtue TFs
Those are normally pretty good for doing TFs including TF Commander, the WST and ITFs although for the less popular ones you'll probably have to start it yourself.
Non-Speed trials are a little trickier, most of the Virtue raiders have done BAF/Lambda so much that we have gotten into a simple system that works and getting people to vary from it is tricky (in my experience half the league follows the leader and the other half just goes ahead and does the standard strategy anyway causing mass confusion). While this is nice for established people I can see that it might be intimidating for newbies. Unfortunately there aren't a whole lot of options here, you could try leading trials yourself and specify non-speed during recruiting but you might find it slow going just because a lot of people don't want to bother non-speed (still I'd encourage it if only because more trial leaders is a good thing). -
Not as far as I know.
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Quote:Yeah that's pretty similar to what I'm going for (although different power order obviously). The primary differences are that I didn't take Hasten (for various reasons I'm not going to go into) and that I plan to go for the Clarion Radial path instead of Core (because it's worth giving up permanent mez protection to get Power Boosted Farsight)Originally Posted by VashNKnives
I'm not sure how different it is for defenders, but I have the elect/time/elect corr below. I went elect mastery for the extra attack that I use for flavor and to knock things about. I also like shocking bolt and use it on especially hard targets or when the mag4 hold misses. Even though the planner says I went spiritual and reactive, I actually went agility and preemptive. Preemptive could be better, as the -end seems affected by enemy level, but both the -end and energy damage occur often with voltaic making it serviceable. I also went ionic radial for more zapping. Its a pretty cheap build, but has perma hasten, and close, if not perma, chronoshift. No problems with anything. Solos the boss spawns on Keyes terminals farely easily. I didn't die any of the last few times I was on Keyes (got rares) and only died on the last underground I was on when I got to the Avatar (whom my graphics card wouldn't let me see - must have been ugly).
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Quote:I'll have to test that. Last time I tried I had to double click but it might be soemthing funny with the way I'm clicking.Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Actually, I've found, in the interim, that single-clicking enhancements while the market interface is open moves them as well. And it takes significantly more time to lock out that way (can get 12-15 in before I worry about locking). Possibly the issued with double-clicking (since it moves on the first click) sets up a nasty client check when nothing is actually moved over on the second and subsequent clicks.
See, I'm laizer than that, I just click on the post button to expand the IO and click again to post it. No wrist movement required.Quote:Actually listing for a price I don't have an issue with most of the time. I can knock out 40 common IOs this way in short order just by being lazy with my wrist moving to expand the item, then back over to Post it. 
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Quote:Yeah, but that has never worked and neither has the "Most Recent" tab. I wouldn't mind seeing it added but it's lower on my list of desires than seeing the other badges returned.Originally Posted by Blackleviathan
They need closest to completion on super group badges... That's not in there...
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Quote:Another useful trick if you prefer running trials is to convert Astral merits to shards. As you say Notices are easier to get than thread based rare/very rare components but if you don't want to run TFs to get the other shards/components you need runnign trials and converting your astral merits is a practical solution.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
If you don't run trial content exclusively, I find using shards for Alpha and thread-based salvage for the rest of the slots tends to be more efficient over time. Notices are a lot easier to get than rare components (but more time gated) and the actual number of shards you need to craft shard-based components is extremely small. I wouldn't burn threads to craft a tier 1 alpha when 12 shards would do it from scratch (and you get one for completing Mender Ramiel right off the bat) and even tier 3 (for the Alpha level shift) isn't hard to get with shards.
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So my Time/Electrical Defender is rapidly approaching level 38 and I have a problem... I don't know what powers I want to take for those last five slots. Well that isn't entirely true, I know three of the powers I want I'm just not sure the best way to do it. I know that I want Power Sink, Charged Armor and a single target hold but this is where the trouble comes in. Do I take Mu Mastery or Electrical Mastery?
If I take Electrical Mastery then I have to spend a power choice on either Thunder Strike or Electric Fence (neither of which I feel a huge need for) but as a bonus the Charged Armor will be prettier and I can take Shocking Bolt which, at least on paper, is quite a bit better than Tesla Cage (the Mu Mastery power hold is not even worth considering). The other downside is that I'll probably have to push Charged Armor or Power Sink off to level 49 in order to avoid slotting problems. I could potentially take Thunder Strike and slot it up since a powerful single target attack and AoE knockback does have some appeal while solo but the animation time is a killer and it doesn't seem that useful on a team.
If I take Mu Mastery then I don't need to waste a power choice on an intro power (which means I can pickup Aim and/or Recall Friend) and Charged Armor will provide more energy resistance. The downside is the power appearance won't match my secondary powers (plus the blue electricity is prettier) and power sink isn't as good (it has less endurance drain and a smaller radius).
The other question is Thunderous Blast. I think I can take it and slot it but I'm not sure if it's worth doing so. It's not a full crash and in theory Power Sink should see me through the limited crash I'm just not sure if it's worth it.
So I ask the denizens of the Defender forum what do you think i should do?
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Quote:Here's the link. Prepare to be some combination of amazed/frightened/confused/disturbed and left wondering how much it would cost to buy Steelclaw a straight jacketOriginally Posted by MrCaptainMan
I must have missed this Tournament thing, what was it?.
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Quote:The Help channel is one resource. The other option is global channels (no clue which ones are best for Liberty, sorry). The help channel theoretically has access to a larger audience since free players can use it) but I find that global channels offer more variety in terms of content.Originally Posted by SwiftOneSpeaks
1) I've noticed a lot of chatter on Help announcing DFBs and a handful of TF/SFs. Great to see red-side life as well. Is Help really the place to find these? My efforts to find a mission team tended not to succeed quickly, though it wasn't hard to join a TF that someone else was building. Since I can't usually commit to a 2 hour block, missions teams have less commitment and would thus be more interesting (though I do intend to try a few more TFs)
It's pretty simple, just watch for the attacks from the Hydra. You see a bubble forming under you and have to move before it bursts.Quote:2) While I've no desire to rerun or reset a lot, I would like to try a DFB. Any warnings I should know about?
Sadly yes. If it's a concern consider turning on teleport prompt so you can at least avoid that issue. Speed running TFs is currently the vogue which also hurts a lot of MMs (depending a lot on how quickly your summon powers animate, Demon Summoning really sucks for example)Quote:3) MMs still get injured (well, the team gets injured) when teammates don't understand that we can't just fly around to the different spots on an outdoor map, or short-range TP is a bad idea. Is this a common problem?
Probably. The community in general has become more experienced which makes guides less useful than they were. You still get a few but not as many.Quote:4) I used to love guides. I'd read them and weigh their descriptions of how a power is or is not useful and the hidden tidbits that the numbers don't give. It seems the last few years that guides are fewer and focus more on Mid's slotting than explaining these things. Am I just yearning for a past that won't return?
Yeah, they did make some significant upgrades in preparation for FreedomQuote:5) Did performance increase? It seems I spend less time on loading screens and have fewer slide shows, though I've not gone through a Rikti invasion lately. Meanwhile, I'm running on the same comp...
You can. you can also access the briefings by clicking on the red mission icon on the navigation bar. Personally though I prefer to just read the story on the wiki and forget about it in game.Quote:6) One reason I've often skipped TFs is that I never learn the story or what's going on. Someone suggest I read the Clues while on the mission (not really sure when that downtime would be). Is that the best way to know what's going on?
It varies. Some of the older TFs are just basic missions using standard maps. The newer ones do tend to go for a more "epic" feel which in general does require more 3D movement. None of them are particularly horrible but they can take some getting used to.Quote:7) The other reason I've skipped TFs is my only previous attempt was a Villain Respec Trial with the frickin Tentacles. Apparently I have horrible understanding of 3-d space in-game and would always get one-shotted by the thing in the center because I didn't understand where I was relative to it. Was this just a non-standard example of what to expect? The descriptions I've read of Hamis, the new Seed event, or the Incarnate Trials all lead me to expect similar confusion and insta-dead. Am I wrong?
All of your characters will be locked. You will receive a number of slot tokens that you can use to create a slot on a server (the number is equal to how many slots you've bought or received as veteran rewards plus two). You can then use the server slot tokens to unlock individual characters. Characters who have restricted ATs or powersets will require you to purchase the relevant item in the store or upgrade your paragon rewards level before you can unlock them. Nothing will be deleted.Quote:8) I am VIP, having been a subscriber from before and never playing without being a current subscriber. If I drop my subscription, what happens with my full load of characters, including those of restricted ATs or powersets?
Sure. As I mentioned above nothing will get deleted so even if you unsubscribe everything will be there when you return. If you're on a premium account you will get some restrictions but it will still be fine for testing it you want to re-sub.Quote:9) As someone that tends to pop on, play for a few months, and then vanish for a year or more, not paying a subscription is appealing. Ideally, as soon as I get to feeling I'm done
for a while, I'd stop paying. Then, when the itch returns, I log in and play a bit, and if it's truly what I'm interested in, I'd re-subscribe, and if it really wasn't quite time, I'd wait a bit longer with no impact to my wallet. Is this a workable plan?
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Quote:Well, the majority of the chest emblems are basically just a 2D texture over the main chest piece so it should be perfectly feasible to port them over to the capes (Capes already get the option to have a static pattern on them). Obviously the various 3D chest emblems (such as Bandoliers or the Ascension chest piece) couldn't be ported over but I would think the 2D ones would work out.Originally Posted by Tenjoy
While I agree that it would be a great addition to the costume designer, I don't think it will be implemented that easily, unless you want your cape to become completely stiff (or the symbol constantly detaching from your cape).
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Quote:Honestly I would say that Keyes can be reasonably run without any level shifts (I did so when it was new and didn't have any problems). UG I'd recommend at least 1 level shift for the boss and personally would prefer to have at least +2 and my Destiny ability.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
I would recommend folk do Lambda/BAF until they unlock the +3 levels, then switch to UG and Keyes.
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Quote:Good for you. Personally I'd rather run just the trials plus a WST to get my level shift.Originally Posted by Celestial_Lord
People who do trials without obtaining the +1 level shift beforehand should feel bad. It's not hard. I believe I formed up and ran an Imperious TF, Statesman TF, and a Dr. Kahn TF over two nights to get mine the last time.
Generally doing a WST plus three trials is sufficient and that way I've stockpiled a few Emp merits for future usage (I can do it in WST + two trials if the character has Flames of Prometheus or I burn a few astrals on other characters for the shards). -
Quote:The big game changer for Time Manipulation in terms of survivability is Farsight which I'm guessing you haven't gotten to yet. I have a Time/Elec Defender and my experience is that between Time's Juncture and Farsight I have no problem staying alive in melee (unless I get mezzed but that's what Breakfrees are for). Now admittedly your defense and -to hit values aren't going to be as good as mine but you should be able to make up for it since you have more control than me.Originally Posted by muonia
*survivability is good solo, but the kill speed is horrid. On a team you are a squishy who needs to be in melee range to use most your tricks and your two signature aoe powers are only partially effective. Static field is nullified by aoe and distortion field is a sometimes hold with good debuffs. Neither are solid enough to survive in melee long.
In regards to your actual question, I would say it's a solid enough pairing but it's also going to be a late developing pairing. Electrical Control isn't really worse than the other sets, at the very least I'd put it on a par with Ice and Earth. The place where you are probably noticing the lack of damage more is int he lack of -resistance powers which, unfortunately, you won't get until level 35 (ouch).
As for sapping on teams, it does work as a very effective form of damage mitigation but I'm not sure what to advise with Electrical Control. On my Defender I can do it reasonably quickly but I'm using Ball Lightning and Short Circuit to drain a large chunk right at the outset rather than having to rely on the AoE drain pulses available to you. You might try taking Mu Mastery and getting Power Sink but I don't know how much that will help. -
Quote:In my experience it seems to happen if you send to many commands to quickly. The "Get All Inf" button is a major offender but it can happen for other command types. Notably if you are moving enhancements from your try to the market by double clicking on them it will freeze after 5 or so enhancements (using drag and drop generally avoids this). Similarly listing a number items by repeatedly clicking on the "post" button can cause a freeze (again, pausing a bit between transactions will generally avoid it).Originally Posted by Talen Lee
I have never encountered this unless I am literally clicking too fast to see a reaction. Have you considered it might be clientside? Does this show up on multiple computers?
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Quote:Yes they can. I strongly recommend setting up some binds for at least basic commands (attack my target and follow me being the two big ones).Originally Posted by Ultimus
Can they be controlled? (Given commands)
It is rarely worth converting E Merits to threads. Unless you are very lucky with the rewards table (or run Underground Trial a lot) you will at some point need rare and very rare components. Using E Merits to buy those directly is a better option than converting them to threads and buying them there.Quote:Random question, should you save Empyrean Merits or is it ok to use them as threads? Just curious if you get a better conversion rate saving them ?
Astral merits are a different situation. there are a nice selection of costume parts and auras that you can buy with them but if you already have those (or don't want them) then it can be worth converting Astrals to either threads or shards. the Astral to shard conversion is easily overlooked but can actually be quite useful for working on Alpha slot abilities since it can be used to give shards to any character. The 1:1 ratio sounds bad but consider that oen shard is worth about 5 threads in terms of Alpha slot progression and it's actually quite useful. On several of my characters I've done the Astral merit to shard to get the 40+ shards needed for their T4 Alpha ability since I can get them while doing the Incarnate Trials and working on other slots.