Bionic_Flea

Maybe it has something to do with beta testing dual pistols and spring fling keeping the masses mollified.

Rats! Still locked out.

I am getting more and more curious.

To me it sounds like an enigmatic assassin, so perhaps a stalker. I came up with a little poem that you might include as bind:

Seven words to speak before you die;
Seven seconds until you roll the dice;
And to your maker say, "Seven Thrice!"

For sets bonuses and uniques, duh!

I got a level, a badge, a pocket witch, but no donut.

I appreciate the reply and the conjecture but I don't think that your conjecture adequately explains why Pacing of the Turtle, Impeded Swiftness, Impervium Armor, or Gift of the Ancients rate so high. Although the recharge bonus may explain Impervious skin and Kismet.

However, I do somewhat agree with this part of your conjecture:

And not to belabor the obvious, but be sure to click the little PvP radio button when checking in-game "real" numbers.

What interests me the most is how weighty some resistance and defense recipes seem to be, especially when they supercede melee damage and range damage, which I assumed would carry the heaviest weight.

And slow sets like Impeded Swiftness and Pacing of the Turtle seem much to high to be properly weighted . . . . UNLESS . . . . what if they based their weighting off of datamining of how many powers on existing characters could take a certain IO.

If instead of adding up available powers it added up powers actually taken by players, then the prevalence of scrappers and fire/kin controllers could account for these seemingly odd deviations.

PL to your heart's content but please don't pay some RMT site to do it for you. You put your COH account and your credit card at risk.

If you are talking about paying influence, then again, PL and pay to your heart's content.

No wonder Chrome and Con Flict are so similar! They have the same birthday!


Happy birthday to both.

I also think it's a good idea to switch up farms periodically between tech and arcane groups. I hate having too much salvage from either pool. I like crafting decent set recipes to store and sell and it helps to mix it up so that you get it for free instead of having to pay for it. Especially lately where salvage can sell for 1 influence on Monday and you can't buy one for 500,000 on Friday.

Doing different groups and maps also breaks up the tedium of farming in general.

Not that it matters much anymore with super-sidekicking, but what's the level range for the fire/rads group these days?

It's two missions after Maemae van Whooters and Dr. Big McLargehuge. (I still chuckle when I see those names.)

Take care, Foo. Hope you come back soon.

Good stuff! Let me see if I have some beta merits on test to add to the knowledge base.

I park my characters at that level in the arena for the endurance buff day job power. I also always get the endurance/defense pet and have no qualms using it often.

I have a DB/WP tank and I don't recall having those same endurance issues, but tanks get QR at 12 instead of 20.

I also generally put off getting hasten until after stamina for precisely this reason. No sense attacking faster if I'll have to stop and catch my breath anyway. Of course, if you are going for superspeed as a travel power, that may not be an option.

Finally, you may consider shutting down some toggles. I sometimes see people running sprint 24/7 and resting after every mob. But even some shields can be shut down depending on what you are fighting.

That depends on what you are going for or what you think your controller needs. That's why I suggested you put up a Mid's in a new thread and let people look it over.

If you are going for soft capped defense, stone and ice armors add a nice chunk of smash/lethal. If you are using too much endurance (which shouldn't be a problem on a kin) consider primal for conserve energy or fire for consume. Fire also has the best damage AoE in fireball.

Although you didn't list it, Psychic Mastery is also a good choice not just for the armor, but for the mez resistance of mind over body and world of confusion might be interesting when running in for a fulcrum shift.

Adding Runcrash to my list. No more nice weather for me.