Bookkeeper_Jay

I couldn't help you out too much on that, but I'd say pick up gloom and skip Focused Burst, keep Overload on hand for those pesky moments, and do your best to build for S/L/E/F/C. Shouldn't be too hard, but it's pretty expensive. Hell, I haven't PvP'd in a loooong time (Issue 13 to be exact, with the exception of a few arena matches) so I couldn't give you much more advice than that, but I'd suggest you go poking around the PvP forums, even with all the trolls.

Dark/ works with practically anything. Dark/Shield can solo AVs. Dark is also especially powerful in /SR. It's really useful in sets that lack any sort of self heal. Dark/WP also works really well. Dark/SR and Dark/Shield will not have endurance problems towards the 30s I think. Even sooner, although I've never personally tried Dark/Shield. I know Dark/Shield is a really powerful combo for Scrappers. many Dark/Shield Scrappers have soloed almost every AV. Really, really good Single Target and decent AoE. The Build Up (Soul Drain) shines in large groups, as it is slightly more powerful than regular build ups when you hit all 10 targets.

Stone/WP hits like a truck and chugs on like a friggin 18-wheeler. WP isn't as sturdy as I'd like until soft-capped, but Stone/WP will never do you wrong.


Dark/ is pretty much good with anything. Dark Melee is delicious on both a Scrapper and Brute. A LOT of DPS coming from Dark/, and it's especially powerful with an endurance restoration device built into the set.


Energy is frowned upon because it does lack decent AoE, but more because you'll be spending about 6 seconds animating both of its heavy hitter powers, which people do not like at all. Example: on a team you'll activate Energy Transfer on a lieutenant or boss, only to have it floored by your teammates a little too quickly.

Elec/ is your AoE king. AoE everywhere. Is that a spawn? Nope, it's a target for your lightning rod. Clustered enemies? All the better for you to kill. Elec/ combines a good amount of single target damage and heavy AoE, and with fury you'll almost negate your single target weakness. You will also be an avid drainer of the blue bar, which will then at times refill your own.

/SR is pretty cheap to softcap these days. Also pretty easy to max out your endurance return on a /SR.

It's hell to level up for a while, however. The RNG is evil and will do its best to make pre-35% defense annoying. I know you want to stay away from /SR on a Brute, but consider it. Your wallet will have an easier time with /SR than with Shield or EA.

Wonky AI, extra run speed (makes them very difficult to control, because they enjoy sprinting to almost any target randomly), and they're also relatively weak when it comes to taking hits. They're all about defense, but Ninjas/Storm is a chaos generating machine. You'll always be on your toes. I suggest hitting up Mids.

Hmm...

Woodsman fix is a real boon. Nice work guys. The Notice of the Well conversion could be just a bit higher, maybe 60 threads. Didn't even realize Mortimer Kal had that issue.


Looking forward to more non-incarnate related fixes!

The power to rule the world.

Congratulations to everyone who participated! The event was great and many laughs were had. We had everything from Marauder camping the Up-N-Away Burger, to 32 Mother Mayhems and 64 Anti-Matters. So I want to say, good work denziens of Infinity, you have done well.


But the question still remains...


Where was Nemesis?

My 2 cents:

The Shield

(Brute) Anything/Super Reflexes

(Tanker) Anything/Ice Armor
(Tanker) Anything/Shield Defense
(Tanker) Anything/Invulnerability


The Spear

(Corruptor) Sonic/Pain Domination
(Corruptor/Controller/Defender) Anything/Thermal
(Corruptor/Controller/Defender) Anything/Radiation
(Corruptor/Defender) Anything/Cold

(Mastermind) Anything/Thermal
(Mastermind) Anything/Pain Domination
(Mastermind) Anything/Poison

(Dominator) Practically anything works here. Sleep is especially useful when you want to tackle very difficult tasks (such as a 2-man LRSF)

Only 8 powers.

Anything that doesn't involve Co-Operative (Hero and Villain tea time) and also does not involve playing lackey to a signature character or some 2-bit punk (Hardcase, I'm looking at you).

You guys did an awesome job with them (I know I'm really late to the party on this one, been gone a while), especially the Shadow Shard badges. VERY well written. I must say, nice little hint to the Storm with one of them, hah. But really, excellent work on them. Kudos to the people that wrote the descriptions.

All honesty? Not really. The speed at which every team is encouraged to do the TF and the movement of Marauder makes it very difficult on the Mastermind. Your best bet is to stick with your teammates in the sabotage part and try not to have anything summoned. You're better off on BAF, but on a Master Of run you'll be GREAT help on Marauder as a debuff component. -Damage is irresistable, and as such you will contribute quite a bit to the Grenade-less portion. Stick to BAF is my adivce, sadly. it's more enjoyable.

Real advice would be to try to hold the Rocket Spammers. I know some people can't afford to buy their slot experience, so tough this one out. You can't do much, but you can if you're careful. Just watch for Nova Fist and try to stealth support on the sabotage.

This thread should be locked and deleted.

This participation thing is ridiculous. I agree, it should either be trashed as the horrible creation of an idea that might've meant well but did more harm than good, or reworked to not be completely idiotic.