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As one who knows of them and their leader I'd say neither. I cannot wrap my head around rule #1 under guild guidelines. So it's ok for the leader to be one but no one else can?
Best thing to do is ignore that group altogether. From what I've seen that is the only group that operates like that.
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Quote:It may be but we don't need anything extravagant. They just need to set the zone limit to the max zone limit of the arena which is 280.Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
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Quote:Sadly giant monsters have protection to all types of mezz but they all can be end drained fairly easy barring Lusca with tentacles and Kronos Titan.(At least from my fights against GM's solo)Originally Posted by DrGamma
(do GMs have the immob/sleep hole too? I'm not even sure)
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All of this is without considering incarnate abilites (don't think they've been around long enough for the GM hunters to tell us much about them yet).
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As a final note, search for Silverado's threads, he's one of the guys that posted about his AV/GM smacking with a bunch of different ATs, if I remember right.
Incarnate abilities, especially the alpha slot, give more build freedom and I believe it makes it easier to down GM/Av's quicker/more efficiently.
Silverado is a beast and that's all I can say. I've only managed to down 3 GM's and a handfull of AV's on my Electric/Cold Controller. I'm gonna have to try some more when I get time.
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Quote:Agreed. I have at least seven of each kind of kb IO mostly due to the RNG loves to give me them.Originally Posted by Mephe
There is one very good reason for buying a BOTZ at level 50. They are dirt cheap last time I looked. Pretty much because they are useless once you exemp down and random reward rolls get em and want to unload em.
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I think I got a level 30 karma that I crafted for like 1 or 2 mil the other week... practically giving these things away! -
I'd vote for two KB IO's Sam. If you need a lvl50 BOTZ I've got a bunch of them in my base on Virtue for that very reason and I won't mind parting with a few. If you need them send me a pm or tell(@Boomie) and I'll help you out.
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Quote:I open with Electric Fence->Sleet->Infridgidate->Benumb->Heat Loss. After the debuffs are laid down and I have aggro I generally use Electric Fence->Tesla Cage->Electric Fence->Infridgidate->Poisonous Ray with all my other debuffs when they're up.Originally Posted by Suspicious_Pkg
So, Boomie... Any chance you can post your re-tooled build?
I put one together and jumped scrapyard, but can't seem to pump out enough damage. Survivability isn't an issue.
What's your typical attack chain?
The problem with ghost is all those miners taking the pets aggro and not to mention him running all over creation. I managed to keep him in a small location due to him jumping up and down between the ship, the bridge and the silo's near the BM.
Better version of the build...
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Level 50 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Electric Control
Secondary Power Set: Cold Domination
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Electric Fence -- Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(A), Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(5), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(9), Apoc-Dam%(9)
Level 1: Infrigidate -- Achilles-ResDeb%(A), TmpRdns-Acc/EndRdx(3)
Level 2: Tesla Cage -- UbrkCons-Acc/Rchg(A), UbrkCons-Hold/Rchg(11), UbrkCons-Acc/Hold/Rchg(13), UbrkCons-EndRdx/Hold(13), UbrkCons-Dam%(15), Apoc-Dmg(17)
Level 4: Ice Shield -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 6: Maneuvers -- HO:Enzym(A), HO:Enzym(7), LkGmblr-Rchg+(7)
Level 8: Conductive Aura -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(11), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(36)
Level 10: Glacial Shield -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 12: Static Field -- FtnHyp-Plct%(A), FtnHyp-Sleep/EndRdx(15), FtnHyp-Sleep/Rchg(37), FtnHyp-Acc/Sleep/Rchg(39), FtnHyp-Acc/Rchg(40)
Level 14: Hover -- HO:Enzym(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(23), Zephyr-ResKB(27), LkGmblr-Rchg+(37)
Level 16: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(17)
Level 18: Tactics -- AdjTgt-ToHit(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(19), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(19), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(21), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx(23)
Level 20: Arctic Fog -- HO:Enzym(A), HO:Enzym(21), Ksmt-ToHit+(34)
Level 22: Boxing -- Amaze-Stun(A), Amaze-Stun/Rchg(25), Amaze-Acc/Stun/Rchg(40), Amaze-Acc/Rchg(42), Amaze-EndRdx/Stun(43)
Level 24: Tough -- GA-3defTpProc(A), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(25)
Level 26: Synaptic Overload -- CoPers-Conf(A), CoPers-Conf/Rchg(27), CoPers-Acc/Conf/Rchg(29), CoPers-Acc/Rchg(29), CoPers-Conf/EndRdx(31), CoPers-Conf%(31)
Level 28: Benumb -- Acc-I(A), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(36), RechRdx-I(46)
Level 30: Weave -- HO:Enzym(A), HO:Enzym(31), LkGmblr-Rchg+(37)
Level 32: Gremlins -- BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg(A), BldM'dt-Dmg/EndRdx(33), BldM'dt-Acc/EndRdx(33), BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(33), BldM'dt-Acc(34), BldM'dt-Dmg(34)
Level 35: Sleet -- Achilles-ResDeb%(A), RechRdx-I(40), UndDef-DefDeb/Rchg/EndRdx(42), LdyGrey-DefDeb/Rchg/EndRdx(42)
Level 38: Heat Loss -- P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(39), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(39), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(43), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(43)
Level 41: Scorpion Shield -- HO:Enzym(A)
Level 44: Poisonous Ray -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(45), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(45), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(45), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(46), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(46)
Level 47: Summon Tarantula -- ExRmnt-Acc/Rchg(A), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(48), ExRmnt-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(48), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), ExRmnt-Dmg/EndRdx(50), ExRmnt-+Res(Pets)(50)
Level 49: Fly -- Zephyr-ResKB(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(50)
Level 50: Spiritual Core Paragon
Level 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 0: Portal Jockey
Level 0: Task Force Commander
Level 0: The Atlas Medallion
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Clrty-Stlth(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Containment
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-End%(3)
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Quote:This is true, that's how I got my new version of my elec/cold's build. I put it on the scrapper forums and just by moving around a few slots that I could change got me everything that I wanted out of the build.Originally Posted by The_Larker
Yea recov and rech was my big issues hence the reason I put it on here, we are looking at it a certain way, maybe someone else can look at it another way.
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Hmm now that sounds kinda fun, a tank that pairs well with my troller could more than likely duo just about anything.
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Quote:Nonsense I shall make you my spear to forge a path through the masses of traitors. If you are a tanker I shall make you my shield to protect me from harm as I cut down the cowards.Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
Only if you can somehow equip me and use my weak-sauce noob body as a club.
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Quote:ROFLOriginally Posted by DumpleBerry
WTF, Boomie. That two day ITF was on a full team of IO'd out veteran players.
Come on Dumple I'll take you on a duo ITF in alot less than that.
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I'm really concerned on the end usage.
If you don't mind losing perma hasten and tarantula(boo for losing dps) you could rob the enzyme slot from hover move it to hasten then use the cardiac core paragon to ease end usage. That will help out since you'll need to run tactics against big targets. Unless you carry alot of blues the pets will keep aggro instead of you since you won't be attacking much and that means resummoning singy and tarantula alot. This alternative slotting is something to consider. -
Quote:Thanks and tbh I could have shaved a good bit of time off of it but oh well. What did you solo your ITF with? Now that I have done one run and know how to handle it better I want to do a masters run since that sounds pretty fun.Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
That is crazy impressive. Also, I am ashamed that my first ITF took two days to complete. You soloed yours in less than 4.5 hours.
In the first mish I just killed everything I ran across with no problems. The second mish I confused the boss khelds and had them kill the spawn and cyst thus bypassing the ambushes. The third mish I perma confused the EB's and with thier help I walked right over everything until the AV's. For them I just single pulled and took them out. The fourth mish I flew straight to rommie and confused everything on the platform to clear it off. I ended up sleeping rommie and nictus and after a few mishaps I single pulled him fairly easily. -
Quote:This.Originally Posted by White Hot Flash
Are we confusing "This has no plot at all" with "I don't like it because it isn't the way I would have written it?"
One of these choices implies that the story sucks on all levels, no matter who is looking at it. That is a huge problem that should be addressed.
The other one can't be helped, because pleasing everyone is impossible. If a Dev worried about making everyone happy, they'd never put out a game because it would never be finished.
Praetoria, nor the Incarnate story, fall under the first option. There are things about both I probably would have done a bit differently, but I let go of where I expected the story to go and am trying to enjoy where the writers are taking us with THEIR story. -
in starting my solo ITF saturday Virtue.
I know I posted it in my solo'ing thread but I wanted to say thanks again. It took 4 hours and 25 minutes but my Elec/Cold took it down sans temps and two deaths. I'm debating on attempting a MoITF this weekend but I don't know if I'll have the time. The first pic is the nice people who helped me out.
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Quote:This.Originally Posted by The_Larker
So my answer is builds that you typically don't see.
Currently I'm kinda obsessed with my Electric/Cold controller. I'm having a blast finding out the limits of the combination by seeing what I can take down solo. -
Quote:If you get a renewable temp pet like you do in RV from it then that'd be great. You could even tie it into the morality system with a repetable arc. Say for a hero you disperse the fog and the pantheon and as a prize you get a shard with a shaman in it to help you. For a vig you bring the fog and pantheon back and you get a shard with a ghost's soul in it to help out. Anywho just a thought.Originally Posted by ghoost
Which would be a nice idea if they can make it like Recluse's Victory(without the pvp aspect)to make it witha mission and timer to revert back to its foggy state! It's prolly been suggested before,not sure. But It would be a nice change of pace and add more depth story wise and population.
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I can't see the numbers at work but what do you want to do with the build? Those pvp IO's cost a stupid amount if you didn't know that already. Personally I'd drop the decimation proc from levitate and the clouded senses proc from terrify and move them around somewhere else. I'd either take a end mod from stamina and replace it with a performance shifter proc or drop another slot into stam and have 3 perfomance shifters in it. I'd also move the Unbreakable constraints from total domination and put them into dominate and then put that last slot into it and drop the apocalypse damage into it and get alot more mileage out of that attack. If you don't want to slot for alot +def you could easily go psi mastery and have IW up alot with that much +rech.
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Quote:Thanks alot. Surprisingly it wasn't that difficult and I honestly expected it to be much more difficult. During the last mish I lost black scorpion(weak little bugger) in the Ms. Liberty/Mynx ambush and then ghost widow after the citadel, synapse, positron ambush. I admitedly ran for the exit and let her die when those 3 came so I could shed the aggro and engage them as I chose. I could easily handle them 1vs1 and could do 2vs1 with using a couple of greens but I didn't want to try all 3 at one time.Originally Posted by CrazyJerseyan
Let me be the 1st to say gratz man. Very nice.
After that I had no trouble with anything else but statesman. He wasn't hard to kill but he sure was nearly impossible to peel off the jade spider. The spider almost killed him till I managed to get his attention and fly around till he regen'd. Even though we ran a ways off the spider followed and gave me an unwanted hand at the end.
On another note, I've tried some stuff with rommie in AE and found he isn't easily end drained but still killable solo none the less. Sadly I couldn't put his nictus in a mish or I would have made a good game plan for the ITF. I'm going to get another vanguard heavy and maybe some nukes just in case I get frustrated if I can't split him from the nictus. I'm probably going to try the ITF this coming weekend and see what I can do. -
Quote:I see no harm in referring to it as a crit. The only reason I personally don't refer to it as such because it doesn't do the extra damage. I'd LOVE for it to do crit dmg though.Originally Posted by Roderick
I know that this is basically a matter of semantics and pedantery, but the in-game description says that Critical hits from Concentrated Strike do no additional damage and instead instantly recharges (whichever build up-type power you get). That's why I referred to it as a Crit, and still feel justified in doing so: the power description itself uses that terminology.
Thanks to everyone who provided information and/or tested the conflicting answers!
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Not that long but I wasn't timing it. It felt like he took less time than Death Surge though. It could have been faster if I could have kept the pets on him. Due to him jumping on top of everything my Gremlins' ADD kicked in and started killing everything else while the tarantula mostly stayed with me.
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Quote:No.Originally Posted by EvilGeko
Do you subscribe to the belief that the game should be about the journey, not the destination?
When it comes to leveling a new alt I hate the lower levels(below 32) with a passion. I've come to dislike exempting down for lower level stuff unless it's a tf/sf. All the old contacts on red and blue side bore me and I skip them altogether now in favor of PuG's seeing how they can be alot more entertaining than an arc you've ran through over and over again. Post 32 I feel like I can really enjoy a toon because I get the feeling everything is finally coming together.
When it comes to going after IO's or other shinies, excluding badges and incarnate slots, I want to get it done asap. Badges and slots I like earning and I seem to enjoy it more if I can get them solo. -
Quote:It is a fun set. I honestly think the set has plenty of synergy in two different ways. First the end sapping abilities of /cold pair really well and lets you keep stuff all the way up to GM's sapped. Second all that -res from /cold allows you to make quick work of spawns since elec/ is lacking in the AoE department when it comes to damage.Originally Posted by Tannim222
I figured it must have taken a couple of hours to pull off. It's still quite a feat, particularly for a powerset combo that's you see quite often referred to as not having too much synergy.
Well I'm sold. I haven't levelled any controllers in a while and I was considering a ill / rad or a fire / storm when I get around to playing another one. Now I'm thinking it'll be elec / cold I'm not expecting to be teh awesome with it but I'm betting it could end up being quite fun.
For the bulk of this guys leveling I ran alot of TF's. Pre 35 was slow to solo with but fairly safe none the less. I did end up relying on my vet powers when hasten was down but wasn't that necessary if I slotted rech into my powers.Quote:Originally Posted by Suspicious_Pkg
Those are really some amazing results!
I started one of these after reading about the awesomeness here.
I would be curious to see the OP's pre-purple/pre-HO leveling build. I slotted low level LotG 7.5s and 4 Basilisk as soon as possible. Also focused on the miracle +R, numi +R/+R and performance shifter proc to help with end usage.
I'm at level 32 now. This combo screams to be PL'd straight to 50 for the purple recharge and HO defense slotting. The lower levels are painfully slow if you like to solo a lot like I do. If it weren't for my vet rewards giving me the blackwand and the nem staff, I probably would have given up long ago.
I recreated my build I had before I started slotting IO's. I used AS and Boxing ALOT when I focused on a build that didn't take jolting chain or chain fences. This is pretty much what level I took everything pre IO's.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.92
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Level 48 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Electric Control
Secondary Power Set: Cold Domination
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Psionic Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Electric Fence -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Infrigidate -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Tesla Cage -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ice Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 6: Air Superiority -- Empty(A)
Level 8: Conductive Aura -- Empty(A)
Level 10: Glacial Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 12: Static Field -- Empty(A)
Level 14: Hasten -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 18: Hover -- Empty(A)
Level 20: Arctic Fog -- Empty(A)
Level 22: Paralyzing Blast -- Empty(A)
Level 24: Maneuvers -- Empty(A)
Level 26: Synaptic Overload -- Empty(A)
Level 28: Benumb -- Empty(A)
Level 30: Tactics -- Empty(A)
Level 32: Gremlins -- Empty(A)
Level 35: Sleet -- Empty(A)
Level 38: Heat Loss -- Empty(A)
Level 41: Mental Blast -- Empty(A)
Level 44: Indomitable Will -- Empty(A)
Level 47: Mind Over Body -- Empty(A)
Level 49: Psionic Tornado -- Empty(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Containment
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- Empty(A)
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There is a zero chance for critical with Concentrated Strike. It instead is front loaded with damage and has a 20% chance to recharge power siphon(scrap) build up(stalk).
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That is very nice of you. I do this for friends but I never thought about doing this for strangers. I do help others with Trapdoor though several times a week.
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Quote:Thanks alot. Yeah the heavy was kind of cheating but what can I say I was tired of smacking that thing around.Originally Posted by Tannim222
I don't care what anyone else may say, that's quite impressive.
Though you cheated with the Heavy Not that I have any characters that could solo Lusca with an entire team of temp pets (but that's beside the point) [This is all tongue in cheek]
Oh I forgot to mention I did use a Backup radio to give me a hand but the dang thing took one shot from Lusca and died so I didn't count him. I was really tempted to use a shivan too but that would have made taking down the head a little to easy. Reminds me it took me around 3 hours from start to finish so that's why I was in a hurry to take the head down.