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Originally Posted by Deacon_NA

While this may be true for some secondaries, such as Traps, I don't think it's true across the board. All MM secondary powers cost more endurance than the corresponding powers for the other buff/debuff ATs and the more active you are with them, the more it adds up.

Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy

I just wish they would spend time fixing things that people actually want fixed (long form shift times, toggle suppression anyone?) before they start fixing things that everyone is okay with as-is.

Originally Posted by Smiling_Joe

Link's broke, but going to your blog's homepage remedied the situation.

Originally Posted by The Got Dam Mastermind

Introduction

The Mastermind is a truly unique archetype within City of Heroes. On his own, a Mastermind has less hitpoints than anyone else, deals a pitiful amount of damage, and has little to no self defense. All of his powers cost more endurance, and often for less effect, than they would for anyone else. A Mastermind, on his own, is the least effective and least efficient character you can create. The strength of a Mastermind, however, lies in the fact that he never has to be on his own.

The Mastermind is the City of Heroes take on the ever popular "pet class" in other MMORPGs, except here we call them henchmen. Every Mastermind be able to summon up to three tiers of permanent henchmen with two levels of upgrades. As if the veritable army itself was not enough, the Mastermind also chooses a secondary powerset that is dedicated to supporting his army. There are a lot of gears trying to work together here, and it is not easy to get the most out of this grand machine.

When you do take all those tools and manage them properly, you create a truly game breaking good character. You create The Got Dam Mastermind. This guide will be dedicated to helping you maximize that potential and get the most out of your Mastermind, but I will not start the guide at the level cap with the top end gear. I understand that you have to crawl before you walk (et cetera), and with that in mind, I will be providing the tactical advice to succeed as a Mastermind at all levels and regardless of budget.

Originally Posted by dugfromthearth

I know people have been doing speed TF's for as long as they can - but this was different.

In low level content someone might be able to stealth to the end of a mission, find a safe place and teleport the team, then attack the boss. But in this solo characters simply ignored the enemies they ran past and soloed a crystal while all of the surrounding enemies attacked them, ignored the enemies and ran to the next crystal. The enemies simply were not a challenge or a threat.

At the end of the ITF to get the 300 kills they flew to the towers and used ion judgement to simply wipe out hundreds of foes (presumably multiple ion judgement, but I don't know). Wiping out 300 ITF took maybe 1 minute.

There is a difference between doing at TF as fast as you can - which I am fine with - and the TF not presenting a challenge except how fast you can run or fly.

Originally Posted by Elder Zap

There are poewers that grant 'extremely high defense bonus to all attacks' (from the power description) but the bonus is like 2.25%. That does not seem 'extremely high' to me. there are a bunch of defense powers that are like 2 or 3%. That sounds LOW to me, but is there some mechanical thing I'm unaware of that makes it signifigant? Thanks.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

No I'm going on what I think the graphics look like,

Originally Posted by Redlynne

Please state your evidence.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

Uhm, we have that already. We got it with the Gunslinger costume set.

Originally Posted by Leo_G

Get the hell out of your thread.

Originally Posted by MisterD

Just to state the obvious..you're doing it wrong. If you cant solo a PB at those lvls without dying..you need help.