Doulos

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So drop resilience?

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Hell no!

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fair answer to a fair question, as much as it pains me, when it comes to advice on scrappers the scrapapocalypse are the scrappers to ask... thanks all for your input.

So drop resilience?

My only problem with stalkers is that they have made tactics necessary for pretty much anyone who wants to PvP. This I think is bad becasue it means you have to take another power from the leadership pool to have it. I know they can be seen with X,Y,Z... I quite like them as my blaster, tactics and Targetting drone, but I think it is nuts that other builds "need" tactics to stay alive in the zones.

As for a question posed earlier about squishies hiding in the air... fly and hover? avoid being in the water and you avoid being seen.

Finally on the 1 hit kill thing. I have a level 6 stalker and he is dull... I built him for concept and to see what the AT is like, however, with claws I can fire of attacks at a stupid speed, especailly when I get hasten so big attacks should be unleashed pretty fast without, sure the damage isn;t great but after assasins strike it really doesn't need to be.

I hope not, just as I get back into scrapping i would be livid if they nerfed me...

Ok taking on board those considerations, how does this look?


01 : Fast Healing hel(01) hel(3) hel(3)
01 : Hack dam(01) acc(5) dam(15) dam(29) acc(40)
02 : Slash dam(02) acc(5) dam(15) dam(23) acc(31)
04 : Quick Recovery endrec(04) endrec(7) endrec(7)
06 : Slice dam(06) acc(9) dam(23) dam(31) acc(37)
08 : Build Up recred(08) recred(9) recred(43)
10 : Reconstruction hel(10) hel(11) hel(11) recred(43) recred(46) recred(50)
12 : Hasten recred(12) recred(13) recred(13)
14 : Super Speed runspd(14)
16 : Integration hel(16) hel(17) hel(17) endred(43)
18 : Dull Pain hel(18) hel(19) hel(19) recred(42) recred(42) recred(42)
20 : Resilience damres(20) damres(21) damres(21)
22 : Assault endred(22)
24 : Tactics endred(24) endred(25) endred(25)
26 : Disembowel acc(26) dam(27) dam(27) dam(29) acc(31) recred(34)
28 : Combat Jumping defbuf(28)
30 : Super Jump jmp(30)
32 : Head Splitter dam(32) dam(33) dam(33) acc(33) acc(34) recred(34)
35 : Instant Healing hel(35) hel(36) hel(36) recred(36) recred(37) recred(37)
38 : Moment of Glory damres(38) damres(39) defbuf(39) defbuf(39) recred(40) recred(40)
41 : Caltrops slw(41)
44 : Shuriken dam(44) dam(45) dam(45) acc(45) acc(46) recred(46)
47 : Exploding Shuriken dam(47) dam(48) dam(48) acc(48) acc(50) recred(50)
49 : Revive recred(49)

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No ranged attacks? Weave?? Slotted Combat Jumping???

Your getting a pant wettingly pathetic defence out of those power picks and slots. I'd dump Weave and pick up Focussed Accuracy and junk Revive and slot up Laser Beam Eyes.

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Its amazing how having brawl with 1 accuracy as an option gives you that extra 7 or 8 Dps which is often so vital...

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The only reason to slot Brawl is for toggle dropping or if your a Brute. If you need extra dps, put recharges in attacks.

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But 15% defence is better than none... slotted CJ is pretty handy, on paper it looks rubbish but I have it 3 slotted at the moment and when in combat rarely get hit.

I have no additional slot in brawl, just its given slot has an accuracy, it means that IF my attacks are all gone (1 in 10 fights when I click the chain wrong or miss) then I have something to throw at the enemy, so not wasting a slot there.

If I go for any epic it will be weapons mastery for the 2 shruiken, cause they appeal to this character, plus trops is a right pain in the backside for grounded enemies.

I will try unslotting CJ to see if it makes a difference in my first respec, that way I can see if it is worth slotting later on or not.

Then we can get to 50 go to the arena and have a test. ATM I know Dark is naff in PvP, i know this because I took a pounding the other day, gave good, got worse... the lack of holds really bugged me... I'm so used to sitting 100 yards away and taking pot shots at villains, the joy of the AR/DEV blaster I guess.

Best time for me is a friday night, as the wife and I have an understanding that I WILL be late to bed then so we have 5 listed and Manf will be so up for it, he's been naggin for ages, having Dark Neo along would make the missin a REAL challenge due to his level but that would be fun... 2 good tanks should be more than capable of dealing with the aggro (and RE and JB are 2 of the best, now if GG were around too then we'd be laughing!) Hoping Frosty sees this as he is well handy at locking down mobs too.

Team could then be...

J. Brute
Rock Eagle
Golden Golem
Doulos
Sun Beam
Dark Neo
Manf
Inspector Frost

Now that I would enjoy!

Again a quick whilstle down a possible build. I've borrowed a bit from you Q, whirling sword is awesome in PvE but PvP it is way to slow an animation, even if it is the best looking power in game (I think it is anyway) No epic here, no stamina, hence the heavy end reds in tactics, assault wouldn't be a perma power with this build. At level 50 it would be a very capabale fighter, with more def/res than other BS/Regens which up close and personal would mean it could last a while longer. Hell i may even do the first respec asap to get one in the pipe for when I get head splitter and want to loose whirling sword. Its amazing how having brawl with 1 accuracy as an option gives you that extra 7 or 8 Dps which is often so vital... might have some problems in bloody bay though, plan around that would be to swap CJ and SJ around with tactics and assault, that would work pretty well.

01 : Fast Healing hel(01) hel(5) hel(7)
01 : Hack dam(01) dam(3) acc(15) dam(34) acc(46)
02 : Slash dam(02) dam(3) acc(15) dam(34) acc(46)
04 : Quick Recovery endrec(04) endrec(5) endrec(7)
06 : Slice dam(06) dam(9) acc(25) dam(34) acc(50)
08 : Build Up recred(08) recred(9) recred(25)
10 : Reconstruction hel(10) hel(11) hel(11) recred(43) recred(43) recred(46)
12 : Combat Jumping defbuf(12) defbuf(13) defbuf(13)
14 : Super Jump jmp(14)
16 : Integration hel(16) hel(17) hel(17)
18 : Dull Pain hel(18) hel(19) hel(19) recred(42) recred(42) recred(43)
20 : Resilience damres(20) damres(21) damres(21)
22 : Hasten recred(22) recred(23) recred(23)
24 : Super Speed runspd(24)
26 : Disembowel dam(26) dam(27) acc(27) dam(29) acc(29) recred(42)
28 : Assault endred(28)
30 : Tactics endred(30) thtbuf(31) thtbuf(31) thtbuf(31)
32 : Head Splitter dam(32) dam(33) acc(33) dam(33) acc(37) recred(40)
35 : Instant Healing hel(35) hel(36) hel(36) recred(36) recred(37) recred(37)
38 : Moment of Glory damres(38) damres(39) defbuf(39) defbuf(39) recred(40) recred(40)
41 : Boxing acc(41)
44 : Tough damres(44) damres(45) damres(45) endred(45)
47 : Weave defbuf(47) defbuf(48) defbuf(48) endred(48)
49 : Revive recred(49) recred(50) recred(50)

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01 : Brawl enhancement(01)
01 : Sprint enhancement(01)
02 : Rest enhancement(02)

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I have no idea why you have hover (shadow shards?) as a power in there especailly if this is for PvP unless you plan of hovering whilst you fight

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How am I going to fight all those squishies with flight without it? This way I can chase after them and give them a nasty surprise: theres nowhere to run.


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tp foe? means they can't run to base either....

Gah, now you post it! I was asking about this sort of thing last week. You have a very different take on the build to me, I have substituted Fitness pool for fighting pool to give a little more defence, as I also have combat jumping and SJ (cause SS on its own winds me up no end) but am seriously considering SS and more specifically hasten. If i could take fitness too then I would but as it stands I have no problems with stamina on this build at all, so unless I want to NEVER have any problem on stamina against mobs of 50 villains then I don't need it! (although you may have it in to handle the leadership toggles)

Do you really need a rec red in hack and slice? they come up pretty fast as is, could you not use them to give some acc buffs in tactics if you want to ensure you hit? with the attack chain of Broadsword, which I have (hack, slash, slice, whirling and disembowel) I very rarely have any down time between powers with no recreds, the only thing I'd like hasten on is build up (which I currently have 2 slotted for recharge, but this is another power you could have with acc buffs to ensure that big killing hit... build up, head splitter followed by disembowel = very likely a dead enemy especailly with slotted accuracies and tactics) I have no idea why you have hover (shadow shards?) as a power in there especailly if this is for PvP unless you plan of hovering whilst you fight for a slightly better defence. Will post my planned build in a few minutes.

Right, I know a few players out there who are in the catchment for this TF. I want to do it, and bizarrely I want to do it against the Rikti, Raiders were too easy, Freaks were to easy, Rikti? Well apparently they provide a challenge. As 50 approaches, not as rapidly as I'd like but it approaches none-the-less I have to plan for Doulos's future, which mean (according to statesman) PvP. To do this I need to get a respec in there.

Anyone interested. I am level 46. The range is 44-50, there are 7 slots going, I have an empath mate who I imagine will come (Manf of the SNHS) so I have to proxy him a spot, but who else is coming?

Not only will this mission give us a respec if we choose it but it will also give us plenty of XP on the way to 50.

Level 46...

Blaster - Precision Ranger
Defender - SNHS
Tank - armoured Core
Controller - union overlords
WS/PB - cosmic justic
Scrapper - team GBH

The result... access to a massive pool of dedicated players in the 1AT coalition.

Doulos, level 45.9 (so nearly level 46!) AR/Dev/Mun 1 epic hold will have 3 hold dur and 3 rec rates slotted before the raid.

No, I think you'r doing MoG... I'm doing whirling blade... plus I look cooler than you...

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...Oh my god look at your Avatar.

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its kinda cool, wanna see a bigger piccie... click here!

thanks for the tip hobo...

I have an excellent build for this in PvE but what do people recommend for making it PvP specicific too? What other powersets? Leadership? SS? Presence? What... I currently have SJ which I love but I need something to lock people down.

Help me please.

I'll take it just because I never seem to carry awakens...

I wanna come...

Got a pretty good idea but can those with more than 26 levles tell me how they would slot regen powers. I want them ALL as they all rock. Whats the best way to get good use out of them.

Cheers a handy tip, just a shame the damn forum makes you have to put in the code all the time!

"Where did you hear about this entrance?"

"When I worked in there Dialous used it to bring in ‘items’ for experimentation." replied Aeronaut, "Ones that he didn't want people to know about."

"What kind of ‘items’?" asked Doulos whilst sharpening a nasty looking combat knife.

"To be honest I have no idea, he didn't want me to know about it, and I really don’t want to know... I got the impression that the ‘items’ didn’t want to be there but I can't tell you much more than that".

Doulos’s mind ran wild, Aeronaut could only shrug at the look on his face, "Actually, I'd rather not know either." Doulos muttered, sheething his knife.

"Ok guys, I’ve scouted a bit," said Scapegoat dropping into the small channel they were hiding in. She scrunched up her nose in distaste at the aroma of the bog like mud before continuing. "The door is lightly guarded, just a handful, we might be able to draw them out into the open and snipe them, I don’t think we’ll get too much resistance."

Aero began to climb out of the creek, "Great, let’s get going then," he said, "we get in there, we get Dialous, we get out, easy as that."

Doulos and Scapegoat frowned at each other, "Whenever it’s this easy I worry." Muttered Doulos.

"Me too." added Scapegoat.

"What is wrong with you people, this is divine intervention, this is cosmic justice this is..."

"...Likely to be a trap." finished Scapegoat with a frown, "We rush in there, you won't get your revenge... we go in too fast and the only thing we will do is get ourselves captured"

"But if we go to slow then we lose the element of surprise." responded Aeronaut.

They both looked at Doulos who shugged, "You’re both right, if it is a trap going slowly will just give them more time to set it effectively. But if we rush in too fast we might trigger the trap without being in control of the situation."

"What’s the answer then soldier boy?" asked Scapegoat.

"Go fast with a low profile." Doulos pulled his combat knife out of his boot again, and flicked a small switch on his belt activating his cloaking device. The blurred area of air spoke, "County to fifty then follow me in."

Aeronaut counted quietly to 50, wondering as he did so how 'going fast but with a low profile' was in any way different to his idea... At 50, he and Scapegoat climbed out of the creek, or rather glided out, Aeronaut was amazed at his companions ability to fly without use of anything mechanical to aid her, and made their way to the small doorway hidden in the face of the rock. It swung open on silent hinges into the darkness and the two stepped in, glass cracked underfoot, presumably from the broken bulbs of the lights swinging empty above them. Three council soldiers lay on the floor motionless, blood seeping through their uniforms in various places, they noticed a fourth pinned to a wooden strut by his shoulder with the same heavy blade that they saw Doulos holding earlier, but of Doulos himself there was no sign. The injured men were soon teleported to the Ziggurat's medical facility. "How does that work down here ?" Aeronaut asked Scapegoat with a whisper, "You got me, I just hope they make it to the Zig, the council have a habit of patching into the teleportation system out here on Striga and we really could do without them finding out we are here before we are ready" Aeronaut wished he hadn't asked, this 'plan' of his has been getting more and more complicated since arriving on the island. 'Revenge isn't easy' he muttered quietly to himself, hoping too late that his helmet prevented Scapegoat from hearing him.

Scapegoat allowed energy to emote from her hands, a cold blue light cast dramatic shadows around the small atrium. Aeronaut shivered within his suit at the eeriness of the cave, pleased once more that his suit prevented any hint of his uneasiness from being noticed by his companion. Suddenly there was a thud off to their left. Scapegoat moved the light to eliminate the darkness in that direction they saw Doulos materialise beside the injured body of another soldier, wiping blood from a small the blade of a small switchblade.

“He ran, I caught him.” Said the soldierly hero walking over to where the soldier had been pinned to the wooden strut by his blade and wrenched the heavy blade out now that the soldier had been sent to the Ziggurat. Aeronaut muttered "A little much for a 'fast and low profile' approach isn't it?"

"We got in without setting of any alarms didn't we?" Aeronaut started to argue but Doulos cut him off by saying "I’m a hunter, it’s what I do."

"Doulos, you do know that according to the hero guidelines lethal force is never to be used except in the defence of an innocent life, appropriate force does not include shedding unnecessary blood."

Doulos looked at him, "They'll live, nothing I did here today broke the rules in that precious guidebook of yours"

"But…" continued Aeronaut, "Look, do you want this Dialous in the zig, or in the grave ?" Doulos Asked.

"In the grave.."Aeronaut admitted after a moment, hanging his head slightly in shame at the realisation of what that meant.

"I want them all in the grave, the difference is I am upfront about it. You need to realise what following this thing through to the end will mean, I hope when the time comes you are ready because it's coming sooner than you think." said Doulos matter of factly, the blue light cast by Scapegoats energy showed his eyes gleaming with anger. He unslung his assault rifle and set of into the darkness.

Aeronaut turned his head to look at Scapegoat but before he could ask she spoke quietly. "Don’t look at me, I agree with him. I'm here to stop you from getting yourself killed, not to preach to you about right and wrong, you have to work that out for yourself."

"So what makes me any different from them?"

“You ask yourself that question." Scapegoat sighed in resignation and started a prepared speech she had almost memorised recently after spending time with the newer members of the Precision Rangers, "You and Doulos are similar in that respect, he doesn't know what makes him so different to the people we fight either, I guess deep down none of us do, not really. I mean we all have something that makes us special, to stand out from the crowd, some skill or ability that the civilians don't have. Why do some people use their gifts to serve others and some to serve themselves?" Scapegoat started to walk in the direction Doulos had stalked off, motioning for Aeronaut to follow. "Doulos was an excellent soldier from what I know of him, which means he is trained to kill, and trained to do it very well. Does that mean he is no better than these Council soldiers?, sometimes I know he thinks so but that is his cross to bear, I can't tell you much but there is more to Doulos than it is my place to say, he didn't always leave the enemy breathing to be teleported to the Zig." Scapegoat Sighed once more and tried not to look at Aeronaut as she said "One day I hope he learns that heroism is about justice, not about judgement." Aeronaut followed her silently, taking in this new information and making his own choice, as she had recommended. "We all walk the line between right and wrong, every one of us, when does defence and protection become the violence we heroes are pledged to stop?" Scapegoat slowed her walk to spin round and touch Aeronauts arm, "I think the difference between 'us and them' is that we would die to save lives and they would kill to stay alive." no matter how many times she heard herself say that speech Scapegoat still cringed inwardly at it's self righteousness, It was written to bolster faith in it's listeners and it usually does the job. Scapegoat could only hope that beneath his armour, Aeronaut found the nugget of truth in what she had said.

Aeronaut nodded in thought as they moved on, there was more to being a hero than wearing a metal suit.

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Dialous's men waited outside the store room. It was called a store room by those who didn’t know the truth, if they knew the modifications Dialous had made to this room then even the most open of minded members of the high council would be 'displeased' with him to say the least. Dialous had taken great pains to ensure no one knew, and it irked him somewhat that he had to risk it's discovery Today. The air within the store room stank of stale blood.

"He will be here soon." Dialous said to himself as he removed a mask from a female tied to the wall. Blonde hair matted with blood sagged around a whitened face. "Your husband allowed you to die Mrs. Johnson, I trust you understand this, He will be here shortly."

The woman’s eyes shot open, bloodshot and red, she licked her lips, as she did the light glinted of fangs, "Oh yes," Dialous thought, "the suit will be mine."

Calling his men into the room Dialous ordered, "Defensive positions men, tie her in place here, at the centre of the room and make sure her head is hidden." With strict discipline the soldiers tied the ‘woman’ to a frame and found hiding places amongst the boxes and crates of the room.

Right... after the discussions of previous weeks and believing in the 1AT SG I have thought that merging with the SNHS, on condiditon of a Rad Ranger Rank would be of benefit to the whole coalition. ITs taken me a while to beat this out of myself but I think that the contribution we could give would be fantastic. You all know I was all for the Rads but I will adapt the backstory planned to fit in with this. What do people think? or have I just agreed with what you all thought anyway?

Just a thought... Kaya isn't a very rangery name, why didn't you go for Scapegoat or Sun Beam or Kronosy46... Disco Queen or Doulette...

YAY... now you get to stay uplate playing because "you need to mind the restless baby..."

Congrats buddy.