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I don't have access to Mids at the moment. As for slotting of Lightning Storm, I like Dam/Rech and Dam/EndRdx/Rech from Thunderstrike and Entropic Chaos, plus Dam/Rech and Chance for Hold from Devastation.

I have slotted my Grav/Storm up as a solo character, but he's not yet 50. I focus on single target damage, relying upon Hurricane to keep foes away and the ToHit Debuff as my defense. GD, Crush and Propel all slotted up for damage, with Air Superiority in there as well. Singy is slotted for damage and the Resistance Procs to make him nearly unkillable. Tornado is use more to throw foes around to protect me than anything else -- until I run into a hard-to-hit foe, when Tornado becomes a major damage dealer.

I had previously been quite critical of the Grav set. But now that I have gotten my Grav/Storm up into the 40's, I find that I really enjoy the set. It is not fast, but the strategy of using Wormhole to thin out groups is a lot of fun -- Wormhole just doesn't get old. Singy is a great pet as a tank and controller, but only OK for damage. I use Steamy Mist+Super Speed to lead Singy into the fight, and while he keeps them busy, I can pick off foes one by one. Alternatively, I can peek around a corner, target a foe, the set up out of line-of-sight to Wormhole them into a corner or against a wall, then Immob, Freezing Rain, Lightning Storm, Thunderclap if needed, and pick them off one by one while Singy helps.

A great use for that Soulbound Dam/Rech is in Phantom Army. My preferred slotting is 4 Expediant Reinforcement, leaving out the Dam/End and the Resistance proc, and replacing that with the Soulbound Dam/Rech and the Chance for Build Up proc. It will cost a bit to get the Chance for Build Up proc, but the Pet Purples are cheaper than almost all the others.

I know nothing about Macs . . . but I have been using Citybinder for a long time. Unfortunately, the author left the game, and someone who picked up where the author left off appears to have also left the game. The last few powersets to have been proliferated have not been added in.

So, if it takes any programming to make it work on the Mac, I doubt any of that work has been done.

I'd say, "No, it needs some work." A few key questions -- how do you expect to play this character? Solo or teamed or mixed? Kinetics tends to lend itself to a melee playstyle, so I assume you will be up front with the melee guys if teamed.

Take a look at the order of your power choices: Unslotted Lift does 24.5 damage with knockup. Crush does 30.6 and immobilizes. Gravity Distortion does 33.6 with HOLD. Propel does 59.9 with occational knockback, but a long animation. It seems to me that Crush should be taken over Lift and slotted for damage. Same with GD. Now, if you expect to solo mostly, then Propel is great, but if you expect to team mostly, then Lift is probably more useful than Propel. You don't really need both Propel and Lift. I would certainly take Grav. Dist. Field, your AoE Hold, over one of those. So, I suggest go with Crush, GD, Siphon Power and then either Propel or Lift at 6.

If you expect to be in melee, Air Superiority may be better than Hover. That knockdown can be very useful.

Siphon Speed needs Accuracy and Recharge -- the slow is a very minor aspect of the power.

You have Fly, so you don't really need IR. If you want a mule for a Knockback protection IO, take Increase Density and put a Steadfast in it -- much cheaper than a Zephyr, and ID is very useful on teams. If you expect to only solo, then IR, or even Repel might be an option -- Repel is the only strong defensive power in the Kinetics set, and you can play badmitton with your Singy using a minion.

Six slotting Health and Stamina is a big waste of slots on a character that has a Transfusion and Transference. You don't really need those expensive procs from Numina, Miracle, Regen Tissue or Performance Shifter.

Wormhole is a key signature power -- That's where you want to put your Six Slots -- Accuracy, Recharge, Stun and a little Range. To me, Wormhole is one of the main reasons to have a Grav Controller. If you aren't going to fully slot it, then skip it ... but then why did you pick Grav? With Wormhole, you can grab foes and put them right in front of you stunned and Immobilized (with Crushing Field), so that you can use all your Kinetics Siphon powers in relative safety.

Transference should have a full set of 6 Efficiency Adaptors. Fulcrum Shift should have 2 Acc, 3 Rech. That Membrane you have in FS is wasted.

You don't really need Earth's Embrace in a character with a Transfusion. And Hasten would provide you with more benefit than Recall Friend, even on a team build.

This is great news. I have been moving characters around here and there, but not I don't have to rush today.

Yes, Grasshopper, you have learned well . . . CMA and I are old buddies. and I agree with everything he said.

Plus . . .

You should first take a look at my Ill/Rad guide. It explains a lot, including many things about how your build could be improved.

Move that Efficiency Adapter set out of Stamina, and into Accelerate Metabolism. Add the 6th for 5% recharge. Stamina should get 2 Performance Shifters, the proc and EndMod and a common in the third slot. If you can squeeze in 4 slots, fit in 4 Performance Shifters.

If you have enough Global Recharge, then you can get by with a single Accuracy in Lingering Radiation.

Phantom Army is invulnerable, so that Expediant Reinforcement Resist Aura for Pets is completely wasted for PA. Use 4 Expediant Reinforcement, then the two triples from Call to Arms. At 50, you can change the Call to Arms IOs to Dam/Rech and Chance for Build Up from Soulbound Allegiance.

You have a self-heal, so you don't need so many slots in Health.

As CMA said, EF needs only 2 EndRdx. but you should move it to after Stamina.

Too many other changes are needed . . . PLEASE tale a look at my Ill/Rad guide, linked in my sig. It should answer all your questions and has a few sample builds. My guide explains what powers I think work best and why, and the best order for taking powers.

You don't need the outragiously expensive PvP sets that cost hundreds of Millions or even Billions per IO. Except for the purple Confuse set, you can even go without any other purple sets and still have a great Perma-PA build. As CMA said, the Earth APP, in my opinion, is a mistake. You need a fast single target Blast to make a good attack chain, and Hurl just doesn't work. I prefer Fire, but Ice, Primal and Psi all work -- If you want to add Defense to your build, then I prefer Ice.

Well, I can't really imagine how mind-blowingly expensive that build will be. My richest character only has about 200 mil.

You certainly can build a very good Perma-PA character without spending that much Infl. I just don't feel that those PvP sets are nearly worth what they cost. Sure, they have nice bonuses, but too expensive. Same with the purple sets for damage.

The Panacea Heal/End I got last weekend was a fluke. I almost never go into PvP zones except to get Shivans or Nukes, and hadn't set foot in an Arena (other than to get the Day Job Badge) in about 18 months. On a whim, my 3 buddies and I decided to run into the Arena and beat on each other to see if we could get a PvP recipe drop, knowing the odds were very much against us. That recipe dropped with the first guy I killed (well, he actually volunteered to die). The others were somewhat jealous, but I need the infl.

If you want it for a really high price, I have it on Guardian.

By the way, if you are going for Ranged Damage, you should try to fit in the 6th Purple Confuse IO -- 5% Ranged Defense.

I don't have access to Mids at the moment, but it looks good to me -- It has the Recharge needed for perma PA, and plenty of other nice set bonuses, and still has all the good powers. I prefer the Fire APP over Psi, but that's just a personal choice. But that build is going to be really, REALLY, disgustingly outragiously expensive with all those Purples and PvP IOs.

That Panacea proc is going for more than 2 Billion, alone. It seems that it is only selling off market. I just had a Panacea Heal/End drop last weekend, and I crafted it, but I'm waiting until I have a little time to monitor the market before I sell it. And that one is going for 300 Mill to 800 Mill.

Maybe some of the Ebil Marketteers can better estimate the costs, but that is probably a 20-30 billion build, even if you can get some of those IOs.

<sigh> Have to work this weekend. Have fun!

And the timing on this "Announcement" was pretty poor. Champ-O has been out about 5 months, and it is time for the 6-month subscribers to re-subscribe. The game has some nice things, but is severely lacking in content, and most of the players expected Cryptic to add more content over time as free issues. Instead, they get (1) a 3 days per month repeat of the BloodMoon event (Champ-O's Halloween event), and (2) Flashback missions to redo the content you have already done or missed the first time around. The only real additional content is a new zone that is a paid expansion -- pricing not set yet. Many of the Lifetime Subscribers are really ticked off.

So, yeah, PP makes a good point. This would be a good time to advertise that there is a better superhero game that has a long history of being good to the playerbase.

The short version is: Fire/Kin is a powerset, once it gets its level 38 power, that can quickly defeat large numbers of certain types of low level foes non-stop. This makes it perfect for farming. Also, teams that want to plow through easy content quickly, love to have a Fire/Kin for the boost in damage buffs, endurance buffs and AoE damage.

But Fire/Kins are not as good against tougher foes or against certain types of foes. I have one at 43 . . . but just haven't taken the time to get her up to 50. I like my Fire/Rad more.

If they didn't want to team with you because you are not a Fire/Kin, you are better off for it.