MaXimillion_Zero

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DN wants two end reducers. can you explain why

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Soul extraction wants recharge, 2 to make perma, 3 to stack. 2 perma I understand, why another one

[/ QUOTE ]You can have multiple ones out.

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Aid other even when you have twilight grasp? If you really want it, at least give it decent amount of slots. can you advise a replacement power pool

[/ QUOTE ]Hasten would be best bet, howling twilight is also nice, and you could drop acro to this level and pick the fourth PPPP.

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DS needs 3 rech to perma. DS is my best mate so i understand you advising perma but i usually only bring him out when im fighting bosses/AV's so I find the slots better used to enhance him when I do bring him out, but would like to hear your view on the slotting of DS

[/ QUOTE ]I like having him around at all times. Personal slotting: 3 rech 2 ToHit debuff 1 heal

From mind, you can skip... Mesmerize/levitate... and that's about it. From rad, I'd say mutate, chocking cloud, and fallout, but since you want fallout, that leaves 2. You also want 8 pool powers, which gives a total of 23, out of 24 available powers, which is bad. I'd say drop at least fallout, and propably the leadership pool as well.... unless you're making it for PvP only, in which case total dom, mass confuse and mass hypnosis are droppable, as well as possibly EMP.

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Also, for MMs, Fitness is quite useless. You'll most probably never suffer from low endurance since the pets will do the work for you.


[/ QUOTE ]Do you actually use your secondary?

As for upgrade slotting, I'd say 1 EndRdx in the first, 2 in the 2nd.

Weaken could use some ToHit debuffs, serum isn't opropably worth the power pick, and you'll want neurotoxin breath in there somewhere.

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Unfortunately MaX seems right, compared to powers from primary , the presence pool powers are poo.

[/ QUOTE ]Well, not entirely right, provoke is a fairly useful power.

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Hmm.. on a dominator?

[/ QUOTE ]On any char, in certain situations.

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Unfortunately MaX seems right, compared to powers from primary , the presence pool powers are poo.

[/ QUOTE ]Well, not entirely right, provoke is a fairly useful power.

Get the toHit debuff out of zombies, it only affects one power.
Tar patch doesn't need that much slow IMO.
DN wants two end reducers.
Don't slot health, it's not worth it with a self-heal.
Slot shadow fall 1/2 end 3 res 0-2 def, in that order.
Soul extraction wants recharge, 2 to make perma, 3 to stack.
Aid other even when you have twilight grasp? If you really want it, at least give it decent amount of slots.
DS needs 3 rech to perma.
Give dark embrace one EndRdx.
Soul tentacles could use damage
Don't bother slotting acro, 6-slot your PPP hold however.

Also, I suggest you swtch the power order so that you have SJ at L14, it's very good if you need to malefactor down.

Brute accuracy is not any worse than most other characters'. However, accuracy in general is low until you have proper enhancements in your powers.

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I've chosen not to get my travel power till 24. So far I havent regretted it. I got two temporary travel powers from the Mayhem missions (Atlas and Kings Row) and plan to pick the Sky Raider Flight Pack from Lt Chalmers in my early 20s. So far at 18th level I still ahve over 85 minutes left on the Jump Pack and over 100 minutes left on the flight pack. Add in another 60 minutes from the sky raider pack and thats over 4 hours of travel powers..more than enough to get me to 24 hopefully.


[/ QUOTE ]Remember that there's also the Goldbricker rocket pack at the 15-20 range

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TP works fine unslotted, and really well slotted. SJ technically needs 2 slots to hit the cap

[/ QUOTE ]3 slots, not two, yes? SS is the one that caps with 2.

That doesn't work while travelling though... Still, TP works fine with no end reducers as long as you have even stamina.

Terrify is an AWESOME power, it's a very large cone, decent debuff, long duration fear, nice recharge and good AoE damge. Invoke panic? That's just crap

TP needing slots is a popular myth, and nothing more. After stamina, TP is fine with no end reducers, especially if you have some sort of endurance management power (which you do, in case you're /elec?).

Your accuracy will be bad until you start slotting powers with accuracy DO or SO enhancements. (or alternatively lots of acc TO's, but you need 4 to give the effect one SO does).

If you've only died twice at that level with those sets, you're clearly not doing enough damage

Or you're playing with a tank, but where's the fun in that?

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3. Petrifying gaze is possibly the worst ST-hold out there, hands down, nowadays - you could probably do better picking up a leadership power instead, tbh.


[/ QUOTE ]I take it you've never tried Bitter Freeze Ray?

Also, seeing nobody mentioned it, it's a quaranteed knockdown, enough to take a MoB out of the fight for few secs.

Thugs gets bruiser, a melee hench, who is fairly durable. Poison gets noxious gas, a lasting PBAoE effect on one hench. Those two have great synergy, which is what makes thug/pois come on top against merc/pois.

I'd keep dark, it's quite possibly the set with most synergy with storm. If you have to reroll and pick sonic/archery/elec, hget sonic, since itt has the most synergy of those three.

Times like this I wish I wasn't so damn lazy and would actually learn to draw

Very nice work

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Can you imagine the esctasy of 8 rad defenders all running assault with Accelerate Metabolism vs enemies with no resistance or defence?


[/ QUOTE ]8*AM is 240% buff, with 2 SO's in attacks that already caps damage

1) Get to L41
2) Get a PPP with AoE immob
3) Use it with ignite
4) [Anastacia]"Everythiiiinnngggg buuuuurrrnnnsss, Everyooonnneeeee Screeeeeeaaammmmssss"[/Anastacia]

Well, you get the picture

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Powerpool attacks do work with inheret powers, so yes.

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Tanker powerpool and ancilliary pool attacks don't have gauntlet (revealed while the tanker attack = aoe attack bug was on test) - so i doubt that brute patron powers will have a taunt effect.

[/ QUOTE ]Can you link some test results/official statements? Never heard of this before, and all I have heard on the subject contradicts this.

Well, there's ARAD (Arachnos Research And Developement) on defiant, dunno if there's anything on union though.

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Leadership is under-rated, until you have a large team with everyone running leadership, at which point I changed my mind - try it!

[/ QUOTE ]It is good when the whole team has it, true, but not that useful solo or in PuG's.

Stone's stun power is better, as well as the 3 first attacks, which you noted yourself. So if someone wants those to be their main strengths, he picks stone over SS. There are differences, so which set is 'better' is down to preference. Sure other might have better sustainable DPS, or something else, but the other set wins on something else. Also, concept is a big thing to be taken into account as well.