MaXimillion_Zero

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1. Do the Electric Melee animations and effects clash with the Fiery Aura? I'm hoping that they won't. I don't care about the annoying noise I heard that they emit.

[/ QUOTE ]They should look very nice with fiery aura from what I've seen.

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2. Does Fiery Embrace boost the damage of the Fiery Aura's damaging powers? That would be really nice, though I'll get it anyway (2 build ups every 180 seconds? Even without fire attacks it's worth it).

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3. I'm trying to decide on my build, and right now from my main sets the powers I don't think I'll get are Taunt, one of the first powers on the Elec set, Temp' Protection, and perhaps Lightning Clap (not too sure about this one). Now, about Rise of the Phoenix... Should I get it? I guess it could be useful, but that depends on how many times I expect to die, and PvP isn't the main attraction for me in this game. I plan to get 6 powers from the common pools, and 2-3 powers from the Mu Mastery (Elec' Fences and either Mu Lightning or Ball Lightning). If I don't get Rise of the Phoenix or Lightning Clap, then I can get all three non-pet Mu powers.



[/ QUOTE ]I strongly suggest getting both L1 attacks, as they will help getting an attack chain and building fury. For build, I'd go with something like:
01) --> Charged Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Fire Shield==> Empty(1)
02) --> Havoc Punch==> Empty(2)
04) --> Jacobs Ladder==> Empty(4)
06) --> Healing Flames==> Empty(6)
08) --> Thunder Strike==> Empty(8)
10) --> Hurdle==> Empty(10)
12) --> Combat Jumping==> Empty(12)
14) --> Super Jump==> Empty(14)
16) --> Plasma Shield==> Empty(16)
18) --> Health==> Empty(18)
20) --> Stamina==> Empty(20)
22) --> Consume==> Empty(22)
24) --> Blazing Aura==> Empty(24)
26) --> Chain Induction==> Empty(26)
28) --> Burn==> Empty(28)
30) --> Build Up==> Empty(30)
32) --> Lightning Rod==> Empty(32)
35) --> Fiery Embrace==> Empty(35)
38) --> Hasten==> Empty(38)
41) --> Electrifying Fences==> Empty(41)
44) --> Ball Lightning==> Empty(44)
47) --> Acrobatics==> Empty(47)
49) --> Rise of the Phoenix==> Empty(49)

CJ has pitiful amount of defence, it stacking with anything is not noticeable... Fire is the best PvE epic, unless you want more control, in which case primal is best.

Fire>Others

Yup, char is the fire control hold.

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This type of flame posts is so USA. Do we really need the 'i've done this, I've done that', 'I soloed this in I?' sort of posts and the 'dont need "x"alt in a team' post.


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1. Blind group/sg invites: Is it common that people toss those invites at any moment, time after time, without any kind of dialouge or chat? It feels kind of annoying to have to decline invites from same people several times within 10 minutes. Those groups I have been in is where people pm'd me first and asked/invited me, or if I broadcasted that I am available for this and that mission.

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Blind invites do happen, but are considered bad etiquette by most experienced players, especially blind SG invites. If somebody is sending you repeated blind invites, first send them a tell asking to stop, and if that doesn't work, /petition them for harassment, /ignore them, and move on.

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2. DO, SO, Training enhancements: When should I seriously begin to start buying the 'better' versions of the enhancements? They cost -alot- and I don't seem to accumulate that much infamy I'd like to.

[/ QUOTE ]For one's first character, I'd start buying DO's at 20's, and SO's at mid-30's.

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3. When should I worry about a 'build'? I picked the powers I thought looked fun and they seem to work well, but from reading the forums here it seems there's lots of different approaches on efficient builds.

[/ QUOTE ]You might want to download a Character Planner, and create builds for your characters, which you can post at the archetype boards. This way more experienced players can give insight to your build, helping you make your characters stronger, avoiding bad powers, and need for respecifications (which you only get a limited amount of).

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4. Super groups: I've been invited into a bunch of these, but I refuse to accept any 'blind invites' and wonder if there exist 'older', laid back veteran kind of SG's who can answer a wide range of questions, have groups in several level ranges and are involved in the whole game, that is pve/pvp, badges, funny events, exploration(if that exist) and so on. I've read the 'guild listing' but havent really met anyone from those guilds so I don't know alot of people.

[/ QUOTE ]There are quite a few more experienced SG's, but I'm mostly a defianteer so can't comment on the union side.

Defiant has 1 AT SG's for every hero AT but khelds, and union has 1 AT SG's for all hero AT's, and I think at least some of the villain ones.

The base recharge is 360, duration 90. With 3 SO's, hasten and triple stacked siphon speed the recharge is about 110 secs.

If you'll keep med pool, get aid other instead of stimulant, it'll be way more useful. (Both will break sleep, and dispersion protects against everything else).

Pretty much agree, munitions would be best concept-wise and no weapon redraws, the second best (very little redraws due to no attacks in the set) would be Force.

Confuse wants more confdur.
Mass hypno could use one sleep.
TK could use one recharge.
Drop third acc in terrify, give it a rech.
Propably drop one EndRdx in Dispersion.
Detention field has inheret acc bonus, and is perma with 2 rech, get other slots outta there.
Drop one Acc (or two) in MC for ConfDur.
Power Boost wont need EndRdx I'd say.
Don't bother with more than 1 rech in recusitate

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I've said it once, and I'll say it again: You do NOT need a tank and an empath to kill an AV. You don't even need a full team.


[/ QUOTE ]I'd even say that you do not need ANY spesific AT/Powerset/Power for anything in the game (Apart for possibly hammy).

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I do believe on Invincible AV's tend to spawn at +2.


[/ QUOTE ]If they're at the end of the mish, they'll be +2. If they're somewhere else, they can be +3. Also, if you have 6 or more players, levels go up with one.

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I think empaths are just like tanks..you don't REALLY need em but it can speed up things a lot..


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so you dont need either tanks nor empaths to team with you?
would love to see you handle an av or a gm without either´of them.

[/ QUOTE ]No, I definitely don't, and I've done AV's and GM's solo, duo, and in teams, all without tanks or empaths. I'll take a kin, dark or storm rather than an empath 99% of the time.

Pretty much yeah, especially if you throw in debuffs as well. Personally, I'd go for something like:
2 /Kins, 1 /Sonic, 1 /thermal, 1 /Cold, 1 /dark and 2 /rad, with varying primaries.

It reduces their power costs at least, not sure of the cost of summon.

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No point slotting MoG with recharges to be honest, its not like elude you won't be using it that often.


[/ QUOTE ]You will when fighting malta, or AV's that you need more END for.

Drop Icicles for it I'd say.

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Yes it does, if you want proof search the US boards for a post by Castle - Only works however if the stalker doesnt have -DEF vs Repel

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repulsion field is autohit, so it won't matter if you have a million defense points. It will still hit.

[/ QUOTE ]Are you guys confusing it with force bubble? AFAIK Repulsion is a PBAoE knockback toggle with ToHit check, and the Auto-hit repel one is force bubble, which blasters can't get.

My personal choice is 1 ACC, 3 Rech, 2 Fear.

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Okay, here's the latest build for my fellow MaX to peruse over.
*Snip*

[/ QUOTE ]You'll want fearsome stare six-slotted, really. Grab some slots from invis/HT/PG/Phase.

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You might can add some recharges in the pet-summon powers, as they are your shields you cant have them down due recharge at any moment imho.

[/ QUOTE ]You can't put recharge in summons

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I'll change the slotting in Tar Patch, and Fearsome Stare isn't there because I really don't want to have too many powers that aggro multiple enemies onto myself, due to my lack of ability to fight back.

[/ QUOTE ]Fearsome stare aggroes little, and as long as you don't hit a feared target, they'll just cower without attacking you. It's also fairly nice ToHit Debuff.

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Also, you've got 5 slots in it there


[/ QUOTE ]7, actually

Put 3 rech in tar patch, the more res debuffs on enemies, the better
DN at 22? That's gonna be a long way...
Where is fearsome stare?