MaXimillion_Zero

I'd rather get repel than acrobatics, I hate the idea of mez protection for squishies, and repel can be used as a great control tool, especially post-ragdoll.

I prefer SS for a kinetist, it never hurts to have a toggleable travel power, and you need hasten anyways so it's only 1 power. SS does fine until you get IR for vertical travel, and then you can get anywhere.

All PBAoE buffs effect the caster.

Mind/Dark? If only, oh, if only....

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DA? End light? How!

[/ QUOTE ]No OG, CoF or Death Shroud.

Claws should be interesting with the I7 buff, but then again expect more people to roll one.
BS/something other than regen would be the rarest propably, I'd go with BS/Inv

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Spines doesnt have a draw animations after quills...

[/ QUOTE ]It does, you still have to 'draw' them (You do the drawing animation and hear the sound), even though they're visible, which is damn annoying.

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So, can anyone comment on the knockback with Pendulum? Little to none, or enough to make you think about respeccing it out?

[/ QUOTE ]Don't have it yet, but I've always liked knockback, and loved all kinds of aoE's, so it's a no-brainer

Heh, you know how these forums work, everything goes offtopic sooner or later...

Anyways, as of your last posted build, I'd say lunge doesnt need recharge, it's fast enough as it is, would really recommend one EndRdx in quills, and 3rd jump in hurdle if it's going to be your only vertical movement power.

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A power taken for one use only or a power which will increase your effectiveness against every mob in the game isn't that a no brainer?

[/ QUOTE ]It's useful for all kinds of nasty foes, and both parts of our duo taking it means that we can keep one boss out of the game if things get sticky.

Energy torrent? Pfft, dark mastery and sapper holding power ftw!

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but I run quills, sprint, integration and SJ

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But there's no point in having Sprint and SJ on while you're fighting, only herding. So you herd, then turn 'em off, then attack. I run Tough and Integration, and have Energy Torrent on top of my other AoEs (Energy Torrent has quite a high end cost) and don't have much trouble at all, with no end reduction in attacks.

[/ QUOTE ]But I like to have mobility in fights as well

Icicles is unnecessary with CE, which is superior to any other taunt aura. Icicles would only be useful for extra AoE damage, but I already have whirling axe, pendulum and fireball.

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Well, remember you can't herd more than 17 things at once anymore... which isn't exactly hard to herd without Quills, and on medium to large teams there wont be any point herding.

[/ QUOTE ]That's why I only duo with my regen

Stamina only at 24? EA only at 30? That's going to hurt...

You might want to take a look into my current tank project.

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Out of curiosity, is the damage from quills any good?

[/ QUOTE ]It's best used for herding IMO.
I used to keep saying that anybody herding carnies was totally insane, few days ago I started doing that myself with my spines/regen, having hit 40... It's good to be proven right

Anyways, quills is what makes spines/regen the best build for herding, coping with the damage AND wiping the herd out on their own in the game, without it it'd just be able to take and dish out damage, not herd.

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lol I like your build, take a look at these powers though (no slots done):

*Snip*

Basically it's only got the single required secondary power Everything else is primary or pools/epic. I was running out of things to pick that looked fun at the end, which is why Group fly is in there, heh.

I'm sure that I could rearrange the powers a little better to get a nice build for 22, where I am soon, but that's one team-hungry load of powers!

I added stamina in there too, since everyone has convinced me of the lack of end i'll have. The other idea was to pull out the fitness pool and put in the concealment one, perhaps.

Any thoughts? Any cries of 'you're a crazy man!!'? Hmm...

[/ QUOTE ]How can you actually PLAY such a build and not bore to death?

Actually, your secondary is something like regen, SR, dark armor or invul.

Speed is a pool power, and yes, you should drop flurry and whirlwind, hasten is totally great power once you have it 3-slotted with SO's, far superior to flurry, and whirlwind isn't really that great unless you have lots of endurance to spare.

If you post your primary and secondary sets I could give some advice on what powers to take.

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Propel is always amusing, dispite its lack of damage.

[/ QUOTE ]It's actually the most damaging controller ST attack I can think of (not sure if spec. wounds is more or less), it got boosted around I4.

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Isnt a immobilize already going -jump? Or do imm-protected people also get -fly even they are not getting immobilized?

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Well i know that Web grenade has a -jump and I think all immobs have -fly, but I don't think all Immobs have -jump. I think it's a very good ability to have in PVP, especially in combo with slows.

[/ QUOTE ]They don't all have -fly, heck one of them (all types of tentacle immobs) doesn't even have -knockback.

It's not normally too bad, but I run quills, sprint, integration and SJ, of which only quills has one reducer. (Need quills for herding and extra AoE damage, sprint and SJ for mobility, and int... well, I just need int )

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That, for PvE of course, PvP I'll leave to Chives

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1 Acc 3 Dam and 2 Recharge is the best slotting for both PvP and PvE... (With Focused Accuracy)

Oh and if those are just 'spare powers' I reccomend going into Body further to get Energy Torrent, I feel it gives what Spines needs nowadays to really shine AoE wise, doesn't shine enough without it in my opinion.

[/ QUOTE ]I'd rather have 1 EndRdx as I use Quills, and don't like to run out of endurance.

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oh since we're at it, that lvl38 power is a sleep power. But i cant quite understand if its around yourself or around a foe?

[/ QUOTE ]PBAoE.

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You activate it and for the first 10 seconds all attacks gain 100% damage
the remaining 20 seconds only fire "based attack" get the 100% bonus.


[/ QUOTE ]So it only has 100% fire all the time, not 200% for the first 10 secs?

Also, it's fury, not rage.

Jump kick? *shudders*

Just...don't...