MaXimillion_Zero

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just OT but gotta ask .. do you even have a job max or do you just troll the boards all day ? lol

[/ QUOTE ]I have school, yes

Although I'm at a GMT +2 zone so I'm usually home by the UK noon.

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as far as i'm aware its not changed .. i still used it and don't have ACC problems with it even tho i don't have any ACC enh in it.

[/ QUOTE ]There was definitely a dev post about it, I just can't remember whether it was patch notes or just somebody saying it would be changed...

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Just realised i was talking about mind probe in my above post not mental blast, i never got mental blast and looks like i made the right choice.

Can someone explain how drain psyche works? only vary rarely does the icon pop up showing its working, the rest of the time i just get a pretty animation and nothing happens, i thought it was alwasy missing or something but i dont get the miss text.

[/ QUOTE ]Every enemy it hits gives you a boost to your health and endurance, best used in big groups.

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I've used Thunderclap alot on my lvl 50 earth/storm because it works extremely well with stalagmites in the earth set hitting the ones stalag missed and have NEVER once missed with it.

[/ QUOTE ]It used to be auto-hit, but was changed (or will be?) to work with the normal AoE mez accuracy.

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is it worth slotting personal force field?

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Just slot 1 recharge or a end-red in it.. The base stats are already topnotch, though i tried to see if a lvl51 AV was able to hit me with PFF/FoN/TI on.. But since you are running on kinda cap resist/def all, not much


[/ QUOTE ]Not slotting it does apply in PvE, but for PvP slotting 3 def is very nice.

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We're still nice people though.


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One main thing worth considering if you haven't already chosen an epic is the def and res figures for the shields. The figures unslotted according to my planner are:

Fire Shield: 30% res Smash/Lethal and Fire, 10% res Cold
Charged Armor: 19.25% res Smash/Lethal, 14.5% res Energy
Temp Invul: 22% res Smash/Lethal
Frozen Armor: 20% def Smash/Lethal, 20% res Cold
Body Armor: 11% res Smash/Lethal

[/ QUOTE ]What planner did you use out of curiosity? Because SherkSilver's planner gives different numbers and it's commonly accepted to be the most accurate one out there...
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According to SherkSilvers planner:

Frozen Armor: 13.6% def Smash/Lethal, 20% res Cold

Charged Armor: 19.25% res Smash/Lethal, 14.0% res Energy

Fire Shield: 19% res Smash/Lethal, 14% res Fire, 7% res Cold

Temp Invul: 20% res Smash/Lethal

Body Armor: 8% res Smash/Lethal (Auto power)

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This would mean that elec one is the best, as energy is the third most common damage type.

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As said before, the reason why MMs get pummeled on sight are not cause they are the most worthless. It's because people know if you ignore the MM, his pets can give you a "go-to-hospital-free-card". The MM itself is the weakest link in his whole pet army, if the MM falls, the pets fall, thats why they are aimed for first.

[/ QUOTE ]Which is why I'm betting on some ind of taunt/divert attention from the MM buff.

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I'd quite like an End recovery power from the Epics/Patrons

[/ QUOTE ]Seeing as brutes have access to the DM/EA combo and it's THREE endurance powers, I'd say it's very unlikely.

With transference and conserve power/consume from epic, stamina is not required.

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Good point actually. Pulling around a corner into a mob of pets (or henchies...) is a great tactic.

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If you're a merc/bot MM though, you can do this yourself as well.

[/ QUOTE ]Any MM can, that's what your personal attacks are for

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what happens when immob meets ice slik? they randomly slide off?

[/ QUOTE ]Most immobs (tentacles is only one I can think of that doesn't) make the target immone to knockback/up/down, so they just stand immobilized on the slick.

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Don't think the Grav one has a -knockback/up/down either. All the others do. I always move the Fire Cages button out of the way if I've an Ice or Earth Controller on the team too, so my random keyboard mashings don't set it off.

[/ QUOTE ]Grav hold does have knockback immunity at least, not sure about the immob...

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but isn't hurricane repel rather than KB? (although it does kb if you run right into something). I THINK these are two different effects, though i'm not sure

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, it is both, it has three AoE's, largest one is the debuff, medium one is repel, and smallest one is knockback.

IIRC /EA stalkers have both repel and knockback protection.

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yes they do .. and i knew max would be along to post here to put his 2pence worth in

[/ QUOTE ]I need to up my post count somehow, don't I?

Cynic has the benefits of duoing with my spine/regen, just needs to carry awakens for me while I do the work

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what happens when immob meets ice slik? they randomly slide off?

[/ QUOTE ]Most immobs (tentacles is only one I can think of that doesn't) make the target immone to knockback/up/down, so they just stand immobilized on the slick.

The status effect symbol on affected foes is added to the power differently from the debuff, so you can have powers that have animation but don't debuff, or vice versa. It's just the way the power system is (badly, IMO) designed.

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You are totaly free to play your character however you wont (scranker, blapper, defaster anyone?)

[/ QUOTE ]Never heard of defaster, I know fair few offenders though

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but isn't hurricane repel rather than KB? (although it does kb if you run right into something). I THINK these are two different effects, though i'm not sure

[/ QUOTE ]Yes, it is both, it has three AoE's, largest one is the debuff, medium one is repel, and smallest one is knockback.

IIRC /EA stalkers have both repel and knockback protection.

Would love to, but am not online tonight :/

Oh, and welcome back capt

Those were just my observations of playing all three at low levels, although it has been a while and mind might be better than I remeber...

But anyways, mind is still the best for AoE's, and if it's the best single target damage too, all the better

Also, I wasn't counting pets, just the powers available to the controller, as pets are unreliable.

Never got this, but if I did, I'd just point out the fact that masterminds have no pets, only henchmen

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Fire/Ice can still be viable imo, because you can compensate the lack of survivability of fire with the Ice Patch and make some use(the ONLY use possible, as of now)of Burn.

[/ QUOTE ]The only efficient offensive use for a solo tanker, that is

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FF and/or Dark will be the first to be nerfed

[/ QUOTE ]Nah, that would be robots

Robots get HUGE AoE damage post-32.

For best damage: Robo/dark
For best survivability and control: Necro/dark.