MaXimillion_Zero

The level cap is currently 40, and we dont know much about the additional powers that will come when the cap is raised, So I'd suggest planning a build only up to L40.

But it lacks a secondary effect that's constant to all the powers in the set, and it does no debuff.

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MA gets +10% - Why the hell does it get such a big +ACC???????


[/ QUOTE ]Same reason archery does, it fits thematically, and the attacks have no secondary effect.

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I'd definitely reccomend leaping.

Not only do you have mez protection with combat jumping - and further protection with the acrobatics power - but leaping halfway across a map certainly makes it feel as if you've got a set of powerful legs on you.

[/ QUOTE ]/Invul needs no such things, unlike puny /FA and /DA

I'd strongly recommend flight as it gives you Air Superiority, which is exellent filler attack for a brute. Of SS and SJ I'd take SS because of hasten, and try to fit hover/CJ at some point for vertical movement.

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If N=1.5xE

When N=150, E=100; 50 point difference.
When N=75, E=50; 25 point difference.

When 3B>N, then 15 seconds of stun is not fun.

[/ QUOTE ]But it's still propotionally the same, and in this case N=5*E (12,5 BI vs 2,5 BI), which is a big difference in DPS no matter what the numbers.

Hmmm... Can you slot henchmen for range? And would it really increase their attacks' range or just the range of the summoning?

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As I can pump Explosive blast, but pumping Nova has less effect as I'm already closing on Damage Cap; then using two /three Explosive blasts is cheaper/more efficient/safer/faster/less chance of danger/less annoying than one Nova.

[/ QUOTE ]The damage cap is persentage of the base damage of the power, not some set number. With the same amount of enhancements in nova and explosive blasts, and the same amount of buffs, nova is just as damaging in comparison to explosive blast than it was prior to ED.

Defenders are not soloers.

Now offenders on the other hand...

Myself I soloed a FF/NRG offender to L35, however this was pre-ED, and the knockback in energy has great synergy with FF, don't think FF/elec makes a decent offender, especially post-ED.

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Does anyone play a toon because they like the concept anymore?

[/ QUOTE ]I tend to come up with concepts by thinking about powerset combinations, rather than thinking of a character and trying to find sets suiting the concept afterwards.

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You've either got "non-bending blob" or "humanoid" in CoX, no other skeletal animations exist AFAIK. I think they fudged humanoid legs to do snakes and Mu, although really they use a modification of the "legs bent while hovering" animation I'd guess.

[/ QUOTE ]Arachnobots?

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ELEMENTALS!!!!! MUST RESET ACCOUNT FOR I7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111ONEONEONE (grabs heart and gasps) ( pwned )

[/ QUOTE ]They may be coming, but not for I7

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In almost all teams I've been on recently most people have refused Speed Boosts after a few missions.


[/ QUOTE ]Then you've been teaming with idiots

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The pet itself is intangible all the time.

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Not sure at all, I remember I can target it in PvP and even doing some damage to it...

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Aye, but if it's friendly you can actually run through it.

[/ QUOTE ]Which means it lacks physical body, but is not intangible in the sense that it would not take damage...

The intangibility enhancers in it do nothing, and they are pretty much useless in any other power too, especially as they increase magnitude instead of duration.

/Traps, depending on the corr's playstyle AR/ and NRG/ could be nasty.

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Going PvE? Then take my advice: FORGET about taking cobra strike or crippling axe kick. They're basically MAs "status" moves. CS gives high chance to disorient, and CAK give high chance of immob. However, they do really sucky damage, and although the chance of them inflicting status on an enemy is high, it gets comparatively weaker against lts/bosses/EBs/Avs. Anything lt or higher, and it's really not worth the endurance required to use it


[/ QUOTE ]Cobra strike is very effective for taking an lt out of the fight. The chance of status is very high if not 100%, and does not get lower with enemy rank getting higher AFAIK.
Also, CAK was changed with I6 and now does higher damage than storm kick, so currently the only powers in MA not worth taking are warrior's challenge and, to a lesser extent, thunder kick.

Life drain is one of the worst powers in the game, seeing you're thermal you have much better heal already...

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Kinetics are a Brutes best friend.

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Even if they slot speed boost with run speed SO's?

[/ QUOTE ]Played a speedster so much that can easily control capped runspeed nowdays

I'd drop SJ, as even SS+TP is fast and versatile enough to get you anywhetre quick, and flight adds extra maneuverability, SJ isn't that needed. This would also allow you to get QR and ToF, two VERY good powers.

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OTOH, it's the only Resistance you'll get as a /regen.

[/ QUOTE ]Tough>resilience

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..melee? I confess I haven't quite understood the concept of meleeing in CoH. It seems based on 'if you have a healer you survive, if you don't you are going to die'.


[/ QUOTE ]First, let's get rid of the term healer, it really has no place in CoH, as unlike other MMO's, debuffs, buffs, and controls work very well here, many times negating the need of a 'healer'.

Soloing is very much possible, as you only get 2-3 minions per group soloing if you're on the easiest difficulty setting (which you should be until your 30's or so with your first character).

In teams you survive if you concentrate on one target at a time, not drawing aggro from everything to yourself.

The 'F' key is bound to follow target by default, cant remember the correct variables for making macros for it atm though.

also, if you tell us your sets (primary and secondary), we could tell what powers should be taken ASAP, and which ones to avoid.

Mind has always been, and still is, the set with most AoE control. (And the best otherwise too )

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Lol of course what mymonday morning brain meant to type was Tyranica lol.

[/ QUOTE ]pwnt

I'd say it's most likely an SG that's been actively farming monkies ever since I6...

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Could be wrong but IIRC Kat has a +5% ACC bonus over MA due to the drawing of a weapon. So does BS which would be my pick

[/ QUOTE ]and MA gains an inheret ACC bonus, just like weapon sets, which means they're equal in accuracy, meaning that MA wins

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My granite brute can tank pretty much anything

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Doesn't granite sorta kill the point of brutes? SMASHING, you can't SMASH if you can't reach your target.

[/ QUOTE ]That's what you take teleport for