MaXimillion_Zero

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Spines/Da rocks

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Spines/Da on a brute would outright kick */%$.

No wonder ya cant make one!

[/ QUOTE ]Never mind that, but spines/regen brute, WITH QR...

Claws is more AoE, Katana is higher ST damage, and better surivvability (Due to the +def in Divine avalanche)

Regen is really the best secondary survivability-wise (At least after few first levels), and you get quick recovery early, which means you dont need to take stamina for endurance management, and thus can get more useful powers early on.

You can respec at L24+. All your powers can be changed (pools and primary/secondary), but you ant change your actual primary and secondary powersets.

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then the game is flawed.

[/ QUOTE ]It's been that for a loooong time....

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Damage and damage resistance are the only primary that I can think of.


[/ QUOTE ]Accuracy as well.

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The primary effect of a hold is also to hold, and Power Boost boosts hold duration too. People just get mixed up because "secondary effect" is a term used about two completely separate things that sometimes overlap.

[/ QUOTE ]Game-mechanics wise, secondary effect is only used to mean actual secondary effects. It is just that some players dont understand the system and improperly use the term.

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RES Boost: +RES - 100% Self

[/ QUOTE ]I'm pretty sure +res is the opposite effect of +dam, and thus a primary effect rather than secondary.

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The Nicti/Nictupodo will have the same power sets as the hero side Kheldians but have 0.75 of their damage and 0.75 of their def/res but luckily they'll have an inherent to even things up.

[/ QUOTE ]And you of course have an official source to back this up...

With fire primary you rely on AoE damage. Thus, the 2n and 4th difficulties are best since they spawn extra foes. I'd recommend trying 2nd first, since it's same as 4th but one level lower, see how well you do, and then maybe raise it further.

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Ice / Super strength.

Has high single target damage and knockdown, plus a Hold.

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imho disorient > hold in pvp (speaking of non-troller non-dom holds).

[/ QUOTE ]Indeed, if you only have one ST mez, stun and sleep are the best.

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I don't think Arakhn is a Nictus

[/ QUOTE ]I'm pretty sure she is, actually.

True. However, it could just be that there would be either two types of nictus with different powers, or nictus and 'evil peacebringers'. And they could have some powers different from their counterparts on hero side, while still sticking with the team. For example, you could remove all heal from peacebringers and give an energy shield ally buff, or something.

Only thing that offers enough defensive poower for a blaster to justify taking it is aid self, the others aren't worth it.

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Point being that regardless of the above, the Bright Nova/Dwarf is still just a peacebringer, however evil, rather than anything with special new powers suitable for an epic AT that isn't just a cheap knockoff of the one from CoH.

[/ QUOTE ]But since kheldians have access to a very wide array of abilities, it might just be that the playable villain characters will have some powers the playable hero characters don't, and vice versa. Kinda like fire melee brutes having cremate and tanks combustion, even though thematically they could use both.

I was under the impression that a nictus could use either dark or bright nova/dwarf at will, as could a kheldian...Is that incorrect?

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An "evil" Peacebringer would be what, exactly?

[/ QUOTE ]Personally, I'd be guessing there will be 'light nictus' and 'dark nictus', since nictus can use both 'dark' and 'light' energy powers...

FF=The dull set. If you want to choose one of those 2, go TA.

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ss, ss is a lot better for pve as well and perma rage is nice means you wont get effected by tohitdebuffs.

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Does rage give resistance to tohit debuffs?? I'm guessing you would be less effected by them, but I doubt you won't be affected by them at all.

[/ QUOTE ]It's just +ToHit.

You don't like SB'ing people? Don't play a kin then, or at least don't team with it.

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1)Does siphon speed give -speed and -recharge cause the description says no -recharge and hero planner says yes.

[/ QUOTE ]It does, never trust in-game descriptions

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2)Does the +jump in IR negate the -jump on powers such as web grenade?



[/ QUOTE ]Nothing counters -jump.

It's for the times we do team with others, as is thaw.

Containment=Imbalance, it's really that simple.

/NRG, /SS or /Axe.

/Rad, Higher AoE damage, and one of the few debuff types you lack otherwise.

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Question on Power Boost, what exactly does it boost? e.g. for holds, does it boost the duration, the magnitude, or both?

[/ QUOTE ]It doubles all secondary effects. So healing, mez duration, buffs, and such. It does not boost mez magnitude, only power that does that is domination.

First of all, DO NOT take jump kick, it's a horrible power, take combat jumping instead. Also, you should try and get stamina (from fitness pool, need 2 other powers from the pool to get it) ASAP, preferably L20/22.