Mashiara

My alt is AR/Devices only because my hubby is already Ice/Ice as his primary. Ice is a fantastic power set, but it should be played like a controller who has serious damage output rather than the full on damage only blaster. When played this way, they are extremely powerful, but the techniques described in the original post don't fully apply.

My primary toon is a healer and frosties have serious agro buildup more than even power gamer speced aoe blasters. Just something to keep in mind.

I think the icy blaster is more fun to play and a bit more versatile, but they do lack some of the full-on damage potential for the power gamer method described (specifically a snipe, etc)

How many slots? Perhaps I don't fully understand "To Hit Buffs" because the descript is pretty nebulous. Fully slot it or is it good enough without adding more to it?

The posts I made within 2 threads on this are begining to converge in content, so I am posting a link to that thread and copying the message below.



My SG mate will be posting separately, but he got 8:40 with 2 DOs.


I created a new Rad/Rad Defender and took AM at level 2. She has ZERO enhancements!

The icon refreshed at 8:40, which coinsides with the hero-planner.
However, when I clicked it, it said it was still recharging.
It finally recast at 11:00.

Let's say that 11:00 (a bit excessive IMO) is the base recharge time. That's 660 seconds.

660/(1 + .33 + .33 + .33) = 330
This is still 20 seconds off from the 350 seconds that we counted with my 3 SOs. It may be nit-picky, but it is 20 extra seconds.

Geko - Is the refresh time for AM supposed to be 8:40 with the icon refresh or is it supposed to be 11:00 when the skill itself is available?

If the refresh is supposed to be 11:00, please fix the icon to reflect this. Though, I beg for reconsideration this base value to be in the 8-10 minute range. It would still qualify as very long. However, it would then not over-penalize those of us who do not plan to take hasten.

Perhaps consideration should be given with how hasten works with AM specifically.


If the recharge of AM and recharge enhancements remain as they are, I still have the following issue noted from my original post:

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Anyway, the specific problem I have is with recharge of powers. Because AM gives boost to recharge of all powers, I could be a reliable healer. Many of my slots are speced out with SOs. With the change, it is going to cost considerable Influence to respec recharges in all my other skills to compensate for the inavailability of AM. And, at this point, the only way for me to have faster recharge in Aura is to sacrifice HP healed.


[/ QUOTE ] How do you calculate bonuses with enhancement

I am a Rad/Rad Defender, level 26. Since the AM changes, my toon functions CRITICALLY different than before. I have some very specific issues with the changes.

I have Stamina with 3 DO slots. I hardly EVER run out of endurance, especially with AM up. The only exception is if I use Enervating Field. That power drains so much END that it isn't worth using even with SO end reductions. As soon as trials are functioning properly I will respec that and take Electron Haze instead... assuming that's still available from Terra Volta trial.

Anyway, the specific problem I have is with recharge of powers. Because AM gives boost to recharge of all powers, I could be a reliable healer. Many of my slots are speced out with SOs. With the change, it is going to cost considerable Influence to respec recharges in all my other skills to compensate for the inavailability of AM. And, at this point, the only way for me to have faster recharge in Aura is to sacrifice HP healed.

Another issue is Recharge enhancements in AM. When the change to AM was made, I had 2 DOs, which I promptly upgraded to 2 SOs. I saw a noticable improvement (as I should). Then, I added another SO, so now I have 3 total SOs in AM. According to Geko's post on how recharge enhancements work, the numbers should work out like this without Hasten (which I do not have):

520 second base recharge
520/1.33 = 383.45
383.45/1.33 = 288.31
288.31/1.33 = 216.77

A friend and I timed this today with a stopwatch and with my 3 SOs, I am at 350 seconds not 216.77.

The recharge difference is 5:50 (mine) apx 3:36.

Geko - Could you comment on this issue?
Am I not understanding the calculations? Is the base time off (pulled from Hero Planner)? Is this how recharge is supposed to work with AM?