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end cost problems seem to coincide with certain shield combos also

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The end cost problems come from trying to patch shield weaknesses with pool powers. If you soft cap and drop the Fighting Pool/Leadeship Pool, sheilds are cheap on end even paired with a primary like Broadsword.

The problem of course is the expense of softcapping with IO sets.

A good chunk of the player base knows this, which is why things like red fortune, makos, touch of death, oblit, are so high priced.

IME making a fun and survivable shielder can not be done with SOs alone.

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Unfortunately, Swift and Quickness only take generic IOs, at least according to Mids.

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You "could" slot a Microfilament in swift to enhance both the flight and the run speed. It's probably not worth the expense to do so however.

Gaelic warriors typically fought semi naked, occasionally with blue body paint covering the the bare skin (especially the Pict).

Typical weapons were things traditionally used for hunting (sling, javelin, darts, bow) or things that also doubled as tools (axes). Some gaelic warriors would use a small oval shield and a short sword.

The kilts can take 2 colors and there is a "plaid" pattern on them but you won't be able to duplicate any of the actual tartan plaids.

It's #2. Leave it at the base slot only and don't count on any additional defense from allies. If you ARE getting an ally bonus from it you aren't getting the most out of Against All Odds which gives you both a per mob damage boost and debuffs the damage that those mobs deal.

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Except when you're fighting AVs, especially ones that have Elude or MoG. Paragon Protectors too. Those are the times you'll wish you slotted the def debuff in FR.

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That's what Tornado is for.

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You might have been able to eliminate those sliver guys by defiance buffing your nuke. Aim and Build up have 10 second durations.

For example if you target a boss in the spawn then hit Aim + BU, Charged Bolts, Lightening Bolt, Ball Lightening AND THEN Thunderous Blast your nuke will have done 19.8% more damage. The rest of your team would have had 4 more seconds to contribute AoEs and nothing of the spawn should have been left.

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I'm not sure about that. Does Aim and Buildup last long enough to last throughout those attacks to still be in effect when the nuke goes off?

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Sure does. Aim and Build up last 10 seconds. All tier 1 primaries are 1 second, tier 2s are 1.67, and the defiance buff lasts 7 seconds + animation time.

My energy/energy/force blapper uses TF + BS + EP to defiance buff and usually clears the battle field of everything but EBs with the Nuke.

With non-Elec/* builds the tier 3 heavy hitter is a big boost and with non-/energy builds the single target immobilze is worth adding as well. Elec/energy has the hardest time defiance buffing the nuke.

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Actually, if anything Shields is in need of a Buff.

On a survivability level, on a generic IO build, it's actually a lot weaker than most other sets, both the res and def numbers are pretty low and it's almost compulsory to take Tough/Weave.

And don't even get me started on the uselessness of Grant Cover.

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Actually according to Castle mitgation numbers Fire to sheilds are similar (which means to me that shields are too low especially if you are looking at them thematically).

Sheilds problem is the same as invul. Health degredation over time. You saw an example when you teamed with me recently. That build had almost exclusively common IOs slotted (they are all commons on that build except for a stead fast res/def and numina and miracle uniques). The IOs for that toon are all ready built and waiting on him to hit 47+ for slotting.

Shields fares ok short term but each battle leaves you a bit lower on total health than you were the prevous battle and during drawn out battles you can see health dropping consistantly. If you don't have a primary like Dark that has a self heal or if you avoid pool powers like medicine, you will eventually be defeated. The extra hit points with base regen rate doesn't replace them as fast as they are lost.

And before someone says it, no, you can't just jump out and rest. AAO is a Taunt Aura. You will be followed and interrupted. You don't get a chance to rest until it's all dead and often another team member has aggroed the next group.

In this case once you run out of greens and/or team members with heals neglect to use them (like the kin we had that wouldn't use transfusion unless HE was down on hit points) you will drop.

For me and my BS/SH build I have a choice. Help me actively and consistantly and there by help the team or help the team passively part of the time and die eventually no matter how well I play. I can take aid self which solves the above problem but to do so I have to drop GC and a low damage attack. Those are the only powers in the build I can spare.

Dual builds you say? Why should I spend 4 billion on 2 builds for one character?

If I'm going to do this I'm going to do it on a toon that it's worth doing on. I'll have lots of variations on the build rather than just 2 powers.

I 5 slot posi blast and put an Achilles proc in slot 6.

You might have been able to eliminate those sliver guys by defiance buffing your nuke. Aim and Build up have 10 second durations.

For example if you target a boss in the spawn then hit Aim + BU, Charged Bolts, Lightening Bolt, Ball Lightening AND THEN Thunderous Blast your nuke will have done 19.8% more damage. The rest of your team would have had 4 more seconds to contribute AoEs and nothing of the spawn should have been left.

The other thing that folks have neglected is:

Ice/MM has nearly as much hard and soft control as Ice/Ice but does a much better job on AoE. (Ice Storm, Frost Breath, Psi Scream).

If you take Ice as your Epic, slot some defense set bonuses, and maximize the end mod in DP you can self herd a large enough group to avoid the end crash when you use blizzard.

If you missed a mob and are just under avoiding the end crash you can pop Geas if that will take you up over the threshold and if not you can pop a blue, hibernate, and wait it out.

Ok here ya go. This is my hurricaneless Fire/Storm/Stone. I rely on stacking stuns for control (Flashfires, double stacked T-Clap, Fissures) and most of the damage comes from hot feet, imps, and bonfire.

All cleaned up and shows how I'm currently built. Fire/storm can level just fine solo early as long as you don't rush or try and take on more mobs than you can handle at once. Hot feet is the key its the Highest DPE power that you have. 6 Slot it early for accuracy and end red. Add damage in later via frankenslotting.

The below photos are in Dark Astoria. The controller is a previous version of the level 50 that I copied over to test sometime ago. This is a level 29 version of that controller.

What you see in the first photo is mobs that were stunned by flash fires, then immobilized with fire cages, the controller moved into melee range, then dropped freezing rain and bonfire on them.

Second photo is a few seconds later. All that is left is a piece of a storm shaman and a minion on the left that I missed twice with cages. These get finished off by alternating char and ring of fire while I stay in hot feet range but out of melee range.

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Fire_Storm: Level 50 Magic Controller
Primary Power Set: Fire Control
Secondary Power Set: Storm Summoning
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Stone Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Char -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(3), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx(5)
Level 1: Gale -- Acc-I(A)
Level 2: Fire Cages -- TotHntr-Acc/EndRdx(A), Enf'dOp-Acc/EndRdx(23), DblAc-Acc/EndRdx(25)
Level 4: Ring of Fire -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(5), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(46), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx(50)
Level 6: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(7), RechRdx-I(7)
Level 8: Hot Feet -- TmpRdns-Acc/EndRdx(A), TmpRdns-Acc/Dmg/Slow(9), P'ngTtl-Acc/EndRdx(9), P'ngTtl-Dmg/Slow(11), C'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg(11), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(46)
Level 10: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 12: Flashfire -- Stpfy-Acc/Rchg(A), Stpfy-EndRdx/Stun(13), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx(13), Stpfy-Stun/Rng(37), Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg(40), Rope-Acc/Rchg(40)
Level 14: Super Speed -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(15), Zephyr-ResKB(15)
Level 16: Freezing Rain -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(17), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(17), Posi-Dmg/Rng(19), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(25), Achilles-ResDeb%(37)
Level 18: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Mrcl-Rcvry+(19)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), P'Shift-EndMod(21), P'Shift-End%(21)
Level 22: Steamy Mist -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(23)
Level 24: Stimulant -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 26: Bonfire -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(27), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(27), Posi-Dmg/Rng(29), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(29)
Level 28: Aid Self -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(43), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(46)
Level 30: Thunder Clap -- Stpfy-Acc/Rchg(A), Stpfy-EndRdx/Stun(31), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx(31), Stpfy-Stun/Rng(31), Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg(34), Rope-Acc/Rchg(37)
Level 32: Fire Imps -- BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg(A), BldM'dt-Dmg/EndRdx(33), BldM'dt-Acc/EndRdx(33), BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(33), BldM'dt-Acc(34), BldM'dt-Dmg(34)
Level 35: Tornado -- BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg(A), BldM'dt-Dmg/EndRdx(36), BldM'dt-Acc/EndRdx(36), BldM'dt-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(36), BldM'dt-Acc(40), BldM'dt-Dmg(43)
Level 38: Cinders -- BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(A), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(39), BasGaze-Acc/Hold(39), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(39)
Level 41: Fissure -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(42), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(42), Posi-Dmg/Rng(42), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(43)
Level 44: Seismic Smash -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(45), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(45), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(45)
Level 47: Rock Armor -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(48), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(48), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(48)
Level 49: Earth's Embrace -- Numna-Heal/Rchg(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(50), Mrcl-Heal/Rchg(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Containment



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You guys do know that Moderator 08 has deleted some posts in this thread, right? You're not going totally unnoticed.

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Poor Mod 8. Being assigned to shovel manure in the disregarded underbelly of the forums. He needs a gift basket all his own.

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Way off topic but the man has an audience of between 20-30 million people on a daily basis

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Rush has always listed his audience numbers per week to skew perceptions five-fold in his favor. His largest audience was in 2003 with 20 million listeners per week (4mil/day) and the current stat is 14mil per week (2.8mil/day). Impressive numbers but nowhere near this 30mil number you've imagined into existence.

On topic: makes me wonder how much of your market claims are likewise exaggerated or pulled completely out of thin air.

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Good to know. Whats the source ?

And on to topic, It validates the point I was making that he has an enormous audience.

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Google Search of "rush limbaugh ratings 2009"

"Given how often he gets quoted by politicians and media, Limbaugh remains the Man. He has been for two decades and still draws more than 14 million listeners a week."

Yes, his numbers are impressive .. But overstating his rating numbers to make your point does not validate your argument - in fact, that you exaggerate them (whether intentionally or not) shows us the opposite - that you are either not paying attention to the actual 'numbers', or that you are twisting them for your purposes.

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No matter which side of the pale you are on, Rush has his finger right in the middle of the sore on all most all issues. That's why the dittophiles love him and the dittophobes hate him.

Happened the other day to me. I seemed to have stumbled into someone's mid value niche

I put in 4 bids at 100,007 came back the next day with 1 purchased and a last 5 of:

53,773
500,000
53,773
53,773
100,007

The last 5 should have looked like this:

100.007
500,000
100.007
100,007
100,007

and my stack should have been full but it wasn't.

Tried to take a screen shot but the /screenshotui 1 command had failed when I went looking for it to attach it to the ask a question file.

With the recent updates to scrapper secondaries there are no bad ones.

With a 0 inf budget your best bang for the non-buck will probably be either Regen or Will Power with Invul next in line.

I had a few once a week toons that I did that with for about 6 months. (Buy sometime between Mon-Wed list for sale Fri-Sat)

Really really common low volatility stuff I listed at 4,009 each.
Moderate volatiity stuff I listed at 24,009 each.
High volatility stuff I listed at 49,009.

I stayed out of stuff like Luck Charms and Alchemical Silver.

When the markets were fairly stable I'd go through about 1/2 my pad in a week. During events and new issues the pad was ALWAYS gone.

Once I looked every thing over I decided what I was really doing was just long term flipping on stuff that wasn't worth flipping. Even though it may have looked like it was a shield on price spikes it wasn't really effective when it was really needed because I couldn't keep up with sheer volume by my self.

When MA hit and they abolished the 60 day rule. I had 9 way over priced STGs that I had purchased by accident (darn slider) 4 months earlier and relisted at a price to try and recoup my 10% listing fee loses (ha!) Everyone of them sold on day 3 of MA at a price that was 25% over what I had listed them at (the price that had them sitting in that transaction slot for 4 months). When I checked my pads EVERYTHING on all of them (except tier 1 commons) was gone and at far higher than I had listed it.

I abandoned the attempt and probably won't pick it back up again.

I have a couple but they are out of date and my play style is non-typical. I'll post them with explanations after I clean them up.

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As others said, Ice just isnt that much of a damage dealer. However, it can be fun as all get out on a team. Especially with Kin as your secondary. The other thing is that having Jack Frost as a pet is like teaming with your buddies retarded 12 year old brother (no offense to any retarded 12 year olds or retards of any age - just an expression) - he just ain't very bright.

Use your Ice/Kin on teams and you will have a great time. For solo big mob pwnage, you need a different primary.

Stone as an epic is just that - epic.

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Stone is also epically ugly as it covers the majority of your costume but for utility you can't beat it.

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I checked again all the powerset, cold and fire damage are quite close ... I don't believe it makes that much a difference ? Am I missing something ?

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Hot feet.

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Seems lots of people have been doing that.


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I hate to feed a troll, but I'd like a little bit of clarification on this. A lot of people have been doing what? Leaving the MMO genre in general, or CoX in particular?

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And I really hate to reply to someone who starts a question with an insult.

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No you don't or you wouldn't keep doing it.

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I rarely do Milady's but I am more than able to finish what other people chose to start. Sorry if you are taking umbrage at the description of your response as browbeating.

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Calling what I do here brow beating is like calling Charlize Theron "grossly obese". It's a non-sequitor and I take it as such.

The only way someone gets brow beaten by me is if, when I am working on my landscaping with timbers, hammer, and spikes, they stick their brow between the spike I am currently using the hammer on.

I typically assume that most people are simply lacking in knowledge, or are having difficulty going from point A to B, or that they are missing a key piece of information and try to assist them until they prove otherwise.

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Seems lots of people have been doing that.


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I hate to feed a troll, but I'd like a little bit of clarification on this. A lot of people have been doing what? Leaving the MMO genre in general, or CoX in particular?

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And I really hate to reply to someone who starts a question with an insult.

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No you don't or you wouldn't keep doing it.

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Not being familiar with... Are these Hamidon enhancements? Not being familiar with them, I have to ask - Active Defence does not allow slotting for Defence, correct? So these Membrane things would be enhancements you can slot into the power and "sneak in" defence that way, thereby boosting defence debuff resistance. Do I have that about right?

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They are hamidon enhancements and yes you have that exactly right.

This will give you better overall numbers....

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.401
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Level 50 Natural Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Broad Sword
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Hack -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(5), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(7), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(17), T'Death-Dam%(31), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(39)
Level 1: Deflection -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(3), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(3), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(5)
Level 2: Battle Agility -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def(7), RedFtn-EndRdx(9), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(9), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(11), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(11)
Level 4: True Grit -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Mrcl-Heal(13), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(13), Numna-Heal(15), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(15)
Level 6: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 8: Hover -- Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(A), Zephyr-ResKB(19), Zephyr-Travel(31)
Level 10: Active Defense -- HO:Membr(A), HO:Membr(17)
Level 12: Kick -- Empty(A)
Level 14: Fly -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-ResKB(19), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(42)
Level 16: Health -- RgnTis-Regen+(A)
Level 18: Tough -- TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam(21), TtmC'tng-EndRdx(25), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(34), TtmC'tng-EndRdx/Rchg(39), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(39)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(40), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(50)
Level 22: Weave -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def(23), RedFtn-EndRdx(23), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(25), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(36), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 24: Whirling Sword -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(27), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(27), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(29), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(29)
Level 26: Phalanx Fighting -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 28: Disembowel -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(37), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(37), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(37), T'Death-Dam%(40), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(40)
Level 30: Slash -- ShldBrk-DefDeb(A), ShldBrk-Acc/DefDeb(31), ShldBrk-Acc/Rchg(34), ShldBrk-DefDeb/EndRdx/Rchg(36), ShldBrk-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(36), ShldBrk-%Dam(42)
Level 32: Head Splitter -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(33), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(33), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34)
Level 35: Shield Charge -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(42), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(43), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(43), Oblit-%Dam(43), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(46)
Level 38: Against All Odds -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 41: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 44: Laser Beam Eyes -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(45), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(45), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(45), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(46), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(46)
Level 47: Energy Torrent -- Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Posi-Acc/Dmg(48), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(48), Posi-Dmg/Rng(48), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(50)
Level 49: Build Up -- RechRdx-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Critical Hit



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Here's an interesting question - does slotting the power for defence buff increase defence debuff resistance? It seems to do that on my SR Scrapper and on the rest of the powers in Shield Defence, so if it does, that may convince me to slot Grant Cover for more than its default. If Phalanx Phighting gave defence debuff resistance, I might be convinced to slot that, too.

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Slotting defense into Grant cover increases the defense debuff resistance it provides. Slotting defense into phalanx does nothing unless you have an Ally in range and then it gives a minor buff to your defense which comes as a trade off for the damage buff and mob damage debuff that you would get if there was a mob there instead.

Slotting Membranes in Active Defense increases the defense debuff resistance it provides. 3 slotted with membranes + hasten allows you to double stack Active Defense which provides a double dose of defense debuff resistance since it self stacks. The mez protection self stacks too.

Edit - clarity

It looks ok so far. As an FYI you aren't softcapped on melee or ranged defense because you have your slider on PF set to one ally.

You will also get a bit more benefit if you take a slot out of health and put it in True Grit. Take regen tissue and move it to Health then slot a Miracle Heal and a Numina Heal in True Grit.