OneFrigidWitch

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  1. The below is 63 slots out of a possible 70 total extra slots you get. I have a few problems with the build, but that is just my personal opinion.

    I took both pets and 6 slotted 1 and 4 slotted the other for 2 6.25% rechs, moved the ATOs to the fear for a 100% proc fire instead of the REALLY CRAPPY proc firing in living shadows, cloud senses in living shadows, 6 slot stupefy in the stun, 4 baslisk + dam/mez hamio in grasp, and a wide mix of other powers to max my def including man/veng. Softcapping and permadoming my way (2 rech +3/+2, bunch of random other crap) gives you also perma veng. It is nice to have veng up all the time imo. I managed to get all 5 lotg +7.5s in the build without taking tough/weave/boxing, which was just an expenditure of 3 powers I thought could be used better elsewhere. The only purple set I have is the confuse, for the mad tight contagious confusion and 5% ranged def.

    There are so many +rech/+range def that it seems a mistake to overlook them. I did run into a problem of 6 6.25% rechs, and had to slot something else in there that was less than optimum. But I managed to get 98% rech before hasten. I lack tough, but if I ended up in a position where I needed it, I am probably dead anyway. And it is only good vrs s/l anyway.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kadra View Post
    It's not cheap but this is what i came up with.

    Perma-Dom Ranged Def Soft cap.

    Dark Grasp: 4 Slots Basilisk Gaze
    Living Shadows: 6 Slots, SATO's
    Posses: 6 Slots Coercive Persuasion
    Fearsome Stare: 6 Slots Cloud Senses
    Heart of Darkness: 5 Slots Absolute Amazement
    Shadow Field: 5 Slots Unbreakable Constraint
    Umbra Beast: 4 Slots Expedient Reinforcement

    Dark Blast: 3 Slots Thunderstrike
    Smite: 6 Slots Mako's Bite
    Gloom: 3 Slots Thunderstrike
    Gather Shadows: 1 Slot reachage
    Engulfing Darkness: 6 slots Eradication
    Life Drain: 4 Slots
    Midnight Grasp: 6 Slots Mako's Bite

    Dark Embrace: 1 Slot
    Dark Obliteration: 5 Slots Posi's Blast
    Soul Drain: 4 Slots Eradication

    Stamina: 3 Slots Performance shifters
    Combat Jumping: 1 Slot LoTG 7.5
    Super Speed: 1 Slot
    Hasten: 3 Slots
    Boxing
    Tough: 3 slots Glad Arm 3%, Steadfast 3%, Res/End
    Weave: 3 Slots LotG
    Maneuvers: 2 slots LotG 7.5

    Puts you at 46.6 Ranged def If added every thing correctly. and 88.8 recharge.

    I totally Miss Mids
  2. Softcap to what? I posted somewhere in here the rudimentary slotting for softcap range and permadom. It is pretty easy to do range/permadom without resorting to ppps or apps.
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome View Post
    I haven't studied the Dark control set that closely... even though I just rolled one... but it seems like the Shadows work similarly to the dark blast Tentacles power? I found on my defender that the damage wasn't worth slotting for yet the tohit debuff was significant so I went with the Cloud Senses set.
    The % -tohit is 6% on a dom for living shadows, vrs 11% from the fear. Slotting cloud senses makes more sense on the fear, where once you get the initial alpha dealt with from the fear strike duration doesn't matter so much. ATOs in the aoe immob make for a fantastic slotting, since it recharges fast enough to hammer down a few procs, and does pretty good for immobing things + doing damage with reactive.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Jharber View Post
    Yes, I use fearsome stare for alpha. I have my 6 slotted ATO in it and I love it. I use FS probably more than anything else and the fear enhancements kinda suck imo. I do not care about slotting for -hit because I am dark/dark/soul and everything I do is -hit anyway.
    Slot cloud senses in fear instead of the ATO, and move the ATO to something else, like the immob, which generally has crap for enhs. This gets you boost to -tohit, ranged def, and recharge, instead of just ranged def and rech.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by ThatGuyThere View Post
    I think Respec Recipes are a really strange animal; if you need one, it's (1) to profit by taking out IOs, or (2) to improve a build, which usually means you've learned about IOs, which often involves learning about the market. And it's got to be less hassle than rerolling or respec trials or waiting for a Vet / Freespec, OR just buying it in the Market.

    Having typed all that out, and having bought and used Freespecs, I'm now surprised they sell at all.
    There is an interesting addendum to this. Now, you can get LARGE numbers of unslotters, especially just from the vip/vet thing. The unslotters take the place of respecs in places where you just want to gank a few ios and move them around. It may not have happened yet, but when people start taking into account unslotters, I think the value of respec recipes will start to fall.
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by TopDoc View Post
    ATO procs and PPM are near the top of my list of things to test once Enhancement Converters go live.
    They are already out and cheap on the market. Why do you need enh converters to test something already out and easy to test?
  7. You know, I just don't think the Stalker changes were enough. I mean, they just suck. Or maybe they just rule. But too many people complain about it and that just makes me depressed. A good Stalker change would mean everybody would just shut up about the whole thing and go about there way.

    Hm, wrong thread?

    Assassins do it from behind! Rolled a 20 on a hit with +6 ring of permanent bond to the finger!
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei View Post
    I don't think the devs thought this one out very well. Char bound items with one use and no conversion is well....I don't want to violate forums rules so....
    Given the rate that these drop, and the number of alts I have, and the rate at which you can get them from packs, I have NO PROBLEM with the way they are. It would take some quite a lot of missioning to get enough catalysts for all of my alts to slot all of these as superiors.

    Just saying. If this is a problem with you, maybe you should play more alts.
  9. What about 3 tstrikes and 3 nictus, for the 9% acc and the 1.25% def?
  10. First you have to get lucky to roll it into a glad armor. THEN you have to get lucky and roll it into the proc.

    Not cheap on cnverters.

    edit: you MIGHT get lucky and roll straight to a glad armor proc. But not as likely as rolling to a glad armor, and THEN rolling to switch internally.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Test_Rat View Post
    I have to admit I am completely out of the loop here guys.

    Say I have a PVP Hold IO, Acc/Recharge level 13.

    Can I use Converters to change that to a Gladitor's Armor level 13 3%/-Teleport Proc?


    Explain it like I am really really dense.
  11. OneFrigidWitch

    TW/DA Build

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Flamewarden View Post
    Yeah I have 2 barriers at t3 but honestly if I'm dead I probably already used it lol :P
    You missed the point. You had indicated you had problems toggling after a self-rez. The point is to self-rez (high mag stun to everything around you), then click barrier at leisure. Barrier stops everything inbound until you have time to retoggle, which is about the same duration as the stun. Retoggle cj, stealth, weave, and then whatever else you have in that order, leaving resist armors for last. Very very trivial to deal with death as long as you keep barrier available for click. Moreover, if you have enough range/melee, you never have need of it at any other time, as long as you run a purple converter macro and chomp on occasionally when fighting +2-+3s and higher.
  12. OneFrigidWitch

    TW/DA Build

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Flamewarden View Post
    Hrm...i like the defense numbers...but no taunt and a crap ton of toggles...it might not even be playable for me

    Do you realize how long it takes to retoggle 10+ powers if you need to use soul transfer :P Thats one of the main reason I went where I did on my current version lol
    Yes. Get Barrier, rez, push barrier, leisurely deal with toggles/attacks/whatever.


    Quote:
    End will also be a HUGE issue...maybe not for trials but for just about anything else.

    I will say you went with a lot of sets i might not have looked at so there is definetely something to remember for later...I appreciate your input
    End is a big issue, yes. Nobody said it was end light.
  13. I put it in my aoe immob. With reactive, it generates damage, and generates +damage, so it boosts itself. Also, the fear has 11.5% unmoded -tohit. Putting clouded senses gets you ~-22% -tohit which is pretty good, and 24 seconds terror under dom. That also nets you 6.25% rech and 3.75% ranged, which imo is pretty good. Basilisks go in the AOE hold, purple confuse in the st confuse, a mix of all sorts of IOs in the two pets for rech and ranged def, like expedient reinforcement in the big pet for the proc, 3.13% ranged, 6.25% rech, and 4 slot call with the 2 rech intensive pet procs, for all 4 pet procs, 12.50% rech, 3.13% ranged, 6.25% rech for cloud senses, 3.75% ranged, 3.25?% range and 8.75% rech from the ato, 15% rech from basilisks, and 2.5% ranged.

    So, just the basics, you have (including stupefy)

    4 * 6.25% rech
    2 * 7.5% rech
    1 * 10% rech
    1 * 8.75% rech
    1 * 5% range
    2 * 3.13 range
    1 * 3.75 range
    1* 3.25 range

    Thats 58.75% ranged (and only a handful of powers), and 15.13% ranged def. Add in 5 heavily muled in lotg rechs, and you have 96.25% rech, and the def from hover or cj, plus whatever else you can manage to slot for defense. Another 30% ranged def seems more than possible when you include in 15 from 4 tstrikes, putting you at 30.13, with a single target hold, pbaoe attack, and 2 melee attacks to fill in. The two melee attacks would get you 7.5, putting at 37.63. Thats just 7~ points to range softcap. If you upgrade your ATO, thats like 5% to softcap.....
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Test_Rat View Post
    Eh. Both builds would still fail the x8 +4 Malta herding test

    GO Traps!
    Guh. Everyone says how uuber traps is, but I could never really get into it. :/ Time is fun though, theres a button for everything.
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by RadDidIt View Post
    That is what Time allows you to do. On that build you won't be laughing at the front with Brutes anytime soon. You won't be breezing through a MoITF solo, either. You'll get hit with a -def from a squids and then the lack of resistances will let the Romans spear you to death.
    Wow. I am sorry, but your attitude leaves a lot to desire. Is there any need to jump on someone's back? First you make an audacious claim (the "best" anything is really just relative to your own opinion), then when someone disagrees with you, you get belligerent.

    Take a chill pill, eh? Not everyone is wanting to try and break the game by soloing TFs. If I never solo a TF, then that is no sweat off my back. Personally, I like the other build posted more. Does that mean I don't know what I am talking about too?
  16. Totally dig mirror spirit. Absolute favourite female npc in the game.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ghost Falcon View Post
    By all means, PM me the conversation and ticket to me. I can't investigate, but will forward the PM along. If there's a breakdown along the way and our GMs are giving out misinformation, the CS team will review the process flow, and change it (the process).

    Just a reminder, neither I nor the Community team has access to your billing history or billing information.
    When this mess first came out I got 3 completely different responses from the GM/Ticket people on this exact issue of points and tokens. I _think_ I get my points the way im supposed to, but I certainly get my tokens now the way Im supposed to (which is on a random day towards the end of a given month).

    A consistent unified response from customer support on this issue when I submit a ticket would be nice.
  18. Er... absolute amazement in followthrough? Surely this is a placeholder for the Tanker ATO set.... FT is one of the absolute fastest attacks you have both before and after momentum is applied.
  19. OneFrigidWitch

    dark/?

    Second on Dark/Stone. Having run a TW/DA scrapper, I know all about end drain, and DA/SM is just not as bad. Tough, but certainly not as bad.
  20. I like the chat bubbles (when it is someone else's mish), and I like the private chat bubbles (when it is my mish). I also like IO/ATOs, so this must make me the antithesis of Sam.
  21. New joke:

    Rename yourself headless hero, make joke at one's own expense.
  22. I saw Jessie and said, OMG it's another chick. I wonder if shes got a hot pic posted in the introduction or not. Like Tunnel Rat and all those fine young ladies.
  23. OneFrigidWitch

    Premium IO's?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Minotaur View Post
    What's to be lost by making IOd toons playable at SO levels ? which is what the content is balanced around.
    Building sandcastles. People in this thread have clearly stated that they absolutely do not want to play since they lost ther IO _set bonuses_. Give them SO level access, and the first thing they are going to say is, "why don't i have the set bonuses i spent so much time/money/effort to get".

    Sandcastles. No matter what you do, they get washed away, and the tide of angry "I want" free players will never cease.
  24. OneFrigidWitch

    neat

    Hm, no, I don't think this will be the end of placate. Placate is good for dumping too much agro if you have it, and its useful in pvp.
  25. Why have to/dos? Well, it used to take _a long time_ to level. Unless you were a fa/ tank.But they are totally useless now. Also, as was pointed out elsewhere, before Peregrin Island was around, the ONLY place you could get things were at the contacts, eg your contact in Bricks.