Redlynne

A reminder for Tunnel Rat (and Honey Badger!) about the conversation we had at the Summit concerning dialing down the FX on the Stalker Energy Aura powerset power Disrupt. Tunnel Rat, you mentioned that you might be able to achieve this through subtraction of excessive FX, but you'd have to look at it to get oriented around the specifics of what's (currently) going on with this power ... which is perfectly reasonable. I'm mentioning this here in your thread because *I'm* hard pressed to remember everything that people were talking to me about at various points during the day of the Summit, so I figure a bit of text here ought to make things easier for you.

Tunnel Rat, if you do find/beg/borrow/steal the time to look at Disrupt with an eye to modifying its FX, I'd like to ask that you change its default color(s) to more closely match those of red/gold color scheme of the Shields in the powerset (Kinetic, Power and Entropy).

And speaking of dialing down the FX in Energy Aura powers, would it be possible to reduce the brightness/opacity/something or other of the Energy Aura: Power Shield FX around the Chest part of the character avatar? This is an aesthetic request more than anything else. The way the FX for Power Shield play away from the body of your avatar is just fine, but the "burning fire/energy" effect that swirls around (and on and through) the chest of the avatar is ... a bit overdone. So this is a partial request for an FX dial-down on Power Shield. I ask this because Power Shield doesn't "add up" and overlay its FX with the other two shield powers in Energy Aura in as ... complimentary ... a fashion as the other two (Kinetic and Entropy) manage to.



And needless to say, it was wonderful meeting and talking to you and your ... Honey Badger.

I had fun telling Dr. Aeon, in person, that *I* wanted to be the one to KILL STATESMAN. Even if I'm not the one to fire the killing shot, or make the killing blow, I want to be the one who makes the decision that results in Statesman going bye-bye dead-dead. Yes, I'll freely admit that I have an Out Of Game reason for wanting to Kill Statesman (repeatedly) ... but that I also have an In Game reason for killing Statesman.

1. It puts Emperor Cole "on notice" that he's not as Invincible as he might like to believe.

2. It pushes Lord Recluse into the foreground in ways that he might not otherwise choose or be comfortable with.

3. Power abhors a vacuum. With Statesman gone, the Well of the Furies "needs" to find a new outlet for all that power it had invested in Statesman. Well right now there are tens of THOUSANDS of new Incarnate heroes and villains contending for the power(s) of the Primal Well. That means that with Statesman gone/out of the way, it is up to THE PLAYERS to step forward and fill his ... um ... boots.

Oh, one thing that I *did* ask for during the Powers Panel was if it would be possible to "rearrange" the Stalker Dual Blades Combos to NOT use Assassin Strike and Placate, because of what that does to the opportunities to use the combos that rely on those powers. If memory serves, Positron himself said that rearranging the combo mix for Stalker Dual Blades Combos should be possible so as to avoid relying on Assassin Strike and Placate as components of those combos. The body language of the rest of the Powers Team at that point pretty much involved a "heads down to write note to self" sort of behavior, which makes me think that rearranging the powers to combo in Stalker Dual Blades might actually happen down the road.

One of the reasons why something like this would be so feasible is simply because it doesn't involve breaking the cottage rule on the individual powers themselves (ie. replacing entire powers, shuffling power tiers, etc.). It basically just means changing out the sequencing of the powers to build combos with, which is a fairly simple proposition.

Sorry for not posting this sooner, but I just now remembered asking that (and the response to the question).

Will be departing with @ChiaoFeng for the airport here in the next 30 minutes or so. Looking forward to seeing everyone in ... ah fork it ... TOMORROW!

I'm going ...

@ChiaoFeng and I (@Redlynne) will be arriving in San Jose City Airport on Southwest Airlines Flight 1453 at 900pm on friday. We will be arriving with our recovery debuffed, our endurance drained and everything detoggled (coming from Central Time Zone).

The two of us need to be back at SJC airport in time to take our 145pm flight on sunday to get back home.

1. Assassin Strike becomes an Inherent Power. 1 Power dropped from Primary Powerset(s) to make room for Assassin Strike is restored to each Powerset.

2. Hide becomes an Inherent Power. 1 Power dropped from Secondary Powerset(s) to make room for Hide is restored to each Powerset.

3. Change Stalker Criticals. When NOT Hidden, a Critical Hit does NOT do double damage! Instead, the Critical Hit will Placate (all) affected Target(s) for 3 seconds AND instantly return the Stalker to Hidden state. This makes the NEXT attack the Stalker does an automatic Critical Hit (for double damage) from Hidden status.

I *really* don't want Sister Psyche to die ... because I *really* want to see her in a Brain Cells Grudge Match, Woman(o)-a-Woman(o), against Mother Mayhem. That battle would be so totally awesome!

Statesman I WANT TO KILL PERSONALLY.
I'm not only hoping it'll be Statesman, but actively gunning for him to BITE IT ... so as to leave a Power Vacuum within Primal Earth that can only be filled by (you guessed it), TENS OF THOUSANDS of Players! I'm banking on the Primal Well of the Furies breaking with the patterns seen in the alternate dimensions (pick one Uber-hero/villain and power them exclusively) so as to take the "shotgun approach" of creating a Weenie Horde of pint-sized Incarnates who collectively, and through diversity can be far stronger and more survivable than the Single Point Of Failure choice(s) that the Well has been making in other dimensions (Tyrant, Reichsman, etc.).

I am too ... although it looks like I'm going to have to be late to the first round of touring. Have some unavoidable stuff to do tomorrow that will make me late to the tours.

Just wanted to let everyone know that I rolled up Golden Blond on Virtue yesterday and spent the day (and some of sunday morning) doing all of the story arcs in Nova Praetoria before unlocking XP and proceeding on into Imperial City (currently Level 11, as of this post). Now I know that early behavior is not a strong indicator of future performance ... but so far, even with just Level 10 common IOs, the build strategy I'm using "feels" fairly strong (relatively speaking) and hasn't been giving me any real "issues" other than the Random Number Generator deciding to take a dump on me and ruin my day (5 out of 6 of my attacks MISS when facing a LT and two Minions, while ALL of their attacks HIT "just because"). Let me tell you, there's nothing like lining up three Foes within the Cone of Sands of Mu ... and whiffing all three of them simply because it's Amateur Hour.

Now I'm already into the Tier 8 Veteran Rewards, so I've got access to (pick 3 of 4) Ghost Slaying Axe, Sands of Mu, Blackwand Staff and Nemesis Staff to keep my attack chain "chugging" with Things To Do as early as Level 4. I personally prefer to pick Sands of Mu (melee bonus power) and Blackwand Staff (ranged bonus power), then pick up the Nemesis Staff as my "extra" bonus power. The reason for this is that when picking either Blackwand or Nemesis on the "extra" bonus power, you don't get the additional damage based on Origin modifier. Since I'm playing as a Natural Origin, I can go either way on choosing either the Blackwand or the Nemesis Staff as my "boosted by Origin" ranged damage attack power.

And this is where I noticed something about the Veteran Reward powers which I haven't seen anyone else notice (or make much noise about). The Nemesis Staff tends to "draw aggro" when used ... most likely because of the Knockback it applies. Even on static Destroy This Object targets, the Nemesis Staff will draw the attention of any Foes around the $Target. Not so with the Blackwand Staff! To my surprise, I could (poor man's) "snipe" with the Blackwand Staff on static objects without drawing aggro for attacking them. Likewise, by Natural Origin power of Throwing Knives was fully capable of inflicting (token) damage ... while not drawing aggro. Mind you, when the static object was dropped to 0 HP and exploded, the explosion was capable of "announcing" my presence to any Foes nearby ... but if the Foes weren't close enough to take any damage from the object destruct, then I was able to Destroy static objects (particularly Mission Objectives) without drawing aggro onto myself until it was either too late for any guard NPCs to stop me, or without drawing any aggro to myself AT ALL!

Attacking mobile NPCs of course drew aggro like you'd expect.

For this reason, I recommend taking the Blackwand Staff as your "main" Ranged Veteran Reward Power if your Origin is Mutant, Magic or Natural, so as take advantage of the damage bonus on a power that recharges faster(!) than the Nemesis Staff and which doesn't necessarily draw aggro from guardian NPCs when trying to detonate/destroy mission objects. Likewise, I still recommend taking the Nemesis Staff as the "extra" bonus power since the 1-2 combo of Blackwand+Nemesis can result in Quick Kills of NPC Foes who are a discreet distance (or otherwise separated) from the rest of their spawn group, while still in positions that you wouldn't want to be melee-ing from/at. Likewise, I recommend Sands of Mu over Ghost Slaying Axe for the Cone vs Single Target rationale, where as a Stalker being able to unload AoE damage can be VERY VALUABLE in the early levels for dealing with massed packs of hostiles (and it makes a great opener from Hidden against Hostage Guards where you can line things up before you alpha!).

Anyway ... just figured I ought to report in as to what the game play experience for this build of mine has been like in the early going (Levels 1-11 in Praetoria). Mind you, I very deliberately designed my build with Praetoria in mind for the Early Game, with the intent of doing ALL of the Praetorian story arcs in Nova, Imperial and Neutropolis before moving on (which I guess could be thought of as "anti-power leveling"). The most important thing, so far, is that I'm *REALLY* enjoying playing this Stalker ... far more than I'd been anticipating ... and I haven't slotted any Set IOs other than the Winter's Gift Slow Resistance in Recall Friend yet.

And best of all ... I only need to custom tint TWO POWERS (Hide and Disrupt) out of all of Kinetic Melee and Energy Aura to "fit" my chosen signature color scheme for the character! Because if your character name is Golden Blond your powers had better be Gold(en) Colored. To my delight, the Kinetic Melee powers all are ... and the Energy Aura powers "mostly" are too.

I don't even "try" make my Reinforcement Spiders a major contributor to Damage. Instead, I've got them set up as primarily adding to Control (ie. their Hold(s)). With the slotting I'm using, their Hold Power(s) have about a 50% uptime thanks to the enhanced hold duration. This means that if both Spiders target the same Boss, insta-Hold for around 30 seconds (which is more than enough time to "Finish Them!"). I've also more than once seen the additional Hold Mag help lock down an AV during the LRSF, so the Control potential of your Reinforcements is nothing to sneeze at.

If you want to have your ninjas survive beyond the first attack of an AV, there's really only one secondary that will give you that ... Force Field. That's because To Hit Debuffing isn't all that effective against AVs.

Based on Errant's observation that Tactics was (heavily) overslotted in the build you can see in the OP, I decided to take his(?) advice and find a new home for those 4 (extra) slots that didn't need to be there. The "problem" with this Embarrassment Of Riches was figuring out what to do with it? There were actually quite a few options, making it really hard to settle on any one choice as being the "best" possible. I tried all sorts of things, including swapping out Long Range Teleport with Stealth (of all things), but nothing made "quite enough" difference in terms of adding enough +DEF from Set Bonuses (although 3-slot Aegis in Kinetic Dampening was QUITE tempting!) to be decisive.

In the end I decided to "go sideways" and 5-slot Disrupt with Stupefy (omitting the Proc), for both the Stun duration enhancement (enough to perma-Stun +3 Foes, but not quite enough for +4 Foes) as well as replacing the lost +Max HP set bonus that Gaussian's in Tactics had been providing (thus maintaining parity there to keep the absolute HP/sec of Regeneration metric high). 4-slotting Stupefy also offers a *small* global set bonus to Stun durations, which impacts 4 of the 9 Kinetic Melee powers (or 4 of 7 if you discount Placate and Build Up). But 5-slotting Stupefy brings in yet another global recharge bonus ... which I couldn't exactly turn my nose up at upon seeing what it did for longer recharge powers like Build Up, Energy Drain, Concentrated Strike, Placate and Energize. So although it seems decidedly "strange" to invest in Disrupt ... I figure that spending so many slots in Disrupt and combining it with both Kinetic Melee (which natively procs Stuns) and a bunch of Pounding Slugfest Procs (which Stun), this ought to be a case of "the sum is greater than the parts" since it will make a Scrapper-ish DPS role much more viable than it otherwise might be, so that I don't have to (only) rely on being a Burst Damage Specialist.

TL;DR version ... NOT a One Trick Pony



Following on the heels of that, Supernumiphone was kind enough to provide a link documenting additional information concerning Exemplar Rules for Set IOs which I was not previously (entirely) aware of, which ... changed some assumptions I had. Consequently, the slotting of Kinetic Dampening, Concentrated Strike, Energize and Maneuvers have had their Set IO Levels adjusted to take into account this new understanding of how the underlying game mechanics "work" when in Exemplar/Malefactor situations.

One additional change made on top of that was to shift the Gaussian's Set in Build Up from being Level 22 to Level 27 (except for the Proc) so as to improve its "on the Enhancements" value for Recharge Reduction. This change shaves off 1.82 seconds of Recharge Time from Build Up (in the context of the overall build), bringing it down to 40.41 seconds (from 90) ... which is "pretty decent" for a build which (still) doesn't have Hasten in it. The original reason for using Level 22 IOs for Gaussian's in Build Up was the simple fact that the difference in +To Hit "throughput" on the power (+29.17% @ 22 vs +30.58% @ 27) was simply "not enough of a reason" to delay the Set Bonuses for an extra 5 Levels, from 19 to 24, with the 6-slot Bonus being the entire reason for putting Gaussian's into Build Up at all (especially after cannibalizing Tactics for enhancement slots). However, upon further reflection, I decided that it made remarkably less sense than usual (compared to other builds I've made) to keep Gaussian's at Level 22 in the context of the holistic Set Bonus structure of this specific build ... so I've gone ahead and raised it up to Level 27.

Consequently, this entire build basically "begins life at 24" when its Set Bonuses start to really kick in (almost all at once!) and receives a slight uptick in power at (exemplar) Level 28 due to the Set Bonus Levels. It becomes a real powerhouse though at (exemplar) Levels 30 and 33 though, with access to Energize and Maneuvers. This yields a very broad range of Levels and Content where "the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts" in which overall performance is kept "fairly strong" from the late-Early Game (ie. mid-20s) all the way on up through the Mid Game (30s and early 40s) and on into the End Game (50 and Incarnate). This makes me happy.



So here's a Long Forum reposting, including the changes made versus the previous version thanks to feedback from Errant and Supernumiphone in this thread.

Oh and I also finally picked a name for my character on Virtue who will be using this build.

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Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.952
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Golden Blond : Level 50 Natural Stalker
Primary Power Set: Kinetic Melee
Secondary Power Set: Energy Aura
Power Pool: Teleportation
Power Pool: Leadership

Villain Profile:

Level 1: Quick Strike

• (A) Pounding Slugfest - Accuracy/Damage: Level 27
• (7) Pounding Slugfest - Disorient Bonus: Level 15
• (11) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage: Level 27
• (13) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance: Level 27
• (15) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 27
• (17) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus: Level 20

Level 1: Hide

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 27
• (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge: Level 27
• (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 27
• (50) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 25

Level 2: Kinetic Shield

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 27
• (5) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge: Level 27
• (5) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 27
• (7) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 25

Level 4: Body Blow

• (A) Pounding Slugfest - Accuracy/Damage: Level 27
• (13) Pounding Slugfest - Disorient Bonus: Level 15
• (15) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage: Level 27
• (17) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance: Level 27
• (19) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 27
• (19) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus: Level 20

Level 6: Recall Friend

• (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%): Level 10

Level 8: Power Shield

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 27
• (9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge: Level 27
• (9) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 27
• (11) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 25

Level 10: Entropy Shield

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 12: Smashing Blow

• (A) Pounding Slugfest - Accuracy/Damage: Level 27
• (21) Pounding Slugfest - Disorient Bonus: Level 15
• (21) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage: Level 27
• (23) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance: Level 27
• (23) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 27
• (25) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus: Level 20

Level 14: Teleport

• (A) Time & Space Manipulation - +Stealth: Level 15

Level 16: Kinetic Dampening

• (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%: Level 10

Level 18: Assassin's Strike

• (A) Pounding Slugfest - Accuracy/Damage: Level 27
• (25) Pounding Slugfest - Disorient Bonus: Level 15
• (27) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage: Level 27
• (27) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance: Level 27
• (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 27
• (34) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus: Level 20

Level 20: Build Up

• (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff: Level 27
• (37) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 27
• (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance: Level 27
• (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance: Level 27
• (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance: Level 27
• (40) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up: Level 21

Level 22: Placate

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 24: Burst

• (A) Eradication - Damage: Level 27
• (40) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 27
• (40) Eradication - Damage/Recharge: Level 27
• (42) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 27
• (42) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 27
• (42) Eradication - Chance for Energy Damage: Level 10

Level 26: Disrupt

• (A) Stupefy - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 27
• (46) Stupefy - Endurance/Stun: Level 27
• (48) Stupefy - Accuracy/Endurance: Level 27
• (48) Stupefy - Stun/Range: Level 27
• (48) Stupefy - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge: Level 27

Level 28: Energy Drain

• (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge: Level 27
• (29) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge: Level 27

Level 30: Focused Burst

• (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 31
• (43) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 31
• (43) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 31
• (43) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 31
• (45) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 31
• (45) Devastation - Chance of Hold: Level 30

Level 32: Concentrated Strike

• (A) Pounding Slugfest - Accuracy/Damage: Level 27
• (33) Pounding Slugfest - Disorient Bonus: Level 15
• (33) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage: Level 27
• (33) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance: Level 27
• (34) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 27
• (34) Kinetic Combat - Knockdown Bonus: Level 20

Level 35: Energize

• (A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance: Level 31
• (36) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge: Level 31
• (36) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge: Level 31
• (36) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 31
• (37) Numina's Convalescence - Heal: Level 31
• (37) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery: Level 30

Level 38: Maneuvers

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 27
• (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 27
• (46) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 27
• (46) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 25

Level 41: Tactics

• (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance: Level 50

Level 44: Assault

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 47: Vengeance

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 25

Level 49: Long Range Teleport

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

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Level 1: Assassination
Level 1: Brawl

• (A) Accuracy IO: Level 50

Level 1: Sprint

• (A) Run Speed IO: Level 50

Level 2: Rest

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 2: Swift

• (A) Run Speed IO: Level 50

Level 2: Hurdle

• (A) Jumping IO: Level 50

Level 2: Health

• (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration: Level 10
• (31) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance: Level 31
• (31) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge: Level 31
• (31) Numina's Convalescence - Heal: Level 31

Level 2: Stamina

• (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 27
• (3) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge: Level 27
• (3) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End: Level 21

Level 4: Ninja Run

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Set Bonus Totals:

• 2.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 2.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 23% Defense(Smashing)
• 23% Defense(Lethal)
• 5.81% Defense(Fire)
• 5.81% Defense(Cold)
• 11.75% Defense(Energy)
• 11.75% Defense(Negative)
• 3% Defense(Psionic)
• 14.88% Defense(Melee)
• 12.06% Defense(Ranged)
• 8.63% Defense(AoE)
• 1.8% Max End
• 6% Enhancement(Heal)
• 3% Enhancement(Stun)
• 36% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 43.75% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 10% FlySpeed
• 325.3 HP (27.02%) HitPoints
• 10% JumpHeight
• 10% JumpSpeed
• MezResist(Held) 3.3%
• MezResist(Immobilize) 13.75%
• 7% (0.12 End/sec) Recovery
• 116% (5.82 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 20% ResEffect(FlySpeed)
• 20% ResEffect(RechargeTime)
• 20% ResEffect(RunSpeed)
• 10% RunSpeed
• 2% XPDebtProtection

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Set Bonuses:

Pounding Slugfest
(Quick Strike)

• 8% (0.4 HP/sec) Regeneration

Kinetic Combat
(Quick Strike)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
• 18.07 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 3.75% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 1.88% Defense(Melee)

Luck of the Gambler
(Hide)

• 10% (0.5 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 13.55 HP (1.13%) HitPoints
• 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Luck of the Gambler
(Kinetic Shield)

• 10% (0.5 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 13.55 HP (1.13%) HitPoints
• 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Pounding Slugfest
(Body Blow)

• 8% (0.4 HP/sec) Regeneration

Kinetic Combat
(Body Blow)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
• 18.07 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 3.75% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 1.88% Defense(Melee)

Winter's Gift
(Recall Friend)

• 20% ResEffect(RunSpeed), 20% ResEffect(RechargeTime), 20% ResEffect(FlySpeed)

Luck of the Gambler
(Power Shield)

• 10% (0.5 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 13.55 HP (1.13%) HitPoints
• 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Pounding Slugfest
(Smashing Blow)

• 8% (0.4 HP/sec) Regeneration

Kinetic Combat
(Smashing Blow)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
• 18.07 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 3.75% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 1.88% Defense(Melee)

Steadfast Protection
(Kinetic Dampening)

• 3% Defense(Melee), 3% Defense(AoE), 3% Defense(Ranged), 3% Defense(Smashing), 3% Defense(Lethal), 3% Defense(Fire), 3% Defense(Cold), 3% Defense(Energy), 3% Defense(Negative), 3% Defense(Psionic)

Pounding Slugfest
(Assassin's Strike)

• 8% (0.4 HP/sec) Regeneration

Kinetic Combat
(Assassin's Strike)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
• 18.07 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 3.75% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 1.88% Defense(Melee)

Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control
(Build Up)

• 5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed
• 22.59 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
• 2.5% DamageBuff(All)
• 2.5% Defense(Melee), 1.25% Defense(Lethal), 1.25% Defense(Smashing), 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative), 2.5% Defense(AoE), 1.25% Defense(Fire), 1.25% Defense(Cold)

Eradication
(Burst)

• 1.8% Max End
• 3.13% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.56% Defense(Ranged)
• 27.11 HP (2.25%) HitPoints
• 2% XPDebtProtection
• 3.13% Defense(AoE), 1.56% Defense(Fire), 1.56% Defense(Cold)

Stupefy
(Disrupt)

• 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
• 22.59 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
• 3% Enhancement(Stun)
• 6.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Efficacy Adaptor
(Energy Drain)

• 13.55 HP (1.13%) HitPoints

Thunderstrike
(Focused Burst)

• 2% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
• 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)

Devastation
(Focused Burst)

• 12% (0.6 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 27.11 HP (2.25%) HitPoints

Pounding Slugfest
(Concentrated Strike)

• 8% (0.4 HP/sec) Regeneration

Kinetic Combat
(Concentrated Strike)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
• 18.07 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 3.75% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 1.88% Defense(Melee)

Numina's Convalescence
(Energize)

• 12% (0.6 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 22.59 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
• 6% Enhancement(Heal)
• MezResist(Held) 3.3%
• 3.75% Defense(Ranged), 1.88% Defense(Energy), 1.88% Defense(Negative)

Luck of the Gambler
(Maneuvers)

• 10% (0.5 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 13.55 HP (1.13%) HitPoints
• 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Luck of the Gambler
(Vengeance)

• 7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Numina's Convalescence
(Health)

• 12% (0.6 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 22.59 HP (1.88%) HitPoints

Performance Shifter
(Stamina)

• 5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed
• 22.59 HP (1.88%) HitPoints

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Oh .... oh really ...? Hmmm ... well that ... changes a few things ... it wasn't like that "way back when" (ie. years ago) when I started looking at building for Exemplar, rather than End Game. Okay. Guess that means that I'm wrong about losing set bonuses in powers you don't have access to because of the Level +5 limit. Hmmm. That's going to make for a bit of interesting adjustments on more than just a few of my builds I'm using ...

Hmmm ... and upon deeper reflection, this means that it's possible to get benefit of Level 25 LotG +Recharge at Levels 22+, regardless of the Level at which the Power was taken. That means that putting a Level 25 LotG +Recharge into Vengeance at 47 (or 49) is still "a good idea" in the grand scheme of things. It also means that using a Steadfast Protection +DEF at Level 10 is "best" for a build like this one (for Exemplar down to Level 7), even though the Power it is slotted into can't be taken until Level 16 (ie. outside the Level +5 boundary). That also means that the "ideal" breakpoints for Exemplar Friendly slotting are going to be:

• Minimum Level Available for Globals (like Karma's KB protection, Kismet's +To Hit and LotG's +Recharge) where the global buff is "baked into" the Enhancement itself
• Enhancement Levels 22, 27 and 31 for dual/triple/quad Set IOs so as to "activate" their set bonuses at Exemplar/Malefactor Level 19 (upper boundary for many Flashback Arcs), Level 24 (another upper boundary for many Flashback Arcs), and Level 28 (upper boundary for the Moonfire TF, and one level below the upper boundary for another set of Flashback Arcs).
• Procs (such as Pounding Slugfest's Disorient, Kinetic Combat's Knockdown and Time & Space Manipulation's +Stealth) can be slotted at "any Level" and still function, so long as the Power itself is available under the Level +5 Exemplar Rule. But if the Proc is being "used" to add up to completing a Set Bonus, then that Proc will "need" to be the same Level (or lower) than all the other Set IOs used in that Set, with the simplest solution being to choose such Procs as being the Minimum Level Available for the Set that they come in (so as to maximize "portability" if they ever get pulled out in a Respec for use in other characters or other builds).

Okay. That's Good Information™ to know then, which I didn't. Thanks for providing the link which explained that.

I want Calvin Scott's Belt as a costume item!