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Quote:Incarnate XPOriginally Posted by Carnifax_NA
34 threads is roughly the answer. Each spend gives you 3% of the iXP needed. You also need 2.5 million per go (2.5 million seems to be popular). So 34 Threads and 85 million inf will give you 100% iXP for opening something (might be 33 and 82.5 million inf in fact if it's actually 3.3333% a go)
I did it with the Interface slot because I've never managed to get onto a Lambda team, ever or see one forming. It always seems to be BAFs running.
Seems like loads (and it kinda is) but I sold the proceeds of a-merit random rolls to earn it fairly quickly with my Fort/Night Widow.
Theres been some curiosity about the amount of Incarnate XP required to unlock each slot. To help sate that curiosity, here are the actual amounts of XP required to unlock each slot:
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Quote:Community Digest is your friend. Also, the respec is COH's aniversary gift to you. Not sure about tailor stuff, but you will probably notice you also have a shiney new character slot token.Originally Posted by freewaydoggy
I notice that the past few days, new things have come up. I have new respecs & tailor sessions for each of my toons. (Not the respec for issue 20, I have used that on some of them, and I don't believe it's my 3-month vet rewards.) and today I noticed that I have some sort of a non-combat vanguard robot pet. I am curious. Is all this some sort of anniversary thing?
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Quote:Not positive. Dont really feel like testing either, takes long enough to get the salvage I need. I started up the same tree, and until I hit the 3rd tier, created the exact same pieces. As I was organizing salvage for my second tier 3, I noticed that the t4 wouldnt take 2 of the same t3 parts.Originally Posted by Pyro_Master_NA
Can you even make the same two to begin with?
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Quote:I almost made this exact mistake because I was under the impression you could use any 2 as well. The caveat is they can't be the same two.Originally Posted by Boomie
I thought you could use any tier 3's to make a tier 4 but I have two already crafted and I have all the other pieces and the tier 4 is still greyed out. I might have to take a pic.
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Quote:Some heafty sacrifices made here. Not even sure I would ever run this build, but its quite plausible.Originally Posted by Combat
I'm going to try a "challenge" now. Character is a Spines/Fire Scrapper, infinite influence. Goals are:
1. Defense to 32.5% at all, or at least Sm/Le
2. Recharge as high as possible
3. Must have fire ball (for concept).
Feel free to post builds for other characters before this challenge gets answered, but I think it will be interesting to see what we get for this.
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Quote:I have a dp/sonic sitting at about 20ish or so and don't feel its lacking.Originally Posted by Supermax
Yeah, I was wondering about DP.
All I've read about it is that it's weak, and is basically just flashy. Is this not necessarily true? You say "The -res from acid mortar helps offset the perceived lower damage of pistols." But wouldn't that help higher damage sets even more?
At this point it's probably between ice and dark for me. But still...wish I could make a fire defender
Honestly, if you are on Justice or Guardian, I can help you get a corr up to 20 and even run tips with you if you want to side switch. There really isnt anything else like a fire/traps corr in my experience. -
I might consider /Ice for Ice Storm. If you plan on taking the toon incarnate, paired with reactive, the rain, and trops are impressive. Blizzard I wouldnt take because of the crash, but YMMV.
I've always thought archery would pair well with traps, but standing in the middle of a spawn set for 8 for 4 seconds waiting while animating roa kinda sucks the interest out for me. Explosive arrow could potentially knock the mobs out of your traps if used carelessly.
I might also consider Dual Pistols. Two cones, a Targeted Aoe and a pbaoe add up to a decentish aoe set. The -res from acid mortar helps offset the perceived lower damage of pistols. The -damage from chem rounds has potential to increase your surviveability by quite a bit. Again, if you go Incarnate, and reactive, pretty sure you get a chance to proc off each dot tic if using incendiary ammo as well. -
So I caved on Blaze. Doesn't make sense to kill my fodder. Went through the thread and pulled advice. How does it look now?
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Quote:Thanks, same, thought it was awesome.Originally Posted by Santorican
Nice avatar, I saw that on reddit this morning, made me LOL hard.
Yes. Was kinda hoping that would even out not being at ddr cap. Faulty thinking?Quote:Originally Posted by Santorican
You do realize that you are on average of 3% over the defense cap on each position right?
I really appreciate the time you put into that, but could you post build chunk. link does not work for me.Quote:Originally Posted by Santorican
Does an extra 6% heal per activation make that big of a difference?Quote:Originally Posted by Santorican
Not too crazy about build two
Slotting in Soul Drain is no bueno, you don't have a lot of accuracy.
No more capped DDR
Forgot to mention this in the other post but Siphon Life isn't slotted for any healing which is a huge boom for Dark/Shield.
I have tweeked the first build a bit, but will post it after I see the changes you made to the build. Thanks again for your time mate,
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Quote:They will also have brand new music introduced while in the incarnate menu. Probably a toss up between the three stooges or benny hill themes.Originally Posted by baron_inferno
Good name as I'm sure most of the players will be in tears by then trying to figure out which icurrency goes with which slot, conversions, counter-conversions, upgrades, sidegrades, downgrades, diagonalgrades, breakdowns, teardowns, etc, etc.
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Howdy Guru's.
Time for me to put some infl into this toon. I have two possible builds for you to pull apart, and by all means, please do.
Build 1
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Kinda leaning towards build two. I like shadow maul, I like the better end numbers, and I am not sure if trading owts for grant cover is worth it. I am not sure if I actually have the attention span to not use my aoe's and just focus on the best attack chain so the best dps isnt really an issue, as long as it does decent st and okayish aoe.Code:| Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1442;705;1410;HEX;| |78DA65935B6F124114C767D9C5DA2D1468E95D8AF4460B760BB66AE28B89AD4DDA8| |0A921FAA056B296296011C8D2C6D6273F8326FAAED6CB0732F12B7869F5DD0B9EFD| |9F0149D8407E33E736E79C99933D5CF309F1EC9AD0FA572B76A391CFED3876BD2E1| |D6FD62E9677C2B99253AB3D5EADD40E0A19FBA85C2D66D79D1E21C458CB2E9F9515| |29AD35DBD9E365B4AD5993BBB2DA9056AE549695426B1BDAA896A423ABFB566B616| |ED56A152B5797B2E0C772BD5C2CEDD35901EC32D22E48A7512AD77DAD7D9D940337| |EAE51DEB7AC57E2AF359BBB12F9DA3514A2C417F6488AF6988B84788B4F0CC33160| |023C14802A69F2C35987BC590E68ACE841941E06C8AB10C982B401F7969ECE5D15C| |AF5161B2978FBD7C64A0ABB03A4708A781618E307C1B18BDC5C8015394BB97BD346| |F52B8A271C60169B8B0A6B7E72E212EFA1F00C13C90B8072CDE676C037ECAA257C5| |EBBD4A307411546C50B83E15B1EF0BF52222C6BF02E7BE31BE0393278C53609ABCF| |CEC25FC13BA9B5A3FED039A095120866C35B20A29AB50933E1120A341CE440C72A7| |426434C4227D887B38B98E88731B407C13D0C96E44F57A849B17E38EC6F84E0C321| |85306631C689A8F98E6CB3824830937272A75E22DD7710CCCBC63BCC75B98F900CC| |7D0486C921A2528E70D823124555CFA2BB2875AE089C2F31CA8C47406C0F0851ED5| |3CA6BEA1762C77F33FE000B7F194D8640D903E435CB5EDAAC5B7F44242EEA6EA4D7| |A499579AF9CF2820F10978439AA47AFBC934A25D4831161916B0B8041C93B9A5CCA| |D2B102D5D662C335680F425E009559FC2AC343D297E15697E2A69F5708CF6E8D1CF| |BDF6A8D19EAE66A24B9BEA92A4BB24CB5D92952E49A653A27BDC1E6D19EA5C12693| |0EA0D0AB7B148E5C46C8FAFD2FE303B06FA0E8FF0A68631E3413DED72F9F95FA26B| |CFD1A181978C1740F815B065BA17C5076F77ACED8EF5C38EF5CD41F252EB7F5598F| |3A1| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Quote:Thanks. I very rarely run a toon without some sort of end recovery power. Endurance = XP imo.Originally Posted by Wyldhunt
My Achille's heel right there when playing any Melee.
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Quote:That is exactly what the game has been the last 7 years. Every time you roll an alt and lvl it up by repeating content, you are farming xp. The devs can't ever hope to produce content faster than we can consume it. Just because you use a different tractor this season, doesnt mean the farm doesnt look the same...Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades
Please continue to demonize me for pointing out this is NOT what the game has done for 7 years.
If the devs are so against farming, there is no way we would have the option to set our missions to +4/8. Did you think it was people looking for a challenge that was responsible for all the mass tells and broadcast spam requesting mission bumps? -
Quote:Recovery SerumOriginally Posted by Inno
I find myself playing chars that have some kind of end recovery power, and realized that I would like to maybe go a little farther out on the ice and not be tethered to that need.
I know that zillions of chars are played all the time without end taps like elec or things like regen or will power, but it seems kinda scary to me, like I will be sucking wind all the time.
Obviously inherit stamina helps and there is slotting your abilities for end reduction, but is there any trick to living outside the safety net of heavy end regen powers?
Hero Accolade Powers
Villain Accolade Powers
Clubber Badge
Dualist Badge
Alpha Slot Cardiac (50 only)
Destiny Ageless (50 only)
Smart Inspiration Usage
Perfomance Shifter Proc
Miracle +Recovery
Numina's +Recovery/Regeneration
Frankenslotting
Secondary Mutation: Pain Tollerance (Mutation Booster Pack)
Mystic Fortune: The Lovers (Magic Booster Pack)
Empowerment Station: Increased Recovery (SG/VG Base)
Take out mobs that drain endurance first.
Obviously, no travel powers or unessessary toggles on while in combat.
Do not auto Hasten.
Pace yourself.
AOE's generally take more end, so don't fire them off unless you are actually hitting more than 3 mobs.
I know some of these are quite obvious, but I will probably reference this post next time Ultimo_ complains of end issues. -
Quote:I will second this. My Fire/traps is my new favorite and my first "blasting" toon to ding 50 in 7 years. The mez protection from ffg is what first got me into it. I stayed for the massive debuffs and awesome damage. Even debuffed with scrapperlock, it handles quite well.Originally Posted by Clave_Dark_5
I quite enjoyed my Fire/Traps Corr in the day, the damage from Fire is pretty nice. I've heard that Fire/(anything) is pretty good on Corr's (and I'd imagine that to be true), but Traps is just all sorts of fun.
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Quote:Really, making it possible to solo +4/8 content is about as close as they can say it is okay for players to farm without actually having to say it.Originally Posted by Infernus_Hades
Farming was not an approved thing - remember the wolf farms? Remember adding TIMERS to farm missions. The Devs have over the years made many changes to stop farming and then they add "content" that is a farm...............
Consider the fact that I need to run the iTrials several hundred more times before it even approaches the amount of times I have run other missions/tf's, having to run them mutliple times does not chafe on me at all. -
Quote:Alternately, there may be yet another iCurrency we will need to collect in order to craft the higher components and threads will become unnessesary.Originally Posted by mauk2
Well....
I never said that converting was efficient. The fact is every shard that drops is exactly the same as a thread, if you care to make it so.
More importantly, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
Shards are going to drop every time you do 'old' content. It's just coded that way. So you can let them build up pointlessly, or you can take the 3-5 seconds required to bump up ten of them a day.
As a matter of fact, this provides a small but useful influence sink, so I encourage this!
Conversely, you never know! When they start filling out the higher iSlots, maybe those shards will be useful things for crafting even higher bits. It's simply too early to even speculate, in my opinion.
Please tell me that you yourself are spending the 400 million each to craft all your very rares. Otherwise, it makes it seem that you believe its a great influence sink for everyone else. -
Quote:You get 2 for completing the apex or tin mage tf's as well. I understand your position, and am in the exact same boat myself. The incarnate trials are by far the most efficient way to gain threads. it is quite possible to run a BAF in less than half an hour with a decent league. Usually that will get you over 10 threads, 6ish astral merits and an emp merit(for first one run of the day). Plus you get a choice of reward at completion, usually a component of some sort. Not bad for 30 mins... of course often it takes longer to even get on one than it does to run it.Originally Posted by Marsha_Mallow
Unlike most people, I can only play for maybe 1 or 2 hours a day. One of my newest characters has just gotten their first tier Alpha slot. I'm working on getting their 2nd, 3rd and 4th tier Alpha's.
Other than running the new incarnate trials, is there another way to earn threads? Cause so far, I've not earned any as I don't have much time to join these trials as I get interrupted by family life constantly, so I solo a lot.
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Quote:I am going to have to disagree with this. Threads are much easier to get. Shards drop far less often, but are expected to be traded one to one best case senario? No thanks. That makes shards obsolete. Or at best, a ineffeciant use of time in my books.Originally Posted by mauk2
You DO realize that Shards can be 100 percent upgraded to threads about as fast as they drop....right?
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Quote:It's an excellent choice IMO. Kin negates any arguments of sub par damage and with siphon power and chem rounds, the average incoming damage should be completely neutered. Grab the mez resist destiny tree and you will be golden.Originally Posted by Thee FrickNFitz
so i think im going with the dual pistols/kin, seems fun so far and thats kinda what im looking for with this build. And pretty sure im making the tank my next build project although i might change it from the dual blades to a more affective attack style. Any awesome tank builds people got?
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Quote:QFT. I love the new content and all, but damned if it doesn't remind me why I have been soloing the last few years.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Because this:
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Quote:While possible, I'm going to have to agree with Bill and think op doesn't actually know what his powers do.Originally Posted by Nihilii
Is it just me or do people who play overpowered stuff in general clamor for being even more OP, or nerfing everyone else, since I20?
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Replace Repel with the I Win Button.
How about lobbying for more buffs to rad. All those anchor powers get annoying to use because your teammates always kill the anchor first...
Anything you can stack -60% damage on before you even use fulcrum shift is awesome. Add flooring the mobs recharge to that, so they are hitting you less often. Add a three second recharge heal to that, and you are very surviveable. Add unsupressed travel powers to that, and you can run away very easily. Add an end drain that allows for unlimited endurance every 10 seconds.
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Quote:Smooth.Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
Let's see if this works.
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