TwoHeadedBoy

(Before you ask, yes this was the catchiest title I could come up with.)

The purpose of this thread was to let everyone on Protector know that I would like to lead "Master of" Incarnate trial runs every Saturday.

I know we only have a select few trials available to us as of now, but that works out well for:

A.) People who miss a certain week.

B.) People who would like a certain badge on more than one character.

I would have added a C.) If we fail, But you guys know better than that. No failing allowed!

Tonight, I lead a successful Master of BAF. Next weekend, Saturday October 29, I will be forming a Master of LAMBDA. The weekend after that, I will be forming a Master of the Underground. The weekend after that, I will be forming a Master of Keyes Island Reactor.

Once they've all cycled through, I'll be going back to BAF and repeating. This will be happening every Saturday at ~8:00 pm Eastern Time, but time is definitely flexible- If people need a certain badge but aren't available at a certain time I am more than willing to work that out. I just wanted to start this thread up to let everyone know that I planned to continue doing this.

I will be reserving a couple of posts to elaborate on the strategies I use for Master runs on all trials currently available to us. I know that other people have their ideas on how to do things, and that's perfectly alright, but I plan on leading these runs based on what works best for me, after many a horrible and fantastic experience. If you plan to participate, this is how things will be run.

Heh, I absolutely despise the sounds for glinting/ebon eye. It cuts right through me... That's about it though.

If you level up a Tri Form Warshade you should have zero endurance problems, with the exception of when you fight single targets. You'll never run a single toggle though, and Stygian Circle recharges pretty fast even without IO's.

Are the changes going to affect how quickly SS/Fire's hit 750? I s/l farm with my Warshade, he was clocking just over 2 minutes a run but when the rezzes got nerfed and I switched to /SR enemies he slowed down to around 3 minutes. I farm to 750 and reset, 53 with bosses goes a little faster than 54's.

For skipping Kheldian Fridays again, Speedy is hereby banished from the Council. *bangs gavel*

Wow, that picture is so lifelike. Pure art.

I just nabbed Soothslayer and thought it was kind of clever.

It would make more sense to me if you stopped chasing ranged defense and focused on actually reaching the softcap for s/l... Let me tell you that the difference between that last 10% noticeably increases survivability. I would also much rather have more than 135% global recharge but I guess that's personal preference.

All in all this build is looking alright. I'm currently at a crossroads with my PB's build and still haven't figured out the best way to get it exactly how I want it, so you're at least ahead of me in that respect if you're happy with what you came up with.

edit- I'm wondering how you plan to pick up the Gladiator's Armor IO. If you plan to use alignment merits, you should also be able to save up the cash in the meantime for purple sets- It just makes sense that if you're going to make that much of an investment in such a pricey IO that you might as well go all the way.

I'd be pretty uncomfortable if Purple/PVP IO's were sold in the Paragon Market... I can see the point that third party RMT shouldn't be enabled and this is a way to circumvent it, but I hardly think that these kinds of measures should be taken to prevent something I have literally never encountered in game.

The reason I have a problem with paying cash for the best enhancements is that simply put, a lot of people (myself included) have worked very hard to get some of that nice stuff.

If this ever happens I can say that I will never post up any of my personal builds on the forums again, for example. As of right now if anyone wanted to copy a really nice build (or aspects of a build,) it would require an investment of time generating the funds to do so. Now, what, any Jo Schmo can see something, shell out some cash for it, and bam! It's theirs.

I've heard the argument that no one else should have an impact on how I play the game, but the reality is that this sort of would. I have some stuff I've picked up and used effectively that took me time to get, and I'm proud of that.

For instance, I saved up Villain Merits for 2 months for a level 10 Gladiator's Armor IO. It took a long time and I felt like I earned it. If everyone could go and shell out 10 bucks for it, that would invalidate some of my game time to me. Now, if you don't/wouldn't feel the same way, that's perfectly fine- This is just how I feel about the situation and I wanted to take a minute to express that.

If this is where we vote, I'll be supporting Layla in the election (That's how it works, right? ) She did an awesome job on Stone's place.

If they can make an Interface power that's better than or on par with Reactive Core Flawless, I will be stoked on that alone.

If you're willing to spend enough, both time and inf wise, you want a Human Form Warshade. Not only will you be able to solo (level 53, possibly 54) AV's without regen debuffs, you'll also be able to solo groups like Malta on 54x8 with no end drain or status protection (barring Clarion, but even that's not strictly necessary with some break free macros) and what's more... You'll feel like you earned it. No toggle on and forget, your power will come just as much from your own intuition as the numbers you can achieve. Purples and PVP IO's help a great deal, but if you're not aiming to go big game hunting, soloing the tough groups comes more down to dexterity than investment.