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For a Cold I believe it would increase the -def and -spd of Sleet, the -def and -spd of Infrigidate, the -end/+end/-spd in Heat Loss, and then the -special in Benumb. I'm not sure it's worth taking solely for using with Benumb, as it also provides a decent tohit and damage bonus while it's active, which for a Defender is never a bad thing. If you don't already have Aim though, I'd take that over PBU for a PvE Defender build.

I generally only go out of my way to get badges for the passive accolades and the two useful click accolades (Vanguard/Megalo not so much anymore after the PvP mez changes) since they directly affect my character's stats. Any other badge I get is incidental.

Troller would have Fort too, if they took it at 20 in lieu of Stamina.

I think some people took the opportunity to move off the higher-population servers because they like things quieter. I doubt as many of them exist as those who moved to those servers though. I moved a few PvP characters off of Justice to Freedom, but as far as PvE goes I kept what I had on Justice and Infinity.

Almost all of mine have been on various ITFs (seems to be most of the non-MA content I run that requires actually killing lots of stuff as opposed to skipping over everything but objectives is the ITF), and I've come into possession of such gems as:

* Malaise proc
* Executioner's Contract proc
* Sting of the Manticore triple
* Sting of the Manticore proc
* Freebird +stealth
* Time and Space Manipulation +stealth
* Luck of the Gambler triple (I think I got this on a mission)

I **** you not, those are my only boss drops since I15.

Hey I was on a Stalker, not like I was contributing anyways :<

Bring greens, it's not hard to make them last an entire match. Leadership is kind of the better option because you want to actually be landing your debuffs if you want to stay alive (slowed target = less damage incoming to you).

"Starting" is a broad term, I think they said this is more theorycrafting until they actually get enough teams to run a decent ladder. Problem is most people that PvP these days spend most of their time in a zone and wouldn't have a clue how to handle a team arena match.

While I do not play on dial-up, we maintain an active subscription with a local ISP, mostly so some members of the household can keep their old email addresses (they prefer the interface and would rather not have to deal with the hassle of setting up forwarding and having to transfer years' worth of messages and contacts).

what is your gamertaaaaaaag

So after a Hami raid a few nights ago, I clicked on the enhancement screen for my Kat/Regen quite by accident. Now, this was one of my first characters, and my 3rd 50, so I didn't really know much about proper slotting or IOs or anything like that at the time, but I had no idea how bad the build actually was. It carried me through just about everything though I noticed I had endurance issues (odd with QR and Stamina, I thought, until I saw why). These days, I use it exclusively for Hami raids and its current build makes me cringe, so I was thinking of redoing it. Basically I'm shooting for a good amount of HP without having to accolade it (probably won't get around to it since it's a PvE toon and the Justice style of raiding means a Scrapper is never in too much danger except blooms, which can be dealt with via MoG), lots of endurance recovery because of the chain lightning, and a solid single-target melee attack chain (dropping Flashing Steel, Lotus Drops, and Divine Avalanche since it's useless against Hami damage).

Just looking in Mids, I'm quite happy with the current end usage versus recovery (about 0.4 end/sec usage with Fly on and 4.12 end/sec recovery meaning I go from zero to full in less than 30 seconds plus whatever extra I'd gain from 3 PShifter procs), and un-accoladed HP (smidge over 1600, which is 200 more than I've got right now). I still would only have about 35% global recharge, but with the massive buff period going into the goo that number will often top 100% before even Hasten is factored in, and I'm using global recharge to drive my attacks and Build Up more than my self-heals most of the time.

Basically, I've got 400 million to spend (don't want to dedicate too much inf to a PvE build that will see sporadic use at best and the character in question already has 400 mil on-hand), a LotG in the character's inventory, and at least some of the IOs the build will need either on that character or in my base bins. How's the build look? Anything could use tweaking? (Yes, Focused Acc is there for set bonuses and I don't plan on actually running it. Tough is there for pre-Hami-spawn monster clearing.)

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.601
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Level 50 Natural Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Katana
Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Sting of the Wasp -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(31), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(33), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(33), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33)
Level 1: Fast Healing -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(43), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(46), Mrcl-Rcvry+(46)
Level 2: Reconstruction -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(3), Dct'dW-Rchg(3), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(7), Dct'dW-Heal(9)
Level 4: Quick Recovery -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(5), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(5), P'Shift-End%(7)
Level 6: Build Up -- AdjTgt-ToHit(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(15), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(23), AdjTgt-Rchg(25), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx(25)
Level 8: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(9), RechRdx-I(15)
Level 10: Dull Pain -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Rchg(11), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(11), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Dct'dW-Heal(13)
Level 12: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 14: Health -- Heal-I(A), Heal-I(45)
Level 16: Integration -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-Heal(17), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(17)
Level 18: Super Speed -- QckFt-RunSpd(A), QckFt-EndRdx(19), QckFt-EndRdx/RunSpd(19)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(21), P'Shift-End%(23)
Level 22: Gambler's Cut -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(37), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(40), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(40), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(42)
Level 24: Hover -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-EndRdx/Rchg(27), LkGmblr-Rchg+(27)
Level 26: Soaring Dragon -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(36), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(36), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(37), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37)
Level 28: Instant Healing -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-Rchg(29), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(29), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(31), Dct'dW-Heal(31)
Level 30: Fly -- Srng-Fly(A), Srng-EndRdx(43), Srng-EndRdx/Fly(43)
Level 32: Golden Dragonfly -- Sciroc-Acc/Dmg(A), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(34), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(34), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg(34), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(36), FrcFbk-Rchg/EndRdx(50)
Level 35: Boxing -- Acc-I(A)
Level 38: Moment of Glory -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(39), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(39), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(39), RedFtn-Def(40)
Level 41: Tough -- TtmC'tng-ResDam(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(42), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(42)
Level 44: Focused Accuracy -- GSFC-ToHit(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(45), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(45), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(46)
Level 47: Laser Beam Eyes -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(48), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(48), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(48), LdyGrey-%Dam(50)
Level 49: Physical Perfection -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-End%(50)
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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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Set Bonus Totals:

• 16% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 16% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 16% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 16% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 16% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 16% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 16% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 16% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 1.56% Defense(Fire)
• 1.56% Defense(Cold)
• 3.13% Defense(AoE)
• 12% Enhancement(Heal)
• 32.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
• 18% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 20% FlySpeed
• 271.1 HP (20.2%) HitPoints
• 20% JumpHeight
• 20% JumpSpeed
• MezResist(Held) 9.9%
• MezResist(Immobilize) 13.2%
• MezResist(Sleep) 2.2%
• MezResist(Terrorized) 6.6%
• 8.5% (0.14 End/sec) Recovery
• 56% (3.13 HP/sec) Regeneration
• 5.04% Resistance(Fire)
• 5.04% Resistance(Cold)
• 1.26% Resistance(Energy)
• 4.39% Resistance(Negative)
• 20% RunSpeed

I am tempted to level a Fire/Mental and Plant/Rad duo to 30 or so and use them to dual-box Posi TFs. Should be able to set them up with cheap low-level frankenslotted IOs and commons by 30, and I'd have enough slots in all my powers to make them effective.

Redside, I have a 21 (22?) Ice/Kin Corruptor languishing on Virtue (would transfer to Freedom, obviously) from the BMLS Cap run days, but I've no idea if you guys are doing any teaming or if it's more a "do your own thing" deal.

Regarding a global channel: I'd say keep it in the market channel, if only out of selfishness because I'm already at 10 and can't really afford to drop any of them.

*shrug*

I don't report people for names or costumes. They made it for a reason, I don't want to get involved in what they're doing, and I prefer the same courtesy extended to me. Heck, half the time I laugh at it. Maybe I'm immature, but I'll take that any day over upsetting a potential new player (report character, character gets generic'd, player is confused and frustrated and leaves the game).

As for my pet peeves:

* The current implementation of PvP is pretty terrible, but I participate in it because as a powergamer PvE has become mind-numbingly boring and I like a bit of unpredictability. Returning to the old system and going from there would quite honestly be the easiest way to fix the *********** PvP's turned into (I don't even want to think about what base raids will be like if they're added under the current mechanics).
* The market interface in general needs an overhaul, badly. Trying to load the entire database when you click on the market contact has made me mapserve or crash entirely more than a few times, and I'm not exactly on a bad connection or old machine either. Despite efforts to fix some nagging issues, there are IOs with different names between the recipe and crafted varieties which can cause confusion and makes it harder to search. The search feature at the market could be expanded and more utility added - for example, when I click on a recipe to see what it's selling for, I could have another pane showing me what the crafted enhancement is selling for and what the salvage required to make it is selling for (and whether I have any of that salvage on-hand).

Yep, in terms of kill speed (and thereby inf/minute) a Brute far surpasses a Dom. The gap was less before I15, but as long as people have been keeping track of the numbers, Brutes have always been more efficient (and their builds are often cheaper as well with no necessity to build for permadom). The exception was before the Family nerf a few years ago, when some Doms would occasionally out-clock Brutes at doing the "Battle for Television" (mixed Family and Nemesis) mission.

"Hidden" on a VEAT doesn't mean "hidden" like a Stalker. It's better than a pool stealth power or stealth IO, PvE-wise (Stalker and VEAT hide powers give the same stealth in PvP, though the VEAT cannot self-cap stealth), but it's not enough to be completely invisible. You'll need a stealth IO or Super Speed to get there.