mids bug or really how it is in game, patron pool?
By
Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2011-08-12 07:27 in Player Questions
According to the wiki, for all ancillary/patron power pools you must have one of the first two powers in the set before taking the third or fourth power. To take the fifth power I believe you must have at least two of the earlier powers in the set. If mid's is allowing you to do otherwise it's probably a bug. That said this will change in Freedom.
Currently on live the wiki indicates the first two powers in the set are available at 41, the second two are available at 44 with the final power being available at 47.
EDIT: FOR CORRECTIONS
Jem - Ill/Rad Controller Lv 50+3 Nic - Mind/Psi Dominator Lv 50+3 Lady Liberation - Invuln/SS Tanker Lv 50+1 Invicitx - Demon/Pain Mastermind Lv 50+1 Celeste - Emp/Arch Defender Lv 50+1 Nightsilver - DB/WP Scrapper Lv 34 Dusk Howl - StJ/Regen Brute Lv 32 Kyriani - Time/Energy Defender Lv 41Psifire - FF/Psi Defender Lv 50
Star Lighter - LB/LA Peacebringer Lv 30
I do recall a mids bug for certain patron power pools, where it incorrectly tells you that you haven't taken enough prerequisite powers and turns red. As long as you've taken the standard amount for whatever you are trying to get, you should be fine.
Mids is correct. The Blaster Mace Mastery pool is a little unusual in that it has a summon power at level 44 instead of level 47. The statement in the description is a copy and paste error from the Stalker/Scrapper Mace Mastery set which does indeed get them at level 47 (and require two picks).
The reason for this is that when the Patron Pools were given to Blasters they were based on the Mastermind versions but were not always direct copies. For both Mace Mastery and Mu Mastery the MM version had a power that wasn't suitable for Blasters (due to them already having it in one of their secondary sets) so the devs replaced it with the summon power from the equivalent Stalker set. However since the powers being replaced were both level 44 powers they put the summon in at that level instead of putting it as the level 47 power and moving that power (a single target hold in both cases) down to level 44.
Thank you guys so much that clears everything up 
OK for the mace pool for blasters in mids if you take the scorpion shield it lets you take the spiderlings at level 44 next but in the description it says you have to take two previous mace powers before being able to select the spiderling pets and be level 47. So which is it can I take the spiderlings after only 1 power pick and at 44 or do I need to take two other powers first and be level 47?.
I'm in the process in turning villain side so can't see for myself and it would help me finish a build in mids. Thanks anyone who can answer!