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Mastermind / [v2.3] Ninja/Time Supremacy Incarnate

« on: July 12, 2024, 04:08:44 pm »

Needless to say, there have been ... some changes (informed by actual gameplay here on Rebirth) ... that have prompted me to make yet another (next) revision relative to the previous builds which you can find here in the Mastermind Builds forum at these links:

• v2.0
  
• v2.1
  
• v2.2

The main changes in this build relative to the v2.2 is some shifting of powers and slotting to improve efficiency even further than the previous iterations were able to achieve.

The biggest difference is the synergistic effects of slotting a damage proc into Fistful of Arrows along with the combination of Interface: T4 Spectral Radial and Genesis: T4 Socket Radial yielding a surprisingly hefty boost in Cone AoE damage out of Fistful of Arrows. Due to the high global recharge and click powers recharge buffs stacking in this build, it becomes possible to use Fistful of Arrows at a reasonably high rate of fire. Interface damage (negative energy) has an 85% chance to proc, which tends to yield significant "bonus damage" on every hit. Fistful of Arrows tends to proc the Positron's Blast for extra energy damage relatively frequently, which can cause the damage output of Fistful of Arrows increase by 2x to 3x per use, laying down a respectable amount of damage throughput from a Mastermind Personal Attack that does AoE (Cone). The slotting that I use in this build extends the Cone range out to a VERY respectable distance, greatly enhancing its area of effect far in excess of what could be achieved by slotting the Rolling Barrage set.

You can have three guesses as to who's going to win.
The first two don't count.

This time, I am unable to provide a proper export from Mids' Reborn.
1. My computer is now a M2 iMac Mini, so any wind0ze programming needs to get run through a WINE emulator (in my case, Whisky+GPTK).
2. I am completely unable to get Mids' Reborn to work at all. There desperately needs to be a complete top to bottom refactoring of Mids' Reborn into a web page online character builder, in which the details of the build are dynamically updated as a hash code added to the URL, the same as is done for the (much simpler) talent build online calculators used for World of Warcraft.

So everything you see below is a manual "by hand" transcription from what my build looks like inside the game copied into this posting. If someone would like to transcribe everything I've written here into Mids' Reborn so as to do a "proper" export (with full details and code hash), that would be welcome, since there are some relatively significant changes from the previous iteration (-1 Pool for starters).

Level 50 Technology Mastermind
Primary Power Set: Ninjas
Secondary Power Set: Time Manipulation
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Call Genin

• (A) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage: Attuned
  
• (3) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Attuned
  
• (3) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Attuned
  
• (5) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown: Attuned
  
• (7) Call to Arms - Defense Bonus Aura for Pets: Level 10
• (50) Soulbound Allegiance - Chance for Build Up: Level 50

Level 1: Time Crawl

• (A) Impeded Swiftness - Accuracy/Endurance: Level 27+5
  
• (7) Impeded Swiftness - Chance of Damage(Smashing): Level 10
• (17) Pacing of the Turtle - Chance of -Recharge: Level 20

Level 2: Aimed Shot

• (A) Apocalypse - Damage: Level 50
• (5) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (9) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
• (11) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (19) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative): Level 50
• (19) Gladiator's Javelin - Chance of Damage(Toxic): Level 10

Level 4: Temporal Mending

• (A) Preventive Medicine - Chance for +Absorb: Level 20
• (45) Preventive Medicine - Heal: Level 27
• (45) Preventive Medicine - Heal/Endurance: Level 27
• (45) Preventive Medicine - Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 27
• (46) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime: Level 27
• (46) Preventive Medicine - Heal/RechargeTime/Endurance: Level 27

Level 6: Train Ninjas

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 8: Fistful of Arrows

• (A) Annihilation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 27+5
  
• (9) Annihilation - Chance for Res Debuff: Level 20
• (11) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy): Level 20
• (25) Detonation - Damage/Endurance/Range: Level 50+5
  
• (34) Hamidon Origin: Centriole Exposure (Accuracy/Range)
• (34) Hamidon Origin: Centriole Exposure (Accuracy/Range)

Level 10: Time's Juncture

• (A) Superior Witchcraft - Universal Debuff: Attuned
  
• (40) Superior Witchcraft - Accuracy/ Universal Debuff: Attuned
  
• (40) Superior Witchcraft - Universal Debuff/Endurance/Recharge: Attuned
  
• (40) Superior Witchcraft - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge: Attuned

Level 12: Call Jounin

• (A) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Accuracy/Damage:  Attuned
  
• (13) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge:  Attuned
  
• (13) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Damage/Endurance:  Attuned
  
• (15) Superior Command of the Mastermind - Recharge/Pet +AoE Defense Aura:  Attuned
  
• (15) Superior Witchcraft - Accuracy/Recharge: Attuned
  
• (17) Superior Witchcraft - Chance for Res Debuff: Attuned

Level 14: Temporal Selection

• (A) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration: Level 10
• (42) Regenerative Tissue - Heal/Endurance: Level 27
• (43) Regenerative Tissue - Endurance/Recharge: Level 27
• (43) Regenerative Tissue - Heal/Recharge: Level 27
• (43) Regenerative Tissue - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 27

Level 16: Distortion Field

• (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Chance of -Recharge: Level 10
• (34) Superior Winter Storm - Recharge/Chance for Cold Damage: Attuned
  
• (36) Superior Winter Storm - Accuracy/Slow: Attuned
  
• (37) Superior Winter Storm - Damage/Slow: Attuned
  
• (42) Superior Winter Storm - Accuracy/Damage/Slow: Attuned
  
• (42) Superior Winter Storm - Damage/Endurance/Slow: Attuned

Level 18: Smoke Flash

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50+5
  
• (25) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50+2

Level 20: Time Stop

• (A) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold: Level 31+5
  
• (21) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold: Level 30
• (21) Ghost Widow's Embrace - Chance of Damage(Psionic): Level 20
• (23) Neuronic Shutdown - Chance of Damage(Psionic): Level 10
• (23) Gladiator's Net - Chance of Damage(Lethal): Level 10
• (50) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage: Level 50

Level 22: Stealth

• (A) Karma - Knockback Reduction (4 points): Level 10
• (33) Shield Wall - Teleport Protection, Res(All): Level 10
• (33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed: Level 25

Level 24: Grant Invisibility

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed: Level 25

Level 26: Oni

• (A) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Accuracy/Damage:  Attuned
  
• (27) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Accuracy/Endurance:  Attuned
  
• (27) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance:  Attuned
  
• (29) Superior Mark of Supremacy - Endurance/Pet +Resist +Regen:  Attuned
  
• (29) Edict of the Master - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 27
• (31) Edict of the Master - Defense Bonus: Level 15

Level 28: Farsight

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed: Level 25
• (31) Hamidon Origin: Cytoskeleton Exposure (+Defense/+ToHit/Endurance Reduction)
• (33) Hamidon Origin: Cytoskeleton Exposure (+Defense/+ToHit/Endurance Reduction)

Level 30: Hasten

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
• (31) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 32: Kuji In Zen

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 35: Slowed Response

• (A) Analyze Weakness - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50+5
  
• (36) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge: Level 27+5
  
• (36) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage: Level 10
• (37) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff: Level 10
• (37) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage: Level 21

Level 38: Chrono Shift

• (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge: Level 27+5
  
• (39) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge: Level 27+5
  
• (39) Regenerative Tissue - Heal/Recharge: Level 27+5
  
• (39) Regenerative Tissue - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 27+5

Level 41: Maneuvers

• (A) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage: Level 20
• (46) Reactive Defenses - Defense: Level 22
• (48) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance: Level 22
• (48) Reactive Defenses - Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 22
• (48) Reactive Defenses - Defense/RechargeTime: Level 22
• (50) Reactive Defenses - Defense/Endurance/RechargeTime: Level 22

Level 44: Tactics

• (A) Hamidon Origin: Cytoskeleton Exposure (+Defense/+ToHit/Endurance Reduction)

Level 47: Assault

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50+5

Level 49: Vengeance

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed: Level 25

Level 1: Supremacy
Level 1: Brawl

• (A) Hamidon Origin: Nucleolus Exposure (Acc/Dam)

Level 1: Sprint

• (A) Celerity - +Stealth: Level 15

Level 2: Rest

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 2: Swift

• (A) Run Speed IO: Level 50+5

Level 2: Hurdle

• (A) Jumping IO: Level 50+5

Level 2: Health

• (A) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance: Level 10
• (9) Miracle - +Recovery: Level 20
• (17) Numina's Convalesence - +Regeneration/+Recovery: Level 30

Level 2: Stamina

• (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End: Level 21
• (13) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 27
• (23) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy: Level 27

Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge

• (A) Run Speed IO: Level 50+5

Level 50: Intuition Radial Paragon
Level 50: Ion Radial Final Judgement
Level 50: Spectral Radial Flawless Interface
Level 50: Robotic Drones Core Superior Ally
Level 50: Rebirth Radial Epiphany
Level 50: Support Radial Embodiment
Level 50: Socket Radial Flawless Genesis
Level 50: Born In Battle
Level 50: High Pain Threshold
Level 50: Invader
Level 50: Marshal
Level 1: Genin
Level 12: Jounin
Level 26: Oni


Proc chances:
Time Crawl: Impeded Swiftness (3.5 PPM), Pacing of the Turtle (3.5 PPM)

• 3.5 * ((15 / ( 1 + 0 / 100 )) + 1.6) / (60 * (0.25 + 0.75 * (1 + 0 * (11 * 0 + 540) / 30,000))) = 90% (Pre-clamp: 96.83%)

Aimed Shot: Apocalypse (4.5 PPM), Gladiator's Javelin (3.5 PPM)

• 4.5 * ((4 / ( 1 + 59.62 / 100 )) + 1) / (60 * (0.25 + 0.75 * (1 + 0 * (11 * 0 + 540) / 30,000))) = 26.29%
  
• 3.5 * ((4 / ( 1 + 59.62 / 100 )) + 1) / (60 * (0.25 + 0.75 * (1 + 0 * (11 * 0 + 540) / 30,000))) = 20.45%

Fistful of Arrows: Annihilation (3.0 PPM), Positron's Blast (3.5 PPM)

• 3.0 * ((8 / ( 1 + 18.43 / 100 )) + 1.17) / (60 * (0.25 + 0.75 * (1 + 40 * (11 * 30 + 540) / 30,000))) = 21.19% per $Target
  
• 3.5 * ((8 / ( 1 + 18.43 / 100 )) + 1.17) / (60 * (0.25 + 0.75 * (1 + 40 * (11 * 30 + 540) / 30,000))) = 24.72% per $Target

Call Jounin: Superior Witchcraft (6 PPM)

• Basic: Gambler's Cut (-DEF, 3s recharge)
  
• Basic: Sting of the Wasp (-DEF, 5s recharge)
  
• Basic: Caltrops (Slow, 30s recharge)
  
• Train: Soaring Dragon (-DEF, Knockback, 9s recharge)
  
• Zen: Golden Dragonfly (-DEF, Knockup, 12s recharge)
  
• Zen: Blinding Powder (-To-hit, 120s recharge)

Distortion Field: Basilisk's Gaze (3.5 PPM), Superior Winter Storm (4.5 PPM)

• 3.5 x 10 / (60 * (0.25 + 0.75 * (1 + 20 * (11 * 360 + 540) / 30,000))) = 17.95% per $Target
  
• 4.5 x 10 / (60 * (0.25 + 0.75 * (1 + 20 * (11 * 360 + 540) / 30,000))) = 23.08% per $Target

Time Stop: Lockdown (2.5 PPM), Ghost Widow's Embrace (3.5 PPM), Neuronic Shutdown (3.5 PPM), Gladiator's Net (3.5 PPM), Unbreakable Contstraint (4.5 PPM)

• 2.5 * ((16 / ( 1 + 19.25 / 100 )) + 2.17) / (60 * (0.25 + 0.75 * (1 + 0 * (11 * 0 + 540) / 30,000))) = 64.95%
  
• 3.5 * ((16 / ( 1 + 19.25 / 100 )) + 2.17) / (60 * (0.25 + 0.75 * (1 + 0 * (11 * 0 + 540) / 30,000))) = 90% (Pre-clamp: 90.93%)
  
• 4.5 * ((16 / ( 1 + 19.25 / 100 )) + 2.17) / (60 * (0.25 + 0.75 * (1 + 0 * (11 * 0 + 540) / 30,000))) = 90% (Pre-clamp: 116.91%)

Slowed Response: Shield Breaker (3.5 PPM), Achilles' Heel (3.5 PPM), Touch of Lady Grey (3.5 PPM)

• 3.5 * ((90 / ( 1 + 59.11 / 100 )) + 2.27) / (60 * (0.25 + 0.75 * (1 + 25 * (11 * 360 + 540) / 30,000))) = 90% (Pre-clamp: 90.02%) per $Target

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Blaster / Re: My Latest Hot Mess: Dynamo Rose (Electric/Martial)

« on: July 01, 2024, 01:15:41 pm »

Trying Ageless Destiny will be an experimental move for me.  I'm going to see if I can get by with just Inner Will to deal with mez (no it's not Perma, but if it's "enough", that's all I need).  And hey if it doesn't work out as well as I want, I can pivot to Clarion later.

Depends on what you're wanting out of your Destiny slot.
In my experience (running iTrials, where Incarnate slotting is most relevant) Ageless is substantially superfluous (not entirely, just mostly). Most builds do not still have END problems by the time they reach 50 and and getting slotted out with Incarnates (and if they do have END problems, they need to be rebuilt in Mids' so they don't have END problems). The other substantially beneficial boost from Ageless is the +Recharge option ... but even then, by the time you reach 50, most builds "have enough +Recharge" in them already and either don't "need" more or they can't make all that much use of "more" +Recharge from Ageless. So in that respect, I often times look upon Ageless as being more of a crutch for poor build choices than an advantage which cannot be obtained by other means.

My personal Go To(s) for Destiny slotting are either Clarion (mez protection, but I tend to go Radial for the Power Boost and +Range buffing) or Rebirth (my preference is for Radial over Core). Clarion Radial is nice on builds which have a significant share of controls (soft and hard) which prefer to fight beyond melee range. Rebirth Radial is great because all of the "healing" (and regeneration?) that it yields in league play winds up attributing to your caster, helping you to work on any Healing Badges that you might not have otherwise been able to fill up. I can often times wind up with something like 10-30k (or more) added to my Healing Badge accounts after each and every single iTrial when I'm playing Redlynne (my SR/MA Tanker, who has no "heal" powers aside from Rebirth Radial). In my experience, the +Regeneration from Rebirth Radial is better for survival than the +Max HP option from Rebirth Core ... and the reason that I say that is that when I'm taking damage, over the 2 minute duration of each Rebirth casting, I'll often times gain more HP (recovered) from the added regeneration than I would have done by increasing Max HP. So on balance, I feel like Rebirth Radial is better for survival (need less healing) than Rebirth Core.

The RR +Per piece is pure necessity.  I've found that with all the -Per that Night Widows and Tarantula Mistresses can throw around,  yellow insps aren't enough to keep up.  And I know if I could get Tactics cooking, that would be a win on a couple of fronts for that, but I have a tough time kicking powers off the life raft.  So the RR piece is my least-worst option.

Tactics is useful for MORE than just +Perception.
Rectified Reticle is essentially superfluous in a build that has Tactics running.
If it comes to a choice between a single slot (Rectified Reticle) and a power slot (Tactics), it's better to have Tactics as a One Slot Wonder (my preference is for a Hami-O: Cytoskeleton Exposure that grants +Def/+End/+Tohit) as the "densest possible enhancement values (that matter)" that can be squeezed into a single enhancement slot (see: One Slot Wonder).

Then again, I'm also pretty keen on 6-slotting Maneuvers with Reactive Defenses for all those sweet sweet set bonuses and scaling resistances. With that slotting, Maneuvers becomes "pretty respectable" as a +Defense power that is working for EVERYONE nearby ... not just yourself.

The way that I think about Maneuvers (as a "useful" power) is to make this kind of comparison:
Weave = 2x Maneuvers in terms of +Defense, but for SELF ONLY.

However, this leads to a somewhat curious effect when taking stacking considerations into account.

• Team-1: Weave = 2x Maneuvers to Self
• Team-2: Weave = 2x Maneuvers to Self
• Team-3: Weave = 2x Maneuvers to Self
• Team-4: Weave = 2x Maneuvers to Self
• Team-5: Weave = 2x Maneuvers to Self
• Team-6: Weave = 2x Maneuvers to Self
• Team-7: Weave = 2x Maneuvers to Self
• Team-8: Weave = 2x Maneuvers to Self

• Team-1: 1x Maneuvers to All
• Team-2: 2x Maneuvers to All
• Team-3: 3x Maneuvers to All
• Team-4: 4x Maneuvers to All
• Team-5: 5x Maneuvers to All
• Team-6: 6x Maneuvers to All
• Team-7: 7x Maneuvers to All
• Team-8: 8x Maneuvers to All

As you can see from this simplified analysis ... Maneuvers is "only inferior when soloing" (or when you're the only one in the group with the Maneuvers power). As soon as a SECOND character in the group has Maneuvers, then EVERYONE effectively gets 1x Weave in the group. That means that if you have Maneuvers yourself(!), you only need "+1 more" with Maneuvers to achieve parity with the +Defense offered by Weave. Needless to say, it's a LOT easier to find "+1 more" with Maneuvers in groups when you've got Maneuvers yourself (protecting everyone around you!) rather than expecting "+2 more" to achieve the same effect because you didn't want to contribute yourself. Stack enough Maneuvers together and everyone can be close to (if not comfortably beyond) the Defense Softcap (and into the realm of NO GET HITSU!!).

Note that the same mentality applies to Assault and Tactics as well (although not quite as neatly).
3x Assault = an extra Damage SO of throughput for everyone.
2-3x Tactics = insta-snipes

Being one of the "Leadership MAKERS" rather than just being a "Leadership TAKER" has some pretty surprising long term benefits, since EVERY TEAM/League that you join is "better off" for having you in it.
Don't think of the Leadership Pool as something you'll add "if you can find the space for it" ... MAKE THE SPACE FOR LEADERSHIP ... and if necessary, figure out what else you want to drop in favor of Leadership.

Acrobatics not having the LOTG piece is just a Mids miss on my part.  I'll change that later.

My personal preference of LotG proc mules wind up being Leadership: Vengeance, Concealment: Stealth and Concealment: Grant Invisibility. If I'm short on slots for Maneuvers (so can't 6-slot Reactive Defenses, my fallback option is to 4-slot Luck of the Gambler into Maneuvers.

I don't often plan around purple sets (they're usually a bit over my budget), which is why Ragnarok wasn't part of my initial setup.  But I might try getting a hold of that later (right now I'm in the process of getting a set of Unbreakable Constraint for Shocking Bolt).

Purples are obtainable from the Ouroboros Incarnate Vendors if you can't obtain from drops (HA!) or from the auction house.
Pretty sure you can use Merits and or Hero/Villan Merits as well to obtain purples, although the "economics" of doing so via these methods are going to be a lot more "grindy" to obtain.

When it comes to 6-slotting ranged single target attacks (pre-Level 50), my personal preference is:

• ATO Set
• 5-set Entropic Chaos + (optional) Proc
• 5-set Decimation (including Build Up proc) + (optional) Proc

I'm not really in love with the Dervish set, but Obliteration gives me pause in certain context because of its low EndRdx component.  I'll take another look, and reassess my options.

The only time(s) I've ever considered Scirroco's Dervish for 6-slotting a PBAoE is when I need a set bonus that can't be obtained elsewhere.

If I need the +Defense, my personal preference is for the full 6-slot Eradication set.
If I need Damage/Accuracy/Recharge set bonuses, I reach for 5-slot Obliteration plus the proc from Fury of the Gladiator (-Resistance).
At Level 50+, 5-slot Armageddon + proc of choice becomes the "go to" option.



As for your choice of Preemptive Interface ... may I make an alternative suggestion to you?
Try T4 Gravitic Radial instead of Preemptive.

Preemptive
Endurance/Recovery (75% Core/25% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -1% endurance per second for 4.3 seconds, -5% recovery for 4.3 seconds
Energy DoT (25% Core/75% Radial), stacks up to 8 times collectively: 13.3863 energy damage per second for 4.3 seconds

Gravitic
Recharge (75% Core and Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% recharge for 8.3 seconds
Recovery (50% Core and Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% recovery for 8.3 seconds
(75% Core) Movement, stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% jump height, run speed, flying speed, jumping speed for 8.3 seconds
(75% Radial) Special, stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% defense (ALL), healing, tohit, run speed, flying speed, confuse, terrorize, hold, immobilize, stun, sleep, knockup, knockback, repel for 8.3 seconds

Compare the -Recovery debuffs between the 2 options.

Preemptive 4x stacks = -4 END and -20% Recovery for 4.3 seconds
Gravitic 4x stacks = -40% Recharge, -40% Recovery, -40% Defense (ALL), -40% Healing, -40% ToHit, -40% Movement, -40% Controls for 8.3 seconds

Recovery debuffing needs to "last a while" in order to be useful.
Gravitic will debuff Recovery "twice as strong for twice as long" compared to Preemptive ... while also piling on a lot of other debuffs that will ALL be helpful to Blaster survival.

Think about it.

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Player Help/Guides / Re: Interface slotting ... a Why To

« on: June 28, 2024, 01:27:34 pm »

Got some more testing done with my Ninja/Time MM ... Ku no Ichi ... last night and got some eye watering results.

• Switching from Effect primary to DoT primary on Interface slotting, particularly with Genesis: T4 Socket in play, was DEFINITELY the right way to go! Occasionally I'd look up just to see how many damage numbers were "smoking" off the pile of mobs in front of me ... and even without my Oni Pet's Rain of Fire being in the mix, I was just seeing an almost constant stream of orange numbers (my damage) rising upwards. Better yet, a LOT of those numbers were stacking DoT ticks from my damaging attacks piling up for significant quantities of additional damage throughput.
• Time Manipulation is a "soft control" debuff powerset, primarily focused on Slows (-movement, -recharge) with a few other controls thrown in for flavor. Previously, I had been using T4 Cognitive Core as my Interface slotting, so as to get the maximum proc chances for Mag 2 Confuse out of my own attacks and the damaging attacks of my Ninjas. However, I've realized that Slow+Confuse makes for a sub-optimal combination when there are other options on offer. The downside is that the Cognitive Confuse procs are "weighted" with the notion that a mob that gets Confused will add some additional damage dealing output in favor of the Players. However, when heavy -Recharge debuffing is involved, it is extremely likely that mobs of EB and below ranks will have expended their attacks and be "stuck" waiting for 4x recharge durations to elapse before they can attack again (while Confused). So in combination with -Recharge debuffing, stacking a Confuse effect on top of that is essentially "wasted effort" because attacks will be few and far between (due to -Recharge debuffing) and at most you're going to be "avoiding" 1-2 attacks from an NPC on PC before the NPC gets defeated ... so, not that useful of an effect.
• Shifting from T4 Cognitive Core over to T4 Spectral Radial, however, was very nearly game changing ... particularly with Genesis: Socket adding +10% proc chance to Spectral. MOST attacks with a native damage component (such as the Ninja MM personal attacks using their Bow) are extremely likely to proc 1-5 DoT ticks of extra damage. This was especially obvious with Fistful of Arrows (the cone attack) where I could shoot into a crowd and just start seeing DoT ticks start "smoking" off almost everything I'd just shot. Then a few seconds later, Fistful of Arrows would be recharged and I could hit everything in that pile AGAIN, stacking MORE DoT ticks onto everything. It's absolutely fair to say that the DoT ticks I could pile onto stuff was easily adding 2x or more damage throughput just to my MM Personal Attacks before adding in other factors (such as IO Set procs, etc.). It was positively OBSCENE just how much extra damage I was able to output onto $Targets.
• The switch to T4 Spectral Radial had the added benefit that the Mag 2 Immobilize proc was useful support for my Ninjas since it meant my Ninjas could get into melee range to deal their heaviest attacks and not need to give chase to remain within melee contact. This is a very subtle side effect, but I did on more than one occasion see NPC mobs trying to move around suddenly STOP when hit with damaging attacks (and the gold rings on black pool appeared under the mob's feet, showing the Interface proc was affecting them) forcing them to "halt" in place ... presumably because they had succumbed to Immobilize Mag stacking from the Spectral procs (12.5+10=22.5% chance to Immobilize Mag 2 for 4.3s). So the Immobilization "bonus" effect wound up making my Ninjas more effective melee damage throughput producers, increasing my collective DPS output.
• During the BAF iTrial, I went to my "typical" location of the N bunker to the NE (where Nightstar spawns in) and set up to handle everything. A Blaster joined me, but found so few pickings after my Ninjas had "pre-defeated" almost everything that the Blaster wound up wandering off to go help elsewhere. With my new Incarnate slotting (and Robotics Core in Lore slot) I was basically able to SOLO that one bunker all by myself with just my Ninjas and Lore Pets, thanks to the added DoTs from Spectral procs being more reliable thanks to Genesis: T4 Socket slotting. In case that's not obvious enough, previously I needed at least 1 extra PC to help ensure there were "no leaks" from the bunker I was intercepting escapees from ... but now, that's unnecessary, because I can SOLO intercept ALL escapees from a single bunker.

However, just because Ninja/Time + T4 Spectral Radial + T4 Socket Radial looks like it's going to be one of the optimal "blends" for my particular build, because of all the debuffing (-movement, -recharge, -tohit, etc. etc. etc.) going on in concert with melee oriented MM Pets ... that doesn't mean that the particular solution I've found for MY Mastermind is going to be optimal for every other MM build out there.

For example:
I would expect that a Robots/* MM whose build is NOT heavily reliant on Slows (-movement, -recharge) would gain far more advantage out of use of the T4 Cognitive Radial + T4 Socket (Radial) so as to stack Mag 2 Confuse onto mobs while also piling on the Psionic DoTs into the bargain. That way, the Confused mobs "contribute extra damage" on the MM's behalf in a "timely fashion" because those mobs are not being -Recharge debuffed.



So as far as the 2 "control" effect Interface options are concerned, I would argue that Cognitive is better for MM with Pets that are more Ranged+AoE damage oriented (like Mercenaries, Robots and Thugs are) and that Spectral is better for MM with Pets that are more melee damage oriented (like Beasts, Demons, Necromancers and Ninjas are). Additionally, Cognitive is better for MM without -Recharge debuffing powers, while Spectral is better for MM who rely heavily on -Recharge debuffing powers as an integral part of their protection scheme for themselves and their Pets.






One of the other things I've been contemplating changing on my Ninja/Time MM build is switching from T4 Assault Radial to a T4 Support Radial in my Hybrid slot.

The downside to doing that would be a loss of +10% Damage on all attacks (and Doublehit when the Assault Hybrid is toggled on) ... but I'm playing a Mastermind, where most of my damage output is coming from procs ANYWAY and as a MM the AT multiplier for damage is pretty low to begin with (as you can see HERE). So switching from a +10% Damage "at all times" to a +8% damage "half the time" arrangement (because of the difference between Assault and Support in Hybrid) I'll be averaging less damage myself (at best, +8% for 2 minutes out of every 4 minutes, instead of +10% for 4 minutes out of every 4 minutes plus 2 minutes of Doublehit out of every 4 minutes) due to uptime on the effect vs the auto ... but it will also make my Ninjas sturdier (+8% Defense vs All) when within 80ft ... which is where I want them to be anyway for Leadership toggles and Supremacy reasons.

Ultimately, I figure that the improved 85% chance DoT stacking from Spectral+Socket will easily counterbalance any damage throughput that result from switching Assault to Support in my Hybrid slot.

4

Player Help/Guides / Interface slotting ... a Why To

« on: June 27, 2024, 01:49:16 pm »

Credit to Placta at Homecoming for posting this information in the first place concerning Interface slot abilities. For purposes of this discussion, I'm going to be looking at the T4 effects, just to keep the permutations simple.
Increased level of detail obtained from City of Data v2 for Homecoming with some modifications to the information layout added by me.



Cognitive
Confuse (20% Core/10% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: 4.3 seecond magnitude 2 confuse (I know the text says 12.5%, but the power data says 10%)
Psionic DoT (25% Core/75% Radial), stacks up to 8 times collectively: 10.709 psionic damage per second for 4.3 seconds

Degenerative
Max HP (75% Core/25% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -3.5% max hp (capped at 1000 for archvillains and similarly strong enemies) for 8.3 seconds
Toxic DoT (25% Core/75% Radial), stacks up to 8 times collectively: 10.709 toxic damage per second for 4.3 seconds

Diamagnetic
ToHit (100% Core/50% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -5% tohit for 8.3 seconds
Regeneration (50% Core/100% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% regeneration for 8.3 seconds

Gravitic
Recharge (75% Core and Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% recharge for 8.3 seconds
Recovery (50% Core and Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% recovery for 8.3 seconds
(75% Core) Movement, stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% jump height, run speed, flying speed, jumping speed for 8.3 seconds
(75% Radial) Special, stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% defense (ALL), healing, tohit, run speed, flying speed, confuse, terrorize, hold, immobilize, stun, sleep, knockup, knockback, repel for 8.3 seconds

Paralytic
Defense (75% Core/25% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -2.5% base defense for 8.3 seconds
Damage (25% Core/75% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -5% damage for 8.3 seconds

Preemptive
Endurance/Recovery (75% Core/25% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -1% endurance per second for 4.3 seconds, -5% recovery for 4.3 seconds
Energy DoT (25% Core/75% Radial), stacks up to 8 times collectively: 13.3863 energy damage per second for 4.3 seconds

Reactive
Resistance (75% Core/25% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -2.5% damage resistance for 8.3 seconds
Fire DoT (25% Core/75% Radial), stacks up to 8 times collectively: 13.3863 fire damage per second for 4.3 seconds

Spectral
Immobilize (25% Core/12.5% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: 4.3 second magnitude 2 immobilize
Negative DoT (25% Core/75% Radial), stacks up to 8 times collectively: 13.3863 negative damage per second for 4.3 seconds



The thing that stands out to me from this presentation of information is just how GOOD of a debuffer the T4 Gravitic Radial option is, simply because of how many things it does adequately well.
Gravitic (Radial) is better than Diamagnetic for tohit debuffing (-10% vs -5%) over 8.3 seconds.
Gravitic (Radial) is better than Preemptive for recovery debuffing (-10% for 8.3s vs -5% for 4.3s).
Gravitic (Radial) is possibly even better than Paralytic at defense debuffing when the target's defense is over 25% ... however, considering that defense debuffing is largely superfluous/wasted effort at Level 45+ the value/merit of this distinction is more a matter of quibbling rather than decisive.

Gravitic (Radial) just winds up being remarkably good at a wide variety of debuffing opportunities ... so much so that I'm starting to wonder if END Sapper builds might be better off using Gravitic (Radial) to further augment their blue bar drain potential than relying on Preemptive.



Another thing to consider is that of the 5 DoT proc options, Cognitive (Psionic) and Degenerative (Toxic) are both slightly lower per damage tick (13.3863-10.709=2.6773 difference) but are also two of the most heavily resisted damage types when playing at Level 45+ (when the Interface slot option is relevant). Robots and Seers heavily resist psionic damage. Devouring Earth heavily resist toxic damage. Both of which tend to be "plentiful" during Incarnate Trials.

Bopper has a very good primer on how the DoT procs compute due to their Cancel On Miss behavior posted on the Homecoming forums.

Bottom Line:

• 25% proc means on average, each attack will do 0.333 ticks of damage. Given that a Minor DoT does 10.71 damage (Major DoT does 13.39 damage), this equates to averaging only +3.57 and +4.46 more damage per hit for the Minor and Major DoTs, respectively.
• 50% proc on average, each attack will do 0.96875 ticks of damage, which equates to averaging +10.375 and +12.969 more damage per hit for the Minor and Major DoTs, respectively. In this case, doubling our Proc probability nearly tripled out added damage performance.
• 75% proc on average, each attack will do 2.288 ticks of damage, which equates to averaging +24.505 and +30.632 more damage per hit for the Minor and Major DoTs, respectively. In this case, using a 75% DoT proc instead of a 25% DoT proc has increased the average DoT output by 587% (so nearly 7x damage). Using a 75% DoT proc instead of a 50% DoT proc increased the average DoT output by 136% (more than 2x damage).

What this means in practice is that in order to make an Interface DoT "relevant" as a dependable factor in your damage throughput, you need to be using the 75% chance T4 Radial. The best way to be thinking about using T4 Radial Interface slotting for DoT stacking is that the DoT is the purpose of your choice of Interface to slot, with the "other effect" being more or less a "nice to have bonus" that happens occasionally, rather than something that happens consistently.

Another thing to consider when looking at DoT vs -Resist with respect to slotting Reactive is the notion that a single DoT delivering an average of +30.632 damage (Preemptive, Reactive or Spectral) achieves parity of throughput with a -2.5% Resist debuff if 1,225.28 damage gets delivered over 8.3 seconds.
1/0.025=40
30.632*40=1,225.28
24.505*40=980.2

My point being that although -Resist debuffing is REALLY NICE in large groups, in Solo through Team-8 situations it's probably better to rely on DoT stacking rather than -Resist debuff stacking as a means to power through to defeating hard targets. The knock on side effect of that being that a diversity of DoT proc damage types will easily overpower the results of everyone in a raid all slotting nothing but Degenerative and Reactive for their Interface slot choices.



So viewed in that light, how do the Raidal "proc extra effects" compare (which can all stack up to 4x) when your primary concern is to inflict maximum DoT(age)?

• Cognitive (12.5%): Mag 2 Confuse for 4.3s
• Degenerative (25%): -3.5% Max HP for 8.3s
• Preemptive (25%): -1 END and -5% Recovery for 4.3s
• Reactive (25%): -2.5% Damage Resistance (All) for 8.3s
• Spectral (12.5%): Mag 2 Immobilize for 4.3s

Cognitive and Spectral have the side benefit of setting up Containment for Controllers and also having synergies with the Hybrid: T4 Control Core which has a 75% chance to deal additional psionic damage to controlled foes (confuse and immobilize count for this).

The discussion of Degenerative vs Reactive has already been argued at length previously, so I'll gloss over those options here for brevity.

Preemptive delivers such a short window of Recovery debuffing as to make the effect marginal at best (especially at a 25% proc chance), effectively making this additional effect something of a "rounding error" in how this choice of Interface slot behaves.



However, what makes all of these considerations MUCH more interesting to contemplate is the synergy with the Genesis: Socket slot options.
Genesis: T4 Socket (Core and Radial) both offer +10% Max HP and +10 Max END @ Levels 45+ ... but also includes a +10% chance to proc on whatever you've got slotted into Interface ... which makes things REALLY interesting.

Take the listing I provided at the top of this post and add +10% to all the proc chances and look what happens!



Genesis: T4 Socket (Core or Radial) @ Levels 45+

Cognitive
Confuse (30% Core/20% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: 4.3 seecond magnitude 2 confuse
Psionic DoT (35% Core/85% Radial), stacks up to 8 times collectively: 10.709 psionic damage per second for 4.3 seconds

Degenerative
Max HP (85% Core/35% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -3.5% max hp (capped at 1000 for archvillains and similarly strong enemies) for 8.3 seconds
Toxic DoT (35% Core/85% Radial), stacks up to 8 times collectively: 10.709 toxic damage per second for 4.3 seconds

Diamagnetic
ToHit (110% Core/60% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -5% tohit for 8.3 seconds
Regeneration (60% Core/110% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% regeneration for 8.3 seconds

Gravitic
Recharge (85% Core and Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% recharge for 8.3 seconds
Recovery (60% Core and Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% recovery for 8.3 seconds
(85% Core) Movement, stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% jump height, run speed, flying speed, jumping speed for 8.3 seconds
(85% Radial) Special, stacks up to 4 times collectively: -10% defense (ALL), healing, tohit, run speed, flying speed, confuse, terrorize, hold, immobilize, stun, sleep, knockup, knockback, repel for 8.3 seconds

Paralytic
Defense (85% Core/35% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -2.5% base defense for 8.3 seconds
Damage (35% Core/85% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -5% damage for 8.3 seconds

Preemptive
Endurance/Recovery (85% Core/35% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -1% endurance per second for 4.3 seconds, -5% recovery for 4.3 seconds
Energy DoT (35% Core/85% Radial), stacks up to 8 times collectively: 13.3863 energy damage per second for 4.3 seconds

Reactive
Resistance (85% Core/35% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: -2.5% damage resistance for 8.3 seconds
Fire DoT (35% Core/85% Radial), stacks up to 8 times collectively: 13.3863 fire damage per second for 4.3 seconds

Spectral
Immobilize (35% Core/22.5% Radial), stacks up to 4 times collectively: 4.3 second magnitude 2 immobilize
Negative DoT (35% Core/85% Radial), stacks up to 8 times collectively: 13.3863 negative damage per second for 4.3 seconds



As already demonstrated above, increasing the proc chance for DoTs dramatically improves their opportunities to deal damage and to keep dealing damage beyond the first damage tick. I haven't done a full computation of the throughput, but consider it safe to say that +24 to +30 more damage per hit for the Minor and Major DoTs starts to feel like a lowball estimate of the damage opportunity from Interface DoTs. For one thing, the odds of getting DoT stacks to last the full 4 ticks rises dramatically. And just to be clear, 4 DoT ticks yields (4*10.709)=+42.836 and (4*13.3863)=+53.5452 more damage per hit for the Minor (Cognitive, Degenerative) and Major (Preemptive, Reactive, Spectral) DoTs at maximum, which starts feeling ... respectable ... like "have an extra damage proc set IO slotted into every damage power" respectable. Now start stacking those bonus DoT ticks up to 4-8 deep and watch the green bars just BLEED AWAY ...



I acutually tested this using a Spectral T4 Radial + Socket T4 Radial during last night's iTrials being run out of Dark Astoria while playing on Redlynne, my SR/MA Tanker (NO GET HITSU!!).
The results were pretty stark and impressive.

I don't think anyone else in the those trial raids was using Spectral in their Interface slot, so every time I saw and black pool with rings appear at the feet of my $Target(s), I knew that it was my Interface slot responsible for that effect. I was seeing Negative Energy DoTs proc VERY RELIABLY on almost everything I kicked. LOTS of DoT damage "smoking" off $Target(s) getting stacked up and doing some pretty respectable bonus damage ... enough so that it started to feel a bit like being able to "critical hit" for extra damage from a Scrapper, rather than being a Tanker. The nice thing about stacking up the DoT damage from Interface was that it would occasionally "finish off the last slivers" of HP all by itself, saving me the effort of animating another attack to deliver defeats. It was actually kind of remarkable, because all of those extra DoT ticks were something that was NOT limited by the +damage buff cap on a Tanker, allowing me to "go beyond" the amount of damage output I ought to have been capable of while using my Build Up power (Focus Chi, 6-slotted with Gaussian's to enable a 2x Buildup when activated because of the Gaussian's proc).



So for anyone who has been itching to "diversify" their options with Interface slotting in iTrials ... I would honestly recommend moving away from Degenerative or Reactive into Cognitive, Preemptive or Spectral when you have your Genesis slot loaded with Socket for +10% proc chances. Increasing the diversity of DoT damage types will deliver much harder "beatdowns" in trial leagues onto AVs and the like, simply due to the 8x collective stacking limit for DoTs of specific damage types.

After all ... DEFEAT IS THE ULTIMATE DEBUFF ... ^_~

5

Brute / Re: Rad/Fire Brute for fire farms

« on: June 26, 2024, 08:09:39 pm »

I'm really only posting this to test whether a decent forum share from Mids Reborn is possible now

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Burning Higher - Villain Brute
Build plan made with Mids' Reborn v3.7.4 rev. 8
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Primary powerset: Radiation Melee
Secondary powerset: Fiery Aura
Pool powerset (#1): Speed
Pool powerset (#2): Fighting
Pool powerset (#3): Teleportation
Pool powerset (#4): Leadership
Ancillary powerset: Earth Mastery

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Powers taken:

Level 1: Radioactive Smash
A: Superior Vampire's Bite: Accuracy/Damage
3: Superior Vampire's Bite: Damage/Endurance
3: Superior Vampire's Bite: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
7: Superior Vampire's Bite: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
11: Superior Vampire's Bite: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
13: Superior Vampire's Bite: Recharge/Chance to Heal

Level 1: Fire Shield
A: Aegis: Resistance
46: Aegis: Resistance/Endurance
46: Aegis: Resistance/Recharge

Level 2: Blazing Aura
A: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage
5: Superior Avalanche: Damage/Endurance
5: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
11: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
13: Superior Avalanche: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
40: Superior Avalanche: Recharge/Chance for Knockdown

Level 4: Hasten
A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
7: Invention: Recharge Reduction

Level 6: Boxing
(Empty)

Level 8: Radiation Siphon
A: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage
9: Superior Blistering Cold: Damage/Endurance
9: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
23: Superior Blistering Cold: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
23: Superior Blistering Cold: Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime
40: Superior Blistering Cold: Recharge/Chance for Hold

Level 10: Teleport
A: Blessing of the Zephyr: Knockback Reduction (4 points)

Level 12: Healing Flames
A: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Endurance
37: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Endurance/Recharge
39: Numina's Convalesence: Heal
43: Numina's Convalesence: Heal/Recharge

Level 14: Blink
A: Hecatomb: Damage/Recharge
15: Hecatomb: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
15: Hecatomb: Accuracy/Recharge
17: Hecatomb: Damage/Endurance
17: Hecatomb: Chance of Damage(Negative)
40: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 16: Plasma Shield
A: Aegis: Resistance
43: Aegis: Resistance/Endurance
48: Aegis: Resistance/Recharge

Level 18: Irradiated Ground
A: Scirocco's Dervish: Accuracy/Damage
19: Scirocco's Dervish: Damage/Endurance
19: Scirocco's Dervish: Damage/Recharge
39: Scirocco's Dervish: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
39: Scirocco's Dervish: Chance of Damage(Lethal)

Level 20: Consume
A: Performance Shifter: EndMod/Accuracy
21: Performance Shifter: EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
21: Performance Shifter: EndMod

Level 22: Taunt
A: Perfect Zinger: Chance for Psi Damage

Level 24: Blink Blitz
A: Scirocco's Dervish: Accuracy/Damage
25: Scirocco's Dervish: Damage/Endurance
25: Scirocco's Dervish: Damage/Recharge
34: Scirocco's Dervish: Accuracy/Recharge
36: Scirocco's Dervish: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
36: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed

Level 26: Devastating Blow
A: Superior Brute's Fury: Accuracy/Damage
27: Superior Brute's Fury: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
27: Superior Brute's Fury: Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime
31: Superior Brute's Fury: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
31: Superior Brute's Fury: Recharge/Fury Bonus
31: Superior Witchcraft: Chance for Res Debuff

Level 28: Burn
A: Scirocco's Dervish: Accuracy/Damage
29: Scirocco's Dervish: Damage/Endurance
29: Scirocco's Dervish: Damage/Recharge
37: Scirocco's Dervish: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
37: Scirocco's Dervish: Chance of Damage(Lethal)

Level 30: Assault
A: Invention: Endurance Reduction

Level 32: Atom Smasher
A: Armageddon: Damage/Recharge
33: Armageddon: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
33: Armageddon: Accuracy/Recharge
33: Armageddon: Damage/Endurance
34: Armageddon: Chance for Fire Damage
34: Superior Unrelenting Fury: RechargeTime/+Regen/+End

Level 35: Fiery Embrace
A: Invention: Recharge Reduction
36: Invention: Recharge Reduction

Level 38: Tough
A: Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All)
46: Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3%

Level 41: Stone Prison
A: Superior Winter's Bite: Accuracy/Damage
42: Superior Winter's Bite: Damage/RechargeTime
42: Superior Winter's Bite: Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
42: Superior Winter's Bite: Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
43: Superior Winter's Bite: Damage/Endurance/Accuracy/RechargeTime
48: Superior Winter's Bite: Recharge/Chance for -Speed & -Recharge

Level 44: Quick Sand
A: Superior Witchcraft: Accuracy/ Universal Debuff
45: Superior Witchcraft: Accuracy/Recharge
45: Superior Witchcraft: Universal Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
45: Superior Witchcraft: Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge

Level 47: Maneuvers
A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance
48: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
50: Luck of the Gambler: Defense

Level 49: Weave
A: Luck of the Gambler: Defense
50: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Endurance
50: Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed


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Inherents:

Level 1: Fury

Level 1: Brawl
A: Invention: Accuracy

Level 1: Sprint
A: Invention: Run Speed

Level 2: Rest
A: Invention: Recharge Reduction

Level 2: Swift
A: Invention: Run Speed

Level 2: Hurdle
A: Invention: Jumping

Level 2: Health
A: Panacea: +Hit Points/Endurance
9: Numina's Convalesence: +Regeneration/+Recovery
17: Preventive Medicine: Chance for +Absorb

Level 2: Stamina
A: Performance Shifter: EndMod
13: Performance Shifter: EndMod/Recharge
23: Performance Shifter: Chance for +End

Level 24: Team Teleport



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Accolades:

Born In Battle
High Pain Threshold
Invader
Marshal


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Incarnates:

Pyronic Core Final Judgement
Reactive Core Flawless Interface
Robotic Drones Core Superior Ally
Ageless Core Epiphany
Assault Radial Embodiment
Musculature Core Paragon
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Stats Breakdown:

- Defense -
Smashing: 32.83%
Lethal: 32.83%
Fire: 46.27%
Cold: 46.27%
Energy: 30.33%
Negative: 30.33%
Psionic: 15.29%
Melee: 30.33%
Ranged: 25.33%
AoE: 40.33%

- Resistance -
Smashing: 47.41%
Lethal: 47.41%
Fire: 90%
Cold: 41.56%
Energy: 47.44%
Negative: 47.44%
Toxic: 0%
Psionic: 0%

- HP & Endurance -
Regeneration: 218%
Max HP: 2006.87
End Recovery: 3.25/s
End Use: 2.51/s End. (Net gain: 0.74/s)
Max End: 113.6

- Movement -
Run Speed: 53.13 mph
Jump Speed: 44 mph
Jump Height: 15.1 ft
Fly Speed: 30.85 mph

- Stealth & Perception -
Stealth (PvE): 0 ft
Stealth (PvP): 0 ft
Perception: 500 ft

- Misc -
Haste: 250%
ToHit: 0%
Accuracy: 57%
Damage: 118.5%
End Rdx: 0%
Threat: 400

- Status Protection -
Held: 12.98
Stunned: 12.97
Sleep: 12.98
Immobilized: 12.98
Knockback: 4
Repel: 0
Confused: 0
Terrorized: 0
Taunt: 0
Placate: 0
Teleport: 2

- Status Resistance -
Held: 71.25%
Stunned: 71.25%
Sleep: 131.8%
Immobilized: 131.8%
Knockback: 0%
Repel: 0%
Confused: 71.25%
Terrorized: 71.25%
Taunt: 42.39%
Placate: 42.39%
Teleport: 100%

- Debuff Resistance -
Defense: 0%
Endurance: 50%
Recovery: 0%
PerceptionRadius: 0%
ToHit: 0%
RechargeTime: 45%
SpeedRunning: 45%
Regeneration: 0%

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Set Effects Breakdown

Superior Vampire's Bite
(Radioactive Smash)
6% Resistance(Energy,Negative), 10% Status Resistance44.98 HP (3%) HitPoints3.6% Max End16% (1 HP/sec) Regeneration+10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Aegis
(Fire Shield)
7.5% Movement Speed3.13% Defense(Fire,Cold), 1.56% Defense(AoE)

Superior Avalanche
(Blazing Aura)
15% ResEffect(SpeedRunning), 15% ResEffect(RechargeTime), 15% ResEffect(SpeedFlying)6% Resistance(Fire,Cold), 10% Status Resistance4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery5% Defense(Melee), 2.5% Defense(Lethal), 2.5% Defense(Smashing)5% Defense(Fire,Cold), 2.5% Defense(AoE)

Superior Blistering Cold
(Radiation Siphon)
15% ResEffect(SpeedRunning), 15% ResEffect(RechargeTime), 15% ResEffect(SpeedFlying)4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery6% Resistance(Fire,Cold), 10% Status Resistance5% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 2.5% Defense(Melee)5% Defense(Fire,Cold), 2.5% Defense(AoE)

Blessing of the Zephyr
(Teleport)
Knockback Protection (Mag 4)

Numina's Convalesence
(Healing Flames)
12% (0.75 HP/sec) Regeneration28.11 HP (1.88%) HitPoints+6% Enhancement(Heal)

Hecatomb
(Blink)
4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery6% Resistance(Fire,Cold), 10% Status Resistance+15% Enhancement(Accuracy)+10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Luck of the Gambler
(Blink)
+7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Aegis
(Plasma Shield)
7.5% Movement Speed3.13% Defense(Fire,Cold), 1.56% Defense(AoE)

Scirocco's Dervish
(Irradiated Ground)
10% (0.62 HP/sec) Regeneration2.25% Resistance(Energy,Negative), 3.75% Status Resistance+9% Enhancement(Accuracy)3.13% Defense(AoE), 1.56% Defense(Fire), 1.56% Defense(Cold)

Performance Shifter
(Consume)
7.5% Movement Speed28.11 HP (1.88%) HitPoints

Scirocco's Dervish
(Blink Blitz)
10% (0.62 HP/sec) Regeneration2.25% Resistance(Energy,Negative), 3.75% Status Resistance+9% Enhancement(Accuracy)3.13% Defense(AoE), 1.56% Defense(Fire), 1.56% Defense(Cold)

Luck of the Gambler
(Blink Blitz)
+7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Superior Brute's Fury
(Devastating Blow)
44.98 HP (3%) HitPoints5% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 2.5% Defense(Melee)4% DamageBuff(All)+10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Scirocco's Dervish
(Burn)
10% (0.62 HP/sec) Regeneration2.25% Resistance(Energy,Negative), 3.75% Status Resistance+9% Enhancement(Accuracy)3.13% Defense(AoE), 1.56% Defense(Fire), 1.56% Defense(Cold)

Armageddon
(Atom Smasher)
4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery6% Resistance(Fire,Cold), 10% Status Resistance+15% Enhancement(Accuracy)+10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Gladiator's Armor
(Tough)
3% Defense(All), 100% MezResist(Teleport) (20% chance)

Steadfast Protection
(Tough)
3% Defense(All)

Superior Winter's Bite
(Stone Prison)
6% Resistance(Fire,Cold), 10% Status Resistance15% ResEffect(SpeedRunning), 15% ResEffect(RechargeTime), 15% ResEffect(SpeedFlying)4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 2.5% Defense(Ranged)5% Defense(Fire,Cold), 2.5% Defense(AoE)

Superior Witchcraft
(Quick Sand)
4% DamageBuff(All)5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 2.5% Defense(Ranged)+10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Luck of the Gambler
(Maneuvers)
10% (0.62 HP/sec) Regeneration16.87 HP (1.13%) HitPoints+7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Luck of the Gambler
(Weave)
10% (0.62 HP/sec) Regeneration16.87 HP (1.13%) HitPoints+7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)

Preventive Medicine
(Health)
GrantPower Preventive Medicine (10% chance), GrantPower Preventive Medicine

Performance Shifter
(Stamina)
7.5% Movement Speed28.11 HP (1.88%) HitPoints


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Set Buffs Totals

Damage(All) (8% Total)
+4% Damage(All) (From Superior Brute's Fury in Devastating Blow)
+4% Damage(All) (From Superior Witchcraft in Quick Sand)

S/L Defense (18.5% Total)
+5% S/L Defense (From Superior Blistering Cold in Radiation Siphon)
+5% S/L Defense (From Superior Brute's Fury in Devastating Blow)
+3% S/L Defense (From Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All) in Tough)
+3% S/L Defense (From Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3% in Tough)
+2.5% S/L Defense (From Superior Avalanche in Blazing Aura)

Fire/Cold Defense (31.94% Total)
+5% Fire/Cold Defense (From Superior Avalanche in Blazing Aura)
+5% Fire/Cold Defense (From Superior Blistering Cold in Radiation Siphon)
+5% Fire/Cold Defense (From Superior Winter's Bite in Stone Prison)
+3.13% Fire/Cold Defense (From Aegis in Fire Shield)
+3.13% Fire/Cold Defense (From Aegis in Plasma Shield)
+3% Fire/Cold Defense (From Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All) in Tough)
+3% Fire/Cold Defense (From Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3% in Tough)
+1.56% Fire/Cold Defense (From Scirocco's Dervish in Irradiated Ground)
+1.56% Fire/Cold Defense (From Scirocco's Dervish in Blink Blitz)
+1.56% Fire/Cold Defense (From Scirocco's Dervish in Burn)

Energy/Negative Defense (16% Total)
+5% Energy/Negative Defense (From Superior Winter's Bite in Stone Prison)
+5% Energy/Negative Defense (From Superior Witchcraft in Quick Sand)
+3% Energy/Negative Defense (From Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All) in Tough)
+3% Energy/Negative Defense (From Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3% in Tough)

Defense (Psionic) (6% Total)
+3% Defense(Psionic) (From Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All) in Tough)
+3% Defense(Psionic) (From Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3% in Tough)

Defense (Melee) (16% Total)
+5% Defense(Melee) (From Superior Avalanche in Blazing Aura)
+3% Defense(Melee) (From Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All) in Tough)
+3% Defense(Melee) (From Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3% in Tough)
+2.5% Defense(Melee) (From Superior Blistering Cold in Radiation Siphon)
+2.5% Defense(Melee) (From Superior Brute's Fury in Devastating Blow)

Defense (Ranged) (11% Total)
+3% Defense(Ranged) (From Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All) in Tough)
+3% Defense(Ranged) (From Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3% in Tough)
+2.5% Defense(Ranged) (From Superior Winter's Bite in Stone Prison)
+2.5% Defense(Ranged) (From Superior Witchcraft in Quick Sand)

Defense (AoE) (26% Total)
+3.13% Defense(AoE) (From Scirocco's Dervish in Irradiated Ground)
+3.13% Defense(AoE) (From Scirocco's Dervish in Blink Blitz)
+3.13% Defense(AoE) (From Scirocco's Dervish in Burn)
+3% Defense(AoE) (From Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All) in Tough)
+3% Defense(AoE) (From Steadfast Protection: Resistance/+Def 3% in Tough)
+2.5% Defense(AoE) (From Superior Avalanche in Blazing Aura)
+2.5% Defense(AoE) (From Superior Blistering Cold in Radiation Siphon)
+2.5% Defense(AoE) (From Superior Winter's Bite in Stone Prison)
+1.56% Defense(AoE) (From Aegis in Fire Shield)+1.56% Defense(AoE) (From Aegis in Plasma Shield)

Max Endurance (3.6% Total)
+3.6% Max Endurance (From Superior Vampire's Bite in Radioactive Smash)

Enhancement (Accuracy) (57% Total)
+15% Enhancement(Accuracy) (From Hecatomb in Blink)
+15% Enhancement(Accuracy) (From Armageddon in Atom Smasher)
+9% Enhancement(Accuracy) (From Scirocco's Dervish in Irradiated Ground)
+9% Enhancement(Accuracy) (From Scirocco's Dervish in Blink Blitz)
+9% Enhancement(Accuracy) (From Scirocco's Dervish in Burn)

Enhancement (Heal) (6% Total)
+6% Enhancement(Heal) (From Numina's Convalesence in Healing Flames)

Enhancement (RechargeTime) (80% Total)
+10% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Superior Vampire's Bite in Radioactive Smash)
+10% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Hecatomb in Blink)
+10% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Superior Brute's Fury in Devastating Blow)
+10% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Armageddon in Atom Smasher)
+10% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Superior Witchcraft in Quick Sand)
+7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed in Blink)
+7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed in Blink Blitz)
+7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed in Maneuvers)
+7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime) (From Luck of the Gambler: Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed in Weave)

HitPoints (208.02 HP Total / 13.88% of Base HP)
+44.98 HP (3%) HitPoints (From Superior Vampire's Bite in Radioactive Smash)
+44.98 HP (3%) HitPoints (From Superior Brute's Fury in Devastating Blow)
+28.11 HP (1.88%) HitPoints (From Numina's Convalesence in Healing Flames)
+28.11 HP (1.88%) HitPoints (From Performance Shifter in Consume)
+28.11 HP (1.88%) HitPoints (From Performance Shifter in Stamina)
+16.87 HP (1.13%) HitPoints (From Luck of the Gambler in Maneuvers)
+16.87 HP (1.13%) HitPoints (From Luck of the Gambler in Weave)

JumpHeight (30% Total)
+7.5% JumpHeight (From Aegis in Fire Shield)
+7.5% JumpHeight (From Aegis in Plasma Shield)
+7.5% JumpHeight (From Performance Shifter in Consume)
+7.5% JumpHeight (From Performance Shifter in Stamina)

Mez (Knockback) (-4 Total)
+Knockback (Mag -4) (From Blessing of the Zephyr: Knockback Reduction (4 points) in Teleport)

Mez (Knockup) (-4 Total)
+Knockup (Mag -4) (From Blessing of the Zephyr: Knockback Reduction (4 points) in Teleport)

MezResist(All) (71.25% Total)
+10% MezResist(All) (From Superior Vampire's Bite in Radioactive Smash)
+10% MezResist(All) (From Superior Avalanche in Blazing Aura)
+10% MezResist(All) (From Superior Blistering Cold in Radiation Siphon)
+10% MezResist(All) (From Hecatomb in Blink)
+10% MezResist(All) (From Armageddon in Atom Smasher)
+10% MezResist(All) (From Superior Winter's Bite in Stone Prison)
+3.75% MezResist(All) (From Scirocco's Dervish in Irradiated Ground)
+3.75% MezResist(All) (From Scirocco's Dervish in Blink Blitz)
+3.75% MezResist(All) (From Scirocco's Dervish in Burn)

MezResist (Teleport) (100% Total)
+100% MezResist(Teleport) (20% chance) (From Gladiator's Armor: TP Protection +3% Def (All) in Tough)

Recovery (20% Total)
+4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery (From Superior Avalanche in Blazing Aura)
+4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery (From Superior Blistering Cold in Radiation Siphon)
+4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery (From Hecatomb in Blink)
+4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery (From Armageddon in Atom Smasher)
+4% (0.07 End/sec) Recovery (From Superior Winter's Bite in Stone Prison)

Regeneration (78% Total / 18.23 HP/s)
+16% (1 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Superior Vampire's Bite in Radioactive Smash)
+12% (0.75 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Numina's Convalesence in Healing Flames)
+10% (0.62 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Scirocco's Dervish in Irradiated Ground)
+10% (0.62 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Scirocco's Dervish in Blink Blitz)
+10% (0.62 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Scirocco's Dervish in Burn)
+10% (0.62 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Luck of the Gambler in Maneuvers)
+10% (0.62 HP/sec) Regeneration (From Luck of the Gambler in Weave)

ResEffect (SpeedFlying) (45% Total)
+15% ResEffect(SpeedFlying) (From Superior Avalanche in Blazing Aura)
+15% ResEffect(SpeedFlying) (From Superior Blistering Cold in Radiation Siphon)
+15% ResEffect(SpeedFlying) (From Superior Winter's Bite in Stone Prison)

ResEffect (RechargeTime) (45% Total)
+15% ResEffect(RechargeTime) (From Superior Avalanche in Blazing Aura)
+15% ResEffect(RechargeTime) (From Superior Blistering Cold in Radiation Siphon)
+15% ResEffect(RechargeTime) (From Superior Winter's Bite in Stone Prison)

ResEffect (SpeedRunning) (45% Total)
+15% ResEffect(SpeedRunning) (From Superior Avalanche in Blazing Aura)
+15% ResEffect(SpeedRunning) (From Superior Blistering Cold in Radiation Siphon)
+15% ResEffect(SpeedRunning) (From Superior Winter's Bite in Stone Prison)

Fire/Cold Resistance (30% Total)
+6% Fire/Cold Resistance (From Superior Avalanche in Blazing Aura)
+6% Fire/Cold Resistance (From Superior Blistering Cold in Radiation Siphon)
+6% Fire/Cold Resistance (From Hecatomb in Blink)
+6% Fire/Cold Resistance (From Armageddon in Atom Smasher)
+6% Fire/Cold Resistance (From Superior Winter's Bite in Stone Prison)

Energy/Negative Resistance (12.75% Total)
+6% Energy/Negative Resistance (From Superior Vampire's Bite in Radioactive Smash)
+2.25% Energy/Negative Resistance (From Scirocco's Dervish in Irradiated Ground)
+2.25% Energy/Negative Resistance (From Scirocco's Dervish in Blink Blitz)
+2.25% Energy/Negative Resistance (From Scirocco's Dervish in Burn)

SpeedFlying (30% Total)
+7.5% SpeedFlying (From Aegis in Fire Shield)
+7.5% SpeedFlying (From Aegis in Plasma Shield)
+7.5% SpeedFlying (From Performance Shifter in Consume)
+7.5% SpeedFlying (From Performance Shifter in Stamina)

SpeedJumping (30% Total)
+7.5% SpeedJumping (From Aegis in Fire Shield)
+7.5% SpeedJumping (From Aegis in Plasma Shield)
+7.5% SpeedJumping (From Performance Shifter in Consume)
+7.5% SpeedJumping (From Performance Shifter in Stamina)

SpeedRunning (30% Total)
+7.5% SpeedRunning (From Aegis in Fire Shield)
+7.5% SpeedRunning (From Aegis in Plasma Shield)
+7.5% SpeedRunning (From Performance Shifter in Consume)
+7.5% SpeedRunning (From Performance Shifter in Stamina)

So as you can see ... the information is "all there" but is just BADLY FORMATTED/laid out in the original export.
The only thing I did to clean it up was to add carriage returns/line breaks there they should have been included so as to manually edit the output into something that I'd want to look at and peruse for information in a forum.

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Blaster / Re: My Latest Hot Mess: Dynamo Rose (Electric/Martial)

« on: June 26, 2024, 07:47:42 pm »

Redlynne, I gave up on the Mids Reborn installers a while ago, and instead download their zip and use the exe from an extracted folder of their zip - that has been working. I also never use the Mids Reborn updater utility.

If it's not too much trouble for you, wyldhaunt, can you provide an itemized step by step for what you do (including URL to download from)?
I have the added complication of being an M2 iMac Mini user, so I have to go to the extra length of trying to make this work under emulation (currently using Whisky for this, which means and outdated version of the WINE emulation layer).

This is how I've been able to log into Rebirth since Saturday morning (and participate in a couple of MSRs that day) along with the Monday and Tuesday iTrials.
However, all is not well in mudville.
The game client is a bit janky under emulation (go figure), even when using Winetricks to provide the requisite DLLs to resolve some sound issues and make the game playable.
Entire classes of objects and world geometry do not render properly (my base that I'm so proud of on Blueside is just geometry without textures mapped onto objects). The western HALF of Port Oakes has something going on in it that reliably fatal crashes the game client to desktop, so a Soldier of Arachnos character I sent over there to get to a mission door is "unplayable" now (can't complete zone in without fatal crash to desktop). Had something similar happen to my main Redlynne as well in Atlas Park, but got lucky enough on a subsequent random attempt to log in to be able to zone in and escape Atlas Park.

As matters stand, I'm going to have to wait for further developments of WINE and Whisky before my gameplay can get more stable.
Even now, after repeated zone ins to places that I've already been in during a single session, the texture maps start degrading and the particle effects just get lower and lower quality until ... fatal crash to desktop. Fortunately, I can log back in after such events, but still ... it's clear that the emulation lash up I'm using through GTPK and Whisky are very much sub-optimal in their current form.

Ideally, I'd want to be able to play around in a character builder for Rebirth ... but right now that's all "locked" behind a windows app with a .NET dependency that should have been retired 5-10 years ago in favor of a webpage execution of the same character build calculator functions.

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Blaster / Re: My Latest Hot Mess: Dynamo Rose (Electric/Martial)

« on: June 26, 2024, 09:23:47 am »

(NOTE: whatever the hell is going on in the most recent version of Mids, I can't figure out how to make a decent looking export of the character, so I'm going to just put the datachunk below, and hope that works)

You're lucky.
You can at least get "the most recent version of Mids'" to launch, open and operate.

What really needs to happen is a transition from a .NET based app into a webpage ... one where the code hash is built into the URL which is what controls what appears on the page (make change on build on screen, the code hash in the URL updates).
Moving away from the Mids' app to an "online calculator" web page for this stuff is WAY overdue!

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Tech Issues / Re: Apple Silicon + Whisky + 64 bit CoH = Mac Client?

« on: June 22, 2024, 05:59:40 pm »

And ... no good results go unpunished.

So I got an invite to join a group in Atlas while on Redlynne.
Having run through a couple MSRs without only a few crashes to desktop when attempting to /unloadgfx to force garbage collection on memory, I was thinking things ought to be okay.
All kinds of world geo textures were failing to load properly (most notably, trees in Imperial City, along with most of the building exteriors and interiors as mentioned above), but at least the game client was running.

Anyway, I zone into Atlas from the RWZ just fine, exit the Vanguard Building when the team lead decides to teleport me a couple hundred yards and ... CRASH TO DESKTOP.

Log back in, select Redlynne again.
Loading Atlas Park and ... CRASH TO DESKTOP.
Repeat.
Repeat.
Repeat.
Repeat.

At this point, I decide to try one of my other alts parked in Pocket D.
Load just fine.
Do a lot of work rearranging windows around for the new screen resolution.
Get everything positioned right, save the new window locations as a default.
Switch to my Soldier of Arachnos parked inside the Arachnos Building in Port Oakes, load up the new window settings that just got saved. Everything's looking good.
Go outside ... CRASH TO DESKTOP.

Relaunch Sweet Tea. Validate all files.
Launch Rebirth. Log in. Select my Soldier of Arachnos. Load into Port Oakes ... okay, good, made it.
Run down the steps, turn right on the street below the hospital to head on over to the West Ferry, run just past the hospital steps up and ... CRASH TO DESKTOP.
Log back into my Soldier of Arachnos. Load into Port Oakes and ... CRASH TO DESKTOP.
Repeat.
Repeat.

I don't know WHAT it is ... but something in the environment of these locations in Atlas Park and in Port Oakes is absolutely FATAL CRASH LETHAL to being able to remain connected and play on 2 of my 3 characters now.

I'm hoping that a simple GM "move character in Atlas Park to new SAFE location" (inside the Vanguard Building) and "move character in Port Oakes to new SAFE location" (inside the Arena) will be sufficient to resolve this issue.
Otherwise, I'm going to be stuck staying offline from Rebirth again.

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Tech Issues / Re: Apple Silicon + Whisky + 64 bit CoH = Mac Client?

« on: June 22, 2024, 03:49:28 pm »

Well that's kind of hilarious.
Apparently I can "only play in Windowed mode" on my 5k Apple Studio retina screen (so far).
The settings are "pure wonky" for being able to get a UI that can look even approximately right.

Gameplay is also quite janky.
Lots of lighting and textures "simply don't load" leaving Giant Blur Objects all over the place.
Go into the university in Imperial City? DARK.
Go into the auction house in Imperial City? REALLY DAMN DARK.
Running through the Vanguard Base in RWZ? You guessed it ... DARK.
Made it hard to see where stuff was or where I was going in there.

Ironically, a lot of the "older" textures and models worked just fine ... especially around RWZ and the MSR hordes.
Couldn't do a graphics reset while in combat without crashing to the desktop though.

Going to need to experiment to find out what full screen resolutions are supported by my current lashup emulation through Whisky.
Worst part is how there are a number of UI elements that DO NOT SCALE properly ... like tooltips or the mouse cursor.
Going to have to figure something out about that.

Bring on the Trial & Error phase of testing!

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Tech Issues / Re: Apple Silicon + Whisky + 64 bit CoH = Mac Client?

« on: June 22, 2024, 01:12:44 pm »

Progress!

Been trying off and on to use Whisky to run the Sweet Tea launcher to get back into Rebirth.
Was still having problems with the sound skipping LIKE CRAZY indicating that something was OBVIOUSLY BROKEN and not working right.

Finally found this solution to the problem.
https://github.com/Whisky-App/Whisky/issues/637

• Open Whisky
• Run File > Kill All Bottles (at the top left of your screen) (this is to prevent any windows programs from running while applying this update)
• At the bottom of the Whisky window you will find the Winetricks... button, click it
• Go to DLLs tab, find dsound, choose it and press RUN
• Run the game!

Was able to finally log in and ... the installation of dsound through Winetricks solved the audio issue.



So it looks like I might be able to finally ... FINALLY(!!!) ... be able to resume playing CoH after almost a year off!

Now I just need to recover all of my default bind files and get them moved to where they need to be in the new Sweet Tea folder (where all the CoH files wind up) so I can play my character control builds properly again (once I relearn my old control scheme that I haven't been using regularly for a year!).

Kind of makes me wonder what it's going to take in order to get the Mids' Reborn app working on my M2 mac under Whisky.
Mind you, the Mids' Reborn app should have been converted into a browser page app at some point in the past DECADE so we don't have to keep being beholden to .NET and janky antiquated programming hacks to access the necessary compute power to make characters for this game.

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Tech Issues / Re: Apple Silicon + Whisky + 64 bit CoH = Mac Client?

« on: March 06, 2024, 10:30:38 pm »

Well, that's disappointing.
Was able to use the Sweet Tea launcher via Whisky to run the launcher.exe.
Downloaded the Rebirth client.
Actually got the client to launch (!).
Actually got to LOG IN (!).

And ... the game is unplayable.

Since I have an Apple Studio Display with a 5120x2880 resolution, I'm kind of "stuck" for choices of screen resolution (thanks to using Whisky and GPTK to run a windows game client through emulation) which makes a LOT of things utterly bizarre. The Sweet Tea launcher shows up as a TINY WINDOW that I need to break out a magnifying glass in order to read. In the game, various graphical elements don't scale AT ALL ... such as mouseover text. My cursor looks smaller than a grain of rice (so I can barely see it on screen). And worst of all ... the audio is constantly skipping.

Messing around with the in-game settings ... didn't really help.

At least I know it's been 270 days (as of this posting) since my last login to my characters.

The real kicker though was that ... clicking on a door (to go in and out of the Arena building) crashed the game client to desktop ... convincing me that there still isn't a good option for me to be able to return to Rebirth.

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Tech Issues / Apple Silicon + Whisky + 64 bit CoH = Mac Client?

« on: December 26, 2023, 06:32:07 pm »

Now that the Whisky "bottler" app exists for Macs, enabling Macs to run Windoze software ... the opportunity arises to bring Mac users (such as myself) who reside on Apple Silicon (such as myself) to (re)join the Rebirth community.

The question is ... what win10 based Launcher software is available in a 64 bit format (for a 64 bit CoH game client?) that could be "bottled" using Whisky to provide access not only to the game, but also the Mids' Reborn character builder program that could be run on Apple Silicon?

Answer this question and CoH Rebirth could be added to the Mac Games list on reddit, creating an opportunity for new Players (and some former ones, like myself) to rejoin the community.

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General Suggestions and Feedback / Re: Helping with Patron Power Unlock Mission Should Give Unlock

« on: September 08, 2023, 08:49:42 am »

In the long run, "gimmie all the good stuff for minimal effort on my part!" rarely improves Player retention rates.
The less effort it takes to accomplish something, the less value it has to start with and the less value it will retain over time.

There's a reason why "boosting" garners less respect than actually doing the work (and P2W garners even less).

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General Suggestions and Feedback / Re: Helping with Patron Power Unlock Mission Should Give Unlock

« on: September 07, 2023, 08:29:50 am »

If anyone does the final patron pool unlock mission, regardless of whose mission it is, they deserve to get the badge and the unlock.

I would disagree on the grounds that the Patron Unlock is the entire Patron Story Arc, not just merely the last mission in that arc.
Not sure what the "under the hood" coding is, but I can easily imagine it being one where each of the missions in the arc needs to be completed as a prerequisite to achieving the Patron unlock reward.

Over a decade ago back on the Virtue Server, I remember running all 4 Patron Arcs on a single character in order to unlock each Patron Pool "just in case" I ever wanted to respec into an alternate build using powers from a different Patron.

I'm a redside native; I want to help other members of my endangered species have fun, and when I can help people get the badge early, I save them the trouble of having to respec when they can't take the power they want at 35.

The simplest solution to that particular problem (the respec part) would be to make the Patron Arcs available to be run @ Level 34 ... not 35.
The powers that completion unlocks remain 35+ as normal, but the opportunity to unlock them is made available starting at Level 34. That way you can run your Patron Arc and achieve the unlock "in time" for advancing to Level 35 and you can choose a power from your Patron Pool without needing to respec for it.

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General Suggestions and Feedback / Re: Third Email Test: Checking it One Last Time with the new server now!

« on: August 26, 2023, 08:21:03 pm »

Received Inbox @ Sat, Aug 26 at 10:13 AM (local time)