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Concrete Killer
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i have no clue what those do, the IOs to me are confusing as heck. i have a lvl 50 fire/kin that i wanna use for farming, but i dont know what sets are good, and what sets are bad. if anyone has a fire/kin, and uses the IOs, could u please show me a sample or something, cause im losing my mind. and plz dont send me to a website where i have to read 100 pages, im not wasting that much time on a video game.
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| 08/30/07 11:20 |
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Electro
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Hi, CK.
The IO enhancies can be a bit confusing at first. If you collect and slot Set IO's, they will grant your character certain global bonuses. These will vary from increasing your movement speed, reducing power recharge times, increasing accuracy, to name a few.
When I slot IO Sets, I usually try to go for accuracy and/or recharge bonuses. For the most part, IMO, all of the other bonuses are just gravy, but the accuracy and recharge bonuses can really add up to make a noticeable difference. I have a level 35 Fire/Kin for whom I have recently begun collecting and slotting IO's. Here is an example of my plan for him...
Fire Cages - 4-slot with Trap of the Hunter (gives 9% accuracy bonus)
Hot Feet - 4-slot with Scirocco's Dervish (gives 9% accuracy bonus)
Flashfire - 5-slot with Stupefy (gives 6.25% recharge bonus)
Fireball - 5-slot with Positron's Blast (gives 9% accuracy and 6.25% recharge bonus)
So adding up the above bonuses, my character will than have a global 27% Accuracy bonus to all powers, and a 12.5% recharge bonus for all powers.
I also plan on slotting both Increase Density and Fire Shield with 5x Reactive Armor for the little bit of defense they give against some attack types, but these are secondary priority.
You have probably already done this, but I would suggest going to WW and looking over the various sets that are available to you for the powers you have. If you scroll over them it will tell you what bonuses you get for x-number of slotting from that particular set. Decide what bonuses make sense to you and get started.
Edited to say: I should mention that Set IO's are purely optional and not necessary to play the game. If you find them too stressful, confusing, or altogether silly, you can continue to play using regular SO's the way it has always been without fear that your character will be gimped in any way. The Set IO's simply add an interesting level of detail to the game.
***THIS POST HAS BEEN EDITED***
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| 08/30/07 11:35 |
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Concrete Killer
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thanks for the advice, but i really need to add these so i can kill mobs faster then a normal SO would do. im still confused on what are good and what are not good, so as far as the bonus's go. i have no clue where to start
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| 08/30/07 11:47 |
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| QUOTE | | thanks for the advice, but i really need to add these so i can kill mobs faster then a normal SO would do. im still confused on what are good and what are not good, so as far as the bonus's go. i have no clue where to start |
You're not going to get that kind of advantage out of IO enhancements. You will most likely get increased resistance to mez and/or damage types, health or endurance recovery. In theory, these things will make you recover and kill faster but you are only getting 1-5% for most ancillary buffs(Woot! Used the word a day calender!). So the effect will be minimally noticed during the killing and leveling process. Some offer increased accuracy and similar type buffs as well.
You already have a good leveling Troller combo. You will get more function from improving your attack strategies and proper slotting of the right power combos if you want to improve your DPS and/or kill rate.
There are obvoisly some IO's though that offer the best ancillary benifits. If you don't have the link to the IO list we have floating around here somewhere I'm sure one of us can get it linkied for ya.
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| 08/30/07 12:16 |
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bigspeer
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| QUOTE | | thanks for the advice, but i really need to add these so i can kill mobs faster then a normal SO would do. im still confused on what are good and what are not good, so as far as the bonus's go. i have no clue where to start |
The general consensus to what IO sets are good and what IO sets are not as good stem from the set bonuses granted.
Lets take two "healing" sets: Doctored Wounds and Numina's
Convalescence.
There are six enhancements in the Doctored Wounds set:
Doctored Wounds: Healing/Endurance,
Doctored Wounds: Endurance/Recharge,
Doctored Wounds: Healing/Recharge,
Doctored Wounds: Healing/Endurance/Recharge,
Doctored Wounds: Healing, and
Doctored Wounds: Recharge.
There are six enhancements in the Numina's Convalescence set:
Numina's Convalescence: Healing/Endurance,
Numina's Convalescence: Endurance/Recharge,
Numina's Convalescence: Healing/Recharge,
Numina's Convalescence: Healing/Endurance/Recharge,
Numina's Convalescence: Healing, and
Numina's Convalescence: Regeneration/Recovery
Now as you can see, both sets have 5 of the 6 enhancements in common:
Heal/EndRedux
EndRedux/Rechg
Heal/Rechg
Heal/EndRedux/Rechg
Heal
The only enhancible difference would be the last IO from each set. Doctored Wounds has a plain Recharge IO, where Numina's has a Unique IO that grants +20% regen and +10% recovery. That's a huge bonus to get from a single enhancement, which is why it's Unique and probably costs at least 20 million inf.
Now, like I said before, the "perceived value" of an IO set is determined by it's bonuses.
The following set bonuses apply when slotting more than one of the Doctored Wounds enhancements into a single power:
Two enhancements reduces the duration of Fear effects on you by 2.2%.
Three enhancements increases Fire and Cold Resistance by 1.26%.
Four enhancements improves the Healing of all your powers by 4%.
Five enhancements improves the Recharge of all your powers by 5%.
Six enhancements increases Toxic and Psionic Resistance by 1.26%.
The following set bonuses apply when slotting more than one of the Numina's Convalescence enhancements into a single power:
Two enhancements improves your Regeneration by 12%.
Three enhancements increases maximum Health by 1.88%.
Four enhancements improves the Healing of all your powers by 6%.
Five enhancements reduces the duration of Hold effects on you by 3.3%.
Six enhancements increases Ranged Defense by 3.75%.
Let's take the first bonus offered from each IO set. DW gives you -2.2% fear duration and Numina gives you +12% regen. Which would you rather have?
Now let's say you have the Numina Unique IO and the Numina Healing IO enhancement slotted in the same power. If you include the enhanced heal from the IO(which is ~33%), this brings your regeneration up to 65% from just TWO IOs! That's an absurd amount of regen from two IOs.
Now, you can have the 65% regeneration or have fear effects affect you for 2.2% less time. Which would you rather have?
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| 08/30/07 13:41 |
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Thundarpants
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Damn Big! That's some good chit!
I don;t care if you are admin...... you need cred for that!
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| 08/30/07 14:18 |
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bytekhan
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| QUOTE | | thanks for the advice, but i really need to add these so i can kill mobs faster then a normal SO would do. im still confused on what are good and what are not good, so as far as the bonus's go. i have no clue where to start |
This might help you:
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Enhancement_set
In your case, I'd look to build the sets that have bonuses for damage and endurance (in addition to the enhancing of the actual IO).
Also, be prepared to spend some time in Wentworth buying and selling.
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| 08/30/07 14:38 |
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