Protip #1: Insulting the niche to which your niche market is
sold is a Bad Idea.
---
"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

According to an news post on Sankaku, they're trying again...

"New Negima 3rd TV Series Likely Due" - http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/02/0 ... ikely-due/

(This particular article is safe if you ignore the sidebars, but much of the site is NSFW, thus the requirement to cut-n-paste the URL)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

Well, here's my D^3 Sabre design...

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.401

http://www.cohplanner.com/


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Gloom Sabre: Level 50 Magic Defender

Primary Power Set: Dark Miasma

Secondary Power Set: Dark Blast

Power Pool: Teleportation

Power Pool: Fitness

Ancillary Pool: Dark Mastery

Hero Profile:

Level 1: Twilight Grasp

• (A) Touch of the Nictus - Heal/HitPoints/Regeneration/Recharge
  
• (3) Touch of the Nictus - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
  
• (11) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Healing
  
• (19) Touch of the Nictus - Accuracy/Endurance/Heal/HitPoints/Regeneration
  
• (43) Touch of the Nictus - Healing
  

• (A) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (3) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/ToHit Debuff
  
• (15) Siphon Insight - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (19) Siphon Insight - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (40) Siphon Insight - Chance for +ToHit
  

• (A) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff
  
• (5) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
  
• (9) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (21) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/ToHitDebuff
  
• (40) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Extreme Measures - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (5) Extreme Measures - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (7) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (23) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
  
• (40) Tempest - Chance of End Drain
  

• (A) To Hit Debuff IO
  
• (7) To Hit Debuff IO
  
• (9) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (31) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (43) Deflated Ego - Chance for Recovery Debuff
  

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
  

• (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
  
• (11) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
  
• (15) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance
  
• (34) Impervium Armor - Resistance
  
• (43) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Glimpse of the Abyss - Chance of Damage(Psionic)
  
• (13) Glimpse of the Abyss - Accuracy/Fear/Recharge
  
• (13) Cloud Senses - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (34) Cloud Senses - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (45) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
  

• (A) Winter's Gift - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance
  

• (A) Trap of the Hunter - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
  
• (17) Trap of the Hunter - Immobilize/Accuracy
  
• (17) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (37) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
  
• (46) Siphon Insight - ToHit Debuff/Endurance/Recharge
  

• (A) Jumping IO
  

• (A) Miracle - +Recovery
  
• (21) Miracle - Heal
  

• (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End
  
• (23) Performance Shifter - EndMod
  

• (A) Dampened Spirits - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance
  
• (25) Dampened Spirits - To Hit Debuff/Endurance
  
• (25) Deflated Ego - To Hit Debuff
  
• (37) Deflated Ego - To Hit Debuff/Recharge
  
• (46) Cloud Senses - Chance for Negative Energy Damage
  

• (A) Intangibility Duration IO
  
• (27) Intangibility Duration IO
  
• (27) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (37) Endurance Reduction IO
  
• (46) Accuracy IO
  

• (A) Explosive Strike - Accuracy/Knockback
  
• (29) Explosive Strike - Chance for Smashing Damage
  
• (29) Explosive Strike - Damage/Knockback
  

• (A) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold
  
• (31) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold
  
• (31) Lockdown - Recharge/Hold
  
• (34) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
  

• (A) Theft of Essence - Healing
  
• (33) Theft of Essence - Healing/Recharge
  
• (33) Enfeebled Operation - Immobilize/Range
  
• (33) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize
  

• (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage
  
• (36) Devastation - Damage/Endurance
  
• (36) Regenerative Tissue - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
  
• (36) Regenerative Tissue - Heal/Endurance
  

• (A) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
  
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
  
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (39) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
  

• (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy
  
• (42) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
  
• (42) Armageddon - Damage
  
• (42) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance
  

• (A) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
  
• (45) Titanium Coating - Resistance
  
• (45) Titanium Coating - Endurance
  
• (48) Titanium Coating - Resistance/Recharge
  

• (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
  
• (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
  
• (48) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
  
• (50) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
  

• (A) Absolute Amazement - Endurance/Stun
  
• (50) Absolute Amazement - Stun
  
• (50) Endurance Reduction IO
  

• (A) Touch of Death - Chance of Damage(Negative)
  

• (A) Quickfoot - Endurance/RunSpeed
  

• (A) Healing IO
  

...we have zombies. Motorists are advised to flee.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance - Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! Paperback

by
Jane Austen (Author),
Seth Grahame-Smith (Author)

www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594743347?ie ... 1594743347
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV

EDIT: Updated post. Below is the current build I'm using, for Valles' reference. Ignore the IO levels in Mids - my actual IOs tend to be around level 39-40, not 50.
[b]EDIT 2: Disregard below build! Scroll down for current i19 build![/b]
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.401
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Battery Acid: Level 50 Technology Brute
Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Secondary Power Set: Willpower
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Charged Brawl -- P'ngS'Fest-Acc/Dmg(A), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/Rchg(3), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/EndRdx(3), B'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg(5), B'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(5), B'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg(7)
Level 1: High Pain Tolerance -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(17), Numna-Heal/Rchg(25), TtmC'tng-ResDam(27), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(27), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(31)
Level 2: Havoc Punch -- P'ngS'Fest-Acc/Dmg(A), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/Rchg(7), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/EndRdx(13), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(15), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(15), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(17)
Level 4: Mind Over Body -- TtmC'tng-ResDam(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(37), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(37), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(39)
Level 6: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 8: Thunder Strike -- Erad-Dmg(A), Rope-Acc/Rchg(9), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(9), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), Rope-Acc/EndRdx(11), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(13)
Level 10: Combat Jumping -- S'dpty-Def(A), S'dpty-Def/EndRdx(50)
Level 12: Indomitable Will -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(34), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(36)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Winter-ResSlow(A)
Level 16: Rise to the Challenge -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(37), Numna-Heal/Rchg(39)
Level 18: Health -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(19), Numna-Heal/Rchg(19), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(21), RgnTis-Regen+(21)
Level 20: Quick Recovery -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(40), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(45), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(45)
Level 22: Chain Induction -- P'ngS'Fest-Acc/Dmg(A), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/EndRdx(23), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/Rchg(23), KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(25), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(46), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(48)
Level 24: Stamina -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(39), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(43), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(43)
Level 26: Boxing -- P'ngS'Fest-Acc/Dmg(A), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/EndRdx(40), B'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg(40), B'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(42), B'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg(43)
Level 28: Heightened Senses -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(29), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(29)
Level 30: Tough -- TtmC'tng-ResDam(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(31), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(31)
Level 32: Lightning Rod -- Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg(33), Erad-Acc/Rchg(33), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(33), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34)
Level 35: Weave -- S'dpty-Def(A), S'dpty-Def/EndRdx(36), S'dpty-Def/Rchg(36)
Level 38: Strength of Will -- TtmC'tng-ResDam(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(45), TtmC'tng-ResDam/Rchg(46)
Level 41: Fast Healing -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(42), Numna-Heal/Rchg(42)
Level 44: Mu Lightning -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(46), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(48)
Level 47: Taunt -- Annoy-Taunt(A), Annoy-Taunt/Rchg(48)
Level 49: Build Up -- GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(A), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(50), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 3% Defense(Smashing)
  
• 3% Defense(Lethal)
  
• 3% Defense(Fire)
  
• 3% Defense(Cold)
  
• 13% Defense(Energy)
  
• 13% Defense(Negative)
  
• 3% Defense(Psionic)
  
• 3% Defense(Melee)
  
• 8% Defense(Ranged)
  
• 3% Defense(AoE)
  
• 3.6% Max End
  
• 6% Enhancement(Heal)
  
• 5% FlySpeed
  
• 472.3 HP (31.5%) HitPoints
  
• 5% JumpHeight
  
• 5% JumpSpeed
  
• MezResist(Immobilize) 4.95%
  
• MezResist(Sleep) 8.8%
  
• 5% (0.08 End/sec) Recovery
  
• 160% (10 HP/sec) Regeneration
  
• 20% ResEffect(FlySpeed)
  
• 20% ResEffect(RechargeTime)
  
• 20% ResEffect(RunSpeed)
  
• 5% RunSpeed
  

I've been saving these up for awhile now. Time to inflict them on the crew. ^_^

The Legend of Princess

Available here.

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Epsilon

Armored Monster With A Crippling Weak Point!

...but there are no patch notes on the COH site? Anyone got a clue what's up?
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.

Sorry, this came to me today AND WOULDN'T LEAVE ME ALONE.