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BatDriven's TR pve "Build" Mod 6-9

2016-05-15T00:10:33Z

Introduction:
Okay, so I was asked about my build several times now. From guildies, friends and random players. The thing is - I'm guessing it's not so much about the build itself, but more about what I use and the fact that I got 96 power points.
That's the reason why I'm posting it here and not on some big MMO website.

Warning:
If you don't have the riches to get everything ranked up to max and at least 80 power points, this whole thing might not work for you, sorry :/
Also this build is purely for PVE and AoE-heavy. You won't survive a second in PVP with these stats and gear.

Race:
I went with Wood Elf, purely because I also go for aesthetics in this game. With this race you'll get 1% more crit chance, 10% resistance to slow your movement and +2 dex, which is super important. (Additionally you can pick between +2 intelligence or +2 wisdom.)
However the best choice would have been Dragonborn to get 3% more on power and crit, and 5% more healing. You can put the +2 on stats anywhere you like. Dexterity!
Runner ups would be Half Orc and Human, imho.

The stats:
As you can see, I put everything into dexterity and strength, because I care about damage the most. When you roll in the beginning, make sure to get these 2 things as high as possible. Dexterity comes first, then strength.

When it comes to power and crit, you have to make a choice what is more important to you or if you wanna keep it balanced. I went with power, since I crit every second anyway.
An important thing to keep in mind, about armor pen: Since this is PVE only, keep an eye on 'resistence ignored'. You don't need more than -60% usually. And for a rogue -40-50% should be fine, since this usually goes up anyway when we go stealth.

Feats and Powers:

Paragon Path: At level 30, you will chose Master Infiltrator for close-range executions.
Paragon Feats: I went purely with Executioner to maximize my dps.

So I have 96 power points atm, since I was able to hit overflow exp countless of times before mod 6, when it was still easy to do so.
However when you hit lv70 finally, you wanna put your first power point into Duelist's Flurry to maximize it to rank 4. After that in the order you prefer - see below for a list of the powers I'm running, which I recommend getting to rank 4.
Also I have so many powerpoints that I started putting them into stuff I don't really use. I marked the powers I don't find important, so that you don't put points into them (or only a few, if you have to, to go to next rank) while leveling up or respec'ing.
Keep in mind, that as a rogue, your at-wills are most important. The encounters are nice extras to stun and keep a constant little damage going on, even if you're stunned, but most of your damage comes from Duelist Flurry.

Boons:
I got all the boons, except for the PVP-campaign, the Maze Engine (not finished yet, I marked my preferences tho) and the very last boon in Tyranny. Since noone wants to run Tiamat anymore, I'd probably have to get the favors by donating dragon hoard coffers. 100 coffers will get you one favor. So you need 5000 coffers/50 favors for the last boon, which is more than 3,5 million AD atm. I don't think 1,5% more crit severity is worth that much AD, so I skipped out on that last one.
For the rest - I always went with the option, that boosts my damage. Sometimes the choice is not dps-related. I went with defense over deflect. And recovery over regeneration.

pic boon4

For the stronghold boons I went with:
Offense: Power
Defense: Defense
Utility: Mount Speed (use XP boon, if you're under 80 power points!)
PVP: irrelevant, since I don't do PVP

Mounts:
This section is not very interesting yet, since I don't have a legendary mount and most of the boni from the insignias don't work at the moment anyway.
But I went with 110% speed of course, since it's the fastest I got, plus 2000 power on equip. (Since I got no legendary mount, there is no combat-power)
As for boni I went with: Barbarian's Revelry, Artificer's Influence, Oppressor's Reprieve, Magistrate's Restraint, Warlord's Inspiration - but like I said, 3 of them are not even working right now. (Yeah, I know Warlord is useless with augment anyway.)

Gear:
I'm running the following sets:
• Dragonflight for armor (I upgraded each piece via the Black Ice profession)
Elemental Dragonflight Raid Mask
Elemental Dragonflight Raid Vest
Elemental Dragonflight Raid Gloves
Elemental Dragonflight Assault Boots
• Twisted Weapon Set (I wanted the set-bonus, because of extra power [3840 at 24 stacks])
Twisted Makhaira
Twisted Misericorde
• Lostmauth Set (even tho it'll get nerfed, I feel this is still the best choice for a rogue)
Lostmauth's Hoard Necklace
Golden Belt of Puissance
Lostmauth's Horn of Blasting
• Slotted, 145 itemlevel shirts&pants
Gemmed Exquisite Elemental Shirt
Gemmed Exquisite Elemental Pants
• Artifacts
Token of Chromatic Storm (great for solo and to get rid of big groups of mobs)
Lantern of Revelation (essential in bossfights; the whole group benefits from it)
Shard of Valindra's Crown (you're invincible while casting it and it pushes mobs away)
Lostmauth's Horn of Blasting (as part of my set)
• +4/+5 rings
Ring of Brutality +4
Ring of Reflex Sight +5
- Now, these are the two rings I'm using right now, however reflex sight is naturally not my first choice. As PVE-only this power is close to useless. However I still decided to equip it, since this ring got TWO offense slots - which means more power for me.
My rings of choice would be (in order of preference)
Ring of Brutality +5
Ring of Rising Power +5
Ring of Sudden Precision +5
Ring of Rising Precision +5
Ring of Natural Order +5
Ring of Orcus +5
• Important side note
I reinforced all my armor and all my jewelry with kits and gems.
I used Major Critical Strike Armor Kits for my helmet, gauntlets, chest piece and boots - to get +200 crit with each. And Major Action Point Gain Jewels for my neck, rings and belt to get +100 action point gain each.
(I'd have used power rather than crit, but I didn't master mailsmithing, so I couldn't make it myself, which is a lot cheaper than buying from the auction house.)

Enchantments:
I'm using a transcendent Vorpal as my weapon enchantment, since I tried a couple of weapon enchants and decided that this works best for me.
For my armor I went with a soulforge for the longest time. However I recently changed to Elven Battle, because I figured that every second I'm not dazed or otherwise immobilized, I can do more damage and this enchant reduces the chance to get such a debuff pretty good. ~~Sadly I'm only using a regular one at the moment, but I'm saving up for a transcendent, of course.~~ Update: Got a transcendent now and I love it!
For my offense slots I purely went with radiant rank 12s to boost my power. However I also got one brutal rank 12 (power and crit), which I might trade in for a radiant at a later point.
In my defense slots I went with dark rank 12s to get more lifesteal. I used azurs before, to get more defense, however I quickly saw that as a rogue with armor class 18, it's pointless trying to gather large amounts of defense.
As for my utility slots, I'm still using dragonhoards to get refinement stones. But I might change these for dark enchantments at a later point, to get more movement.
However if you're still under 80 power points, I strongly, STRONGLY recommend you use azurs - as high as possible - to get more XP and to hit overflow faster for a chance to get a power point.
With my two overload slots, I like using Greater Black Dragon Glyphs for more crit and Greater Corrupt Black Ice Enchantments to trigger more power.

Companions:
On equip I got the Owlbear cub in legendary. It's an augmentation companion, and since it's orange, I receive 115% of their stats. I went with bonding runestones and - very important - personalized, double slotted rings, which I made in jewelcrafting.
As for my other 4 active companions, I went with ARCHONS. One of each kind in epic/purple. Firstly - they feed on each other, meaning for each equipped archon, the bonus of the other ones will increase by 0,5%. And secondly, they boost my dps in almost any situation possible. I'll get a damage boost when I'm full health, when enemies are full health, when enemies are below half health and when enemies are not full health. So no matter what the situation is - I always get one xy% increasement to my damage, sometimes even two.

Pots and Trinkets:
A lot of people underestimate how useful potions can be. If you only look at one or two, you might think it's not really worth it, but if you maximize everything you can possibly do - it really makes a difference.
So what I'm almost always using is:
- Tymora's Lucky Coin (random benefit of 371 rating)
- Miniature Giant Space Hamster (heals me and gives me 500 regen, even stays active after I die. Now I know there's no possibility to buy it, so I recommend using an Adorable Pocket Pet or Doohickey instead)
- Enhanced Superior Potion of Force (+1000 power)
- Chicken Kebab (+3000 hitpoints and +600 power)
- Invocation Blessing (+150 on two random stats)
- Wild Storm Elixir (+300 crit and 10% crit severity)
- Squash Soup (increases crit chance by 3% and crit severity by 5%)
- Superior Flask of Potency (+400 power, recovery AND crit, plus 7,5% crit severity)

Powers I'm running:
Usually I'm trying to be very AoE and more on crowd control. Hence I'm using these:
• Passive: Invisible Infiltrator, Oppressive Darkness
• At Wills: Sly Flourish, Duelist's Flurry
• Encounter: Dazing Strike, Path of the Blade, Smoke Bomb
• Dailies: Courage Breaker, Whirlwind of Blades

However sometimes I need to be more single target (lostmauth etc.), then I switch out smoke bomb with lashing blade.
This is the pattern, how I usually fight:

- go stealth
- use dazing strike
- use smoke bomb
- use path of blade
- use duelist's flurry until stealthmeter is full again
- go stealth
- use duelists flurry until all encounters are ready again
- then use dazing strike, smoke bomb and path of blade again

~ use your daily and your artifact whenever it's up again, then resume pattern
~ use courage breaker for single target, and whirlwind of blades for crowds

I know that many rogues go stealth and then use smoke bomb first, instead of dazing strike. But remember when I told you about my companions, how I do more damage when they are full health? I usually try to get the first strike when I'm in a group, because if I use dazing strike in stealth first and surprise my enemies with it, it does craptons of damage right in the beginning - plus they are dazed and don't move for a bit. Also this is incredible important if you use 'first strike' as a passive power, which I did for a long time. It deals 75% (!!) more damage on rank 4, when you hit a group or a single target the first time.
This method, combined with the passive power, usually lets me get rid of semi-strong mobs in one hit.

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Okay, so to come to an end now, I hope you found this useful and it gave you a little more insight on the whole rogue-thing, if you're used to PVP or only played other classes before.
I know that this is not the optimum build and that there's a lot of bugs or 'happy accidents' in game, which I do not exploit at the moment. But this whole thing works rather good for me.
If you got questions, leave them here or msg me on Xbox (BatDriven) and I'll do my best to assist.
Thanks goes to NathanCoyne and KnightSRose/FleurdeLisz, who helped me on my roguey path a couple times, during my 5 respecs, haha.
And always remember: Rogues have more fun! ;)

Happy Valentine's Day :3

2012-02-14T06:43:22Z

I knooow, it's dumb and commercial and you should appreciate your loved ones every day and not only today, blahb~
But what the heck - wishing you all a happy (valentine's) day! lol
Thank you, rznbloodrose and pam81 for the pretty hearts ♥

Sadly I can't see berrycherry until tomorrow, but I have smth prepared, shh! ;)

Queer as Folk Fanmix: One Night in Babylon

2010-03-29T19:13:50Z

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01. Destination Calabria (Alex Gaudino)

Friday, nearly midnight. Brian enters Babylon, burning cigarette dangling from his lips as he shrugs off his leather jacket and hands it to one of the security guys. He immediately opts for the bar and orders a drink before taking a look around.

I'm leaving for a destination I still don't know
somewhere nobody must have duties at all
and if you like this you can follow me
so lets go to the place where we belong

02. Evacuate the Dancefloor (Cascada)

He finishes his drink, keeps an eye on all the people, checking them out, when suddenly he feels like dancing and joins the sweating, writhing guys on the dancefloor.

evacuate the dancefloor
I'm infected by the sound
stop, this beat is killing me
hey mister dj come on
and burn this place right down to the ground

03. Balare (SQ 1)

A tall dark haired guy with tanned skin catches his eye. He must’ve discarded his shirt earlier because his chest glistens with sweat as his muscles move under taut skin. Brian gives him a tiny smile. They approach each other, start dancing and before long Brian leans in to say something in the guy's ear. The stranger smirks.

I want to hear you scream
don't stop dancing
move your body
the sweat on your skin makes you wet

04. Explode (Jordan & Baker)

Together they make their way to the darkroom where Brian leans against the wall, closes his eyes and runs his fingers through the trick's hair as the guy sucks him off.

is it not beautiful to watch the sun rise
and see the dark explode with light

05. For an Angel 2009 (Paul Van Dyk)

Coming but not feeling satisfied, Brian is disappointed and returns to the bar to lighten his mood with a few more drinks.

I found a lover for the first time in my life
you took me out of the wilderness
just like a diamond
you were shining bright through the night
and let me stay in your arms to rest

06. Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction)

Brian downs his fifth drink and places the empty glas on the bar. Turning around he starts to make his way through the dancing crowd, while digging out a small package from his left pant pocket. He pops an E and let the music take over his body, finally throwing his hands in the air like everybody else, getting lost in the dancing masses.

you just can't believe me
when I show you what you mean to me
you just can't believe me
when I show you what you cannot see
our lives still change from the way that we were
now I'll tell you something I think you should know
why can't you see what you mean to me

07. Tik Tok (Ke$ha)

Brian, flying high on E and alcohol, just keeps dancing, makes out with random guys, turning them on, turning them down, having fun.

don't stop, make it pop
dj blow my speakers up
tonight, I'mma fight
'til we see the sunlight
tick tock on the clock
but the party don't stop

08. Ghosts'N'Stuff (Deadmau5 feat. Rob Swire)

Out of the corner of his eye he spots Mikey and Ben dancing together, acting all giddy-happy. Brian turns his back to them, not knowing if he feels disgusted or jealous.

it's been so long I've been out of my body with you
I feel alone, feel at home, feel like nothing is true
you take me to a place where my senses gave way
turn it round, shut it down what the people say

09. Crazy Sexy Marvelous (Paffendorf)

Back at the bar again, he bumps into Brandon who orders him a drink. They talk a while before heading out to the dancefloor, deliberately brushing against each other while dancing.

join us - we're crazy sexy marvellous
this is our opening invitation to the dance
fill the night with light
the harder we come
the rougher you go
expect the unexpected

10. The Sparrows and the Nightingales (Mark Oh vs. John Davis)

Brian invites Brandon to the VIP lounge. He takes a seat in a crimson chair with a new drink in hand offered by one of his employees while he watches Brandon getting sucked off by some hot young twink.

how long have you been free
in this world of hate and greed
and our future standing still
we're dancing in the spotlights
where's the leader who leads me
I'm still waiting, leaving home

11. Let Me Think About It (Ida Corr vs Fedde Le Grand)

While he watches Brandon, another stranger approaches him with the intent to seduce, but Brian turns him down after a moment of consideration. Not being in the mood anymore, he decides to rather get totally wasted.

let me think about it
you saying baby
I'll take you for a ride
let's get together, work it all night
come on boy, believe me
I'll make you see
that I am the true way to ecstasy

12. Mortal Kombat Theme

When Brian walks down the stairs, the lights in the club dim and the spot lights focus on the small stage, where a group of professional dancers start to perform a choreography similar to some kind of martial arts. Theodore must've hired them, since he can't remember having seen one of them before. However the folks seem to like them, so he stops to lean his back against the stairrail and watch.

test your might
FIGHT!
kano, liu kang, rayden, johnny cage
scorpion, sub-zero, sonya

13. Not Over You (Markus Gardeweg)

Brian slides into the sea of men and swims across, starts dancing, thinks of Justin. With eyes closed, head tipped back and his whole body moving to the rhythm, he imagines Justin would still be there, still following him around like the old days.

I like what you say
I like what you do
and I can't convince myself
I'm not over you

14. Bring it Back (Brooklyn Bounce)

Restless like a panther, Brian strolls through the club. Nothing catches his attention for more than a few seconds.

I will always remember this summer
'cause the summer was all we had
bring it back
I know why I feel so sad
'cause the summer was all we had

15. In my Dreams (Noemi)

Standing on the catwalk above the dancefloor, Brian watches the crowd closely, forearms resting on the railing, burning cigarette between index- and middlefinger of his right hand. He searches for a familar face, but it seems that all his friends had finally left the club.

and the moon will always smile in my dreams
and my sun will allways rise in my dreams
so it seems
rembember all the feelings
remember all the love
it´s burning like a fire
in rage, heaven above

16. Wonderful Days 2001 (Charly Lownoise, Starsplash, Mental Theo)

Still watching the crowd, Brian remembers how several years ago a certain blond snatched his tricks away by just taking off his shirt and wagging around with his jeans-clad ass.

I found a lover - it didn't last
wonderful days belong to the past
I don't know where I stand
what I'm to do, try to forget
and to find someone new

17. Sunshine 2009 (Dance Nation vs. Shaun Baker)

Justin enters Babylon and takes a look around. After watching the dancing crowd for a while, he paces to the bar to have a drink before searching for Brian.

c'mon, sunshine
keep on, let's dance and feel alright
feel the vibration
in your soul, build a foundation of love
keep on, let's have some fun tonight

18. Catch You (Kosheen)

Suddenly Brian recognizes a shock of blond hair and straightens himself immediately. Stubbing his third cigarette out on the railing, he rushes to the stairs and pushes his way to the dancefloor.

out of my way I'm running
I'm gonna catch you if I can
it's your day - believe it
it's your date with destiny
it's too late to leave it
after all, it's your party

19. Take me to the Clouds Above (LMC vs. U2)

Finally, Brian finds Justin on the dancefloor near the darkroom. They stare at each other and suddenly Brian can’t help but smile. "Where you headed?" - "No place special." - "I can change that..."

there's a boy I know
he's the one I dream of
looked into my eyes
take me to the clouds above

20. Dance (Apollo)

...and so the prince and his lover danced the whole night until the lights went out. But the thumpa thumpa never stopped and went on forever. (lolol!)

at the right time you'll be mine
and our love will always shine
will you dance with me all night?
your arms will hold me tight
dance until the morning light
I've always loved you from the start

Wallpaper: Atrocity

2010-01-25T16:01:37Z

Preview:

So I wanted to write this fic, right? With lots of gore and splatter and horror and blah. Such like Hostel, SAW, Creep etc.
But I'm not ready yet, so I decided to design a wallpaper first to get a little bit more into the right mood, yanno?

So the following is NSFW! Look at own risk of getting disturbed!

1024x768 -> http://pics.livejournal.com/lumcheng/pic/0001ws35

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Edit: OMG, thanks guys! I'm really touched by all your positive responses. I actually kinda expected ppl to be grossed out and ripping me a new butthole for doing this to Brian, so I was a bit anxious to post it. But you really rock, guys! Thanks ♥