Preparing before handIf you plan on doing your "final" alpha setup for enforcer (e.g. not planning to redo it later once you get more gear to save IP), theres quite a few nodrops you'll want to acquire beforehand:
Xan Pande BeltsAwakened Burden of CompetenceAqua GlovesSpiritech Medical Analyzer x3(or more) from Pande
Perfected Infused Dust Brigade BracerMasterpiece Ancient BracerIntuitive Memory of the AquariusCancer's Time-Saving MemoryDB NCUsExperimental Cyborg Token Board OR
Sigil of BahometAswell as other
Pandemonium loot that gives abilities.
Use
AOsetups to find items buffing certain abilities/treatment for specific slots: Create new equip, filter what you need, and select the slot. It will show all items that buff that skill, and by how much.
A lot of this is obvious, but often an item or two is forgotten which may lead to problems during the twinking. You'll also want the LE huds, and all the major remaining twinking gear is mainly yesdrop, so can be borrowed or bought. Don't forget, you an buy
Treatment Transfer Nano Can now from gmi/players, which lasts 4 hours.
Starting AlphasUsually its easiest to start from an already equipped betas set. However for Enforcer, as you are stuck with infantry symbs, many of those do not give good ability bonuses. This means refined imps are extremely useful, and often needed, in certain slots (mainly sense in chest/waist, int/psy in ear).
This AOSetups Project consists of a few setups to equip infantry alphas on an Atrox Enforcer, and the order to do it in.
However, that order may not be the best one. Alpha feet also gives agility, so that can be done first to avoid needed a 300 feet implant.
V-five Breathing Space Should be used in the first step instead of the Jess's (or even
O.E.T. Co. Maharanee). This extra intelligence means you could replace some intelligence gear with treatment, and NOT MAX treatment skill. Similarly, ideally use Awakened Burden of Competence instead of the regular one, and use those extra abilities to use more treatment gear, and IP treatment less. I dont think Enforcers have many issues with IP. Mine has treatment maxed(Atrox), and all necessary/wanted skills high enough and still has remaining IP.
Saving IPGenerally, its best to do a full reset before alphas, or reset the skills that you wont need maxed. Personally I always max all abilties, so saving IP during twinking is often done in treatment (or CL). After finishing alphas, equipping all gear, and doing perks, you can min/max nano skills, multi melee/ranged, weapon specials(assuming the weapon special doesnt increase the special damage, SA/AS should be maxed for pvp).
For Enforcer, you need to make sure you can cast IMalice( single taunt), Mongo, Absorb during combat, so increase nanoskills so they can be cast in your proper gear. Buffing however can be done using some nanoskills gear, mainly ones in hud/utils, and this depends on how much pieces you are willing to swap at a time. Also consider what ability buffs you have running at the time, and what contracts are running, as losing these may effect your nanoskills etc.