Amazing_Shnyet

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Isn't Power Boost just a 100% buff to the unenhanced value, though?

Is blaster Power Boost really available most of the time? Grr, I want that

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Thats why its 62%, not 75

and IIRC its downtime is only bowt 15-20 seconds.

After a bit of musing recently I started thinking about Defense.
Now with not much "statistical defense" available, I went to the Power Pools. 3 slotted for Defense you get -

CJ - 2.75%
maneuvers - 2.56%
stealth - 2.75%
weave - 5.51%
hover - 2.75%

(Using Blaster figures from Sherksilver)

Now all that adds to a measly 16.32 (thats using all 5, which is indeed impossible due to only 4 PP picks, so the best you're gunna get is 13.76)

However, if you then incorporate the Ice Epic shield. It could get to a tastier 35.16%

However, if you THEN incorporate Power Boost from Nrg (100% boosting defense) it can hit a whopping 62.66%.

Not suggesting this as a "play-though" option, but more of a Level 50 respec, cos choosing all those lame powers would be hell to play through

Also I've seen Hibernate used well in PvP, along with Snowstorm for the -fly, -jump.

Now i know Aim + Buildup would make mincemeat of even Elude, but having 60% defense most of the time during a battle surely has SOME sort of advantage!

*Shrug*

Thoughts?

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Fire Secondary is mostly PbAoEs.

This makes it bad for a blapping set but good for team support in a good team so long as you have a tank keeping aggro or a controller holding. I wouldn't be suprised if a /Fire could wipe out a spawn without even worrying about their primary within one attack chain if someone bunched them up enough.

IIRC the AoEs are Combustion ( large ), FSC ( small ), Blazing Aura ( small ), Consume ( large ) , Burn ( small ) and Hot Feet(large).

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Indeed, I've built an Elec/Fire Blaster to try to do exactly that, but utilizing Consume and Short Circuit, to try to chomp away mob endurance to be able to safely PBAoE them to cinders.
So in essence building a Fire Tank from a Blaster mould

...and extra HP, and a pretty good self heal, and a Taunt.

...and some emotes look far funnier in Dwarf

If it helps, i have an Earth/TA Controller with all the Ta powers available up to 27 with no stamina and i run around fine.
I have no endred slotted as of yet and can happily fire off as many arrows as i can before the mob falls over.

Seeing as though you wont be using primaries, i see no problem in running a Stamina-less TA MM.

Surely casting self-buffs doesnt holster your weapon!?

I know for a fact that using BU on a Scrapper DRAWS your weapon rather than putting it away.

Im sure casting PB, Aim, BU or BR has never made me put away my Munitions EPIC rifle.

Aye go on then, i'll sign up. Always game for a sound whooping from you guys.

Amazing Shnyet - 50 Nrg/Nrg - @Amazing Shnyet

Something I've been wondering, ninja's act mainly like Stalkers right?

Well seeing as though the Thugs third Tier1 gets to use Scourge, does that mean that if you can HOLD and enemy, the ninja's will do crits, like a Stalker?

If so the */TA would be nice, with the addition of the quite fast recharging Ice Arrow hold.

Outrange a Fire with Ice?

Ice doesnt get a Snipe, and if the Fire took Boost Range, then it'd obv have the advantage.

Lower DpS?

1v1's arent exactly all about DPS, if you can kite and snipe and take some1 down from range then its gunna be a relatively safer option than melee. You only have to win by 1 KO, so a sustained DPS isn't essential IMO.

Well im now 50, am Nrg/Nrg/Munitions and can show you the wonders of Sleep Grenade and LRM.

Still no stamina, but have SS and TP for travel powers. Pure PvE build, complete with Intimidate.

Gratz Raz ya crazy non-sleeping rag-a-muffin.

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IMO Flash Arrow is useless. It freezes a group, but as soon as you shoot one of them, they ALL unfreeze. Great for escapes from tricky situations, no good in combat!


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Flash Arrow is a non-aggro, auto-hit, -perception, -acc power best used before a fight, not as you have suggested a mass sleep
It'll do you no good as an "escape tool" except for maybe the fact theyd miss you more or stop chasing you earlier. Both of which would've been established had you of fired it earlier.

Shnyet AWAY

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P.S. no I aint part of the 1AT community, the thought alone, brrr

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Ha, cheeky, i know you love us really, u cant even START a TF without inviting our glory

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Aint really the best PR action around is it?


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You should know that WE'R the best Precison Ranger action going

But yeah On Topic iv signed up to ur boards and am atm trying to decide on
a) powersets
b) route
c) which alt to delete to make this toon

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Indeed, i agree with this post, Build + Aim = yumyum.

But remember kids...

Unslotted Build Up damage ( blaster ) = 100+100
Slotted damage ( 3 SOs ) = 100+95
slotted Build Up Damage = 100+95+100

So Slotted Build Up damage is 295/195 times more than the Slotted attack. This is a 51% boost in damage.

So it starts off by doubling your damage pre-SO's/DO's, but afterwards, it only adds 50%

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I think the main reason for your lack-lustre feelings Chaplain may be becuase of your lack of Buildup.

Devices still has this problem, only way around it i can see is once SO's hit, u can SO up your Targetting Drone, then Slot 2-3 recharge rather than Accuracy and try to outdamage Buildup with multiple hits rather than str8 out damage.

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Indeed, random half-PuG respec ftw!

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Indeed

/tenter hooks for part 2

Excellent writing style.

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most powers have rechare reducers slotted so that the few attack powers I have don't have any pause between them.[...]
3 accuracy in each power

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Um, my maths isn't Rocket Scientist level, but reading these quotes makes me think you're not 3 slotting all your attacks with Damage........

What time will this be starting?

I'd be interested with my Earth/TA controller - 25.
Or if we need some damage, my WS - 29

Played last night too, no problems my end either.

CURSES! completely forgot it was Wednesday when i logged on last night at 9ish

Did most of u crack into double figures? Im still sat at 9 i believe.

Sorry again for missing it.

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WILL have to start getting back into COH!

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Indeed Sir, although as Chilly said, we'r also expanding to CoV now too, so have a VG per AT on Villains.
It's still early days so every1 is still pre-20 pretty much, and the VGs r small but once we'r a bit more established look forward to a post on Union-Villains declaring our arrival

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Acid Arrow, tiny AoE DoT and -res. Permable. Effectively a single target effect.
Glue Arrow, large AoE slow and -recharge. Permable.
Mass Confusion, large AoE confusion available 1/(2-3) of the time
Oil Slick Arrow, large AoE knockdown available 1/2 the time
EMP Arrow, large AoE disorient available 1/3 of the time
Total Domination, large AoE hold available 1/(4-5) of the time.
Hasten, Improve the recharge of all of the above + my single target holds and confuses.



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Edited.

Hmm well to drop 2 from those for your build, id probably agree with Jersey and go without Oil Slick. Then it's a toss up between Total Dom and Acid.

Im not quite there yet, but i can imagine spamming Disrution Arrow and Acid arrow on an AV would debuff then sufficiently.
But there's always a need for AoE holds. Say if you come up against Nemesis (fear resistant) or just to stack ST dominate with to hold the boss, i think it'll always have its uses (especially with the AoE cap).

Good luck with it though Unthing, it looks a real nice build.

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Aeronaut.

I believe Acid does DoT, where Poison does a tick-sleep, so like a DoT but with a sleep rather than dmg, so can actually work out quite nice

Also after a little checkin i may have to hold my hands up here. i checked the release notes and found nothing about Flash Arrow stacking, i'll check the Prima guide once i get home but i MAY well of just been an innocent victim of an evil chinese whisper
So sorry to pre-raise the hopes of a few.

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