Arbegla

The thing is, when comparing the t4 Rebirth to the t4 barrier (so the both have a perma boost on you) the t4 rebirth with +regen pulls MUCH further a head. t4 rebirth gives 200% +regen prema, with bursts of up to 1600% regen, t4 barrier gives 5%res/5% def perma, with bursts of up to 95% res/95%def.

Unless your a tanker or a brute, that resistance on barrier is mostly wasted (past 75%) and that extra defense is mostly overkill (anything over 59% is a waste, agaisnt the incarnate mobs, 45% agaisnt normal mobs) where that +regen is useful at all times, on any AT, PLUS you have that massive heal you can use which can really help out resistance based sets.

The thing with dominators, is that you have to actually do A LOT to make them high damaging. Perma dom is a must, and then you have to lead with your controls, or else things will kill you faster then you kill them. granted, in a full throttle IO dom builds, your bound to have at lest 1 AoE control power up every spawn, so you can really just wreck stuff. It'll just cost you an arm, a leg, and half of your house.

That shouldnt work either, as you can't unslot a power while its recharging (to prevent such a thing from happeneing)

Eh, recharge cap is 400%, counting enhancement values (i think) so 300% is still pretty high (thats in the ballpark of 200% global recharge from set bonuses)

But yes, Blasters on SOs are beasts, Blasters on moderate IOs are still beasts, but everyone else is about on par to what Blasters were on SOs (so blasters are ahead, but barely, in the damage department) blasters on full throttle IOs are again still beasts, but everyone else is now the Omega Beasts which can overshadow what blasters do pretty easily.

Now, while that may be a problem with blasters in general, its really hard to balance. Due to the higher damage potential that blasters have (given the same durablity as a scrapper, the blaster will out damage the scrapper any given day, do to number of AoEs, and sheer higher damage mods) but getting that blaster to those levels of survival, or even adding inherent survival boosts could really turn things into massive tank mages.

Judgements however don't add any survival and just add more ranged damage, which could actually benefit the blaster as much as any other AT. Throw your judgement blast, and then kill whatever is leftover.

I don't have the numbers on hand, but archery is indeed the second higher single target powerset available for blasters, with fire being the first. It was posted in the multiple 'Dual Pistols is low damage' threads, fire was top, archery was second. Gimme a few and i'll try to dig up the threads. I'm at work now, so it may be awhile.

Nope, I've ran my archer in leagues, and done both lambda and baf, and didn't have any problem using Rain of Arrows. you just have to be quick on the draw, and get to groups faster then other people. And Archery has the second highest single target DPS for blasters (fire being the first) No, really, look it up. Archery is literally the second best all around Blaster primary, even with the fact the it is mostly lethal damage (which a hint of fire) due to its quick animation times, and ability to build definance up quickly.


How can you Fulcrum shift something that is already dead? Thats what your already arguing, that judgement adds so much AOE that it steps on blasters toes way too much.

And you do, usually, especially if you go for the badges on lambda, but the highest DPS warworks pet is PURE single target (vicky) and the AoE ones aren't going to add much to your overall DPS due to pulling aggro on themselves and dying (clockwork)

No, by many I mean just about any AoE blasters have available to them. Outside of Ion, none of the judgement powers are affected by +damage (meaning Aim, or Build Up or even defiance) and none of them are affected by +recharge, being you can get Fireball, or Atomic Blast to cycle and do more overall damage per recharge then the judgement powers, and Hail of Bullets, as well as Rain of arrows, and Full Auto can be enhanced to recharge much faster then 90 seconds.


How it is any different then your opinion?

So, your upset that a company, based out of California and Texas is having server maintenance during times where they are in the office, and actually able to see what is going on?

Do you expect them to be up at midnight or later their time (and forgo their families) so that times are more equalized?

Really, I'm annoyed at the constant downtime as well, but as long as they are fixing the issues that are causing the downtime, there is nothing to scream and yell about. I can't play at my peak times, due to children being home, and other real life issues, so while your not able to play during your peak times, I'm not able to pay during my normal times.

Please keep that in mind when scream and yelling that the devs should work at the wee hours of the night their time to make sure you can play during the peak hours of your time.

Why is it not a good thing that a Empathy *arguably the best buffing powerset in the game* can't keep their lore pets buffed long enough to take out a stationary target with limit attacks?

You have to keep in mind that Judgements aren't going to make blasters fade away, or take any thunder away from them. My archer still has Rain of Arrow which does about as much damage at base (and is affected by +dam) as any non-Ion judgement power, and is on about 1/3 the recharge. Ion is broken, that much is true, but the other powers really don't step on any toes.

If you really want to go there, Ageless makes kin's useless, especially at t4 boosts, where its perma, Rebirth makes healers useless (especially the +regen one), Barrier makes all +res and +def shields useless (again, at higher tiers once its perma) and clarity makes any mez protection useless (even toggles!)

Interface doesn't add enough to really affect anything, and while Lore is amazing, its just a DPS trinket you can use every 15 mins that lasts for 5 mins. If you don't kill your thingy within 5 mins, then you have to wait another 10 in order to try it again.

There are so many AoEs that do more damage then judgements on much faster recharges that it really won't affect blasters at all. Heck, the majority of those AoEs are available to blasters already. I think, aside from Shield Charge and Lighting Rod, the other powers that rank as high as Judgement powers (the 400-500 damage range) are ONLY available to blasters, due to AT scaling. A defender's Rain of Arrows isn't going to match a Judgements, and while a Corruptor's may get close, its only during Scourge.

Blasters already had to tools to clear large spawns in seconds, and while they have always been squishy to make up for it, using IOs as a metric is not what the Dev's have been doing. Just because IOs have been in the game for going on 11 issues, doesn't mean the Dev's are balancing around them. And once you peel back those IOs, blasters have the most available damaging powers in the game. No other AT has damage/damage as their powerset choices. Its usually only damage/ or /damage but never both like a blaster does.

Overall, blasters are performing just fine. They still do damage, they still make things melt, and they are still AoE kings.

And t3 (or higher) reactive interface procs, in addition to t3 (or 4) destiny (barrier) keeping said pets alive..

Its really not that much effort. Just because you can't (or won't) do it, doesn't mean its a problem.

Speed boost, while awesome, does not need to be on all allies at all times. Unless your lower level, and endurance is a problem, you really only need Speed boost for big bad fights (to keep DPS high, and prevent endurance crashes) If your using its as a 'must buff everyone' power then your doing something wrong.

Siphon Power and Fulcrum shift stack. I see Siphon power as something you use on small groups (or AVs) as Fulcrum won't get you much more benefit, and Siphon costs less endurance and recharges faster. You can easily stack Siphon power up to 3 times, so if your fighting smaller groups, your better off just using siphon power, instead of Fulcrum shift. if you have groups bigger then 3 mobs, then use fulcrum.

Pretty much that easy.

with full f4 boosts.. Hell, empathy defenders can do pylons in under 2 unders now with t4 boosts.

In solo situations, with IOs maybe. But Ya know, my fire/fire blaster can deal more damage quicker on SOs then my fire/fire dom can on those same SOs. While i have to hold and control things with my dom before i can nuke freely, my blaster can just blaze/fire sword mobs and literally cut them to pieces.

The best comparison is overall. Are blasters being out performed in damage, overall. Yes there are specific powerset of other ATs combinations that can out perform other specific combinations of blaster ATs, but lets see a elec/shield solo a GM without temp powers. a fire/mental blaster can....

I really don't think blasters have anything to worry about in the damage department overall.

When compared to the other HERO ATs, it is. Once you start factoring in villains ATs, and Veats, and blasters start getting lower on the damage list. And for pure AOE carnage, nothing can out damage a blaster. Even if blasters have more attacks then they need, that just means they have more options when stuff hits the fan. while -rech can cripple other builds, blasters just keep on blasting due to have so many options.

Plus it really does depend on the player behind the AT. A swiss army knife may not be too dangerous in my hands, but if you give them to a trained operative, and you've given them multiple different ways to kill someone in addition to other things they could do with it.