Ad Astra

I am finding my Sonic/Energy a lot of fun (her name is Pam Demonium, what a coincidence, eh?). Sonic gets an AoE Sleep relatively quickly, which aids soloing.

Fire/Ice is also good. Lay down an Ice Patch, back up to let them chase you, add Rain of Fire - much hilarity ensues.

Actually all my blasters are fun, just some need a bit more strategery than others.

Nope - It just makes it easier for me to read. I hate the font on the new forums.

Nice job reading something into a post that wasn't there.

I guess it was my mistake to open your thread and post - something that hasn't been done by others, I see.

Anti_Proton - I still don't see the point of switching the Primary & Secondary. Are you suggesting changing the numbers to make the Defender switched "primary that used to be a Secondary" match Corruptor or Blaster(?) numbers?

I can choose to emphasize either my Primary or Secondary now by using my second build. The solo build uses more blasts from the secondary and ignores the teaming powers like Heal Other & CM.

I think the Devs' answer to the issue of difficult soloing by some powersets was to add the Second Build feature (more than adding the Vet Powers as suggested by Lothic, though she? has a point). I think by using a second build, you make soloing a defender much easier, no matter the powerset.

Actually, it would be easy to farm being "active" since the most likely measure of activity would be a power being fired off - just put your character somewhere and set up something to auto-fire (aura heal, PBAoE, etc. - something that doesn't need a target) all night. You could even auto-run or auto-fly into a wall.

I'm also not in favor of the OP's suggestion because I don't see any value to promoting that kind of behavior and it doesn't really offer any kind of "marker" to distinguish playing ability or anything else.

What's a "Natural" Blaster?

I don't know if I can make it this week. I will show up in Portal Court if I can and take my chances at getting an open spot, but the hubby is on break between trimesters this weekend, so we go do something like head over to a friend's for a cookout (gasp - the sun!)

Good luck!

Just curious - why does every proposal like this say "except level 50's"?

What makes a level 50 character inherently more valuable to keep than a level 49.5 character?

Not that I support name purging in general, but if it's going to be done, then why exempt the 50s?

QFT to both of these. Very irritating. I first noticed it late yesterday, but it may have been going on for longer than that.

This is me as well.

Although if I do have a numbers question - my sister plays the game about 10 feet away from me and she is really a number-crunching kinda gal a lot of the time - so I can just ask her if my general impression is supported by the numbers.

Wow - Zek wasn't bashing you, she was trying to explain some potential difficulties based on player knowledge of the game engine, which she has garnered over many discussions with the devs and on these boards. If you think that was pwning a noob, you were wrong.

Please link me to these blaster guides which diss the use of any of the melee attacks in the Energy Manipulation secondary. I'm gonna say you have been selective in your choice of guides, because there are many out there that do not support your point that Blasters need to stay at range.

If your Blaster is staying at range, yer doin' it wrong. Enemies don't always let you do that and you need a better survival strategy than "run away!", like smack it back out of your face. Not using the melee attacks in your secondary means gimping yourself unnecessarily and limiting your use on a team.


And it seems like a silly use of their time, based on Zek's point that the weapons are many different sizes and one emote would not work for all of them. Suggest away, but don't be hurt if someone comes along and says that they think it would not be a good use of development time.