Amazing_Shnyet

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2. Solo vs Team. To my mind, the penalty for being easy to solo should be you are less valuable to teams (not by a lot mind). This clearly is the case for fenders, trollers, and tanks vs scrappers, but there dosent seem to be any meaningful difference in value when a team chooses a scrapper or blaster for damage output. And yet, scrappers are far easier to solo than blasters.


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I think being able to Nuke every other mob post-33 (counting slots) gives Blasters the edge in team damage output by quite a margin.......

I think its WAI at the moment to be honest.
The Risk Vs Reward thing can be looked at from many different viewpoints. You seem to be looking from the "Xp is the reward" where i think the Devs look at "Effectiveness" as the reward.

Hence for a Blaster AT, melee Range Blaps are more risky than ranged damage, hence deal more damage. So your "reward" for taking the "risk" is doing more damage.

Scrappers have LESS risk in melee because of their shields, so have reduced damage compared to Blasters.

IMO i think your two points are already in fine working order

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happily steel

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Pun-tastic!

Happy Belly Fruit Day Steelio.

I see CAKE!

CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE CAKE.

Muhahahaha, gotchya Steelio!

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Wow,
How lucky are you!
getting noodle soup from a real chav miner!
Isn't it.

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Edited for Accuracy

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*puts special jacket on and returns to padded room*


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Hmm... Wise man... Level 50 Energy/Energy/Fire blappers are not to be trifled with... Especially when he's still on his I3 build (Not ED friendly) and used to solo AV's when bored...

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*puts FFM in the padded room next to Terra for safety........complete with crash helmet*

[i]Of COURSE you solo'd Av's, yes........yes, oh you big strong man you..........here we go, here's your soup....[/b]

Taking down 5 times as many mobs as the Scrapper IS the Blasters reward.

Xp is just a nice addition

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*throws Shnoob back down the mines.... from the top of the tree...???)


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That's using Power Boost, Aim and Buildup obviously, cos thats one helluva shot

And we love ya really Rude Boi, ur insistent constant enthusiasm brings a smile to my face and outside 10 coffee's and a redbull, its outta my reach most days

*goes to find coffee*

I rolled a Claws/DA last night too funnily enough, so to avoid starting another thread to ask a few questions i'll step into this one if you don't mind

I hear you saying go for Acro for the KB protection, and yeah thats fine, especially with PBAoE's etc.
But is it generally better thought of to go for Combat Jumping to stack with Cloak of Darkness defense wise, or could i go Jump Kick, to replace Brawl as a chain filler (although the animation is quite long, the KU effect is nice).
Or alternatively, I could go Hover for the KB resist, TP for travel. I've used this system on my Blaster before, and although effective, im worried that it wouldn't work for a Scrapper with only one Ranged attack until 32 (even though TP would fit in with the Concept/DA a lot better).

Does Cloak of Darkness just have the same defense bonus as say Stealth? Or is it higher?

If i don't take Cloak of Fear, and slot heavily for EndRed, is it possible to run Stamina-less?
I'd much rather have Stimulant/Aid Self/*other* than the fitness pool tbh.

I've run 3-4 toons past 30s without Stamina, but i think DA could be the set to break my tradition

Oh and is the General Consensus that Follow Up is slotted correctly here (heavily damage) or, slot for Recharge for the stack-able double damage buff?

Cheers guys, much appreciated.

You'll be back, they always come back

Sorry to hear you leaving fella. Take Care.

Come back soon y'hear.

That's "1AT Coalition Thread". So........yeah kinda, but thats all the SG's rather than spamtastic Ranger stylee.

Nicely done Wease. It's been a while since I've teamed with that toon..........but to be fair its been around for a while too

Good Luck on the next one!

Too much early morning coffee there Rude Boi?

Gett'im Jum.

Indeed, PvE would be nice. Here's what i built just as a musing for a Blaster before, to test what defenses etc could be reached ;

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1. Blast - 6 slotted
2. Energy Punch - 6 slotted
4. Buildup - 3 slotted
6. Combat Jumping - 5 slotted
8. Hasten - 3 slotted
10. Boxing - 6 slotted
12. Hurdle - 1 slotted
14. Super Jump - 1 slotted
16. Tough - 5 slotted
18. Swift - 1 slotted
20. Stamina - 3 slotted
22. Weave - 5 slotted
24. Bonesmasher - 6 slotted
26. Power Boost - 3 slotted
28. Power Burst - 6 slotted
30. Stealth - 5 slotted
32. Invisibility - 2 slotted
35. Aim - 4 slotted
38. Total Focus - 6 slotted
41. Frozen Armour - 5 slotted
44. Snow Storm - 3 slotted
47. Hibernate - 3 slotted
49. Power Push - 1 slotted

Just as a rough outline. But beware of exemping down cos u could be left with about 2 attacks

Attack chain of Snow Storm, Power Blast, Power Push, Energy Punch, Bonesmasher, Total Focus, Boxing (filler if needs be).

Total Peak Defense of - 57.41%

Seemed to have no problems with slotting, even slotting all Passives and Defense earners with endred. Had slots to spare at the end.

Could be altered due to preference to have 52.16% Defense and a self heal, by dropping Stealth and Invis for Stimulant and Aid Self.

Still a marked improvement on Ice's base 21.4% defense (or 36.4% with PB) and use of other Ice Epic powers....



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So change the blasts for holds etc and this could be quite potent.

Even though this would have to be a level 50 respec. Playing through those levels would be hell

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[censored]? Blazing Bolt scores lower than Blaze?? I think not.


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Well its DPS so recharge etc wouldve been taken into account.
IIRC a SS Tankers highest ST DPS attack is Jab.

Surely a Dominator with */Nrg could build an SR-esque Dominator with upwards of 60% Defense for long periods of time.

Power Boost would double Defense, hence any Defense based EPIC shield, coupled with maybe Weave and Combat jumpin could give some nice numbers. I did some maths for Blasters before. I think the only difference is that Dominators Power Boost has a longer recharge doesnt it?

So a 60% Defense toon with holds, blaps and Domination any1? Sounds pretty strong to me.

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so how comes Fire cages does? isnt it the same as that dark tentacles thing? but just with out the tentacles? =P

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The Fire one might do more damage or some such.

Powers may do the same thing and have the same animation, but theyr mainly different.

Bonesmasher = Havoc Punch, but one is disorient, another is sleep, etc etc.

Oh right, i see what u mean

I apologise for Monday morning slow-ness (especially after long weekend of xp-bashing )

*hunts for coffee*

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The fact that you can slot form powers before you get the form?

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Aaaaah, no wonder I wouldn't notice. My PB is tri-form.

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...Pardon?

That's the only time you WOULD notice.

When you next do a respec, the first bit will be the same (pick your powers in order they become available) but then when it comes to the slotting, you can slot ALL your inherent form powers from level 1

Thats why in that link i provided, the screenshot showed a person who was level 20 or so, and had about 15 slots added to his Dwarf powers.

IIRC you can't slot the ACTUAL power (ie for Endmod, DmgRes etc), only the inherents.

I think its a gr8 change personally and made a noticeable difference to my build.

I assure you, it'll be ANYTHING but quiet this weekend. Servers are gunna blow Jim!

And if its quiet the rest of the time for you, just try to extend your global friends list, or join a nice SG.

Feel free to add @Amazing Shnyet to ur list. Im on quite a bit

Hmmm, Id say just go with whatever big team is online at that time. If there's a 7man team going around the Av's jump in on that, and alternatively, a 7 man team spanking Dr Vahz is gunna need a Defender

I'll be around both levels over the weekend, so as usual, look me up.

Snipe!

Ph43r me mighty stick!

Burst!

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What change to form slotting?

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Uuuuuum THIS one.

And i find i can survive just fine in Nova, bit of kiting, lovely KB, then SC once im done.With mires, it only takes bowt 3 shots to clear an entire mob of 16 anyway. Or a well placed Unchain
I guess the 50 levels of Nrg² blasting helped me out in that respect

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Warshades need loooaaddss of slots though for the dam aoe's

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It used to be quite tight, but since I7 and the change to form slotting, it's relatively easy to slot a WS in a variety of ways.

Cryo Freeze Ray is a mag 3 hold, fast animation (it has draw time, but the hold activates early), fast recharge and added accuracy.

Body Armour is lower Resistance compared to the other EPIC armours, but is a passive. Hence it costs no endurance, and also doesnt come off if you get mez'd.

Sleep Grenade is a Ranged AoE sleep. Quite powerful but you'll need your team to understand what's going on. I dont see your Blaster in your sig, so dont know what sets you are. Consider it if you're Energy or Ice. PRetty much forget it if you're AR or Fire.

LRM is a very nice power. Its a mini nuke with Snipe range. With Aim + Buildup it'll take down every minion in a +1 spawn and leave leuts left with just a tickle.

Hope that helps.
Good luck