Airhammer

Originally Posted by Snowzone

Everything else is getting old and new stuff on i21 launch so why shouldn't Doms?

Originally Posted by StratoNexus

They really should redo all the descriptions come Freedom. Blasters are not heroes, corruptors are not villains. The villain descriptions have the extra "role" descriptor, the Hit Point descriptor is not useful information for a new person, and the style of the descriptions are different (the villains use "You will" or "You are" but the heroes say "He can" or "he does"). Some sample new descriptions follow.

Tanker
The Tanker is an irresistible force combined with an immovable object. This Archetype can withstand the attacks of large groups of foes while still inflicting good damage.

Tankers are not totally invulnerable, but their skills allow the other Archetypes to play their parts, too. Tankers are effective hand to hand combatants and through attacking and drawing enemy attacks upon themselves they are an asset to any group. They primarily engage enemies in melee and through various methods keep many threats focused on themselves, instead of allies.

Tankers proudly stand in the front lines of battle in order to protect their comrades and punish any enemies.

• Roles: Meat-shield, Damage
• Damage Mitigation: Very High
• Damage: Medium
• Support: High
• Primary Power Category - Defense
• Secondary Power Category - Melee

Blaster
The Blaster is an offensive juggernaut. Whether up close or afar, he can deal out tremendous amounts of damage.

In comparison to the other Archetypes, the Blaster is the most damaging to the enemy. With potent attacks that cover a wide area, they can often eliminate many lesser enemies quickly. But the Blaster is quite fragile; this Archetype has relatively little ability to avoid enemy retaliation. Situational awareness is their best method of survival, but they do have some helpful, if limited, means to control foes.

Blasters must be on their guard before getting into combat; while their immense power can overcome most foes, alone they are quite vulnerable. The Blaster can turn the tide of a conflict, but they need their allies to help them succeed.

• Roles: Damage
• Damage Mitigation: Low
• Damage: Very High
• Support: Low
• Primary Power Category - Ranged
• Secondary Power Category - Melee/Utility

Corruptor
The Corruptor is a superb range attacker who can weaken foes and embolden allies with a wide variety of powers.

They have potent debuffs to cripple enemies and solid buffs to enhance the abilities of teammates, making them quite valuable to group. Dealing good damage from a safer distance, the Corruptor can unleash impressive blasts.

Fortunately, Corruptors have Scourge, a special ability that allows them to deal a critical final blow to already weakened enemies. As an enemy’s health drops, their chances for a critical strike dramatically increase, making the Corruptor a deadly foe.

• Roles: Buff/Debuff, Damage
• Damage Mitigation: Medium
• Damage: Medium
• Support: High
• Primary Power Category - Ranged
• Secondary Power Category - Buff/Debuff

Brute
Brutes are made to fight and revel in hand-to-hand combat.

With strong offensive Power Sets designed to inflict punishment and impressive defenses to take it, they're the best there is in a straight melee fight. Protracted battles only make them more fierce and their attacks gain power because of it. They can draw the attention of enemies, which can be an aid to less durable teammates as well as fuel for their attacks.

They build up Fury as they attack and are attacked, multiplying their base damage potential dramatically. This unique combination of powers makes their strategy one of speed and aggression.

• Roles: Damage, Meat-shield
• Damage Mitigation: High
• Damage: High
• Support: Medium
• Primary Power Category - Melee
• Secondary Power Category - Defense

Scrapper
No lone enemy wants to cross paths with a Scrapper - because odds are that only the Scrapper is going to walk away.

Ferocity and skill make the Scrapper a master of hand to hand combat. Alone or with allies, they will seek out those who oppose them and bring them down. While not as effective as Brutes or Tankers at drawing enemy attacks, they can assist in keeping enemies off less durable allies.

The Scrapper is resilient, only Tankers and Brutes can withstand more damage. They have impressive attacks and on top of that the ability to inflict random critical attacks, which can deliver devastating damage to enemies.

• Roles: Damage, Meat-shield
• Damage Mitigation: High
• Damage: High
• Support: Low
• Primary Power Category - Melee
• Secondary Power Category - Defense

Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood

The character is an elementalist, and as such I really want powers to represent all four of the classical elements (water and air sort of get combined with powers like Sleet and Ice Storm). Additionally I want the powers associated with the element to tie into the general theme of the elements. I like Earth Control since it ties in well with Earth (solid and reliable, using terrain to hinder your foes). Fire I associate with rage and aggression so I want that for my primary attack powers. That means Air/Water as the third set.

In the case of a Controller that lends itself to Earth/Cold/Fire or Earth/Storm/Fire but for a Dominator it leads more towards Earth/Fire/Ice. The alternative combos of Ice/Stone/Fire or Earth/Ice/Fire just don't work as well thematically.

Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood

Any comments/suggestions regarding Ice Mastery on a Earth/Fire Dom? I'm mostly planning to take Sleet, Frozen Armor and Ice Storm. I'm not sure about Hoarfrost, it's a decent power but the recharge seems a bit long to make it useful. Hibernate is one of those powers that just doesn't work well for me, I tend to play to close to the edge to activate it in time (Oh, no need to Hibernate I can win this! *splat*).

I have a Earth/Storm/Fire Controller and while he's ok I find that I don't really enjoy playing Storm Summoning that much. Consequently I'm thinking of re-rolling him as either an Earth/Cold/Fire Controller or an Earth/Fire/Ice Dominator.

It looks like Ice Mastery should work out well with both Earth Control and Fiery Assault even if I will end up with a LOT of location target powers .

Originally Posted by Kinrad

I never should have made my Ice tank an energy melee.
That stupid -hp attack is my biggest hitter and threatens to get me killed all the time. The (almost) complete lack of AoE angers me as well.

Some day I might finish the last 3 levels to 50, but every time I *think* about playing him I wish I had a different attack set. The Defense and aggro control are amazing though.

Originally Posted by The_Spad_EU

As much as I love my Ice Tank, Psi damage, DE Quartz' and Rularuu still kick my **** on a regular basis.