Atheism

[ QUOTE ]
Coke or Pepsi??? I'm a Coke guy... how about you guys?

[/ QUOTE ]

I don't mind either one, but Pepsi tastes better.

I never seen a Bots/TA before at all which is why I decided to roll one. It's meh from the beginning, and now it's doing alright. My MM is currently sitting at 31 and halfway to 32. I can't wait and hopefully I won't be disappointed.

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
In any case, I think you lost your credibility with masterminds already. In fact your suggestion of not using the drones is the worst solution for reducing knockback. The drones, are likely three or more levels below, reducing the effectiveness of knockback.


[/ QUOTE ]

I think you misunderstand me. I'm not saying that a Robot MM shouldn't summon his bots because they might do knockback. I'm saying that MMs shouldn't summon their first tier pets in large groups because they get in the way of the other players.

[/ QUOTE ]

So decrease a MM's dps for another player's selfish needs?

[ QUOTE ]
Well, I'm pretty much done with this thread since NO ONE seems to understand why almost the entire group getting scattered out of AoE range is a problem (that's not an exaggeration at all, literally every minion except two or three goes flying and runs away). Thanks for the responses, but I'm gonna let this thread die or become a joke thread like most on these forums. >_>

[/ QUOTE ]

No, you're just exaggerating that a few bots can knockback entire mob by itself. Which is highly impossible to say the least.

I don't know why you're complaining so much. MM's pets barely do any knockback at all. One set doesn't even have kb.

Me thinks you're exaggerating because two or three baddies went a few feet out of your melee range.

When it came to leadership, I choose tactics over assault.

[ QUOTE ]
People who say Mercs suck are simply looking for something much more powerful than the game requires and don't find Mercs to present enough opportunities to get there. At least, that has been my impression. In terms of pure gameplay, though, Mercs aren't bad at all.

Something else that seems to bother people is control powers. I don't know why everybody keeps saying that they suck and they're never used right when I keep seeing enemies either stumble around stunned or stand around coughing pretty much the majority of the time. What's more, with two Spec Ops stacking controls, I'm seeing bosses held, at least for a while, pretty much every time I meet one. Stacked with the Poison Gas Trap, I routinely see even elite bosses held for a while. Sure, it's not controllable, but with two holds and two stuns, it's not that unreliable, either.

As for cones, I keep seeing that "5 foot cone" mentioned, which doesn't actually mean anything. Those are 5 DEGREE cones at 80 feet range. Even if we're counting the distance of the cone across at the range of 80 feet, that's still not 5 feet. It's actually more like 7.4 feet. Yes, it's a narrow cone, and yes, I can see how that would put them behind, say, bots, who have a 15 DEGREE cone on their Full Auto Laser, but in actual practice. Mercs still work.

[/ QUOTE ]

I, for one, never said Mercs suck, but I do believe that the rest of the sets are better than it because the rest of the have better AoEs. The only real change I would like to see is that their cones widened to about 15-20 feet. One of the main reasons why I play MMs is because of their AoE output, and having Mercs have pathetic AoEs is kinda sad.

The control powers spec-ops have are unreliable because of their insane recharge times. If they were to cut down the recharge in half, or maybe to one minute and 30 seconds for the other as one poster posted, then I would be a happy camper.

Mercs don't suck, but what they can do, other sets can do it better. Control? Zombies. Ranged damage? Thugs or Robots.

[ QUOTE ]
I see in the comments of posts often that Mercs suck, but I've not found any actual post detailing why.

[/ QUOTE ]

Unreliable control powers, five feet cones, spec-ops don't get stealth strikes, and the medic.

I also wanted to see Dark Blast more than some set called Rad Blast.

Deal with it. You're never going to get Dual Pistols.

MA obliterated the south part of Missouri.

[ QUOTE ]
You used the term "lolDB" and your taking a snipe at Coldmed?....some of us are pots, others are kettles I would assume.

[/ QUOTE ]

I always thought of DB being pretty lulzy the day it came out.

And I always think of Coldmed of being pretty lulzy, too.

[ QUOTE ]
As far as mercs vs thugs, it's all situational really. In a pure damage output scenario, the thugs are superior. They simply do more damage. Especially now that they changed the bruiser's handclap to knockDOWN rather than knockback. Mercs, imo, need a little bit of tweaking. The spec ops' controls need to have their recharge cut in half, and the soldiers' damage bumped up just a bit, say 10-15%. Those two changes would pretty much "fix" the merc set, in my mind.

[/ QUOTE ]

Actually, they would also need to have their cones widened. A five foot cone is pretty pathetic when the rest of the other ranged pets have at least 15 or higher.

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
or just use recov bonus like the rest of us smart people

i see a tank poppin blues ill kick you and do it myself. cant manage your build you certainly cant handle aggro and i dont need a taunt bot.

[/ QUOTE ]

That is a pretty stupid statement. The blues are there to help you manage endurance.

[/ QUOTE ]

It's a coldmed post, expect those kinds of things.

[ QUOTE ]
How many builds have you seen (in game) without Stamina? More to the point, how many competent builds in game have you seen without it?

[/ QUOTE ]

There was two staminaless players on the tf team I was on. One was an Ice/Fire Blaster and the other a Fire/lolDB Tank. Other than those two, I really don't see many people without stamina because it makes life less frustrating.

[ QUOTE ]
Yeah but Necro is fairly meh as Primaries go.

[/ QUOTE ]

Pre-32? Perhaps, but post-32? Being able to fear an entire mob with the help with my upgraded Lich? That's pretty hot.

Shows what I know.

But no combat jumping?

Has anybody else seen this before?

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Freedom

[/ QUOTE ]

There is your problem

[/ QUOTE ] right....

[/ QUOTE ]

I rolled a character in freedom last week and I honestly couldn't stand being in AP because of the sheer stupidity that was going on.

[/ QUOTE ]

What does this have to do with the OP not seeing SR scrappers in Freedom?

[/ QUOTE ]

Who knows. Maybe he was trying to point out that the sky is blue on Tuesdays and that a new baby will be born tomorrow.

As for being on topic, Spines/SR and a DM/SR (work in progress) on Protector. In my opinion, I believe SR is the best secondary there is.

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Plus in Mid's, even with the DoT, T-Strike shows more damage than FSC (I compared Brutes since they're the only ones with the sets).

[/ QUOTE ]

I'm not sure if Mid's shows it, but only your targeted opponent receives the full damage from Thunderstrike. The AoE, which hits other enemies near your target, only does a portion of the damage.

Hope this helps.

[/ QUOTE ]

No, it does full damage to all targets. You're confusing it with Blaster and Dominator T-Strike. Brute and Stalker T-Strike is a 'true' AoE, and is weaker at ST damage than the Blaster version.

[/ QUOTE ]

Are you sure about that? I thought other enemies only took the smashing damage while the one being targeted took all of it.

[ QUOTE ]
I still don't see what people are complaining about, it does the most DPS behind claws on scrappers according to bill's chart.

[/ QUOTE ]

What EM can do, other sets can do it way better.

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Biggest problem I could see for crossing over would be dealing with John Edwards. That guy is a d-bag.


[/ QUOTE ]

The biggest in the Universe, as a matter of fact.

[/ QUOTE ]

And Nancy Grace. I would love to deck that woman in her jaw.

[ QUOTE ]
The intensity of a fight.

[/ QUOTE ]

lol! Right, the battles during the invasions are real intense...

I was waiting for a lulz-worthy post like this.

I'm pretty sure the Rikti are just sick of losing. After probably the 425th lose, they'd get it through their heads that they can't win, but they continue to try and invade Paragon anyways.

Or maybe I shouldn't beat around the bush. What I'm really trying to say is that the devs should stop with the Rikti invasions. They're pretty bland.