Athena Six

I have a Mind/Energy i really enjoy playing, ( went with energy over psi because shes Praetorian and well with all the clockworks, seers, ghouls, etc figured it would be best anywhose) I have reached the point where i am about to take hasten but i kinda want stealth ( shes a flyer part of the whole carnival of light concept so no SS). Stealth+Stealth IO would be rather nice to position for my mass powers.

So now the question just how important is permadom to a Mind/Energy? That mez protection is sweet but I am just not sure which direction to go.

I rather like the gender Neutral..this adds a whole other level of naivete..Not only does this being not understand its world around it. but does not understand the complexities of gender interaction.. sex, love, etc could all be alien concepts..

The first thing that sprang to mind while reading that was the Morlocks ( HG Wells Time Machine) >Then letting my imagination go , i could envision a race of "created" workers on a parrael earth. These new " humans" were far more bestial bred in labs for work, sports, etc.

But despite there nature and the control exerted on them by there "masters" these let us call them Proto-Humans were still intelligent enough to eventually realize they were abused and mistreated and threw down there over lords destroyed the labs and there they lived until Portal corp Discovered their dimension.

Well that's the imagery i got reading what you told us most likely not the most original but what is anymore!.. maybe it will help!

So based on that.. I would see them as Brawn over brain.. but enough brain to problem solve ( think early human) Brutes or stalkers.

Technology and clothes : Because they overthrew their more advanced master i could see them using items and clothing from there former controllers maybe Hi-Tech mixed with animal skins? Or.. or ! Like a Noble savage look!

Powers: well i would say right off Brute.. maybe mace nothing to fancy like STJ or martial arts but SS would be good..

Origin could go Science or natural...

If this GUIDE is current yes you get life time access to inventions at tier 7...

And i am no Expert but from what reading i have done.. Shield and SR seem to be the cheapest secondaries to soft cap on SOs.

Hope the Link helps and fiances get better for you soon!

MM was my very first AT, i had just come from... that other MMO with the elves >.> and though "oh glee! 6 pets!!" looking over the secondaries I thought "hmm robots and force fields that's super cool.. oh wait gadgets those look really cool..." then i saw Pain domination and said "healing! that's what i want to go with my 6 awesome pets!" and away I went and made my very first AT ( A decision i kick myself for to this day!) Lesson here, this isn't that -other- game. :P

BUT: I leveled that MM up clear to 50 most of it on my own solo I will not say it was a power house.. Nemesis made me cry( hello AOE and autohit!) I worked her build and reworked her build she's incarnate soft capped to S/L and 40% ranged with resists in the 40s with world of pain running. So i can survive even when my bots get smashed to bits from all the AoE in higher level content.

Are they "gimped" no,A fact proven by the fact that i did and still do prove to be formidable with one of the less strong MM seconds! Could they use some polishing? oh yes . They can be a frustrating AT, but there are times they really shine.

I was going to do this contest, but then i took an arrow to the knee.

"So now you have come for my fez? You fools, do you not think I would not harness its power for myself!?"

BEARD ENTANGLEMENT

Thanks Plainguy! I did indeed read that thread and several others you replied to, both about Beam and Blasters in general. I have to confess you are a wealth of information and i always appreciate your insightful and honest posts.

So while i may have come here to seek advice on Beam /rad or/dark you just convinced me to give a Beam/Dev a try!

So there was a thread asking questions about Beam a bit ago, I never know the proper rules so i just created a new one rather than necro/hijack the other.

I bought the Beam Rifle set in preparation for retro sci-fi costumes ( ray guns and jet packs yay!) I want to hover blast so as much as i'd like traps it's not fitting my concept.. the whole no aerial trip mine thing you know. I rolled a beam/rad and it's.. ok though I am not sure i am playing her right..and now I am having second thoughts.. Perhaps Dark is the way to go.. dark seems interesting with it's heal and "controls" tar patch to keep pesky flying mobs away from me..shadowfall that can be coupled with a stealth proc for ghosting missions kinda sorta...Both seem like fun but of course i want the most fun! No one likes face planting all the time.. OK maybe blasters :P

I have spent days reading throguh the corrupter and the blaster forums tryign to get ideas for builds and strategies.. not a lot of love out there for Beam

What I am not to sure of is the soloness ( huh is that even a word?) of beam/rad or beam/dark.. and when i say solo i mean from level 1 on up not just soloing at level 50 with incarnate powers.

Which is better for said solo in your opinions? /rad or/dark.. What are some strategies for fighting? Right now my Beam/rad is only 16 and fighting consists of applying toggle and spinning around while shooting things underneath me.. or taking it full in the face inside caves.

Side note i did consider FF/Beam fender but... meh i kinda like all the orange numbers! "Bzzzht disentergrate.. scourge "

Thanks for any input

I play a bots/PD MM she was my first character i did not know better but i still enjoy playing her a lot and i am quite good at it.

I always find it interesting in these discussions how some MM's are like "man this sucks!" and others are like" no problems here!" Here are some of my observations and opinions

As far as BaF goes they fixed that runaway pet thing.. thank god and MMs are quite good at Baf.

LAM.. i just dismiss the things.. the pace you have to run and the fact they may or may not clog the doors i find it just easier to send them away till i fight Marauder. I spend my time healing /buffing inside. ( this has earned me a participation penalty a few times =/)

TPN I do not even bother calling out my tier 1s even with the new "fixed" cocktails they still get one shot being on passive does not stop them from getting hit anyway! so i mostly just use my tier 2 and 3.

Keyes.. hrm this one is.. well again lots of movement and again even on passive your minions still get aggro. So what you end up doing is dragging a nice little train with you or again your bots just get creamed while your moving to the next objective or trying to keep up with the group.

Even with level shifting minions still... lack something Tech bot is having issues and Bots traps are.. pretty darn potent!

Is it frustrating? yes oh heck yes.. do i feel useless? Nah my secondary has value. I have even thought about making a second build with my weapons and just Tier 2 and 3 minions to use on trials. Do i wish Minions scaled better and got tougher?( and i'm not talking about level shifting) oh sure i do! But.. that's not likely to happen anytime soon. From what i have researched MMs have not gotten any love in a very long time and likely will not for some time to come... so i will enjoy what i do have! In Solo content shes a beast now that i have a couple shifts!


On a side note why is it.. in nearly every thread where someone talks about something not working.. someone says " oh yeah.. well well PvP is broke!" My advice? Do what i said in the paragraph above accept that it is not going to change anytime soon and enjoy what you have now!

Couple things.. Am i seeing this right Min. Level 47? That gives me a sad face i was hoping to use one for my energy/energy blaster so she could actually hover down some!

Which makes me wonder if theses will even be transferable ( you know like winter's gift)

I tend to be Thematic and I'm a RPer, my Dark/Dark and Ill/Rad controllers both magic origin ran the Croatoa arcs while my technology and science origins tend to ignore the place.

I always run TF's because of accolades and i really enjoy the Incarnate trials.

But mostly i enjoy the little stories for me it is like reading books with myself as the main character. I even rolled a widow on red side to enjoy that content.

That seemed to fix it.. it seems they like Medium Quality water reflections not low quality.

So.. I have been doing BAF trials and if I summon my bots when i enter the area just after the cut scene..they tear off across the grass and head to the wall! ( the one you normally fight Siege and Nightstar at) Before i even have a chance to upgrade them, heck before i even have a chance to get them all out! I have to start spamming follow/passive and stay/passive to get them to sit still and even then i am not even sure if that is working.

If I summon them at the wall they tear off around it heading east. Again i have to spam follow/stay. How ever if i summon them at the sidewalk to the south they seem to behave. The whole thing is rather embarrassing.

There is nothing nearby when this happens to agro them, and the direction they always go has nothing there at least nothing i can see!

I have only Done BAF , LAM and TPN on my MM, of the three BAF and LAM have caused my bots to run amok as soon as i summon them

Let me add I am quite familiar with pet controls having two bars devoted to various commands ( i prefer macros over binds)

The question is.. does this happen to anyone else? if it does what is the cause of this behavior. Or am i seeing the Pathing/AI issues i keep hearing about?

So using some of the wonderful tips i have found here i made a pool how ever when I put the slow field down I could not see the effect. I checked my graphic settings the water was set to low quality I moved the slider the effects appeared I moved the slider back to low the effects persisted... I logged out logged back in the effects were gone!

Any Idea what the cause of this is? or is it broken?

I think Cole has not been the real Cole for years , Only a automaton under the control of Calvin Scott, Used to continue his misguided revolution. With out Cole the resistance would die and Calvin would sink deeper into the depths of his insanity because.. Scott is not all that stable either!

Failing that? I think Cole should be banished to another earth, a primitive one like primeval one and the portal closed for ever! ( or at least until the next Issue because superman taught us that banished does not always mean for ever)

With the addition of the portals will or have beacons been placed in Imperial city, Night ward, First ward etc for Base teleporters?

This might seem silly to some, I Pretend the character that wants the patron pool is going under deep cover to get close to the patron to steal their powers/techniques/technologies and then once i'm good and close I attack Lord Recluse himself!( if you are 45) you get a whole slew of badges for doing all this plus while you're there you can get the efficiency expert badge ( not sure if there is a blue side equivalent).

The only part i do not like would be the Vigilante to villain tips wow some are SO mean! But once your on red.. some of the missions are great!

In fact just recently my Main, a robotics MM stole Black Scorpions armor tech and spanked Recluse before she returned home. I had a lot of fun even made a " evil" costume while i was on red side.

When it was all said and done it left me with a feeling of accomplishment! and yes this is my third character to side switch.

My Staff/EA Brute, The team i was on were Battling Malta we entered one of those large lobby rooms..I am not real sure what happened to start this but i hear the tank say second group aggroed, i pop a purple then I hear him say third group aggroed, I pop a orange i look up to see the tanks gone black in my team window then the other members go black as they all face plant someone yells for the Kin defender to run! I pout and pop another purple as a fourth group agro

So hear i am Ho! Haha! Guard! Turn! Parry! Dodge! Spin! Ha! Thrust! with this mass of Malta around me and a even larger mass of bodies at my feet like some kind of Frank Frazetta painting thinking I got this, I got this, when...The fender pulls everyone back including me with ATT..i remember still staring at the screen mashing my buttons!

I have a Shield/Electric that i just adore. Having just acquired a full set of Might of the tank i decided to poke around to see where the best place to slot it is. What i saw confused me many tanks place it in charged brawl. Is there a specific reason for that?

My First instinct is to slot that in Thunder Strike because of all the recharge the set gives me. The only thing i could think is that you would loose set bonuses from Sciroccos's.