Atomic_Toy_Guy

For those keeping count here are the new combination totals:

I saw someone compared blasters to doms as far as power combination choices. Technically blasters currently have less choice then doms. Doms currently have 63 combinations available, while blasters only have 60 combinations.

When you look at it from that angle Masterminds should be b**ching the most because they currently only have 48 choices and after the proliferation they will have a whopping 54 combinations.

So if I am reading this right then Dark Blast will have Tenebrous Tentacles? That means we can have Tenebrous Tentacles and Soul Tentacles? If so saaaawheeeet!

To the OP, the person that rejected you due to your powerset is a tool. Knockback is a part of the game and we all need to deal with it. I've played scrappers, brutes, and tanks and know that it can be annoying when stuff you are beating on gets knocked away. I usually just switch targets to something closer when this happens. Probably why I am not a very good tank though.

On the subject of knockback I've said it once and I'll say it again.

People talk about getting the right angles, shooting from the top, putting them in a corner/against a wall. Yada Yada Yada... In my experience its a waste of DPS time. By the time you get this said perfect angle you could have been applying the damage and had the mob dead. Plus, on indoor maps shooting from above is rarely available as the ceiling is too low for cones. Finding a corner, sure if one is available. And walls well they still tend to bounce off of them and in every direction.

I wish they would change the AOE powers of Energy blast to KD they can keep KB on the single target attacks.

Though on second glance it looks like we are locked in to not getting a proper dark blast primary due to the Soul Mastery Ancillary Pool. It has both Night Fall and Soul Tentacles.

Have you considered Electric? I know it doesn't seem like the best choice but I think it is a very strong choice. It's AOE's are PBAOE and AOE, no cones to worry about. I hate cones with Kins, I try to do anything to avoid having to do the in melee out of melee dance.

I would stay away from Archery at this point if it were me, what used to be my favorite set is now not that fun to play at incarnate levels. By the time the damage drops everything is dead. I have to run ahead to groups to get ROA to be useful, but then I loose the protection of the team tank.

I personally have a Dark/Kin, terrible combo. Not sure why I haven't deleted it and started a new, probably because its 50 and the only 50 kin I have villain side.

Question regarding body guard and resistances?

If a pet has the damage resistance shields on them do they take less damage from body guard? aka making my shields live longer? or is body guard damage unresistable?

I am torn between Demons and Ninjas.

I had a Ninjas/Dark and I still found it painful to keep my pets alive. So I thought Therm might help.

or I could go Demons which I know levels smoothly and overall I know the set is well thought out.

Thoughts/Ideas please advise. If you have a different suggestion feel free to post it. I have played all the MM primaries to their final upgrade so I am pretty familiar with the feel of all of them.

I am basically looking for the set that will have the best synergy with Therm. I wish Cold were available, that would be a No-Brainer with Ninjas!!!

I only want to comment on the idea of using "Ignite", its a waste. Even with the slows at their cap its only has a 4ft radius so enemies will flee from it before it is done doing damage. You would need to have an enemy immobilized to fully utilize it. Adding additional animation time.

My suggestion is to pretend this power doesn't exist and ignore it. Between Oil Slick, Flame Thrower, and Full Auto their should be little left to deal with. What is left can be Buckshot'd, and M30'd to death.

Dual Pistols (DP) Executioner's Shot vs Piercing Rounds

I was wondering with these two powers being so close in damage, is it really worth having both in your build? It seems like the multiple target, range and animation advantage would make Piercing Rounds the better choice?

Thoughts, Ideas?

I also noticed that development of costume pieces in issues has pretty much come to stand still since they started charging for these. I would love for them to take a look a champions and copy some of their tights patterns. We haven't had any decent classic super hero tights patterns in ages.

OK, Why the heck can't I get the Classic Steampunk 01 Sleeves to match the jackets, sloppy, just sloppy! Now I notice that all the pics used to advertise show those sleeves as white with the jacket/shirt white. No wonder, as its the only color combo that even closely matches.

BOOOOOOO!

Looking it over I spotted a couple of things.

I am not sure why you have world of confusion, because with Archery/TA you should rarely if ever be in melee. From the build I can only assume you got this for the ranged defense. You could look at the power mastery pool and look at getting Power Build up, Temp Invul, and Total Focus. If you are going to have a Melee Power might as well be one that packs a wollop. You can slot it with Mako's bite and still get pretty good ranged defense from that set. It also does energy damage so in case your blazing arrow misses you will have a back up to ignite your patch.

No AIM, that is a loss of pretty solid damage buff. The chance for build up in Tactics is nice but really its not reliable and I would probably swap it for vengeance which unless you only solo is much more useful. Even with only one slot.

Consider Swapping Combat Jumping/Super Jump for Hover, Fly. You will have an easier time staying at ranged, you will have better visibility of combat field. Also it won't use any more slots then you have in that combo now.

Acid Arrow doesn't have any accuracy. Probably ok, but not how I usually build.

Six Slots in glue arrow seems like a waste, just for a defense bonus. Same goes for Flash Arrow.


And a word of warning from someone that has both a 50 TA/Archery defender and a 50 Archery/Energy blaster. The time it takes for ROA to apply its damage will force you to have to stay ahead of your team mates. Otherwise with most fast moving high level teams you will find that your ROA will be landing on a field of already dead enemies. Also although I love TA it will feel like you will be behind the ball as far as other sets on fast moving teams due to the time it takes to animate all your debuffs.

So those are my thoughts. Overall your build will work, but I would at the minimum switch to fly and go with Power Mastery.