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Blasters are listed as the damage kings yet their damage is capped BELOW that of scrappers. Why?

The max damage of a Blaster is 400%...a Scrapper is 500%. We did this because the Scrapper is involved in melee and thus in a riskier situation far more often. Blasters, on the other hand, can pick and choose their targets from a distance.

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That was - and is - the reason why Blaster damage is capped lower than Scrappers. I did forget to add that the ranged attacks of mobs deal less damage (typically) than melee attacks - and the Blaster is generally the target of raned attacks.

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1. Open mouth
2. Insert foot
3. Check the internal servers to see if devs are playing the same game...again.

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Okay, now it's confirmed: Paladin can spawn at any of the three sites.

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Does this mean you've seen the paladin construction site at all 3 spawn points? (not all at the same time, of course)

I only ask because I fought the construction site at the same spot you pictured in the guide and all the screenies I've seen posted have been at that same spawn point: the one in the SW by Industrial Ave.

Have you, or anyone else, fought the paladin construction site at any of the other locations?

one more addition for the guide:

10.5 Avoid contractions (you know, using an apostrophe? uh...this thing: ')

Anyway, here's where it would go:
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There is no extended maintenance. They're trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it.

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Great guide, BTW! 5 stars!

I remember staying logged in all day, whether I was playing or not.

I remember seeing people get off a tram for the first time and rushing up only to find I couldn't enter. I figured I wasn't high enough level yet. It took a week before a friend told me I was trying to enter the tram exit.

I remember dreading any mission in Perez Park

I remember spending days just Super Jumping at lvl 14

I remember running into Behemoths on the rooftops in King's Row

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Are you people actually playing the game, or simply reading about the next FotM on the forums and day dreaming?

Also, if you're a blaster and your main concern is defence/resist, may I recommend you A) Don't play a blaster or B) Get Phase shift and learn to use it.

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I actually play the game...a lot. And as a blaster, I'm always looking for a better way to stay alive.

I played for 32 levels (on this char) without even THINKING about defense. The OP had some new ideas, I had a respec that I didn't really care about and a free one coming, so I figured, 'what the heck?'

I gave it a test and noticed the end drain is a killer and the def boost seemed minimal.

Expect more blasters to start thinking about defense esp with the changes to bosses in I3. I've read about more than a few blasters complaing of being one-shot or one-shot at 80% health and dropping.

If you could add something constuctive about phase shift instead of just being demeaning, it might actually help a few blasters out there.

Looking for a little help here. Respec'd my char to try out some of these defense ideas and now I'm out of end!! lol

picked these up:
Smoke grenade
Cloaking Device
Tough

with the free respec, I'm going to add in the fitness pool for endurance and health. And next level I'm adding in weave.

Question: what do I really want to be running in battle? I've noticed that tough is a nice in a fight, esp when a slicer gets thru the caltrops, but it still doesn't seem to be a nice as having the end to finish him off.

Is cloaking device really helping after they've been SG'd? I haven't noticed a significant decrease in the times I'm hit with CD on. Heck, I haven't noticed a significant decrease in being hit after SGing a mob, either.

And will weave really make that big of an impact?

Do these need to be slotted heavily to make a diff? Right now I'm running 3 slots each, with one slot dedicated to end reduction.

OMG! Someone actually gave the OP a star?!?

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Trouble Shooter - All Hail the Computer (10 points if you get the reference)


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I'd take your points but I'd be too 'PARANOID' that someone would hunt me down for them. Besides, if the computer isn't giving out the points they're probably not good for me. Where's my pills?!?

Just read that smoke grenade is nerfed. Will it still be a useful defense for blasters? I just picked it up after reading this guide and haven't had a chance to slot it yet. Don't want to waste my slots if it's no good anymore.

There are few things that could be more evil than the
/celphone emote

maybe only topped by an emote where the villian reads a comic, but is damaging the spine!!

Actually, as a counter to the heroes' newspaper, we should get
/blueprints or /master plan that we can look over...or even /world domination for dummies