Blue_Fenix

So skip the cone immob. You don't need it on a Dominator at all. Frees up a power choice for something more useful.

Max's arc doesn't give a component roll at all. To make up for that, Dream Doctor's arc has 2 reward tables, but is also twice as long.

I recommend doing each Arc fully once a week, with the mission from Taskmaster Gabriel in your missions list, so you get the 2 Emp Merits per week. You don't have to do all of Max's to qualify, though, just the last mission.

Then, if you've gotten through all of them and still have part of the week left, re-run Heather's arc - it's the fastest and easiest.

Also, difficulty setting has no impact on the final rewards, and -1 enemies have the same drop rates (except for Inf, Xp, and Prestige) as +4's. Thus, I run stuff in DA on either -1/x0 (when I'm in a hurry) or -1/x8 (when I want drops) most of the time.

Yes, debuffs and resistance on the enemy will affect the damage like normal. Judgement is flagged to be unaffected by buffs on the caster, but I don't think there's anything in this game that is flagged to ignore debuffs and buffs on the target.

You can't. There is no way to choose the location on the ground without a mouse click.

However, there IS a way to speed up the bind a little bit so you can do it all with one mouse click.

Try this: /bind shift+lbutton, "powexecname Tar Patch"

What that will do, is any time you hold Shift and click on the ground, it casts Tar Patch on that spot. As far as I know, that's the most efficient bind/macro for these kinds of powers that's possible. You can have up to three such binds, using shift, ctrl, and alt.

Are you playing the same Dark Assault I'm playing?

Yes, Nightfall is a narrow cone with a slightly slow DoT. I'll admit it's not a particularly great power. Englufing Darkness, on the other hand, is an amazing AoE.

Let's compare....

Thorn Burst: http://tomax.cohtitan.com/data/power...lt.Thorn_Burst
74.158 Damage, 3 Second cast time = 24.719 DPA, on a 17 second recharge

Engulfing Darkness: http://tomax.cohtitan.com/data/power...sault.Moonbeam
77.078 Damage, 2 Second cast time = 38.539 DPA, on an 18 second recharge.

Other than those numbers and damage types, the two powers are identical - both do front-loaded damage followed by a DoT in a 15ft PBAoE. The recharge difference really isn't that noticeable, but the difference in cast time and DPA is HUGE. Englufing Darkness compares favorably to every Dominator PBAoE currently in existence.

Now, I will admit that Thorns gets a better cone, as well as third AoE attack in Ripper. Dark Assault on the other hand, gets a better pair of melee attacks (Smite and Midnight Grasp are killer), Gloom (which is so good Brutes ditch attacks from their primary to take it as an epic power), and Life Drain (which is a very impressive survivability boost).

Plant/Dark does perhaps lose a little synergy from the -to-hit lowering confused enemies' damage output against eachother. That said, Plant has such amazing control and bonus damage from Creepers anyway, and the -to-hit isn't that big on Dark Assault (Darkness Control has much bigger -to-hit numbers in Fearsome Stare and Shadow Field). Plant/Dark may not be "OMG TEH BEST AOE EVAR", but I definitely believe it has the potential to be a fun and effective combo.

Of course, Dark/Dark is high on my recommendations list too (hell, I'm writing a guide to it! See my sig). At the end of the day, though, play what's fun for you. If that's Plant/Thorn, Plant/Dark, or Dark/Thorn, more power to ya!

Thanks. Looks like I'm sold on Soul.