Catastrophe

For some reason, Plant/ Dominators and /Pain Corruptors would be my first choices. No rhyme or reason, could justify almost any other powerset to pair with those two.

And Masterminds definitely give me the feeling of a diabolical scientist, they control minions and have powerful buffs to make them quite formidable. Bots/FF or Whatever/Poison. Again, no specific reasoning.

I did, however, blatantly choose three AT's introduced in CoV. Even though an Empathy Defender can be a villain these days, I wouldn't be comfortable with an evil provider of CM and RA. Good luck to you though!

I do love my /NRG Blaster but I reluctantly agree, the /Rad Corr indeed wins hands down.

If you find yourself not wanting to use multiple slots on the KB protection, you could go a different route with i19's inherent Fitness, freeing up some power choices so you can snag Leaping pool powers and Acrobatics for its Mag-9 protection. (Can add some Defense IO's to Combat Jumping too...). Just a thought.

On Virtue, make sure you use lots of parentheses. They might have you blacklisted if you're not as parenthetical as them.

I do agree with the server thread idea though as a real attempt at a solution for your 15-minute playtimes between spats of cleaning out kitty litter boxes and planning your next trip to Wal-Mart. Maybe you should re-evaluate the number of cats you're keeping too as they're apparently interfering with your gaming life.

It just goes by the higher defense. I'll let some melee expert answer the is-it-worth-it-to-slot-blah-blah part.

I didn't know AE could be used for something other than ambush-laden farms featuring fire-wielding resurrecting ninjas...

... I might have to try this one.

Paragon City is in Rhode Island and, judging from the amount of citizens just walking around, their jobless rate appears to be even higher than ours, so probably not a great economy to host a big professional sports team. I'm betting the Privateers are a farm club.

My guess is the residents of Paragon City just cheer the BoSox, Celtics, Pats, and B's like everyone else in New England.

Where's my cookie?

Very good guess. Characters are locked into the account.

*doh!* Call Me Awesome got here first. You are indeed awesome.

Another way to spin this, for you pro-solo extremists: We (I say "We" for those of us who are against making the game too solo-friendly) aren't trying to force you to play the game in a way that best suits an opposite-minded portion of the player population. We are trying to force you to recognize that some content might forever stay team-specific as the development team intended.

I can't get my head around how anyone can buy the game, pay the monthly fee, and then say they don't want to play the game they paid for. If I buy a Kia, I can't later go to Kia and demand that they put a Maserati engine in it for me. (Totally unreleated and over-the-top example, I know -- you're welcome!)

Am I totally wrong? Should I be demanding that my Blaster get +4000 base HP and crazy +Def buffs in the next issue so I can solo +4/x8? Or should I accept my glass cannon as-is and play within the game's limits until it changes?

I have two super helpful ideas for the OP:

1) You could multi-box the game with several accounts, granting your wish to not interact with others. That might be a lot of fun for such a gung-ho soloist.

2) Play a game that's not part of a genre containing the word "multiplayer".