Cyclone_Jack

The data was released by the Devs just a few months ago. I don't think I'd call that under sampled. Even if we remove the 1-49 data from the equation and look specifically at L50 data, Blasters being the #3 played L50 AT in the game, after Scrappers and Controllers, tells me that they aren't nearly as bad as you claim them to be, nor are they as superfluous as the OP claims them to be. Now, if Blasters went from the #1 AT to #6 or lower, then you might be on to something. But to go from #1 to #3 isn't that bad.

Apparently sarcasm and humor is lost on you.

Truth is, yes, Blasters go from the number 1 played AT to the number 3 AT in one level and only for 1 level. Why do you think that is? Because they suddenly have a huge drop in performance in that one level? I find that very hard to believe. From my observation, the reason is quite simple. Blasters do not farm as well as Scrappers or Controllers.

Now, I will admit, I would love to see Blaster Tier 9s get a work over, or perhaps create an alternative Tier 9 that players can choose between. As much as I love Blizzard, the crash is killer, especially since I almost have Blizzard down to a 90s recharge.

I do like Arcana's comment above about Lightning Rod. If Elec Blast had that as their Tier 9, that would be awesome.

Going from the number one archetype in the game to number three is, obviously, a Massively Huge decline in the number of Blasters. Having eleven other archetypes with a lesser population at level 50 is completely irrelevant because we are talking about Blasters.

This is obviously every Blaster in the game when they go from L49 to L50, as played by Another_Fan.

1.) ST Tenebrous Tentacles
2.) Shadow Punch
3.) Smite
4.) Tar Patch
5.) Soul Drain
6.) Cloak of Darkness
7.) Shadow Maul
8.) Dark Consumption
9.) Midnight Grasp

All the debuffs would be scaled back to Blaster level, and possibly scaled back from there a bit more. CoD would be similar to /Dev Cloaking Device (stat-wise). Dark Consumption would be similar to /Elec's version. Punch, Smite and Maul give you three solid melee attacks and Grasp is a good CC that can pair with other Holds available to Blasters. Tar Patch would be a useful bottleneck, allowing for an awesome Soul Drain.

This really depends on your playstyle and your build. The biggest issue for me was learning how to put some of those melee attacks into my attack chain, and leveraging the full capabilities of the powers in my secondary. This was easier to do with my Ice/Ice as the two sets really complimented eachother. The only reason I took my melee attacks out was to put my rains in and fully slot them instead.

My /Fire took a while to really get a feel for and I didn't really get it down until I ran a /Energy that focused almost exclusively on the melee attacks. It was a learning curve at the time and I got a number of people yelling at me, because Blasters were supposed to be ranged only. It was surprising how survivable a Blaster could be in melee, but you did have to be careful, mostly when dealing with AoE mezzers. I've got a DP/MM now that is going to be in melee quite often due to all of the PBAoEs.

That said, I do think it would be nice to see a secondary that focused a bit more on range instead of melee. Would be an interesting change of pace. I'd also like to see Martial Arts as a secondary so...

I have to disagree here. I enjoy most all of the secondaries, except Devices and that's because they just don't fit my play style. As a matter of fact, I would love to play a Manip/Manip AT.

Not directly, but look at how they pieced together MM. The same could be done for a number of other power sets, some easier than others of course. Dark, Rad, MA could be added fairly easily compared to creating something completely from scratch. (yes, yes, insert standard code rant )

Same way as they have been doing it, Powerset Proliferation.

Maybe because of the thousands of other potential teammates to choose from also having access to said powers? Being an MMO and all... Just sayin'.

It's obvious you've never suffered from a full-on migraine, the kind where you bang your head against the counter/door frame in hopes of knocking yourself out, where you contemplate riding it out or just simply ending it all. I've had a hole carved into my foot the size of a quarter down to the tendon, torn off two toes in a bicycle accident, hit by a 45mph moving car and had a 1/2" nail through my foot (yeah, bad luck on the foot, all the same foot too! lol). The migraine tops them all.

I get a migraine at least 3 times a year, with the maximum being 12 in one year. I now have tinnitus, meaning my migraine feeds off of the ringing making it worse and lasting much, much longer.

I would gladly step on a dull nail and have it pierce completely through my foot, every single day of the rest of my life, if it guaranteed I'd never have another migraine.

So, please, think before you spout of something half thought out. And then pray you never have to suffer a migraine.

Feasible:
Dark Blast/Dark Manip Blaster
Dual Pistols/Martial Arts Blaster
Ice Melee/Ice Armor Brute

Non-feasible:
Elec Manip/Ice Manip Blaster

I myself have not run into any issues, and did not with the old Sonic graphics either, but when I saw the Barrier effects during the Praetorean Invasion on Liberty I immediately thought of the old Sonic graphics and the issues that they caused. I was surprised to see something so similar.

I am grateful that I do not have any issues with the graphics because I do suffer from migraines (and tinnitus, great combo let me tell you). Nobody should have to go through a headache, or worse, a migraine, just because of a graphical effect.

I trust Paragon to get this fixed up quickly.

No love for the tuque?

You should spend one day a week and embrace your inner Canadian self, and also cause mass confusion for your staff. It's fun.

Because 30 minutes is Just Soooo Long!

From what it sounds like, you can be solo and just jump in the queue. However, if you are complaining that it takes a minimum of 8 players, then I suppose you are also against most TFs, SFs, and the CoT, Eden and Sewer Trials as well, yes?

Have you tested this? No? My guess is that it works just like any other teaming mechanic. However, I'll not know for sure until I get in and test this mechanic. Perhaps you should as well. This could be an issue if one team has 6 players and another team has 2 players. Again, we don't know until we test it. Jumping to random conclusions doesn't help anyone. If it did, then one would assume that WoW was a phenomenal game since millions of people play it. That would be a poor assumption.

Doubtful. Like anything 'new' it may take more than one attempt to 'get it right'. Many people failed their 1st Apex TF, but after learning what to do found it wasn't really that hard after all. The same could be said with the Eden and Sewer Trials, both of which were quite difficult when launched and are now extremely easy. I remember failing these trials because we ran out of time! Can you believe that!?

Particle Effects, you can turn those down. I think you can also suppress powers from other players not on your team as well. Look under Options / Graphics and Audio.

More people defeating more enemies quicker equals faster rewards for all (this has always been the case). On top of that, teams working together to surpass insurmountable odds equals greater reward upon completion (again, this has always been the case). This is nothing new and is how the game has operated since launch. Not sure why you would expect this to change now. /shrug

Woah, woah, woah...let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

So you used extra powers beforehand to reach the Blaster's damage? Then you added Scourge, assuming the enemy is low on health. If that is the case, do the same math and add Build Up to the Blaster an another 30% for Defiance. Thank you, come again.