Dante

Pick a them Bunny and I'll do something for it. I've got heroes and villains of just about every sort (see my sig ) so whatever is fun for you, I'm sure there's some character somewhere begging to be written for.

Awesome work on this issue, well worth a second read.

Hi all.

I'm making a new Kin and I'm torn between these two blast sets as I've played neither of them very much.

I'm leaning towards Elec due to stacking holds but I don't know if Voltaic Sentinel can be buffed in any way. Plus it's a classic sapper build.

However, Rad seems to have more AoE although I'm told its attacks lack punch. Also a stun isn't quite as nice as a hold.
Any advice on which would be the better match and why would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Welcome aboard and welcome to the dark side... Mwah ha ha ha!

Brutes are a good choice for someone just starting out. Just pick evenly between your primary (attack) and your secondary (defence) and you should be fine. The key to a good Brute is to get your Fury bar up (under your health and endurance bars) and keep it there. That will make your attacks much more damaging as long as you've got the endurance to keep going (use the blue inspirations for more endurance, convert three of any other type into them by right clicking on them and selecting combine). Fury diminishes over time so the key is to keep attacking and getting attacked. Once you've got some defence and endurance covered, BRUTE SMASH!!!! is a tremendous amount of fun.

Enjoy.

Dr Vahzilok has always been a long time favourite of mine. The look, the theme, the quite frankly, horrific concept behind it all... I've wanted to see him come back again later on in game but he's always an AV I love facing, him and his disgusting minions.

Hero side, I think the Phalanx are all looking a bit tired, especially Citadel who's begging to be updated with shiny new tech armour.


Oh and Ghost Widow. Just because she's awesome.

Amen to the above.

There are some people in game who sneer at Corruptors and MMs because they all worship the holy buff/debuff shrine. But although those things are good, you should never give up playing a character if you're having fun. If you enjoy doing more damage than Defenders and can accept that your buffs are a bit lower, keep playing it. If you want to have stronger buffs/debuffs and can accept lower damage, then make a Defender.

In short, whatever gives you pleasure to play. Any team that kicks me because I'm on a Corruptor rather than the equivalent sets on a Defender is not a team I can be bothered to waste my time with. Play what you find is fun.

Even as a diehard Browncoat, I feel I have to employ my usual rule with these kind of lists:

"Never trust any list with the words 'of all time' in it as they have a very poor grasp of temporal mechanics."

Thanks for keeping reading TR.

I want to see this in action. If I snaffle a costume code tomorrow, I'm running straight to my DB/Elec to see what the attacks look like. 1,000 Cuts must look insane.

Just a thought for those who can't get it to load: when I clicked on the page, it told me that I couldn't use a secure connection to get to it. I had to disable my normal security to be able to view the page. No idea if that will help but it's a thought.

Thanks for the emote guys. Now I just want to be able to hold the pose for those really long moments when you just wish someone would stop...

Oppressive Gloom is an excellent power for any squishy that gets into melee range. It costs little and with a single accuracy can neuter a lot of minions. It should work well with Hail of Bullets, giving you an extra layer of damage mitigation.

I've been wondering if there was going to be another one of these soon. I shall have to check the calendar.

Once again I feel like invoking Dead Calm's Defender Manifesto:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...nder+Manifesto

Here's a true story for you. As part of an RP static team a few years ago, my character concept came up with an SS/FA/Fire Brute without ever knowing that it was going to become the farmer of choice right now. I can honestly say that I teamed and soloed from 1 to 50 with little trouble. There are times when he can feel a little squishy but that's nothing that some IO investment and some purple inspirations can't solve.

The reason it does so well as a farmer is because it can have capped Fire Resistance with only three powers so against fire farms, it rules. My build is a casual IO build with 25% melee defence and 45% Recharge and yet I can clear fire farms easily. FE-> Footstomp-> Burn -> Fire Ball and everything is dead. I shudder to think what an uber build can do.

In short, /FA is fine for PvE content. You have to pay attention to what mobs you're fighting and there will be times when you have to act like a Blaster i.e. chomp some purples, run in and destroy everything before they kill you but on the whole, it's a fun set. Fiery Aura - It's not just for farmers.

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So did Kirk and now you can too!

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