Dechs Kaison

This, and only this.

In a game where no powerset combination is "gimped," it is more about the player than the character.



Rule Five: Any build, any budget, no exclusions.

It's not a blaster and it's not a scrapper, this much is true and not the subject of the argument. The problem is that it is not enough of a blaster to fill in the not enough of a scrapper and not enough of a controller.

It was balanced too hard for its roles, especially considering scrappers get some controls, controllers get some damage, and blasters get some defense. They have things to fill in the gaps.

I think that's where I think Peacebringers are. They aren't a hybrid AT that can fill several roles. They're a bunch of gaps that have been filled in. Not good enough at anything.

I'm coming across a bit harsh, though. I have played a PB into high 40s before I deleted it, and I've played with PBs on my teams. There's nothing exactly wrong with them, I just feel that if you start comparing the numbers and the capabilities, you'd be happier with any other AT, even an earth/FF.

I object.

The OP doesn't clarify exactly *what* the comparison is to.

How do they compare to each other? How well do they compare to other ATs on SOs?

You could make an argument for either one, but the question of comparison is present.

/Echo this.

I've invested time into my characters, but more than that, I've invested time into relationships with other real people. So I know them as @Joe instead of Joe Smith. Does that make him any less real?

No no no. Using Recall Friend on teammates prompts. Using ATT on teammates prompts.

Using "Team Teleport" does not prompt. It takes everyone within a 30ft radius of you and moves them to where you click.

You're thinking Absorb Pain, except it gives healing 100% heal resistance to the caster, so the absorbed pain can't be healed.

According to RedTomax, I get 92.28% defense, unenhanced, from toggles, Practiced Brawler, and passives. No Elude.

Practiced Brawler accounts for 30% of that, but is unenhanceable. Subtracting that out gives us 62.28%, and adjusting for 55% ED cap on defense enhancement, even without Practiced Brawler, a SR character is over 95% DDR without Elude.

EDIT: Also, Practiced Brawler only has DDR on a PvP map.

Ermm... no.

It lets you raid the Midnighter Club as an instance, but as far as I know, that grants no access to the actual zone.

EDIT: I win this round, Roderick.

Hey, you said it yourself. Even in an encounter where defense and resistance mean nothing, heals still don't keep people alive.

So, with that, I return to you, good sir, a right THBBBTBTBTBTBTBT.

I dunno. Give me resistance caps with sonic defenders and defense caps with force fielders and I doubt you'll to something that will make me wish I had a heal. With enough mitigation, natural regen is plenty.

Reversing the situation: Give me a team of people with heals and I guarantee they will need something else as mitigation to keep someone standing.

But your point stands, we're not always at the mitigation caps and sometimes a little heal to top off is always welcome.

The point I was trying to drive home is that buffs, debuffs, and control (hard or knockdown) far outshine the performance of heals.

Right, I only brought up duration because that's what status resistance actually affects and why (I believe) it uses a different formula than DDR.

Exactly my thoughts...