Dechs Kaison

Yup, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but your best bet for soloing AVs is going to be a controller. After that I'd suggest defender and then blaster, mostly because of the -regen and -res that you'll likely be able to leverage. Scrappers can also solo AVs realistically well, but the true big game hunters are the guys with -regen. Blasters, controllers, and defenders have all solo'd Giant Monsters without temporary powers.

That's just too funny.

Zealotry?

Word choice is important. Berserker, Fanatic and Zealot sound like Scrapper and Brute. Those depict archetypes. By saying Zeal, Zealotry, Fanaticism you describe a method of being a Scrapper or Brute.

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None.

The only thing from 2004 I'd like back is the aggro cap to be removed, and only from tankers. If you can keep more than 17 foes angry at you and survive it, by all rights, you should be able to.

I'm not talking about removing target caps and whatnot. Leave all those in place. But when a double ambush comes for the blasters on my team, let me soak up the aggro.

I have a few points I'd like to make that aren't really addressed to any posters in particular. More of a comprehensive explanation of where I'm coming from.


1. This is not a competitive game. Your team only needs to be good enough to complete the task. You aren't playing against another team of players, where power decisions could become crucial to success. There isn't another team that could finish before you and steal your reward. Your team only needs to be better than Imperious, or Lord Recluse, or whatever, and that doesn't take much. One widow on a team without maneuvers isn't going to be the reason Dra'Gon stomps you.

2. This is just a game. We're here to have fun. Min/maxers like myself have fun by turning the game into a number crunching one where we pull the most potential out of our characters. Not everyone has fun this way. Some people look at available powers and say "That looks cool" or "I want to be able to fly and run fast" or "That power doesn't benefit me, why should I take it" or anything else that results in a sub-optimal build. Some people are daunted by the market and for whatever reason will not touch IOs at all. They cannot pull off the same builds that we can. Choices like this are not going to cripple the team. These people are entitled to their fun the way they want to have it.

3. People can learn. Let's say a player with a sub-optimal build joins a team. Let me propose two scenarios. In one, the player is immediately kicked and told that it was because he didn't build the way the leader liked, which would result in sub-optimal performance. In the second, the player is allowed to stay with the team and sees how the other players perform, and is told that IOs and proper power choices allow this kind of performance.

One of these scenarios is likely to encourage that player to build better and to explore IOs. One of these scenarios will leave the player with a bad taste, a negative connotation of min/maxers, a feeling of exclusion and, in the most extreme, perhaps even lead to a player quitting the game.

4. A Rule Without Exception. The reason I am so adamant about my rule of "Any build, any budget, no exclusions" is because I want this rule to last. As soon as I compromise this rule, even just once, even for the most dire of builds, I have lost it. Every exception makes the next one easier to make, and it's not a road I'm willing to go down. I have not once regretted sticking to this rule. I have not once failed to complete a TF with a full team.

Maybe this only works because I can usually prevent teamwipe scenarios, being that I am a tank IO'd to hell and back. The most difficult challenges become a matter of when we win, never if.

You can get banned for exploitative farming.

Farming is alright.