Dechs Kaison

My first, second and third Peacebringer. But with the recent changes, the fourth is actually taking root.

I've also given up on a ton of stalkers. Claws/Ninjitsu had no AoE. Elec/Energy had great AoE, but EA sucked back then. Elec/Regen was fun but I was too annoyed by the low HP cap that also made it weak. Ninja Blade/Dark Armor was powerful, but the area damage just was not enough. I've got a Spines/Dark now that's still low level. This one should be a keeper.

I just recently threw out a SS/WP character that I just could not enjoy.

Call a spade a spade.

Please try to keep things in context, as we're talking about characters that can "do it all" in this thread and the upper most limits of challenge.

You mention "enemies in normal spawns," but nothing of what I've said has been built around normal spawns.

Yes, I am counting the proc. With two acid mortars firing constantly, it's actually active a majority of the time.

I appreciate the compliment, and I'm glad to hear the guide helped.

My AoE attack chain tends to boil down to the two Nova powers and the occasional Unchain Essence or Quasar. Unless I'm running TFs on +3, I find stuff doesn't last long enough to change forms too many times.

Two upsets here, according to my guesswork. Maybe the odds I'm offering on Clockwork and Giant Monster are too good. Or maybe they just got lucky.

Regardless, things are going well for me, as the majority of bets so far are on Positron and Friend of the Studio.

Yes.

They did a great deal more than switch two powers.

Because Archery was not designed with it. Would you be willing to take the tradeoffs that Dual Pistols took to gain your versatility? Namely lower base damage, double recharge on Rain of Arrows, and the lack of Aim? Blazing Arrow would likely have to be reworked as well.

Again, if you just want to be able to customize the look of the arrows, I'm all for it.

No, Dual Pistols is not realistic, not even in relation to firing mind beams. No one throws a gun in the air while spinning around to catch it and then fire, at least, no one's that's survived the trick in a real fire fight. No one spins and flips around madly while firing in all directions hitting none of his friends and only his enemies and becomes harder to hit while doing so. No one fires that many bullet in the same salvo, mind you, from a revolver.

I say again: There is nothing realistic about Dual Pistols.

No. Your delivery is your own words, the medium is plain text. If you cannot communicate effectively what you intend to in the medium you have, I strongly recommend you not try it.

*wailing and gnashing of teeth*

/ninja

Apparently you don't know what the word "overhaul" means.

Then you would make an archery blaster and pretend that he shot poison tipped arrow heads. Probably in a Native American looking costume.

Swap Ammo was given to Dual (i.e. two of them) Pistols to give the set something unique. It adds versatility in both debuffs and minor changes to the damage it does.

There is nothing realistic about Dual Pistols. Neither is there for shooting mind beams that hurt and slow people down. What's your point?

Average Joe can load different types of ammunition, I assure you.

The burden for clear communication is on the speaker.

If what you want is to be able to customize the appearance of the arrows, then I'm all for it. I do, however, suggest you work on your delivery, because that's not how your topic came across to the vast majority of us. See the point above this.

Bull.

Unless you're talking about hitting the ticket cap.

Either that or your Traps Defender can clear +4/x8 ambush missions in under a minute.

Not even the devs know what these exploits are, that's the whole point of a system to find exploits. If they knew what the exploits were, they would fix them.

Fix'd.

Fix'd.

Near as I can figure, Martial Arts is really the only totally non-lethal (and only if you want it to be) set.

/signed to this more than anything else.

But yes, the buttons are probably an "I want them" or "I don't" kind of feature. If I don't want to see the buttons while I'm playing my Tank, I can't imagine why I'd want to see them while playing my Bots/Traps.

What they said.

My new alts have been "flying blind," so to speak, and it's really made me appreciate, all over again, what Mids has done for me in the past.