This post is about pets!
First, a bit of background. My first character, sole 50 and true joy in City of X is a Gravity/Ice dominator, created before the dominator damage buff went through. I joined along with a few friends, and they began to swiftly outpace me around level 12, becoming more and more 'super' while I struggled with anything above the difficulty floor. Elite bosses below my level proved impossible to face alone, and a group of four minions would drive me to hit-and-run tactics. My friends were not sympathetic, convinced that I simply did not understand the concept of active defenses. How I envied their toggles and AoE knockup.
As level 30 approached, I thought very seriously about simply quitting. I am naturally disinclined toward repeating content in games (I absolutely hate re-plays until about a year has passed), so it wasn't until Going Rogue that I considered making a villian alt. People told me that Singularity was a good power, though, so I figured I'd hang on for two more levels.
"I doubt it'll really make a difference", I thought, "But I like black holes, so I'd like to see it. I'll quit after that."
Then I got Singularity, and it made absolutely everything better.
It held, it drew aggro, it immunized me from the melee attacks of charging beasties. It tanked bosses and elite bosses, and summoning it was like dropping a hilarious physics bomb in the middle of spawns, sending ragdolls flying. Although Dominators cannot name their pets in-game, I called it Slurpy (get it? Black holes suck things in!), and it became my favorite thing in the game.
I love my Singularity. I love the way debris orbit it in dynamic fashions, distorting as I run through it. I love the way huge mobs will run towards it, then bounce away again and again. I love how it can hold entire spawns, doing my job for me, and stack holds with me until hold-resistant Elite Bosses are floating helplessly in midair. I love how it flies across maps after me, undaunted by heights, and I love how it knocks unwary Arachnos off The Web in Grandville as it passes, aggroing huge mobs and sending them flying to the ground below.
Singularity is always there to help me. It's never held, it's never knocked away, it's never stunned. If I Power Boost a Wormhole and plop a group next to it, my Singularity will mez all of them before they recover from the disorient. Singularity blocks doors and tanks psychic Heroes, blissfully ignorant of the massive damage it isn't taking. Even if it is eventually overwhelmed, it reappears at my call, completely refreshed. It never grabs unwanted aggro, and never has trouble with doors (except portals, which it doesn't seem to understand- well, it is a gravitational phenominon, after all). Without Singularity, I could never have fought Lord Recluse (the Elite Boss, not the AV). He did not complain as he distracted Recluse's endless army of Bane Spider Executioners, allowing me to land the deathblow.
I love you, Singularity. Without you, I could never, never play this character.
Does anyone else have a pet they adore?
As a controller I can see that, but as a dominator? Why? Hold one mob, immob another and step out of range, burn the third down as it charges with your secondary, then take care of the statues. Laugh if it's a lt and minion spawn. Where's the misery?