Fire_Minded

Hmmm, wait a tick.What about a Rad/MM Blaster?Wouldnt that be Mage Like if I changed the Rad blast color?

Ok, im going to try my hand at Blasters again.

I have played a AR/Dev to death and id like to try a diffrent build.Blasters really dont turn me on at all because of the amount of people iv seen faceplant because of very most likly very poor playing.Which has been just about every Blaster iv seen in the game.

I want to make a Survivable Blaster, as well as a AoE centered Blaster.

The only thing that really comes to mind for this would be a Fire/MM Blaster.I really want to aviod certain builds that are raved about, and want to aviod a Ice/Ice Blaster due to having a Cold/Ice Defender already that im more then pleased with.

Iv heard people say a Fire/Fire build would be great for AoE Damage, but it still doesnt add survivability to the Blaster.No damage Midigation at all.

Iv heard Ice/EM, Fire/EM, AR/EM, or Sonic/EM.These seem to be the more popular builds, and I want to avoid them like the plague.

Ill be using Dual Pistols for a Defender when I get the use of the set, so thats also out of the question.

Does anyone know of a build other then Fire/MM that id possibly have success with?Because from where im sitting, this is the choice I may go with.

By being a Defender Junkie I can chirp in on this subject.

First of all, the fact that the Blast sets turn you off isnt anything new for many people when it comes to playing a Defender.

The major diffrence that you might not be seeing is that Defenders are the Blasters version of Tanks.Iv played Blasters as well as Defenders and I must say that Blasters with there weak solo survivability and the need for baby sitters leaves them something to be desired.

Sure, they can dish out the damage, but I honestly dont belive that pure damage along with NO survivability makes a very good AT.Jumping around helps, but it wont stop death if you have a stray baddie that the Tanker missed and you dont notice till its too late.

Defenders on the other hand can dish out respectable damage and give support to them selves, and the team.Like Tankers, they trade off half the damage vs what a Blaster can dish out for alot more survivability.I dont see any Blasters running around doing 8 man solo missions.I however see alot of teams that are Blaster heavy waiting around looking for a H34lZoR and a Tank before they do any missions.

I for one dont feel the need for a Tank or a so called "Healer" when I load in one of my Defenders.Good combonations and understanding of your AT can show you that +damage -Survival ATs cant handle most of what a Tank or Defender can handle by them self.

If Defenders just dont do enough damage for you, then you have a couple options.

1) Carry around full Trays of Purple Inspirations.
2) Dont bother with a Defender and stick with a lesser class like a Blaster.

Im tempted to make a SD/Mace Tanker simply because everyone says its better, and I have yet to ever see one.Mace does have better specs then Axe does, but The Ritki Axe that iv still not obtained yet is what pushes me to stay on this route.

I'll be rolling a single Brute for Blue Side.

SS/FA Brute because of a old revived concept I originally had for a Tanker.A angry half demon biker that just didnt get the fofilling rage and anger down the last time I played this game.

As for any other Brutes for Blue side?Highly Doutful.Super Strength is the only set in my eyes that is given any justice by playing a Brute.

Im scratching my head and trying to figure out why anyone would say Earth Control is lacking or weak in any way.

I have a Earth/Sonic Controller, and a Earth/Earth Dominator, and they dont lack a thing.

Its prolly the same people that use Mids and forget that its a imperfect program that lies more then anything.

Ahh well, Flame on!

Im personally going to go with a Traps/DP build.Iv found that theres not alot any of my Defenders cant handle that a Corruptor can.Scourge is nice, but definatly not enough to push me to play a Corruptor.Neither is the 10% diffrence in base damage enough to convince me either.

Now when it comes to why im going to go with Traps is because of Change Ammo.I wont be completly pigeon holed tp 1 single type of damage.Yes, im aware its only 30% of the damage being changed, and im perfectly fine with that.

I do have a Mid-Level Traps/Rad character that I transfered to another server just to free up the redundant Traps/ Defender remake on my main server.It does rather well on its own and has virtually no issues handling a 0/8 w/bosses mission on his own.a few missions im brave enough to go with 1/8 w/bosses without much change in difficulty.This defender sits at level 28.

The biggest success iv been having with most, if not all of my characters is a power I paid 10 bucks to get.Ninja run.None of my characters have taken a travel pool, and none of them feel the sting of skipping powers and being pushed to take Hasten to supliment the lack of attacks or other powers that would be more helpful.

My Defenders dont have to skip any powers in there Primary or there Secondary and can still fit in Swift, Health, and Stamina from the Fittness Pool.Then still have enough room to cram in the Epic Pool if they so choose to have one.

In my mind, when you have endless attacks on a Defender, Tanker, or other so called low damage build.They have fewer issues by being able to take all of there attacks then if they had to take the Travel pool which many times would force a player such as a Tanker to be pushed towards the fighting pool to spend another 3 powers to compinsate for a short comming of lacking powers in the first place.

By no means do Defenders have issues with Damage.They just deliver it diffrently then say a Blaster or a Corruptor.

Iv watched Blasters run in with a DP/EM type of a build and face plant because they cant handle the alpha, and in many cases, say things along the lines of "Im a Blaster, im used to dying."

I see alot more Blasters using Dual Pistols then any Defenders or Corruptors.The main reason why Traps and being a Defender screams to me is due to the Survivability of my Traps/Rad, theres no way Dual Pistols wouldnt be better all around for a Defender.

I personally belive it was ment more for Corruptors and Defenders then for Blasters.Kinda like how a Tanker is way more solid with Shield Defense then a Brute or a Scrapper is, but they gave it to them so they wouldnt cry about no getting it.I feelt he same was done for Blasters.So they wouldnt cry Shananigans.

If you want to cause some mayhem with /Elec, make a DA/Elec Tanker.Its way powerful combonation with all of its tools and the Lightning Rod's teleport makes grabbing up the Alpha a sinch.You knock he mob down, then all of your effect Auras have time to hit.Severly messing up the mob.

GLORIOUS!

Then if you want to use Elec/, id suggjest Elec/DM for a build.I Duo'd with a guy who had this build.Not only did it look fun, but its survivability was very nice.He had Siphon Life (whatever its called) going off in his attack chain and it added a bit to his survivability through healing him.

The bigger part of this combonation was the AoE in his Secondary DM that he would use the moment it was up.Soul Drain I think its called.It granted him over 100% damage to all attacks, including his Lightning Feild.So he did a good deal of AoE with just his damage aura its self.

Did I mention he was never out of endurance and was a healing/fighting machine?It seemed to be a good mix.

I enjoy odd builds, or builds less traveled in this game.Theres more then people are willing to see.