Fire_Minded

Iv got a Cold/Ice Defender thats high level.So I might be able to answer your question where Tex doesnt really know.

Plant/Cold would be a excellent idea.I can solo 8 man missions with my Defender, and I used to have a Plant/Rad on my old account, so I know the particulars of Plant Control as well.

Plant/Cold is a good idea, if you can get over the hump till you get Sleet.The Sheilds by the way are more then enough to keep your Plant Pet alive to where he could be summoned again right after he dies, unless your using him as a Tank, then you will fail in keeping him alive.

Im going to be taking a Cold/Ice and Dark/Dark Defender into PvP soon, but im still curious on what the OP wants...or is he fishing for a build vicariously?

Kinetic Melee, this'll be interesting....Not.

All I see now is Sheilds, Electric Melee, Dual Pistols, Empathy, Kinetics, and Demon Summoning.Lets add Kinetic Melee to the Pile of shiney new powers everyones going to be using.

The Devs might as well start Deleting older power sets due to lack of use.

Under Tanker base damage if my eyes dotn decieve me.

Maybe im just on the wrong server to see it or something, but iv yet to meet a mid to high level Blaster that can wipe a mob in under 20 seconds.

Doesnt mean they dont exist, but if they did, people wouldnt make Fire/Kin Controllers and Elec/SD Scrappers to farm with vs a Blaster like that.

Also id like to address that Time Bomb isnt about DPS.In fact, the games not entirly geared towards DPS either way.The only time iv seen DPS or chains matter is in a AV fight.The rest of the time its a none issue.Tactics and how you use a power matter more then DPS.

Its nice to calculate stuff to see whats strongest if it was in a perfect world or setting, but thats hardly ever the case.Playing style effects a build far more then DPS does.

If DPS ruled CoX, then people would never play anything past Blasters and Brutes.Ever.However if you go along the lines of thinking your survivability means more then your DPS does.(People call me a Troll over this.....)

The thinking behind this is things like someone picking a Defender to solo with over a Blaster.Why?Because that Defender (When played by a decent to half skilled player atleast) can solo high number mobs and survive it vs that Blaster that face plants after killing half the mob on a solo run.

Iv yet to meet a Blaster that can solo what 1 of my Defenders can.Im sure somewhere a 2-6 billion dollar IO Blaster build can do it just as well as my Defenders, but thats 2-6 Billion I didnt have to spend to solo.

Time Bomb is not a bad power.Its just not favored by players much because most dont want to have to think while playing.DPS be damned, its the only Blaster set iv used that allowed me to solo 8 man missions.Most Blasters cant even say that without a IO build.

Id have to say that Containment would make Dark Miasma too powerful on a Controller AT.Not to mention the massive amounts of -toHit it provides can really make a mess of things.

I can solo on a +2/8 w/bosses difficulty with my level 39 Dark/Dark Defender.What hell do you think a Dark Miasma Controller would bring?

Handing a Controller another set like Traps would be too much control as well.

I have ran Sewers on a Ice/Cold Controller at level 4, from start to finish at lvl 12 before, and all I used was my Ice primary teir 1-3 powers.If I had Tar Patch and the Twighlights Grasp, and Spammed my Teir 1 and teir 3 AoE power.It would have been a even bigger joke then it was in the first place.Youd never need a team.

Id imagine just about any combonation of Dark Miasma Controller would be a bit too much.It really wouldnt matter what the Primary was.It would amp it up too much for a Controller.

I personally think if your a dried up well, you should take a break from the game for a couple months, maybe longer.

Its not unheard of.

Ahmen!

Min/Max IO builds arent the norm.No matter what the forums here dictate about it, its more of a rareity in game.

Im half tempted to make a Stalker simply because I rarely even look at a IO.Havnt found the need for them yet on my builds.

Thats the one thing thats always urked me about PvP in this game.

"Dont stand still, always move."

Iv seen people do it on Squishy ATs, and it rarely works to save there life.Unless of coarse the horde comming after them was half retarded or it was there first pvp day or something along those lines.

Reguardless of the PvP Rules in this game, iv only seen a few things survive a horde bash, or 1 on 1 rummble.I Activly beat the hell out of 3 Stalkers at once on a FA/SS Tanker in Siren's Call one day.(Burn only sucks if your a Stalker)

Iv seen other players with Damage Resistant builds cream people now days in PvP Zones.You wanna be a PvP/PvE character?Build a Spines/Elec Scrapper, or a FA/SS Tanker, or a Dark/DM Tanker.Theres alot of options.

I havnt noticed anything running from my Acid Mortars either.Then again, Most things are typically dead shortly after they start getting nailed by it.

I tend to take every Secondary Blast power on my Defenders the moment they become available and slot them for the standard 3 SOs of Damage.

Alot of people down play the damage of a Defender, when its simply that player doesnt take as many attack powers as they can grab.Works pretty well.(I dont count Air Superiority as a attack power worth taking.)

All depends on your mode of thinking from what iv seen and experianced.

If you want a Damage Defender, go with Kin/Dark or Cold/Ice.

If you want a DeBuffing/Buffing Corr, play a Dark Miasma.

I make these types of suggjestions because while both ATs have a diffrent mode of Primary/Secondary Numbers and levels you gain powers.They still have the capacity to do both just fine.Provided you build for such things.

Even bofore the change to Defenders iv been able to solo 8 man mob missions with bosses with a Cold/Ice Defender.

Granted that not everyone knows the secrects to how to solo with Defenders, it makes it a topic of they lack damage.Which simply isnt that true.Now with the inherant changes to Defenders, my soloing will be far easier then before.

Theres only 2 Corrs ill play.Pain Secondary, which I havnt made one yet, and a Fire/Thermal Corr.Simply because Defenders dont get those sets.

I went with Traps/Rad.

Odd to pick Radiation Blasts I know, but its a good mix and does more damage with Traps them a few of the other Secondaries Defenders get.

I can solo on +1/8 w/Bosses at level 28.He is however sitting on the shelf for the moment.Due to life.

I also use Step Mine activly solo and in teams.Its very good damage when your in the middle of a mob.I almost never get interupted sitting next to a tank in a team.

That by far is the most intellegent thing anyone has came back at me to say towards my veiws towards Mid's.Thank you soo much for not trying to plant insults agenst my veiw of Mid's.

Your the first to be up rep'd by me in all the years iv played.

Side Note : I dont and havent used IOs past KB proc's and Stealth Procs.I havnt found a need to improve apon perfection.SOs mainly do the job for me.

Thank You.

Another thing to keep in mind is your power set combos on your Tankers.Some Tanker Armors as well as Melee sets can handle many diffrent things....well....Diffrently.

Arachnos are a bit easier with Willpower or Electrical Armor sets.

Warriors hurt when they hit, Tanker or not.

If you have a Melee set like Super Strength, your chance of missing these groups, especially ones that -toHit is a none issue.

Some things can handle other things better.Learn what can be handled, and what cant for your tanker.Itll make things go alot smoother.