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First: The fact that every AT and even some powerset combinations operate wildly differently indicates that the devs expect one character's experience to be different from another's, and to deal with different challenges (for example mez, or fleeing enemies) differently - therefore, the way a Stalker experiences the game is no more or less "right" than the way a Mastermind does. If using the unique powers available to your AT and sets were ever in any way considered "doing it wrong," then those sets would never make it past beta, or in the event that they did would be readjusted hastily after the fact (ED is an example of such an adjustment where the devs considered a common practice to be the wrong way to play).

I determine whether a character is experiencing the game "right" based on two criteria, one of which is concrete and the other of which is even more relative than the answers you will get in archetype forums where you ask for build advice:

1) Do I enjoy this?

2) Does the way this character operates in a fight reflect the concept I had for this character's history, personality, mannerisms, and other general ideas I had when I was fiddling in the costume creator and coming up with a name?

There is absolutely nothing else that matters to me. For example, I have a Fortunata who completely ignores the advice of every Fortunata guide I have ever seen, and operates much like a Night Widow in that she uses stealth-crits and melee attacks heavily. I always imagined her moving like a Geth Hopper from Mass Effect in combat (would give her a wall crawling power if it existed!) and as it turns out, the constant movement on the battlefield that her build makes necessary for survival really does feel like that when I play her. Therefore, because her mechanics match her concept and because I am able to play her with a sufficient level of survivability and kill-speed that she is not frustrating, I consider the way the game feels when I play her to be "right," regardless of any guides proclaiming that her use of melee attacks and going toe-to-toe with the enemy makes her a "failfort."


tl;dr: If it works for you it's right.

Check your server's forums. See if anyone's recruiting.

Okay, let's see here. If I were a dev I would be on the art team, so:

1) NPC-only costume parts. Oh, you guys want to be able to use this piece that I intended to be a signature part of this unique character's look? TOUGH PATOOTIES, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT.

2) Bustiers for everyone! And by that I mean "everyone who plays a female toon."

I'm going to guess that the leg details and that codpiece thing are going to be deemed too much to ask, but for god's sake, why do we still not have those Legacy Chain shoulders? They're clearly not attached to any chest details anymore.

...What on earth is she wearing in that screencap you have? I can't recognize it at all...

Neato. What medium is that? I mean, I know it's digital, but is it photomanipulation? 3D? An absurdly-detailed painting?

Devouring Earth, damn it. My boyfriend's plant dominator doesn't have a single Lore option that makes sense.

Because flying by the seat of my pants and jumping around all over the place spraying AOEs as a Fortunata is much more exciting, that's why


Also, I've had terrible luck with brutes. It took me three tries to get one that worked at all; the first two couldn't even half-finish fights before their endurance bottomed out regardless of how I slotted.

Now that is a good idea.

Until a couple weeks ago I didn't know there was a Science store in Talos Island.

Until yesterday, my boyfriend - whose purpled-out dominator has all Incarnate powers at tier 4, some of them more than once - didn't know you could convert incarnate shards into threads.