Flitz

Was in a team of 6-7 last night. 3-4 MMs, a corruptor, a dominator and Red Rag. Most were ranged (MMs were robots/mercs) so my normal technique of charging into combat tended to get me killed very quickly as I had noone to share the aggro with. Also my brute is very end heavy so I kept running out while the others could just move onto the next group.

What I have found to work in large groups is not to toggle Blazing Aura as it's my biggest end hog and aggro magnet. Does mean I can't hold the aggro as well but hey, I'm a brute not a tank.

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My SR has yet to meet them, I just hope they miss me often

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Wouldn't rely on that too much. Yes they will miss more often, but if you get hit then kiss your toggles goodbye - speaking from first nasty experiences here. Pick them out and take them down first. As minions they are easily disoriented with Flitz's Cobra Strike, usually giving me enough time to take them out before they can zap me!

DK, hope you get your stuff back although I realise there isn't much chance of that. Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.

Flitz targets bosses/lts because they have the easiest time punching through his DEF. Cobra Strike to disorient them, Focus Chi, Eagles Claw, mash keys till they drop...move onto next target.

In big groups with a good tank, I can just mash keys until nothing's left standing coz my framerate tends to drop to SUCK.

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To answer the original question Targetting Drone is pointless (I know it's an ace power but the damn beeping makes me think theres a mechman sneaking up on me )

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Wrong. Targeting Drone now goes 'BLEEP, BLEEP, Bleep, blee... (blessed silence)'. Best power in /Dev.

Web Grenade, which I used a lot when soloing at low levels seems to get used less these days (maybe because I'm teaming more) and caltrops are fairly ineffective in large teams with a good tank or a couple of scrappers (mobs rarely get into melee range with me).

Just kiddin. I knew it was you - just hadn't made the connection that Phyria was Kat/DA despite the fact that you were 'arresting' those council by chopping them up with a big sword.

That Kat/DA scrapper - I'm afraid I can't keep up with my own alts never mind everyone elses. Seemed to be doing rather fine although I couldn't really tell - I was hiding at the back dropping M30s into the melee and aggroing everything on the map.

Got a Kat/DA alt on Deviant. Any advice Tufty?

This is good. Disturbed but good!

You might be able to do it D, cos your main is a /Dev blaster and so you are immune to the targetting drone noise. Dark Armor has really annoying sound effects - unless this has been changed in one of the recent patches.

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...well we save ONE AR/Dev blasters life, but enough times to make it feel like we are saving them all.

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Having seen how often that ONE AR/Dev faceplants, Lead Hose will not be relying on you to save her life.

P.S. Weclome Worldwide. MA/SR scrappers FTW!

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slot Accuracy, End reduction and Recharge before you slot for damage.

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Good advice. Will change my slotting as I replace my TOs with DOs.

With the xmas jet pack, I've been playing around with my low level alts and was pleasantly surprised to find that the Cosmic Colossus was already in the Core. Unfortunately, as one of my lower level alts (SL 10) he isn't likely to get much care and attention for a while (i.e. at least until Flitz gets to 50).

Good stuff! Every time I read a Rangers story, I think it's about time I wrote some more. It's about time I wrote some more.

With Fire secondary, once I finish a fight I check both fury and endurance before looking for another fight - I can occasionally fight a whole two groups in a row. I also don't look at the fury bar during a fight, I'm too busy mashing keys.

I'm with Mr Cuddles. Brawl might help build fury up, but I'll still use my big attacks early in a fight - especially whirling hands when in the middle of a large group. However, I had also envisioned Red Rag as a slow attacking, big hitting SMASH! Brute, so I see where you're coming from.

So my attack chain is more: piff, pop, smash, smash, piff, pop, SMASH, SMASH, PIFF, POP, SMASH, boink! (no end)

Evasion could also use an endred and I would 3-slot lucky with defbuffs. Take them from hurdle.

Just set up the numpad binds for my robots MM. Very good. Kudos to Master Zaprobo, the master mastermind.

I'm a belt and braces sort of guy so Flitz actually has 3 SOs in PB at the moment. I may eventually reduce it to two when I do a final respec at SL 50. It is also my autofire power.

For most players, two is enough.

Would love to join but don't know if I can make the start time.

Can possibly get on for about 7 PM GMT, with either Flitz (exemped down) or Lead Hose. I'll swing past Sister Pyscho when I get on to see if you are still there, but don't wait for me if you're ready to go.

Gratz to Deluge and Mrs Deluge. And a warm welcome to the newest Precision Ranger!

Gratz Dark Neo! Does that make you the first GBH to hit 50. If so can I have some free stoof plz!

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so no one think 3 slotting my passives is a bad idea?

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All my passives are 3-slotted. Just took them later in the game (Agile only at SL38). Every little bit of DEF helps!

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Cobra Strike is one of those things I'm split over - I rarely use it for PvE, and I'm not sure of it's PvP usefulness.

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Very good in PvE although doesn't hold LTs long and doesn't seem to / rarely affects bosses. Not much PvP experience but I have seen it work - not for long though.

You don't really need endred in PB or SS.