Freefall

I actually conciser the defender very much in line with the blaster. Instead of crazy DPS and no survivability, it is crazy buffing power with no survivability. A single character that is that much of a force-multiplier simply should not also be a tank.

I am not sure what you where saying with this. I am all for a defender buff, it is one of the ATs I play. I find it harder to play as well as any of my others, though that is something that draws me to it, it does seemingly indicate that a buff would not be out of line.

I think part of the problem is the name 'defender' causing thoughts of defensiveness and not 'the ability to defend others'. The fact that they have the defense buff modifiers could also be seen as an attempt to make up for their poor survivability, not 'they where intended to be tanks'.

[QUOTE=Garent;4227432]my main character [defender] has 70% smashing/lethal resistance, resistance to everything else except negative energy and toxic, over 1500 hp, and uses aid self.
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That only speaks to the terrible design of enhancements making nothing matter.

I do enjoy that very much when using trips. In devices, per the topic, my idea was to make it more run-and-gun friendly...as /devices tends to be. I would never advocate the above change to Traps, as that set is better suited to fortifying.

I do think that your example is actually a problem in another direction, but that is another topic.

All in all it is just a thought, and I would never expect it to come to light given the number of people that would prefer it NOT be changed, like yourself.

heh heh...this made me think "LOLZ, warshades suck because they need everything clumped together." and "LOLZ, melee sucks because a little KB and they suddenly cant hit targets that ranged characters still can"
It seems like the standard "Play like me or you are doing it wrong!" affair.

People seem to like my PB on teams. I fill in for what the team lacks, or I just go after Lts if the team is balanced. If it is an all DPS team, they are happy to have a lobster smashing around sending enemies flying all over the place. If it is too tanky, they have never minded a bomber-squid or smashy human doing the DPS that they cant. If it is balanced, I tend to solo-crush LTs while the DPSers murder bosses and AoE minions before either really matters.
I can't say I have ever gotten complaints, or anything but "That was awesome, thanks for joining us." for that matter. Solo, I am better at ST anyway, so spread enemies are just a bunch of ST soon-to-be victims...and if they are melee, they are emo-raging about not being able to hit me because they got KBed out of their reach XD

then again...my point may be invalidated by the fact that I don't play with TEH S00PER 1337 HAXorz Min/Maxorz...and I am a noob...*shrug*

Disclaimeroid - my WS is 50 while my PB is only 40something...I love them both. I prefer soloing with my WS, and teaming with my PB. I choose to play classes that are not effected by things like KB [control or ranged].

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WAAAAY BACK to on topic.
Your idea seems to make just another patch out of photon >seekers<. I am curious what changes you would make and keep them as pets? I was thinking a self hellfire power, similar to deamon summoning, but without the buff...or, summon weaker seekers, but one per target within a LARGE range [to a cap ofc] and have them go after their intended targets, but follow/agressive on you if none remain. Like an AoE that hits up to X targets, but X targets WILL GET HIT even if the seeker as to follow you [for a min? 45sec?] to find something to hit.
Personally I am not a fan of KB on the seekers, but it is a thematic dislike...it would be cooler to just have them absorb into their target and do a bunch of damage with no KB or explosion. My absortion effect could even lend itself to stunning...catering well to those that whine about KB.