Grey Pilgrim

Much easier time of it in Striga than IP for me as well. Both bosses are all over in the port area, whereas Family bosses are much more hit and miss in IP in my experience.

Ah, brilliant. That worked. Out of curiousity, why do you have to do that with Windows 7?

I always thought it was lame that Leia wouldn't do much with the force, but it worked okay for the first Zahn books. After that, though, it would have been better for her to do more. Would have made sense after encountering another dark Jedi.

It was the Corellian trilogy, I'm remembering that now. But it was mentioned that Leia defeated him by skill. I remember the line going something like "it would only happen once in a thousand encounters, but it had happened." I remembered the line for its lameness, for one reason or another. *sighs* And then I'm able to forget names far too easily: memory is such an odd thing for me.

The whole debate on the nature of the Dark Side (is it a ying-yang, or a cancer) is the whole Manichean vs. Boethian nature of evil debate. Probably isn't going to be answered easily, given it's been debated for centuries. Heh.

That would be a loverly way to tick many people off. Ay yai.

Anyway, on to the topic. War Witch said a long way back they had some trick up their sleeves that they were working on for this, and I thought the implication then was that it was not a merge.

My own gut feeling/hope is that they are going to find a way to allow for teaming cross-server. That'd be a win for the whole supposed situation. Plenty of people to team with all over, and "low population" servers will still have a charm for those that like them.

I don't think there are any issues with finding teams, personally, but the above scenario would hopefully shut those up who seem to think there is.

It's more of a difference for ATs than the powerset, though. Blasters can be a lot lighter on the endurance bar because their attacks do such heavy damage. You just don't have to attack as much to drop your targets.

I have things set up for each character I play to have a healthy endurance bar (I have end reducs slotted where I can fit them in at this point on that Corr), but it's pretty easy to do that with Blasters compared to some other ATs.

Really? I find Blasters to be quite easy to solo. They can blast through anything in no time flat if you play it right. I also build mine to pick up a decent chunk of defense (about 30% to ranged or S/L, depending on the build), so they don't take too many dings in the short amount of time stuff is kicking. Inspirations and other utility powers help out for the rest.

I'm still working on getting my Corruptor to higher levels, but my Ice/Storm has a much harder time of it at low levels. He's puffing for endurance and takes a longer time to kill stuff, meaning it's easier for him to get beat up a bit. He's still fun, but I prefer to get him on a team right now. My Blasters... they're good to go solo or on teams from their first level.

As for Defiance, the biggest bonus there is the ability to attack while mezzed. I always miss that when I'm on a Controller, Corruptor, Dom, or Defender (my one Defender is Sonic and is only vulnerable to Sleep, but he gets slept annoyingly often). The damage is just gravy on top of that.

I dunno, you may not notice the damage buff as much when you're teaming, since things are exploding all over, but solo, I know when I have a bit of defiance built up and when I don't. Without the defiance buff, I may have to use an extra attack on a target. With it, they fall sooner. It's not huge, but if it was huge, the balance crowd would rightly complain that Blasters are too strong. Still, it's not that hard to get a boost in the 15-20% range if you're going at a good clip, and I won't begrudge that.

It's more like Luke needing to face the dark side. If he buries his head in the sand or let's the heart of the Empire keep going (The Emperor and Darth Vader), the Emperor already has won, as Ben says.

What you are basically advocating is that the Jedi cannot kill someone ever, which I don't think many of the Jedi would have philosophically agreed with. They can use their abilities in defense and defense of others, and if Luke did not face Vader, he is not protecting others as he should as a Jedi.

Jedi are not about "attacking" but knowledge and defense. What Ben and Yoda say is perfectly in line with that philosophy.

Fire with Electric would make for a more offensive leaning, since Fire Melee is all about the damage without the mitigation. So if you're worried about surviving, go for a set with some KD, stuns, etc. You can still make Elec fairly tough, though (my Fire/Fire does fine, so Elec should work with Fire as well), so it should be okay.

On my WP Tank, I fit in Fitness in the 40s just so I could run faster, and to push my Regen higher, both of which helped his playability and performance. Didn't need Stamina at all, though. With the accolades, Quick Recovery, and bonuses, his blue bar does not have any issues.

I would say Combat Jumping is nice on most tank builds, as it's a cheap toggle for a nice layering of defense to what you have already. Maneuvers is kind of meh. Lot of other powers that would help, I think. Get that defense from Weave, bonuses, Combat Jumping, your primary, etc.

So... starting a discussion of Kinetic Melee is asking people to talk about stuff they can't discuss? Even though there is a decent amount of info out there, not everyone is in beta, and even beta types can discuss what is in these articles? *sighs* What a party pooper.

You're so mean, Ele!

*jaw drops* Twenty? 2-0? Why are you not sharing these with the world? I've paid through the nose or used a lot of merits to get the few sets I have! See how sad this makes me? Heh.

From previous discussions I have read, a lot of Brute users thought Grounded was worth taking, but to have one -kb resist for the times when you're in the air (or the game thinks you're in the air). I would agree that Power Surge is like the other Tier 9 "godmodes." Can be nice or not worth it, depending on your build. I'm hoping mine is tough enough grabbing Tough and Weave, so I don't have it planned for mine.

Think I'm grabbing everything else, though. Good use for all the rest, I would think.