HacknSlash

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Baron von Ruwen has just arrived in Mercy Island after a brief misunderstanding with the authorities in Paragon City.

He awaits other members of the old world Circle to join him assisting a chap named Burke with some nefarious deeds.

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The Lady Cromwell has recently broken out of the Zig and has been causing quite a stir in the Rouge Isles. Formerly a English Noblewoman, she made a deal with a CoT Succubus in exchange for eternal beauty.

I will have to abstain from playing her as she's leveling quite quickly on live. Despite being supposedly very "gimp" as a low lvl grav/psi. .

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Countess von Stachel is ready to rumble.

I apparently just missed Lady Cromwell, or I could've done a VG invite (posting this late, as I got quick screenshot/upload/etc., plus chatting with Hirsh).

[Tentative fire/fire Behemoth for Hirsh... maybe dom, maybe brute... Was trying to sell him on the wonders of aoe immobs + burn patches, but dunno if he was buying. He just started mumbling something about 'mah fury'.]

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You work quickly D_C.

Looks like I'm shelling out 9.99 for the magik pack.

And a quick question! Are we going to start playing the toons now, or merely create them now so we can hit the gorund running come I15?

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I believe the plan is the latter.

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Baron von Ruwen has just arrived in Mercy Island after a brief misunderstanding with the authorities in Paragon City.

He awaits other members of the old world Circle to join him assisting a chap named Burke with some nefarious deeds.

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<Sigh>

Fine... I guess I'm rolling another dominator on Pinnacle...
Either earth/thorns (mage) or plant/thorns (succubi).

... after I delete my spines/regen scrapper, that is...

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Plant relies on Seeds way too much, you get a group that 's confuse resistant, say goodbye to Plant's AoE mitigation

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Spore Burst
Vines
Carrion Creepers

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Would a Circle of Thorns theme team be interesting to anyone?

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Thing that sucks about CoT theme is that there are no full robes available for either gender.

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I've grown extremely tired of the Villain content, but that is a debate for another thread.

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Me too, but not tired enough that I'm willing to zone 25 times per story arc.

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What dom combo(s) do you plan on playing first once this finally goes live?

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Depends.

1. If some form of HTTT reunion comes through, then either:
a. mind/electric (if on the server where that character resides)
b. earth/thorns or plant/thorns (if not)

2. If not, then... none. I've leveled more than enough dominators to 50 already, and will probably spend time leveling other things.

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My nether regions perked up upon seeing some interest in the reunion. That being siad, it doesn't *have* to take place on Pinnicle, does it?

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Well, it _is_ unlikely that anyone claimed that VG name on other servers...

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I'd hate to see someone pass up on the run because he/she didn't have enough room. Should we also consider electing a "master of ceremonies" to help organize this enterprise? I think it'll improve our chances of making this work if we've got a clear direction to move in.

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Organized... dominators... clear direction... are you _sure_ you were ever in HTTT?

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The Dom theme teams are usually Dark_Currents creations. I just show up and "Hold Them, Touch Them" because it is loads of fun.

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You show up? Since when?

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Im willing to roll whatever when these go live. The only issue is several of us have used up our Pinn slots and some of us have rolled every primary/secondary at least once with a few exceptions.

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IIRC, I have _one_ vet slot left that I could burn on Pinnacle, if need be, but another server would be preferred.

I haven't run electric or thorns yet, but have run all primaries.

[Kinda weird... it looks like if I run electric, I'll be running /Energy 2.0...]

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I was hoping for a new dom set soon but doubt it will happen.

With that being said, maybe the theme for an I15 dom team could be "pot luck dinner" bring whatever you have never played before and come dressed as southern baptists

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We'd have to wait to unlock the halos tho.

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Pfft, I was running /Energy in HTTT before it was cool.

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_Everyone_ who ran /Energy in HTTT ran it before it was cool.

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So we all know of the buffs comming our way but I haven't heard a peep from any of the ole HTTT gang.

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So... Hirsh, Dark_Current, and myself are chopped liver, eh?

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You might also try taking an English course.

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But... the British Isles are so far away...

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Away from that, taking enjoyment from an archetype being buffed does not equate to harboring hatred toward a playstyle.

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Does harboring a hatred toward a playstyle equate to hating an archetype?

No?

Hypocrisy++

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Nevermind that no such equation was made on my part. I was speaking strictly to the quotation I copied in my original post, not any ongoing argument you may or may not be having in this thread.

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While I see that you aren't capable of understanding the difference, the difference is there.

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Motes, eyes, and all that...

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Well said. It would be so nice if the scrapper haters would get the hell out of our forum.

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Well said. It would be so nice if the dominator haters would get the hell out of *that* forum.

Billz luvs dominators!

Bloody hypocrite.

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I see agreement that doms need changing and joy that they're getting buffed.

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Thus indicating an _utmost_ of respect for the archetype, right?

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Nice try, little boy, but a failed attempt.

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Sorry, ma'am. I'll try better next time.

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Well said. It would be so nice if the scrapper haters would get the hell out of our forum.

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Well said. It would be so nice if the dominator haters would get the hell out of *that* forum.

Billz luvs dominators!

Bloody hypocrite.

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*dashes off to see how much Inf he has on his Thugs toon*

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with all 4 uniques in gang war, ffg and one defense buff io in my enforcers all of my pets are at 46% defense to range/melee/aoe

if your secondary doesnt ahve ffg or disperson bubble, put a second defense buff in enforcers. this would effectively give your pets 25% defense

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With two L40 def IO's in call enforcer, each one puts out +11.82% def. That's 23.62% _without_ uniques.

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Please go and read the blaster forum. Most blasters are NOT satisfied with how the Psi blast set works, its considered subpar aoe damage.

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They love the mind secondary though, where their PSW lies.

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Ask them if it's because of the damage or the control.

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IIRC on my Mind/Psi I took both Levitate and Air Superiority. Between those two I had a decent amount of non-psi damage for resistant enemies. Robots do suck for psi users, but they are weak to smashing damage, so having even one smashing attack is a very good idea. If a pool power attack won't fit the build and/or concept, I do recommend taking Levitate at least.

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... or confuse. Simply keep one non-robot alive to assist in the beat-down of any robots, then kill him.

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3) To toughen yourself up, add IO set bonuses that either boosts your S/L defense, defenses to fire/cold/energy/neg energy and add hitpoints. For example, 4 slotting Kinetic Combat in your attacks yields about 3.5% (?) S/L defense that stacks nicely with Heightened Senses.

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This looks like the big one, especially against Cims.
His total's about 8% S/L def; mine's at 23% in a fairly untwinked build.

Steadfast: Res/+DEF IO, 2 sets of Kin Combat = +10% (the rest is apparently due to me slotting weave), which is a significant boost against in survival against the alpha, if nothing else.

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cims are all broadsword. they will debuff the hell out of any defense willpower can stack since the set has no defdebuff resistance. best thing one can do as a brute if you have desires to tank and be willpower is to take a more tank-like primary. the tank primaries we share all have soft control for a reason

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That's why I said "against the alpha, if nothing else".
RRTC and S/L res take over after the alpha.

Has worked well enough for my NRG/WP so far.

<shrug>

[Though I do like your total HP and regen #'s, and if I continue to slot out that character, I know which direction to head...]

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3) To toughen yourself up, add IO set bonuses that either boosts your S/L defense, defenses to fire/cold/energy/neg energy and add hitpoints. For example, 4 slotting Kinetic Combat in your attacks yields about 3.5% (?) S/L defense that stacks nicely with Heightened Senses.

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This looks like the big one, especially against Cims.
His total's about 8% S/L def; mine's at 23% in a fairly untwinked build.

Steadfast: Res/+DEF IO, 2 sets of Kin Combat = +10% (the rest is apparently due to me slotting weave), which is a significant boost against in survival against the alpha, if nothing else.

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Also, and I'm not super-proud of this, you can put it on auto and go AFK for a bit with a boss.

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You literally are not a true Dominator until you've done this at least once.

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Why would you use mesmerize for that, when you have access to confuse? It actually stacks in case of misses, and doesn't give the boss a *chance* of cheap-shot (like, say, a counter-mez).

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Okay, even I can answer this one.

Confuse doesn't do damage.

Mesmerize on auto, only target is a boss? Go AFK a while and come back to a defeated boss.

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Not with my luck.

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Also, and I'm not super-proud of this, you can put it on auto and go AFK for a bit with a boss.

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You literally are not a true Dominator until you've done this at least once.

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Why would you use mesmerize for that, when you have access to confuse? It actually stacks in case of misses, and doesn't give the boss a *chance* of cheap-shot (like, say, a counter-mez).

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It's defenitely not perma. What sucks is you could log off your character for a month and only get a few measly hours of gameplay with it. Seriously not worth it.

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Well, ya, if you only have one dom.

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I seem to see alot of Fire/psi, mind/psi and a smattering i think of "what goes best with /psi" talking on these forums.

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I'd say you see more mind/fire and mind/electric posts than mind/psi posts. Specifically PvP oriented, but more posts nonetheless.

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And infact i would guage that in almost every "advice" post someone posting information about their /psi toon.

Those i think of us that really like doms are probably not overly obsessed with psi, but there is enough talk here on the forums and obviously the new to doms see the farms running using psi and i think that puts the impression that psi is the set to use.

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Current build-information requests (in the subject) on the forum:
Grav/ice, Mind/elec, Mind/elec, Mind/psi, Mind/ice
Earth/elec, Fire/thorns, Grav/elec, Grav/nrg, Mind/elec
Mind/elec, Fire/ice....

I'm not seeing it.

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People always complain when they lose their "I Win" button.

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Yeah, but this is the dominator forum, where the rallying cry is "n33d moar dge".

It's logically impossible for that archetype to have an "I win button".

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I dont usually call for nerfs, and i am not sure i am doing so here by any means. But i do know that IMO Psi Assualt is a problem in that that one power in the set makes the set seem SOOOO good that it then i feel makes people say every other set sucks. Its to stand out. Now granted i would love to see the other assualt sets get a boost rather then psi taking a hit, and frankly i dont really care at all. Idont like Psi and wouldnt even if it one hit Infernal. But this is the same problem that has existed for many years with other power ATs. Where sets like regen or invul seemed to so far outshine others it was like the general public just figured why bother being anything else.

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Do you really think psi in general is that well thought of these days?
Fire/psi, yes, but fire has a special synergy with psi in stacked stuns and overlapping pbaoe's.

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Fulcrum shift and granite first, please.

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having a number of Kins, I feel I have to step in and say that FS is actually rather balanced. The problem is FS added to a large number of pets.

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Had you said "kinetics is actually rather balanced", rather than "FS is actually rather balanced", I might have believed you.

+250% damage to 8 allies >> tar patch.