Idris

My fire/fire doesn't really struggle solo, I've managed do dispatch all the elite bosses so far with little trouble. Big teams is another story though..

*activate flashfire* *mobs shoot me half dead* *phew, flashfire animation finally finishes* *blink* *what, flashfire ran out already?!* *faceplant*

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Hmm how does lift relate to levitate in mind powerset? Because I hate my levitate..

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Why?

Remember that your attacks do -recharge too. I doubt two of the slow powers alone reach the -recharge cap, but three is IMO an overkill in the sense that you'd probably have more useful powers to pick instead of the third one. I find all my dominators have a pretty tight build.

Sorry to see another good one go. You've done a lot for the community and it will be a poorer place without you.

The base recharge is not 5min anymore, it was shortened in I7. To 3 minutes, I think.

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yeah that seems to be the feeling in the US too, they're trying to make doms more appealing for those situations, but that problem at least is down to the AVs not the doms, same with trollers, it's the purple triangles of kitten slaying that are the problem, whereas trollers bring buffs/debuffs/heals when their holds are useless, doms just bring their mediocre damage

EDIT: though i guess having domination up more often for the damage boost rather than the hold improvements may be the thought behind it

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Yeah, I agree that's probably the thought behind it. The trouble is, they don't seem to realize that more damage doesn't help at all to make us more wanted in LRSF, like promised for this buff. It's why stalkers get left in the cold too, despite having excellent single target damage.

LRSF teams look for three things:
Longevity (brutes)
Damage mitigation (corruptors, MMs, doms to some extent but too unreliable)
Damage multiplication (corruptors, MMs to some extent)

They also want damage but why take an AT that brings only damage when you get other ATs that bring enough damage and other useful things.

I'll happily take any buff but I was hoping for something to make our primary a bit more relevant in AV/Hero fights..

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I have lvl 24 mind/en dom and im MOST disappointed at bonesmasher, power blast (which I respecced away since it does no damage) and not to mention force bolt-lvl damage of power bolt(which I must take). I mean my frigging empath kills enemies faster!


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What attacks does your empath use at level 24 to kill enemies faster? That's just silly.

Maybe you gimped yours? Mine does

Numbers say it can't possibly be worse than defenders, unless the defender in question has a way to drastically buff their damage.

The problem with dominators is not damage, exactly. A full assault set does good damage, easily comparable to corruptor blast set and in fact better in many cases. The trouble is, dom damage blooms really late as the best single target attacks come at 35 and 38 for most sets, after the pet. Assault sets should be rearranged somehow.

This does not help us with LRSF at all like promised. Control is as useless as ever and nobody is picked for LRSF for their mediocre damage.

I have a fire/fire at level 19 and the damage rocks already. I can only imagine what it'll be like when I have some more AoE and the imps.

It's slow. You can execute a bunch of other attacks in the time it takes to go off, doing just as nice damage, building domination faster and avoiding an extra power pick that requires slotting.

IMHO there's no point to it and I would never take a snipe for any of my dominators. Sure dominators can use a snipe mid fight because of the holds but a snipe at melee range is really missing the point of the attack. I have enough trouble getting my attacks properly slotted as it is so I'm really rather glad to have one power I can automatically leave out.

I don't really mind group invis dropping on glowies, what I mind is graphics not updating to reflect it (probably bug) and it not coming back after suppression period (probably WAI but very unfair with the long recharge).

Got a dominator in languishing in late teens/early 20s on Union? Want to get away from LFT hell and find likeminded teammates for some crazy dominating action?

The all dom team has recently lost some members (*sob*) and we really like to have a full team so we have 1-2 spots open. We play together on Tuesday evenings, and otherwise the characters are not used except to catch up if you've missed a session. We're currently level 21. Our large thread is on the Dominator forums.

So, give us a shout if interested!

My ill/kin has Siphon Speed, IR and Hover, which is quite perfect. Before IR it was a bit painful sometimes, when SS missed I was reduced to 3-slotted Hover for travel.

It kind of does. For example, Icy assault for dominators outdamages ice blast for corruptors for single target damage. AoE too, discounting Blizzard which is hard to calculate in. It's because while the range attacks are on a slightly weaker scale, the melee attacks are on the same scale and generally have higher damage values.

Hover has pseudo knockback protection (because you still do the backflip) and a small amount of defence. Combat Jumping has immobilization protection and also a small amount of defence. Combat Jumping doesn't provide any knockback protection at all, but Acrobatics from Leaping pool has real knockback protection. In other words, with Acrobatics you don't even notice the knockback.

We will miss your evil charlieness on the all dom team! It won't be the same without you. Good luck with the degree and do come back!

3 recharges only for PvE, add tohit buffs for PvP.

My creepers are slotted 1acc, 3 recharge, 2 damage. I find the damage adds up and immobs/slows seem unneeded

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I just tested this with my level 50 Ill/FF controller. I used Group Invis and stood next to a level 50 Possessed Scientist Lt who didnt attack. I ran to the next group and defeated a minion, waited 10 seconds then ran back. I still did not get attacked. I had no other toggles/powers running.

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That's what I said too. Now try clicking a glowie.

As far as I can tell, it goes away forever. The suppression I get when I attack is different, that wears off after a while and I get back to invisible.

IMO Group Invisibility is now broken. Like Carnifax says, clicking any glowie will completely cancel the invisibility effect but not the graphic, so your team will carry on believing they're invisible when they are in reality fully visible to the mobs. It's really dangerous. And the long recharge means that after clicking a glowie there's a long wait before you can activate it again.

I have Group Invisibility now and it has its uses, but next time I respec I'll change to Superior Invisibility unless some changes to GI are made before that. GI is perma or nearly perma with hasten and 2 SOs, depending on Hasten cycle.

The primary effect of a hold is also to hold, and Power Boost boosts hold duration too. People just get mixed up because "secondary effect" is a term used about two completely separate things that sometimes overlap.