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Originally Posted by Black_Marrow

*points to the Energy/Energy guide in his sig*

My Blaster i a hybrid of sorts, much more single-target when it comes to blapping and blasting, but that's on purpose. On a team it's hard to be the AoE master with Energy/Energy due to all the knockback. However, knocking a few targets back and Slapping them with your hard-hitting Melee attacks and watching bosses get stunned makes life very tasty. Once you get the boss stunned you can clean up as you see fit, considering the biggest threat now cant fight back. If you wanna try a more single-target brawler than fire/fire, this is the next best step.

Rad/Energy is a decent option for Blapping in this style too. That is, if your not man enough to learn how to control your own knockback.

Originally Posted by Humility

Thanks again Werner.

Now... the rule of 5s, would that apply individually to crushing and doctored? Both give 5% recharge, so would that mean that I can have a total of 5 recharge bonuses between both sets, or would each set be it's own "rule of 5"?

I actually already have both the Kismet and Steadfast uniques slotted as I grabbed them with bronze AE rolls. Yay for that. Will have to look into makos and gaussian.

Originally Posted by Slashman

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if Whirling Hands is worth it to take for my grav/energy dom.

Energy assault isn't really big on AoEs so I was wondering if this was a waste or if it delivers decent damage.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Humility

You failed reading class in school didn't you? Redside market is crap.

Originally Posted by Catharctic

I enjoy my Dark/Pain for teaming, but his damage is lower than I would like for soloing.

Rad is actually a popular choice for several of my friends. I've been looking to try it out at some point, too. Other than that, Energy would probably be sexy.

Originally Posted by Negate

I still don't understand why people hate Stalkers. Once I hear a good reason I can rest in peace lol.

Originally Posted by Fire_Minded

I dont use pen & paper to make a build, I use the power set description, the individual powers info chart by pressing the "Info" button during creation, and I make my choices by reading from there.Its acctually a very simple thing, and no, I will not get off Mid's.

Mid's is for people who have no imagination, or are poor at math, or possibly both.

I find it funny that people have to sit down and chart out a character, or use Mid's for it, scratching there heads like monkies as if its Rocket Science.

What I like about this game, that Mid's does not tell you, is the fact that not a single combonation is a poor choice to play compaired to any others within any given AT.Thats why alot of people call Fire Armor, and other sets like it weak, because they dont know how to use it, and gosh darnit!Mid's says its bad, or another player does.

So Mid' can take a flying leap.

If you dont like how I talk about Mid's, simply stop listening.You complain about my comment/s on Mid's and ill tell you exactly how I feel about it.Its that simple.

I was not raised to use Diplomecy, or use Tact.They are utter wastes of Time for our society to keep using them.

Originally Posted by Dispari

And Corruptors and MMs. Arguably those two need it more, since they get neither higher debuff values or longer mez durations. Or really anything to stack it with.

Originally Posted by ArchLight

Just wow I am so surprised to see this demand for taunt expressed here. I have to say I have noted more and more players using taunt.
Taunt and corner pull was the main method of several teams I ran into recently. When I asked why were doing it this way they all said it was safer. Plus it kept aggro off the Squishies (oh please). I asked a few more questions and decided it was best not to disturb them after the mission was over I left to have some fury filled fun.

Other teams the leader is a Brute playing tank. Taunting etc when asked about it they know no other way to play. I give talking about Red tactics a try but most are experts and do not want to listen. Those that do I add to my global.

I have seen for some time more and more obvious Blue side teams playing Red side. More should check out the Red side I do think they could realise there are some potential gains to using Red side tactics.

Maybe it has not been said loud enough or often enough but being a brute is all about the SMASH. Were fricken engines of destruction. Anything that slips my aggro the team should be able to handling. Otherwise why are they on my team, am I doing all the work?

Gaining and keeping fury has never been a problem with out taunt. When I play a squishy COV side its sure nice to have a brute on the team. But I do not need or want them to play tank.



So in closing SMASH, SMASH, SMASH.

Originally Posted by Shuriken_BladeX

I saw that Dual wield pistols are getting 4 or so different types of ammo. I'm wondering if the Assault Rifle powerset is gonna get some of that. I know for some of the attacks that would be stupid but on the other hand it wouldn't. If you use acid ammo for "AS" instead of the flamethrower you shoot an acid spray. Same for ignite, and all the other ammo types if you get the picture. Anyone else think that would be cool?

Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood

Traps is a horrible, horrible set. It does not give all of your teammates approximately 20% defense which cannot be backed up with a reasonably large ToHit debuff and the ability to give a regeneration boost to allies. Offensively it doesn't have a power that gives a 26.6% resistance debuff along with a nice defense debuff. Finally it doesn't have a power that not only acts as a short duration hold but also debuffs enemies.

To summarize, Traps is an awful set that should be removed from the game.

I hope that helps

Originally Posted by Tycho_Caine

Apologies if this has been asked previously, but are there any plans to develop a MM-like archtype for the Hero side?