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  1. Kasual

    Beam/Poison

    POST-ACTION

    Can corruptors solo AV's/GM's? Particularly a Beam/Poison? Hate to be OT, but could a Psy/Poison do it?
  2. Kasual
    Agree. Rad is subpar until you proc it out, in my opinion.
  3. Kasual
    Can we get Poison (for corruptors) noxious gas to be color tintable? It seems so pointless to have the entire set be one color, except for the one that's likely to always be on. Further, Poison without color tint is just plain ugly to me.

    This sole thing drives me away from the Poison set for a corruptor, knowing I'm going to hate how I look later on.
  4. Kasual
    It seems like Time would do better/well in Zones, compared to Poison.
  5. Kasual
    How would Beam Rifle, and /Time fair? Not together, but individually? I'm thinking of making a Beam, Psy, or Sonic paired with /Time or /Poison. I know Psy/Poison was stated earlier as something that would do well. I'm curious as to how /Time would do, but also how Beam rifle would do. It seems like it would do well, with the quick animations, heavy hitter with a stun, and disintegrate.

    I'm not usually one to min/max and make cookie cutter or FOTM builds, but I also want to be able to be competent in PvP.
  6. Kasual
    Well, preferably both. But why not a list for all 3? I'm not sure I understand why a primary for corruptors would be significantly worse in one or the other. PvP is so different than it used to be.
  7. Kasual
    Anyone care to give their opinion on the top corruptor primaries for PvP. Of course Psy would be #1... curious to see how the others rank.
  8. Kasual
    It seems that they get no love due to their middle ground of both damage and support. Defenders do better at support; is Corruptor's damage so worthless as to not even consider playing one in PvP?

    I love corruptors. Sort of would like a reason to roll/level/play one (for PvP), but I get the feeling I'd get stomped. Maybe I'm wrong, though.
  9. Kasual
    I pvped back in the day before they janked it all up. I had an Ice/EM Blaster (I still have him, but he's shelved because he's worthless to me now).

    Trying to jump back into the PvP game (both zone and arena). Any tips on what character I should work on?

    Here are some of my higher level characters. There's always the option of telling me to roll something new, but I'm sort of lazy lately with leveling characters.

    Rad/Dark Corruptor - 50
    DP/Rad Corruptor - 40
    Elec/Fire Scrapper - 38
    BS/WP Scrapper - 35
    Ice/Fire Dominator - 31
    BS/Regen Scrapper - 33
    Elec/Stone Dominator - 38
    Fire/Dev Blaster - 33
    EM/WP Stalker - 28

    Almost all of these (with the exception of the stalker, whom I don't want to level) I would *like* to be good in PvP, but I'm not sure they're actually viable to be competitive with. Don't wanna waste all my time on one character to find out they're absolutely aweful in pvp.

    I know a stalker would be good, but I feel like leveling stalkers is a pain. I have a low level Mind/Fire, but he's really painful to level too.

    I love the idea of playing a scrapper in PvP, but I feel like it doesn't always work out nearly as well as I would had hoped. How is Kin Melee for a scrapper in pvp?

    Any pointers would be splendid.
  10. Kasual
    updated build

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  11. Kasual
    I've made a build for my DP/Rad. The idea is that this character will be soloable against AV's, and provide some debuffage for a team as well. The build seems relatively easy, being that I don't have to take much at all from the /Rad set in order to get all that I want/need in it.

    Any critiques or suggestions (with reasons!) are gladly accepted!

    Edit: Not sure what to take as an epic pool! I took dark for power boost, hoping that would help with the many effects of swap ammo. Not sure how it affects incendiary. Not sure if there is a better choice? I like the idea of having a bit more damage. I know I'm not going to be a damage powerhouse like a blaster, dominator, brute, scrapper, etc... But I still like the idea of being able to dish worthy damage out. I tend to think with this character that power boost is a better choice than power build up since it recharges faster, and I can use it on my debuffs/heals as well.

    Edit #2: Should I be taking pistols, or dual wield?

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  12. Kasual

    DP question

    POST-ACTION

    For dual pistols, if you slot a defense proc... will it still hit if you're using a different type of ammo than the one with a defense debuff?
  13. Kasual
    The reason I chose rad blast is due to the defense debuff offered, since dark has none.

    Honestly, I suppose I'm not 100% sure what I'm trying to accomplish with the build. I want to be useful on teams, but also have the ability to solo well (perhaps AVs?). In such a case, the PBAoE isn't of much use. Perhaps I'm wrong, but it seems like my experience with Irradiate is simply that it's really underwhelming for the aggro it gives me.

    Also, I love PvP in most games so I'm trying to make something that's 'semi-pvp' oriented (for arena, not zone). I know PvP has changed much since I last played so maybe most of how I'm built is useless in PvP... but I feel like I can probably still have fun with it. I guess I'm looking for a middleground.



    All this being said, I had fun leveling this character up but it seems more support based than anything. Not entirely sure I'm enjoying him at 50 due to the underwhelmingly slow solo-ability of him. Granted he isn't IO'd out yet, so far he's a disappointment.

    Is corruptor damage all this underwhelming in the solo area? My elec/stone dominator pumps out tons of damage (single target), but isn't as surviveable (yet). Corruptors always look appetizing to me due to what they seem to offer (damage and debuff/buff) but that's always on paper... when I play them the damage side seems more akin to a defender than even a tanker (looking at super strength, here).
  14. Kasual
    sorry about that, posted the data link.

    Yea I can definitely replace x-ray beam with neutrino bolt... but I think my build needs much more work than that.
  15. Kasual
    So I've been trying to make a pretty awesome rad/dark corruptor build and this is what I've come up with so far. Any critiques would be great. Not sure if I should have more defense?

    Tried to get a lot of accuracy and recharge through purple sets since Rad is my only source of -def.

    Picked X-ray Beam over Neutrino Bolt since with the amount of recharge I have it will always be up.

    Not sure where I could/should spare slots, or if I should pick up different powers? I'm sort of partial to not getting Irradiate, since I don't like the idea of PBAoE'ing on a corruptor like this. I'm not looking to farm or anything, either if that helps.

    Again, any pointers would be heavily welcomed.

    http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...2FF00F14AFE4F9
  16. Kasual
    Hey all.. I'm having trouble making my elec/stone dominator build. Any help would be super appreciated, I really feel like I don't know what I'm doing and I don't know what's worth it.

    Should I drop tremor? If so, in favor of what?

    Criticize away!

  17. Kasual

    So.. fill me in.

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect View Post
    Essentially.

    As Werner showed you, the DPS difference isn't that big, and Broadsword has a similar advantage in burst damage. i.e. the orange numbers will be maybe 20-30 points higher with the tier 8 and 9 attacks. But when both sets are hitting for 300+ with those attacks, 20-30 points isn't that big of a difference.

    Broadsword is still just fine in terms of damage. The situations where it will make a difference are few and far between.

    My Broadsword/Dark Armor just soloed Marauder as an AV a couple weeks ago, so BS isn't too shabby on DPS itself. (Marauder has a significant amount of Lethal resistance, so you need good damage to whittle him down)

    No reason whatsoever to consider rerolling as Katana.

    Edit: By the way, I like your avatar. GO BEARCATS!!!
    Haha! Go Bearcats indeed!

    Thanks!
  18. Kasual

    So.. fill me in.

    POST-ACTION

    What are the major differences between katana and BS? Is katana better DPS, while BS is better burst?
  19. Kasual

    So.. fill me in.

    POST-ACTION

    coming back to the game after a long hiatus. I have a lvl 31 BS/Regen Scrapper. Is this still a good character? How is regen? is it the beast it used to be?

    More importantly, how is BS? It seems like Kinetic Melee out-does BS now in the burst damage category, which is where it stood out before. Is that true, or false?

    Wanting to play a scrapper, but I don't want to waste my time if my character isn't what it used to be
  20. Kasual
    Dang. woulda been nice if he had a chance to proc every so often :-P

    EDIT: So if I slot a -tohit proc in him it will work for 3 or so of his powers?
  21. Kasual
    Question about procs.. kinda.

    If I slotted a hold damage proc in Dark Servant, will that make it so any time it attacks it has a chance for that proc? or just anytime it does the hold? Or does it not work like that at all?
  22. Kasual
    God i miss when ice blasting was good
  23. Kasual
    Is dark miasma a viable option on a corruptor for PvP? I know its -def and -res are in tar patch... but it has a hold, a cage, a heal, -tohit and -dmg, -def and -res along with -jump and -speed (when they're on tar patch, not sure how that works in pvp now), a stealth toggle, and a pet.

    I know cold is probably way better, but im wondering if something like fire/dark or rad/dark is viable with this set.

    Sorry for posting so many "does this work" threads, but i don't feel too bad since i feel like the questions, guides, and builds forum hasn't had too many new threads this weekend.

    edit: or even an energy/dark?
  24. Kasual
    they just said its bugged chief. that's why its not improving. Just because it doesn't improve on mids doesn't mean it wont in game.
  25. Kasual
    I made an ice/fire dom. its sitting at 22 now :P