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4) Scrappers should get less debt from dying (they do it a lot they are used to it). Alternatively you can actually have a power that reduces the XP debt from dying.

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I'm sure he meant to say Blasters. Yeah.

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I dont know about you guys but it seems that teaming isnt even encouraged its almost a necesity. If you dont team its more than twice as long to lvl cuz when you team you get the xp increase. I say give soloers an xp increase of at least .5% or something i mean come on i bought this game thinking sweet a game that ill play for the next few years cuz its gonna be a great game. But wrongo, lets see i can hardly solo a lvl past 14, due to the little xp gain, and i wont even go on to the other things i have problems with cuz there wayyy too off subject. But i love soloing its the best part i mean to get to send out my ice pets and let them wreak havoc on the mobs instead of me is fun but its way slower on the lvling department certain groups shouldnt get punished for being or doing the things they do. ie i dont have 900+ hours to play this game in a few months it might take me two years to get that much time in and in those 900+ hours of play i probably wouldnt be at 50 by then because my time is more scattered than if someone would have done it in 6 months DONT punish soloers, workaholics who just want an hour or so to play a game after/before work. Or even a few hours in after school not everyone has 10 or 12 hours a day to play this game.

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From the tone of your post, I will assume you bought the game post I3. Or you knew nothing of the changes (and re-changes involved). When I3 initially came out, all bosses (mission and street) were made substantially harder. THEN it was near impossible to solo. After much outcry, the devs rolled back the changes, gave Heroic difficulty LTs instead of bosses, and added the XP bonus to encourage teaming. That bonus doesn't eliminate soloing; if the bonus was needed to level quickly, no one would have been able to pre-I3. While it is true that you level faster while teaming, teaming is not a necessity. Excluding trials and task forces, I have solo'ed for most of my 39 levels. It all depends on your choices of AT and power sets. Even at the high levels, you can get at least a half a bubble, if not a full, a day in three hours.

This has probably been asked, but don't want to read through every post; have you made a guide to the Electric secondary? I've had an energy/energy as my main and wanted to try out energy/electric.

Thank you so much Statesman! This is another reason why I love City of Heroes: The developers not only listen to player comments and complaints, they actively investigate their concerns and, if they are legitimate, does something about it in a short time. When I was on EQ, you were extremely lucky to ever talk to anyone who worked on the game, and they only listened to the high level players.

So, from the bottom of my squishy Blaster heart, THANK YOU!

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The only reason most people can't solo is because they choose not to be able to. If you pick a set like Empathy, powers that don't support solo play or you refuse to learn any strategies for dealing with encounters then you have no place complaining that you can't solo. The tools are there if you don't want to use them don't blame the game.

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Really? Should an Energy/Energy Blaster be able to solo? Up until I3, I was. Sure, bosses were challenging and I would usually die once or twice, but those were named bosses, like Frostfire. However, lately I've been dying repeatedly to unnamed bosses, specifically Jump Bots. I won't go into more detail, but it's no fun breezing through 50 minions to find a Jump Bot that's almost guaranteed to kill me.

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Blasters have a legitimate gripe since most can't control mobs much but on the other hand being able to 2 shot bosses is ridiculous. Up to the devs to deal with that one.

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Not true. I have Sniper Blast 6-slotted, 1 Acc and 5 Dam. Against a con red Jump Bot, I can't even do 25% damage. That's including Build Up. Even before I3 I couldn't 2 shot named bosses, but now that Statesman (whom I don't blame...yet) made the sweeping change to ALL bosses, I need dozens of inspirations and a Rest break to defeat anything over LT.

P.S. I'm a lvl 27 Blaster, have had and enjoyed the game for 2 months after switching from EQ1.