Madadh

Looks like a decent set, but as has been pointed out, that's really hard to judge without
a) Numbers
b) Having actually played it.


But, I fairly well dislike the theme. I can't think of comic book precedent, and while I admit that alone isn't reason not to have it, I just don't think of 'radiation' as meaning 'armour'. I'll grant, that the comic concept of radiation 'granting' some type of super toughness is well established, but the Hulk isn't tough using radiation, but as a result of it. I'd much rather have some armour types that are actual armour. Like 'metal plate' and/or classic 'powered armour'. Or maybe an all Parry type set. Or a magical protection type set that acts a lot like Invul, but without the huge Psi hole (obviously the other numbers would have to be lower to keep balance).

Of course, depending on how the effects look (and how much they can be turned on and off, or tweaked) it may be able to fill a role other than of 'radiation' but sets that are popular in spite of their concept almost always popular because of being on the very high performance end.

If you want an 'epic' combo, then you're going to have to spend for it..


But, if you're willing, I've got a fav.


Recently got done with a 3 person Mothership Raid.. When we hit the bowl, the 2 defs died. Lots of crap flying about at that point. I was able to tank everything in the bowl, GM included, with a Shield/Ax brute..

I was still standing and chopping away when they got back.. and then we got on to spankin the crap outta them...

Sure, there may be better combos out there, but it's hard to get more epic than that..

OK. So, um.. I'm stumped.. The Nav window says, Assault Darrin Wades Island.

But I tried and can't fly or hop up there...

I try to enter the topmost ship, as the hero version does, and "You cannot enter," is the message that I get.

So, what am I missing? I suspect it's pretty obvious, but it doesn't feel obvious to me atm.

Skip Mace. Go for ranged def. Hurricane means fearing no melee... If you do that, elec is really solid, but you have a range of choices.

I've got a slug.....

I was due my 5 year yet badge 4 days after freedom. I reported it about a week after it was overdue.. Got the same canned response so many others have reported. Same reported tracking problem. I've re reported it a couple of times since, just to see if any progress has been made and the reply has been the same. I can't guarantee, but it seems pretty plain to me that freedom's new system broke the old. And I don't think (outside of some really weird outliers) we will see vet anniversary badges any time soon.

Edit to add: If anyone really wants, I'll re report it again, and notify y'all of the response.. I'm not sure, but I may be close to case zero on this... At least, I've not seen anyone miss a vet badge by less than a week.. And still be waiting...

Point being, I think yearly vet badges are totally broken beyond repair. I just wish they'd come out and say so as opposed to continuing to dangle hope. The longer they dangle hope, the more people get added to the list of folks expecting yearly vet badges that aren't getting them.

Gir is pretty awesome...

I think your point is well made. I just don't agree. I think it's a big enough boost to help in those critical situations, and lasts long enough to get you through them usually, and is up pretty often, often enough that is should be available a lot of the time in those situations.
But, I'll go ahead and kick the foundation out from my position by admitting that I'm only looking at the numbers and comparing it to other powers I'm familiar with. I've not actually used Hybrid, so I could be way off base. But the numbers don't look horrible next to Archmage or some of the tier 9 powers (or even some of the APP/PPP powers).

I may change my mind when I get to play with this toy, however.

But, again, it may come down to play style.

Edit: Of course, it's impact may also be affected by the build it's used on, too.. I could be picturing it's use on one type of build, and your test samples could be on a very different type of build..

You 2 may have a point. I'll refrain from offering my opinion on this topic going forward on account that I just don't know enough to discuss the topic in detail. It seems everyone complains about how their poor AT is treated, tho, and I can discuss in detail about most, of the ATs, but not so much about blasters. I've never liked them, always felt they were overly fragile, and I personally just don't even bother to play them any more. But I've been told repeatedly that they are just awesome, and my impressions are wrong, or a factor of my playstyle. And I've seen some very effective blasters that would seem to support those claims..

So, while your counters seem to have merit to me, I've been told many times I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to blasters. And there is merit to that point. So, I'll bow out, but point out that, as everyone claims their fav AT is the poor mistreated one, you'll have to make a great case... Better than I was able when I pointed out the flaws of blasters...

Good luck..

Yeah, you really can't go wrong with an Earth/Fire. Enjoy! And welcome to the game.

I really wish I was going to be more helpful to you, but they are SO different...

Dom's tend to be safer, and push more damage, but more fragile if someone goes unmezzed. Defenders usually do less damage, but are generally have better defenses to fall back on if things get out of control.. But, that's not always true. Part of the problems is that defenders vary a LOT from powerset to powerset and in design. But both rad/ and storm/ defs can be vary safe..

Wow, um...

Really... Any of those sound fun, tho that said, I've not played any of those exact combos except rad/rad, which is truly awesome. But all of the otehr 3 sound quite doable.. Only Strom/Energy causes me any pause. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE storm, but if all your attacks do KB, I can see you flinging enemies off of your Freezing Rain zone, which isn't ideal. Yes, there are ways around it, but that combo would be the one I'd be most wary of...

Edit: Wow! What Seldom posted while I was writing mine is a very, very good summary.. Pretty much.. Um, what he said.
2nd Edit: Though, I think in Seldom's 4th paragraph, 4th sentence, he meant to start, "Every defender primary plays incredibly differently, while dominator primaries..."

What time is it?