MarquandDance

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Not sure if it boosts flight speed like the controller epic.

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It sure does :O)
I fondly remember flying between missions, hitting power boost and getting that afterburner feeling.
Doesnt this power also boost hold mag?

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You need to drop barrage


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Oops, thats what I meant to say as well, honest guv.

Is this for pve & pvp, or just pve?
I'm no stalker expert so dont put too much faith in my advice
I would loose jump kick and energy punch, and if you need more space later, possibly loose fast healing, I'm not sure how great that power is. I'd 3 slot placate with recharge, 6 slot AS and 3 slot integration with heals. Oh, and you will want to pick up the build up power too.
Reconstruction and dull pain I would slot with 3 recharge and 3 heals. Obviously might take a good few levels to squeeze those slots in, but ultimatly, thats what I would be shooting for.

You didnt specify a server, although if you are all set up for the test server you could set it in pocket D with the new (I8) arena kiosks and do a bit of testing as well.

I recently dusted off my necro/dark, trying a few sirens call missions to get back in the swing. Sheesh! those longbow just hit my poor zombies with multiple grenades and send them flying all over the room like puppets in a hurricane (maybe not grenades, but some sort of kb aoe). Does stimulant have KB protection? Given how often longbow turn up later in the game it would be well worth taking.

I havent played grav, but it also has slows on some of its control powers which can really help against resistant targets. Certainly a pain in the backside when a grav troller comes for me.

As well as fear. Levitate and TK are also big hitters for a pvp mind dom imo. The lack of a pet doesnt bother me personally, but I'm not all that keen on pets that do there own thing anyway.

Plant rocks for the confuse power, I havent got one high enough to try creepers yet, looking forward to it though Trouble is, the plant holds only work on the ground and seem a little bit buggy against leaping opponents.
BTW. drain psyche recovers a LOT of endurance, but lasts a very short time, easily enough time to build up domination though. The health recovery from drain psyche doesnt impress me very much.
Psi dart is great for building domination quickly. Also try getting aid self into your build.

Whatever set you go for, dont expect an easy ride in pvp, my own dom didnt start to feel all that useful in the zones until about level 40.

Whatever you think will be the most fun.
On the one hand there's just 10 levels to go, plus you will have a lvl 50 using an uncommon set of powers.
On the other hand, if you like consistency, you might want to start again for an uninterupted story experience.
If you do start again, dark is one of the better ones for pvp imo. (although webgrenade really rocks in pvp).

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I am inclined to agree with level 40 matches so unless alot of people want it want it at 50...

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*applauds*
In that case I'll pop along with my ickle dom for a while. Dont expect miracles from him though :P

Ouch!
didnt see that one coming, have fun whatever you end up doing.

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Happy new dom day :O)

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Cheers

All my characters are concept builds, so I should have said I was hopeful for this new Mind/Psi because he's using a new concept (i.e. one I haven't played yet).

I swear my old main Dom concept is cursed - remade him as an MM and he still hasn't got past 14 before I tired of him

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I've liked mind right off the bat, and mind/psi really seems to fit together concept wise. I remember seeing mind probe for the 1st time and thinking "wow! its like mr spocks vulcan mind meld on steroids". I dont think theres a bad power in mind, although some are a little situational. Currently my mind/psi is lvl 40 and I cant say its been too difficult.

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sorry fin but if you're fighting an AT which requires stacking or a toggle drop to get held levitate isn't gonna have any effect apart from the damage as they're most likely gonna have KB res too

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3 KB enhancers breaks through the KB protection many scrappers have, prolly tanks too, although I havent really had time to test this.

And yep, I'm serious about the dull pain effect, this would really help us out in pvp.

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just made a Mind/Psi today, incidentally - it’s a concept build, so might have a better chance of getting past the teen levels than the dozen doms I’ve deleted

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Happy new dom day :O)

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EDIT: OMG that last sentance almost sounded positive, i obvioulsy need coffee

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From my experience in PVP, dominator total focus is a tickle under the chin compared to Blaster total focus.. Blasters are allowed to wait for it.

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!

Still trying to think of reasons of bothering to play to
total focus lvls. Even if its the possibly the only good attack in the entire set.

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i think they've tried to soften the blow by giving it a 64% chance of toggle dropping, perhaps to make the primary more effective, though i think most would rather stack holds from a distance then try to use it in that way except during domination (but of course during domination you don't really need to toggle drop to hold hehe )

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Seeing as he plays mind he could possibly use levitate and maybe get enough time to close for a melee attack. My 1st dom was mind/en and I found the damage very disappointing in pvp as well. Then again, I rerolled just before terrify, at lvl 40 my current dom (mind/psi) feels like he's only now starting to be powerful enough to compete. I wouldnt say no to blaster HP and a big dull pain effect on domiantion though :P

I've noticed that if a power isnt recharged when hasten drops, the power's icon shrinks, as if its recharge time gets pushed back to what it is without hasten. Something to consider, although I'm not sure if this is a bug, intended, or if it even affects the recharge in the way it suggests.
And yep, this will be handy on the all dom team :O)
I just hope it doesnt ruin the pinball feel of the AT.

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I think we should all just agree, that I am the king.

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I thought that was part of the EULA anyway

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and as there are no 8man teams it doesnt really make a good example does it

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Was in an 8 man team a few nights this week, although some of them may have been wimminz.

Checked the notes on the test server board as well, hoping it would be a wind up. No luck, looks genuine.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...=0#Post6702716

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incidently has anyone played a */fire dom? plenty of people praising power boost during domination but i'm betting fiery embrace would be excellent too, been thinking of making one and not seen any that i know of to ask

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I have a plant/fire on the all dom team, light petting had one too and theres a guy in my SG who also has a plant/fire. Hardly ever had to solo with him so its tough to judge the damage, I often think "wow! look at all the damage I'm doing" then realise there are 7 other people hitting the mob at the same time
I did have a bounce through SC a few days back though and almost killed a blaster, despite having only DO's and not even that many.

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well ain't that just typical, i was thinking of plant/fire (calling her wildfire or forestfire possibly) having never seen one turns out i was just a bit too late spotting the next fotm j/k

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I'm afriad the name forestfire is already taken, he's in our SG in fact. I also seen a "forest fire" (with a space) the other day. Maybe "doken leaf fire" is available

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incidently has anyone played a */fire dom? plenty of people praising power boost during domination but i'm betting fiery embrace would be excellent too, been thinking of making one and not seen any that i know of to ask

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I have a plant/fire on the all dom team, light petting had one too and theres a guy in my SG who also has a plant/fire. Hardly ever had to solo with him so its tough to judge the damage, I often think "wow! look at all the damage I'm doing" then realise there are 7 other people hitting the mob at the same time
I did have a bounce through SC a few days back though and almost killed a blaster, despite having only DO's and not even that many.

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(and what exactly have u done to try to improve things?!) aimed at then?

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You're asking what X has done to improve PvP on Union?!?

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No, I was quoting a part of his post. "and what exactly have u done to try to improve things?!" is a question he asked previously

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I do wonder though, would Dominator's feel better if they had a Brute-style AT bonus? So as your durations of your holds increased along with some damage buffing as you used more holds?

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Not sure I understand what you mean tbh.
Do you mean so the dom bar works like the fury bar? I believe they tried this in beta and scrapped the idea. Some speculation about the new buff is some sort of reverse containment, where we get a damage boost against unheld targets. That might be interesting, but it is just speculation. :O)

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and what exactly have u done to try to improve things?!

i'm hosting a tournament this sunday that has had 12 entrants, 6 of which are PvP regulars, that leaves 6 people i dont regularly arena with. if people dont wanna enter then i dont see why we shud spend time organising events to try to bring some life into the almost dead levels of PvP over here

also were not leaving EU, just PvP'in over there as well because they have tournaments with 5, 8 and 16 people in a team. any tournament over here with those numbers in a team would have 0 entrants

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Note, I have been on all tournaments I have been eligible for before that one, and if you want more participants try organising a tournament at lvl 30.

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my post wasnt aimed at ne1 in particular, i was just trying to illustrate that its hard work trying to raise pvp activities

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If you quote my post in your reply then I will obviously assume its in response to me. Now if your post isnt aimed at anyone in particular, just who was your question (and what exactly have u done to try to improve things?!) aimed at then?

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I must be option C

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Nah jum, I just never see you in the zones.

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You go in WB much? I'm always in there.

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I dont like warburg, the FFA nature is a bit off putting for me. I've been in there, but mostly to do missions and the very odd bit of pvp if I run into someone I know while I'm there.

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Dont try and have a go at me, when every pvp event is lvl 50's only, I can hardly turn up with my lvl 40 can I?

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u can arrange a lvl 40 tournament if u claim to be trying to improve pvp...

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Thanks for giving me your permission to run a lvl 40 tournament, I am truely honoured.
Whats your problem with me exactly?
My comment, seeing as you want to pull it apart, simply meant I'm not making posts about how pvp compares to the american servers and encouraging a mass exodus. Something which I believe to be detrimental to the state of pvp over here.
As for organising a tournament, I have very little interest in the arena, much prefering BB and SC, the "thrill of the chase" is a huge part of the fun for me. Occasionally I'll see an organised event, think it might be cool, then see its 50's only. (the squished event being the most recent). On top of that, I lack the confidence to put any event together, it is something that would take a lot of mental preperation for me. Besides, why 40? Then you exclude everyone else, just as the lvl 50 tournaments do, another reason I prefer zones.
You know, I held off posting here cos I didnt want to offend anyone I might leave off my list, I'm starting to wish I'd kept my mouth shut now.

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I must be option C

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Nah jum, I just never see you in the zones.

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several of the Retribution team have started up accounts in the US as the amount of PvP in the EU has grinded to a complete stop

so if any1 feels like they want to actually do some big team pvp come across and join us we're on freedom server and the sg in called 'The New Vanguard' and is open to all EU pvp'ers

the americans apparently love 8v8s and 16v16s so the more the merrier

some of The Paragon Defenders will be joining us too, it's about time to show the US how to PvP


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No wonder I havent seen anybody online to PVP... The more of us leave the less PvP there will be here.. sigh.

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Indeed, I'd rather stick around and try improving things rather than bailing out.



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and what exactly have u done to try to improve things?!

i'm hosting a tournament this sunday that has had 12 entrants, 6 of which are PvP regulars, that leaves 6 people i dont regularly arena with. if people dont wanna enter then i dont see why we shud spend time organising events to try to bring some life into the almost dead levels of PvP over here

also were not leaving EU, just PvP'in over there as well because they have tournaments with 5, 8 and 16 people in a team. any tournament over here with those numbers in a team would have 0 entrants

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Dont try and have a go at me, when every pvp event is lvl 50's only, I can hardly turn up with my lvl 40 can I?