MarquandDance

My new stalker will be going without stealth until such times as I think "uh oh! maybe i was wrong"
Playing stalker and stalker-hunter makes you better at both.

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I love to talk to my opponents (well when I'm my nice high HP tank ).

Tis always nice to watch a brute and stalker constantly attack while you stand there and say, "Aight, how's it going?"

You make some good friends that way. I actually talked to the brute for about half an hour after that...

See, villains aren't all that bad

You've just got to find the right ones. Generally, the stalkers aren't good at talking to and having a nice 'chat' as it were...brutes are generally nice to talk to though.

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Brutes almost always seem to have a sunny disposition for some reason, like big friendly cartoon bears.

I dont really pvp on defiant anymore. If this was on the test server though.....

I like the jekyl and hyde style of play, aggressivley fighting to push domination up then ripping everything apart once its there. I dont even feel very weak outside domination.

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Just a quick update - confirmed by Castle, Domination will now also include almost complete Status protaection, AND you will be able to fire it off while mezzed (like a BF)

Castle Post 1

Castle Post 2

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Woot!

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apart from a pub... or a casino

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The monkey fight club

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This sounds a totaly low down way to earn this badge. And completely devalues all those who worked hard to earn it. You expect us to go along with this? I mean me of all people? What do you think I am? What do you take me for? I mean... When are you doing this and when can I join in? Rofl

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Doubt MOST people that got the 400 rep badge the 'hard' way did it for the badge

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No, but its a nice milestone in your pvp "career".

Swap swift for hurdle if you want to pvp, and consider acrobatics for that missing lvl 30 power. I've never tried mental blast but heard its not so good, maybe try that on the test server 1st. If you chuck mental blast, also consider levitate or confuse as a replacement. Levitate helps you stack holds as they cant attack while lying on there back and it takes them a good time to get up too. (dominate/levitate/dominate) Not sure how useful levitate is in pvp, scrappers and tanks may have resistence, I havent really tryed that yet (you have a scrapper if you want to test it ). Confuse is just so useful and fun, but doesnt seem to be for everyone (also isnt well resisted). EG. confuse those lost mind control things and they help you stack holds. Confuse a controller in pvp and his ice patch, or whatever the heroes are cowering on, will start knocking them up and down.

Glad to see they arent changing domination too much, I like how it works now and was worried all the moaning on the US boards would make them change it a lot. Mezz protection should be nice, means I can take a trip back to sirens and pound that troller that held and killed me as i hit the dom button
That said, I wouldnt mind a full heath heal when you hit the dom button, or an increasing endurance bonus the higher up the bar goes. I seem to go through endurance like crazy, looking forward to drain psyche (and 6 slotting it).

I'll be there with dodga'
Tank.

I'm enjoying my mind/psi just now but i'm not big on pets anyway. If i wanted a pet i'd go fire/psi, the reason being i love those cheeky imps and psi seems very good for building domination.

I havent really tried fire, but it looks good as far as energy goes. If you want to pvp at some point you might want to change swift to hurdle though.

I've been regularly teaming with 2 or 3 villains who are very interested in RP sessions. Sadly I couldnt really point them to any regular villain RP or give them any advice other than "you would have to pick a spot and organise it yourself". The big globe at aeon city in cap would be good, something I havent seen suggested before. Pocket D and the monkey fight club are obvious choices but harder to stumble upon.

I have a lvl 27ish Mind/Energy Dom. Tanks and defenders dont really have massive damage so its not unusual to hold out until the blasters turn up. I've scrapped 2 tanks at once with Dom running and survived. You also have to consider that the other players may not have been very high level, or poorly slotted acc & damage. They may have been lvl 15 fighting your lvl 30, a distinct advantage to you
I've noticed grav controllers I've fought have a speed debuff on some attacks (been thinking a grav dom may be a good pvp choice). Btw. I sometimes have trouble knowing if my holds, confuses etc have hit/stuck. I think the effects get turned off by default or something, so you may even have held the defenders and blasters but not really have known about it.

It does seem slightly more difficult to get teams in CoV. That said, I had an absolute gem of a team 2 days back. BTW. I'm only level 13, playing as Fineous O'Malley, if anyone similar level is lft.

I'm a little puzzled as well. If theres some issues in the story you want people to comment on can you repost them please, maybe in a list or something.
Also, what level were you at the time?

I'd quite like to try respecing some toons for PVP and testing my builds on the test server. Trouble is the pvp zones on the test server are normally empty. I beleive theres an event on test on wednesdays, is this a good time to test my build or is there any interest in a special, player organised "build test" day?

Does anyone know how much defence each luck insp gives you? The manual says 25% but its old and isnt really clear if it means 25% of the cap, or 25% of what you already have (which would be 0 if you dont have any def already).

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Yeah, those couple of seconds with suppression are oh so useful.

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Its can be time to kill a squishy.

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just that u have a good toggle knock power and range

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How does does toggle dropping work for Doms now anyway? I thought your toggles stayed up now once you got held.

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Most scrappers are superjumpers so webnade is nice and those superspeeders will get caught in caltrops.

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Superspeeders just zip over my caltrops like they arent there.

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Dominators are a great pvp build but they do seem to be in the smallest numbers in the pvp zones which is a shame as they are so good. I ahve an ice/ice on the way up too

I would say fit in heal self on a dominator build at all cost as it allows you to keep building that domination

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They have smallest numbers in the pve zones as well
Maybe the tide is turning though, I recently tryed out a corruptor and the lower level zones seem to have a healthy supply of doms.

I've found doms powerful in pvp for a long time, my own is still maturing but should get good very soon (post respec ). I've also had reasonable success with my blaster, and even my defender has seen off 2 villians in one go, didnt kill them though, just sent them limping off.

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It's good to take instead of mesmerize, because it offers smashing damage, which will be useful against foes with psi resistance. It's also a fairly decent soft control power.

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Erm since when did smashing damage get to be better option than psionic damage? I wouldnt dream of ever making a mind toon without mesmerize.. Anyway, I feel that levitate is better option over many ranged attacks from secondary though. The damage of dominators sucks so bad..

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Yup. Happy birthday

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I came up with a set called story teller where you summoned creatures from various myths and legends.

I would put a link to the thread but I cant find the blooming thing.

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ooh, would work well with a bard/pied piper theme.