MrQuizzles

Get someone to do it for you? I'unno, especially when you consider that you wouldn't need Time Bomb if you were running with another defender.

I'm pretty sure he means the fear mechanic as described in the game, not the terrorize mechanic (which I'm pretty sure is what you're thinking of), which is colloquially, and incorrectly, known as fear.

Fear causes enemies to run and scatter. It's not particularly desirable.
Terrorize causes enemies to stand a cower.

Warshades have pets to kill stuff while they're dead. I don't think that's WAI, honestly.

They can use breakfrees. Breakfrees are not exclusive to squishy ATs.

Enemies that buff each other/themselves, debuff us and use synergistic combos to make our life difficult. That's what I want.

Most enemies just use damage and mez with some innate resistance to a damage type or two. The only ones seen as threatening are the ones who go beyond that and introduce different effects. Sappers and Sorcerers are two good examples of this.

I'm not saying that every enemy should be running around with the vanguard curse or mask of vitiation. I'd much rather every enemy have smaller (but still effective) buffs/debuffs that work together rather than just one or two having buffs/debuffs with overblown effects, which is unfortunately what we see now.

Wait, you mean you don't act as a tank for your team?


WHAT CRAZY WORLD IS THIS?

What if both of those things? What if you had Rad Emissions yet still had to run into melee?

Many Defenders/Corruptors live in melee, anyways. It's also worth noting that I'd love a Melee/Debuff AT.



Mostly, though, I just wish that enemies had been made "difficult" through other means. That's really all I want.

Why can't they just use breakfrees or get it from their teammates? Sheesh, it's not hard. Maybe they should try adapting their playstyle and learning that life is tough and they won't get what they want. Perhaps they could just go for the mezzer first, that fixes everything. Maybe I'm just repeating what's already been said.

Actually, it's just melee folk who whine about them being too hard. This is because the Vanguard were made really difficult to take on in melee without resorting the the cheap shot of mezzes that every other enemy group in the game resorts to.

Being the only thing in the game that their easy buttons don't work on, of course some people will complain about Vanguard.

Personally, I can deal with horrendous buffs/debuffs and, indeed, would prefer them over mezzes.

Yeah, target all the Rikti first! Oh, wait...you say "the mezzer" as if there's only ever one.

Targeting mezzers first only works when the entire group doesn't have some sort of mez. In the late game, it's fairly common for most enemies to have mezzes of some sort, so you have to target the worst mezzer and hope all the others don't screw you over.

Seriously, name all the late-game villain groups where 50% of all enemies don't have mezzes. My main argument is that mezzes are over-used in the late game. The easiest way to rectify this is to give squishies a bit of mez protection in their APPs.

It's also worth noting that popping a breakfree doesn't mean infinite protection. When a lot of mezzes are being thrown at you or when a very long mez is present, one isn't always enough.

But at the same time, they removed what made Rad Blast stand out when they proliferated it. The first two attacks were standardized to match most of the rest of the tier 1 and 2 attacks in other blast sets for blasters. Yes, the DPA of those two attacks was dirt, but I was hoping they'd find a more creative solution that didn't destroy the feel of the set like standardization did.

Now it's just a rather lackluster AoE set. It doesn't outshine Archery or Fire Blast in AoEs, and it's pretty much 100% standard in the single-target department. All it's got going for it is the debuffs and the stun on CB.

Pfft, the real rogues were us brave souls who were playing Dark Miasma.

An immobilize does exactly nothing to someone who has immobilize protection.

Grav does have -speed and such tacked on as an extra effect, as do some other immobs and holds. It's not a universal thing, though.

Yeah, Gunslinger bosses tear my Rad/Dark Corr to pieces. I have to basically hope that they don't hit me in order to survive. I'd say he got a pretty normal experience out of them.


Try fighting a Master Illusionist without mez protection. It's even worse.

Well there's your problem, you've been making healers. Unlike healers, Defenders are great fun to play as.

That's a stupid thing to do regardless of what powersets your teammates are using.

Ok, I can live without the terrorize in Fearsome Stare. The ToHit Debuff is plenty fine.

And if enemies can't mez me, then I won't miss the stun in Cosmic Burst, either. So sure, have at it.

Yes, because any part of a Rad/Dark corruptor is just mashing buttons. No, the problem I have with it is that no amount of smart play can get me around it. I absolutely have to resort to the crutch.