Necrotron_RO

I will never delete a level 50, ever.

So, not FotM, but powerful in it's own right.

Some ideas:
Katana/Regen Brute - Somewhat rare, and can be quite strong and survivable with IOs (+Def, +Recharge)

Illusion/Cold (or any secondary really) - Really unique set and worth playing at some point.

/Mental Blaster - Blasters aren't survivable, right? Let the Tank/Brute/Scrap build a quick huddled pack and then dive in and Drain Psyche. Achieve +1400% regen. Add PFF + Aid Self for flavor. Simmer. Done!

Want to be Tankermind? - Make good use of your PFF and grab Provoke on your controller. Taunt the mob and immediately huddle into your PFF. Let the team and your pets destroy the mob.

Psy/Dark Corruptor - No really special synergies, but you get a ton of cool/fun powers and lots of hard/soft control and debuffs.

Battle Axe is available for Scrappers!

Also, playing Empathy will earn you a Rainbow Dash pony for free with every playthrough!

I think we just need a 32 target aggro cap for tanks and call it a day.

Note: not entirely related to herding.

My recent Spines/EA Stalker took and used it. It's very 'visual', but worked well with my fish themed character.

It's pretty effective (although it only stuns minions), and I've gotten great mileage out of it. The endurance costs were very managable with /EA and the standard Miracle/Numina procs.

YMMV.

Bought the bow.

As for the Roman parts, just like the Vanguard parts, very handy to be able to get them at level 1. If I were creating my character 'the Cimeroran' now rather than a year ago, I would be very happy. But alas, I don't see myself rolling up any more roman themed characters in the near future.

Pure defense can work quite well when they softcap, however...

resistance based sets work even better when they can softcap defense.

With the prevalence of +Defense bonuses via IOs, the more powerful values luck inspirations versus sturdys, and the much more frequent +Defense buffs from teammates, resistence sets just generally fare better in this game environment.

That said, defense sets can steamroll through some of the toughest content, it's just in environments with auto-hit damage (e.g. incarnate trials), resistance fares better. And on the very top end, defense sets can't compete with a resistance set that is also soft capped with IOs. Sure, defense debuff resistance helps defense sets maintain their mitigation, but resistance sets can often keep themselves softcapped via careful management of their inspirations.

When a small luck provides 12.5% defense whereas a sturdy provides only 10% damage resistance, it only takes 4 lucks to cap ones defense, where it takes 7-10 sturdys to cap ones resistance. In addition, 12.5% defense will make things miss 1/4 of the time, where a sturdy only reduces damage by 1/10. Lucks provide more mitigation per inspiration value, and thus give more bang for your buck until you have maximized their value by hitting the soft cap.

Nothing wrong with defense sets, they work very well, it's just in +4/8 content, resistance sets, I've found, generally can perform better (not that defense sets can't run this content too, I've just found my resistance based characters to have an easier time doing so).

Energy Melee.
I would revert Energy Transfer to it's original animation time and consider it done. Quality of life improvement and small buff to Single Target DPS to give Energy Melee a reason to be played (other than the stuns)

Force Fields.
I would add some defense debuff resistance to the shields to make up for the sets lack of utility compared to other +defense sets (e.g. Cold), and perhaps add a small -resist to Force Bolt.

How about those badges?

Those were quite cool, incentive to play AE arcs and fun little rewards for accomplishing things. Not to mention, some of the coolest badge titles ever created.

*sniffle* I miss them.

Most requested secondary for Blasters ever!

I can't pick just one.

A bazillion alts (and usually something different every night) are the reason I play this game.

It wasn't a stealth change, but...

it does remove any desire for me to ever buy a vanity pet from the store or use my current veteran ones, as my utility Blue Wisp Pet will always be cast first.

Also, with it being a toggle, when my Blue Wisp Pet dies, I have to wait for it to recharge rather than being able to instantly cast another like it was previously. Also, it adds another distracting 'moving icon' on my power bar which for whatever reason, bothers me and I don't like.

All in all, it was a sad day for pets. They will be missed.

So it's not just me!

Well said, Zwill.

Thank you for the concessions on Super Packs that were made. Obviously, I was one helping champion for costume parts to be available through alternative means (as costume parts were 'my' only interest in the packs), but that the decision went this way isn't going to make me hate or be frustrated with all the hard work the team puts into making these game improvments possible. Thank you for all that you guys go through to make the game the ever improving product it is.

I actually gotta admit I understand it. They want it to miss a few targets, they don't want characters to be able to reliably hold 'everything' in one fell swoop.

Some powers, I think, could do without the Acc penalty, and still not be overpowered, but alas, I wouldn't campaign to change them.

You can always hope, but most likely, those names will never see the light of day again.

Finding a creative name/theme/concept that isn't taken is part of the thrill of making characters for me.

Forums exist for ranting.

Not really, but...every game that has forums generally has lots of discussion of things people don't like. *shrug*