Petitioned

Bet you were wondering when you'd see this thread.

So here it is folks, widely unresisted damage, long range and -recharge debuffs to boot. I want to know everyones thoughts on how it will affect PvP and PvE in the game, I've heard alot of people saying it will kill PvP, however, I'm certain Fire Blast and Ice Blast will outperform it in most situations because Psionic Blast, although unresisted by most AT's, has a fairly low damage output.

Another thing I'm wondering is, what secondary powerset do you think Blasters will get? I've heard a few people saying Psionic Manipulation, and I doubt this greatly, simply because they'd have to introduce new powers. I'm thinking either some form of Dark Manipulation or Earth Manipulation, perhaps even Thorny Manipulation.

What do you think?

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Fairly meh? Have you looked at the numbers? Invunerability would be worse than any current stalker secondary, and they are mostly pretty poor already!

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Let's put it down to a bad choice of words after a long day.

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And Ice Armour would be far from overpowered.

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I want you to remember you said that.

If Stalkers do get Stone Armour then I suspect granite will be replaced with something, or maybe adjusted so it's a clicky, and the debuffs are gone.

I'm confident it will be either Invul or Ice, a tweaked Invul is more likely than anything here. Invincibility will be replaced with Hide, and everything else be kept the same - I really don't think the Devs care if it does'nt make sense concept wise. Either i12 will make Stalkers overpowered with Ice Armour, or it will introduce a fairly meh Invul set that nobody will use.

Yup.

Glad to see you're taking an interest in PvP Lionsbane.
And to the point - it's pretty decent, with set bonuses Invul can get perma Dull Pain, reaching a permanent 3.2k health. Which, like TG said, it's extremely hard to take down.

But we're talking about Super Strength here - not Invul. It's definitely PvP able, especially against Blasters, considering most go Cold Mastery which offers no smashing resistance. I think it'll shine mostly in Siren's Call, more so than your Invul/NRG, since there you have Knockout Blow and Rage. Super Strength also has Hurl, which, despite it's painful animation time - it still a ranged attack, and a pretty good one at that. You've also got alot of knockback attacks, so get slotting those Force Feedback procs!

If you're looking for some variation and you want to PvP with both, I suggest having TP Foe on your Invul/SS for Masterminds, and maybe tactics on your Invul/NRG for mild stalker "hunting". Or maybe have one PvP, and one PvE.

Here's a slightly modified build of yours.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.30
http://www.honourableunited.org.uk/mhd.php

Level 50 Magic Blaster
Primary Power Set: Ice Blast
Secondary Power Set: Energy Manipulation
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Cold Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Ice Blast -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(3), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx(9), Thundr-Acc/Dmg(9), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(17)
Level 1: Power Thrust -- Acc-I(A)
Level 2: Ice Bolt -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx(27), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(33), Thundr-Acc/Dmg(33), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33)
Level 4: Build Up -- AdjTgt-ToHit(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(5), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(5), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(39), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx(39), RechRdx-I(40)
Level 6: Aim -- AdjTgt-ToHit(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(7), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(7), AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(13), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx(36), RechRdx-I(40)
Level 8: Energy Punch -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(19), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(29), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(31), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(31), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34)
Level 10: Bone Smasher -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(11), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(11), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(15), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(15), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(17)
Level 12: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(13)
Level 14: Super Speed -- Clrty-Stlth(A), HO:Micro(46)
Level 16: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A), Jump-I(36), Jump-I(37)
Level 18: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Mrcl-Rcvry+(19), Numna-Heal(37), Numna-Heal/Rchg(46)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-End%(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(40), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(43)
Level 22: Bitter Ice Blast -- Apoc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Apoc-Acc/Rchg(23), Apoc-Dmg(23), Apoc-Dmg/Rchg(25), Apoc-Dmg/EndRdx(25), Apoc-Dam%(43)
Level 24: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), Ksmt-ToHit+(34), Jump-I(34), Jump-I(37)
Level 26: Super Jump -- HO:Micro(A)
Level 28: Stealth -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(29), LkGmblr-EndRdx/Rchg(46)
Level 30: Acrobatics -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(31)
Level 32: Grant Invisibility -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 35: Phase Shift -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(36)
Level 38: Boost Range -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(39)
Level 41: Snow Storm -- TmpRdns-Rng/Slow(A), TmpRdns-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(42), Slow-I(42), EndRdx-I(42), EndRdx-I(43)
Level 44: Frozen Armor -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(45), ResDam-I(45), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(45), ResDam-I(50)
Level 47: Hibernate -- Numna-Heal/Rchg(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(48), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(48), RechRdx-I(48), RechRdx-I(50)
Level 49: Power Boost -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Defiance
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[u]Set Bonus Totals:[u]<ul type="square">[*]+22.5% DamageBuff[*]+5% Defense(Psionic)[*]+18% Enhancement(Accuracy)[*]+50% Enhancement(RechargeTime)[*]+5% FlySpeed[*]+221.4 (18.4%) HitPoints[*]+5% JumpSpeed[*]+MezResist(Immobilize) (Mag 11%)[*]+8% Recovery[*]+84% Regeneration[*]+2.52% Resistance(Energy)[*]+2.52% Resistance(Negative)[*]+5% RunSpeed[/list]


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I'm up for this.

Looks awesome bud, but take a slot out of hasten and put it in Stamina, then stick a Perfomance Shifter: Chance for +End in there.

Sounds awesome, if it's not this weekend I can come!

Rad/Elec 'fender
OR
Fire/Elec blaster

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Hi ho, hi ho, its off to farm we go, with fulcrum shift and lots of imps, Hi ho, hi ho

Hi ho, Hi ho, were powerlvling you know, slaughter the lot, fast xp we got, Hi ho, Hi ho

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Genius.

But here is an opinion that you may find helpful, if this is your first character, then level normally, team, have fun etc. However if you've an experienced veteran at the game and all you want to do is say, PvP. Then I would say it's alright to powerlevel.

Any other case? Level normally.

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Yeah you just put what I said, that /elec has a bigger smashing component than /nrg... but now we are not dealing with dmg, but with how thunderstrike makes an /elec blaster an easy kill to stalkers... so try and keep up.. sheesh

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Depends if you know how to "joust" effectively, Thunder Strike can be used at a range if combined with Super Speed as I'm sure you already know.

So I disagree with this, it depends on the players style.

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this is kinda off topic

i was watching a pvp vid of a spine/regen and he had black and purple spines with the green toxic effect. im sure it was just my PC or the vids creater hacked it somehow but for a minute i thought it was a new in game feature that i missed somehow

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It's the graphics of the guy who shot the video. The spines are also purple-ish here, and I know there's nothing wrong with my graphics card or PC

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It could also be a graphics mod, allowing the player to see the changes, but nobody else in the game.
Which means you can have electric imps, tech spines etc etc.

This is against the EULA, however.

I play on Defiant, I have 6 level 50's there. It's where I transfered to fresh from the US servers.

If people think Defiant is dying; then I'll go down with my ship.

Ahhhhhh PvP, the only reason I still play this game.

I'll register later on. Nice site.

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Okay I agree with all but the aid self...I figure if something can interrupt you at 0.6 secs they can at 0.4 too.

And yeah the lvl of IO's is ment to be the same...ie, 50.

PS: I edited the build in my prevoius post to incorperate your advice.

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I agree with Hammerfall, my Aid Self always has 3 Heals and 3 IntRedux's; with that I can heal through things such as Snow Storm and the Pocket D TP field.

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Disclaimer: The above post is my opinion and mine alone. It is not the opinion of my friends, SuperGroup, Coalition or that of PvP'ers in general. Please do not tar us all with the same brush.


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Dont worry. just carry on with your interest in PvP. you might not find much PvP around your level other than in PvP zone but once you reach a higher level you will find more places to PvP. I run a weekly PvP Night for level 50's on the test server. Come along and watch if you like and can see how fun PvP Arena can be. One day you will be able to join in.

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Well said.

But aye, always nice to have people interested in PvP, tis a good laugh and especially nice if you have someone to teach you the ropes; I would do so but I'm on Defiant. I assume you're a Mind/Empath Controller which would be nice in team PvP, I think Omega MCX is Mind/Emp so maybe he can give you a few pointers. Hope to see you in the arena pwning people a few months from now.

but thankfully Statesman

How very heartwarming indeed! I didn't know Seri, but he was part of the CoX community and for that I wish him the best of luck with the days to come. But end of the day. Sooner or later. They all come back .

So Seri, I won't say farewell! I'll simply say, see ya in i11 pal.

-Petitioned.

T, but suddenly...!

and very cat-like

transformed into a

broken vodka bottles

whilst repeating "lol"

pwn the world