PsychoPez

So she worked with allowing Linux servers to communicate with Windows clients? Can see why she was paid so much then...

Don't worry, I'm a fan of them myself. We're not alone out here...

For an FF, I guess I can see the allure of reaching the soft cap.

But if you can live without being at the soft cap (And having TI for when you do get hit...) you can invest those points into more offensive capabilities. And you can always use aim and insps at the same time...

If things die faster, you don't need to be as protected as much, since dead mobs deal no damage.

The more and more I hear about your build and your playstyle (Tank pref) it starts to appear you're wanting to meander over towards tank mage territory. If you want to specialize in personal defense on an AT not known for personal defense, you're just going to have to suck it up and deal with reduced damage. If you want to do damage, it's going to have to come at a cost.

My empath once took down 2 stalkers in RV, back when RV first came around. They saw empath, thought they could do an easy 1, 2 double team. I downed them both, though it was a lot of work.

I tend to believe I'd be a god in PvP if I had a damage increase (And the desire to PvP), and I'm not a debuffing set. (A rad/sonic in PvP with a boost in damage...) (And a decrease in end costs *IS* a boost in damage, as more powers, less worrying about managing the blue bar with toggles, less trade off with recharge increases, etc)

It's this background that I, and I think a lot of the aggressive and non-aggressive people here speaking against you take.

Another twist, since you said you're a tank player. Are you playing your character like a tank, or like a blaster? Not in power choice, but in combat decisions. Are you standing still, or moving around to take advantages in terrain? (It'ss possible to knock back the EB, run off to certain locations in certain maps, rest for maybe 10 seconds, then be up before the EB gets back. Sure, you don't get full health/end from a 5 or 10 second rest, but it's increased regen/recov for those periods, and it's more than you would other wise have.)

I have problems playing scrappers or tanks because of my defender mindset. I always scan an entire battle, always looking around to see if there's mobs in coming. This mindset, while not applicable to the discussion, implies that there are different mindsets for different ATs (And given the difference withing the Defender Primaries, I'd argue there's different mindsets for the different general classes of 'fenders, buffer vs debuffer).

It may be that your prefered mindset and playstyle just don't mesh well with the blastfender. Which is a shame, an offender is a constant challenge, IMHO, to an otherwise easy game. (I'm sure scrappers don't look at bosses the same way my emp/rad looks and handles them. And normally I'm scared of them...)

None of this implies that there's a problem with the class the devs have constantly said is the most balanced one in the game, even if 50% of the forums say otherwise.

Naw, I'm just playing the first mission and bugging out afterwards...there seem to be way too many WWII themed arcs, video games, and movies in general, so I tend to glance over those unless I have a reason to...


OP, as someone said, Rad Blast debuffs enemy defense, not resistance. So I'm hitting a lot more often than normal.

The one advantage rad blast has is not in its secondary effect, but in the amount of procs I can place into all my blasts due to the defense debuff effect. Even though a lot of people have shown that we can solo your EB, if you are still having problems, you have a few options:

1) Continue asking for a defender buff. You could get it if you can prove to the devs it is an issue.
2) Use existing tools to improve yourself. I can use a lot of procs, damage procs will increase your overall damage for the same endurance cost. You may say that your shouldn't need to use IOs, but if option 1 isn't going to work for you, then you need to so something, and damage or resist debuff procs could be a good way to go. ($deity_of_your_choice knows it has for me, every one of my attacks has a damage proc, and with the lower recharge of rad blasts they fire off a lot more for me...)
3) Change your strat. With all the kb you have, kiting could be a valid option. Hover blasting might work as well, melee mobs will spend a lot of time trying to jump into melee with you if you're positioned correctly.

Yeah, perhaps if the OP showed us their build, and maybe a video showing them taking on the EB Catburglar, we could provide some constructive feedback...

And yet, it's possible, Empath soloing EB Catburglar

Defenders are fine. And if you think I sacrificed team ability to do this, fort, ab, and cm are slotted well enough.

And I know I'm not the only one who thinks the system is perfectly fine as is.

There's plenty of people on both sides of the equation. Which means it all comes down to choice, either you suffer through as it is or you accept it. It seems the devs think it's working fine as there has not been any hint of behavior changing, so those content are going to generally be silent, while those upset are going to be vocal.

As it stands, like Andrew Ryan, I choose something different, I choose the impossible, earn all the day job badges in one day. I now have 6 badges that are under 24 hours to earn, one at 15 minutes left to earn. If there are no new badges DJ badges, I should earn all of them around Aprilish. If it looks like there are going to be more in GR, I'll be adding a few months onto my impossible and silly quest.

Same thing happened during last year's movie contest over at GameTrailers. Not that the unwashed masses over there could realize such a thing...(the posters there, that is)

Please, for the love of all that is spandex and tights, please answer this.

It's not only a bridge 3 meter high over nothing, it has AN ENTIRE SUB-SECTION of the game devoted to it. Were you guys that sparse on ideas to populate Brickstown?