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Seems to me like its a good candidate for the sets...

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Knockback is a very useful tool in many situations. It can be used to situate mobs, mitigate damage, and as an oh [censored]! power to help with a retreat. However, on a melee toon you want your targets in melee range, and knocking a whole mob all around you is terribly counterproductive.

Thats why I feel powers like handclap should be given the same treatment the MM thug bruiser's handclap received. Change the kb component to kd, allowing it to be a kb power if slotted with kb enhancements.

It seemed to me the reason for the change on the bruiser was because it was like having a two year old on your team. He would use it, it would be counterproductive by knocking mobs out of debuffs. It was not a good power for an AI toon.

That was a good idea, and it would be a great change to bring to all like powers. It seems to me the players resolution to getting around this less desirable effect is to skip/ not use the power at all, condemning it as a widely skipped and ignored power.

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Ok, like I said, it would be changed to knockdown, but through enhancements it can be changed to knockback. That way its not cramping anyones style.

Knockback is a very useful tool in many situations. It can be used to situate mobs, mitigate damage, and as an oh [censored]! power to help with a retreat. However, on a melee toon you want your targets in melee range, and knocking a whole mob all around you is terribly counterproductive.

Thats why I feel powers like handclap should be given the same treatment the MM thug bruiser's handclap received. Change the kb component to kd, allowing it to be a kb power if slotted with kb enhancements.

It seemed to me the reason for the change on the bruiser was because it was like having a two year old on your team. He would use it, it would be counterproductive by knocking mobs out of debuffs. It was not a good power for an AI toon.

That was a good idea, and it would be a great change to bring to all like powers. It seems to me the players resolution to getting around this less desirable effect is to skip/ not use the power at all, condemning it as a widely skipped and ignored power.

Take the damage done to a single target from blizzard or ignite paired with FS and aim?

I think a sonic/kin corr would be a much better choice for a partner than anything else...maybe sonic/sonic?

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We don't hate the word heal. We hate the word "healer" coming out of the mouth of those who are ignorant and resistant to accepting that debuffs>buffs>heals.

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Exactly! There is no "healer" in this game, and quite honestly the only people who use that term are demonstrating their own ignorance and general stupidity.

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level 16 emp/dark defender with only dark blast, all their empathy stuff, AND the medicine pool, named healbot457453257.

Would that NOT be considered a "healer?"

There are "healers" in the game. Thats their play choice.

I think of them in the same way as petless mm's.

Never have I ran into a healer hater. I run into healer fans all the time though. The guys that cant start a mission until they have a healer. The person who immediatly demands a healer after a team wipe/couple people go down.

My problem with your research is that it does not fit well into the CoH world. If you are a defense based toon without soft capped defense, would you not rather have a defense buffer than a healer? Show me mitigation numbers for a 35% defense toon who just got buffed to 45% defense. Then put them up next to that same toon, who didnt recieve the extra 10 defense but instead opted for the healer... Gonna be one tired healer.

There is no absolute better form of mitigation/recovery/whatever. Its all highly dependant on the team, situation, and player skill.


EDIT: plus healing is very hands on, taking away from the time that player could be useing to hurt the enemy.

Im liking the build you put together. So far I adjusted it in one place to lose 5% rech but gain 10 regen. As for the purple set, Itll be sorta hard to get, but it shouldnt be too hard. I had those lotg's set aside for this toon. so I of course used them in the build planner.

Hardest thing to get in that build is the oblit's. Much harder to get that some lotg's (it seems.)

One thing I didnt get about your build though, it doesnt have soft capped ranged defense...

K so Im building a pure pve fortunata. However, I dont know what bonus's I should be going for. Heres my build. Some direction would be nice.

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Whats with censoring unpublished MA works? No reason to censor crap til it is published. Let me enjoy my profanity in private if I want to.

That is all.

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Atlantis comes to mind without a thought. It's the model for all underwater cities. Infact, I can't even think of another, though I'm sure they exist.

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snorks

prime

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A baseball bat that shoots webs and lasers? How absurd.

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So get the cane, a top hat and tails.

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leprechaun stick

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Things like getting tped into the crates/hotdog stand

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hahahahahahahaha
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Getting nailed by a blaster flying around under the map.

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laaaaaaaaaaaaaame
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Using /search as a targetting crutch.

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what is this witchcraft you speak of?!?!?!

If it were up to me, all pills would be banned from pvp zones (except in missions) and made optional in the arena! Now before you all start tossing vegetables at me, let me say this: I came to fight your toon (build), not your medicine cabinet.
Let the tomato's fly!

K I am sorry if Im stated already said ideas but I cannot bring myself to read twenty pages...

I have long thought Villains should get Perez Park. I remember back when there was no hollows, perez was the spot. Then the hollows came and perez died! Well it could be easily resurected as a new villain area! Maybe a couple strike forces, some cool contacts, etc. and perez park will be alive again! PP was always very mysterious with its wild diversity from gang warfare on the streets, cultist CoT (and I think the lost) in the woods, and then the wild hydras in the lake. It is just full of story capabilities!