Repulsion

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I don't see what the fuss is all about. My Dark/Elec defender is probably the most valuable player on Archvillain teams.

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Well of course you don't. You can solo them! The rest of us get screwed.

The message I get from this post is...
Don't bother making a Defender other than Rad/* or Dark/* because you're just setting yourself up to suck. And it's intended.

Guess it's back to soloing 8 player Invincible maps on my Scrapper.

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Yeah, now is not the time to act as if defenders are okay just because Statesman may see them that way. Now is not the time to talk about the best qualities of the defender AT's while ignoring the worst. We all know the perks that each set has to offer but there needs to be a clear portrayal of what is not like and what needs attention.

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Basically, we've already committed to looking at several Archetypes and builds for I5 and afterwards, but I've said nary a word about Defenders. Why? Because of all the Archetypes, we're happiest with them. There are certainly issues with individual sets and powers - and those we're always looking at. Defenders, however, don't have any overarching problems.

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I must agree that out of all the AT's in the game defenders are better off than the rest at the moment. But don't be fooled by this statement, defenders do have problems. One for example is the fact that controllers can excess our primary's to their fullest potential and it's their secondary. The poster child of this stigma is the storm summoning power set. With various effects such as knockback, scatter, and fear the job of a storm defender is significantly harder than a */storm controller that can lock down mobs to stay within debuffs. Perhaps buffing defender primaries or adding more variety to controller secondaries can help with this situation.

Also between the defender AT’s Storm Summoning is the runt of the litter with nothing significant to provide to team play that would warrant an invite, especially in higher levels. There is a huge defender post with various issues and concerns about the current state of storm summoning in the eyes of the heroes who play the set here.