Riverdusk

I assumed that poster was thinking of it in terms of global bonuses. Since you can enhance hasten and it also gives itself +70, it actually requires less than perma dom in terms of global bonuses. (110 vs. 125).

I admit that was my first reaction to it too though, that they had it backwards.

All good points although getting stunned before you even get in position is easily rectified, at least solo. Get full stealth through a combo of two of SS/Stealth/Stealth IO. I have stealth and a stealth IO on my Rad/MM and run into the middle of most mobs and sit there a couple of seconds until a few of the critters get confused. It does not aggro. Then I let loose. Helps mitigate some of the alpha. I find WoC is a very underrated power and I don't even have it purpled yet. As a rad/MM I'm going to be in melee a lot anyway.

On a team, I can see being caught by AoE stuns being thrown about, unless you're the first to run in....

Basically though, the regen alone isn't going to be enough to make you feel super tough, it is just another layer that if you add to some decent defense and controls...then becomes very nice. And as stated, it's -regen is a wonderful debuff no other blasters get.

Agree with this, would probably be easier to list the not great ones, it's a shorter list.

Yea, a key person quitting is bad, had that happen a few times. Luckily most TF's are easy enough it is rarely an issue. Not something I think a petition would lead to anything though.

Another one that is bad, is being kicked for no reason. Had that happen to me on the next to last mission of the old Posi TF. Just 1 star them and add a note is the way to go. I didn't bother to petition them in that case either, and I think that is even more blatant of a grief. He was even good enough to know that waiting until the very last mission before kicking someone sometimes means they still get the reward and badge, but doing it the next to last mission guarantees no badge or reward.

However, personally I don't ignore them too as I want to see if they are trying to sucker in friends of mine. I want to hear if they are broadcasting. I see that one's particular global name recruiting on the Virtue TF channel on occasion, so I warn in my SG channel when I see him (not the TF channel as then things would just turn into a his word against mine thing).

I know it wasn't just me as I've seen a few others complain about him in global channels for kicking them for no reason. Word will spread eventually I figure.

Problem I have with going for s/l defense is a lot of mezzes aren't typed s/l and mezzes are usually the biggest bane I have with a squishy. Most mezzes however are typed either ranged or AoE, so I tended to do better avoiding them going that route. Then add the resistance shield on top of it as an extra bonus. I actually found my 35-40% ranged defense squishy with res shield felt sturdier than a s/l defense one at 45%.

A lot does depend on your playstyle (hang out more in melee or ranged) and budget of course though.

As a counterpoint, with the 30% buff to damage in the defender inherent defenders now do roughly the same damage as corrupters solo, not including scourge. It could be argued that in a big team, you usually end up with plenty of "damage dealers" so losing that in a team isn't a big tradeoff for the extra buff/debuff values you can bring. I think it does depend somewhat on what sets someone is looking at.

Been debating between DP/Cold or Cold/DP myself and I'm actually leaning toward the defender instead of the corrupter. Better shields, better arctic fog, better slows, and getting sleet at lvl 26 instead of 35. Defender sounds good to me...Just wish they'd fix sleet and give defenders the better -res value they should get in it, then it'd really be no contest to me.

Felt this way as well. I've tried sonic with just about every primary and have not found one I like at all.

Main issue I have with it is that it's AoE damage is pretty bad.

It also loses points with me that you are better off not even taking the hard hitting ST damage attack (shout) because it's animation is so long. Shout is also the one with by far the most annoying sound effect, the rest of sonic's sounds don't bother me, but shout is just grating. So, no heavy hitting single target attack in the set either for me unless they improve both the animation time AND it's sound effect. I don't ever see both happening.

I found assault rifle was my secondary of choice for a defender able to wipe out the big groups the fastest. Since ignite does blaster level damage it is pretty dang good against EB's and AV's when you need good ST damage too. Which is funny considering how little love or even notice assault rifle gets.

Why you can't just go by what's popular, need to find what works best for the way you play and find fun.

Dark armor also adds some more AoE damage with death shroud.

And from the charts I remember seeing MA's ST dps is about middle of the road, not poor. I suppose I could be misremembering though.

Could also just be a pet peeve of mine how people tend to label as "poor" anything that isn't in the top 2.

You want an illusion/empathy controller then, imho.

You mean you don't think it will ever be fotm again . The first few years of this game it was shocking when you actually saw a scrapper that wasn't regen.

Quite common I find. Most still seem to think of mace as poor damage even though it was fixed quite a long time ago now and turned into one of the better sets. One of the most well rounded in fact imho. Not the best at anything, but solid everywhere, ST and AoE damage both and a decent amount of mitagation.

Nope haven't nerfed them, instead just added more options to do the same thing. Like Electric Melee/Shield scrappers.

Yes, was having that issue last night. I may be assuming too much, but I was thinking it was due to the server being too busy. Almost like on the old interface when you'd get the "market is too busy" message except now it gives you no feedback and actually tricks you by having things seem to work, but not really working. I had to hit the post bid button to buy or drag things to sell again and again, and again, and 5 more times, before it'd "take". Sometimes the "shadow" item would show up in my market slot for quite a while before it'd disappear.

And put me in the "hate the new market UI" camp. It is just slower to use even when it is working right. It generally seems to take more clicks and scrolling to do the same things as the old one. Big part of that is the vertical instead of horizontal layout I think, especially combined with not being to "minimize" description windows on items, which takes up a lot of the limited vertical viewing space you have.

It doesn't help that newest items go on the bottom of the list, which you then have to scroll down to see again before you can post them for sale. Amazing lack of ease of use.

My biggest two wishes: 1) Put "new" items you add to your slots at the top or give us the option for that, 2) Let us minimize item description windows.

Funny thing is I just noticed yesterday the graphic effect on allies from shadowfall seems to be back. The debuff graphic effect on enemies from darkest night is still missing though except on the anchor. At least I hope it is just the graphic effect.