As an Electric/Fire blaster, I found this whole thread to be really informative. Yes, when I built my hero, I didnt choose the same powers simply because I wanted some variety. It may look funny, to see an electric blaster hocking fire, but its damn good fun
I'm not a power leveler. I do like to play in groups, but this thread does give you some fantistic information and considerations for perhaps starting an alternate hero.
Kudos to everyone for the information.
I'd also like to add that your shot at electric blasters is probably correct. It is much harder for me to (at level 24) solo mobs that con orange and red then my buddy who is a technology/devices blaster. Just the smoke grenade alone kicks butt. I do find that electric blasters are very good for teaming. If I tend to get more xp with one other teamate (usually my gravity controller friend or my tech/devices blaster), we go through mobs much faster then I could on my own simply because im always having to run things down or back off to avoid damage from large groups.
I don't see this as a bad thing for the way I like to play. But it is a bad thing for power levelers.
The main objective I guess of this thread to those who take it personally is that if your idea of playing CoH is to play and team and do missions, then nothing these folks have said here really applies to you. I read it as that, and others have too.
Thanks for taking the time to build this gude, and to all the constructive posters that built and commented on it too.
Cheers, and happy hunting.
