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You should try putting Combustion back in, it's only 10-20 damage less than FSC due to its guaranteed 10 ticks of DoT and it's still possible to kite with it. As for Electron Haze, it's incredibly strong but I dropped it just because of its narrow cone.

I slot about +66% accuracy into my Irradiate and the rest of my AoE's are only slotted for +33% accuracy, it opens up extra slots for end-reduction and recharge. I kind of rely on Irradiate's -21% defense and Neutron Bomb's -14% defense for the rest of my AoE's to hit, did you do the same thing?

/bind lshift+lclick "powexecname teleport"

Actually, this game has a ton of stuff that you can do together with other players.

First off, I would suggest finding an Super Group(SG) or a Villain Group(VG), depending on if you're playing on the good side or the bad side. SG's are good in that you're sure to have some veteran players in there to show you the ropes. They're also good in that you'll be able to have several people right at your fingertips to chat with or group with, so you wont have to find random people to team with.

As for group activities:

> Giant Monsters(GM's) can be found in several different zones. You'll find out that players will usually gather up several groups to take these down.

> Hamidon is one of the "epic" monsters in the game. This giant blob will take several groups to take down, 30+ people, and the process takes quite awhile as well. You also get a Hami-Origin Enhancement, which enhances more than one aspect of your powers, such *** Accuracy AND Damage from just one enhancement. These used to be the sh*t but they're not so awesome anymore since Invention Origin Enhancements came out.

> Task Forces (TF's) are pretty much a long series of missions that you team up with other people to do. Once you start a TF, you cannot do any other missions until that TF is finished. You can log off in a TF and still be on the team when you log back on; this is useful in that if a TF takes too long, the group can just log off and continue on at another time. You can always leave a TF though.

> Probably some other things I've forgotten...

> Being in an SG allows you to raid other people's Bases. I'm not sure if base raid is fixed yet or not...I remember them being disabled sometimes back. Base Raids were definitely fun, teamwork and camaraderie brings a lot to the game.

Anyhow, try to find a good SG/VG first is what I'd recommend for a new player.

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If you have 3 slots to spare, 2 end-reduction and 1 range would yield better result than 3 end-reduction alone. Reason being that the 3rd end-reduction enhancement wont reduce the endurance cost that much due to diminishing returns and ED.

That 1 range enhancement, however, will allow you to teleport quite a bit further, meaning that you wont be using Teleport as many times which will result in less endurance usage.

Personally, I have slotted my Teleport with 2 end-reduction and 2 range enhancements and it's perfect.

Also, Teleport IS the fastest travel power, with exception to a teammate just teleporting you to their location :P.

You may want to use this bind to make things easier:
/bind lshift+lbutton "powexecname teleport"
This way, you can just hold your left shift key and left-click your mouse whenever you want to teleport.

Yes, I do notice a slight delay when I try to chain several attacks from MA together, like there's a split second between animations where my toon isn't doing anything because even though the animation is finished, it still has to wait for the actual attack duration to finish.

Even though the time it takes for the entire power to finish activating is still the same, isn't the time from clicking the power icon to actually registering the hit a bit shorter? If so, wouldn't this mean that people using the newer animation be able to land their hits first?

About time you answered! I got so many views and no answers, I thought you'd given up on me :[

Personally, I don't agree with the "with little or no regard for set bonuses" part. If this is the case, then what would you call slotting in such a way that aims to maximize basic enhancement bonuses AND maximizes set bonuses as well?

In my opinion, Franken-slotting is just slotting a mixture of different SO's, Hami's and IO's to maximize...well...pretty much every aspects of your powers.

Edit: And yes I do recommend slotting in such a manner since it's usually better than just going for an entire set of IO's in every single powers, since that last couple bonuses are usually worthless...unless you're wanting that +defense which is usually the last bonus in a set.

Archery is great because of its tier 9, but it really wont be that awesome until you actually get there. I'd say give Radiation Blast a try, I have a Rad/Fire Blaster and I am still enjoying it.

Only thing with Radiation is that you have to get pretty close and even in melee range in order to effectively use all your AoE's. However, I don't see this to be a problem since you're /MM anyhow and you're going to have to get into melee for Drain Psyche's epic buff/debuff and Psychic Shockwave :]

I actually don't

I'm thinking Ice Patch + Ignite may be fun though. Actually, I think Ice Patch would be a perfect power for me to use before throwing down Ignite, Flamethrower and Full Auto. Sure makes things a lot safer :]

Yea, that would be challenging, but it's not really the kind of challenge I'm looking for. Just trying to find a Blaster combination that may make things more challenging. I don't really want to skip my entire primary and secondary and I don't really want to go from 1-50 without any enhancements lol. Just specifically looking for a combination that people think are challenging to play in general.

Definitely! I have one as well it's amazing AoE!

I did not know about this Ouroboros thing

I actually do have an Arch/Fire Blaster at 42. I love Blazing Arrow and the AoE that the set as a whole can put out. I don't think I'll be playing Arch/anything just because Archery is pretty strong in general.

That Psi/Fire does look interesting though...

I have a DM/ELA as well and it's amazing. Only reason I can think of for its unpopularity is because DM is pretty much all single-target and it's pretty sub-par for PvP. People who likes to PvE will usually go for AoE-heavy sets, which means no DM and people who are PvP-savvy will usually go for single-target heavy sets, but DM doesn't offer high enough burst damage for PvP.

I would recommend DM/ELA just because it's pretty fun and there are tons of endurance-management powers. With Lightning Reflex, you'll have a good chain of attack going and that -tohit debuff will make you pretty invincible...at least toward one opponent at a time. Electric Armor can also reach the defense soft-cap with a little bit of work, so that's a great addition on top of your tohit debuff primary.

Manners? That's the problem I have with most MMoRPGs. Coming home from a day of work just to relax with a game just to find out that there are just as many rules and regulations to follow within the game itself as there are in real life.

What the hell's with all these self-imposed rules and such? I'm not just talking about manners alone, it's the entirety of it all. People saying you can't do this or can't do that. Can human nature not live a day without some sort of law and order?

To me, people who likes to create rules and worship them within a game are people who are failures in real life and are just trying to hold on to as much control as they can over a virtual world.

That being said, I do agree that you should not be performing idiotic actions that actually hinder players from actually playing the game itself.

Edit: I'm not talking about anyone on this thread, just in general.

I guess you can make a point for the lag issue.