Silas

Originally Posted by Another_Fan

Controller vs Dominator. The Controller controls, damages and buff/debuffs, the Dominator controls and damages.

Originally Posted by Chaos_String

Sounds like a cool SG. Mine is down to just me and one other active member, at least until GR goes live.

Not sure what I could sack to pick up that 18mph. Edit: guess I could throw the stealth IO in Sprint and put runspeed in SS. But I'd rather not have Sprint in my tray, honestly.

Perhaps I'll just rely on sheer single-minded aggression. Teams I run with can't even begin to challenge my permanent, all-AT-spanning case of scrapperlock.

Originally Posted by Fire_Minded

I dont use pen & paper to make a build, I use the power set description, the individual powers info chart by pressing the "Info" button during creation, and I make my choices by reading from there.Its acctually a very simple thing, and no, I will not get off Mid's.

Mid's is for people who have no imagination, or are poor at math, or possibly both.

I find it funny that people have to sit down and chart out a character, or use Mid's for it, scratching there heads like monkies as if its Rocket Science.

What I like about this game, that Mid's does not tell you, is the fact that not a single combonation is a poor choice to play compaired to any others within any given AT.Thats why alot of people call Fire Armor, and other sets like it weak, because they dont know how to use it, and gosh darnit!Mid's says its bad, or another player does.

So Mid' can take a flying leap.

If you dont like how I talk about Mid's, simply stop listening.You complain about my comment/s on Mid's and ill tell you exactly how I feel about it.Its that simple.

I was not raised to use Diplomecy, or use Tact.They are utter wastes of Time for our society to keep using them.

Originally Posted by Horusaurus

I find taunt pretty useful on my WP brute. I'll be laying out some baddies and getting annoyed at the few jerks who refuse to get in melee with me. So what do I do? I just whip out around and taunt 'em. Now they have to get in my RttC aura.

Originally Posted by Ishaila

I. Love. Stalkers.

Originally Posted by Fire_Minded

I could go on exsplaining my self on this issue all day, but ill just give a exsplination for both parts of this quote.

I dont see anyone challenging anything when they come to the boards using Mids.If thats the acctual use you use Mids for, then thats good, but the majority of people who slap a Mids build up, commonly only focus on the popular sets that people feel will optimize there power builds, so they have less challenges in the game.When the reality is that you can make anything powerful, and it doesnt attribute to using Mids at all.

Not 1 power iv come accrossed is described badly, nore are they missleading in any way.The only powers I can think of that could be seen that way, would be powers like Step Mine.Its easy enough to see what kind of damage itll do, its detination radius, and whatever else it causes, including KB, or KD, depending on the Con of the target, by "Using" it.Or, you could just read the Description, and go from there.It worked in the past, why wouldnt it today?

Its like people bringing up the Argument that Psi Blasts for Defenders can and does get out damaged by a Controllers Mind Control Primary.Doesnt happen, no matter what Mids says.The numbers on damage are diffrent for each AT, and a Controller doesnt out damage a Defender, unless its got a huge damage buff behind it, like Fulcrum Shift.Which is yet another very popular set that people play, and slap up a Mids build with.

I rarely see anyone breaking away from whats considered the best of any build, or power set, mainly because they want the best.Sometimes people fail to realize, that high numbers, for anything, dont get calculated correctly on Mids, and alot of really good sets go un-used, mainly due to the fact that Mids dont favor there numbers.

Even more so, when I jump on any of my Characters, I see builds that focus on ST damage and Defense.Mids does Favor these sets, because the numbers look big, so the player takes it, based on those numbers.

Theres a major issue with those numbers, and they go from everything from damage resistance of a enemy, to the fact it hits 1 thing at a time.

Thats why people who use Mids will most likly make a WP/SS Tanker, and slowly grind a mob, and eventually win, but when facing down a player using a better damaging build for a Tanker, all the sudden its a Scranker, and they arnt a Tank.

Im sorry, but when I jump onto a team with my Fire/Fire Tanker, and the leader adds another person he feels is a better tanker to the team, and I end up taking the Alpha, and doing alot more damage then the other tanker does, clearing the mob almost by my self before running right into the next one, I tend smirk when I see that build being described in Mids on the Boards.

I end up being the strongest player on a PUG most the time, even with my Defenders, because I dont stick with a ST build, or power set combonation that would make me that way.

I see alot of ST Tankers on Pugs, and they completly suck at holding Agro, commonly WP/SS or Invln/** Builds.I watch Kat/SR clones run in and try Tanking, scattering the mob.Then I dont even want to mention how many none attack power Empathy Defenders, who offer no debuffs through there attack powers, and there healing powers that are so longed for on PUGs, wont even help the team survive mob to mob before half the team dies, or wipes complelty.

The average player copies a Mids user, and the Average player usually face plants 3-5 times in every PUG they play on.

Im a Average Player, and me bringing a Defender of any type into a PUG, and being the Only Defender the majority of the time, without Healing capabilities, able to keep a entire team alive from my attacks, and primary set alone, should be proof enough that Mids, as well as Traditional Damage + Heal approuch doesnt work for this game in general.

If you want to be "McGuyverish" in how you play this game, start playing with your Toes.It would be more productive then using a flawed program.

As for the Popularity of a build being why I wont play it?Theres 2 reasons behind it.

1) Im having a bit of fun being someone who sticks out in a crowd and doesnt use the same clone builds or cookie build everyone else is sporting.Its a nice little attention getter, and makes people say things like "I could make one of those.....if I felt like it.." or "Iv always wanted to make one of those." to the more common "Whoa!Iv never seen a <incert build here>!It looks fun!I almost want to make one now!"

2) Why would I want to play something I have seen, watched, and am not impressed with?That and the fact seeing so many clones of it makes me not want to play it even more.Nothing to exsplore.

As for cool kids being on a bridge?I wouldnt be there with them.Unless im crossing that bridge, I would find it pointless to be standing on a bridge doing nothing but staying there, with a bunch of people who do it for whatever reason.

Side Note : Im the guy who used to beat the cool kids up in school, so im not one to worry about what they do, as long as they dont target me to make them selves look "Cool" in front of other people, they got to keep there teeth.