Squiffy2004

Well Hanged_Man, as I said and you must have missed, there will be times to use it and times not to use it. This brings us back to another point in my post you may have skipped over:

We won't really know how it works until it goes live (or at least on test) Until then, whining and complaining about it is quite irrelevent.

I often group with other good players and won't encounter any use for it. I will frequently solo missions and not have need of it. What will matter in the long run is how it will work when the update is released. I play with the mission difficulty at maximum and have not come up against a -con mob in a while. So, if the changes happen as Geko describes them it may or may not be useful. We will see.

Yes, my Phantasms and Phantom army kick the stuffing out of most everything. I have 3 Phantasms out and Phantom Army slotted to be out permenantly. I am a walking armageddon. But where's the fun in using only 2 powers? I use a lot of my available powers NOT because they are the uber-be-all-end-all-bestest powers in the set, but because I have fun with them.

You said: *Controlling -con mobs. Sheesh.*

Now you are the one who's high.

I can only assume that you are solo only. That you never team up and if you are in a super group, you don't help out your lower level brethren. Because if you do, and you have team mates who are 1-3 levels below you and they get jumped do you tell them "You're on your own boys, it is beneath me to bother with -con mobs. Let me know if you need a rez!"

You said:

Against -con mobs. How often at L39 does a Blaster or Scrapper fail to one shot any number of -con mobs?

True, and I am very happy that you always, in every situation at all times day or night have equal or higher level blasters/scrappers with you. I don't always have them available, so I adjust my playing style accordingly. Again, I may or may not find a use for it. We will see.

No, not every situation will need it.

Yes, the are other powers in the game and our power set that are better.

No, I did not say higher mobs cowering would be a bad thing.

Yes, other controllers have some better powers, some have worse.

I actually do see your point, but in being so overtly arrogant about it, really takes away a lot from your post. No need to be so insulting just because I and others don't agree with you. Lighten up just a tad?

Squiffy

Time for me to finally speak up a bit. I'm a long time player, but as you can see, I never post here. The reason being, as this thread clearly shows, that a huge amount of replies to threads on this and other boards are filled with mis-information and paniced over-reactions. Still, there is some good information to be found on these boards.

I play a level 39 Illusion/Radiation Controller and have used Spectral Terror in all of it's forms so far. I am more than well aware of the situational use of this power. I still love it. The changes being made to ST as Geko has mentioned are GREAT! The problem on this thread as far as I can tell is a lot of people read his announcement up to the word FEAR and then blasted off a string of whining complaints.

Please for the love of Atlas re-read his message?:

• ST has a Cloak of Fear. Lower level/ranked foes will tremble in its presence.
• It has a Terrify attack power. This power can affect more powerful foes (even those not affected by the Cloak of Fear) and should cause most foes to run in fear, but only for a very short distance, and it should only affect a couple of targets (narrowed the cone area significantly, and decreased the run away time). The affected foes should only run far enough as to get out of range of the ST Terrify attack, so ST will switch to another target.
• Once the affected foes run out of range, they will tremble in Fear (even those not affected by the cloak of fear).

Ok, first of all not every power is wonderful in every situation. We know that. We live with that. Get over it. Key words that so many people missed due to excessive frothing at the mouth and gnashing of teeth are:

1) Lower level/ranked foes will tremble in its presence.

I group a lot and a lot of times my team mates are lower level than I. What's lower level to me is even/higher level than them. This is a good thing.

2) Terrify attack power will cause higher level foes to run away FOR A VERY SHORT DISTANCE. And THEN stop and tremble in fear. If this works as Geko has stated, this can be a very good thing when used in the right situation. Once again not every power can be the best in every situation.

3) The affected foes should only run far enough as to get out of range of the ST Terrify attack, so ST will switch to another target.

Ok, so in SOME situations the melee hero will have to move a few feet over to it/them to start whacking on it/them. In the meantime, that foe/foes is not attacking anyone and Blasters are blasting the snot out of it/them. I'm trying to find a bad thing about this but I swear I can't.

Honestly, the only people I can see griping about this are the ones who spend a great deal of time in a hearding group where ANY spreading out of foes is a bad thing. Yes.. in a hearding group, ST should not be used. But then anything but a tanker and AOE nukes should not be used. I'm not certain of that as I find hearding to be the most boring thing to do and don't do it.

Would it be better for us if ST was an AOE hold power? Of course! will I still use it when the new changes are implemented? You betcha! It's just a matter of finding out when and where and how is the best use for it.

The way it is now, when I solo and encounter a large-ish group of melee heavy baddies, I pop one right above my head and then don't worry about foes getting too close. If I want to keep a bunch from running out of a room, I post a Terror at the door. During respec task force, I place them around the reactor. If I need to save the team from a wipe-out, I'll chuck one into the thick of it. You can use it a lot if you learn how. I expect the same to hold true for the updated Terror coming soon.

All it takes is what so few people will try:

Testing
Practice
Common Sense
Common Sense
Common Sense

I mean, how many times have you seen someone tell a devices Blaster to stop using Caltrops because bad guys run away from it? Or any other power that makes bad guys move around a bit? I mean wow.. those Fire Blasters had better stop using their rain of fire power because, oh my gosh, bad guys try to get away from it!

Most complaints I read here assume that bad guys will start running away for huge distances and never come back. I've read Geko's message a few times and I swear I don't see that anywhere. And the bottom line really is: We won't know what it does until it goes live.

If you like it, use it. If you don't like it, don't use it.

If only common sense were available as a power in the game.... sigh....

Squiffy