Syndace

Originally Posted by PostalExpress

I'm hoping to acquire a buck-and-a-quarter quarterstaff.


/Ho, ha ha, guard, turn, parry, dodge, spin, ha, thrust.
//Got it.
///<em>revive

Originally Posted by Silit

Originally Posted by Eldagore

Reading this thread makes me sad. It is obvious to me that whoever was on the dev team way back yeasteryear that put the Gundam costume pieces in(like titan crest) either does not work there anymore or is not important enough to be able to have input on this set.

What I am getting at is in any cartoon or comic or whatever I have ever seen, the person shooting the blaster doesnt have to "tag" their target with some goofy weopon effect before they can blast the crap out of them. I mean there are two basic forms of laser guns....

G.I. Joe style from the original 80's cartoon. This is the laser machine gun style, you remember. red and blue lasers cover the sky, people shoot 1000 rounds of laser blast off in all directions, pew pew freegin everywhere. Even in this style, the bad guys were usually defeated handily by a shot or two. It was just the hits were'nt as frequent. This style, while visually entertaining, wouldnt be a good fit in coh unless most of the animation for the blasts were "fluff" laser sprays going all over the place. So long as the attacks were simply hit or miss, without correlation to the visuals, it would be fine, and would offer tons of pew pew without this silly combo buisness.

The other style of laser blasts is the Gundam style, wherein the beam blast is immensly powerful, and "aoe" simply means the power output is cranked to the max and the beam becomes massive enough to encompass multiple foes. This style would also not work, unless the visuals were correlated to the power output, I.E. no ZZ gundam ultra forehead beam cannon. This is the style I was hoping for, with powerful single target on a slightly longer rech, and aoe cones with a "charged up" big beam that encompasses multiple foes(though wouldnt outright destroy them) or at least a nuke like that, that would destroy them.

Instead, sadly, I read we are getting an underpowered set that requires "extra" attacks in order to have suitable damage output.

I wish the devs would realize players are generally happy with the mechanics of current sets, and seek new visuals and style over function in the new ones, especially somthing as "deffinition of blaster" as a freegin laser gun. Save the combo crap for something a little more off the wall, like water blast or earth blast or something. Laser blast should equal straight forward pew pew blasting goodness, not some tag the enemy first with a 10 second dot. gah, as if a blaster has 10 seconds to kill a foe before getting massacred. I mean, just reading the 4 step process for aoe profit above makes me cringe. Its a laser/beam rifle... I dont want to "set up" the damage, I want to pull the trigger furiously and paint the sky with red and blue laser blasts.

My dreams of pew pew may forever be dashed.

Originally Posted by Amy_Amp

They are the kings of melee damage according to the rating system being used in beta. Mind you, the same system says doms are more squishy then blasters, so YMMV.

Originally Posted by _Havoc_

Yes, Doms are usefull in PvP. Useable for Solo, Dueling, Casual Zoning or Team PvPin. Obviously the build changes a little depending on what your trying to exactly do, team-play vrs. solo-play.

With that said I would definatly go */Fire, easily the best secondary, good ranged attacks in flares, fire blast and blaze, also a good build-up power in fiery embrace.

Primary I would go Fire (very good damage, alot of DoT/Reactive) for solo/dueling, Mind (Alot of utility powers, TK, Confuse, very popular for doms) for smaller teams, and Earth (Big stun, -Def component) for larger team play. Obviously theirs more to each powerset but just my quick observations. Either way Fire, Mind, or Earth would be very good choices and would work for any PvP setting.

Originally Posted by Lone_mutant_

i'd rate it like this 1.Willpower 2.Regen 3.Electric 4.Nin

Originally Posted by Necromatic

This is it. +1 bil.

Stalkers need to take out the hard targets. Not tie them up, mez them, or aggro them. Straight take them out.

They need to do so in a way that makes them; desirable on a team, scales with team size and level, not over powered.

The best way I can think of is MORE damage on the critical side. I know the critical chance is tied to team number, they also need to adjust it so that the multiplier is also. More team members translates to more damage. But not to just any mob type. In fact, in a team setting, I would debuff damage against minions, leave the amount the same on leuts, double against bosses and triple on Ebs and above.

simplified formula:

current damage(everything they have now) + team crit multiplier + mob type adjustment

Originally Posted by LuxunS

[Broadcast] Cinder ElIie: If there is high demand when the freebies come around, will PvP be looked at again?

[Broadcast] Positron: We're trying to cram a couple PVP things into I21, but don't know who on the team has time to do the

Originally Posted by Fiery-Enforcer

Domination + Stalagmites is awesome.

Originally Posted by Xanatos

Lib - is dominator Stalagmites as ridiculous as the controller version?

Originally Posted by StratoNexus

Radiation Control and Radiation Assault