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Quote:Yep...VG is so awesome is made me REALLY appreciate the Earth control set lol. To this day when I use VG I feel sorry for my enemies lol...wait take that back Earthquake makes me giggle as well.Originally Posted by Nox__Fatalis
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Quote:I also echo Darkcurrents words. I to have an Earth/Thorn and i guess for me it's usefulness is worthy but I no longer use it for dmg after i was clued in several months ago. It depends on your Primary...I would think trops would be fun mixed with Carrion creepers or Ice slick or anything earth just to keep the baddies pissed off.Originally Posted by DarkCurrent
As a damage power, no, you're not going to get much out of it.
However, I have it on my earth/thorns and I have the slow dmg proc in it. Combined with my other slows and kbs, I get a LOT of mileage out of it.
I use it every spawn. I'll open with EQ and QS (probably stalag if I alpha), which are also proc'd with damage. Then, I toss fling thorns (proc dmg as well), close to melee and toss trops for more proc dmg and additional slow (plus the pseudo fear mitigation). I'll then unload Thorn Burst, which also has damage proc. Ripper, skewer, darts, etc. The recharge on trops is such that you can toss it a couple more times in long fights and stack the dmg.
I can also use it as a personal space defense. So let's say I toss EQ/QS around a corner. The enemy has speed or flight or some just get past the defenses. I can have trops out just in front for more protection. It's also a great tool when your enemy has teleportation (rikti, malta, sky raiders). You aggro the group and are out of LOS. however, that's no protection because the porter is coming to land right next to you. NP. Drop trops to greet him. OUch, ouch...run away.
Anyway, in my character's scenario trops works great. Adds some extra dmg and control. I use it a ton. It cost me 1 slot (dmg proc). I don't know too many other powers you can say that about.
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Quote:What is your dom as far as powerchoice wise? Maybe you rolled a dom that isn't all that hot solo. Also the baddies late game on red side are different blue side a lot of them tend to brush off lethal dmg.Originally Posted by TheSwamper
As a longtime player, I've spent most of my time blueside. This weekend, I got my dom to level 40 and something doesn't feel quite right when I solo.
My question is about the dominator approach. Should I be playing the character as a controller who blasts, or a blaster who controls? I have a fire/rad troller and a fire/dev blaster blueside who seem very capable. Even considering that my both are level 50 and well IO'd, my dom seems underpowered somehow. I'm pretty sure that dom's are not, so I'm wondering if it's my approach.
When on my troller, I waltz in, hit em with fire cages/flashfire and then just stand in the pack with hotfeet and choking cloud running and wait for the mobs to fall over. It seems I gotta work a lot harder to get a similar level of pwnage on my dom.
My dom is mostly IO'd (hard to keep up on dbl xp weekend), with at least one acc and one rech on most lockdown powers. Attacks in her secondary are standard 1 acc/3 dam.
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Singy is such an amazing pet...Honestly I have like a bazillion pictures of singy on my PC haha even after all the pets He's my number 1...with Animate Stone Coming 2nd in tanking. Many will say Singy can't tank for you but that's $#@^&*$ lol.
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Quote:No i don't know the numbers but On my lvl 50 Ill/kin Spooky can be a godsend. They end up standing there shaking in their boots. Out of a big mob maybe only 1 or 2 might run away but that's it actually. It's a excellent ghetto soft control. With all 3 of your summons you can easily lock down a mob or three.Originally Posted by Yoshitomo
really? I thought Spectral Terror was terrorble (see what I did there? heh =]) due to it making some foes run away in panic...that's almost as bad as knockback.
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I will finally Roll Super strength!
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Rikti tickle until the swords come out ;_;
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SO true! Get rid of powersink if you must but one reason why i loved my elec brute b/c due to powersink and CP I could easily run around w/o Stamina. -
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I wouldnt mind having knockdown in Shockwave instead of knockback
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Oh mighty Castle....lord of the Devs. Please make this so and I shall personally hand deliver 50 virgins to your doorstep.
(disclaimer: all virgins are likely male nerds living with their mother and playing this game)
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*wriggles in anticipation*
I can't wait! It's eating me alive!!!!! *gurgle,gasp* -
Now I want to roll a Fire/Earth or Grav/Earth or Earth....
I think a Earth/Earth will be more end heavy than Ice/Ice! Nah maybe not.
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If I can't change out the geometry for Spines then forget about it.
Just say no to banana melee!
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Apart from Spines being able to use the geometry from Thorns, and Thorns being able to use the geometry from Spines (both of which can be colored), there will be at least one other set of alternate geometry/FX.
As for Martial Arts, the alternate animations we have right now are mainly punches. The idea was to provide you guys with a way to make the classic, fights with their fists and feet, super-hero that many have been asking for. That includes a new animation for assassin's strike (Assassin's Blow?).
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Seriously BABs...bro....are you guys coming out with a package deal for buying additional slots? I mean c'mon I'm going to need 20 new slots AT LEAST.
I mean with all this awesome I might actually touch Willpower now or Super Strength or even *GASP* Martial Arts! -
I still think on blue side Elec Armor will be amazing. Red side has some nasty end game baddies and the end game baddies on blue side imho are not as dangerous for elec armor compared to the end game red side baddies.
Longbow, Renegade and anything Toxic was my biggest pet peeve with Elec.
Ritki and any other elemental/energy based baddie just tickled.
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I like this list and I am SO tired of boss farms! LT farms are much more efficient safer and not as boring imho! I don't farm but i do pick missions for tickets! It's cheaper that way for when I get rare salvage!
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I didn't expect all this...this is nice! Thank you all for the heads up! Maybe others can use this topic as beginning reference.
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Still waiting on ice melee stalkers as well. Can't wait to get one.
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Same...but I like anything Water based based anywho. -
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In theory, the difference is the crit chance - but most folks don't even know it's there, and it isn't that meaningful.
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Actually, no. That's part of it (or will be) when it's ported to Corruptors, but the real difference is just that RoA does about 25% more base damage at a cost of about 33% more endurance. That's how it looks on Blasters today, with no crit chances.
There won't be much you can do about the greater scourge capability of RoA when it goes to Corruptors. That's just how psaudo-pet attacks work, and I could live with that if Full Auto at least did the same damage, even if it had to have its endurance cost raised to match. If Full Auto worked like most cones did vs. sphere-AoEs, it would do MORE damage than RoA, not less. It has a smaller max target cap, as do most all cones.
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RoA and scourge...yummy.
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I am very much looking forward to this... -
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Heh you ! Don't steal my idea, I was going Claws/Energy too !
Well, we'll be two, maybe not that many more
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Hah! I might just do it...for the simply fact that I never leveled Energy Aura more than lvl 18.
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Hey All,
Running a Fire/Kin Duo (both will have the same powers) and I am wondering, since I will be able to SB myself, do I really need Stamina at all? keep in Mind I'll be able to hit Transference alot since I'll have 2 of them.
Ideas?
Also,
I prefer Hover/Fly to anything else, and since I am in Melee range all the time would Air Sup. be useful at all?
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Heck, even my Grav/kin needs Stamina so I say yes. Now you can lvl to 50 IO out the wazoo and then drop stamina...but I wouldn't recommend it. Bosses and AV's would own you. -
I have an Earth/Thorn sitting at lvl 48 and I have to say myself during the late game it kinda hurts...maybe like other have said if it was packed with more Toxic dmg but on red side during the late game moss spawns brush off lethal attacks.
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I have a SM/SD brute I wish for once I rolled a SD/SM Tank...I love Redside but...I don't think I can wait for the awesomeness of shield! It barely killed me when i had to wait for Powersink on /Elec!
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There are quite a few, but I'll give you two.
Soloable, a bit silly and a mostly lowbie friendly.
"To Settle a Bet"
"Operation: Super-Wedgie" (first mission is against Crey, so if you can handle them, you're good for the rest of the arc.)
Author: @BBQ Pork
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Hehe awesome! I have been turning my nose up to Ae but now I am regretting it...now I want to play more missions XD oh the irony. -
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I usually play "nimble little cat girls" as you said, that must be why I like it.
I can understand it doesnt fit right on big hulking toons (claws/stone anyone ? )
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The question was about farming. If you're farming, a Fire/Kin will drastically out perform a Fire/Rad.
All of the other discussion if valid and I tend to agree that a Fire/Rad bring more to a team.
But for farming, it's no contest.
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I disagree, to a certain extent. Yes, kins are faster. But it is not quite as drastic as you seem to imply. A good fire/rad can do a fair job of keeping up with an average fire/kin.
It also depends on what you're farming. As the targets get harder, the gap between kin and rad shrinks quickly. Rad has the advantage on hard targets in my experience.
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Eh, Again Speed over Safety...most of the time when you are playing a Fire kin you don't have time to do all that the poster list above. In between you Immob'ing and stunning a mob you have to worry about healing and sb'ing the team....I only play my kins when I'm full of energy lol.
I've seen with other teams that two kin buds will be lumped together one (Fire/kin) focuses on kicking the most butt while the other kin supports the team.
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ice/cold..
is it possible to slow someone's recharge so much, that they go back in time?
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Yes.
Which means you should do it.
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Ill/Cold, Ice/Cold, Fire Cold in that order.....Maybe even Plant/cold or grav/cold...i dunno. -
I'm on at oddball times and a lot of times due to my AT or power choices I can't land teams. I know there's a search option in Ae in which I have used but can anyone recommend A solid AE mission that is possible for solo play? I have no preference on the duration just something that doesn't have 40 AV's packed in it lol.