The_DefUser

Hiya guys,

Yesterday i was playing my Reminder (Mind/ice lvl44) doin some warburg mishes and pvping a bit ( i humilliated a tanker who was around villain base) when i received one tell about joinin a team... Why not?? I though, so i said yes...

What im gonna tell u has been the best and powerfull feelling since i started playing CoV like 2 years ago... I have to say that i have played a granite with a kin for 10 lvls, i got a lvl46 kinetic toon, i also have a grav/psi (lvl40)that made me feel powerfull along time ago, BUT MAN... YESTERDAY NIGHT IT WAS SO OMG!!11!!1!

My little Reminder has a nice 64 rech bonus (hard and expensive build), so actually im able to hit domination twice before it drops and gotta fill the bar again... Well, when i joined the team i saw my two mates members were two corruptors, ice/cold and fire/kin. Kwl combo i though, they started to buff me and then the kin sbed me... We started a mish and I was opening fights, control entire mobs and they just killed enemies with rains... it was like 8 enemies spawns +3 dying in about 10secs. Then we recruited a brute, and even better... In a big room, he aggroed like 20 enemies, and came to us runnin... I waited for all the enemies being packed, Mass Confussion, Terrify and 2 rains + 1 inferno... simply awesome... Then we recruited more peeps, another kin, and cant remember more of them

I have to say that i stayed nicely buffed all the time, and I was in permadomination like 2 hours in a row (eventually permahasten, when 2nd kin joined the team), but man, I had ALMOST EVERYFIGHT recharged Mass Confussion, Terrify and Mass Hypnosis (just if 2 mobs aggroed)...

The best moment was when all the m8s were inside the mish (2 brutes, some corrs and 1 more dunno what) and one brute said: "lets wait for Reminder to open up..." And all the mates were agree and waited for me...

Yeah, that is what i say a really good experience... I hope I ever join them again and get the same feeling, coz I have been in so many PuGs that I tend to solo a lot.

So I just wanted to say that Dominators have changed, they are actually great teamers, and ppl are changing their minds about us.

I wanted to share my experience, and I would be pleased to hear the same tails of ur own experience.

Overall, tnx a lot for u teamers who wanted to invite me and made me felt sooo powerfull

Peace.

I got bored with my grav/psi in lvl38 a long time ago... Its activation times was sooo boring, and i felt like powerfull but a bit slowly for my taste...

Actually planning in hit lvl50 with my mind/ice and go directly for my grav/psi and hit lvl50 with him too...

BTW, 1st time I used PSW i felt like... "ONLY that for 38 lvls???" Now i think its time to respec him and lvl him up

Congratz for ur psw

Ok, SRM_Chim, im gonna tell u 1 thing... If u think a dominator will be doin lot of dmg (even in domination), u r wrong.

Dominators are low dmg dealers, and they must rely their 'support' in an active defense, i mean, locking enemies. If u cant lock an enemy, u will be in troubles, since ur dmg isnt high enough to kill the enemy before he kills u.

So u shouldnt ignore ur melee attacks, they do nice dmg (almost the same as BiB), and specially GIS has a 64% chance to drop a toggle, btw... So, grabbing a power like GIS shouldnt be so bad, in fact, it does a lot of dmg and it can de-toggle enemies, all in 1 power...

Overall, its like u have a Dominate and Ice Blast all together in a power, and faster (if u add both activations times).

And of course, u should use ur melees when u lock the enemies, but dont care... If the enemies are locked u will use it, if not, u will be a fresh piece of meat

Think bout it m8...

I mean whatever u meant, but u can always do what u want, since it is ur build and ur toon.

BTW, i have done some arenas, zones and even base raids (lot of time ago)...

Hmm, some advices in pvp (in my opinion):

1) If u gonna leave Ice Sword unslotted, take levitate instead, it will works better in pvp, it gives u another ranged tool and it will work with 1 acc on it

2) After pvped a time with phase shift, i found that the activation time is sooo long that I usually died when i was in the middle of the animation. Also, if u are phased, u cant DOMINATE (thats ur role, dominating ) ur enemies, so I would rather go for the medicine pool, since PC+AS is almost a new green bar in ur pocket, and that is really good (yesterday I killed an stalker with this trick hehehe... he TF me, then i hit PB+hold in domination, and then aid self... Result: stalker powerboosted held, me full of health... cheap, isnt it??)

Overall, ur build isnt much of my style, i preefer playing it more like crazy... Anyways, im sure ull have lot of fun, so enjoy it.

hmmm, okay, im goin to send u my seconds thoughts having a look more slowly...

1) I wouldnt 6-slot psi dart, put decimation in another set, but dont waste it there... yeah, i kno, u r putting it for the rech bonus, just put it in another power (even dominate, coz u may want to toggle drop and then hit, u dont need the enemy long time locked).

2)Confuse isnt so good in pvp, its easily skipable... Although i would keep it (i love it, but if u go for pvp, u will not use it so much).

3) U should grabb levitate maybe coz an enemy toggle-dropped can be permaknocked, and thats a good tool i think for pvp... Also, is the only -fly u have in all ur primary set.

4)I wouldnt bother with numinas and miracle in health, coz u will have end more than enough with stamina, DP and power sink... U can always put a single Health IO and dont waste 1 slot in that power.

5) I know that hardcore pvpers will 6slot TK with 3endrdx, 3rech to have it available faster... That's up to u, i just tell u that.

Overall, u seems like a mini-sapper with the psi-shockwave and other stuff... Im sure it will be funny

Enjoy it.

Hiya m8,

im talkin from a large experience on dominators... I also almost have achieve that 70% rech for the permadom in my mind/ice, so Im gonna spread some advices from my mind/ice I have noticed...

1) Go for Snipe and go for Terrify, since both offers nice rech boost. U could then skip 1 decimation set that is pretty expensive, and getting the sniper set and the fear set that will be cheaper. And also, Terrify is really good power to almost lock enmies down.

2) Acrobatics is pretty skippable actually, since you always can carry BFs while u build domination, and in domination you are inmune to all mezzes... U can always slot a karma kb protection in ur combat jumping, but think actually in this idea, and get another power...

3) Maybe u should go to Black Scorpion PPP, since the shield is based on defense, and you can slot it as u did with maneuvers. In fact, I went to scirocco for powersink in my tiny toon, but if u gonna skip it, think in go in BS or even in Mako for the water spout

Overall, it looks nice, im sure u will get a lot of fun with it. Enjoy it.

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Ok it's like this. Mass confuse is an aoe power.

Aoe power only get set bonuses from aoe set IOs, and the only aoe IO set i know of are dmg and can't be put in mass confuse.

The confuse IO sets are single target. You can put them in mass confuse since it's a confuse set but since mass confuse is aoe then according to mids it doesn't give you the set bonuses.

Same with mass hypnosis and call of the sandman set, doesn't recive set bonuses.

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Hiya, just 1 more comment about this:

Ive got a mind/ice dom lvl41, and got MC 5slotted with malaise for the 6.25 global rech bonus, and Im pretty sure it is counting in my recharge... In fact, if I have a look to my personal information window, where the powers are, all the set bonuses appears, including these of the MC...

In other hand, Im goin to try to give some opinions in your build:
* If you think in getting 5 LotG rechs enhances, that could be a fair ammount of 200mills, and then the other recipes... Also, the LotG recipes seem to be only lvl50, so it is gonna be very hard to get them... I would advice to try to get permadomination using hasten and bonuses from sets... I only going to say to u that it is possible, it is hard to get it, but you can hit the enough recharge with just 1 or 2 LotG and not very much sacrifice... And very very cheaper than your plann.

* Decimation in your single target hold is just painfull. IMHO, keep decimation in your assault powers, or apply it to levitate/mezmerize, but slotting your hold with dmg is just painfull :S And remember, you gonna use your single target hold in almost all the enemies you fight, so think in slotting it with control.

* Ive got a permadomination plan for my toon, with not much "gimps" in my build, and hitting round the 70% global recharge (i think the correct ammount is 69.75%)... My personal advice to hit a permadomination build is go to check the black market, have a look for the cheap prices and go for a build with the cheap sets... Mind/ice have a lot of options in slotting, so consider all of them... Just remember all your assault power can be slotted with slow sets...

Overall, the toon is really good, I can play solo fairly fine and provide a lot of control in teams... In fact, i consider this as 1 of the most completed toons i have played.

Have fun with it, and peace.

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Whats the most overpowered set... I know this is odd to ask in a Dom thread as they need a buff, but generally whats the Fotm when it comes to Doms?

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Although many ppl may say doms arent good, and they need a buff and all that stuff, I think you should try it at your own and get an opinion, dont believe that ppl that say bad things just because (maybe) they dont know to play the AT, or just it needs to play in a clever way. If you think that way maybe you should try another AT, it is very possible that you become frustated with the dominators and in a few weeks/months you will come here to post "Buff dominators"...

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I was thinking about PVP ~ ? / Ice probably, And if anyone could post a good Build that would gives those pesky heros in Sirens Call a headache please.

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Once said that last parragraph, let me give you some advice... If your purpose is pvping in Sirens go with Mind/Energy, and i will explain you why:

Mind has the best ST hold in all the sets, fastest activation, and it checks the psi defense to hit (which it is usually 0 in enemies at lvl30 in Sirens). Also it has TK that is plainly cheap to get a kill, Terrify, and usefull tools like sleeps and knock-up (firstly u need to drop toggles, then u can perma knock them )

Energy becoz it is the only secondary that gets the most powerfull power at lvl28, and It will be available at lvl30 (Sirens, remember...): Total Focus. Use this power with care, since it will take u rooted 3.3 secs, but it will make a big hurt in ur enemy.

Pools: fitness (go for swift and hurdle to get more movement), hasten (a must to get domination recharged faster, in PvP is usefull to stack holds too), medicine (PB + aid self = almost full bar healed) and leaping (maybe u can skip acro coz actually domination offer mez protection).

Try it and enjoy it, you will never regret it... Im doing a pvper dominator, but im not going to stop it in Sirens... If you want that too, maybe you could think in mind/ice (im doin that, but you have to wait till lvls 40s to get it fully functional) or maybe you could think in mind/fire (the only ranged toggle dropper power is here, it is called blaze and you have to wait till lvl38 too... And also, Fiery embrace is a boom in your dmg...)

Hope it helps, Ive played lot of Doms until 40s since they are my favourite AT and Ive found they are really good in pvp, but you have to know to play them... maybe I have found mind/ice the best combo becoz I have tried all of them, or maybe that is the best combo... Not sure bout this last idea...

Reports are great too in a plant/thorns, there was a great pvper dominator who really owned in Recluse Victory when it came alive, but Ive got not enough experience to give you an opinion...

Have fun, and peace.

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"Die with honour, but firstly, run without it..."

Actually playing: Reminder --> Mind/Ice lvl37 dominator

Hiya, im gonna give you my personal point of view in mind/ set, and in /ice afterwards...

Defaults in Mind/:

1) Levitate: I preefer this one over mesmerize, because if It is properly slotted you can perma-knockup an enemy... And all in all, it is a hold of 4 secs aprox, time more than enough for heal your self,... Bosses can be knocked with 1 apply untill 40s, so go for it. Actually, mesmerize is having a boom because the 'sleeping-squad' from the LRSF, but its a long way untill it, so I wouldnt go for mesmerize...

2) Dominate: 6 slot it asap, ur ST hold. Spam it.

3) Telekinesis: 10' radius AoE auto-hit hold... In heroes, they could grabb it in their PPPs, before lvl40, and we can go for it at lvl 12... It is just awesome being in domination and seeing all that 'Domination' words over the enemies each second... Also, it needs 3 endrdx, and little use untill getting Stamina. But believe, this power is still cheap, and friginly imppresive to ownz enemies

4) Terrify: Depending the slotting, it can be made perma. With PB, it will last all the fight. Just awesome, but take care with alphas. Maybe you can apply Mass Hypnosis before, to avoid alphas... I have learned to just launch Terrify jumping back, trying to get out of range of the enemies, reducing the alpha to 1/4 of my HP each time... Other way is to stay in a corner, out of the line of sight (LoS), queing terrify, and appear and dissapear as fast as I can, reducing the alpha too... It is safer using MH, but I dont want to waste a power and endurance in a power when i can get a little pain not using it... Ive been practicing for 8 lvls and now it works really good.

5) Mass confuse: The 'I win' power. Use it ALWAYS with PB firtstly. 2 Accs at least, and confuse/recharge slots as you want to. This power will make ppl say I luv you and all that dominating feeling...

In Ice set:
I woudlnt skip the Ice Sword lvl2 power, you can put it in auto, and when u enter in melee, you will attack enemies automatically... 3 dmg slotted it can do 110 dmg at lvl30 (aprox), which is OK considering we arent big dmg dealers...

Also, dont skip Power Boost never, 3 slot it for recharge, and make a bind to use it before terrify always, or before Mass confusion, or just when you want to go crazy, u can eat 2 purples, and go for the alpha PowerBoosted, and look at the enemies missing the hits on you... You will feel tough...

And never skip the 3 ranged shooters (Ice Bolt, Ice Blast, Bitter Ice Blast) because you will be spamming them continously...

In pools, IMHO, powerboost + aidself (in lvl34) = 410 hp healed, no vengance or whatever anymore... If you can fit Medicine and Leadershit (hehe) go for them, but this set combo are end hog enough to consider getting more toggles end suxers... This is just my opinion...

Im more with Medicine (again, PB+aid other is better than cauterize, eat that u Therm corrs!!), leaping (Actually, trying to hit the perma-domination style and skip acrobatics...), Speed (hasten is a must actually) and, of course, acrobatics...

In PPP, i will go for sciroco, as many other ppl have stated b4...

And finally, I just want to say that if you have a nice and solid build, you will DOMINATE in pvp, that it is usually nice to ownz with dominators hehehehe

About the tactics, Im always leading the team... I like to be the opener of the fights, always taking dmg, but making life easier to all my mates... I just feel what my AT means... I use to say myself, 'Ey, IM A DOMINATOR, that is my job...'. If you dont want to take alphas, to be aggressive, maybe you will not get so much fun...

Cheers, and have fun with your dominator.

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My concern is building fury.. for two reasons.

1. Slow recharge HIgh damage attacks, whilst great in principle, do not allow rapid hitting that is great for building fury.

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This is, IMO, not a real concern, you just need to enhance the powers finely... for heavy hitters, 2 reds redux, for chain attack powers, 1 red redux. Thats all the problem. If u think your not goin to do enough dmg sloting them for end redux, think in fury...
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2. Knocking enemies up and down is great for survival, but enemies not attacking = fury bar diminishing.
Any comments?

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Think in knocks as a defensive way... you will be knocking them to mitigate the dmg, not to avoid it... Also, your AoEs cant kill, so u should use ur ST attacks, and they fill ur fury... Also, ur ST attacks keep fliping only 1 enemy, you should be facing much more of them at once

I feel, when i play my brute, that I have MANY tools to control a mob, and to make the way easy to my team, and to manage an overcome dmg/ambush, e.g.: I run into a mob of 10 enemies with shields and rooted. If my lifes goes down fast, fault. If still goin down, Earth embrace. If still goin down, inspirations. If still goin down, activate hasten and start my tremor & fault combo, almost no dmg, but I will not get any dmg, since im not getting hitted...

You can see there are a lot of tools, and still im doin high dmg when it is necessary.

Cheers, tnx for ur responses

Overall, and trying to resume, for pvp go for pure resistance, becoz it cannot be negated just eating yellows or pressing aim/BU...

For pve, it depends what r u fighting, the lvls of the enemies, but usually, def > resistance, but it has exceptions...

I would say that for pve the best would be go maximizing defense adding resistance... but thats just my opinion...

Peace.

As I have seen you have decided the primary set, i would give u an advice about which set should be your secondary... KINETICS...

You will see how your team become a killing machine with all the powers of this set:

* Probably the best heal in the game for a supporter toon, since u dont need to get dirty in melee to heal ur comrades.

* Nice buffs, your m8s will beg for your buffs, i swear it... No comments on this, you should taste them all...

* Nice debuffs, the -end in transference and transfusion, and the -speed -rech in siphon speed can change the tides of a battle...

* Some tools like repel and SJ without supressed time for all your team (inner reduction)...

Oh yeah, you cant go wrong with that secondary...

For a good primary which sinergizes good, I have seen almost all the primaries sets paired with kinetics, so its up to u... I went for ice, and Ive never regret it...

Cheers, and enjoy it!!

Hiya guys...

I have been playing a stone/stone brute for a time, actually placed in lvl35...

Why Im writing this thread is becoz im very impressed with the overall of stone melee, all the control it provides: in fact, almost all my attacks do knockDOWN, i got access two AoE knockDOWN, and they are big hitters too... I can keep a boss perma-knocked with all my powers, continously fliping, and kill him without being hit once... That is sumthin almost any1 cant say with their brutes (And FYI, im runing on relentless from 20's...)

That said, i have to say that i would pair stone melee with electrical resist, becoz my main issue is the end it sux when im teaming (if im soloing, im totally ok with my end bar)... My blue bar is almost always runing down... And all my attacks are 1-2 redx end slotted, i kno how to work with brutes... Well, that is a problem only if i cant find any kin who give me 'my drug', or SB as knowed...

Well, guys, resuming, try out a Stoney, play it out, since lvl4 u will be smashing like crazies with the mallets, and when u taste the powerfull seismic smash you will feel like your life hadnt sense b4 it...

Any thoughs about this??

Cheers.

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This post might be wrong, but here goes anyway.

I am pretty certain that NPCs ( non-paying characters ) are ppl that cannot be attacked by either side for example:- people running around scared in banks.

Where as longbow/Arachnos would constitute CPCs (computer played characters) that can attack/be attacked. In essence they aren't really NPCs at all, as they are involved in fighting battles.

If I'm wrong, I will hold my hand up!

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OMG!! They arent paying a fee??? How did they do it??

Hiya, guys, some news about my project of dominator pvper, the unknwon 'The Reminder' ...

Yesterday night 1 brute asked for a duel in arena, and I was so close from the Arena Palace, that i said yes... Well, i kno actually im lvl12, he was lvl13, he still dont have access to his mez protections, but I defeated him 3 times, and then he left... So, 1 win for the dominator, isnt it??

He was SS/ela, wich gives me a bit of proud... Anyways, i felt that was so easy i could still be beatin him... I was hit just once or twice, and with a KO blow, which makes me eat a BF.

Well, now im lvl13, and lookin for lvl30 and test this out in Sirens...

Meanwhile, peace for all. Best regards.

PS:dont look at the sig, i need to update it.

Hiya, guys, some news about my project of dominator pvper, the unknwon 'The Reminder' ...

Yesterday night 1 brute asked for a duel in arena, and I was so close from the Arena Palace, that i said yes... Well, i kno actually im lvl12, he was lvl13, he still dont have access to his mez protections, but I defeated him 3 times, and then he left... So, 1 win for the dominator, isnt it??

He was SS/ela, wich gives me a bit of proud... Anyways, i felt that was so easy i could still be beatin him... I was hit just once or twice, and with a KO blow, which makes me eat a BF.

Well, now im lvl13, and lookin for lvl30 and test this out in Sirens...

Meanwhile, peace for all. Best regards.

PS:dont look at the sig, i need to update it.

lol, I like the idea of pay the sappers with the same coin...

Talkin about the pets, i have tasted singularity and the imps, and I have to say that I was so excited those 32 lvls before to get them that when i have grabbed them i have felt a bit sad about them, they havnt solved my main issues, so this is why i have finally thought to go for the mind set.

About the dmg, im totally agree, i feel they can complement each other, so im happy with it.

Well, tnx for ur feedbacks, still hoping more ppl want to add somethin else.

Peace.

Hiya,

After playing some toons, Im really surprised with these sets, mainly because:

* IMO, mind is considered the best primary set, because it has a bunch of control tools. Ice could be the best secondary set, with a sustained dps (it is usually compared with fire), has powerboost, no snipe, and a really cool debuff included in all his powers.

* There isnt no guides about a mind/ice dominator in no where around. I cant understand why, becoz im playing 1 and im enjoying the time, and being safety all the time.

So, any opinion on these sets?? Any special info?? Im not talking to give a build (neither pve or pvp), i just want to take your feedback about these sets.

Tnx a lot.

Peace.

FreshHunter, Stone Rhino, DefUser, Hot Ch1ck, and now...

'The Reminder'

well, this sunday will be impossible for me, since i will be moving to another apartament... Nxt one i think i will have restored my connection, and ill be ok for joining u all.

BTW, i will catch ur lvl when i come back

Nice...

im more up for the 1pm on Sundays, and, of course, the idea about a full weekend with the dom...

Ill give my best to develop a mind/ice for pvp, not sure how it will be...

Cya.

Hi all, Hi finn

nice to see u opening this thread, i hope i could join this team now...

I would like to get in, I have an idea about a mind/ice pvper dominator (pvper, yep, u right) with all that -speed and -rechg, and all that nice ST control... Still i havent created that toon, but ill be ready to make it when u say the day and hour we will see...

So, count with me, depending the day and hour.

Cya all. Peace.

Guys, plz, lets try to help the OP, and not hijack this thread with other discussions

IMO, i feel TK isnt enough for waste that precious respec u got. I have tested it (lvled a mind/ngr till lvl16 to test that) and i wasnt much impressed... I almost used it like a panic button, sumthin like Dimension shift in gravity. Also, its a toogle, so it will sux ur end if u dont enhance it with 3 SO's ENDRDX.

BTW, i have seen u have 6 slotted TK, and i can remember the recharge was fast, like 20secs... If u have hasten on board u could get out this 3 slots, they seems a bit overkill. Maybe, if u pvp a lot, u will need them, but normally, with just 1RECH or just without anyone would be enough.

So, IMO, my picks would be like
12 hurdle
14 ...
16 Fiery embrace
18 health
20 Stamina
22 TK
24 Terrify

... and so on, and try to get acro when it fits, maybe at lvl 30. The enhance, if u dont know where to put them, should go to the ST hold or to ur main attack chain powers (fire blast, flares??).

That is my opinion. Enjoy it, anyways.

1) i think we all know how the brutes works, so plz try to add sumthin else than how fury works.

2) That is still ur opinion, i could say that if u teamin a lot and u face big spawns (that is when u gonna use aid self mainly) its pretty difficult to use it, but ey, it is just my opinion.

Hi guys again,

my thoughts about aid self are that, I have found that u need to get out the middle of the fight to heal urself. Well, if i talk from the point of view of a squishier teamer, and I see the brute herding a huge spawn, and then he runs out of it to get a heal, i will think... 'OMG, what a n00b'.

That is why i dont think aid self fits fine with the brute smash-concept.

And yeah, i know that brutes arent tankers, as corruptors arent defenders, or dominators arent controllers... that is funny. To get high fury, they herd all the spawn, so they 'tank', but hey, if things go wrong, 'im not a tanker'... A bit ironic...

Anyways, no intention being rude, if u need a heal, get it, get aid self, and 6 slot it, although I really doubt u could use it in the middle of a fight, u will need a 5 secs break out.

Anyways, enjoy it.