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Realize that the triangles are not only your problem. Controllers have the same problem. And with that, farewell.
[/ QUOTE ]I wouldn't say they have the *same* problem...
OK, with triangles up, controllers can do some of, what?;
Debuff the AVs movement, recharge, accuracy, damage, defence or resistance
Buff his team mate's health, movement, recharge, accuracy, damage, defence or resistances
(ie, buff and debuff, but expanded to make a point of it)
What can a dominator do when triangles are up?
Attack with the ranged section of their secondary, or the whole of it depending on buffs/debuffs. This means damage output from the dominator is anything from the normal damage output to around half defender damage.
=> worst case scenario we'd be a defender with none of their primary, half their secondary attacks, and lots of power pool choices like flurry and jump kick which they never use.
Would you really want that character on your team?
I really don't think it's the same problem, though I definately agree it is just as unfair that much of both primaries is negated.
Otherwise, I wish people got over the idea of giving melee a 'higher' damage modifier vs ranged and balencing around that - there's no point. We don't have a whole powerset's worth of ranged attacks to fall back on if we can't melee, and we don't have a whole powerset of melee powers to use when we're there. My reward for going into melee is I can use all my attack powers. If I stay at range I can use half of them. So really I'm 'doubling' my damage output if I go into melee.
I am enjoying playing my dominators infinately more than any other class in either CoH or CoV, only one who comes close is my Blaster (who plays in a similar way, mez and destroy). Does that mean I didn't get my 4th debt badge with my dom? Can my dominator be buffed up and be as good as any other AT when it gets buffed up? Not really, no. In the process of buff/debuff escallation, doms will be forgotton, they don't bring any buffs, and they don't linearly benefit as much - 100% more dominator damage or 100% more brute damage, you pick, and who needs control when you can 2 shot spawns which can't hit you? Maybe we could with permadomination, but really, the entire game falls apart with that level of recharge buffs - perma domination would also give you a 30 second recharge on a 90 second power if you had 2 recharges in it as well, like in for example flash fire. A completely unslotted Seeds of confusion would recharge before its domination enhanced duration expired. There is no real PvE balence in this area. PvP, you better believe that there is immence buff/debuff escallation going on constantly, and control is a little side factor as mez suppression and break frees are always going to doom us (we have to hold stuff until our damage eventually defeates it, no mez => poor survival)
My only problem with the dominator is that if, and invariably when, mez fails, particulary in the case of mez resistance, we die. That, or my damage potential gets cut in half, and that's all I have, mez and damage.
Also, seriously, who slots their hold for damage? Maybe someone who doesn't have a secondary full of attacks which will give similar damage... apparently I can chainhold an even level boss with my level 11 dominator without dom, if I don't miss...
