_Neo_

Heard that a new draft is on, figured i'll sign up again and updated my original sign up with new toons

What are your global handles/recognizable names? @Neo Arc, @NeoArc & @Neon Arc
What server do you primarily play on? Freedom/Union
What server do you prmarily PvP on? Freedom/Union
What toons do you have to offer for 8v8 PvP? Blasters: Psy/Em, Fire/Em
Dominator: Mind/Fire
Stalker: Elec/WP
Controller:Ill/Emp, Mind Kin
Scrapper: Spines/Regen
Defender: Rad/Psi, Sonic/Sonic
+ a few others (PvE builds)
Which of these toons is on Freedom? None but can transfer any
If any, what toons would you be willing to transfer to Freedom for a league? Most of them
What do you consider your primary/optimal role in a team setting? Ranged damage but willing to learn and fill any role
What do you consider your favorite role in a team setting? Damage but i have some experience in most roles
Would you be willing to make a new toon and level it to 50? Yes
Would you be willing to respec into a new build for a league? Yes
Briefly describe your experience in PvP (If you were on other 8v8 teams list them here, any substantial experience here also)

Im an old EU player recently returned back to the game, i've played zone/arena/duels in the past so i have some experience but never played in a serious league. Been back ingame and pvp for a few weeks now and had mostly zone and a few arena experiences so far, would like to join a team even if its only for practices.

What are your global handles/recognizable names? @Neo Arc, @NeoArc & @Neon Arc
What server do you primarily play on? Freedom/Union
What server do you prmarily PvP on? Use to be Union now moved to Freedom
What toons do you have to offer for 8v8 PvP? Psy/Em, Fire/Em, Mind/Fire, Elec/WP, Ill/Emp, Spines/Regen, Rad/Psi, Mind/Kin, Sonic/Sonic + a few others (PvE builds)
Which of these toons is on Freedom? None but can transfer any
If any, what toons would you be willing to transfer to Freedom for a league? Most of them
What do you consider your primary/optimal role in a team setting? Ranged damage but willing to learn and fill any role
What do you consider your favorite role in a team setting? Damage but i have some experience in most roles
Would you be willing to make a new toon and level it to 50? Yes
Would you be willing to respec into a new build for a league? Yes
Briefly describe your experience in PvP (If you were on other 8v8 teams list them here, any substantial experience here also)

Im an old EU player recently returned back to the game, i've played zone/arena/duels in the past so i have some experience but never played in a serious league. Been back ingame and pvp for a few weeks now and had mostly zone and a few arena experiences so far, would like to join a team even if its only for practices.

Thx for the replies and it looks like i will definitley be transferring a few toons to freedom then.

It looks like pvp hasn't really changed all too much, although i do hear that ice blast and nrg melee is no longer considered for pvp anymore is this true and what was nerfed?

Im a EU player that has recently returned to the game after around 2.5yrs and a lot has definitley changed and have a few questions:

1) Are any of the new sets beam rifle, dual pistols, elec control, time manip, kinetic melee, shield defence & street justice any good for pvp?

2) Any of the old FOTM still viable for pvp guessing blasters are still all /em but are emps, kin sonics, rads still used and are stalkers and regens still the melee AT of choice?

3) Are Incarnate abilities needed for high end pvp like recluse's victory and arena or would IO/HO builds be ok?

If any of the old EU guys are still around send a pm or ingame email would love to teamup and catchup again like old times.

Nice to hear that a featherweight division was announced which hopefully should encourage more of the casual players to participate

Also would like to know if normal iventions are allowed or not?

im interested but would the toons have to be lvl24(or the bantamweight lvls) or can they be exemped down from higher lvls?

Asking because it would be a good op to lvl up a new toon or not if you can exemp

Looks like i recativated in time for this event

Yeah definitely gonna see less fire blasters for teams, which i suppose is one reason why trollers got thermal to counter fire.

Gonna probs roll a rad/ice or cold/ice but not sure what to delete or move to defiant atm.

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At least give him accurate information lol.

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Defender

psy/sonic primary
any secondary apart from dark miasma


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This stuck out like a sore thumb.

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Aye my mistake did say it would be a quick post just switch primary with secondary on the defenders hehe

Not suprised with this change since the devs have said it for a long time that aid self was too good and they were always going to nerf it.

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What would be the point of reading old threads that might be out of date?

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Well not all old threads are out of date and the fact is that a lot of the old fotms as well tatics are still viable in the current pvp game don't forget.

Also apologies to the original poster since this thread has gone way offtopic. So I'll just quickly list the best AT/Sets for pvp to get it back on topic:

Blasters

fire/ice/sonic primary in that order
nrg(the best)/elec/dev(only for zones) secondary

Scrappers

Spines/Broadsword/Martial Arts primary
Regen/Super Reflexes secondary

Tanks

ice/fire/willpower primary
nrg/super strength/stone secondary

Controllers

Well any troller combo can work tbh but the current better sets are:
ice/rad (if well played the best dueling toon imo) fire/rad, ice/storm, ill/emp (as a support toon), grav/sonic (great for disruption)

Defender

psy/sonic primary
any secondary apart from dark miasma

Brute

nrg/stone/super strength primary
elec/fire secondary

Corruptor

sonic/ice/fire primary
thermal/cold/rad/kin/sonic secondary

Dominators

mind/fire/ice/grav/plant in that order primaries
fire/ice/psi secondaries

Stalkers

nrg/spines/dark/claws primary
willpower/regen/ninjitsu/super reflexes

Mastermind

thugs/robots/zombies (best for dueling)
poison is the overall best imo but traps and trick arrow are pretty good as well. force field is only good for teams.

Warshades and Peacebringers are generally pretty awful pvp toons as well.

Also with the new sets coming in i12 there will be a lot more options on sets if you take a look around the boards in both the us and eu.

Those are my opinions of the best pvp sets for each AT in the game so if your looking for one, then pick any combo out of them and you will do ok in pvp.

None taken just stating the facts that we could avoid most of these which pvp AT is best/worse/fotm if people did a search before asking the question

Think people need to use search more often as thers's plently of posts with the exact same question throughout the pvp boards in both the EU and US that will answer this question.

Unless something comes up i'll be there at 8

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All ATs can work fine in PvP.

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Maybe in casual zone pvp but all melee ATs just dont offer anything to the arena and team pvp.

The only thing and I mean the only thing a melee AT is useful for in team pvp is being a taunt bot, even that is pretty useless when u can just use sonics and cage which is far more effective and reliable.

The thing is with a mastermind is that once you get the hang of bodyguard your the most difficult villain AT to take down in a zone regardless of sets especially since most pvp toons only have single target attacks. So any primary and secondary can do well but imo the better primaries are those with range so thugs and bots are the better choices for this. I would include mercs but there damage is mostly resisted. Zombies on the other hand are great for duels due to the self heal and slow portection. Ninjas do ok but are outclassed by the others although the oni pet is nice and is basically a pet domi.

As for secondaries poison is the best for duels although traps is nice with poison trap, as for the others dark is great for both pve and zones not so much in arena though due to the heal. TA is a great lockdown and general annoyance set while forcefield is more of a team based set with no real benefit to solo play unless you like buffing your pets a lot.

Also last bit of advice for anyone who wants to try a mastermind in pvp watch out for tp foe and nukes.

WB Phil!

and cya in a few months Spag

If your going to solo a lot then the nrg/ea stalker you have is perfectly fine and theres not much point re rolling into another stalker imo unless you want range (spines or claws) or a secondary with a heal(regen or willpower).

If your looking to get into team pvp then corruptors are your answer with any combination from fire/ice/sonic primary and kin/rad/cold/thermal secondary a good choice for teams.

Masterminds also do very well in zones whilst dominators are better mostly for duels rather than zonal or arena pvp.

I wouldn't say that Illusion isn't viable its just that other primaries all outperform it in duels ice/fire/mind/grav all are better choices imo for a /rad troller build.

The answer to your question would be that it all depends on the player personally imo i feel that pvp is a great way to get away from the grind of leveling up new toons or boredom of pve in general. I would suggest that you do a bit of zonal pvp in sirens call to get a feel for it. Suggesting sirens becasue warburg and recluses is where most of the experinced players go, while bloody bay is usually deserted

You can get debt in pvp zones only if your defeated by any npcs.

As for builds anything will work fine in a zone tbh although i would suggest teaming up with others to exprience pvp since thats when it shines since pvp in this game is never going to be balanced for solo play.

tf also gives you the option of another set of purples recipes as well if your only taking for the stun.

Personally i would drop either nrg punch/tf or power boost especially if you zone pvp more than team or arena. powerboost imo doesn't add a lot unless u like to pb snowstorm or duel a lot or use it strictly as a +tohit buff, which i find isnt really needed especially if you have geas.

Will be there

Probably be able to make it this sunday since i'll hopefully be done with my assignments before then. Plus i wanna test out my first IO'd toon in arena as well.