goldenmind

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I'm not going to tell you it's useless, but I've never really seen the point about taking PBU for Kinetics.

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It buffs the secondary effects of powers as well.

Think about that.

Yeah. The power rules.

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I just don't find that in actual game I need those powers boosted -- I don't have the actual list handy, so I may be off on some of these. I already essentially drain a boss w/ Transference, sleep on WD lasts long enough w/ my RCHG to have 2 (3 for a short period) neutralized, etc. The only really good boon IMO from the secondary powers that would really help me is the + DEF which it provides. This is a great benefit, so I'm by no means knocking it. W/ stealth, hasten, and CJ, this would essentially make even or +1 minions have a 5% chance to hit me. The poster's question was in regards to damage. Total Focus is a great attack -- I personally don't really need it, tho it does complement Kin's Boss-neutralizing abilities very well.

I contrast that with the additional controls I get from Psychic: a Hold, an AoE Hold that will probably be tough to use from the Controller posts I've read but very effective nonetheless, Sleep (which is admittedly not as useful in groups with heavy AoE), and an Armor that has Psychic resistance very close to cap (vs. TI which is only lethal/smash). Control to me provides solid damage mitigation (best besides actual arrest), and with all this plus WD's Sleep, TB's KBack, etc. I will save myself from taking a lot of damage. With enough RCHG, you can practically spam your hold to the point of taking out the boss very quickly, etc.

I also mentioned Psychic because other posts from folks seemed to indicate they were going that way. Sorry I didn't read the full post and missed your initial comments on these. I've thought about PBU's secondary effects and for my playstyle they just don't seem as more of a benefit than the add'l control.

It really depends on how many mobs you're fighting. But I only 4 DMG in T Blast and in Scream (because of how I use it) and 2 in Wall and Will Domination, and am at the cap consistently throughout most fights in groups.

I'm not going to tell you it's useless, but I've never really seen the point about taking PBU for Kinetics. Your tactics may differ from mine, but I would ask why one would want to take a power and 6 slot it when your other powers can do the same thing. Just doesn't make sense to me given how I play (in my scrapper and tanker's back pocket and often 1st to attack).

Are all Kin/Psy's going w. Psychic for epic power pools? That's what I've seen most often on boards, and the way I'm leaning.

However, I have begun to toy with the idea of doing Electric. Using Power Sink + Transference to drain mobs around me and definitely never needing to take Stamina no matter how many toggles I run, seems like a viable option. Just haven't been able to test it yet.

Thoughts from other Kin/Psys? I have to say in terms of Psychic that I've seen another Kin with Mass Hypnosis and Mind Over Body and I was very, very jealous (not to mention mad at myself, tho I thought the freerespec and I3 would come out simultaneously). It was pretty funny: MH + 2 FSs + Nuke was just devastating. Both of us (Dr. Impulse if you're out there, you are the bomb of Kineticists) have lots of RCHG in our nukes, so we probably nuked about 80% of the mobs in the mission. Yay!