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Meh some of what you say "Used" to be true. With Pseudo mez protection in defiance and self amping damage, I no longer consider blasters to be "squishy" Not to mention the ranged damage amp we got.

My god I never thought I'd say that.

I have 3 blasters now.

Elec/Elec
Fire/Fire
Ice/NRG.

I pretty much feel like a walking, talking, piping hot can of whup [censored]. And that's a good thing.

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Just been wanting ask this, would you rather play on a Brute or Tanker? Also who would you rather team with?

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Team with tanker.
Solo as brute. But I'd rather solo as scrapper or stalker. And I'd rather Tank than Brute..... Brutes can't take the hits a tanker can.

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The last Issue was huge and this is just an Issue because it's the 5th Anniversary.

Okay, it's light on content but came out much quicker than normal (well, it's not out just yet but you get the idea).

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No argument bub. That's why they should just hold off. Do some silly 5th Anniversary weekend event with double XP and wait to to do the next issue.... when oh I dunno.... they have something to issue?

They're messing with my mind man. I have this cycle see.... Anticipation of the new issue. Hunting the internet for info on the new issue. Hoping to get the beta invite for the new issue. Going on test to test the new issue.... Waiting with baited breath to get the new issue. Watching the early download of the pre-release patch.

I'm getting old dammit. I like to stay regular. You can't whet my appetite for new content then just drop some faces and costume sets I don't care about. It's inhumane.

Now all I can do is wait for Going rogue, and keep myself occupied by making MA missions which feature Positron as a rescue escort, and hitting phase shift as we're ambushed and watching him get beaten to a pulp....

Comon.... Devs. You guys kidding me?

That's it? You sully the game by even calling the upcoming "Patch" an issue. It's a couple taskforces with some fixes thrown in. Nice to be sure.... but not worthy of an offical release. I know you guys are busy with the whole Rogue thing..... but.... (Petter Griffin voice) Come onnnnnn..... Come onnnnnnn......

Delay that pig a couple weeks and through us a bone with a couple proliferated sets or something.

I will now go and sit in the corner awaiting the eventual flames that this post will ignite. S'cool though. I brought marshmallows and graham crackers. Ummm... Smores.

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So I have recently been playing with my blaster again after having been playing a Tanker for the last month and I seem to have a survivability issue... My Tanker is 34 and breezes through missions solo on "Invincible". My blaster is 28 and has to be fairly cautious at rank 3... Bosses can go either way depending on how many inspirations I burn...

Do things get better? Im figuring that with power sink ill be able to finally drain groups of mobs of all their endurance, right now if I try to short circuit im left with 3-4 mobs all with half endurance meleeing me and it drops me very quickly...

Tanker is WP/SS Blaster is Electric/Electric.

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Your holds are the key. take them and slot them. When you get APP's take a third hold.... because 3 holds make bosses cry. Skip voltaic sentinel, not worth the endurance used to summon it. Take your blaps. CB,HP,TS....

A common engagement for me is stacking tesla cage and shocking bolt on the boss, then eradicating the minions using ball lightning + Static discharge. Then drain the boss and beat him to pieces with blaps to the skull. Any minions that survived the initial assault get pwnt by the short circuit. Lieuts get met with shocking grasp then fall prey to the drain. Then they get theres right before the boss.

Things only get tricky against EB's. If they have an entourage I normally stealth in smoke the crowd with thunderous blast then pop a cab and superspeed off while laughing like a loon. Then I come back and start laying waste to the EB with holds and drains. Unless the EB is ultra resistant to such tricks. In those cases I pop lucks and enrages and hope the EB goes down before I do. Usually they go down first because I now have the tooth achingly sweet "surge of power" which boosts my resistance and gives me an endurance boost.

So yeah things get easier if you build right.

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in most MA missions I've tried with my blaster - range is a defense

most of the mobs are primarily melee, and they do far less at range. I find immobilize is really useful.

the occassional actual ranged attacker is usually quite a surprise.

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Try my MA's. all my custom enemies have ranged attacks. Cause I knew you blastards would try and take advantage.

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Lethal Damage = fail at higher levels, especially redside. My claws stalker sort of tapered off into uselessness in the 20s against Longbow.

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I have a claws stalker in the late 30's and I'm calling bs on this statement.

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Im ok with packs as long as we continue to get nice options for free... which we havent... a few coats and a belt in the last two issues... its not enough... I think MA is amazing in its detail however outside of RPers i see it being rarely used six months from now... cept for some killers farms

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There is no "Free" content here. Last time I checked I was pay a monthly fee just to log into CoX.

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I'm unbelievably surprised that people are willing to pay... for nothingness. yeah ok fine... costume pieces... that do nothing, but maybe make you look a little different. But ultimately it is of no real benefit. Although...... now that I think about it, if it helps you win costume contests... some of those have a pretty good pot... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. But beyond that I just dont get it. Why pay for this stuff?

I am not calling anyone down at all for doing this! I am genuinely curious, what are you motivations to paying money for this?

Even the little "power" you get, has a chance to DEBUFF??? NO THANKS! *puts $10 firmly in wallet*

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They DO have a function. They LOOK cool and perk my imagination.

I'll gladly slap down 10 bucks for this stylish goodness.

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joke topic?

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which is full of comedy gold.

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Well damn, lets make one of the best ATs better. Im not gonna Argue, Please buff blasters more.

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Excellent. We are all in total agreement.

Just one thing... When the hell did they buff blasters in the first place? I must have missed that one.

says who?

I never saw any statement saying that blasters aren't "supposed" to solo.

Also never saw any "Kings of ranged damage" label either. Just some bs about being "Juggernauts"....

Last time I checked Juggernauts are unstoppable forces to be reckoned with. Blasters on the other hand are decidedly stoppable. If you're smart you just toss out the descriptions and look and what the POWERS actually do.

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then they would out-damage the Scrapper even more if they use their Secondary.


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blasters secondary is NOT based on melee !!! it's support !!!

don't count on secondaries if you want to compare damage between scrappers and blasters

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dude define "support"
Seriously. What the hell is it?

Blasters are the ONLY damage/damage archetype in the game... of course you have to count the secondary.

That is unless you can find ONE blaster secondary without damage.

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Yes, but that's not the point. As you can see, this problem is still ongoing and I'm just addressing the problem itself.

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the problem will remain for as long as there is a cox. blasters get the shaft... and I an't talking about archery.

Who drudged this old corpse up. It only serves as a reminder of statesman's promise to look into blasters.... and then not looking into blasters.

Not saying Placate ain't bugged....

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I am amused with how people with stalkers aren't happy with the builds of stalkers. I mean seriously if you feel they are lame and gimped the way they are then why not build something different. For fact I have seen many different stalkers in pvp that are nearly indestructible due to how they slot the powers and the sets they pick. If you can't build a stalker that is formidable then maybe stalkers aren't your cup of tea and it is time to try something else.

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This is a good example of two things

1. A Hero
2. A guy who doesn't get it....

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actually yes to the first remark and no to the second cause I do get it. I played a stalker for a while and did just fine with it no complaints had alot of fun with it. So why isn't everyone who has a stalker complaining? probably because they know how to build them.

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You're implying I don't know how to build my Stalkers?

I've logged more hours on Stalkers than you probably ever will...

Please, before insulting our intelligences, get a clue.

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DUDE I've seen you use the SAME language to address blasters who think the AT needs fixed.

Chalked up to player error or stupidity.

Oh god the pot's and kettles are going at it again... it's pandemonium..DUCK!!!!!

Truth.

You're right. That's why I can stop anything short of an elite boss with the combo of power sink and short circuit. The combonation drains and stops recovery. Not for long mind you. but long enough.

I really don't think fire needs jack. not the primary. It's the secondary that [censored] reeks.

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I know I haven't been around the forums long enough to experinece the repeated dissapointment some have, but I say, "Let's get excited about this." Castle has posted in our forum three times last I heard, and he's posted twice in this thread. What may have happened is that they have worked their way through the long laundry list of other things, and the squeaky wheel is finally getting some grease. I, personally, am going to hold out and hope that we're going to get the changes that some of you have been waiting so long for.

I don't care what changes they are making to blasters, as long as they are positive ones. It means we're getting some attention.

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dude let's not. he posted here before MONTHS ago. nothing happend. Just take a wait and see approach.

the idea I get is it ain't going to happen.

the dev's have spoken....

blasters get no pie. no pie for you A-Girl..... now take this blazing aura and go play with the nice tank swiper.... he won't one shots ya.... we swears!!!!

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Whoah, Castle... much love indeed

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don't get excited. castle mentioned improvements over a year ago..... and NADA. Not a damned thing.

Statesman also posted some rubbish here. We'd get looked at after tankers/scrappers.... then after controllers...... then after dominators..... then after stalkers.... then after global peace.

We've been back burnered so long that the stove we were cooking on is now on a junk pile rusting in the sun.

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But then nobody has said anything directly to us in almost that much time either. Getting a redname post in here is almost, almost good enough

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at this point it don't mean jack. not after all this time.

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Whoah, Castle... much love indeed

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don't get excited. castle mentioned improvements over a year ago..... and NADA. Not a damned thing.

Statesman also posted some rubbish here. We'd get looked at after tankers/scrappers.... then after controllers...... then after dominators..... then after stalkers.... then after global peace.

We've been back burnered so long that the stove we were cooking on is now on a junk pile rusting in the sun.

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I like _Castle_, however this post isn’t going to win me over or make me hop on the “Yay Devs!” bandwagon that everyone seems like they want back on.

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Crap! I spilled the beans.
*runs and hides*

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yay or hisssss.... don't matter one way or the other when they [censored] ignore you.

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All of these, very much including the name slip, invariably leads one to conclude that there's a certain level, "Meh, [censored] 'em." attitude going on. [/rant]

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Thanks for the response man.... but after damn near 18 months you'll understand my stance of (i'll believe when I see it) And honestly dude... I do appreciate the contact A LOT. I'd just as soon as not even be told about any proposed improvements untill.... they happen. And yes dammit lable me a moron but I like E.T.A's funny me. But you can understand... I've been waiting since I-4.... and what we got was defiance and a health boost to make us dumb enough to think about trying it.... but not a big enough one to make it effective. Not that I want a health boost. It was un-needed man. You could give us tanker hit points... and we'd still need dull-pain to make defiance worth the risk.

But I gotta admit making blaze a part of a ranged attack chain would make me forget just how much defiance sucks....

For a couple months anyways.