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Do you have a damage proc in your confuse perchance? That's one possibility for drawing aggro though stealth.

I hear this reasoning often and think there is no point comparing PSW to what it was. When you look at /psi assault now, it's not top dog for AoE, but it does decently. It surely isn't at the bottom of the stack when it comes to AoE damage either.

Before this behavior started I took down a few of the easier GM's with my ill/kin. Phantasm and I stayed at range except for when I need to dart in for Transfusion or Transference. Now even the Transfusion spam (for -regen) doesn't keep him from getting tossed by the GM. I've had to time casting him and hope he'll cast decoy without splatting to fill in PA cool downs.

On a team, the drop in performance isn't noticeable, but it's definitely there when solo'ing hard targets.

I've got a smashing/lethal capped Plant/Psi. Kinetic Combat is a fine set for that: 3.75% smashing/lethal bonus at 4 slots. Toss in a smashing lethal armor from Earth, Mace, or Ice and you're well on your way.

I agree. A robot with a beard? How's that even work? Oh.... magic.

Except for when it's not.

I agree. Unfortunately, I think B.O.T.L.E.R. is pretty hideous too.

I found the original Posi easier with smaller teams. Given the choice between a team of 4 or 8, I'd always take the four. Once you get a large team going you ended up with a lot of Ruin Mages and big mobs with lots of -tohit.

I whole heartedly agree with this. Team size seems to me to be an artificial gate, while difficulty is a natural gate. There are folks, like Bill, that will squeeze every last drop of performance out of a build to pass through the gate of difficulty. They already have access to the challenge, but have to use a kludge to access it.

I also doubt we would see any significant change in the number of teams running task forces. For the most part, people are running these for the reward. AV's go a long way in preventing it from being the most efficient merit/minute for the majority. Even those capable of solo'ing AV's will do it faster with a team.

I'm afraid this is quite wrong. Power boost increases the duration of mez effects, but does nothing to the magnitude of the power.

Power Boost also increases the strength of defense buffs/debuffs, tohit buffs/debuffs, heals, and endurance drain. Resistance buffs/debuffs, damage buffs/debuffs, and recovery are not affected.

It does not. Nor does Power Boost, for that matter.

As you may know, knockdown is knockback under the magnitude of 1. If another source of knockback hits at the same time as JC, their combined magnitude may be great than 1 resulting in knockback. Also some mobs, such as Clockwork, are more vulnerable to knockback causing a greater than normal magnitude. These often mislead people about the nature of knockback powers.

Nope, there is no drop in stealth when SO is used.

Like the OP, I find that dom builds fast enough on it's own. It's easy enough to build dom before a mish (or if I've died) by using AoE's and interrupting a snipe. I'll have to time it, but I'd estimate maybe a minute or so of build up. Even then I'll only bother with that if I'm solo. Sure, that's less convenient than just popping a button for instant dom, but I don't think that makes it more useful than Call to Justice.

There is one exception I could see. If you're using Rise of the Phoenix from the Fire APP, it would be exceptionally handy to rez and be able to pop domination again immediately.

I tested in beta and the proc does carry throughout the chain. Too bad about the -end, more so about the -recovery.

Its radius is 8 feet, so melee range only, and only mag 2, so without the proc it won't reliably affect anything above a minion.