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Then can they at least buff it to the point where it's not the second-worst set in the game? Right now every blast set except maybe Elec is better, and that's only because Elec's secondary effect is an all-or-nothing deal and the set doesn't have a tier 3 blast.

EDIT: Here are the issues with DP, relative to other blast sets:

* Lack of ability to front-load damage. Dark Blast and AR don't have Aim, but AR has really good AoE output and Dark Blast has really good debuff and control. Pistols has subpar AoE output, mediocre debuff, and acceptable control (discounting knockback, which isn't a given anyways). The funny thing here is that Aim (or a similar power) could've been added without taking anything away simply by replacing Swap Ammo with Aim and giving the Swap Ammo toggles as inherents at level 6 (or 16 for Defenders). Those who didn't want "just another blast set with Aim" could skip Aim, and they'd have another power pick open since Swap Ammo wouldn't take a pick, and those who did want Aim would be able to frontload their damage.

* Really long animations. Other sets have long-ish animation times, but no set other than AR has as many animations as long as DP has. This isn't a big deal in PvP where damage is based on activation time (though lack of Aim kills the set's PvP viability), but in PvE it means that DP just has a low damage per activation, and the root times of the attacks mean you're exposing yourself to danger far longer than you should be for the damage you're outputting.

* Weak secondary effects. The main "gimmick" of the set is that you can switch your secondary effects, and part of your damage, on-the-fly. Unfortunately this means the debuff effects aren't very powerful relative to other sets which have them baked-in, which means you're getting less bang for your buck, so to speak.

* Subpar AoE damage. The set has four AoEs (if you count Piercing Rounds, which for all intents and purposes is a single-target attack unless you come across a packed group of NPCs, and even then it has a low target cap), and they've all got long animations and the damage isn't great. Hail of Bullets can do Nova-like damage if you're using Incendiary Rounds, but its recharge and animation are too long. Bullet Rain's animation isn't too bad but it still isn't really a winner in the damage department. Empty Clip's animation is just too long for an attack that requires you to get fairly close and doesn't do great damage.

In duels or small team stuff? Not really. In big team stuff you're mostly there as disruption (webbing people, using your ranged attacks to drop Stalkers out of hide). Taking away your ranged options puts you at a disadvantage to perform the role you're best suited for.

Err, wut?

They fixed the melee KB issue with I16. As far as accolades, you don't really need them if you run without Stamina, but the +end ones are nice to have. I don't have too many issues on my Staminaless Elec/WP, and he doesn't have the accos.

Took AR and War Mace almost five years to get attention, took Ice Melee and Elec Armor almost four years, and took Energy Aura three years. I'm still waiting for a buff to EM for the nerfs that set dealt with, and a buff to Storm to compensate for the pet recharge nerf which makes Lightning Storm into a sad little power.

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EDIT: Heh, dev choice/hall of fame arcs give double XP.

Never said it was, but it's pretty rare to find a zone PvPer worth anything that doesn't also spend a lot of time in the arena. Pretty sure that's not just a coincidence.

So, like many post-I13 zone PvPers, you've managed to pick up the illusion of having skill because the mechanics of zone PvP are dumbed down to the point where skill doesn't really matter, and most of the better players simply don't go in there because they know that. Congratulations on your monumental achievement, I guess.

Ironically, Con's Grav/ toons are usually used for pulling people away from the drones when we're busy camping the other side's base. That being said, it is fun to listen to all the people raging about getting Wormholed because apparently keeping your distance from the guy who can TP you is hard.

Forts didn't get SR nerfed, people who complained that they couldn't hit anything because they didn't build their characters right got SR nerfed. Even at 10% elusivity, defense is decent if you get enough of it.

Credibility, meet window. Yours just went flying out it. I assume you're one of the people who thinks I13 is a major improvement over I12 PvP, which works against you even more. Your posts in this thread are like a greatest hits collection of fail, keep up the good work. Please, try to explain to me how travel suppression, heal decay, and uneven numbers make PvP balanced - I'd love to hear this one.