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Still no good..

1. Why are you looking in my pants ?

2. With Traps alone on a Sonic Traps toon I am doing +3 +8 Sami AE mission. And I have LESS Defenses with that toon then I do with this build. Is it fast kills. NO by all means NO. But I can pull 2 full grps at a clip. At +2 +8 with no purple bosses I can go 3. I can't go anymore because the mobs are just not that close enough. I use seeker drones on one group for aggro. Sirens song to sleep the next grp. Once both are on me I use Poison traps followed by Trip mine. I then use seeker drone again on any available groups above me on the platform. My whole point with this babble of an explanation is Traps ALONE is doable.

3. Its a concept build. If your really, really interested in the concept just look at my postings. I have been posting in other forums trying to get some ideas for the concept.

4. Yes people do create these builds. I've been away from the game for 2 years, so I cannot say how big it is or was. I remember a player posting his / her escapades in a thread, letting people know the ups and downs of it. I recently meet and grouped with another player yesterday along the same lines. My impression was an adult female player from my speaking with her.

5. How many 50s do I really need ? I have about 6 on each side. All with IO builds based around Cheap Defense caps. I asked many questions and learned a lot about the defense mechanics from other players on the forums. Nutshell You get defense cap, the rest does not matter. Yea a Blaster can kill faster then me in a group, because he or she is Maxed out the backside in DPS. But if they take a slap on the chin and faints, whats the use.

6. I do not know how anyone could take the comments made by the last poster I quoted as anything else but annoyed at me. It's like I took that person fun away. As if Masterminds where seruz bizness and I make a laughing stock out of them. I re-read it again even after your posting thinking maybe I was off my mark. Again I don't think I was. Again are we posting in the forums to fight ? or exchange ideas and ask questions.

Personally I'm here to ask questions and get ideas from others that might be posting some good builds or insights on power sets. I also comment when I think someone is off the mark with a build or idea. I do not jump into a thread and comment that some build is garbage and they should quit the game or some some foolish one liner with no valid insight. I say hey this what I think and why, in a polite manner, and if someone should come back and say hey your out of line with this comment. I would go back and apologize for the misunderstanding. Because this is game and I have no reason to be upset at anyone.

Funny didn't think of that till you mentioned. I guess Sid vicious is out the question also.. hehe

Many normal names are hard to come by now these days anyways.

Nah.. I'm allowed to goof off.

Panties in a bunch ? You seem upset over the whole idea. No biggie just ignore the thread. Heck if I made the the whole thread as a scratch sheet for my ideas on the topic its just one thread in a myriad of others.

But on the chance, If the Team lead can't read PET-LESS MASTERMIND then it is, what it is. I just quit the team and continue on if it is such an issue with ANYONE on the team. I have 2 x 50 Masterminds, 1 DS/Pain MM at 37. 2 x 50 Kins, 50 Sonic Traps. 50 Crab. and a few others in 40s. All at defense cap. I can solo +2 +8 on cheap builds. I have a bunch more 50s on Hero side.

My point simply is try something off the cuff different then what I usually do and posting my thoughts on it. Maybe someone else will do one better.

Nonetheless no reason to post in anger. We don't know each other.

Lol, not that it matters, but you said this was for your friend.. If it's for you it doesn't matter really. Shouldn't it read He instead of I.

Only speaking from my experience from group fly and having a Robot FF MM.

I went the route of having a flying platform of death. But you can only use it solo as many will without a doubt complain to you about using group fly in a team.

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I complained many years ago that Group fly should be a granted power similar to speed boost that you grant and pay endurance for, allowing the user fly around as they wish.
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Here is the issue with group fly which you might not know about. You the granter of group fly will move FASTER then the people and pets that are granted group fly.

End result is as you get out of range the people and pets will drop from the sky. So unless you are prepared to put yourself on auto follow and then direct your pets where to fly its almost useless IMHO. Further so you know they fixed the knockback effect for hover / Fly so if your knockback while flying / Hovering or Group flying. You still cannot do anything. It used to be you just spun around in the air but where able to attack, no longer.
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Repulsion bomb AOE KB, again if you think people are going to be happy when you do a AOE KB around the brute, think again. It pretty much falls in line with Group Fly
( I know you know the answer to this, just a general statement )

Invisibility power, Gameboy1234 pretty much answered that in his last post. You can either go in and kill them all or you can buy a stealth IO since it seems you have the cash for it based on the build your posting. Just use super speed and stealth IO and you can zip to the end of any mission.

Your bubbles offer more defense then grant invisibility. It does help though. I just think its over kill. Everyone wants to kill mobs and hope they get lucky getting some good drops. Again situational.

Vengeance It is situational, I have been in teams where players hardly have died over the course of the night because of me pushing them past the defense cap. I think your better off with another power there.

Equip robot and Upgrade robot I think is over slotted same for Repair. Repair is pretty much a full insta heal.

Hover is a nice self defense buff, but Combat Jump is cheaper on endurance cost.

Personally I enjoy Force bubble to keep mobs out when I solo and I have Force bolt slotted well enough to make sure it hits and knocks backs what it does hit.

I use Aid Other to heal pets and players when Repair is down ( for the pets ). I use Aid Self of course to heal me when I solo and something really gets in.

I use detention field to hold some pesky mob. EG sapper

I have PFF for when it really, really goes bad solo or a team. Also when a team is zipping through some big Rikti mission but didn't clear a part I need to get through to get back to the team because no one has TP or assemble team is down. Of course PFF is good when team wipes and you need to run to some safe place to use your assemble team. You can use PFF to zip to ends of missions also.

I use Web envelope to keep mobs in place, as they tend to run away when they see the end is near.

I think with web envelope and detention I have some solid support Holds and crowd controls when we get a double pull. Further like it or not when stuff gets bad Force bubble helps to push out mobs and give everyone a few moments to regroup. If the hallway is narrow enough you can basically hold off mobs while the team moves behind you to rest and regrp.

For PvE I think the best power atm is Super speed. You can use a stealth IO and zip through a mission if you want to the end. Your pets if around appear and disappear as you zip along, thus less pet death when compared to Super Jump or Teleport and especially Fly.

And finally this all being said. I would offer you that going Traps instead of Force Field is much more fun. You have the FF generator. your bots bubbling you. Triage beacon, Aid Other, Aid self. Running in and dropping a Poison Trap and watch as the mobs stand there helpless is pretty good. Now have the Alpha Strike of the pets and a Trip mine. Your pretty much talking dead spawn.

I have a Sonic Traps and I am working on a semi Petless Demon Traps MM. I have a FF MM and I tell you Traps is more FUN but Force Field is more safe. I do solo +2 +8 with my Robot FF Master mind. But I also solo that with my Sonic Traps.

Followed the link. I hope it's a solid fix and comes live soon enough.

The great thing is if its even half decent they probably won't get any complaints because anything is better then what is going on now.

I'm not saying anything is broke.