I'll be there with a lvl 22 blaster, Little Bertha. Mind you, she's my first blaster, and all my experience so far has been with melee toons - scrapper, tank, and brute. Whenever I try to solo her, she seems to die (not my fault!).
VIRTUE: Ms Pris - 50 scrapper, Brai Master - 50 tank, Candi Pain - 50 scrapper
VICTORY: Little Bertha - 50 blaster
I'm in. What I bring depends on how fast you wish to run this.
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I'll be there with a lvl 22 blaster, Little Bertha. Mind you, she's my first blaster, and all my experience so far has been with melee toons - scrapper, tank, and brute. Whenever I try to solo her, she seems to die (not my fault!).
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I see nothing wrong with how you are playing her. Sounds just like how everyone else plays blasters to me.
Current favs: Champ: Frau Schmeterling-22 MM 50s: NOTW-Blaster, Cat-Girl Commando-corr, Queen of the Dawn-PB, NOTW-Def, Peterbilt-Brute, IcedTNA-Tank, Archilies-scrap, Mann Eater-stalk, Redemptive Soul-toller, Mt Fuji of A-Team-Tank, Hot Stuff Vale-Dom
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I'll be there with a lvl 22 blaster, Little Bertha. Mind you, she's my first blaster, and all my experience so far has been with melee toons - scrapper, tank, and brute. Whenever I try to solo her, she seems to die (not my fault!).
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I see nothing wrong with how you are playing her. Sounds just like how everyone else plays blasters to me.
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My blasters only die a lot when I play them...wait...
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*snickers*
"A blaster's defense if the distance they blast from..."
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"A blaster's defense if the distance they blast from..."
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They've got Melee attacks....AoE ones too... 
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Precisely!
The last time I was playing NOTW blaster someone commented "OMG. ur 50 & only 2 debt badges?"
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Okay, original list updated... I didn't think Peterbilt or Viv were wanting in from what they said, but correct me if I'm wrong. Room for more, obviously, so come one, come all!
Snake, blasters are obviously squishy, but the different powersets can play pretty different. My Archery Blaster plays significantly different than my AR blaster, for instance. They usually follow the code of "get them before you get you" and went for high ranged defense, but other than that, it's pretty different (went for "Knockback Defense" with my AR Blaster).
I have found that target selection is essential as a blaster while soloing, being cautious (you want to go all out when you attack, but you have to know when you can attack and survive), and also making good use of your mezzes that are offered. My Arch/Dev was frustrating to solo for a bit until I found a good combo to take care of bosses easily (Stunning Shot + Taser).
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
I played around some more with my blaster this morning and didn't get killed (yah!!). It required a slower pace of play and more planning, quite a change from the brute I was playing earlier in the week. I've also used my second build to put together what I hope is a more solid build, particularly for team play.
I look forward to hiding behind a tank tonight.
VIRTUE: Ms Pris - 50 scrapper, Brai Master - 50 tank, Candi Pain - 50 scrapper
VICTORY: Little Bertha - 50 blaster
Nope, I'm not able to because I work til close tonight. 
Yeah, it's nice blasting around a tank (though you want to make sure he's grabbed the aggro first, of course), as you can really go all out and, well, blast. Though you do want to take care if you have a lot of KB powers (if you don't want your melee types getting annoyed, anyway).
I'll do my best to lock down that aggro for you, though WP has a harder time with that when you don't have Taunt (couldn't grab it until 26 with this guy), but we'll be fine if I go in first and get a few slices and dices in.
Des, I forgot to answer you last night. You can really bring whatever you want to this. I wouldn't mind going a little faster, since this Tanker is doing it for the merits and to work towards his Task Force Commander Accolade, but it's not that big a deal. We can maybe strike a balance between speed and getting any of our lowbies some more xp.
Viv, I hope work isn't too boring. 
Though you are lucky: I didn't get to teach a summer session course at my university, so I'm hoping to get a little bit of temping so I'm at least bringing some money in. May even submit some writing if I can wrap up some stories I've been working on forever.
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
Sorry about bailing, GP. My computer decided it had played nice long enough and was time to crap out on me. I suspect either my gfx card or RAM are shot.
Bleh. 
Yeah, Calysta sent me a tell right after you crashed again. Sorry to hear about that, Sarrate. Computer problems are always so frustrating to fix. Hope it isn't too difficult or costly for you to fix.
Run went okay, I think we were just a little over 2 hours. Probably would have been under that if Sarrate hadn't had issues (no worries though, Sarrate!), since missions were a tad slower after his computer issues. Heh, Des and Snake tried their best to die all throughout the TF... it was enough to give a conscientious Tanker gray hairs!
50 merits for Sister Psyche is quite nice, too. It's a lot easier (and more fun) to run than Posi and Synapse. Synapse has the fun of CK and gang, but it goes even longer than Psyche in some ways.
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
I am proud to have been called a "crazy blaster" last night. Believe or not, but my toon is designed for long-range attacks. I kept closing to try to get good angles for my KB, pushing people against walls or into corners, rather than down the hall.
VIRTUE: Ms Pris - 50 scrapper, Brai Master - 50 tank, Candi Pain - 50 scrapper
VICTORY: Little Bertha - 50 blaster
I can't recall if you have Hover or not, but when possible, you can Hover or your targets and knock them into the ground and turn your KB into KD instead. It's handy, and I thought I saw you hovering at some points, but maybe I'm wrong.
We also had some splits that made things interesting, not to mention that I had exemped below the level I took Taunt on this Tanker, which made it more difficult when we split (because I can usually keep in Taunt aura range of one mob while taunting another that's further away, etc.). Made it difficult to always have the more squishy types "covered by the Tanker" as you put it earlier in the thread, heh.
Good time all around, though. I wouldn't want things to be not challenging when I tank... that's why I like Tankers in general more than most other ATs.
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
There's a lot I need to learn about blasting. I played around with your ideas and some others this morning, and a Streng killed me.
VIRTUE: Ms Pris - 50 scrapper, Brai Master - 50 tank, Candi Pain - 50 scrapper
VICTORY: Little Bertha - 50 blaster
Okay, I'm going to try for a Sister Psyche TF this weekend starting at 7:30 PM Central, 8:30 Eastern. Slowly trying to pick up all the TFs for one of my tanks, so we're all set there... I'm hoping to start up with a solid crew from the forums and I'll pick up whatever else is needed Saturday evening.
1. Grey Pilgrim (WP/DB Tanker)
2. Snake Rogers (Blaster)
3. Des (something, heh)
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory