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Most visually amazing power pair...

Aisynia

By Aisynia,
Posted on: 2009-06-08 18:38 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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For variety look no further than /Trick Arrow. I would say Mercs/TA Im making one........RIGHT NOW... lolz

 

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Stuff to avoid going JUST on visuals... Gravity (since... well, you don't see much)

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I find Propel(Gravity) hilarious, the item you throw is random.

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I love it for the randomness, yet its also the randomness that kills it for me. The item you throw is generated independantly on each person's client. So while I may see my character throw a light pole, the person I'm teaming with may see a toilet.

For some reason knowing that always irked me.

 

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Another vote for Illusion/Storm.

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And another. Fully a third of my most played characters are Storm of some kind, when they're not Tankers.

 

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I am going to have to say Kheldians, Warshades for Quasar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ezKEwBNu_s

And pbs for Incandescent Strike.(cant find video, but it basically looks like total focus or thunderstrike but with a giant ball of energy in your hands and a giant eruption of energy from the ground when you hit.

I also really like rad blast because of Neutron Bomb(you hold your hands above your head, create a giant ball of radiation and chuck it at your target, when it hits it explodes in a mushroom cloud.) Neutrino bolt is cool too, just a really quick energy beam, and Proton volley because it has the best sound effect in the game, pew pew pew pew!

Old fulcrum shift was even better though, the giant SNAP! was the perfect sound. PLEASE BRING BACK THE OLD FULCRUM SHIFT!!!!

 

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Dual Blade/Fire armor brute for melee probably, with talsorian blades.

Fire armor on brutes is the best looking fire armor IMO.

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PB's can be beautiful...if you pair the powers with the right combination of costume and aura it's very pleasing. The blasts are pure white light, the melee attacks follow suit. The heals are very nice and the self-sheilds all make for quite the combo. If you want something shiny, PB's are the way to go.

 

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I, for one, think super strength has to be the least visually stimulating animation of any set in the game. I vote for Dual Blades paired with Fiery aura. Maybe even some energy melee if you like cheering your enemies to death.

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Most visually appealing for me: my Plant/storm controller.

Others have said it, and almost all the plant stuff is different. yes the aoe immob looks like the single target, but you also have carrion creepers, which actually follow you for a while and sprout up big nasty thwacketty vines that pimpslap your enemies, and the fly trap pet, which is gleefully gruesome, seeds of confusion (LOVE IT! make your enemies fight each other!), and spirit tree (didn't take, but it IS a gorgeous power).

storm is just [color= yellow]WOW[/color], especially once you get tornado (my personal fave from that line) and lightning storm, which is absolutely brutal.

plant/storm is also HIGHLY synergistic. storm's steaming mist lets you get closer to your enemies to throw seeds of confusion without them spotting you, for instance.

I love to trap a large group of enemies in a corner or a dead end with hurricane, then drop a lightning storm and tornado on them for more dmg and lolfactor. Bonus points if they're rikti monkeys. ((I guess anything/storm would be a visual treat....i'm just partial to my plant/storm))

 

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No lie! I have a Rad/Dark Corruptor whose powers are a constant visual treat, and hooves on a character with Martial Arts is just... painful. In a good way. :P


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Flying MA scrapper with rocket boots.

 

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Based off of what I've seen in-game thus far... I would roll an Earth/Storm Controller. Probably the coolest powerset combo I've seen yet.

Melee-wise, I've seen an Inv/Ice Tanker that looks really cool and I've also seen a MA/Fire Scrapper that looks great.

 

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Super strength and shield tank or brute? One handed giant rock hurling ftw!

 

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I would recommend shield and a weapon set. Even though you might get tired of the animations, you can always change your shield and weapon to something different to give you variety.

50s: Inv/SS PB Emp/Dark Grav/FF DM/Regen TA/A Sonic/Elec MA/Regen Fire/Kin Sonic/Rad Ice/Kin Crab Fire/Cold NW Merc/Dark Emp/Sonic Rad/Psy Emp/Ice WP/DB FA/SM

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