I need suggestions for a character to take to 50.
By
Brawlnstein,
Posted on: 2009-06-17 20:15 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
Well let see for me it was
Archery/Mental Manipulation Blaster
Fiery Melee /Fiery Aura Scrapper
Dark Miasma /Ice Blast Defender
and this last one I'm lvling up right now
Dark Melee/Shield Defense Scrapper
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"- Chesty Puller US Marine Corps
I only have 2 level 50s, but I've got a growing pile of toons in their upper 40s that will HAVE to hit 50 eventually.
The characters I've had the most fun with are:
DB/WP Scrapper
Fire/Kin Corr
Dark Melee/Ninjutsu Stalker
Sonic/Mind Blaster
Plant/TA Controller
Kinetics/Archery Defender
Too many alts to list.
My favorite toon that I took to 50 was my WP/SS Tank, Agent XXX... 
Also the only 50 I jump on often just to go kick some baddie butt...9 or 10 ITF under his belt so far... 
Also, suprisingly enough, I had a blast (literaly) playing my AR/Traps Blaster, Ms Merc to 50...She was actually a toon I made for my wife but she lost interest in the toon in the mid 30s so I took it from there and had a ton of fun...TP Foe FTW with this toon... 
Added Edit:
My wife wanted me to also add that her favorite was her TA/Arch Defender, T n' A Specialist...Lvl 50 as of May 09'... 
"Now remember, things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is." Josey Wales
My first hero level fifty was a Storm/Rad blast. He was my main, well mostly, for a long time. My first villain was a Robots/Poison. I played that character passionately. I loved the challenge of wielding poison which isn't a 'perfect fit' for robots, but it worked out well.
Having said that, when power proliferation rolled around and granted a storm secondary to masterminds, I took hold of the Robots/Storm concept and unleashed terror throughout the Rogue Isles. It was a very quick dash to level 50, yet I smelled the roses as I went, the roses on my victim's caskets.
Triumphant Defenders Forever
Psylenz FF/Psi, ArticQuark Storm/Rad, Symon BarSisyphus Bots/psn, Max VanSydow Thugs/Dk, Cyclone Symon Bots/stm, Blue Loki Ice/Cd, Widow 46526
HelinCarnate:OMG it is so terrible. I have the option to take 3 more powers but no additional slots. Boo F'ing hoo.
My SS/Fire Brute. I actually got to 26ish and stopped for a bit (not sure why, its such a fun toon) and then when I started up again a little later I just cruised to 50.
Edit: My Arch/EM Blaster is a similar story. I made it back when there were only a handful of Archery toons on any given server, then I started playing CoV more. When Archery got revamped I figured I might as well try it out since I thought it was pretty good before, and it became even more powerful. After that I got to 48 pretty quickly and I just havent bothered to get those last 2 levels.
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Have any of you had a power combination that you just found to be so exciting, you didnt want to stop playing it? Something that was just so powerful, or maybe just so all around fun that you loved playing as it?
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Careful, my Warshade
Helpless Purple, Ice/EM Blaster
MunkiLord, DM/SR Scrapper
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Have any of you had a power combination that you just found to be so exciting, you didnt want to stop playing it? Something that was just so powerful, or maybe just so all around fun that you loved playing as it?
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Most of my recent scrappers:
Dark/WP
Claws/SR
DB/Fire
Also:
Earth/Sonic controller
Dark/Nin Stalker
...I forgot what experience means.
Stone Melee / Electric Armor brute.
It's a bit slow going at first, and the end draw is brutal...
... until you hit level 35 and get your end steal; after which you never have to stop. Electric Armor's "squishiness" is compensated for by Stone Melee's huge numbers of knockdowns and other soft control; and stone just feels brutal (and is very fast animating, which is a plus for a Brute).
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Have any of you had a power combination that you just found to be so exciting, you didnt want to stop playing it? Something that was just so powerful, or maybe just so all around fun that you loved playing as it?
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I've got several 50s. Some were really fun, some were more like projects. The ones I really liked and still play often are:
Ill/Rad controller. Very powerful, great soloer.
Fire/Fire tank. Started slow but couldn't put him down starting in the 30s.
Dark/Dark/Dark defender. Safest toon ever.
Warshade. Again, started off slow but loads of fun after 30 or so.
Of course, everyone's idea of fun is different.
I have a fire/will brute that I really like, and an Elec/Inv brute that I really like. An Elec/Will brute might be amazing... although Elec doesn't really take off till the level 32 power.
Mini-guides: Force Field Defenders, Blasters, Market Self-Defense, Frankenslotting.
So you think you're a hero, huh.
@Boltcutter in game.
Kat/DA scrapper, first toon and first one to 50.
Love my newly leveled to 50 human form PB too.
I vote for Warshade.
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I would've liked for my first 50 to be one. Alas, it was an Ice/Rad Corruptor (first hero 50 was a Cold/Ice Defender).
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My favorites so far were
fire / rad controller
fire / cold blaster
sonic / fire blaster
fire / will power brute
Hmm. I'm detecting a pattern.
Thanks for all the suggestions, right now im currently enjoying a TA/A defender and I cant get enough of him. <3 Ice arrow!
Also, I ask this because I have a concept for a character, but it would work with most AT/power customizations blueside or red.
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Have any of you had a power combination that you just found to be so exciting, you didnt want to stop playing it?
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No, not really. I really like alt/server jumping too much.
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Something that was just so powerful, or maybe just so all around fun that you loved playing as it?
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I really like the Plant set for Dominators or Controllers.
My problem is that practically everything is fun to play as far as I'm concerned.
I think I find Stalkers to be the least enjoyable AT.
If you come up with a character conception that you are really into and pick powers based on that then you will probably be more likely to like "playing" the character than if you just pick a power set and mini-max a character and "run" it to 50.
But then I like to "play" the game. I'm not trying to "work" the game.
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Have any of you had a power combination that you just found to be so exciting, you didnt want to stop playing it?
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No, not really. I really like alt/server jumping too much.
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Something that was just so powerful, or maybe just so all around fun that you loved playing as it?
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I really like the Plant set for Dominators or Controllers.
My problem is that practically everything is fun to play as far as I'm concerned.
I think I find Stalkers to be the least enjoyable AT.
If you come up with a character conception that you are really into and pick powers based on that then you will probably be more likely to like "playing" the character than if you just pick a power set and mini-max a character and "run" it to 50.
But then I like to "play" the game. I'm not trying to "work" the game.
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I think you missunderstand, I mean to actualy play him to 50, no AE's or farms.
I have alot of favorites and these are the rankings.
1) My Fire/Kin Controller I love him so much and never stop playing him.
2) Oddley Enough My Fire/Bubbles Controller. If you a team player thats the build.
3) my Spines/Fire Scrapper
4) the last one is my Stone/Ice Tank he just never dies! tanked Romulus at lvl 43 with no sk. lvl 51 Rom.
Lvl 50's
Pinnacle:
Girly Torch Fire/Bubbles Controller
Dave Goringer Fire/Kinetics Controller
Joe Goringer Willpower/Energy Melee Tanker
Freedom:
Big Spine Baby Spines/Regenration Stalker
I have two level 50s: a Bots/Traps MM and an Energy/Energy Blaster. Both were a lot of fun, especially the MM (the only character I've played pretty much straight from 1 to 50 without swapping to an alt). Other characters I really enjoy and can see hitting 50 eventually:
Archery/Energy Blaster
Fire/Kin Controller
DB/SR Brute
Plant/Storm Controller
Most of my other characters may or may not ever get there... I tend to roll an insane number of alts.
Cascade, level 50 Blaster (NRG/NRG since before it was cool)
Mechmeister, level 50 Bots / Traps MM
FAR too many non-50 alts to name
[u]Arcs[u]
The Scavenger Hunt: 187076
The Instant Lair Delivery Service: 206636
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4) the last one is my Stone/Ice Tank he just never dies! tanked Romulus at lvl 43 with no sk. lvl 51 Rom.
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This may not be as bad as you think; once enemies get to the "hit all the time" stage (not that Rom got there) it's only something like +80% damage for a badguy 8 levels higher. Which is, admittedly, AV level damage to start with.
Mini-guides: Force Field Defenders, Blasters, Market Self-Defense, Frankenslotting.
So you think you're a hero, huh.
@Boltcutter in game.
i would try a lvl 1...or mabey a 49 did you buy this character diner and a movie first?
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Have any of you had a power combination that you just found to be so exciting, you didnt want to stop playing it? Something that was just so powerful, or maybe just so all around fun that you loved playing as it?
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Dark Miasma and Storm Summoning on defs/corrs.
Here's my story. I've only had about three characters that I have genuinely enjoyed so much that I couldnt stop playing them to 50. My BS/SR Scrapper, Beta Sword, the first hero I ever made, My Rad/traps Corr, Metal Cobra, and, most recently, my elec/elec blaster, Cybernetic Kitten. (He actualy started out as more of a joke character, oddly enough.) Have any of you had a power combination that you just found to be so exciting, you didnt want to stop playing it? Something that was just so powerful, or maybe just so all around fun that you loved playing as it?