ok, blueside time
Sonic/EM is mostly hype, Psi will wreck Sonic real good in a 1vs1.
Psi/em or is psi/mm ok as well?
EDIT: again, I seem to be drawn to the atypical... this was probably ill advised with regards to my rad/thermal (ele would have been better) I'd prefer not to do the same again...
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Psi/EM
The reason I ask is a duel I had with my rad/thermal vs a fire/MM.
He had all kinds of horrible hold procs, his fear, and a knock that punched through 33 points of pre DR knock protection. It was an exercise in misery.
What does EM offer that's really that much better?
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Range range range. A good Psi/EM will fire off 3 attacks before the average ranged squishy can even get in range of his powers.
So would it be safe to say that for zone, /EM would be superior... but in arenas, perhaps not so much?
The duel in question was in cargo ship, and I don't think range was THAT much of a factor...
Currently I have lobies of both of these, so I could go either way, but I just want to understand the setup as best I can...
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range is what makes blasters .. just use it to your advantage .. if you have greater range back away and attack instead of jumping in. And yeah psi has 4 attacks while sonic has 2. Not counting shout cuz its situational.
Thanks for all the advice... that said:
What about vs. melee? does EM have enough to be worth the loss of DS?
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Forgive me if this is daft for some reason... Absurd as this sounds, I've quite literally never played a PvP blaster.
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Cors? Check. Scrappers? yeah. Brutes? Got em.
Doms? working on em...
Bluesiders? I have nothing but some pve controllers and a spines regen that's seen better days.
So. A blaster.
I should probably have one.
But what to do? I know that sonic/EM is the current must have, but I'd like to think of what else might be solidly good
Psi/ for the sleep proc?
Fire/ for nice short attacks?
/Mental for DS and a fear?
If sonic/EM really is that much better, so be it. I really DONT want my only bluesider to be daft, but if it's more of a rock paper scissors thing... well, I'd rather be at least a little different...
Thanks again for any suggestions. As always, zone, kickballs and random arena duels only for me.
Oh, and I think he'll be on freedom this time.
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