As someone who's been sniped by those gorramed pylons on a number of occasions when crossing RWZ, I wholeheartedly approve of this message.
DEATH TO THE PYLONS!
Oh, and congrats. Even if it has "been done", that's still awesome, especially on a blaster (Had my butt handed to me on my scrapper trying to solo one of those once, on a "How tough could they possibly be?" whim >_>)
Congrats! It's always fun to meet a fellow blaster crazy enough to try stuff like this 
Virtue: @Santorican
Dark/Shield Build Thread
Cool - welcome to the pylon killer's club. I do, however, shamelessly use Inspirations when soloing pylons (and AVs as well). 
Its not really IF you can solo a pylon on a softcap blaster...its HOW FAST?
I think the DM and Claws scrappers were putting out times under 5-6 mins.
I havent timed my Fire/em on a pylon, but I have soloed a few - next time I will have to pay attention to the time.
What do people think would be a good time for a pylon on a blaster?
I wonder if Sonic softcapped wouldnt be fastest... but all I have are fire/em, fire/mm, and ice/ice with softcap builds. After my current in game projects are over I might have to visit this idea to see what kind of times I come up with for the different builds.
Anyone got a time to post as a benchmark?
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Anything under the current Scrapper record. 
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It's not about how fast it's about WHAT ATTACKS!
It's not about WHAT ATTACKS it's about NO TOGGLES!
It's not about no toggles it's about NOT USING SECONDARIES!
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Congratulations to OP for doing something that 99% of blasters cannot do.
Wow! Nice work!
I took one on in a Defender duo the other day, and couldn't budge its health much at all, even with Freezing Rain and Tar Patch.
It couldnt budge ours either though...
Give 'em hell!
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@Boltcutter in game.
Good Job on that... I avoid them like the plaque on my blasters myself because it always seems they one-shot me from a mile away.
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Most scrappers do NOT get under 6 min times. Most of them are in the 10+ range (this is all w/no insps, no temps, btw). I saw one sick (for scrappers) time of 4:18, but my Fire/Rad still beats it, and he's not fully optimized for pylon soloing or anything. Anything under 10 min is *very* respectable for a set w/no bebuffs. Hell, just the fact that you could solo one period is very respectable, so gratz to the OP.
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It took me around 15 mins to do it with my archery blaster, haven't done it with my fire blaster yet.
Virtue: @Santorican
Dark/Shield Build Thread
Do they have good drops or something. I understand it sounds like it is a hard mob but is it just an accomplishment because it is difficult or do they have good drops?
^ No one is "getting rich" soloing pylons - unless they're winning a bet or something.
In general it's all about pushing the envelope as a solo Blaster and taking out a very challenging foe.
Why do rich people race yachts? They could get there faster with a motorboat or helicopter.
It's FUN.
Mini-guides: Force Field Defenders, Blasters, Market Self-Defense, Frankenslotting.
So you think you're a hero, huh.
@Boltcutter in game.
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Its not really IF you can solo a pylon on a softcap blaster...its HOW FAST?
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It's not about how fast it's about WHAT ATTACKS!
It's not about WHAT ATTACKS it's about NO TOGGLES!
It's not about no toggles it's about NOT USING SECONDARIES!
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Congratulations to OP for doing something that 99% of blasters cannot do.
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I know theres always a higher mark to reach, but this is not the accomplishment level of soloing TFs or somesuch that requires a serious investment in patience and time, plus having a near perfect build.
Soloing a pylon is indeed something that 99% of blaster CAN do if they choose to build some simple sets to get soft capped ranged, then come up with a 150+ DPS attack chain to overcome the pylons regen. Its not rocket science to achieve those two metrics, so with a small amount of patience and planning 99% of the blasters out there could indeed solo a pylon.
For that reason I have to push the bar a little higher to see how fast/no insp/no temps...etc can be added to make the accomplishment a bit more restrictive in who can actually accomplish it.
Heck doing it at all is an accomplishment, but for us been there, done that, got the T-shirt types the bar has to be raised a bit to see what the true ceiling is.
So no knock on soloing a pylon, but I still want to know how FAST can I solo a pylon?
The game within the game within the game.
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It's FUN.
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This
Virtue: @Santorican
Dark/Shield Build Thread
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Its not really IF you can solo a pylon on a softcap blaster...its HOW FAST?
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It's not about how fast it's about WHAT ATTACKS!
It's not about WHAT ATTACKS it's about NO TOGGLES!
It's not about no toggles it's about NOT USING SECONDARIES!
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Congratulations to OP for doing something that 99% of blasters cannot do.
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I know theres always a higher mark to reach, but this is not the accomplishment level of soloing TFs or somesuch that requires a serious investment in patience and time, plus having a near perfect build.
Soloing a pylon is indeed something that 99% of blaster CAN do if they choose to build some simple sets to get soft capped ranged, then come up with a 150+ DPS attack chain to overcome the pylons regen. Its not rocket science to achieve those two metrics, so with a small amount of patience and planning 99% of the blasters out there could indeed solo a pylon.
For that reason I have to push the bar a little higher to see how fast/no insp/no temps...etc can be added to make the accomplishment a bit more restrictive in who can actually accomplish it.
Heck doing it at all is an accomplishment, but for us been there, done that, got the T-shirt types the bar has to be raised a bit to see what the true ceiling is.
So no knock on soloing a pylon, but I still want to know how FAST can I solo a pylon?
The game within the game within the game.
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99% of blasters != blasters with capped range/150+ DPS
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Its not really IF you can solo a pylon on a softcap blaster...its HOW FAST?
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It's not about how fast it's about WHAT ATTACKS!
It's not about WHAT ATTACKS it's about NO TOGGLES!
It's not about no toggles it's about NOT USING SECONDARIES!
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Congratulations to OP for doing something that 99% of blasters cannot do.
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I know theres always a higher mark to reach, but this is not the accomplishment level of soloing TFs or somesuch that requires a serious investment in patience and time, plus having a near perfect build.
Soloing a pylon is indeed something that 99% of blaster CAN do if they choose to build some simple sets to get soft capped ranged, then come up with a 150+ DPS attack chain to overcome the pylons regen. Its not rocket science to achieve those two metrics, so with a small amount of patience and planning 99% of the blasters out there could indeed solo a pylon.
For that reason I have to push the bar a little higher to see how fast/no insp/no temps...etc can be added to make the accomplishment a bit more restrictive in who can actually accomplish it.
Heck doing it at all is an accomplishment, but for us been there, done that, got the T-shirt types the bar has to be raised a bit to see what the true ceiling is.
So no knock on soloing a pylon, but I still want to know how FAST can I solo a pylon?
The game within the game within the game.
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99% of blasters != blasters with capped range/150+ DPS
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Yep. Saying that 99% of an actual population can achieve something if they do X, Y, and Z (which are all time intensive and require more planning than most players care for) is a bit of a silly statement.
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99% of blasters = blasters with soft capped ranged defense?
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LOL, hell no!
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Its not really IF you can solo a pylon on a softcap blaster...its HOW FAST?
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It's not about how fast it's about WHAT ATTACKS!
It's not about WHAT ATTACKS it's about NO TOGGLES!
It's not about no toggles it's about NOT USING SECONDARIES!
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Congratulations to OP for doing something that 99% of blasters cannot do.
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I know theres always a higher mark to reach, but this is not the accomplishment level of soloing TFs or somesuch that requires a serious investment in patience and time, plus having a near perfect build.
Soloing a pylon is indeed something that 99% of blaster CAN do if they choose to build some simple sets to get soft capped ranged, then come up with a 150+ DPS attack chain to overcome the pylons regen. Its not rocket science to achieve those two metrics, so with a small amount of patience and planning 99% of the blasters out there could indeed solo a pylon.
For that reason I have to push the bar a little higher to see how fast/no insp/no temps...etc can be added to make the accomplishment a bit more restrictive in who can actually accomplish it.
Heck doing it at all is an accomplishment, but for us been there, done that, got the T-shirt types the bar has to be raised a bit to see what the true ceiling is.
So no knock on soloing a pylon, but I still want to know how FAST can I solo a pylon?
The game within the game within the game.
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Lol right...
Virtue: @Santorican
Dark/Shield Build Thread
Bugger. Now I have to dig out my soft-capped Fire/MM and try this too...
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LOL, hell no!
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yeah, im built for regen, hp and damage.
sure, its eccentric, but it works wonderfully :P
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LOL, hell no!
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yeah, im built for regen, hp and damage.
sure, its eccentric, but it works wonderfully :P
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I'm built for everything.
Rocknrolla baby!
Thanks everyone! I haven't timed myself - I'm gonna check how long it takes me to do it. I have been de-buffing the pylon, with Surveillance from the Munitions Mastery Ancillary. My attack chain is all ranged - blaze, fire blast, flares - which ever is up, and in that order of priority. Hasten is on auto-fire, and I BU+Aim+Surveillance when they are up.
I was just playing around with my softcapped ranged defense blaster. I decided to go after a rikti pylon. I was able to solo pylon #17 without insps or temps, I'm sure it's been done before. Seemed like forever attacking it. Fire/Nrg blaster. It's fun, and something of an accomplishment I suggest giving it a try... see if you have blaster enough to do it.