Flavor of the month Powersets ...

FluShots · 07-11-2009 10:12 AM

So I've now been around long enough to see a pattern of certain Powersets that players use but I wanted to check with the forum gods to see your thoughts as well.

Here are the powersets I see played the most:

Defender
Emp/anything

Tanker
Stone/Stone or Stone/Fire
Inv/anything

Controller (this one is easy)
Fire/Kin

Blaster
Fire/anything
Elec/Elec

Scrapper (This one is not as easy to determine)
Spines/__
Claws/

Is there a way to see the exact amount of Powersets used in the game? Like 50% of Controllers use /Kin or something?

Mr_Body · 07-11-2009 10:41 AM

Only the devs have access to this info and they won't share.

MunkiLord · 07-11-2009 11:00 AM

Scrapper: anything/anything

FluShots · 07-11-2009 11:02 AM

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Only the devs have access to this info and they won't share.

[/ QUOTE ]Understood but what has been you experience?

Kitsune Knight · 07-11-2009 11:15 AM

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My experience says that all of those are just a tiny faction of the total for that AT. They might be the single largest, but 50% would be just insane.

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Kioshi · 07-11-2009 11:23 AM

I see a lot of WP and shields tankers and scrappers. The sword scrappers are also quite popular.

Siolfir · 07-11-2009 11:24 AM

I see an awful lot of SS Brutes, and as the "new shiny" there are still Shield characters all over the place.

If I had to pick one powerset that I see the most, though, it would be Fitness.

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Kioshi · 07-11-2009 12:19 PM

Oh SS Brutes are FOTGame especially SS/WP (which is already ez-mode and can farm on SOs).

Amperrie · 07-11-2009 06:57 PM

Funny...when I play my elec/elec people make me feel like a red-headed stepchild for playing such an underperforming set

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Kitsune Knight · 07-11-2009 07:06 PM

Because Elec's Single Target damage sucks so hard?

But elec/elec is a really good build, it's all focused on AoE, though.

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Starflier · 07-11-2009 10:54 PM

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Scrapper (This one is not as easy to determine)
Spines/__

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The last few times this topic has come up in a thread, it was generally felt that Spines is the least played powerset among scrappers.

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Zem · 07-12-2009 05:41 AM

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Amy_Amp · 07-12-2009 02:07 PM

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Scrapper (This one is not as easy to determine)
Spines/__

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The last few times this topic has come up in a thread, it was generally felt that Spines is the least played powerset among scrappers.

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Likely only due to the looks and I still see a decent amount of them(Spines/dark and Spines/fire for farming). Since scrappers are at least within the top 3 of hero ATs played(I forget what the official order of the top 3 is), it's hard to say what's least played because I see so many of them anyway.

I think there are a number of Stone tanks because they are known for being unkillable in Granite form, but I see a lot of WP tanks as well due to how well that set performs. There were a number of nerfherding threads on WP for sometime after it came out.

Amy_Amp · 07-12-2009 02:23 PM

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Controller (this one is easy)
Fire/Kin

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If Fire/kin is #1, then Ill/rad is #2. Fire/rad is probably #3, but Ill/emp is a great pairing and is likely the #2 pairing for Ill.

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Blaster
Fire/anything
Elec/Elec

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Archery/mental for the sheer AoE. Fire/fire is too much of a classic to not list. Same as Ice/ice. I have one of both and I like them a lot even though they are complete opposites. Gah, Ice/em needs to be added as well. En/en just for the theme. AR/dev, but mostly back in the day when it was so broken.

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Scrapper (This one is not as easy to determine)
Spines/__
Claws/

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Spines/regen for a classic combo with Spines/wp being the newer one. Spines/dark and Spines/fire for farming. Claws/regen(Wolverine wannabes) and Claws/sr(for all of the cat girls) would be leading by a large margin. MA/sr would be the standard martial arts/Batman guy. Kat and Bs/regen. /regen in generally really for scrappers.

Prof_Backfire · 07-12-2009 10:18 PM

Not all powersets are popular for technical reasons. AR/Dev because lots of people like guns and they fit thematically, Empathy for teh healzors.

Don't forget Claws/Regen.

Kitsune Knight · 07-12-2009 10:34 PM

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Not all powersets are popular for technical reasons. AR/Dev because lots of people like guns and they fit thematically

[/ QUOTE ]I take offense to this! You've obviously never seen me on a Katie Hannon Task Force to realize the true obscene power of the combo!

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Empathy for teh healzors.

[/ QUOTE ]Okay, you're forgiven now.

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

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Originally Posted by ShadowNate

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FluShots · 07-13-2009 06:46 AM

Thank you for the posts guys. That was the information I was looking for.

JohnX · 07-13-2009 10:25 AM

There is more FOTM talk in the threads than there are FOTM playing the game.

ClawsandEffect · 07-14-2009 07:50 AM

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Claws/regen(Wolverine wannabes)

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What makes you think all claws/regens are Wolverine wannabes? My claws/regen happens to be a cyborg who's regeneration comes from nanomachines that can repair flesh and metal with equal ease.

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Prof_Backfire · 07-14-2009 08:02 AM

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Claws/regen(Wolverine wannabes)

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What makes you think all claws/regens are Wolverine wannabes? My claws/regen happens to be a cyborg who's regeneration comes from nanomachines that can repair flesh and metal with equal ease.

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I wouldn't be surprised if a version of Wolverine has been that at one point.

_Laxx_ · 07-14-2009 02:08 PM

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Claws/regen(Wolverine wannabes)

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What makes you think all claws/regens are Wolverine wannabes? My claws/regen happens to be a cyborg who's regeneration comes from nanomachines that can repair flesh and metal with equal ease.

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My Claw/Regen is a pseudo-immortal "angel" character, created when the Talsorian weapons were added to the game.

If someone can't come up with a concept other than a Wolverine-ish one when it comes to Claws/Regen, then that's their problem.

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Prof_Backfire · 07-15-2009 12:43 AM

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Claws/regen(Wolverine wannabes)

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What makes you think all claws/regens are Wolverine wannabes? My claws/regen happens to be a cyborg who's regeneration comes from nanomachines that can repair flesh and metal with equal ease.

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My Claw/Regen is a pseudo-immortal "angel" character, created when the Talsorian weapons were added to the game.

If someone can't come up with a concept other than a Wolverine-ish one when it comes to Claws/Regen, then that's their problem.

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That also sounds like something that Wolverine's been retconned into.

Stygian_Blade · 07-15-2009 01:00 AM

I've seen A LOT of Elec/Shield brutes lately.

_Laxx_ · 07-15-2009 12:13 PM

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Claws/regen(Wolverine wannabes)

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What makes you think all claws/regens are Wolverine wannabes? My claws/regen happens to be a cyborg who's regeneration comes from nanomachines that can repair flesh and metal with equal ease.

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My Claw/Regen is a pseudo-immortal "angel" character, created when the Talsorian weapons were added to the game.

If someone can't come up with a concept other than a Wolverine-ish one when it comes to Claws/Regen, then that's their problem.

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That also sounds like something that Wolverine's been retconned into.

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I wouldn't know. Did Wolverine go through a phase where his first appearance was in the 1600s when a small girl was "chosen" by the growth of angelic wings? The pseudo-immortality part is that every 50 years a new girl is "chosen" to take the mantle of the old, and every girl is nearly identical in features to the last.

I made her for the talsorian blades. Regen just made sense to me for the rest of her concept, and it has a suitable glow to it.

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Main Villain : Menkaura -- Lv41 Mastermind
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IronYeti · 07-15-2009 01:24 PM

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My Claw/Regen is a pseudo-immortal "angel" character, created when the Talsorian weapons were added to the game.

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That also sounds like something that Wolverine's been retconned into.

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I wouldn't know. Did Wolverine go through a phase where his first appearance was in the 1600s when a small girl was "chosen" by the growth of angelic wings? The pseudo-immortality part is that every 50 years a new girl is "chosen" to take the mantle of the old, and every girl is nearly identical in features to the last.

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Yup. Sounds like Wolverine to me. I'm going to assume your girls are all named Logan and say "bub" a lot.

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