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Not AOEs per se, cones and aoes which are more prevailant than you may think, ripper is a cone attack as is throw spines. From corrupter sets dark blast has 4 (3 cones 1 aoe) in primary (Im not not counting nukes btw) 2 in energy blast, 4 in AR, 3 in fire (would ahve sworn this would ahve been more 
) 2 in ice, 3 in rad blast, 3 in sonic. this is a hell of a lot of attacks you are gimping yourself against by ignoring a specific power.
[/ QUOTE ]One thing about AoE defence though, is that melee cones and PBAoE's count as melee attacks, not AoE, for defence purposes. Thus, for example, ripper will be countered by melee defence.
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Not the case I beleive, for example my SR in Sirens which runs awesome defence + double stacked parry which gives me about 80% melee def was virtually ALWAYS hit by a lvl 20 (SO-less) stalkers shadow maul which is a melee cone attack. Whether this is how melee cones are supposed to be working is anyones guess in i7
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Well, at least that's how AoE vs Melee defence was explained to players around the time when defence stacking was the issue at hand... what was that, I4 or I5?
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Well, at least that's how AoE vs Melee defence was explained to players around the time when defence stacking was the issue at hand... what was that, I4 or I5?
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I suspect its probably buggered, for example I built a AR/Dark with the whole premise of fearing stormies then beanbag. Worked wonderfully Vs Tsoo sorcerers using hurricane however in PVP fear actually grants your opponent disorient protections. This is a known bug and has been on their list of things to fix for some time now (yet hasnt)
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From your build I would lose tactics and assault, its already an end hungry machine and damage is enough for you to forgo assault, 2 acc and taking FA in epic will be enough in PVP and will enable you to see stalkers easily enough.
Heres my build without the slots
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*full build*
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muhaw seeking the weakness out at once to beat you 
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) 2 in ice, 3 in rad blast, 3 in sonic. this is a hell of a lot of attacks you are gimping yourself against by ignoring a specific power.
Not AOEs per se, cones and aoes which are more prevailant than you may think, ripper is a cone attack as is throw spines. From corrupter sets dark blast has 4 (3 cones 1 aoe) in primary (Im not not counting nukes btw) 2 in energy blast, 4 in AR, 3 in fire (would ahve sworn this would ahve been more
[/ QUOTE ]One thing about AoE defence though, is that melee cones and PBAoE's count as melee attacks, not AoE, for defence purposes. Thus, for example, ripper will be countered by melee defence.