Blasters certainly do better burst damage. I think that without Build Up and Aim a scrapper and blaster might be around the same for sustained DPS. Add Build Up and Aim and I think blasters probably have the edge.
@Unthing ... Mostly on Union.
Yep. Amazing. my blaster, an Archery/Energy, who I made to be GIMPED, is now, well, awesome! Now that I got Rain of Arrows, and transfered inf to afford my new SOs, there's nothing I can't fight! I was the main damage dealer for the TV trial just now, and you never saw any of the minions or lieuts alive, and the bosses went down quickly 
All thanks to Aim and Build up.
Blasters most definitely rock hard.
I had a lot of fun playing as Proximity, she was my first character and I made a lot of build mistakes (powers/slotting etc) as a newbie.
I've since played as an Empath, a totally different play style which is far more team-focussed, and a Controller, who is again very different to play.
But currently I am having most fun returning to Blasting with my wee Ice/Ice baby!
My tanker (inv/axe) and blaster (AR/ice) are same lvl now, both doing Sirens missions on rugged. As i thought my tanker could take alot dmg and swoop em down very fast, i always had problems with those psionic ladies and the Mu-end draining.
Took out my blaster, BU-snipe takes 90-95% hp from that lady, burst and she's down. Beanbag on the Mu, chillbain and ignite to let the fire slowly finish him while i'm already finishing off a little spider 
Only thing my blaster is weak against are the bosses, since i dont have any stacking stun/hold power yet.
50)Sinergy X/(50)Mika.
(50)MaceX/(50)Encore
Sign the petition, dont let CoH go down! SIGN!
good blasters will kill most things faster than most other ATsexpecially in smaller spawns and lower levels.
true what is said bout iam and BU, they are what makes blasters better DDs than scrappers, no point making a blaster as a DD if you dont take these pwoers imo.
Plight
[ QUOTE ]
ATsexpecially
[/ QUOTE ]Word of the week 
[ QUOTE ]
true what is said bout iam and BU, they are what makes blasters better DDs than scrappers, no point making a blaster as a DD if you dont take these pwoers imo.
Plight
[/ QUOTE ]
More fool me - sadly my AR/Devices blasters simply don't have access to either Aim or Build Up. Admittedly, Trip Mines can be awesomely destructive solo (well, in teams too, in the very unlikely event of your team mates ever actually allowing you the time to use them properly and in numbers) however they're extremely slow to deploy and boring as heck. I've pretty much given up playing both my AR/Devs because without mines they're second rate damage dealers at best, and seem to be precious little use in any other role.
ED took away the strength of AR/Dev, and the combo hasn't been given anything to fix that....yet.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
ATsexpecially
[/ QUOTE ]Word of the week
[/ QUOTE ]
/e fancybow
ty ty all, you were great
Plight
Aim and BU a must.
Only wish I'd taken them sooner on my blaster.... I was young and inexperienced (it was my first toon), you should see him now! Mua ha ha ha!
"Like War_Hero said, leave it as it is, it toughens up the softies." - Naz Nomad
Union Heroes
War Borg - Leader of The Paragon Knights
Union Villains
McCabe - Co-leader of The Rogue Knights
Defiant - Supreme Hero
Blasters just pwn 
[ QUOTE ]
good blasters will kill most things faster than most other ATsexpecially in smaller spawns and lower levels.
true what is said bout iam and BU, they are what makes blasters better DDs than scrappers, no point making a blaster as a DD if you dont take these pwoers imo.
[/ QUOTE ]
AR/Dev blasters don't get to choose either of those. They get a targetting drone which affects damage not at all and er...that's it.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
good blasters will kill most things faster than most other ATsexpecially in smaller spawns and lower levels.
true what is said bout iam and BU, they are what makes blasters better DDs than scrappers, no point making a blaster as a DD if you dont take these pwoers imo.
[/ QUOTE ]
AR/Dev blasters don't get to choose either of those. They get a targetting drone which affects damage not at all and er...that's it.
[/ QUOTE ]And that's why AR/Dev has been gimp since ED
[ QUOTE ]
AR/Dev blasters don't get to choose either of those. They get a targetting drone which affects damage not at all and er...that's it.
[/ QUOTE ]
TD let's you slot 3 Dam, 3 Rech in your attacks (or 3 Dam/2 Rech/1 Acc for PvP) and still hit as well as those who slot 3 Dam/2 Rech/1 Acc. You could also go with fewer slots in your attacks or endurance reduction.
TD does help improve damage, but not directly.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
good blasters will kill most things faster than most other ATsexpecially in smaller spawns and lower levels.
true what is said bout iam and BU, they are what makes blasters better DDs than scrappers, no point making a blaster as a DD if you dont take these pwoers imo.
[/ QUOTE ]
AR/Dev blasters don't get to choose either of those. They get a targetting drone which affects damage not at all and er...that's it.
[/ QUOTE ]And that's why AR/Dev has been gimp since ED
[/ QUOTE ]
I still think that Defiance should kick in much sooner, that way Blasters will be the undisputed damage Kings, even if they don't have Aim and Build up. It shouldn't even be hard to do either and unlike other types of changes, it shouldn't break the game. Just a slight tweak and all will be good.
If defiance kicked in sooner Blasters would basically be saying,
"Mr Developer Sir, could you kill me with your nerf bat please?"
Mmmmmmmmmmmm blaster goodness.
I love the way it seems it's only the Blaster forum that we get the "zomg we pwnz" threads.
Warms my heart , and to think, when i rolled mine as my first toon, i had no idea what i was doing.............somethings never change
When I'm playing my defender and I see a fire/* blaster join the team I get so excited I can practically see my XP bar going up before we kill anything. Then I notice they have neither aim nor buildup and I start crying on the inside 
Or I info them and their "T3H ULTRA FLAM3" name is misleading because they are actually NRG/NRG and will torrent things out of my debuffs before I can blink.
I'm loving my new Fire/Energy toon, Level 22, just fully slotted with SO's. I love it!
[ QUOTE ]
Mmmmmmmmmmmm blaster goodness.
I love the way it seems it's only the Blaster forum that we get the "zomg we pwnz" threads.
Warms my heart , and to think, when i rolled mine as my first toon, i had no idea what i was doing.............somethings never change
[/ QUOTE ]
We already know we "pwnz" in the Controller forum, and therefore don't need to shout from the rooftops about it.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
AR/Dev blasters don't get to choose either of those. They get a targetting drone which affects damage not at all and er...that's it.
[/ QUOTE ]
TD let's you slot 3 Dam, 3 Rech in your attacks (or 3 Dam/2 Rech/1 Acc for PvP) and still hit as well as those who slot 3 Dam/2 Rech/1 Acc. You could also go with fewer slots in your attacks or endurance reduction.
TD does help improve damage, but not directly.
[/ QUOTE ]
I have a AR/Dev and a fire/fire. There's no comparison. Fire/Fire damage output mkaes AR look amazingly weak. While you are plugging away at one target the teams defender has flattened 3 enemies and comes to help you out.
AR/Dev is the joke combination now.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Mmmmmmmmmmmm blaster goodness.
I love the way it seems it's only the Blaster forum that we get the "zomg we pwnz" threads.
Warms my heart , and to think, when i rolled mine as my first toon, i had no idea what i was doing.............somethings never change
[/ QUOTE ]
We already know we "pwnz" in the Controller forum, and therefore don't need to shout from the rooftops about it.
[/ QUOTE ]
Give us the ability to buy Break Free's in PvP zones and you'd have a pile of 'Troller Corpses with a Blaster standing on top it.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Mmmmmmmmmmmm blaster goodness.
I love the way it seems it's only the Blaster forum that we get the "zomg we pwnz" threads.
Warms my heart , and to think, when i rolled mine as my first toon, i had no idea what i was doing.............somethings never change
[/ QUOTE ]
We already know we "pwnz" in the Controller forum, and therefore don't need to shout from the rooftops about it.
[/ QUOTE ]
Give us the ability to buy Break Free's in PvP zones and you'd have a pile of 'Troller Corpses with a Blaster standing on top it.
[/ QUOTE ]
And Weasel lying dead on the floor beside us where we stand.
Just remade a toon(same story, different powers...bladibladibla) A Fire/Ice blaster, I'm so happy with it, although I'm still low level it makes me feel so powerful. Didn't know that Aim and BU were so important so thanks for reminding me of that fact
The M.A.D. Files - Me talking about games, films, games, life, games, internet and games
I'm not good at giving advice, can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?
@Lyrik
...amazing.
Got my Ice/Elec up to level 22 last night, with SOs and Stamina it is the best character ever. I can't get over how quickly it kills things, people who say that Scrappers do the same amount as damage as a Blaster are wrong. Very wrong.