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Question the firste - Which is "better" for pvp?
[/ QUOTE ]Elec could be used for endurance draining, but personally overall I'd sya ice.
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Question the seconde - Which would be more useful in a team pve situation?
[/ QUOTE ]Depends on the situation, really. They're fairly balanced for AoE's, which is what PvE is really all about.
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Question the third - Will ice/elec outdamage elec/elec by a huge amount?
[/ QUOTE ]Elec/ lacks a big hitter attack. Ice has it. On the other hand, elec does have snipe while ice doesn't. But i'd say Ice is more damageing.
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Question the fourthe - Will I even use primaries much?
[/ QUOTE ]Yes.
1. Hard to say, it depends on who you are fighting against. Both are really good. Up to playstile really
2.I'd deffo say elec/. Mainly because end draining forces foes to use only brawl, and its nuke is ranged and not DoT, like ice's one.
3. Ice will outdamage elec mainly in ST attacks, AoEs are quite similar. Ice's nuke deals more damage overall, but in DoT ticks, while elec's nuke is ranged and deals all the dmg in one hit. Besides elec's nuke also drains end.
4. Deffo, even if you go the full blapper way
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From what I read in the blaster guides,many of which are very old, elec is mind bogglingly crappy.
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Electrical Blast was never crappy, people just rarely play to the strength (Endurance Drain) which is very binary.
Either an enemy has 0 End and can do nothing but look stupid or (s)he has more than 0 End and can hurt you. Power Sink + Short Circuit helps you get them to 0 and keep them there for a short while.
Elec does lack a big punch power and it could use a second pure Damage AoE. Short Circuit can be used as a damage power, but it is more useful as Endurance Drain. Voltaic Sentinel helps fill the lack of a big hitter (like Blaze, Power Burst and Shout), but it's not quite the same.
Electrical Blast is very useful against AVs that have been downgraded to EB status. They'll often live to have their endurance zeroed, which means you can take them out without any problems. Of course, (non-downgraded) AVs and GMs have so much endurance that you'll need a fair amount of assistance to pull off that trick.
Hello folks, I'm torn between 2 primary powersets for my /elec blaster. I'm hoping to use /elec melee powers a lot, and need help deciding on ice/elec or elec/elec (Only these two fit my character concept, and elec would be better for purely concept reasons). From what I read in the blaster guides,many of which are very old, elec is mind bogglingly crappy. Has this been fixed? Anyhow, here are the main questions I want to know.
Question the firste - Which is "better" for pvp?
Question the seconde - Which would be more useful in a team pve situation?
Question the third - Will ice/elec outdamage elec/elec by a huge amount?
Question the fourthe - Will I even use primaries much?
If anybody could give me a brief outline of which powers I should take and why, or even just their build, it would be greatly appreciated.