RoF is good. It's more AoE damage, and aside from Death is the only form of control the Fire primary has.
It's pretty too... *ducks*
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Isn't that a bit dangerous for a blaster?
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I focus on damage.
I focus on staying alive so I can keep dishing out tons of damage. A dead blaster dishes no damage at all and makes the floor look dirtier.
So RoF is good
damn! I hoped it was bad and si I hadnt to include it in my build. That is my goodbye to the medicine pool, then. ( 
Sigh
if I didnt need stamina
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I guess a good Shiver with slow enhancements followed by RoF will be nice though. 
Personaly i would pick aid self way way way way before i even consider taking RoF.
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Personaly i would pick aid self way way way way before i even consider taking RoF.
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OK, OK... but the problem really is that I like my */Ice secondary powers so much that the sooner I could pick medicine anyway is... let's see... 47 and 49?
And at those levels you always team anyway and there is a teammate that can heal you way better than medicine pool...
Only previous powers I could even think about loosing to fit Medicione pool would be Chilling Embrace from Ice secondary (planned at level 30 in my build) and Blazing Bolt, the snipe from primary (which I picked at 26). But somebody should present some very solid arguments to convince me that aid self is better than those powers.
Man, in this game all builds are very tight... except those that do not require stamina.
You have flares as power? There you got your free spot.
Shivers, another 'too situational' power that i never took and probably never will.
My AR/ice dropped CE to get frozenfist/ice sword combo, has stamina, hasten, aid self (and SS as travel), also icepath, chillbain and the hold power. My nrg/ice still have CE, aid self, stamina, fly as travel, hasten, entire Epic ice pool and a nice powerset from both sides.
It really is possible to fit all in, you have to pick powers you never use (or hardly) to drop and only put those in wich you actualy gonna use.
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You have flares as power? There you got your free spot.
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Flares??
Are you kidding!!?? 
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Shivers, another 'too situational' power that i never took and probably never will.
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Shiver I think is great, and not only for me, but for all team as it reduces incoming damage a lot. If enemies attack, let's say, 75% as fast, that is 25% less damage.
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My AR/ice dropped CE to get frozenfist/ice sword combo, has stamina, hasten, aid self (and SS as travel), also icepath, chillbain and the hold power. My nrg/ice still have CE, aid self, stamina, fly as travel, hasten, entire Epic ice pool and a nice powerset from both sides.
It really is possible to fit all in, you have to pick powers you never use (or hardly) to drop and only put those in wich you actualy gonna use.
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No, my planned build you can see here:
FyreFrost.
1- Fire Blast
1- Chillblain
2- Fire Ball
4- Ice Sword
6- Hasten
8- Fire Breath
10- Hurdle
12- Aim
14- Health
16- Build Up
18- Blaze
20- Stamina
22- Ice Patch
24- Super Speed
26- Blazing Bolt
28- Shiver
30- Chilling Embrace
32- Inferno
35- Freezing Touch
38- Hover
41- Epic 1 (hold)
44- Epic 2 (shield)
47- (??)
49- (??)
As you see, I have two spots available, the problem is they are 47 and 49...
Only power I really don't use much is Chillblain, but I can't get rid of that...
Then i think you have to choose. What is your current problem at the moment more? Dangerous low health and lack of healing (aid self) or can a team shred the mobs so fast that shivers and CE (specialy if u stick ranged) less usefull?
I compared quickly, i have 1 attack less from primairy (im nrg) and dont have shivers. Making 2 spots free for medicine and the 47/49 are for my Epics.
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If I were you Inercia I'd drop CE, you stated you dont like being in Melee and as you have Sbhiver anyway its probably of little use.
Now if I were me, and I am, and I was playing your powersets, I'm not, I'd have CE and not bother with Shiver as I'd be slowing most things most of the time (and I'd slot a damage Proc in it too)
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They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
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Being the 2nd ice/nrg on the Defiant server.. naaaaah
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Ooooh, you must be awesome then!
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Offcourse, i beat Plight in a PvP match with him
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Ice/nrg and son/nrg destroy elec/elec if the players are evenly skilled IMO, if they are not then as per most other AT or build combos then it's down to exploiting weakness and capitalising on strengths, i.e. using your skill
w00t and whatnot, I'll be back to kill y'all soon!
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Ooooooh me = scared?
I actualy only won once and never fought you again But we can do a rematch on my new and improved MaceX
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You think I have any skills after not using the toon for 6 months? He hasn't been brushed off since pre i9, let alone IOs, I have to read up and respec most likely : /
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woop! \o/
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hmm probably commented way far back now... but ah well
I think that blasters can get a tiny... bit boring, i mean ive got a arch/ice (randomly chosen) and it gets annoying working off the dept when you dont have a good enough team but it has its good sides aswell just work on your blaster and you'll soon find out that it can be fun to see the next power that you get :P
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And @ Cyn, I do have RoF in the build, it's just not in the current respec since the char isn't high enough level yet.