I have an nrg/nrg blaster and an ice/nrg blaster. Nrg primary does have good damage but it also does KB which annoys some people in PvE. It seems to be better damage than my ice primary. But the important thing is that you find a build which you enjoy. If your 3 shotting bosses your doing fine. No need to change. It all really depends what you want to get from you blaster. As long as your having fun and playing your toon well does it really matter what anyone else thinks?
I have a lvl50 ice/nrg and a 50 nrg/ice.
The thing i can say, ice/nrg does a ISANE load more damage. There are more reasons that nrg/ice is 1 of the 'less favorite' builds, a few pointed:
-nrg powers do knocback.. alot.
-nrg is 1 of the most common resisted element next to SL
-nrg has very long animation. Even the first power has a too long animation for its damage.
-nrg nearly all powers do a rooting, very very annoying.
-ice has no strong melee powers compared to the other sets.
-ice has shivers, no damage, low usability, nearly useless
-ice has a PBAoE sleep (10ft) wich is 100% useless.
-ice forces you to go melee without proper reward, CE, icepatch, ST hold, frozen fist, ice sword. Due lack of primairy ranged mez (outside fire, all have) its getting worse.
So damage-DPS/KB wise, its very annoying. I do admit it is a very nice set to play with, nrg powers still do look nice dispite animationduration and rooting. Ice can be fun, but gets bitty useless in big teams or KB-resist mobs (ice patch). -Recharge wont help much as they still can do all their primairy powers, including rikti-blades, mezz powers.
It took me very very long to get the nrg/ice to 50, fed up with rooting, animation and lowish damage, i finaly managed to enjoy it again by spending 3 respecs.
But that all said, i am used to ice/nrg, 1 of the fastest DPS controlled blasters. I have a AR/ice too, annoying solo but compared in teams does 10 times better job then nrg/ice.
As long you enjoy the sets, enjoy the game, it doesnt mather. I still like to play the nrg/ice, because its 'different' then others it still gives you a great feeling playing it.
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Well, I guess I have to agree with Sinergy. Energy/Ice is definitely one of the 'worst' combinations of blaster sets, but as long as you like it just go ahead.
Teaming could be a problem in the long run as there will be many team members who are less than thrilled about your powers since Energy Blast alone is a 'debuff' for many other toons (e.g. tankers, kinetics, anything with anchors etc.).
If it has eyes, you can blind it, if it has blood, you can make it bleed, if it has a mouth, you can make it scream.
So i've heard people saying that energy isnt good, and then separately that ice isnt that good, well i have BOTH have i made a mistake, because i seem to do shed loads of damage and be able to kill most bosses in 3 shots. Pri:Energy
what do we think?