What powersets are you?
thePhilosopher Martial Arts/Regen/Fire Scrapper
theRegulator Empathy/Energy/Soul Defender
Total Inertia Ice Blast/Kinetics/Psy Corruptor
Total Inferno Ice Blast/Thermal/Leviathan Corruptor
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What powersets are you?
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If you're mainly ST damage, rugged/invincible, if AoE, tenanc/unyielding.
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And, are Blasters ever strong enough to solo at the highest setting?
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Hi, welcome to heroes and Yes you can solo on Invincible. 
Just learn you're powers, how to use them and over time you'll learn you're limits 
My powerset is Energy/Ice. Does that help recommendations for soloing levels?
I am choosing my powers so I am Ranged - and choosing my support powers accordingly - and trying to avoid the boring Melee powers assigned to Blasters.
If you are trying to stay ranged and solo, then worth getting hover/fly to stay out of melee range.
Energy primary gives you lots of knockback which is very handy for soloing. You're key power early on is Energy torrent. Its main use is not for damage, but rather keeping the enemy back or on them . Use it as a large mob entry power to take that initial hit... learning how to place yourself to maximise hitting as many as possible.
The boring melee powers you mention can do more damage to single targets than blasting alone (inparticular Energy ).
If you are soloing then I would aim for maximising single target damage as mobs are relatively small and bosses/Elite bosses later on wont succumb as easy to knockback
Build up and aim are the key . Be aware that when used together they partially cancel out each others effects.
Hence it is best to use them independently when fighting mobs; and together for fighting single targets.
...The solo blaster survives by arresting enemies fast
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If you are trying to stay ranged and solo, then worth getting hover/fly to stay out of melee range.
Energy primary gives you lots of knockback which is very handy for soloing. You're key power early on is Energy torrent. Its main use is not for damage, but rather keeping the enemy back or on them . Use it as a large mob entry power to take that initial hit... learning how to place yourself to maximise hitting as many as possible.
The boring melee powers you mention can do more damage to single targets than blasting alone (inparticular Energy ).
If you are soloing then I would aim for maximising single target damage as mobs are relatively small and bosses/Elite bosses later on wont succumb as easy to knockback
Build up and aim are the key . Be aware that when used together they partially cancel out each others effects.
Hence it is best to use them independently when fighting mobs; and together for fighting single targets.
...The solo blaster survives by arresting enemies fast
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This is very good advice - and I thank you for it - except it doesn't answer my prime question; at what level do you recommend that I set my missions?
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Build up and aim are the key . Be aware that when used together they partially cancel out each others effects.
Hence it is best to use them independently when fighting mobs; and together for fighting single targets.
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What. Cancel each other out?
Er?...
What I meant is that both bup and aim give good tohit/damage buffs however they wont recharge in time to fight every mob and only last 10 seconds.
Using the two together on one mob is overkill as either aim or bup would have been sufficient to finish them off and leaves you without any buff for the next mob.
Spreading out bup and aim on every other mob means you fight ALL the time with a constant tohit/damage buff .
Fighting on Invincible raises the level of mobs by a few levels; thereby raising their defence. So having a constant tohit/damage buff is very handy
To the ops original question; I would perhaps start at Heroic... learn you're powers and move up a difficulty.
Keep going until you reach Invincible
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To the ops original question; I would perhaps start at Heroic... learn you're powers and move up a difficulty.
Keep going until you reach Invincible
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Thank you - does anyone else have more specific advice as to level?
what more advice could you possibly want ? run 1 or 2 misisons on 1 difficulty - if its easy - move it up - if its tough but fun stay there - if you get your butt handed to you drop it - it will also vary alot on your lvl and the type of mob your fighting - if youve played CoV alot - you should know how to work out how hard the game should be for you, just experiemnt - theres no set answer - bad players might struggle on heroic - while good ones will find invincible easy.
I am fairly new to CoH though I am a longtime player of CoV. In CoV, I play a Brute and found I was able to solo at the highest setting, Relentless.
In CoH, I am levelling a Blaster. My question is, what level should I be soloing at? Obviously, yes, I will nbe experimenting with different levels at different times to find out for myself, but I am asking now for your recommendation?
And, are Blasters ever strong enough to solo at the highest setting?