What is the ONE character you just can't play
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Posted on: 2009-02-01 10:16 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Tankers personally. They just feel so sluggish. Oh and Defenders, I'm too selfish to look after my team in THAT way. I prefer the easy AT's like Blasters and Scrappers.
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Defenders, Controllers and Dominators. I solo a lot, and these AT's are not built for it. I need constant carnage and/or massive damage numbers for my enjoyment.
If I had friends for regular teaming, sure, but I wouldn't play these AT's outside of a team, which means I don't play these AT's.
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I agree with the Trollers/Defenders are not built to solo, except for certain primary/secondary picks, but Dominators solo excedingly well, in fact I think they are one of the AT's villan side that actually pick up in soloing speed the higher you get them, from my experiance. Just wish they'd sort out the PToD's for soloing in the late levels. But I suppose it depends on your knowledge of how to use them and what powers to take and when.
Having played them all and levelling them all to 50, the ones I disliked the most were my Mastermind and my Peacebringer. They brought tears to my face whenever I played with them. And they were of the bitter, angry, red blood haze variety.
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trollers, i rather kill then sit around setting a heal skill on auto play.
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dude. wait... what?
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"Troller, I'd rather kill, then sit around setting a heal skill on auto fire."
In case you got lost in translation.
If it's about his vision on Controllers... nothing I can do to help there.
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Ah, explained a lot
I wonder what would people say if I used auto fire on my troller and do nothing else. Will have to try it next time.
On the original subject, I just can't play Stalkers. Just stand around and put assassin's strike on auto all day...
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ANY Mastermind, dunno why just tedious and boring and would rather do the action myself lol 
a stalker I don't really wanna go around doing assasins strike all day, and in pvp it's so noobish doing a hit and run all the time
A tanker, I dont really enjoy taking the hits for the team and they seem too slow and sluggish
A peacebringer, I have my peacebringer all the triforms and human forms in my build 1 and 2 are just so confusing I hate the peacebringer lol
an empath is ok for me , blasters are alright and my scrappers i love them 
2 levels away from a level 50 of every AT now (no powelevels, no farms). Admittedly, havent done fortuna or bane - well, got dual builds for these, but havent really played them.
So, I guess I can play everything. However, I can pretty easy rank them in terms of how fun they are:
Scrappers: 1/10
Armours on. Cycle attacks. zzzzz. One to play when you are half asleep,or need to get some sleep.
Brutes: 2/10
A significant step up due to fury bar, but still boils down to much the same.
Stalkers: 3/10
Getting vaguely interesting now due to AS, but still only scrappers with a solitary knob on.
Tanks: 4/10
0/10 solo, of course, but the way the command the action in teams can reveal hidden depths.
Blasters: 5/10
Not much to them than damage, but their squish factor and positioning for AoE and blapping can make them spicy.
Defenders: 6/10
Suprisingly low. Whilst their primary can be exciting, thats it. Blasting for them is pure yawn.
Corruptors: 7/10
An amalgamation of blasters and defenders means they edge up higher than either.
Masterminds: 8/10
A close run thingwith corruptors, can be more dull at times, but keeping a tactical eye on minions can stretch.
Dominators: 9/10
The class, the skill, the style. Now we are really talking where skill comes into play.
Controllers: 10/10
The king of the hill. Busy, powerful, pure class. The AT for those who can combine situational awareness, button mashing, reflexes, tactics. Well, everything really.
And Epics?
Peacebringers: 5/10
Suprisingly dull but not hopeless. They arent really quite as complex as they are made out to be.
Warshades: 8/10
Much richer overall than peacebringers, normally fun to play.
Crab Spiders:6/10
Great AT, but basically not a lot more interest than blasters.
Widows: 4/10
Rather dull really, just stalkers with a few extra knobs on.
What would I play again? Anything really. But to really feel connected to a toon it would have to score 5+ on above scale. Otherwise its just occassional dust offs. Anything 7+ is what appeals to me now (Corruptors, Dominators, Warshades, COntrollers, Masterminds)
Its a shame really, because I prefer heroside.
Controllers. Never get the hang of them. They dont have the crunch factor Dominators do, nor are they tough. Not a winner for me.
I dont play tanks much either, or brutes. I cant master riding the fury bar, tanks I like the two I have but they do need teams.
I get drawn to high damage a lot. Also re-descovered my Tri-form PB Oh dear, that was a cackle moment...
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My most hated AT? Hmmm now that is a tough one, since during my altism I literally tried every single powerset combination there ever was!
But if I HAVE to hate one it'll have be probably Arachnos Widows meeh guess I just never really got into them 
Tankers. I don't have the patience for them.
Hmm, I find soloing boring, no matter the AT, i much prefer teaming - the banter, etc - so i tend towards team builds.
(if i want to solo i go play a game that suits it better, like a single player game )
Saying that i do have many different toons. Love me tank dusti (stone/stone), but equally get on with my pb (more fun since the improvements), my mm, blasters, scrapper, empath, etc, etc.
Sadly i don't play them enough, as i'm all to often on dusti lol
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Hmm. I've never really given defenders a chancethen I'm not really the healer type.
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Then don´t play emp?
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Hmm. I've never really given defenders a chancethen I'm not really the healer type.
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Then don´t play emp?
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All right, bad choice of words! Enough! Leave me alone! *sobs*
Admittedly, I probably wouldn't make another Scrapper - Scrappers just feel like weaker versions of Brutes or Stalkers these days. I only made the one I have to unlock Warshades.
Seriously, whenever I play a Scrapper, I keep thinking "Anything I can do, my Brute or a Stalker can do better."
Well I don't play Villian ATs but it is about the ATs we can't play here is my weak spots.
Like majority here, Defenders and by the very same reason, AT's poor performance on soloing. Anyway i started a TA/Elec defender and it is fun to play so far and i can solo a bit.
Other than AT my biggest handicup is being unable to play Kinetics and Storm Defender or Controllers. Both sets are too chaotic for my taste, i like to have complete control on my movements and battlefield. I hate Speed Boost and Siphon Speed means shooting yourself willingly. Hurricane is the only reason for me to stay away from Storm Summoning. Other than friendly Kinetics, i also have an uneasy feeling when teamed with one of those sets.
Stalkers and Tanks. I would have also included (and further disregarded the ONE in the Subject line) Scrappers and Brutes but I've one of each of them at the mo and they're actually quite fun. I'm really enjoying my Claws/WP scrapper. On the Brute I'm not sure if I like being enslaved to the Fury bar.
I used to have a Tank, my first char, Fire/Stone Melee and ended up deleting him once I'd played a Controller for a bit.
I do enjoy a bit of Dwarf scranking with my WS now, but at least with a WS you've the option to switch mid-fight and do something controllery or Blasterish to end plodding fights.
Stalkers and brutes.
Stalkers, gimped scrappers that need carefully placed hits, use placate gimmicks, meh, not me.
Brutes, not a tank, not a scrapper. Often fully focused on getting your fury up asap, not my style (although have 3 of em mid 20s). I like my scrapper more, he got a broadsword 
And finaly, in common, dual blade. I dont like it, animations are really meeeeeeeeeeh, the **** walk animation, nope not me.
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Warshades - I just never really got to grips with, and way to much purple for my liking as well as my least liked travel power. Teleport.
Other chars i dont play are tank, every time i tried a tank i get bored of it. I still have a L20 tanks char , my highest one. maybe one day i'll give it another go and get a level or two for her.
But other then that i can play most other chars with little problem
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Controllers - Have tried them, but always returned to other AT
Villain side - Stalkers.
I wont play Tanks, Khelds, or Wolf Spiders and there evolvutions... cant sstand that sorta play .... MMs also put me off
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I was very proud of the fact that My level 23 Claws-Stalker 'Wombat Combat' was Union's worst stalker. Poor little critter couldn't even get assassinate right when two Heroes were standing in the Bloody Bay gas/waterworks talking amongst themselves. I don't think they even reacted past smiling at him.... he went off with his tail between his legs. 
I just can't play em. 
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That was you? Dunno if the hero in question was me but i do remember Wombat combat running around a long ol time ago.
I can't play stalkers either. I just find them boring to play really.
Find it hard to stick with blasters aswell. Defenders arnt my cup of tea but I love Corruptors.
Trollers and scrappers are meh
Doms I won't mention although I think I may try another one soon.
Brutes can be fun but my heart lies with Masterminds and tanks really. (really need another mm primary!!)
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I seem to be in the small group that is opposite from the big crowd and can't get enough of melee and blasting toons.
I just can't drum up the interest to bring myself to roll any Defender, Controller, Corruptor or Dominator. Great to team with don't get me wrong but I just can't ever see myself playing those AT's.
My 2 Scrappers, 3 Tankers, 3 Blasters, Brute, Stalker, Crab Spider and Night Widow all provide me with the opportunity to do what I want to do in this game which is to hit or blast things......really hard!
Only exceptions being my 2 MM's which is fun letting minions do your dirty work while you sit back, point and laugh at your enemies.
Them, and my Tri Form Warshade, which I only ever want to use in large teams but that's so I can pWn entire mobs and get the irk of my teams mate shouting "OI! Save some for us will you!"
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Stalkers and Tanks. I would have also included (and further disregarded the ONE in the Subject line) Scrappers and Brutes but I've one of each of them at the mo and they're actually quite fun. I'm really enjoying my Claws/WP scrapper. On the Brute I'm not sure if I like being enslaved to the Fury bar.
I used to have a Tank, my first char, Fire/Stone Melee and ended up deleting him once I'd played a Controller for a bit.
I do enjoy a bit of Dwarf scranking with my WS now, but at least with a WS you've the option to switch mid-fight and do something controllery or Blasterish to end plodding fights.
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Claws/WP is the most fun I've had on a scrapper, been trying to find that fun again but it's not happening. I guess it should have been my last scrapper, but it wasn't even my last to 50 and I made 3 more this year already.
If only claws were there for brutes, its the only way it could be more fun
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Anything without a gun... wait that's not an AT.
I would say tanks, they are just too slow and I'm not fond of taking hits. I'm a blaster at heart so tend to run away a lot (I'm a blaster with a surprisingly small amount of total debt) which is the opposite of what tanks do
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