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Where Elec/* is concerned, think of it as a lower damage version of Fire/* that's actually packing a decent bit of mitigation.|
Originally Posted by Vanden
How does that combo perform, anyway?
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With SOs, */Elec should perform about as well as */Fire and */Shield. It'll deal slightly less damage, but it'll have an easier time with endurance. With IOs, it'll be pretty much on par with */Fire (*/Shield shoots ahead because it's defense based).
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| Also, why is the default color purple and not blue? |
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Yeah, me too. It's oddly compelling.
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Originally Posted by Umbral
I've got no earthly clue, but I think it looks pretty kewl actually.
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Issue 16 made me feel like this.
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My first 50 was an elec / elec brute, and I had a lot of fun with that toon. I didn't try to tank, though...I viewed the toon as a specialist of sorts. My job on the team was to take on problem children like Mus and Malta Sappers, which I could do with impunity since I was all but immune to END drain. I was also strong against energy-slinging opponents. Getting surrounded by a bunch of Warriors, though, that could be a problem.
Electric Armor's KB resistance is dependent on having your feet on the ground, so if you want this toon to fly -- as most electric-based concepts seem to -- then you might have a problem with the set.
Electric melee is a fun set with a lot of AOE potential. I did skip Charged Brawl in favor of Boxing so I could pick up Tough, though. That helped the toon's survivability more than a little.
My basic notion was to avoid mass aggro, instead to use the toon to surgically remove certain threats from mobs, and barring that, to follow up the "tankier" brutes with my collection of AOE's. It worked out well and made the toon fun to play.
The fun factor of all toons pretty much comes down to how you use them. If you charge mobs and draw alpha with your controller you might not have a lot of fun, unless you really dig faceplanting. With elec / elec you won't be tanking huge mobs, but once you figure out what makes you effective it's a very workable set.
I've got an Elec/Elec Blaster that'll probably never hit 50, since I tried the build with a planner and found I couldn't take and slot all the powers I want, and even then it'd probably just play like a less-survivable version of my Energy/Energy Blaster, so I thought maybe I'd reroll the character as an Elec/Elec Scrapper. How does that combo perform, anyway?
Also, why is the default color purple and not blue?
Issue 16 made me feel like this.
Warning: This poster likes to play Devil's Advocate.