Power customization = bad for PvP

They do have a point Tokyo. Doms are one of the top 3 or so AT's in the game right now. They're capable of the same damage as blasters basically, except with more mezzing. While overall their mezzing was obviously ruined, they do ridiculously more damage now than before. And in a game where literally nothing matters except damage, a high ranged damage AT is king.

You're right that defs and controllers are pretty weak compared to how they used to be. But considering they were totally godlike before, "pretty weak compared to" is still not that bad.

I'm loving my Dom in SC. Dunno where you got the idea that they aren't so great, currently.

Its reactivation weekend - this weekend should bring some good PvP discussions

I'm already angry.

He's not really. People don't get into PvP for a variety of reasons, and I'm betting very few of those people decide not to PvP because they are told "PvP in this game is bad." More likely than not people don't get into PvP because they ask "how will my flying RPing AR/Ice do in PvP?" and they'll be told (honestly, I might add) "it will suck." Now, most people aren't capable of comprehending that PvP is, and has always been, different than PvE, and your PvE builds just won't work well. I13 was supposed to fix imbalances between powersets, but in reality it only made less builds viable. Other potential reasons people don't get into PvP could be time needed to get good (aka the "I don't want to have to put effort into getting better" syndrome) or misconceptions about the PvP game and its players (such as the "you need IOs to PvP" or "all PvPers are trash-talking 12-year-old gankers" myths).

When people are trying to get into PvP, I'll offer to be helpful and tool around with their builds, maybe even help them in the arena or zone. I've always done that and most of the good PvPers I know have done the same (though some higher-end PvPers don't necessarily like sharing their builds, which is fine). It's not the PvPers' fault that a new player decides not to get into PvP - it's the fault of the new player who refuses to learn from his mistakes instead of just whining about what he perceives to be imbalances, and it's the fault of the developers for making a half-***** PvP system that's completely different from PvE with no in-game documentation on the changes.

Emp and therm are the top two secondaries for trollers. Throw rad storm and ta is for disruption as max said. Ill/ mind/ and fire/ are good for primaries.

I`m having fun with my ice/cold troller. So far, i've fought 3 therm corrs and beat them, also fought 2 mind doms and lost 1 and won 1 (confuse is hax!). Its definitely not top tier but it is viable compaired to some.

Yeah, recharge slows wreck Therms pretty badly (and Benumb is just mean).

All I've been told is that slows and recharge slows are worthless in PvP 2.0. What's the deal? Recharge slows good and movement slows worthless?

Shiverx2+Heat Loss = QQ

Honestly. I just personally wish for a single day, stalkers got their pre-13 scalar back. People hate stalkers now. People would cry bad. I miss two shotting regens and 1 shotting most squishys I r sad nao.

With the utter ease of AS'ing people now I'm not sure a return of the 6x AS damage would be appropriate.

AS'ing is only easy when you team up, preferably with doms. Actually that gives me an idea. Teaming up is overpowered. It clearly gives an advantage to those that are teamed. The poor casual soloers are left out. This is clearly the reason why PvP has failed.

So with the theme of I13 in mind, I suggest we balance the playing field. Anybody on a team should get a -50% damage debuff, as well as slowed recharge. Perhaps throw in a new feature I call auto death. If you're on a team and you haven't died in 10 minutes, you are killed automatically.

I think this would make the game more fair and keep those damn cheaters from teaming up. Everybody will have to fight like tru warier.

Thoughts?