Long term project, what would you make...

Ok, I'm looking for suggestions on a long term project for me to work on. I say long term because it will take me quite some time to earn the inf to fully slot out this character.

I prefer hero side, but I don't mind looking at red side ATs sense GR is on the horizon and I could eventually switch sides.

So what AT would you make to solo, team, and hunt AV / GM with (farming isn't a must for this character as I will probably already have one I use to equip the character yet to be made).

Ill/Rad controller has the potential to do all the above mentioned things. Following that a Rad/Sonic defender can as well, and there the -res is just astounding.

If I had the time or the patience to reroll characters that were made using the wrong combinations of those sets into one of either it's likely Rad/Sonic would be my attempt.

Ill/cold, fire/cold, ill/ta trollers. Ice/elec, psy/elec blaster. Ma/elec scrapper. Cold/psy, cold/dark defender

QR (edits) Er Yea, definite mix up there, sonic/rad would be an awful choice for solo AV/GM's (if not corruptor, that might be a good choice too)

DM/Shield/Pyre Scrapper. It won't do actual GMs since it doesn't have -regen (well, maybe it could if you threw every temp power in the book) but anything short of a GM is fair game. Mindblowing ST dps, softcapped defenses with a self-heal, +max hp, and some resistances for kicks, silly AoE with Soul Drained Fireball and Shield Charge.. If you wanted to make a billion dollar baby, this would be my #1 choice for a versatile win button. There are a few builds that can do certain things better (ill/rads or rad/sonics would kill GMs easier, and there are probably more efficient farmers out there) but it's hard to top for overall no-budget performance.

I teamed with one of those today (DM/Shield/Pyre) He was a powerhouse indeed, but seemed somehow unsatisfied (was asking about next alts). I think it was in a Teddybears song the quote

"I'm bored of being God" was said... I'm pretty sure that applies.

Are GM's soloable? I'd love to see a vid of that...

Yep, however those without significant -regen need not attempt. Silverado I know at least has solo'd at least all the Hero GM's (excluding the crystal Titan) but including Lusca.

Unfortunately hers are always in a huge library of snapshots, rather than video, I'd like to see some video from someone as well.

Ok, so it seems the big votes lean toward a rad / sonic defender, a illu / rad controller, and possibly a sonic / rad corruptor. I had also thought that a traps / sonic defender might be up there as well, if a bit tricky to pull off the gm part.

I assume that to make the defender up to the task, the build would have to concentrate on both ranged defense and recharge. Whereas the controller build leans more toward recharge so as to have perma-PA / hasten / AM. Then just stealth in to drop PA and back out to apply all the debuffs. Is this near the mark or am I off?

I actually forgot about traps as a defender set. Yes there are already screens of it being able to solo GM's, and it has the benefit of being very easy to softcap.

There was a whole thread earlier on when traps came out about the crazy power it could have, which doesn't surprise me, my old bots/traps was able to solo some AV/Hero's in his 30's-40's (SO's only) but then again, bots supplied a ton of damage and -regen...

There's a long line of builds that will essentially make you an untouchable god in this game, but few have the flexibility to do the things a well built Ill/Rad Troller can do. It can take out groups pretty quickly, and we all know how well it can solo AV's. Pretty untouchable once you get the recharge just right for PA.

If controllers arent your style and you're looking for more of an 'in your face' punch,then any Blaster with soft-capped ranged defense (Preferably Fire/ for AOE and ST carnage) are pretty uber in PvE.