So whats everybody's secondary to go along with Dual Pistols
Quote:
Doing Electric now. It's been fine for me so far, but I haven't gotten very far.
|
Originally Posted by BloodFairy
has anyone tried electric with it, and if so was it any good?
|
The City of Heroes Community is a special one and I will always look fondly on my times arguing, discussing and playing with you all. Thanks and thanks to the developers for a special experience.
I went with Fire. I wind up never using the fire rounds but that's cool cause then I don't have to switch.
I went DP/Ice, mostly because I've never played /Ice on a blaster. It has some good control and debuff, but it also has a bunch of melee attacks that are skippable or postponable so I could concentrate on the primary.
<《 New Colchis / Guides / Mission Architect 》>
"At what point do we say, 'You're mucking with our myths'?" - Harlan Ellison
/energy by far. Build up + bullet rain + hail of bullets in that order is disgustingly good. Add in conserve power + haste and you have a bad dude. Other than energy thrust I don't have any other /energy powers.
I tried DP/NRG, but realised I wasn't using NRG.
I tried DP/MM, but realised how much my Fire/MM outshines it.
So I tried a DP/Kin... mmm, just right.
As the majority of the DP set is Lethal damage... and my toon is based on a Mariachi.. a mexican singer... I went for DP/Sonic. Sonic having -ress vs. all and thus give extra damage done.
- The Italian Job: The Godfather Returns #1151
Beginner - Encounter a renewed age for the Mook and the Family when Emile Marcone escapes from the Zig!
- Along Came a... Bug!? #528482
Average - A new race of aliens arrives on Earth. And Vanguard has you investigate them!
- The Court of the Blood Countess: The Rise of the Blood Countess #3805
Advanced - Go back in time and witness the birth of a vampire. Follow her to key moments in her life in order to stop her! A story of intrigue, drama and horror! Blood & Violence... not recommend to solo!
Quote:
Hax!|
Originally Posted by Liz Bathory
As the majority of the DP set is Lethal damage... and my toon is based on a Mariachi.. a mexican singer... I went for DP/Sonic. Sonic having -ress vs. all and thus give extra damage done.
|
I didnt know Blasters could do DP/Sonic.
If I do make one it will most likely be when GR arrives. Lacking /MA, /DB or anything like that I'd most likely got for energy mastery. New Dawn my /Devices is something I've clocked stupid hours on and so wouldn't do a repeat.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
Quote:
Ha. thats what you get for replying to a topic without checking in which section it was placed... :S I am a corruptor ofcourse.
|
Originally Posted by New Dawn
Hax!
I didnt know Blasters could do DP/Sonic. If I do make one it will most likely be when GR arrives. Lacking /MA, /DB or anything like that I'd most likely got for energy mastery. New Dawn my /Devices is something I've clocked stupid hours on and so wouldn't do a repeat. |
- The Italian Job: The Godfather Returns #1151
Beginner - Encounter a renewed age for the Mook and the Family when Emile Marcone escapes from the Zig!
- Along Came a... Bug!? #528482
Average - A new race of aliens arrives on Earth. And Vanguard has you investigate them!
- The Court of the Blood Countess: The Rise of the Blood Countess #3805
Advanced - Go back in time and witness the birth of a vampire. Follow her to key moments in her life in order to stop her! A story of intrigue, drama and horror! Blood & Violence... not recommend to solo!
Devices, but haven't taken many power from it yet... Mostly because I'm jamming in hover, fly, swift and health for movement and to get Stamina at 20. I'm planning to take kick and tough until the EPP opens up then respec. Might keep kick for the kickback, dunno.
Devices for me as well. Caltrops helps survivability until Cloaking Device becomes available. I'm at level 26 currently--no need to rush to 50.
-Buxley
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." -- Dr. Seuss
Mental manipulation for me. It won't set the world on fire in terms of performance but it's very comfortable for me in play.
Quote:
DP/Electric here...almost lvl 40.|
Originally Posted by BloodFairy
has anyone tried electric with it, and if so was it any good?
|
Did a DP/El/Munitions on test and he wasn't half bad...though the LRM without Aim wasn't quite as good as it was on my Psy/MM/Munitions...but doable.
Mainly with with /el out of theme due to being a variation of one of my original toons, who was el/dev.
The melee attacks are nice for anything dumb enough to come into arms reach, plus the KB from Havoc Punch (when it works) is nice. Not quite as reliable as Power Thrust from /EM...but close. Thunderstrike gives me a bit more PBAoE since Death Blossom puts me there anyway (though i tend to end HoB aka Death Blossom with Bullet Rain...my own Dance of Death.) Plus...it puts stuff on their butts. End issues...Zero with Power Sink. Shocking Grasp is a nice stacker with Hold versions of Suppressive, even if it is melee ranged. Skipped Thunderclap. The stun is too low for me and way too much KB that scatters mobs.
Went with munitions on test...but might hit up Electric Mastery on live for the extra cone attack, ranged hold for stackage, armor, and either EM Pulse or Power Surge. Either of the last 2 could be good for me. I have teleport so i tend to port then unleash hell. With EMP i could stun for safety or PS could help me just survive the incoming damage.
Personally...i like the combo.
RaikenX is currently seeking new quotes to add to his signature.
Someone say something funny.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Smiling_Joe
::looks at RaikenX's signature::
Something funny. |
Level 50 DP/Nrg/Mun. Power Boost followed by Build Up from Nrg. Fire LRM, jump into KB'd mob, unleash Hail o' Bullets. For whatever is left, Bullet Rain. Win.
I also two proc'd Empty Clips, Bullet Rain, Hail o' Bullets, and even LRM.
Oh, and softcapped ranged defense is also handy on this character.
Good times, good times.
"Champion (the Community Server... or GTFO) is like a small town where everyone knows each other's names, for better or worse." -kojirodensetsu.
"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." - Maslow's Hammer
I'm working on MM. NRG is my second choice, but I have a bunch of NRG toons already. Also, at first I thought MM wouldn't trigger the redraw and that my toon could hold her guns while doing a few of the attacks, but this isn't the case as she puts the guns away to do the moves. I still like the secondary though.
I didn't pick Devices since DP doesn't have Aim and I wanted a build up power.
Like many others, if we had a martial arts type secondary I would jump on it (as long as it had build up lol).
I went with DP/Energy on mine. Power Thrust is like Skeet Shooting! Launch an enemy down the street and coldly pop one in them before they hit the ground!
Just. Plain. Fun.
Stay Gold, Paragon. Stay Gold.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
Yup DP/Devices just to see how things work and they work awesomely. Course I still love and hate time bomb too long to set and go off, but I can not wait to get Gun drone...
Throw caltrops, gun drone, and start shooting pull a nice mob into the calltrops and let the slaughter begin
/Energy for me. The other secondaries would feel ackward to me pairing with DP, other than /Devices.
I chose /Devices. It's the secondary I often choose with blasters when I don't really care for *any* of the secondaries.
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
DP is great IMO but still trying to sort out most useful secondary tried eng and now trying ice maybe i'll try dev next this is all hero side testing live but maybe i'll make a villian next lol
This is what I ran up to 50.
Edit: Swapped Combat Jumping in place with Executioner's Shot, and fixed the non-max level IOs.
Code:
| Copy & Paste this data into Mids' Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1455;743;1486;HEX;| |78DA8D544B4F135114BE538AA5A5B52DA52D94B6B49437B4D044131F0BA38009092| |40D10566A33C0A44C32CCD4CE54E94A7C2C5D69A22B7CC5E75E138D4B8D7F42FF86| |CF85E3795C1E0B139DA4DF77E7DC73BE73E69C7BBBB83D1B1462E78C504233866AD| |BD573808ED608AC68EB9BA66558B556D78CB5A61A4EEE6C634BDDD24C47534D9F10| |A24F7A569754B3A66D94669BAA51ADE8B6631976616F6FB959AF5B0DA734676A8D5| |AABBAA89A7ABD69A88E6E99D17973536B805E696F11A85896515AAE6BDA469096E7| |75C7D46C9B5F1634B5AE9BB528BDCC9B57745B5FD30DDD6925E6EAFA7A69B169EA2| |86B43124CDDEA811AC7E0D71B11F271DBC52E5059781E101D794814794494784C94| |7F42B425F6A33CE2AA478898086E33B5885220AB4859E5DFB23996ED83A83619D5C| |6B25E96F5B2ECD1D7E4D7F58668FC2D511AA2DA2999EB6660ED930A3E56E860858E| |BF296459C102F4CB28FF530F9A02CF989E13A55E30BD241A79453400893A394A744| |E9050014C212E45097D26AFEE2F44EDB013E61D112E92B30F4C51698AAE2A68EA00| |538C4D6DB13B1C7F97A8788FA87C9FE83278C465EA38A74E406892433DC908A9F57| |433C589B2D09A5EF991BD5F4926FD8D28FF9D68F8077FDD4FA2F15F440D3CCB32AA| |EF1A09A57788F2D789866F108DDC241ABF45D40FB932322AC3E3CFF2F8B33CFE1C8| |F7F90C73FCCE34FC227F47394D2CFDDCB71F7F2A03720F50678AC051E6B81C75A70| |C96FF037139EA2B270C07F48766988BBF4013646658347A7A9D6B1634CC799B0871| |9F111FC2664C2096ED624376B929B35C9CD2A72B38ADCAC4F10559251252E738ACB| |9CE232A7F8F495F9F495F9F4D980D3B2CC692E33EDDDBF5F42A4C8B470D8E4A7741| |5EFFE25130A07E60FBC5CFFC11DE4278117451A9287D63D872ED07F3CEFE02F9185| |FD4B01C015840A80B28AAB0B0817F1F512AE545CAD21ACE3ABFB3EB85761F804167| |B12E114C2698438FE1FDD464F1FDEAD4E84204208E1284218218210434821EC22B8| |7F001CBC0154| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Champion (the Community Server... or GTFO) is like a small town where everyone knows each other's names, for better or worse." -kojirodensetsu.
"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." - Maslow's Hammer
Quote:
I'm up to lvl 34 with that combo. I just took it for Build Up and Power Sink, or whatever the end drain is on that set. I guess I could have gone with MM for Drian Psych but Electric came to mind when I was making the guy. Mine is all gun, meaning that I'm not using any of the melee attaks with electric. Too much redraw time for me with DP, but even with the super long animations, it's lots of fun.
|
Originally Posted by BloodFairy
has anyone tried electric with it, and if so was it any good?
|
@Joshua.
I took /elec. I'm only 14 right now, but its fine so far.