MMs are alright I really had fun with them in the past I just have more fun playing the 4 I mentioned a little more. MMs and scrappers and brutes are the second tier I play them more for solo which I dont enjoy as much.
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--Blazing Tiger-- 50 Invulrn/Fire Tank
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Pets follow you into missions most of the time now, so masterminds usually don't need to re-summon.|
Originally Posted by Nwknight
...Besides melee classes, I enjoy MMs, but am too impatient to set up and buff all my minions every time I go into a mission...
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Also, all mastermind upgrade powers are AoE, with higher costs. Select any pet, click both upgrades, all pets are ready to roll. (Unless you have /ff or /thermal, which do require more individual buffs.)
Masterminds. I can fight while I fiddle with a glowie, I can abosrob alpha strikes better than most anyone else, and I can take care of ambushes while I'm AFK.
Oh, and I'm a force multiplier, too. 
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Blueside: Controller (especially my earth/sonic)
Redside: Stalker (have like 5 of them)
Chat Handle: @Aether Crash -- Guardian
Heroes:
Zkorva the Exiled (50) , Squallshot Maiyamin, Aether Crash, Vhogge the Skyshaper
Villains: Katsuo Tentei (50), Lumilian Dhosan, The Cobalt Tempest, Executioner Adan
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No question. Tanks! Because tanks in this game can become as tough as the big modern-day comic book tanks like the Thing. CoH tanks can't hit very hard, but I'm okay with "pulling my punches".|
Originally Posted by Volcano_9547
Whats everyones favorite archetype? for me it would be blasters. I like sitting back and blasting everything to death.
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Scrappers are okay too, if what I want to play is a Batman/Daredevil/Blue Beetle type. Scrappers have a decent enough modern comic book feel.
Blasters I like too, when I don't feel like working too hard. CoH blaster power is down around Silver Age levels of damage, like the early '60s Cyclops, but I like the Silver Age.
Defenders - I have just one at 50, a dark/dark, and thanks to IOs he's a great Silver Age
Master of Black Magic.
Controllers - I don't like 'em. I don't want to watch pets have all the fun. I don't go to spectator sports either.
Villainside, I have a stone/stone brute at 50, and he plays very much like a Silver Age level Thing. Strong survivability and good damage output. But I don't play villainside hardly at all anymore. I'll try to get this fellow over to heroside eventually, I think.
Goldbrick 50 inv/ss tank
Other 50s: Power Beam, Rocky Mantle, STORMIE Agent, Matchless, Major Will, Knightmayor, Femstone, Space Maureen, Crimebuster Ako, Dr. Twilight, Doc Champion, American Gold Eagle
Troller, Dominators, Fortunata and defender, in that order
Hmmmm.
I have played every AT but Widows at least a little bit... I guess my favorites would be Controllers and Stalkers. Very different, though they are, I loves them both.
I favor Blasters and Controllers.
Blasters because it can be a very laid back playstyle once you know what you're doing, just point and shoot, wack a mole, and look at the big orange numbers. No complicated team responsibility other than back up a team mate if you can.
Controllers because they're very flexible. The playstyle is very active, though. One needs to be aware of everything everywhere and be ready to deal with it. Plus I like to have a Pet covering my back, when I'm not cover its, of course.
Teams are the number one killer of soloists.
Blue side... Controller .. Love the ability to solo and be a huge contributor on a team. Behind them I'd go with Blasters. It took me a while to warm up to them but now I enjoy standing back and blasting away while the scrappers and tanks take the damage.
Red Side... MasterMinds .. other AT solo well MasterMinds don't just do it well they excel at it. I enter a Mayhem mission and I don't leave until all the sides are done, the bank is robbed and all the PPD that respond after the Signature hero is defeated are history and not a single destructable object is left standing. And usually I exit with a good bit of time STILL on the clock. behin them I'd pick my SoA. I love the diverse option I have for my build and the fact that they can team or solo well
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Just about anything Storm, really. I'm up to one Defender, two Controllers, and two Masterminds. I love to bring the lightning and the thunder.
A Robotics/Storm Mastermind might just be the most fun you can have redside. Summon your robot army, fire up the weather machine, monologue amidst the chaos.
I always seem to have lots of controllers and scrappers.
MMs. Just godly good.