Geez, playing EMP Defender is tiring.
By
Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-07-02 22:38 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
Empathy is a mediocre set at best.
Ohhh I can AB one guy on the team and he will Roxxor!!!
I can Ha on auto and save the team because im the greatest h34lbot alive and you'll all die without me. (youre a ******)
I can spot heal a team, destroy a spawns chance to hit, slow them down Kill an Avs regen boost damage, boost recharge/dam/rec in whoever is nearby (upto however many can fit in the radius) in one power, Mutate a guy (emps rez is lame like the set) Because Rad is an awesome set. It mitigates the need for heals, does more and has a heal which is a great set mule.
Dark is just pure awesome with a great heal and murders a spawns tohit chance, just by doing its thing and adds damage to the whole team as opposed to 3 guys with fort.....
FF....who needs healz?
Sonic...well its all dead now...who needs healz?
Cold/storm/traps very toolboxy, who needs healz?
So every set does more than Empathy but you noobs gravitate to it like youre playing Every other MMO.... Get real. Lamepathy is just that.
Now for those of you that challenge yourself with gimped toons, I applaud youre use of Empathy in that light......None of this is directed at you. Youre man/woman build is admired and should post your triumphs!!!
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You exemplify the difference between all other ATs. Defenders are the only emo AT that bashes the powersets of its fellow defenders. You don't see emo scrappers or brutes or tankers saying they are jealous of another AT set becuase someone wanted them over you. Is it really the mind set of the person looking for the team or the powerset or just two different subsets of emo?
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Originally Posted by Captain_Freak
Empathy is a mediocre set at best.
Ohhh I can AB one guy on the team and he will Roxxor!!! I can Ha on auto and save the team because im the greatest h34lbot alive and you'll all die without me. (youre a ******) I can spot heal a team, destroy a spawns chance to hit, slow them down Kill an Avs regen boost damage, boost recharge/dam/rec in whoever is nearby (upto however many can fit in the radius) in one power, Mutate a guy (emps rez is lame like the set) Because Rad is an awesome set. It mitigates the need for heals, does more and has a heal which is a great set mule. Dark is just pure awesome with a great heal and murders a spawns tohit chance, just by doing its thing and adds damage to the whole team as opposed to 3 guys with fort..... FF....who needs healz? Sonic...well its all dead now...who needs healz? Cold/storm/traps very toolboxy, who needs healz? So every set does more than Empathy but you noobs gravitate to it like youre playing Every other MMO.... Get real. Lamepathy is just that. Now for those of you that challenge yourself with gimped toons, I applaud youre use of Empathy in that light......None of this is directed at you. Youre man/woman build is admired and should post your triumphs!!! |
That's awesome. You try to trash talk how bad Emp is and don't mention 3 of the top 4 abilities.
As has been stated already, if spot healing is what you think emp does, then you don't understand the set. And HA is how you heal yourself, not the rest of the team.
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Originally Posted by Hazygreys
The worst is when people get into the mindset of, "theres an emp on the team I won't die" only to run off on their own and get killed and then they wonk that you didn't heal them.
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and come to the forums slating lazy empaths
One of the most popular emps on one server used to blast a lot, but got lost in their attack chain alot, as far as empathy was concerned they had the reactions of a snail and proactive buffing is something other defenders do. Yet people liked that emp, for me a blaster would of contributed more, as long as people can play around them, they don't care.
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.
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Someone has never seen a skilled Empath at work.|
Originally Posted by Captain_Freak
Lamepathy is just that.
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This rant is reminiscent of people who complain that all Storm Summoning does is toss enemies into the next spawn.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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I'm certain that Defenders are the only AT where you run the risk of being kicked off a pug doing door missions because you didn't bring the desired primary. Though that may be a dated complaint; I think all the people dumb enough to do that are too busy fighting offenseless enemies in AE these days. I'm tempted to say that the problem still exists task forces, but the groups that only want rad kins and empaths are the same groups that will only accept Granite tanks and will kick a kheld off the team to avoid cysts. There was even one instance of a person choosing a 47 Arch/MM blaster over my 50 Fire/Fire blaster because "fire doesn't do enough damage"|
Originally Posted by Transhade
You exemplify the difference between all other ATs. Defenders are the only emo AT that bashes the powersets of its fellow defenders. You don't see emo scrappers or brutes or tankers saying they are jealous of another AT set becuase someone wanted them over you. Is it really the mind set of the person looking for the team or the powerset or just two different subsets of emo?
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But I've digressed; the playing a defender on freedom is a headache and a sure fire way to ruin your day.
*Logs into freedom*
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Now my brain hurts. Fire/fire doesn't do enough damage?! On my ice tank I can just barely keep aggro off fire blasters due to how much damage they deal.
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Originally Posted by m3lon
There was even one instance of a person choosing a 47 Arch/MM blaster over my 50 Fire/Fire blaster because "fire doesn't do enough damage"
But I've digressed; the playing a defender on freedom is a headache and a sure fire way to ruin your day. *Logs into freedom* |
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I'd wager that has more to do with damage-over-time and fear/avoid effects than total damage - basically, fire/fire blasters are *constantly* re-aggroing.|
Originally Posted by Madam_Enigma
Now my brain hurts. Fire/fire doesn't do enough damage?! On my ice tank I can just barely keep aggro off fire blasters due to how much damage they deal.
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[Also, once an archery/mental blaster hits aim+concentration+rain of arrows, things are just *dead*, so there's no aggro problem.
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Originally Posted by Mandu
Said it before and I'll say it again. I won't play defenders on teams for this exact reason. You aren't playing City of Heroes, you are playing whackamole with the other players status.
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
Someone has never seen a skilled Empath at work.
This rant is reminiscent of people who complain that all Storm Summoning does is toss enemies into the next spawn. |
There I was between a rock and a hard place. Then I thought, "What am I doing on this side of the rock?"
I prefer playing a Illu/Emp controller because you generally won't be as expected to rely on your secondary as much as an Emp Defender is expected to rely on his primary. When my controller is on teams I spend most of the time casting Deceive, Blind, and Phantoms, with my Phantasm out also. I just throw in a heal or buff now and then and I never get any gripes about my lack of healing the team