Electrical Mastery? APP help

I have a lvl 50 Energy/Devices blaster that is my first lvl 50 ever. I always have problems with alts, so this has bee a few years coming. Anyway, being that he is my first 50 I'm afraid of things getting stale with him. I don't know much about lvl 50 content and also about APP's. I used to have the FM APP, but I respec'ed to get better use out of my Dev. power pool and this time chose Electrical Mastery. I haven't gotten to play with it much, but I like it so far. FM didn't do much for me, but also I'm looking to get the most out of my APP as I can to better enrich my character. Any thoughts?

Also, as a sort of side note I'm not too keen on powers that leave me drained of end. I think I just need to learn how to better utilize them, but right now I'm not to great at it. I've take both SoP and EM Pulse which both result in end. drain. I guess I'm really just trying to get some tips with this thread as to how to best use my new lvl 50 and how to keep the character going even though he's reached the lvl cap. Any help would be real great.

Hmm. I'm familiar with both Energy Blast and Electrical Mastery (albeit on different blasters), but not so much with Devices.

So, lesse. First up: do not neglect your hold. That was the single biggest change to the way my Energy/Energy blaster played. Being able to just lock down a troublesome Lieutenant or Minion (or even a boss- Cryo Freeze Ray recharges commendably quickly) while I mopped up the annoyances was a major shift, and a rather nice one.

Static Discharge is a handy and respectably powerful cone AoE. Not much to say about it beyond that- it's a good addition to Energy Blast's fair-to-middling AoE.

While Charged Armour won't make you a Tanker, it does give a nice boost to survivability, and the energy resist is a nifty bonus. Experiment with playing more aggressively to make the most of your enhanced durability.

Surge of Power is your panic button, really; if you're in a nasty fight and fading, going gremlin will make a major difference. Pop a green or two and laugh as things are suddenly doing half damage or less :3

EM Pulse, I'm not so familiar with. I seem to remember that it doesn't do the full End Crash, though... and a hefty debuff on a Blaster is nothing to sneeze at- if you're trying to take down a harder target, being able to debuff their regeneration is very nice.

Not sure what you need beyond that; CoH doesn't have the same sort of Endgame that some MMOs do, but it does have significant challenges open to you- badge hunting, of course, the endgame TFs (Statesman, Lady Grey, Reichsmann, and Mender Silos), Flashbacks for things you missed, Purpling out your character- build tweaking, should your interests lie in that direction, can be quite rewarding- is also interesting, and there are also the Hamidon and Rikti Raids.

My first Fifty is still somewhat active, although I've been somewhat sidetracked since my fiancee started playing and I began duoing characters with her instead; but that first Fifty (an Energy/Energy/Munitions blaster, actually) is my main badger, and as such comes out of retirement every time a new badge turns up, or every time I manage to muster the willpower to work on the last few (and mostly incredibly tedious >.>) badges I have left to go (about seventy, I think, at last count <.>

This was really helpful! I feel like I might have to do a bit of respec'ing to find what's right for me, but this helped a lot. For instance, I've never taken Aim, but I've been reading some things on the forums lately that make it seem like I should be.

Also, when I first got Nova I loved it, but now I feel like I don't have much use for it. I'm working on my slots so that might help, but also I've never felt like it was much use solo and would just get me killed because of the end drain, but in teams lately it seems like it will only have the same effect. Is Nova a really worthwhile tier 9 power? Again, this is my first 50 so I'm really trying to mold the character to fit a play style I'm comfortable with and so I'm trying to be careful in my power selection.

Nova is one of my favourite powers in the game, bar none. It's not terribly efficient, of course, but on teams, it makes spawns go bye-bye. I love the mixture of amusement and exasperation you get from the tanks when they go in to gather aggro, and all of a sudden there's no spawn any more, aside from a handful of mauled bosses.

Yes, you very, very definitely want Aim. It makes a big difference. Aim + Build Up is considerably more powerful than just Build Up by itself, and shoots your burst damage way up.

... wait, you said /Dev? Right. This right here is part of why you're having trouble with Nova. Un-boosted Nova is not *nearly* as powerful as it would be with the 166% damage boost of Aim and Build Up, but even the 66% boost that Aim offers will make a noticeable difference.

Seriously, I need to start promoting Aim very, very loudly.

I've run into several Blasters on PUGs who've basically self-gimped because they think Aim just adds accuracy.

Aim: +37.5% ToHit, +62.5% Damage for Blasters. What's not to love?

... oops. Oh well.

And welcome back, CB. Where've you been hiding?

TeChameleon, I've been around. Mostly just playing the damn game, instead of City of Theory. Mostly, I just haven't had a lot to say. I know, weird, huh?