Thanks for sharing.
PS. Betcha you've faceplanted maaaany times when knockback didn't kick as you expected it to. 
While I can very happily play my other blasters, defenders, and corruptors, the sound Energy Torrent makes when it hits a big spawn is very pleasing to me.
Why Blasters? Empathy Sucks.
So, you want to be Mental?
What the hell? Let's buff defenders.
Tactics are for those who do not have a big enough hammer. Wisdom is knowing how big your hammer is.
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Originally Posted by Vanden
The mitigation from Knockback is just too good. Anything else feels too squishy. So there.
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Support Guides for all Corruptor secondaries and Fortunatas
The Melee Teaming Guide for Melee Mans
The Melee Teaming Guide for Melee Mans
So why haven't you gotten Castle to fix the damage on power push yet?
Be well, people of CoH.
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Originally Posted by Vanden
Power Push?
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Try ice i think its awesome, takes time but it will rock out.
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Originally Posted by Vanden
The mitigation from Knockback is just too good. Anything else feels too squishy. So there.
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Power push is properly balanced for recharge, end, damage in dominator energy assault. It is not, however, balanced at all in energy blast.|
Originally Posted by Vanden
Power Push?
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Dom: .82 smashing, .82 energy
Defender: .2 smashing, .2 energy
Blaster: .13 smashing, .13 energy
Be well, people of CoH.
You're right! This is a CRIME! Sheila, get me the President!
Issue 16 made me feel like this.
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Dom energy assault rocks. 
Be well, people of CoH.
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Every blaster set except for Rad and Fire have an extremely low damage single target control power. Fire, of course, has none at all and Rad's control is also it's big hitter.|
Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
Power push is properly balanced for recharge, end, damage in dominator energy assault. It is not, however, balanced at all in energy blast.
Dom: .82 smashing, .82 energy Defender: .2 smashing, .2 energy Blaster: .13 smashing, .13 energy |
It would be interesting if all the blaster single target controls got the Clobber/Cosmic Burst treatment. Tesla Cage would be much more awesome if it also did decent damage.
Imagining Freeze Ray dealing scale 1.2 damage...
Why Blasters? Empathy Sucks.
So, you want to be Mental?
What the hell? Let's buff defenders.
Tactics are for those who do not have a big enough hammer. Wisdom is knowing how big your hammer is.
Freeze Ray and Bitter Freeze Ray are holds though, aren't they? I have no idea how holds are supposed to affect a power's damage value.
KB, on the other hand, doesn't appear to affect a power's damage value. Granted, I haven't looked at this too closely, it was just something that jumped out at me while I was playing my grav/ene dom.
Be well, people of CoH.
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Controls of all kinds have frequently affected a power's damage value. Clobber and Cobra Strike for example. Even Knockout Blow originally had no/low damage, IIRC. Repulsing Torrent, from a brand new set, even has lower damage than it should by the formula; I have to believe that is because of the knockback.
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Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
Freeze Ray and Bitter Freeze Ray are holds though, aren't they? I have no idea how holds are supposed to affect a power's damage value.
KB, on the other hand, doesn't appear to affect a power's damage value. Granted, I haven't looked at this too closely, it was just something that jumped out at me while I was playing my grav/ene dom. |
Why Blasters? Empathy Sucks.
So, you want to be Mental?
What the hell? Let's buff defenders.
Tactics are for those who do not have a big enough hammer. Wisdom is knowing how big your hammer is.
Clobber is currently doing the correct amount of damage for its recharge value as per CoD. KO Blow, on the other hand, is not. But KO Blow is a hold where Clobber is a stun. I've no clue what's going on with repulsing torrent.
Be well, people of CoH.
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My first blueside 50 was Agent Sharpe (Justice), an nrg/nrg blaster, and no, contrary to some other posters' comments, I didn't faceplant a lot, either solo or grouped. As with any AT, it's about managing the aggro you can survive. Given that Sharpe was born in the era of lolDefiance 1, this was particulary true, but I've played him much the same even since the advent of Defiance 2. He's still an absolute *ahem* blast to play. |
Originally Posted by Vanden
The mitigation from Knockback is just too good. Anything else feels too squishy. So there.
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That being said, I also have a fire/fire in the upper 20s that has his own style of mitigation: reducing everyone in the mob to huddled, smoking heaps. Rapidly.
Where to find me after the end:
The Secret World - Arcadia - Shinzo
Rift - Faeblight - Bloodspeaker
LotRO - Gladden - Aranelion
STO - Holodeck - @Captain_Thiraas
Obviously, I don't care about NCSoft's forum rules, now.
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Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
Dom energy assault rocks.
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Im looking at and Elec/Enegry Dom myself.... very interesting ESPECIALLY with the new Primal Forces APP... mmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm good...
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
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Same here as my only planned Praetorian at this time.
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Originally Posted by Airhammer
Im looking at and Elec/Enegry Dom myself.... very interesting ESPECIALLY with the new Primal Forces APP... mmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmm good...
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Be well, people of CoH.
See, I _can_ play a Blaster that's not Fire/*. But I will be cranky about it.
Mini-guides: Force Field Defenders, Blasters, Market Self-Defense, Frankenslotting.
So you think you're a hero, huh.
@Boltcutter in game.
Energy Blast rocks my socks - I love the nebulous mitigation of knockback.
Four Defenders and two Corruptors so far, I should really try it on a Blaster one day soon.
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Originally Posted by DrMike2000
Energy Blast rocks my socks - I love the nebulous mitigation of knockback.
Four Defenders and two Corruptors so far, I should really try it on a Blaster one day soon. |
Where to find me after the end:
The Secret World - Arcadia - Shinzo
Rift - Faeblight - Bloodspeaker
LotRO - Gladden - Aranelion
STO - Holodeck - @Captain_Thiraas
Obviously, I don't care about NCSoft's forum rules, now.
You know, frankly I don't want them to fix Power Push, because it looks stupid. I'd rather they buff the damage on Power Burst to make up for its long animation.
Issue 16 made me feel like this.
Warning: This poster likes to play Devil's Advocate.
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The randomness of the knockback is sheer frustration to me. When I need it, it doesn't work. When I don't, enemy goes flying.|
Originally Posted by Vanden
The mitigation from Knockback is just too good. Anything else feels too squishy. So there.
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And Power Push definitely needs to do real damage.
First Character was Energy Blast.. Cannot deny it's amazingness.
It just feels so powerful with all the knockback.
Whining about everything since 2006.
Ammo switching for Dual Pistols was my idea:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=135484
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There's your problem right there. You always want knockback. ALWAYS.
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Originally Posted by concreteshift
The randomness of the knockback is sheer frustration to me. When I need it, it doesn't work. When I don't, enemy goes flying.
And Power Push definitely needs to do real damage. |
Issue 16 made me feel like this.
Warning: This poster likes to play Devil's Advocate.
The mitigation from Knockback is just too good. Anything else feels too squishy. So there.
Issue 16 made me feel like this.
Warning: This poster likes to play Devil's Advocate.