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If you go for psychic mastery, dont go just for WoC, its very meh by itself. The power is only decent when you slot the purple confuse proc into it to get a decent chance to confuse LTs. It still has a very small radius, the same as other damage auras in defensive sets.|
Originally Posted by Robert_B
Hey All,
So I am trying to decide what APP to pick, and Psychic Mastery seems the most "Controllerish" of the bunch. Not only do you get a Ranged AoE Sleep, but a PBAoE (just when you need it cause I don't wanna the meele types hitting me) Confuse toggle. Now with my EMP duo I have really unlimited endurance and thats without the Stamina changes so toggles are not an issue but what I was wondering has anyone tried it and does it make a real difference, the AoE Sleep kinda goes against all the AoE goodness my Archers have, but then again a confuse helps alot but only if it will work. So, can anyone give me a review of this power? Keep in mind I have a Duo so I would have 2 of them going at any given time. And, if I could ask, what is the most popular or best APP/PPP (since we can do both now) and why? |
I usually use it as a set mule, and minor melee minion defense, as they get confused walking into melee range for a short time.
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Well, I would have 2 of them going at any given time so it's a Mag 4 (combined) rather then a Mag 2, I am hoping this would be the difference maker actually.
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Originally Posted by Lord_Thanatos
If you go for psychic mastery, dont go just for WoC, its very meh by itself. The power is only decent when you slot the purple confuse proc into it to get a decent chance to confuse LTs. It still has a very small radius, the same as other damage auras in defensive sets.
I usually use it as a set mule, and minor melee minion defense, as they get confused walking into melee range for a short time. |
Its rubbish until you get the purple Contagious Confuse proc slotted.
It ticks every 4 seconds, with a cofuse duration of 1.5 seconds. This will be 3 seconds with slotting, so it won't keep an even level minion permanently confused, let alone a higher level enemy. The Contagious Confusion proc lasts much longer (8 seconds at least?) when it does kick in, so it that has a decent duration.
Really, I'd only take the power to six-slot Coercive Persusasion for the bonus 10% Recharge and 5% Ranged Defence. And to look cool 
I'd highly recommend Dark Mastery for Oppressive Gloom. That ticks every 2 seconds for a 9 second base stun. With two of you, even bosses will be stunned until they stagger out of the radius. I've tried this on a couple of Defenders and it works like a charm.
Dark Embrace looks nice IMO, and Soul Drain is a useful power for dual emps, who can easily survive long enough to get in close and saturate it.
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Originally Posted by DrMike2000
Its rubbish until you get the purple Contagious Confuse proc slotted.
It ticks every 4 seconds, with a cofuse duration of 1.5 seconds. This will be 3 seconds with slotting, so it won't keep an even level minion permanently confused, let alone a higher level enemy. The Contagious Confusion proc lasts much longer (8 seconds at least?) when it does kick in, so it that has a decent duration. Really, I'd only take the power to six-slot Coercive Persusasion for the bonus 10% Recharge and 5% Ranged Defence. And to look cool I'd highly recommend Dark Mastery for Oppressive Gloom. That ticks every 2 seconds for a 9 second base stun. With two of you, even bosses will be stunned until they stagger out of the radius. I've tried this on a couple of Defenders and it works like a charm. Dark Embrace looks nice IMO, and Soul Drain is a useful power for dual emps, who can easily survive long enough to get in close and saturate it. |
Oh well, this is the honest advice I was looking for... DRAT, I will have to plug this new info into MIDS and see what comes of it... but again... DRAT.
So you think Dark is the way to go eh? lemme look.
BTW I am taking your advice on Thunderstrikes
do you have any slotting (reasonably priced) for the AoE attacks? if you were gonna slot Archery powers how would you do it (...cough...need a build....cough)
Hey All,
So I am trying to decide what APP to pick, and Psychic Mastery seems the most "Controllerish" of the bunch. I like controllers but they are so boring to play, but getting a little control on my defender seems like a great idea!
Not only do you get a Ranged AoE Sleep, but a PBAoE (just when you need it cause I don't wanna the meele types hitting me) Confuse toggle. Now with my EMP duo I have really unlimited endurance and thats without the Stamina changes so toggles are not an issue but what I was wondering has anyone tried it and does it make a real difference, the AoE Sleep kinda goes against all the AoE goodness my Archers have, but then again a confuse helps alot but only if it will work. I guess I have been spoiled by Seeds of confusion a little and I am hoping this will be a little like that (outside of the Ranged/PBAoE thing).
So, can anyone give me a review of this power? Keep in mind I have a Duo so I would have 2 of them going at any given time.
And, if I could ask, what is the most popular or best APP/PPP (since we can do both now) and why?