Robotics/thermal for best damage output?

I'd like to get most damage out of them thats possible and I was wondering if thermal was the way to go.

I dont really care if I can solo av's or not. I like to solo sometimes but I find it really fun to be in big groups(provided everyone knows what theyre doing). And I find its easier to get the defeat badges in the big groups.

Plan to mix in Leadership pool for the assault and tactics. Is maneuvers worth it?

I assume slotting 3 damage and 3 acc is best if I want em pumping out the pew pew?

Thanks for any advice. Im messing with mid's hero planner but I dont have much experience with it. But hopefully Ill have it down after a little time.

I'm not sure about Bots/Thermal for the most damage, but I know that after level 32 bots can dish out alot.

I think /Traps could be better for damage as it gets some nice stuff such as Acid Mortar for -def and -res (Also a -res proc if you can get it), and Force Field Generator for getting enough defence to be able to focus on other things such as getting things into the middle of AoEs and placing more Mortars/Mines/Poison Traps.

Maneuvers should be good as it goes ontop of the bubbles the Protector Bots put on you and your pets.

I'm thinking something along the lines of 2 acc, 2 dam and 2 end redux would make a good start perhaps moving to 2 acc, 3 dam, 1 end redux on your T1 and 1 acc, 3 dam and 2 end redux after tactics.

Just my 2 inf

Thermal is not the best set for damage dealing. You don't get your debuffs till late game, and one of them is single target.
It's a good set, and your pets are extremely tough and hard to kill, but its not the fastest.

If you are going for damage dealing, you want the debuff sets. Dark, Traps and Storm are the three best for dealing large amounts of damage. All three work fantastic with Bots.

Melt Armor is a good RES/DEF debuff... but it's not amazing, and it doesn't compare to debuff sets.

Forge is great, noticeable damage increase, lets you slot less for accuracy, but ... It doesn't compare fully to debuffing the hell of out enemies.

Heat Exhaustion isn't fair to single out for being single target, though. It's the kind of debuff you really only need to use on the big guys.

Now... Thermal is great for survival, and it is welcome to most teams (please don't take thermal if you can't stand shielding each ally twice every 4 minutes), but it isn't the best for pure destruction.

I decided on Bots/Traps.

Two questions.

Would hover be the best travel power?

And is hasten worth grabbing?

Hover is a crap travel power... but it leads onto fly which is nice, it doesn't really matter what you use for travelling as long as you want it.

Hasten is nice as it allows all the longer recharging things to be ready for the next fights quicker, it's not a must have but it is very nice.

Sorry I mean't to say fly. lol

I thought about not taking a travel power at all and using temps and ninja run. Will play around and see how it goes. Also want to try the tankermind approach. Basically keep bodyguard mode going, using provoke and using my caltrops,and web grenade to keep em mad at me. Throw out my beacon when things look like they may be getting ugly.

I have a bots/force field and a bots/traps I prefer my bots/ traps. I use hover for both. It gives you a bit of extra defense, keeps you away from melee attacks and allows you to see a great deal more of the action.

I have a bot/trap at 38, web grenade/caltrops/acid mortar is a good set up for your bots to destroy pretty much anything. Poison trap is great too but it sucks having to run into melee range to set it. There should be a poison grenade.

I use a stealth IO in a prestige sprint and super speed on my Traps/AR defender to get full invis for sneaking into mobs and dropping poison gas trap. Works like a charm! Give it a try if you are having issues with alpha strikes. You can also use seeker drones to absorb the alpha and dash in to the group to drop poison gas trap.

For /Traps I wouldn't take Hover/Fly because you have to be near the ground to use the traps, which negates the biggest advantage of Hover mostly, and sometimes means faffing about having to move to use your powers. I would tend to stick to Combat Jumping and Super Jump, CJ gets the in combat mobility but you are always able to drop a trap since you are always on the ground.

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Bots are great damage dealers, once you get your assault bot and the second upgrade you just tear through things, for slotting the bots I usually use blood mandates as they are cheap, have decent bonuses and give good acc/dam/end. I don't have any /traps toons so I'm not sure about the power selections but I would probably do it like this.

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I don't like Hover/Fly for traps. You have to be on the ground to lay traps, and can't do that when hovering.

I personally like Superspeed for Traps, so you can SS in, with a stealth IO, and drop your traps right in the enemies face.

Combat jump uses less endurance and you can pick up the jet pack to fly around.

Awesom ideas!

Thanks alot folks. Ive been using temp flying raptor(if I remember the name) for travel that I get from bank missions. The Acid Mortar has been badass.

Enjoying this toon so far.

My bots love running in melee....arent they supposed to be ranged?

They will literally run up to the mob and then shoot them and get beatdown in seconds if its an orange mob.

This kind of annoying and I was wondering if there was a way to get past this?

I tried looking up macros but all I see are bind guides and it feels like Im trying to read chinese.

Best damage is likely going to be /dark, /traps. or /storm. All have -res powers that are up fairly often. Dark doesn't have a lot of other damage enhancing powers, but tar patch is really nice, and it's got a bunch of other great powers. /storm has Freezing rain, which is great -res and -def, plus gets some damage powers endgame. /traps has acid mortar, and trip mine for more damage, plus FF gen stacks with Bot's def really well.

Would power boost from mace mastery affect my poisonous trap?