Whats next? help plz! :)

Hey all, i have been playing heroes for the last 5 years or so. I have pretty much 8 50s. And now im stumped on what to make for my new project to keep in the game. To start off, ill list my chars i have at 50 already. Im a Brute/Tank/Scrap kinda of player. I love tearing stuff up. I have been trying trollers, and no luck on which fit my playstyle, so was trying a Dom, havent played one yet, and maybe it would fit my playstyle more then a controller. Anyways, here they are :

Tankers : Ice/Ele/Pyre and Fire/SS/Pyre
Scrappers : DM/DA/Pyre and Kat/SR/Pyre
Controllers : Fire/Kin, Earth/Cold, and a Ele/Rad at 48. ( Note that these were powerlevel for end-game purposes and i dislike them.)
Brutes - Fire Melee / Shield/Energy Mastery.
-- OTHERS -, 41 DP/Mental Blaster(Dislike to squishyness)

I love to farm, do end-game TFs, and just tear stuff up whatever im doing. Im open to all opinions, and suggestions. All i do is PvE, no PvP whats so ever.
I had idea of maybe trying SoA's, or a Brute of some kind.

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@MachineSlave | Infinity Server | Deepdown Traumahounds Supergroup | Co-Founder
Tankers : Ice/Ele, Fire/SS, Fire/DM, Invul/Fire, Ele/Stone Corrupter : Arch/TA
Scrappers : DM/DA, Kat/SR Brutes : Fire/Shield, Ele/Fire(Villian)
Controllers : Fire/Kin, Ele/Rad, Earth/Cold

Earth Assault, the dominator secondary is extremely melee centric, and utterly SMASH-tastic.

It may be what you're looking for in a dominator set to branch out from your "safe zone" of ATs

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Here's the problem with your Controllers: You're completely new to non-melee ATs and you're expecting a power leveled Troller to play well out of the box without really knowing what the individual powers actually DO.

Don't get me wrong, I understand that you've read the power's descriptions, but the problem is you lack actual, practical experience with each one individually. To actually understand each one- and the synergy they provide together- requires actually leveling them the normal way and getting to know each one on a power by power basis. You know, practice.

That said, Trollers are more passive(and technically also support characters) so they might not be a good fit for you personally. Doms may very well suit you better, having an extremely aggressive playstyle. Just don't expect to get them if you're P'ling them.

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I'me leveling a Fire/Earth DOminator at the moment, and I'd say that, or perhaps Ice/Earth or Elec/Earth would be a good fit for you. Earth Assault is very melee oriented, and all 3 of the primaries I mentioned have powers that benefit you in melee.

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I am a melee guy as well, always have been. That said, I have a fire/traps corr that is just about as much fun as I have had in this game since I IOed out my spines/fire scrapper. Extremely safe and durable. Also since traps is more debuff than buffs, my playstyle does not have to change drastically from solo to a team.

Honorable mention goes to Bots/storm MM's. Ridiculously powerfull toons. Embrace the chaos.

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Don't judge all blasters based on DP. Fire/ should be tried, but...

If you're thinking Dominator, I've been planning on rolling a fire/fire dom. It's a cross between my Fire/Rad, and I see you have a Fire/Kin so you know those powers, and a Fire blaster, with a few Fire scrapper things thrown in.

The things I would recommend, mostly I'm already seeing. Katana must be tried, and you've done that.

I'm reluctant so suggest a mastermind, because though they seem cool, I've deleted every one I've made. Just not my thing.

I'd encourage you to roll a fire/ice blaster. And leave off the /ice melee attacks, just to change the thought pattern. Fire/ is powerful enough and fast enough that the range attacks work perfectly well when that range is 1 foot.

And, I hate to put another one of these on the streets, but I love mine, but rarely play her, you really need to get the chaos going with an ill/storm controller. It's really love/hate with me and those.

Or, be a masochist, roll a MA/Elec scrapper.

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Thank you all for your help, and positively, All my 50s i have i know how to play, iv played this game long enuff i dont need to look at the descriptions, i know what they do. Just because i powerleveled them doesnt mean i dont know how to play them at all. The only thing i dont know what to do is enhancing them with IOs and such. I know how to play them, just not slot them lol. Dom's sounds like the way to go for something different. thanks again guys. tc.

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@MachineSlave | Infinity Server | Deepdown Traumahounds Supergroup | Co-Founder
Tankers : Ice/Ele, Fire/SS, Fire/DM, Invul/Fire, Ele/Stone Corrupter : Arch/TA
Scrappers : DM/DA, Kat/SR Brutes : Fire/Shield, Ele/Fire(Villian)
Controllers : Fire/Kin, Ele/Rad, Earth/Cold