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Blue Rabbit,
Posted on: 2011-04-03 02:19 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Well, I've recently run a Grav/Kin controller to 50 (tried to force a Nictus on her. Didn't work out, but she retained some of the manipulation abilities and expanded them her own way. Nasty surprise to the ones who tried it.)
What exactly are you asking about, I suppose? Will the powersets work? From what you've given as a description - which is kind of sketchy - well... it sounds like it. Are you asking how Gravity plays? A bit slow at times (Propel's animation will drive you batty - you'll find throwing buicks and forklifts at things amusing for a bit, then realize that on teams it takes so *long* that whatever it is is probably dead already.) I found it a fun set, though.
About the only other thing I could see trying with the bit ou've given is a humanform warshade. *shrug*
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I'm actually looking for alternative AT/Set suggestions, given the overall theme and abilities of the base character. Barring Controllers and Khelds, anyhow, since I don't normally enjoy playing those. I *might* have fun with her as a Grav/Ice Dom - but just in case I don't... it'll be nice to have ideas to fall back on; and I havn't had many of them myself.|
Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Well, I've recently run a Grav/Kin controller to 50 (tried to force a Nictus on her. Didn't work out, but she retained some of the manipulation abilities and expanded them her own way. Nasty surprise to the ones who tried it.)
What exactly are you asking about, I suppose? Will the powersets work? From what you've given as a description - which is kind of sketchy - well... it sounds like it. Are you asking how Gravity plays? A bit slow at times (Propel's animation will drive you batty - you'll find throwing buicks and forklifts at things amusing for a bit, then realize that on teams it takes so *long* that whatever it is is probably dead already.) I found it a fun set, though. About the only other thing I could see trying with the bit ou've given is a humanform warshade. *shrug* |
Does that make more sense?
Think you can do better with the hair and glasses. Looking at the drawing, Glam Hair instantly came to mind instead of the Gamine you used. There's a pair of glasses that actually resembles your drawing too, think it's the Government ones and you can do transparent lenses on them. Also, if you use Bottom Tights with the Angelic (IIRC) option you would be closer to the loin cloth you drew.
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Maybe KM/SR scrap/brute or KM/EA brute. KM for the generic "void energy pewpew" (shaddup, it's a technical term), SR or EA to represent phasing in and out of space.
Could use something like a recouloured Rad/Mental if blasters are more your thing.
*shrugs*
Time&Space manipulation isn't something expressly covered by any powersets besides Grav, really.
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Thats not gamine, its resistance! I am ashamed of you wabs!
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Originally Posted by Blue Rabbit
Think you can do better with the hair and glasses. Looking at the drawing, Glam Hair instantly came to mind instead of the Gamine you used.
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I had to go with a stylistic shortening, I'm afraid. Glam is just ugly - along with *most* of the games' hairstyles to begin with! Especially the longer ones. Resistance 2 (to be precise), is one of all... three?.. I can actually bear to look at. Also, the outfit is pretty much stuck as-is until we get an honest-to-goodness loincloth. (See my rant about hairstyles; most things just look odd outside of specific contexts.) Likewise with the glasses. I like *seeing* eyes, so I just went for the 'on-the-head' approach over 'accurate'.|
Originally Posted by Blue Rabbit
Think you can do better with the hair and glasses. Looking at the drawing, Glam Hair instantly came to mind instead of the Gamine you used. There's a pair of glasses that actually resembles your drawing too, think it's the Government ones and you can do transparent lenses on them. Also, if you use Bottom Tights with the Angelic (IIRC) option you would be closer to the loin cloth you drew.
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Whew!
In short; thank you for the input on the outfit - but I quite like what I have! I've already accepted that I can do nothing reasonably close to the drawn outfit that I'll like - and so I'm doing something in the same vein; but different.
Edit: Oh! And *I* didn't draw that! If I had half that skill, I'd be far too busy doodling my characters to play the game in the first place. :P It was, actually, a commission I'd bought.
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I'd considered this, actually. It's tough to imagine her being a melee-centric toon, but it's a possibility. I've also considered the Fire Melee/Blast sets as a sort of... summoning-power-from-another-plane setup.|
Originally Posted by SlyGuyMcFly
Maybe KM/SR scrap/brute or KM/EA brute. KM for the generic "void energy pewpew" (shaddup, it's a technical term), SR or EA to represent phasing in and out of space.
Could use something like a recouloured Rad/Mental if blasters are more your thing. *shrugs* Time&Space manipulation isn't something expressly covered by any powersets besides Grav, really. |
Too bad I can't make a Gravity Control/Kinetic Melee character. Then we'd *really* have some "void energy pew pew pew" on our hands!
Just something to keep in mind, Gravity is considered the worst set for Dominators because it has a power that's good on Controllers. That power being Propel that, as awesome as it is, is completely a waste on Dominators. I recently got my own namesake to 49 (3 bars from 50) and it's a Gravity/Ice Dominator (in a similar concept to your character actually! He was a human stuck in the void, a place between dimensions. Gravity goes very well with inter dimensional beings and I colored the ice powers a dark purple so they're void powers rather than ice IC). I'll tell you this much as someone who has taken 4 Dominators past 30, two before their revamp. Gravity is an exercise to increase your patience. You have one hold, and until Wormhole, it will be your only source of hard control. You can use the AoE immob if you have a corner to take advantage of the enemies being rooted, but that's about it. With the exception of Fire Control, I skip the AoE immobs but in the case of Gravity, there is literally nothing else to take.
So basically, if you don't like controls, a Gravity Dominator will only enforce that believe unless you stick with it till 26. Even then, Wormhole has a longish recharge. It isn't until you get Singy that you'll feel completely safe, when other Dominators get that security much sooner.
Edit: Fixed a few things, I blame the previous mistakes on the alcohol.
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Funnily enough, that's the same color I gave my Ice shards - for the same reason!|
Originally Posted by Rikis
Just something to keep in mind, Gravity is considered the worst set for Dominators because it was created with Controllers in mind. The worst offender is Propel that, as awesome as it is, is completely a waste on Dominators. I recently got my own namesake to 49 (3 bars from 50) and it's a Gravity/Ice Dominator (in a similar concept to your character actually! He was a human stuck in the void, a place between dimensions. Gravity goes very well with inter dimensional beings and I colored the ice powers a dark purple so they're void powers rather than ice IC). I'll tell you this much as someone who has taken 4 Dominators past 50, two before their revamp. Gravity is an exercise to increase your patience. You have one hold, and until Wormhole, it will be your only source of hard control. You can use the AoE immob if you have a corner to take advantage of the enemies being rooted, but that's about it. With the exception of Fire Control, I skip the AoE immobs but in the case of Gravity, there is literally nothing else to take.
So basically, if you don't like controls, a Gravity Dominator will only enforce that believe unless you stick with it till 26. Even then, Wormhole has a longish recharge. It isn't until you get Singy that you'll feel completely safe, when other Dominators get that security much sooner. |
I'm well aware of Gravity's... status... as a Dominator set, thankfully. Right now, I'm toughing it out until 26 so I can see if Wormhole is going to be the fun-power cornerstone (I actually had it in mind to IO her out for Defense, then go with a melee focus - by bringing the mobs *to* me, rather than the other way 'round.)
Thus, the reason for setting up some fallback concepts just in case.
Edit: Oh! And it's not so much that I don't like Controls; just not Controllers. The lack of attacks just drives me batty, even though I adore their value on a team. The only exception I've made thus far is my Earth/TA Controller - and I think she stands just because she takes Control to the *extreme* degree!
... And while I've settled on an AT and Powerset combination for now, I'd like to hear what you folk think; just in case this doesn't work out.
First, the subject:
The art came before the in-game version; and the former isn't nearly as good as the latter - frusteratingly!
To put it in brief; she's an... interdimensional scholar, of sorts. I like to borrow the term Planeswalker. It's not *quite* teleportation - but it's close enough for game mechanic terms - using minor magics and an innate ability to traverse the roads across time and space itself to visit dimension after dimension in order to expand her knowledge and gain new experiences.
I went with a Gravity Control/Ice Dominator for now; figuring that the Gravity powers were reasonably close to, say, minor manipulation of that temporal grey area she's so familiar with - while Ice, colored just so, made me think less of Ice and more of... Void Shards?
... So I haven't quite finished pondering this through just yet. I'll get there!
But my experience with Gravity has always been sketchy, at best - and Control sets aren't usually my cup of bubbly. Thus, if the Dominator doesn't work out, I'll probably look into things that aren't a Controller or a Dom.
Any thoughts?