Modern Electricity: blaptrolling still possible?
Well, some friends and I run a little group of Elec/Elecs and the END drain is most certainly noticable in PVE. Plus you do have a good bit of control going on in there - I'd call it still viable. Though if I were starting that same quartet today, I'd mix Elec control in with the Elec blasters, yes.
maybe it's just me but I so wish elec blast was given lightning rod as a mini nuke ala ROA and FA instead of it's current crashing nuke thunderous blast I think it's called.
It's absolutely still valid, and still a nice idea if you enjoy the playstyle. My main
blaster(elec/elec/mun) hasn't suffered any for the appearance of Elec control -
doms and trollers do what they do, and blasters do what they do.
The conversation about the Blaptroller elec/elec concept was resurrected in the
general Player Guides section fairly recently, in fact, so that might be a good place
to ask questions and read up more too.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=255684
Fantastic! I'll redirect my inquiries and play testing information there. Many thanks!
I may be wrong, but, unless you have an aversion to Praetoria or the Isles, an electric^2 dominator is the best blapper.
Oh, and Bill, I've got an electric^2 baster I've had do nothing but marketing for over a year, a level 22, and having an all electric team would be just the thing for me to get playing him again. My toon is on Freedom, so that may not work out, but when and where do they meet? If it's a regular thing, and open to others.
Doms are awesome. I have an earth/fire dom and wanted to try something out of the Isles and Praetoria since I have two characters I am currently comfortable with form each region (the dom and a MM at 26). I know elecdomination is fun but it's almost too obvious in terms of setup when looking at the pools.
I wanted to see if that old school build still worked, despite the alternatives such as Elec Control or a shock domination setup. Those were too..... how you say..... simple? I dunno how to phrase it properly. They are good! But.... so good they aren't really a challenge in creation or design. The dom basically IS a blastroller. That's the approximate AT design. Slight loss of damage for far better control. The electroller is the other end of the shock-scale into low to piddly damage and SUPERIOR containment and end killing. I want the final point on the triangle of zappy champions. Moderate control, high, versatile damage output, defense through end drain and quick knockouts. That sort of thing may or may not be valid anymore, and I want to try it in combat compared to the electric dom and/or troller builds of similar type.
I just read on the FAQS about the validity of making a 'blaptroller' from an elec/elec powerset. The guide is old, though, and with Electric Control around and in full force, is it still a valid concept? I enjoy the blaster lifestyle, and while actual control obviously isn't going to be what I do, severely crippling people with end drain sounds like a fun challenge.