/FIRE for the Guns and Sword combo.
/EM for hard hitting melee or focus purely on blasting and little goodies.
/MM for the -Regen, Regen, End Rec, and Psychic Shockwave! You're going to get in the middle of spawns to use HoB anyways, might as well have another PBAOE to go with it!
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Drain Psyche and Psychic Shockwave enticed me into choosing Mental and so far I love it. Redraw is annoying but that would have been a problem with any secondary. Thanks!
Personally, I went with DP/Fire. I skipped the cone, just because I blapp with him. Using bullet rain, then jumping in and nailing both AoE's with Fire ammo on easily becomes a game of one hit kill target practice as i sit back and laugh menacingly while they turn tail and run for their lives, and with one red insp its an instant kill if you just like to kill the mob and get it over with.
Also, after playing my energy/energy and switiching to this toon I started playing like a single target ranged blaster and it played equally as well. It's a very broad ranged build and is soo worth the time. In my opinion blazing aura is skippable, just because hotfeet offers the same ability + a slow with over twice the radius.
If you're looking for a build that supports close and long range combat. /fire is the way to go. It has the stacked AoE damage for close range, and the very accurate DP to deal with the baddies from affar and ring of fire to anchor the tough guys. It's very fun!!!
On the topic of /EM. I considered it and i believe it would be another awesome build simply because of the -regen and such, but I'm just not a fan of cone attacks, and that build offers a few while fire doesn't.
i went DP/dev, just for the limited redraw. Targetting drone + DP's inherent acc bonus means i can skim on acc slotting, and go for straight damage. It helps offset the lower damage in DP pretty well.
Plus, I've been having a blast with trip mine toe bombing, due to cloaking device and smoke grenade allowing me to drop mines at peoples toes.
I am playing a DP/Energy blaster and quite happy with it. However, I team with someone who went DP/Electric and that might be a fairly good option. It seems to work.
Just gotta add that though I think the set needs improvement I find DP looks so cool! The Swap Ammo feature would be better if the actual debuffs were increased.
A Friend of mine has a DP/Energy/Weapon Mastery Blaster. He enjoys it immensely, and I've seen him pull off some crazy stuff. Granted, his build has been purpled out to the max because this is his main character who he plays all the time, but it's still pretty impressive. He's got three "Nukes", he claims: LRM Rocket, Cryionic Judgement, and whatever the last power in DP is called (I've never played one up that high, so it hasn't stuck with me). With his permanently boosted range, he's able to shoot at a decent range as well as run into a mob and destroy things up close. He says that he doesn't use the Chemical Ammo often, but that he alternates between the other three options depending on what he wants (Incendiary is most common, but Regular and Ice Ammo have uses for a touch of crowd control when solo).
I've heard that the strongest DP secondary for blasters is Mental Manipulation, and I can see how having an in-your-face blapper with World of Confusion, Drain Psyche, and Psychic Shockwave would be quite nice.
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I started a DP/Fire a while back and bailed on it fast. I figured there was just no way I would get into DP at all. Then I was playing with Mids and looking at a DP/Ice build, it really interested me. I have started one and I am really enjoying it, from Ice I only plan on having Chilbain, Chilling Embrace, Build Up and Ice patch, maybe Freezing Touch.
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Hey Blaster people! I reactivated with Going Rogue not too long ago and kind of fell in love with Dual Pistols. The way they look, at least. The ammo swap seems pretty cool too. Anyways, I was looking for some suggestions for secondaries. Only thing I have to say is that I don't like Devices (doesn't fit my concept) and I've done Ice before. Ideas?? Advice? Free food?
Thanks!