I need a slump buster, and I'm stumped

I've found myself in a really bad slump recently. I have a bunch of toons, and none seem to grab my attention. I've got a 50 fire/shield tank, Ill/rad troller, kin/wp scrap, Elec/Shield brute, Kin/elec def, and a 50 fire/fire tank. I have a handful of other 30+ toons, but lately, I'm just struggling to find something that I find fun.

I know nobody can tell someone else what if "fun" to play. Fun is an individual thing. I'm sure I'm not the only one that has experienced this problem and all I'm looking for are some AT ideas that were fun for you to play. I'm thinking about maybe a dom or defender, but I'm open to any suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

If you like single target ranged damage with mez protection, Fire/traps Corr.

If you like AOE damage with mez protection, Fire/Traps Corr.

If you want to be able to be a force multiplier for a team, because the same techniques work solo, Fire/Traps Corr.

If you want to play in close to the mobs, Fire/Traps Corr.

If you are interested in possibly being iSoftcapped to sm/l and energy, Fire/Traps Corr.

If you want to solo AV's and some GM's, Fire/Traps Corr.

Also, In before Dechs drops the MFing 'Shade bomb.

Well, aside from "It may be burnout, take a week or two and just ignore the game," you may not need a *character* but a *purpose.* Setting up a special "team" with your friends to run once or twice a week, picking a theme for it and the like might help break out of the rut, as well.

That said, what do you enjoy doing? Flip side being which characters can you not stand playing, and why? (Answering those got me liking masterminds after fighting boredom and "feeling like a spectator" with a bots/ff. I wanted to be involved and 'busy,' so I rolled a Thugs/Poison - big change.)

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I've always seemed to tend towards melee type characters, which is why 4 out of my 5 50's are melee and even my Kin defender is a mix it up, be in the middle of the action type of character. MM's have never really appealed to me because of the whole "spectator" aspect of them, but maybe I need to do something different.

In the end, I really a character that can solo well, while at the same time play a roll on a team.

+1 on the burnout aspect. Sometimes you just need to recharge the batteries. MMs do have different play styles. For me, MMs can wear on me due to the luggage aspect. Nothing bugs me more than setting up on my Bots/traps, faceplanting, and then having to go back and go through the setup process all over again.

Currently, doing Hardcore is the best way for me to play the game. It's like speed dating in that you have no expectations and if it doesn't work out, you roll something different. If you end up liking it, you can just server transfer it if need be. Since VIPs will be able to a do a transfer per month, this will be easy to do. About the only other thing I do is work on self PLing some brute builds up just because it's a different play style than normal gaming and it's something new for me to try out. You might want to look at some aspect of the game you haven't done and see about making a character just for that.

Whatever you do, don't build another melee toon. If you ignore that advice, then don't make another Fire Melee or Shield Defense build, because you've already covered those bases twice in just four characters. Duplication is boring enough, but when I think of three of the same set I can't stop yawning.

My first recommendation would be a Corruptor, with Fire Primary and your choice of Dark, Cold or Traps for the Secondary (you already have a Rad). You'll be able to solo easily at any level and contribute very nicely to any team. I'd probably choose Dark, but that's likely because I already have Cold & Traps.

After that, I'd probably recommend an Earth/Fire Dominator. Controls and Domination will help against mezzers and the damage will definitely impress. I'm terribly jealous of my wife's Earth/Fire and it's not even specced for PVE. You'll be able to solo and team equally well.

My dark horse recommendation would be a Fire/Fire Blaster. Blasters don't bring anything to the table outside of damage, but they bring a lot of damage. Fire/Fire brings a lot of AOE damage both at range and up-close, which would match your playstyle. Soloing will be notably more difficult than with a Corruptor, but the option will still be there, especially with IO sets involved. You'll melt x8 mobs in seconds and have a full AOE attack chain. I absolutely love mine, though I admit it is more of a team-oriented character.

Gravity/Sonic controller. Embrace your inner gimp. Judging by your list of characters he must be lonely.

If it weren't for Warshades, I probably would not have ended up sticking with COH.

At least get them to 10 and start running TFs.

Play a Dominator !

Melee, Ranged AND Control.

One of my most enjoyable (not necessarily powerful) combination has been Mind/Energy.

Confusion, Knockback, Holds, Knockback = Happy Melee Fun

I 2nd 3rd and 4th to the Dom. I play mostly melee toons, too. But i made a Plant/Fire Dom. Plant is so pretty in itself, not to mention having confuse, holds, immobs to play with. And /Fire allows some AoE, Ranged and Melee to go with it. I may make another Dom. A Fire/Thorns or something.

As far as Blaster, i only have 1 that i like. It's an Archery/Fire. RoA, Burn, FSC and it's a wrap.

I'm gonna add something different: play a Fortunata.

Not the strongest toon while leveling, but it has melee, it has range, it has control, it has team buffs, and once you hit 50 it really does become quite powerful once you make Mind Link perma.

I can't compare it with a well outfitted Brute, for example, but my Fort is easily the most powerful toon I have right now.

Fire/dark corruptor or a warshade should work

Thanks for the further advice. I currently play on Liberty, but it really feels like the population is dying so I'll give one of the more populated servers a shot.

make a brute. Smashing from group to group is very fun.