Lets talk about Time!

Defender time is a bug that hasnt gotten fixed yet.

What powers have you guys skipped? All of them look really good

I just got to 16 on my Ice/Time controller, and I rather like Distortion Field. Lead with Frostbite, follow with DF and I have -90% recharge going w/o running Arctic Air and w/o taking into account any ST attacks. As long as my end holds out, these guys aren't doing much of anything it seems.

Definitely putting off Temporal Selection until I'm closer to 32 and have Jack.

Distortion field AoE -recharge? YES, please!

Further testing has me still not seeing Distortion Field as being all that helpful. But it does seem to be getting better. Maybe there's an ACC check and now with Tactics and at least one +ACC set bonus it's hitting more often?

Still, warwolves and cims, it was doing nothing, and Galaxy's kept blasting me.

Still giving it some serious testing untill the new MIDS comes out. I figure that will be plenty of testing.

As for Temporal Selection...still meh on it...mayeb if there werent other powers I wanted more.

Deffinantly need to build up the defense however, as getting mezzed is very common when getting into melee, and I'm tired of that toggle dropping (and using BFs only goes so far and then you run out)...so more defense will help keep the toggle from dropping as often.

Doesn't feel like a TOP OMG set, like DARK, RAD and COLD do to me, but feels a lot more fun than a lot of the other sets have been for me.

Time crawl is garbage outside of maybe AV's. You'd have to be targetting something that can't already be completely debuffed by other things besides slow, yet also resistant to slow. But for most ATs, they are stuck with it.

That makes the hold better, but still not particularly great. Both have a to hit check, the mag 4 duration is short, and it's a lot more end. The hold has no synergy with a -rech either. It's just a bad use of powers and end.

Mending is awesome, but needs good slotting to shine.

Time's juncture basically makes the set for Defenders (coupled with Farsight), but every other AT, including corruptors, got severly nerfed versions of both powers. As someone who likes to blast and debuff, the corruptor numbers particularly miff me. They should be higher than controllers imo. But anyways, basically the numbers are so low on the -tohit and +def of the powers that it takes serious slotting and other +def powers to make it worthwhile. I understand that controllers are probably sick to death of /rad, but -25% to hit compared to -12.5%? (less than 25% def total between TWO powers). Yeah.

Distortion field is the bomb. There's very few things that can substitute for controlling the mobility of enemies. Especially in midsize groups midlevel. You have a lot of enemies and aren't killing them instantly, and keeping them all together is crucial. Controllers can aoe immob, but it doesn't come with -rech, a chance to hold, and doesn't last nearly as long for one cast, and requires a to hit check. Ice and earth controllers may not have as much use for it as others. Elec too, depending on group makeup and use of static field.

Temp Selection. I cringe that some people say not to take this, it's like saying don't take fortitude with your emp. I can understand skipping it if you have other crucial build-making powers to take beforehand, especially as a controller (like combat jumping, weave, maneuvers, stealth, because you'll pretty much need ALL OF THEM to make up for the low numbers on juncture/farsight). But it should be picked up whenever there's a lull in power selection.

Farsight. Crucial power, been talked about already.

Haven't gotten further than 24, I've created 5 or 6 variations of time controllers and defenders.

My greatest success has been my Time/Elec defender. Just completely nullifies all enemies with the option to end drain them all. Dark/Time might be better in some encounters for the ability to floor anything's to hit. But by the time I got that char to 22, it was obviously overkill for most enemies. The only problem is that you've got so many bases covered with distortion field+juncture+farsight that there's little synergy with other control effects such as end drain, further -tohit debuffs, slows, knockdowns and even holds.

Possibly most efficient char is elec/time controller. Possibly the fastest overall killer, takes more work to make them sturdy, but can be done, and with static field and constant end drain, you limit how often the enemies can attack, which amplifies the mitigation of the -tohit.

My greatest dissapointment has been Fire/Time, with Ice/Time in second place. Fire time was just a joke, things running out of hot feet and juncture, with both draining so much end that I couldn't keep everything immob'd. At the same time, everything hitting me JUST FINE because farsight doesn't come till 28 I think, and not enough recovery left over to power other +def pool powers. Maybe at 50 they are great, but I don't have the luxury of leveling that fast.

Ice/Time was sad because even with 6 confuse DO's in arctic air, the confuse duration and overall effect was pitiful. I guess people love the 50 proc in it, but until then the confuse part is crap. The slow and afraid is good. But like with fire, the group will scatter and you will have your end sucked from you.

That was my long list of opinions on the powerset after playing it and nothing else since i21 went live.

I thought of doing an Ice/Time Controller for the slows and similar powers. On beta I tested it and, while it worked okay and the powers were good at keeping enemies locked down, it did basically no damage. I opted instead for an Ice/Time Corruptor. I still have slows and holds to stack, and I much prefer having damage to deal.

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Fire/Time corruptors are sick. Kind of reminds me of my Fire/Dark. You guys should try that combo you won't regret it.