1. Can't say without reading if myself, and that'd slow down this response.
2. Is it worth it... yes. Absolutely. Not because of the impact on your control powers, but rather because the global mez protection is fantastic, and you can couple that with the endurance recovery and the other side effects of having lots and lots of recharge.
That said, many of your earth powers won't benefit from domination (Volcanic Gasses and Earthquake and Quicksand, for example). This is no big deal. Seismic Smash and Fossilize will, and that's good enough for my eye.
3. I'll poke around.
A good idea is to give us a notion of how much budget you have to work with, just how well you can finance yourself with in-game money, you know?
perma dom is worth it. IMO, you could go for it in 2 ways:
1) Achieve just enough recharge to maintain permadom easily - I usually recommend 95% global (not including Hasten) for this. You can shoot for other bonuses this way if you want - like defense.
2) Pure recharge - cram as much recharge as you can into the build. This obviously gets you permadom but also has the added benefit of making your persistent mez powers more perma. Like Earthquake and Volcanic Gasses, for example.
SG: Guadians of Paragon - VG: Paragon's Darkness
The Usual Suspects: Fimboolvetr (Icer Tank), Tsukiyomi (Mind/Psi/Ice Dom), Smiting Dragon (Dm/Sr Scrap), Widow Mortis (NW)
Up and Comers: Ameterasu (Km/Reg Scrap), Arrhymian (Elec/Nin Stalk), TDMKII (Bot/Traps MM)
doms are my favorite AT's to play. and after trying multiple builds, i couldn't see NOT aiming for permadom. i love playing the brutes as well and after you've experienced what it's like to not get mezzed, you understand why domination is so worth it. seeing how earth assault will have in melee range, you're more susceptible to getting hit with heavy attacks that mez. and as a squishy, that pretty much means a trip to the hospital.
but even outside of mez protection, that endurance bar filling up always seems to be right on time. and playing an earth/earth can strain your blue bar if you're not careful.
Couple of questions...
1. Looked at the perma dom guide in the guide section...i'm assuming it's still relevant?
2. Is it worth chasing perma dom on my earth/earth dom?
3. If it is, could someone point me to a post which would make sense for me to look at?
i'm at work with only limited time to search...:S
Thanks
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