Blaster ATO Proc worthless?

I won't deny that the recharge aspect is valuable.

All of the procs have a recharge component though. I am not complaining about that. I am simply underwhelmed with the plain old damage procs vs some of the really innovative AT/role based procs that seem far far more interesting than just a chance for some extra damage.

I think the blaster set is awsome on my Fire psy because it fire so often on my fast ranged attack.

But my energy blaster does not have his fast ranged attack picked.(which means I would nee to respec to even utilize this power since i already have 5 purples and 4 pvp io sets.

So i am not sure what to do.

I guess if i wanted to min max i could use it but there really is no reason. ANd that is the point of this post.


Not every toons needs em. They are not actually that awesome. For some characters yets there fantasmagorical. But mostly there meh.


And thats understandable.


I have 2 of every set(cause i am a collector) and i have only 2 sets total slotted on blaster set on my fire psy and one on my elec sheild brute(hes even more redonculious then before!)

The least useful proc (not the set as a whole) is for controllers. It's more or less then same thing blasters get but at least dealing damage is what blasters do.

Best mileage use: Put the Superior version in a low damage mez power like Freeze Ray or Screech.

If its base recharge is over 12 seconds it will fire every time you use the power, turning an otherwise situational power into a viable damage power.

For Sonic, Shout is 11s so while it won't fire all the time, it is still likely to be close enough to be great there.
The Screech idea is pretty good though. I'll givt it a try

Also, Paralytic Poison might be a great spot for the Controller's set.

When catalyzed its about 107 damage. I have it in lancer shot(uncatalyzed) on my beam/em and it triggers 100% so 11 sec rech should be enough. I also have the catalyzed version in willdom on my psi blaster but after my success with it on my beam blaster im moving it to tk blast.

is it 12 or 15 seconds, i've seen both mentioned here

It doesn't HAVE to have a 100% proc chance to be worth using. It's still quite good with a 50% or 70% chance or whatever.

I dont have a lvl 50 blaster on the Test Server but I had a defender and tried respecing her.

I was not able to slot the AT set in any of the electricity mastery damage powers (electric fence, thunderstrike, shocking bolt)

Maybe the devs will open up those restrictions because technically speaking the enhancement states "may be slotted into any Defender damage power"...

i thought i'd read somewhere that ATOs were only slottable into primary and secondary sets.

So if the enhancement is in a power with a *base* recharge slower then 16 seconds, the proc *should*, or *will* go off every time it is used?

I saw that this rate is lowered by slotting the enhancement in an AoE power. As an Assault Rifle blaster, I'd stick this enhancement in Full Auto, which would lower its chance for proc'ing. Specifically, I wouldn't put it in Flamethrower as the dot ticks are too slow, though I *might* put it in M30 as the damage for that power sucks crap as it is.

Does anyone have any remote idea how less frequently the proc will trigger in an AoE? Is the reduction less for cones versus circular AoE's?

It seems like the blaster ATO proc enhancement is either worthless or quite good, depending on the thread you read. As an AR blaster, I'll take all the damage I can get, proc-based or not.

I appreciate the input!