Illusion/Dark... I have wanted one FOREVER...
Phantasm, Phantom Army, Spectral Terror, and Dark Servant ??? Soul Mastery ???!!!!!!
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That is going to be uberfun.
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Originally Posted by EvilGeko
I'm using Time.
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I've made a Dark/Storm named The Queen of Tempests, dressed mostly in Imperial Dynasty. And a Dark/Dark named Martial Artist, whose powers (and outfit) are all bright colored and who is supposed to be using "paint control" via an enchanted paintbrush, rather than Dark Control.
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That is a classic right there. Brilliant.
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Originally Posted by Obscure Blade
And a Dark/Dark named Martial Artist, whose powers (and outfit) are all bright colored and who is supposed to be using "paint control" via an enchanted paintbrush, rather than Dark Control.
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Wassabi Grav/Kin 50 (before badges/accolades were in game) Pinnacle
Miss Command Bots/Traps 50 Justice
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I'm seriously considering an Earth/Dark.... so much control...
My level 50 Dominators:
Madame Mindbender 50 Mind/Energy
Fly Agaric 50 Plant/Thorn
Nate Nitro 50 Fire/Psi
Fire/Dark is gonna be an instant fotm.
I see it slaughtering easily every **** in the high lvls. Incarnate him and you're in for a sick sick combo, especially with pbaoe stuff.
Put down a tar patch, go in with hot feet or just throw howling twilight AND flashfire for double mag aoe stun (HT is autohit, remember), imps on rage and pretty defences. Soul Absorption/TGrasp as needed. YIKES!
I ended up rolling up a Dark/Poison controller named Sinister Witch. Its a good combo. A friend with a robot/ff mastermind exemplared down to me, and we did some low level street grinding, then some missions.
The animations are great on Dark Control, esp the single target confuse power.
Good stuff!
Lewis
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I had dark/cold all planned out. Great buffs and debuffs, goes very well with dark's tricks, the sets seem perfect for each other mechanically, and they even make some thematic sense together. Then I got to the power customization screen and saw the palette that cold gets. Dark/time it is! Sorry cold, but I'm not going to sully a set that looks as stunning as dark with a bunch of pastel ice cubes and pale grey fog. On the bright (heh) side, I haven't played time yet and have played cold extensively so it probably worked out for the best. The effects even looks vaguely similar, which is nice.
Oh, and dark control's fearsome stare is the best effect in the game, bar none.
Really?
I think the fearsome stare is one of the more lackluster ones. I like the aoe immob more, and I think the single target confuse is the best animation. Maybe even contender for best in game. But not the new FStare. IMO.
Lewis
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"Oh don't worry. I always leave things to the last moment." -- The Doctor
"Telescopes are time machines." -- Carl Sagan
What can I say, creepy eyes really do it for me. And in the game.
I make one Dark/Storm re-colored to sand colors.... Arabian toon to go with teh carpet.
-tohit spammed over two sets... Weave and IO's give +def... That must become a very hard to hit Troller!!!
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i went fire/dark...and iam lvl 31 and i can already see that this toon is going to be one of my faves...Tar patch, cinders, hot feet, imm spam...SA if needed.. great toon GJ devs
lvl 50 Ice/SS (Russian Concussion) lvl 50 ill/rad troller( Fixerr Upper) AV BEAST lvl 50 Dark/Spines ( Line Backer Blitz) lvl 50 Fire/kin ( Source Of The Flame) lvl 50 Ta/Arch ( Arrows Of Delight) lvl 50 Earth/Storm troller ( Rocky-Road) lvl 50 Fire/Fire Scrapper ( 3rd Degree') BioHazard Sally lvl 50 fire/rad troller. Electric Mirage lvl 45 E3 blaster
I am the proud owner of a Dark/Dark/ Soul Defender, Dark/Dark/Soul Blaster and a Dark/Shield (dark graphic)/Soul Brute. I am keeping the theme going and already made a Dark/Dark Dom and Controller.
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The Fearsome Stare FX are decent, but I agree that the Possess animation is certainly my fav of the entire Dark/DAff combo, and IMO easily in the top handful in the game. I love the reaching hands animation of Living Shadow as well.|
Originally Posted by UnicyclePeon
Really?
I think the fearsome stare is one of the more lackluster ones. I like the aoe immob more, and I think the single target confuse is the best animation. Maybe even contender for best in game. But not the new FStare. IMO. Lewis |
I can totally see how the animations of Dark/ and /Time would mesh beautifully. I really hope they do free up the resources to make the animations of /DAff match Dark/... But really the animation for Possess instead of the old confusion animation is just awesome. It's soooo much clearer, more immersive and totally intuitive to me at least. Without my kids really even having any idea what it was, they could tell what it was doing immediately, a poster child for good power fx design.
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Originally Posted by MrGucci
i went fire/dark...and iam lvl 31 and i can already see that this toon is going to be one of my faves...Tar patch, cinders, hot feet, imm spam...SA if needed.. great toon GJ devs
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You know I've been thinking what would be good to pair with Darkness Affinity.
Dark/Dark doesn't really synergize well, I think, beyond the -tohit aspect. Fire/Dark though....hmm....
I was leaning towards Ice/Dark since Ice is primarily melee oriented too but...hmm...
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Yup, I think I'm going to make an Illusion/Dark. Since I could never really get into Masterminds, maybe this'll do the trick for me.
I'm planning dark/dark/soul with enough recharge for perma haunt and perma Summon Seer. I figure with all the neat lil pets flitting about I should have some decent damage output and enough support to keep em healthy.
Jem - Ill/Rad Controller Lv 50+3 Nic - Mind/Psi Dominator Lv 50+3 Lady Liberation - Invuln/SS Tanker Lv 50+1 Invicitx - Demon/Pain Mastermind Lv 50+1 Celeste - Emp/Arch Defender Lv 50+1 Nightsilver - DB/WP Scrapper Lv 34 Dusk Howl - StJ/Regen Brute Lv 32 Kyriani - Time/Energy Defender Lv 41Psifire - FF/Psi Defender Lv 50
Star Lighter - LB/LA Peacebringer Lv 30
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Originally Posted by Kyriani
I'm planning dark/dark/soul with enough recharge for perma haunt and perma Summon Seer. I figure with all the neat lil pets flitting about I should have some decent damage output and enough support to keep em healthy.
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Random thought/question; I thought the pets in the patron pools were set at 9/10 mins. base recharge to stop them from being perma-able....is it possible to make them perma?
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recharge time is 900 seconds... duration is 240 seconds... the max you could reduce the recharge time to on the summon is 180 seconds... therefore you can make it perma... with a hell of a lot of recharge |
Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
Random thought/question; I thought the pets in the patron pools were set at 9/10 mins. base recharge to stop them from being perma-able....is it possible to make them perma?
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EDIT: with 170%-ish global recharge + ED capped recharge enhancement in the summon + Hasten +Tier 1 Spiritual Alpha = perma hasten & perma summon
20% more global recharge (which is doable) could have them both perma without the alpha
Jem - Ill/Rad Controller Lv 50+3 Nic - Mind/Psi Dominator Lv 50+3 Lady Liberation - Invuln/SS Tanker Lv 50+1 Invicitx - Demon/Pain Mastermind Lv 50+1 Celeste - Emp/Arch Defender Lv 50+1 Nightsilver - DB/WP Scrapper Lv 34 Dusk Howl - StJ/Regen Brute Lv 32 Kyriani - Time/Energy Defender Lv 41Psifire - FF/Psi Defender Lv 50
Star Lighter - LB/LA Peacebringer Lv 30
dark/time & plant/dark here. I was tempted to do the classic dark/dark... but maybe I'll get to that later. I tried to find things that were strong mechanic matches (dark/ really benefits from /time's recharge, pbaoe stun + pbaoe -tohit, -spd debuff, a dmg buff for the pet(s), etc.).
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Ah, okay...didn't know/think it was possible to make a 15 min power perma hehe. |
Originally Posted by Kyriani
recharge time is 900 seconds... duration is 240 seconds... the max you could reduce the recharge time to on the summon is 180 seconds... therefore you can make it perma... with a hell of a lot of recharge
EDIT: with 170%-ish global recharge + ED capped recharge enhancement in the summon + Hasten +Tier 1 Spiritual Alpha = perma hasten & perma summon 20% more global recharge (which is doable) could have them both perma without the alpha |
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I don't even take patron pets in a build that can't perma (or within 4-5s of perma) them. And I have many patron pets... |
Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
Ah, okay...didn't know/think it was possible to make a 15 min power perma hehe.
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. Dominators are going to be close with perma-dom anyway, but I find them more useful on controllers who don't put out as much damage on their own.
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That was my thinking as well. I was torn between a controller and a dominator and ultimately decided on the controller. Then I realized that the patron pets are permable and while I wont have a single target attack from the pool, the pet would give me a permanent and continuous damage source as well as another pet to provide diversion from me. Looking at the numbers from city of data... the patron pet attacks are pretty decent too... especially when enhanced for damage to the ED cap.
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Originally Posted by Lobster
I don't even take patron pets in a build that can't perma (or within 4-5s of perma) them. And I have many patron pets...
. Dominators are going to be close with perma-dom anyway, but I find them more useful on controllers who don't put out as much damage on their own. |
Jem - Ill/Rad Controller Lv 50+3 Nic - Mind/Psi Dominator Lv 50+3 Lady Liberation - Invuln/SS Tanker Lv 50+1 Invicitx - Demon/Pain Mastermind Lv 50+1 Celeste - Emp/Arch Defender Lv 50+1 Nightsilver - DB/WP Scrapper Lv 34 Dusk Howl - StJ/Regen Brute Lv 32 Kyriani - Time/Energy Defender Lv 41Psifire - FF/Psi Defender Lv 50
Star Lighter - LB/LA Peacebringer Lv 30
dark/time or ill/dark...
No real clue which yet.
Sigh.
The cake is a lie! The cake is a lie!
I'm using Time.
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