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Blasters suck, the movie.

Abyssus

By Abyssus,
Posted on: 2012-03-30 17:12 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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*adds a mark to the 'Blasters are SUPPOSED to suck without billions of inf' tally*

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Originally Posted by Bosstone View Post
*adds a mark to the 'Blasters are SUPPOSED to suck without billions of inf' tally*
No, no, no. You have that wrong. Blasters are supposed to suck even WITH billions of influence, but sometimes things slip through the cracks in a system this complex.

Why Blasters? Empathy Sucks.
So, you want to be Mental?
What the hell? Let's buff defenders.
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Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy View Post
I love how this happens. Someone does something awesome, and people start whining for nerfs because they can't do it. Dominators get Drain Psyche too, and it's a stronger version. Does that need to be nerfed too? How about individual under-performing sets get buffed and Mental gets left alone? It's not this powerful until you invest tons of time and infamy into it.
If you have to have tons of time and infamy then it isnt a valid test

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Originally Posted by sypher_vendetta View Post
but thats the challenge for everyone isnt it?
Not entirely. I've respectfully seen a number of good players on blaster builds with tons of investment. None of that will buy you the power that is Drain Psyche. The overwhelming amount of heavy lifting can be attributed to the -regen in this power, which becomes necessary with this type of challenge. That's not a knock on THB, who I'm sure has invested a lot of time and effort into his build, but it's a more accurate description of what's taking place in the video.

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i think you all are forgetting one thing that if we go about nerfing everything that we see somebody accomplish then whats the point?
I don't think the overall idea is that we should nerf the tools of the accomplishment. If anything, the accomplishment is the exception which reinforces the rule-- which is the idea that blasters, and possibly other sets, need help. Some of that may require a rebalance, both upwards and downwards, respectively, but with a sum-benefit to the entire AT (similar to /Psi changes on Doms or even the Domination changes for non-perma-doms, both of which met resistance).

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I hope to get a blaster up to this level of awesomeness and it may take me a while but hey anythings possible in the world of coh lol.
The funny thing is, if some changes being advocated in this and other threads go through, you just may...not only on a specific blaster combination, but various others.