What power do you have on auto?
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Posted on: 2012-05-01 07:51 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Every character I have has hasten/ss, so Hasten is ususlly on auto.
On super reflexes characters I keep practiced brawler, and on shield, I keep active defenses on auto.
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for my shield users active defense
for my sr users practiced brawler
for my doms, domination (once perma dom)
everything else is just hasten on auto
I dont have any on auto, except for Practiced Brawler on my Scrapper and occasionally heal on my Empath on hard AV's and trials.
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Practiced Brawler on my MA/SR. One of the few characters I would appreciate being able to mark 2 auto-fire powers for Hasten as well, but I've gotten good at monitoring its recharge.
Kuji-In Rin, Rage or Hasten.
Hasten on most of my toons that have it.
I REALLY wouldn't put Secondary Mutation on Auto.
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This is what I do.|
Originally Posted by UnicyclePeon
Every character I have has hasten/ss, so Hasten is ususlly on auto.
On super reflexes characters I keep practiced brawler, and on shield, I keep active defenses on auto. Lewis |
On a side note, powers like PB and AD should be auto IMO. Most players have them perma (as they should), making it a click not only uses up the only available "auto power" option, but they also interrupt attack chains.
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I tend to segregate melee and ranged attacks on my blasters. I think of myself as only doing one or the other at any given time and sometimes I get scatterbrained about it and don't switch when I should. When blasting, I like to put my faster blap move on auto so if something runs up to me I'll automatically charged brawl it or smack it with ice sword. It's effective, doesn't mess with normal play, and it reminds me to do melee stuff when I've been firing cones or dropping AoE's for the last 45min.
I would never put secondary mutation on auto, because it stops you from running.
Probably doing it wrong, but the only time I use the "auto" feature is with Taunt when my Tank is trying to keep aggro on an AV, so I don't have to remember to click it over and over and over again...
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I don't actually know how to make auto work
I have heard it is ctrl-power and that puts a circle around it, but the power only seems to fire once.
SS on most of those toons. Hasten on some others. Mez protection on others. Secondary Mutation on most.
In just about all cases I turn off my powers that are on auto for raids.
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It will fire again once it recharges
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Originally Posted by dugfromthearth
I don't actually know how to make auto work
I have heard it is ctrl-power and that puts a circle around it, but the power only seems to fire once. |
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Ever since I specced out of hasten (felt like it made the game too easy & was tired of the glowing golden hands) I only use it on things like "practiced brawler."
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It'd be nice if they could actually interrupt attack chains, total noob move but I've brutelocked myself into the defense crash from rage more than I'd like to admit. It didn't help that it was a SS/SR brute. |
Originally Posted by EnigmaBlack
On a side note, powers like PB and AD should be auto IMO. Most players have them perma (as they should), making it a click not only uses up the only available "auto power" option, but they also interrupt attack chains.
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Once you're into SOs you basically have PB,AD,that Ninjitsu one perma, they should have been toggles.
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This. I suppose if I ever played an Empath seriously, I might keep Healing Aura on auto, but the above applies to me in any other situation.
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Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
for my shield users active defense
for my sr users practiced brawler for my doms, domination (once perma dom) everything else is just hasten on auto |
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I don't put anything but Practiced Brawler on auto. Every character I have (that is high enough level to reach it in their build) has Hasten, and I don't put it on auto. Actively chaining / queuing other powers interferes with auto-click, and therefore I consider it extremely unreliable. (And this sometimes bites me on PB, too.) After 8 years of play, I've just become accustomed to paying attention to my click powers and refreshing them when it makes sense to do so. For example, if Hasten expires while I am between spawns, I don't click it until I get to the next spawn.
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It drives me nuts when players put HA on auto, except maybe during a big combat. It's noisy, annoying, and doesn't display a lot of skill with the powerset.|
Originally Posted by Winterminal
I suppose if I ever played an Empath seriously, I might keep Healing Aura on auto, but the above applies to me in any other situation.
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Having said that, I keep Vengeance on auto, because I usually forget it otherwise.
On my Click-Mezz protection characters that is on auto (Practiced Brawler etc), on my SS characters Rage is on auto. Other than that... If I have Clarion that is usually on Auto.
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If I'm the low-on-the-totem-pole toon in the group (usually a TF), then you're D# right I'm gonna set HA to auto and try to stay out of NPC melee range unless needed. With my arthritis, hitting HA everytime it recharges was killer.|
Originally Posted by InOnePiece
It drives me nuts when players put HA on auto, except maybe during a big combat. It's noisy, annoying, and doesn't display a lot of skill with the powerset.
Having said that, I keep Vengeance on auto, because I usually forget it otherwise. |
Otherwise, Hasten is ALWAYS on auto nomatter the toon. There does come a point where the attack chain (IE
verloading the KB's buffer with a million "hit them NOW" button presses) will prevent Hasten from shooting when recharged, but I normally just Esc the cue clear at that point and retarget.
Oh how i WISH They would allow me to set TWO things to Auto.
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
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Like others have said, priority goes to the click anti-mez (Indomitable Will, Practiced Brawler, etc). If none, then Air Superiority. Unfortunately, as I continue to respec my characters to Inherent Fitness, I've had to sacrifice AS on quite a few of them. And finally, if I have it, Hasten.
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All I play are melee toons (and a single blaster.) So it is always hasten, or click mez protection.
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I was just curious what others are doing. I know some do [hasten], but I almost always do [secondary mutation] of all things. The only exceptions are things like [practiced brawler] where I feel I need that on auto.
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