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I have more than enough 50s and enough money to fund any character i want without blinking an eye. My question is what ranged combo is best for a new character I have made plenty of melee classes and even a few controllers. I was considering a kheldian but was turned off by the posts i saw saying how low their dps is. I dont want /kin or a fender because i like my secondary to be just a secondary not something i have to worry about all the time. Im sorry if im a little picky but your suggestions would be well appreciated.


 

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Best is pretty subjective. What do you consider best? DPS? Survivability? Fun factor?


 

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I enjoy a lot of burst dmg and they dont have to have amazing survivability because i will probably do the combat jumping/maneuvers/weave for the +rech lotg


 

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Blasters in general have great burst damage, low-ish survivability, but pretty active secondaries.
If you're used to say x/Willpower characters, you'll find yourself running out of power keys and tray slots pretty quickly on a Blaster.
Dominators are similar with two active sets, but trade some damage for safety.

Sonic Resonance is a good passive set for a Corrupter and pretty much fire and forget. It also gives you mez protection, which is nice if you're used to melee characters, but doesn't really do a whoile lot else for you solo. Combine with any Blast set.

Force Field is similar, but much better solo. Its Defenders only, but you're focusing on a single powerset as active clicks, even if its technically your secondary. I found FF/Sonic Blast a pretty good combination, with Sonic Blast boosting team offence nicely through the -Res in the attacks.

Thermal, Cold Domination and Traps may also be worth considering as low-ish maintenance support sets. Of these, Traps is the best solo-er.

I'd hesitate to write khelds off as low DPS without trying them. They rule the teens for area damage once you unlock squid form, but do tail off at higher levels a bit.


 

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Originally Posted by Dr Harmony View Post
I'd hesitate to write khelds off as low DPS without trying them. They rule the teens for area damage once you unlock squid form, but do tail off at higher levels a bit.
If they do, I haven't noticed it.

Ok, I'm lying. My PB has definitely plateaued and I feel he's sub par on the damage out side of the equation, but he has all the survivability in the world to make up for it, so I'm still happy.

My MFing WS, however, is a different story. Somehow he keeps all the survivability of the PB and heaps "I'm always at the damage cap" on top of it.


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Any corruptor with Fire is great, "they" say; my Fire/Traps was pretty solid, so they may be right.


 

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Try a Crab?


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Yeah, Crabs dish out quite possibly the highest AoE damage consistantly. Their Single Target damage isn't too bad either with their triple pets.

But..

Rad/Dark/Leviathan Blaster. There is no other choice.

Aim (With Build-Up Proc) + Soul Drain + Knockout Blow will blow out your monitor because it simply cannot show you that much awesome.


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Vel i enjoy that combo and if i want to do a lot of aoe dmg i can hit aim+soul drain+irradiate+nuke


 

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I'd endorse Brave as a fun cartoon. At least among the choices out ATM.