Airhammer

I have a crab spider which is just awesome. He can mow down mobs with ease. I didnt even take Serum and he is soft-capped to range, so I play him in hover quite a bit.

I really want to try a Bane however.

Its definitely happening.

I have an Ice/Storm and I an definitely going for the end redux. It will make a huge difference. I really dont need the recharge as I have more than enough with globals and hasten running but summoning the lightning storm and a tornado will KILL your end bar.

I want the 30 seconds back in my life from looking at this post.

I play sappers quite a bit. I believe people set their expectations too high which is why they are often disappointed when they play something that has the ability to drain the endurance from a mob.

Their expectation is that what happens to a foe with no end is what happens to THEIR toon with no end which is no ability to attack or defend. NPC are not built this way. Often times they can attack with even a meager amount of endurance.

However what people tend to overlook is that they will tend to use their WEAKEST attacks, so you can effectively reduce the amount of damage by continuing to force them to utilize attacks that do less damage.

I have played so far

Elec/Elec/Elec Blaster. I can easily sap +2 mobs with the combination of Short Circuit and Power Sink and I DO NOT have an IO'd defense build of any type on ANY blaster I play.

Elec/Rad Controller. This in all honesty is not even fair. Conductive Aura + Choking Choking Cloud + Powersink ( yup went all the way villian to get Mu Power Pool and then all the wya back to hero again ) will easily keep foes locked down.
( in fact the toons name is Lockdown )

Elec/Kin Corruptur. Again easily done with Short Circuit and PowerSink but also throw in Transference ???!!!!!!!! Plus with Siphon Speed to boost my recharge rate I can easily spam Short Circuit.

Elec/Elec Dominator. Still working on this toon. Ill have better idea tonight when I get all of his slotting done but it looks very promising.

Elec/Psi Domintor. Again one of the planned builds but I tested it during Beta so I KNOW this one works very very well.

So long story short.. YES you can sap and you can do it effectively. Some AT's are better at it that others.

I went with Shield but as always Ice primary is very thematic.

One of the key thing being overlooked is the ability to take core powers MUCH earlier in your build. No longer do you have to push powers BACK because it was to your advantage to take Stamina ASAP.

Im baffled. On my day off I did an ITF, a Khan and a LGTF. I got 18 shards and enough to craft my uncommon.

Also I have found that STARTING a team works better than LOOKING for team.

Ill/Rad- going for recharge
Ice/Storm- going for end reduction
Ice/Cold- going for damage
Earth/Thermal-going for damage
Fire/Thermal- going for damage
Grav/Kin- going for recharge
Elec/Rad- going for recharge

Mostly I am thinking Damage.

Most of my blasters dont have an issue with recharge or end.

I should not have to pay influence to get around in a zone.

I think i might have had some influence in there maybe about 20 million but im not sure. I know I claimed all the recipes yesterday.

awww crap not again with this..

The last time this happened did people get their stuff back ??

Going for the end redux as that is the main issue I have on my crab spider. in llonger fights be burns through end and the damage resistance boost will help as well.

Look in the Blaster section for an electric guide. They are the same powersets.

I went Elec/Kin... very nice....

I dont have Pyre anymore. I dropped it for the Energy pool to get Physical Perfection. Sometimes I miss it but with IO's he is soooooooooo much more survivable now.

I have been crashing a LOT more than normal. Sometimes when getting onto the train and when logging into a mission.

I went with Scorpion. The Scorp Shield adds nice defense and I also use Provoke to draw aggro to me instead of to the pets. I pretty much stay in BG mode.. Let them attack me and the pets will do the work for me..

MM Tanking baby !!!

No it does. It works like a normal enhancer which means you must be able to slot the power with recharge. You cannot slot Domination.

You know.. I heard you complain about endurance issues on other threads and I suspected you had no idea whatsoever how to build a character.

This just confirms that for me.

In my mind I see every character as a unique identity as I am sure others do. There are definitely characters that MUST be an incarnate. Im my world they are as Iconic as Superman, Green Lantern, Flash etc etc all characters I would consider an " Incarnate " in the world of comics.

Then there are those really powerful characters that I have that I dont consider
" Incarnate " although they are very unique and powerful.

However my issue is that I still dont know what all the Incarnate levels are and what the powers do. The way I have been looking at it lately is that as they release more info I might roll more 50's into Incarnate status, but they might not get everything available.