EvilGeko

We do not want the devs to be looking too hard at Plant Control. That is all.

VEAT storyline = Screw Recluse and the spider he rode in on, I'm in it for me.

HEAT storyline = Something about the Council and the Nictus...who knows I stopped after the three kill all missions in a row.

Yeah, I'll praise the VEAT storyline. It gets to the point. Yes, it's short, but short does not equal bad.

Those combos aren't the whole AT.


Resistance shields + lack of mez is stupid. The APP resistance shields are ignored by most people who know what they're doing. Instead they trek over to the Rogue Isles for Scorpion Shield.

Let's not engage in selective history. Dominators went through two major changes, the last of which abandoned the original premise of the AT (Jekyll and Hyde) to make them Blasters with significantly better controls and mez protection.

Stalkers went through three major revamps, the last of which abandoned the original premise of the AT to make them Scrappers with a significantly better inherent.

I would be thrilled if they would abandon the original premise of Khelds (reliance on form shifting and specific team buffs) to make Khelds into something more like the SoA. How many times have they had to buff this AT? We're on six last IIRC. I may have lost count. And yet they refuse to do the things that would actually make the majority fall in love with these sets.

If you can't play an AT with the default UI, it's broken.

It's not the lack of mez protection. It's the lack of mez protection + resistance shields.

As for synergy, having three toggles on an AT that's often having to turn them off by switching forms...lol.


Got a blaster, controller and defender to 50 in the pre-CoV days. It took a little longer than a day then.

Blasters, dominators, defenders, corruptors all play that way too, but aren't saddled with powers that have no synergy, forms that rob you of most of your powers, shields with no mez protection, etc.

The advantage of having played all the ATs to cap ( except MMs - hate them) means I can just lol at your veiled L2P comment. Peacebringers have been broken since their introduction. And to answer Bill's question, I'm here because I hope they will one day actually give this class what it needs.

EDIT: I have to amend my answer to Bill's question. I really don't hope that they will ever fix this class. I gave up, but temporary insanity made me think that it was remotely worth it to argue for Kheldians. It's not. Enjoy folks.

For me, I ignore the SoA storyline because they are going to be heroes by level 21 anyway so who cares?

Memphis_Bill's raving about the Kheldian storyline got me to try it once. Most tedious, boring arcs in this game. I literally can't get through them even ignoring the story. Too many kill alls, to many missions, ridiculous story. Bleh.

So you enjoy poorly designed combos then?

How many times have they had to buff Khelds? Conversely, I'm not sure they've ever even looked at the SoA they work so well.

And the majority of the playerbase considering the relative popularity of the class.

I can dig Warshades. But my Peacebringer was the most painful ride to 50 of any alt so far. By contrast, the 'weakest' of my SoA (the ranged focused Bane) was an absolute joy from 1-50 and was done in a couple of weeks.

Why I don't make arcs?

I did make a couple of well-received arcs. One or two downgrades because they didn't give the 'phat exp' and were hard and my main arc is buried. It annoys me because it (the arc) actually makes a lot of sense in given the changes to Penny Yin.

Why I don't play arcs?

I'll occasionally play a farm when I'm bored and want to test the performance of an alt or want to farm some tickets for a specific purpose. Otherwise, AE has nothing for me. There's plenty of content in the game.

Yeah, it can. The Hybrid slot is still a mess, and the devs still won't do what is necessary to make Peacebringers an attractive choice next to the other epic AT options.

Or just play it on Stalkers and get the best of both worlds.

Works like a charm thanks! My new Stalker, Popsicle Sticks, owes you his life!

Thank you. You were correct, I was wondering about the power customization. Shame. I love the set-up of this set, but can't stand the look.

I actually hadn't planned on taking trip mine anyway. I like the thrill of attacking a spawn directly. I hope to be able to play this alt at +0/x8 eventually. That's going to take some work, but it will probably be more fun than my godmode Fire/Shield Scrapper.

I don't disagree with that. But again, I'm comparing it to the alternatives.

Energy Manipulation - Stuns, mega damage, strong utility. No go here

Fire Manipulation - Not the safest set in the world, but a whole lot of AoE damage

Electrical Manipulation - See Energy Melee

Mental Manipulation - lol; Whatever else this set is, it is not weak in anything

Ice Manipulation - Too much control. Damage is weak for sure, but it's very safe. Kind of the opposite of its brother Fire Manipulation.

Dark Manipulation - I thought about this one, but folks talked me out of it. It's a safe set with debuffs, good damage, and OK controls.

Devices - Controls are OK. Defense is good. Damage is OK. It's not great. Set-up time has to factor in.


Look the alt is only level 6. I'm willing to be convinced I made a mistake. Among the alternatives, which do you think is the weakest?

I agree. Remember, I was looking for the OPPOSITE of that.

I am not seeking your validation. I do not agree with your reasoning, primarily because you are not comparing the sets. You seem to be offended because I chose one of your favorite sets for this alt. I do not intend to argue the point further with you.

That's your fault for not grinding DFB and/or DIB like the devs intended.

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