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I'll bring the petless Mastermind again. No team should be forced to do a Master Of run without one of those.

There are only two aspects that affect how much damage is dealt by a proc: the combat level of the caster and the resistance of the target.

The Dual Pistols debuffs are applied on a per-attack basis. Every attack has the Standard, Incendiary, Cryo and Chemical attributes; it's just that certain ones are used depending on which Swap Ammo toggle you have running.

The debuffs are -Speed -Recharge from Cryo Rounds, and -Damage from Chemical Rounds. If you use, say, Dual Wield to apply a debuff, then use it again before the debuff wears off, you have an opportunity for stacking. The Cryo debuffs will stack from the same power, but the Chemical debuff will not. Having said that, if you use Chemical for Empty Clips and Dual Wield together, their debuffs will stack with each other.

EDIT:
Pistols is unique in that its only secondary effect is -Defense while in Standard mode (which will stack with itself). If used with any Swap Ammo toggle, it will only deal damage.

I never thought of Hail of Bullets as a nuke. Just more of a PBAoE Full Auto. And I don't consider Full Auto a nuke.

Nobody complains that they're vulnerable while the Full Auto animation is playing, so what's with all the moaning for Dual Pistols in general?

Spots 7 and 8 should be reserved for Villains, because Villains are superior and everyone in this thread seems to only have Heroes. (-:

It appears that Tanker Arctic Mastery->Ice Blast is not properly accepting Slow Movement Enhancements. It would not let me slot Tempered Readiness: Accuracy/Endurance into it.

Simplicity should be your theme in dress... while pantless.

Hey, I started a hot topic that wasn't controversial for a change!

I keep seeing post after post after post of people using the words "surely," "likely," "probably" and even "definitely" in regards to people getting kicked from teams due to perceived "bad power choices."

Let me give some examples of people who, according to the forums, will get kicked from the team because of their own foolish considerations:

• A Mastermind with no Henchmen
• An Arachnos Soldier or Arachnos Widow without Tactical Training: Maneuvers
• A Kinetics without Fulcrum Shift
• Any Kheldian

Now, I've done my fair share of teaming, and I've never come across those intimidating types who carefully examine your build to see whether or not your power selections satisfy their min/maxing appetites. In fact, very rarely am I ever on a team where any member even checks to see what powers another member has. Everybody just goes with it, and if it works, it works.

Maybe I'm just lucky, or perhaps Triumph is just a better server than the others, but in my experience, you are not going to get booted from a team based on your power selections.

Also: petless Mastermind /plug

Helpful tip: try it first, THEN complain. It's obvious that you haven't tried it.

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Yeah, -Regen and -Recharge is your best combo.

Illusionists have a strange auto power that applies the Intangible status effect, which means they cannot be affected by any other entity's powers whatsoever. If you Phase them with Black Hole or Dimension Shift, it applies the Phased status effect, which is unique in that Phased entities can affect each other, but one Phased and one non-Phased entity are entirely unable to interact with each other.

If you Phase an Illusionist and they go Intangible, you can't do anything to them even if you're Phased yourself, nor can any of your non-Phased teammates. Illusionists are completely invulnerable when they do this.