Jibikao

LOL this is truly sad. I've never liked EM because it was too popular when ET was 1s but after that, I just can't imagine myself playing a set that only has ST and it's slower than Martial Arts.

Did you PM Synapse about looking at EM for Stalker? Its only real good use is in Siren Call pvp?

PS: Oh, just realized that Ninja Blade has none too but at least that set has two cones.

It's nice they fixed what was broken but the whole set is still very underperforming.

I think about this all the time when I play my awesome tank-troller Fortunata.

Some of my online friends just don't see the strength in them and I don't know why. I guess they don't have a good "theme" for SoA since SoA is just Arachnos.

I think the answer is quite clear. Dominator didn't get any proliferated set in i21 and no new set in 21.5. If they wanted to port Illusion, they could have done it faster than me finishing this sentence.....

The dev have no plan on porting Illusion. Give it up guys. It's not coming. Of course they are going to say "well, nothing is impossible these days" but the chance is extremely slim. They rather create new sets for Dominator than porting Illusion. Isn't this obvious enough?

The most Dominator is ever going to get is a modified version of Illusion, which will be similar to Empathy VS Pain Domination.

You could be right on this one. Somebody asked him about Illusion in one of the threads about Stalker changes.

But if they rather spend more time to create a new Dark Control set with new animations and powers than porting an existing set, then chances are it's not coming.

Synapse has said he does not like "Unaffected" pets (hint hint Phantom Army).

Those two will make EM a lot more attractive. I am leaning towards giving Energy Transfer a "splash" effect similar to Thunder Strike because Stalker doesn't have Whirling Hand.

Oh I agree. Dark Blast is way better on Blaster than on Corr. Corr version feels more like a mini-dominator with no Aim and an almost-useless nuke.

I am surprised I haven't seen that many new Dark Blast Blaster. It is really THAT good.

Too bad I usually don't have the habit of creating another toon using the same powerset or else Dark/Energy sounds like another awesome combo. Imagine power boost will give you almost double tohit debuff, healing and longer hold. Gah!!!! I need to stop regretting. :P

Dark/Mental is great with 3 cones and you can never go wrong with Drained Psyche. I actually skipped Shockwave. LOL I think 3 cone is good enough and I almost never go melee distance. I put +stealth in Hover and I start the battle with Aim or Build up + knock back, scream and TT. Most minions are dead within 5s and they are immb and even if my TT doesn't hit, I am hovering in sky for more survival. +stealth is critical in Hover because I need to get closer to line up knock back without getting hit first.

I am lvl 42 now and I took Weapon epic. I enjoy Surveillance's debuff. Pam in True Blood uses a rocket launcher in season 4 so I want to get that rocket launcher. :P

Dark Blast has become my most favorite blaster set! Dark Blast has like everything you need. Hold, knock back, tohit debuff, heal and decent damage and decent range.

I am leveling a Dark/Mental (Vampire theme from True Blood) but Dark/Energy sounds like another excellent combo because of power boost.

I am pretty sure power boost affects Tohit Debuff right?

Oh no. IOs is probably one of the best additions to this game! I can't name how many characters I shelf after I hit 50 because SOs are just so boring.

I only IO certain characters that I really like. It's tedious but it makes me feel good that some of my characters grow into something that are much stronger than a regular Hero or Villain.

Like some of you have said, I wish the dev could balance set bonuses more. I still don't know why they add that useless "Debt Protection" there. Debt is so not important now. That's one waste of spot in Aegis!

I am also waiting for more purple sets for Fear and other stuff.


As for not having enough teams to run around...well, I think players are just really spread out now. You have people who mostly only grind incarnates and those that only do sewer runs. There's not enough people in-between especially on the red side. But I don't always need a large team. I find that sometimes a large team is more annoying than a small organized team. The only down side is that certain TFs require more people.

The "rings" in BAF, do they even cast them on pets? I really don't think they do. They only put the rings on "players"? BAFs are so easy that who cares if you get held for 10s. LOL

Well, in BAF, MMs are great because mobility isn't an issue there.

In Lamba, pets are awful when teams trying to get all the weapon/crates. A lot of times I don't even bother re-summoning (I may summon them for bodyguard but I don't even bother upgrading them). I mostly just support the team by following them. In the final fight, the pets are ok. They are not useless but they can certainly aggro while chasing AV and die during whole bunch of aoe-ness.

I've tried Underground recently and I don't notice any area where pet AI is a huge concern so I have to say MMs are alright in Underground. There's really no area when you need to speed through.

In Keyes, I can see pets aggroing while jumping up and down different levels but MM actually takes a lot less damage from the pulse. I have not tried Keyes after they tuned it down. Overall, MM is ok there. You may just need to stay at the bottom level and let others to lead the AV.

Of the 4, I hate using MM in Lamba the most.

So to answer your question, I don't think MM is useless in trials. I do, however, feel MMs get a lot of benefits from incarnate powers like Judgment and Interface.

He already responded recently. Somebody asked if there's any chance to port Illusion in year 2012 and he said no.

If it's not coming in 2012, then it probably won't come ever because they could easily make it a "cash item" and earn money. :P

Exactly. I almost never take immb on Dominator. The useful pet powers are uncontrollable for both Dominator and Controller.

But don't forget Gaze does decent damage too. No other range hold power does that much damage. The 3 dot is pretty quick.

You are getting better and longer Defiance buff with Gloom. It's really not that bad.

And Life Drain is VERY GOOD on Blaster.

Yeah and if they allow throw spine and spine burst to gain Focus, then Spines really has no weaknesses.

(I like Spines. I have a 50 Spine/EA and 42 Spine/Nin)

At one point I was rooting for more Scrapper/Brute nerfs because I think Stalkers do "enough" damage (but Assassin Strike is just terrible). Anything higher just seems "broken" to me.

It is really those odd-ball combos like SS/Fiery, Spine/Fiery or Elec/Shield that give Scrapper/Brute aoe-damage edge on top of survival. Like I said, I mostly only play Stalkers. I once saw a SS/Fire Brute in ITF and I was truly amazed by how much damage Burn does with high Fury. T_T

I also find that my two new blasters (beam/fire 30 and dark/mental 39) solo better than most of my corruptors and in some cases, even faster than Stalker. Of course I can't make the setting too high. When I solo, I mostly only do x1 (for one player) because I want to make sure I don't die while mowing through the missions fast.

I think you and I have a bit different perception on roles. I think Blaster has a better "role" than Stalker. Both of them suffer from identity crisis because other ATs can deliver "good" damage while doing other things better (survival, support, controls). Unless we do a global damage nerf on all the other ATs, Stalker/Blaster (the supposed King of Melee Damage and King of Range Damage Specialist) are mostly going to have a narrow role.

And also, other games don't usually have that many "stealth" class. Rift, WoW, Lord of the ring..they only have one class that can stealth well. In this game?? Almost anybody can stealth if they want to. That really doesn't make Stalker that special. In fact, I find Brute with unsuppressed stealth a better "assassin" in some cases and Bane is just a superior Stalker in many ways.

I think the dev can start by making Blaster melee stronger. How in the world they feel Blapper is more efficient than Range?? I don't plan on taking any melee attacks on my new blasters. I also think they should modify "true nukes". Fortunata's nuke is a great version of what Blasters should have IMO. Decent damage, mez control and NO ENDURANCE crash. :P