MaXimillion_Zero

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Fire Blast has 2 holds??

[/ QUOTE ] Fire/Thermal? Curses!

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Maybe the op would like to have pets out all the time, but much weaker?

[/ QUOTE ]Over my dead body!

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IMO not being able to do a mission because the npcs stalking the entrance can kill you quicker than you can summon adequate pets to defend yourself, is not balancing.

[/ QUOTE ]Actually, that's exactly what it is. MM's are very powerful but the power comes with the price of having to prepare for the fights beforehand.

Well, jump kick is a crappy power anyways, but air superiority offers great damage mitigation, so in later levels it's used mainly when it's more important to keep one thread out of the fight instead of dealing maximum damage.

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Nothing beats blaster only teams, except maybe controler only teams.

[/ QUOTE ]8 /rad corruptors...

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Sorry, but for Godlike teams you needs scrappers, and specifically regen scrappers. It's like a freight train charging through the mission and after each major battle you look about and see everyone's on full health with full stamina.


[/ QUOTE ]Have you ever seen the effect of 8 AM's? Scrappers cant reach the level of destruction of corruptors, apart for maybe 8 spine/regens.

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Thanks for all the replies, and sorry if I'm still being dense here, but Placate is just single target, yes? So, unless I'm only up against a single target (has never happened and don't ever expect it to) I still can't see how it's useful to me personally because anyone (everyone) else aggro'd and not Placated will still be wailing on me and interrupting my AS?


[/ QUOTE ]Just use it to quickly set up hide from which you can do double damage with a high-damage attack (other than AS).

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Hmm, what potential DA buffs? I haven't heard anything...

[/ QUOTE ]Nothing's been said, but with the current underpowerness of few /DA powers, and the fact that they are revisiting the set while making it for stalkers, one can hope for a boost for scrapper /DA as well

After all, they did boost scrapper MA (Mainly CAK) when they modified the set for stalkers.

Well, we can still discuss the sets here

I have a claws/DA made and waiting to be played myself, with the potential upcoming DA buffs, AND the claws boost coming in I7 it could turn out to be very nice combo...

The 2 holds and rains in the primary, combined with the powers in the secondary should give enough protection.

EDIT: Note to self; Don't post at 1 AM if suffering sleep deprivation

It's both a technical difficulty, and a balancing factor, and IMO it's fine as it is.

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Also, I agree with respect to Assault and Tactics, 10% more damage is 10% more to XP rates

[/ QUOTE ]It's not 10% more damage, it's 18,75% damage buff, which means that if people have 3 damage SO's and any damage buffs on at all, the overall damage boost will be way less than 10%.

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8 elec/eng blasters


[/ QUOTE ]Gah, /elec > /NRG

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but manouvers is looking pretty good with the buff its getting with I7... plus it rocks with vengence.

[/ QUOTE ]4.8% doesn't rock with anything

...And what buff?

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I concluded the best thing a healer can do is be a buff bot. To warrant a place on a team, i'd say empaths MUST have manoeuvers and tactics, or at least assault and tactics.

[/ QUOTE ]Assault is more effective and useful than maneuvers, which is pretty crappy unless stacked with anouther one or some other +DEF.

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Hover is useful when you are close to the def cap but not quite there.

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Is there a Def cap? I mean I know there is a practical limit since everyone gets 5% minimum to-hit, but I didn't think there was an official cap. What is it?

[/ QUOTE ]Well, there's technically cap at few hundred %, but it's practically impossible to hit.

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Venture, we, empathy defenders, have the most healing abilities amongst the other defenders. That's why we can turn the tide of a battle going wrong, something other defenders can't do.

[/ QUOTE ] I think you might want to read this.

(And, as a way-too-late-edit, throw in repel to the powers kin can use as well, was underestimating it's value back then).

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Nothing beats blaster only teams, except maybe controler only teams.

[/ QUOTE ]8 /rad corruptors...

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I think Combustion is 20ft and FS is 15ft.


[/ QUOTE ]Foot stomp LESS than combustion? In that case the enemies must be using some fairly special version of the power...

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New to game but I would like you r opinions on MM buids (from the word GO).

Science
Mutation
Magic
Tech
Natural

along with

Mercenaries
Necromancy
Ninjas
Robotics

Problem is I do not have time to try them all out (thats obvious) but I woulod like a good starter on my toon so would appreciate any and all advise from those who have a good build or from those who whis they had chosen someting else.

Thanks in advance

[/ QUOTE ]Robo/dark for damage, necro/dark for survivability, the rest only if you like the consept.

Well, if you dont take to account the fact that DM is fairly nasty for brutes because of shadow mauls animation, and that stone is bad for the -rech in granite, and go more for a tanking build than damage dealer, I suppose it would work...

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Have I missed something or has nobody reminded him to put debuffs on his DM attacks? It makes DM SOOOOOO much better, i love it as a power set good choice, soul drain is alot of fun but prepare for agro if you use it in a big mob.

[/ QUOTE ]The only power in DM that's worth slotting for ToHit debuff is ToF...

What's all this blapper talk doing in the tank forum?

4 second activation time, 30 sec duration, not worth it if you ask me.

Then I suggest you read the description of rage a bit more carefully, especially the part of not being able to attack for 10 seconds when it ends