Madam_Enigma

The +def is so low, it's not gonna help much. Nor will the imob protection when it comes to activating stuff like Eclipse. Maybe if a KB protection IO is slotted in it, but otherwise no.

Might be, but from context I doubt it. Shadow Cloak wont make activating a PBAOE too much safer, since everything sees you anyway. Neb Form however does. It prevents all damage to you. But at the cost of preventing you from doing anything to the enemies.

For my Huntsman build, I'm taking Fortification, Serum, Crab Spider Upgrade, and the pets. Maybe the leadership pool too for more +def granting. But then, my main build is a crab spider anyway. Already got the backpack, may as well get the resistance too.

Now another thing that would make a keld better vs anyone with a hold... The fact you can use Dwarf form as a breakfree. Nice change from a PvE perspective. Stopped all those deaths from "Tp in dwarf>mire>human>held>dead". From a PvP perspective though, not as nice for those relying on holds.

Either really. If he loves melee, a night widow may not be apropriate. Or bane spider. However forts or crabs can be very effective. As can a huntsman build. No matter what though, the built in leadership toggles help the whole team.

I could be wrong, but I think they tried that with mercs. As I understand it, mercs still ran into melee range.

We already have a lot of control over our pets. We IMO don't really need control over which powers they used. _Castle_ is always working on pet AI I think. Either way, having hotbars for every single pet separately would be... a huge screen clutter.

And in WoW pet classes rarely have more then one pet out at any given time. My warlock for example can only have... one pet. My death knight can have... one pet. My hunter can have... one pet. Each pet has six or so abilities, and are usually on 'auto use' for abilities that matter. Other then clicking the spell/attack to use, all you can do is order them to attack, follow, or put them on one of 2 stances (aggressive or passive). The UI is cumbersome to use too other then mouse clicking.

My mastermind has... six pets. Each pet might have between six to eight abilities. I can tell them where to move to as a group or individually. I can set each pet to eitehr attack everything they see, only what attacks first, or never attack unless ordered. I can specifiy who each pet should attack separately. I can tell them to wait in one spot, or I can have them follow me around. I can focus their fire on one target, have them each take out someone seperate, or let them chose their own targets. And the UI to do all this is easy to use. In fact it's customizable. I can create binds to have as much or little control over my six pets as I want.

And you want to have to specify which attack each henchman uses too? I'm already busy with controlling my pets.

Eclipse can easily cap your damage resistances. That's why it's so good.

And less endurance for whoever did the teleport?

So Silverado, I take it you view using imobilizes and then standing just outside of an enemy's attack range while pelting them with attacks is considered an exploit? I know many people who do that to mobs with short range attacks. You know, such as anything using a shotgun.

How about hovering just out of range of an enemy group, and sniping them repeatedly? Do you view that as an exploit too?

The trick as I under stand it is to NOT get directly in melee. Rather get them in the outer area of Hurricane. That has a tohit debuff, then if they get into melee range the knockback part kicks in. Some people use hurricane to herd enemies into a corner.

I guess part of my view is... that I don't build for "I can win every fight" in pvp. Rather I build a char that's good for PvE, and then take it into PvP. If I can win about as often as I lose, I deem it good for pvp.

I do PvP on occasion, mostly in the zones. Then again my main PvP characters are Madam Enigma (claw/sr scrapper) and the pre-reroll Poison Bloom (ninja/poison mastermind). What I don't do is mire myself in the pvp forum. When I took my warshade into sirens call though, I did all right. Those battles in there are perfect for a tri-form warshade.

Keep in mind, share pain stops you from being healed for a bit and damages you to boot. Over use of share pain can and will kill you. Because of that, share pain is much more situational then sooth. If dropping one of them, share pain would be my first choice.

I have a SO only guide for travel powerless claw/sr scrapper.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=115727

No number crunching, and it was written before we got the actual ingame numbers. However it's still valid.