Madam_Enigma

In other words, they aren't happy with it because it wasn't designed to be better then every other set hands down, but to be balanced.

No toxic vulnerable mobs true. However there are few I believe that actually resist it. Or it's lightly resisted when it is resisted at all. I was noticing chem rounds doing more damage vs freakshow tanks and other high resist mobs then my other ammo types.

Cryo rounds are good for hellions. Most times though I'd personally stick with chem rounds or fire rounds. Chem will do slightly less damage, but improve your survivability. When teamed with another pistoleer one using cryo and the other chem is a nice combo.

RF does offer a nice survivability boost against things like warwolves and rikti that are swinging that freaking sword.

My personal experience with PFF is if I need it in combat to get a breather, it's usually too late. I tend to still get 2 or 3 heavy hitting attacks on me as it's activating, and die anyway. It is handy if I get booted from a team and am in a field of purple con enemies though.

Not too familiar with dual pistols for defenders. With blasters at least it's fun, and effective. Using fire ammo I can usually take out or nearly take out large groups of minions with just two attacks. Suppressive Fire is rather nice too. Plus you can stack it with either a hold or disorient power to affect bosses. Chem rounds will ignore the DR of many foes, as well as reduce the enemy's damage.

It's not a set to use if your expecting to quickly drop a boss. However it does some rather nice sustained damage. And the animations aren't as painfully long as some make them out to be. It appears that they are, but it's not as bad as the perception.

Personally, I'd take repulsion field (the melee range force bubble type power) over PFF. It offers a survivability boost against melee mobs, and lets you attack back.

I suggest looking at claws for sustainable DPS. Pair it with something like Super Reflexes, and the already fast recharges are even faster. Plus the end costs are some of the lowest, with some of the fastest animations for most attacks.

O.o what primary? Many primaries have one or two powers you can skip. And if it doesn't have toggle powers, you may not actually need stamina. Assuming 2 powers to get a travel power, if you can do without stamina then you can easily take everything from primary and secondary. Similarly your epic pool may have a power or two you don't want.

First of all, why are you trying to decide between them? They both are handy to have. Piercing Rounds may be a narrow cone, but you can still leverage it. Plus it's some pretty good damage. And you'll probably want Empty Clips since it's a cone attack.

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Dom vs Controller? Both fun, but I personally have to give a controller the edge in "I do this better" when it comes to control. I have to give blasters the edge by a large margin when it comes to damage in regards to "I do this better".

Dominators are more survivable then a blaster, but less survivable then a controller. At least when it comes to PvE. And for a very long time dominators were considered gimped in PvP. Haven't done any lately, but I'd imagine a controller can take advantage of the Issue 13 changes more then a dominator.

Masterminds have nothing they can really be compared to. They are very unique.

Corrupters may do a bit more damage then defenders, but they actually have a little lower survivability. They have weaker debuffs, and get said debuffs later. I have to give this one to defenders in regards to "I do this better". However, it's a close call. They are fairly equal in effectiveness. It's a matter of "do I want more damage, or better support powers". Overall it's a wash.

Brute vs Tanker, brutes do more damage, tankers hold aggro better. Again, it's a wash. In PvP of course the brute will usually be better. They do more damage then tankers.

Scrapper vs Stalker/Brute... I'd say it's a wash. I personally love scrappers. I love their mix of survivability and damage. Brutes, I dislike the reckless playstyle Fury encourages. Stalkers, well they're ok I guess. Not my cup of tea.

I'll mention that outside of teleport ganks by teams of stalkers, I've yet to meet a stalker that really gives my scrappers a challenge. I've seen a few stalkers that *could* have beaten me easily, but a good number of them for a long time were too into the AS then FLEE mindset.

You imply with your chart you need an ACC mod of 1.93 to hit at 95% on a plus 2 mob. But you don't really need that much. Nor is 95% accuacy really as vital as people will claim. With the to-hit chance I showed, enemies were still dropping fairly quickly. I wouldn't run on such a high difficulty normally more so cause they hit my pets REALLY hard. And as a /FF mastermind I can't heal them. Not to mention FF right now isn't offering the capped defenses people tout. Don't think I'll get them with dispersion bubble either since my pets aren't bubbling each other.

UPDATE

Well what do you know, it finally critted after five years. Only took running several missions using ONLY shadow maul. I wonder if the crit chance is getting applied to the next attack after shadow maul usually?

Most mobs don't resist or barely resist psi damage. It's just that the few who resist it are highly resistant.

According to your chart a tier 1 pet should need +93% accuracy to hit a +2 (to me) enemy ninety five percent of the time. I'll also have a screen cap so you can see what my current acc slotting is. But check the pet combat attribute section. Especially the section for last tohit chance. Then look at my slotting.



As for my slotting,



So you see, it's possible everyone is leaving something out when calculating how much acc is needed. I was wrong about how often my pets hit, but at the same time it's a lot more often then accepted wisdom would allow for. Even with me under slotting.