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Seriously. While I did have issues with being held with my controller, My Grav/FF controller has dispursion bubble, which protects against some mezzes, Holds, Imobs, Stun, however sleep goes right through it.

However Rad is aggro-ish

1) I do bring a few purples with me

2) Please do not open up with an AOE Imob. Anything that can mez will mez you. On a team, let the tank take the aggro. Go through the names of the enemies and mez the mezzer once you do not have their attention. Hit with your hold, and then the single target imob. Then fire off you hold againg. The single one.

Actually to emphasise this. "NEVER" open with an AOE Imob! Solo, it's ok but still not "Really" all that ok. But you need to lockdown the enemy that is the most threat to you and in this case it's mezzers. So hit them first. It might take a few seconds to analyze the playing field.

3) Acrobatics will prevent some hold, but really and truthfully, not enough, although it will help. Other defenses are probably a little better suited. The Leadership pool can prevent you from being hit by mez attacks. So it's definately viable.

4) Stealth. While not going to offer you a ton of options generally it will allow you to watch the battle safely, allowing you to isolate your threat.

Tips for Rad...

I hate anchors! I really do. But people always seem to place em on the worst baddie. If Solo, I considdering that a mistake. Your job should be mezzing that Dude/Lady, using your single target hold, then using the AOE imob. While they are bunched together, hit a weaker target with the anchor. Focus then on the mezzer or main threat. Then focus on the alternates. Then use the anchor again on the big guy/girl if he is still standing.

Against Malta? Well. I dunno. I get frustrated with them on my defender. The only defence I can really suggest is hover (For knockback suppression) and Manuevers to a avoid things as it does have a defense to all.

Also, Look at the sets you want to buy. I tooks GW's Embrace because it offered defenses against mezzezZZZzzz, and it helps a lot. I also would suggest looking at your hold sets. Many hold sets even lower level, while somewhat expensive can offer some mez protection, or lower the duration of those effects. Im not sure what available in the debuff catagory, but I think it's safe to assume they might have something available. As a controller these things can really make a difference.

I'd prolly start Paragon Charities...which would provide information/Fame/Infamy to the needy new folks of our fair city. Then...I would vanquish the greedy people selling ruby's in the market for 1 mill.

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How am I supposed to shop at Wentworths Super Store when the servers are down?

It's like taunting me with shoes. Thats just cruel!

I love my Grav/FF/Fire

Propel feels like telekinesis to me even though it's pegged differently, however all comic toons who use TK tent to hurl people or objects at folks. Gravity has lift as well as propel which is awesome.

Plus...utilizing arguably the most powerfull force in the universe is ten times more impressive than any power in the game. Energy, fire, Earth...all of these things are awesome, but gravity? Come on! You are using the stuff of universal creation. Thats impressive.

However, darkness powers re impressive because of the theme of using something unharnessed and always prevelent.

For AT's though controllers win for me. Not because they are uber powerfull but because they control the very powers of the universe. Not in the form of blasts but in their natural forms, summoning them at their whim.

In most comic books these would be your most powerfull feared opponents, or the ones the enemies fear because of their primal links to manipulate things that only were controllable by concepts of unseen gods!

On that token. Shooting things is cool too!

I use Lockdown in Gravity Distortion Field and it works quite well. It's not up all the time, but it does work well enough for me.

Ok. Yay! I have two 50's now that have done the work to get their incarnate slot.

Only one I am focusing on at the moment is my Grav/FF/Fire.

I have no idea which incarnate aplha I should go for.

Endurance gets eaten quick when I run my toggles. Which are Maneuvers, Dispursion Bubble and Flame Armor. But I am not sure that warrents me taking the regen alpha, considdering it does not benefit my powers as much as others.

My first instinc is Nerve. More FF defense, and Holding power as a buff.

Damage is fine the way it is. Im not hired for my damage potential really although I do offer fine damage, just not as much as others. But Im a controller. We know that will always be the case.

Im just very new. And I don't want to make a poor decision, especially when my altitis has been cured by my controller. So I really want to focus on her a lot.

So, perhaps I could get a few suggestion. Even though I have read that excellent incarnate guide, I find myself really confused by the whole thing.

If I can make a simple suggestion. I am used to playing squishies and Blasters are definately that. In spades.

First off. Somethings I find usefull.

1) In groups, do not open with an AOE until you have some sort of mitigation. It will attract to much aggro. This is the same thing with AT's who use AOE imobs. Opening with either is getting the alpha on you.

Instead focus on single target damage, and allow the tank/brute to gain aggro.

2) If you are not experienced as a blaster, then avoid being a blapper from the start. Focus on your secondary sure, but range will be your friend in Praet.

3) Hover or Combat Jumping. Early unlocks that really will aid you. I prefer Hover for knockback protection and defense, but combat jumping later will allow for movement and even more defense with Acrobatics, and so is a very viable option.

4) Snipes are great for pulling. Some people hate them and I call those people wrong. Fire's snipe is further down the chain. So add some range to a single target attack to pull more efficiently.

5) your first power is the quickest. Add something like a Decimation/Devistation (Can't remember which one) = a chance to hold. It's not super expensive but will help mitigate damage, and on your quickest attack will proc a hold (Although weak) but allow you to mitigate some damage hitting you.

6) A lot of people like getting toughness and weave. Both are good. I like em, but once you hit your epic pools, I would suggest perhaps respecing out of them in favor of the armors the epic pools offer. Of course that will come much later.

7) Balance your aggro. Firing a chain of devistation is fine but on a team you can rip aggro off of a tank really easy. So best thing is to alternate targets using single target attacks and once weakened hit an AOE to mop them up.

Im am playing a Rad/NRG blaster right now, and my damage will never be as solid as yours will be, so I don't have the luxery of watching things melt like you do. So these things really work for me. I hope they can work for you too.

Acutally.

A better idea than what I had would be if our origin powers just upgraded?

Every 10 levels they could upgrade and change up in name and in power and effect. The powers and effects could remain the same with their secondary effect, but just enhanced.

Origins should be more than a story tool. The beginning makes that apparent with the inherent powers that aid you. So perhaps these powers should improve to redfine the origin concept.

My Pixy has to disarm a bomb. She cast a spell instead. Yay magic origin.

Origins can light Oil slick arrow. Thats a bonus!

It's for story purposes. Many arcs actually do handle origins. So I see some of the validity, although on the overall, I do believe as a suggestion. That there be a special Origin pool.

For example. If you are sorcery, upon reaching epic pool you should have some spells.

A Mutant might have secondary mutation via the booster pack, but what if they had a pool dedicated to their changed physiology.

Tech could have some devices

Natural could have some weapons, or a simple fighting technique

And Science could have some chemestry based items.

Much like the beginning powers, but unlocked. Or just gained because you have excelled in your origen. Perhaps these powers could be made inherent?

Just an idea. I know this is not the suggestion thread, but I always thought there should be more to the starting powers that in the beginning bring about the diversity of those origins.

I have to support Local Man here. Blind and Spectal regarless of how you wish to percieve it, can be made fast enough that it is a single target murderer. Air Sup will speed things up, but many Illusionists would never need it in the first place. Although I found that a secondary attack is desiriable. And arguably with any troller other than fire.

Grav on the other hand deals straight up damage. The problem is that the damage is crushing, and as a result can be minimal to many of the enemy mobs. Circle of thorns come to mind.

But this was changed for me when I threw the Ghost Widows Embrace chance for Psionic. Even a lower level enhancer can really turn the tide on things that are resistant to you already heavy smashing damage.

I suggest working your powers evenly focusing on the damage type and adding another.

You will not be an AOE master. This is not your role. You can simulate it, but gravity will not give you that...nor will most of the secondary options, other than the concept of building your, and your teams, or pets personal strength.

If you wish to see bars go down, grav will impress you until level 37ish, mainly when you solo. But Grav is mainly single target heavy damage when an enemy is held. Propel is slow and in groups will really frustrate you. Lift is good, and fast, but will not make you the star of the damage show. Plant and fire might do that. Illusion will definately do that. Whatr grav will allow you to do is set stages of battle, choosing who it is that you wish to fight and who you wish to avoid at that time (Worm Hole).

Your controls with grav are great. But, you have many skippable powers.

Don't get me wrong at all. You will feel amazingly powerful with Grav. Almost super amazing because it, does not behave like any other set at all. It is unique all the way. And it works.

The Caveat is, that if you wish to see bars go down, then perhaps Grav is not your selection, where as fire and illusion would do it more effectively, when they bloom. Grav blooms early when speaking about damage, and thats where people lose their steam. Because once you realize your role, you need to stick it out and get your pet, otherwise you will be frustrated before you make it.

Darks Accuracy annoys the heck out of me. It's a great blast set, but not accurate without slotting properly. I prefer Rad/Dark Miasma, but if I was going to do a Corr up, it would be Dark/Rad. Rad for the minus to defense, and debuffs to allow Dark Blast to land more. This is just my experience with Dark

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But seriously, there are a ton of sets. Best thing to do is to relearn the game. Don't spend that money right away, and relearn the set you are playing, then head to Went Worths or the Black Market and find sets that give you benefits you feel you are lacking.

If you bought the origins pack it looks like Toxic Vapor. However Omega if those are all you have would be my second.

Toxic Vapor gives that effect. Bioplasma is sort of close but too firey.

Edit. That definately looks like Toxic Vapor. It might have been used for Omega and then changed back, but my Widow uses it in white for her look, and Toxic vapor is what that looks like for sure. I got it from the Origins pack.

My Grav/FF/Fire does good damage. Soloed well too. However FF will not give you damage.

However. I put GW Embrace in my single hold with a prov for psionic, and it happens a lot.

Then I put lethal procs from trap of the hunter into my Imobs. Both of them, which turn them into AOE, Imbob DOT's with a chance for lethal. Im doing ok.

Storm will give you some pretty solid AOE damage and control that Grav lacks but TA would suit you better in the long run.

But truethfully, if you really want to be menacing, try TA. Trick arrow will give you more bang for your buck really. It has debuffs, and it has controlls, it builds mags and it has some damage potential. While limited, if you use oil slick and ignite it (Magic origin or an energy based origin) can ignite the slick. Burning things pretty bad. And with Crush and Grav Distortion field you can keep em burning, and worm hole the rest of them onto the burning patch.

Acid Arrow will debuff defenses and should be mentioned that when held an enemy will take double the damage and your propel will do excellent damage afterwords.

Actually. TA would be my selection over Storm. You already have knockback potential with Grav, so using TA to control, build holding power through Ice arrow and Entangle arrow will just help you even more. Which will translate to more damage.

Your AOE potential will never be super regardless, until storm fully blooms, but if you want to lock down things then it's amazing, and since I am not a fan of anchors Storm is out for me. TA mitigates knockback a ton which will make your team love you.

If I didn't just level a 50 Grav/FF I would roll one now.

If more damage is desired, make a Grav/Psi Dom. Psi resists little. Skip Propel all together as it is not effective in Domination. Damage maybe increased but it would be wiser to focus on your assault sets than propel. Grav is not my favoreite Dom specialty.

Fire/Storm. the potential is amazing. The damage can be crazy. and the two fill the gaps that the other lacks. My second would be Ice and Storm.

If I was playing a Corr, I like my Elec/Storm. It's a sapper controller. It works wonders and thematic aspects work. Lightning etc.

However Fire/Storm is a real tough cookie. Like...A Stale cookie on steroids.