Originally Posted by Steelclaw
Pisces
Strengths: Compassionate, Adaptable, Accepting, Devoted, Imaginative
Weaknesses: Oversensitive, Indecisive, Self-Pitying, Lazy, Escapist
Playstyle: Aaahhh
The Pisces Player, affectionately known as Mat to the rest of the playing community; as in wipe your feet on the Mat before you enter the mission. The main weakness of the Pisces Player is their desire to please combined with laziness and a bone-deep surety that whatever independent action they take will have a hidden flaw in it somewhere leads the Pisces Player to let everyone else make their decisions for them. You will next to never see a Pisces Player running solo and if they do they will often spend several minutes prior to such efforts Broadcasting a series of questions about how best to handle any eventualities. While on teams the Pisces most frequent chat comment is Whatever you guys want is fine with me.
Pisces Blaster: Once theyve posted the Which powersets should I run? thread on the Blaster Forums the Pisces will still be hesitant to put themselves forth on teams. If not directed to pull they simply wont. An undirected Pisces waits on the outskirts of the battle shooting at enemies randomly. They are the bane of most Empathy Defenders because of their tendency to linger just outside of Healing Aura range. In real life a Pisces Blaster could never play a Sonic primary because theyd be too afraid to raise their voice.
Pisces Brute: When one considers their retiring nature the term Pisces Brute actually seems contradictory. But while it appears to be an oxymoron it actually works out rather well. No one needs to tell a Brute what to do in any given situation. Take all the suggestions youve ever made to a Brute
tactical suggestions rather than ones telling them various orifices in which to stick things
and they all boil down to one basic concept: Go Kill Things Until There Are No More Things Left To Kill. When the options are this limited the Pisces feels no anxiety whatsoever. Running a Brute is a liberating experience for a Pisces
at least until they decide to Go Kill before the rest of the team is ready for it. After getting yelled at
or even being politely requested not to do it again
the Pisces Brute will once again hover at the back of the party and wait until they are sure the attack is on before venturing into it. The scientific term for these creatures is a part-time Brute.
Pisces Controller: The Pisces Controller will use their Primary powers pretty freely although they will stick with holds and immobilizations for the most part. They are a bit more tentative about using sleeps because they feel they would need to inform their team not to attack or AoE in order to max out effectiveness. They simply arent comfortable doing that. Also, due to the reduction of earned XP the Pisces Controller would rather cut off their own arm than use Confuse without direct orders. Indeed, many Pisces skip the power entirely just to save themselves on stress medication. A Pisces Controller will use their secondaries if it is requested and it will be a well-stocked secondary since making people happy is what Pisces live for. Ultimately a Pisces Controller is at their best when on a team with a leader who knows what they want and gives frequent orders. In such a situation the Pisces becomes what we call a Remote Controller.
Pisces Corruptor: The Pisces Corruptor is a confused individual; never knowing for sure whether their team wants them to support or to blast. If given no instruction at all they will waver back and forth, lending support against one spawn only to blast away at the next but never really mixing the two in any one conflict. Because of this most Pisces wont create a Corruptor in the first place; simply to save themselves the agony. The worst possible nightmare for a Pisces would be running their Corruptor with half their team screaming buffs! Give us buffs! while the other half chants to heck with buffs! Blast the enemies! I do not, in any way-shape-or-form, support this sort of behavior. >snrkt< Pisces should be treated with dignity
heh
and re
ha-ha
respect. Mentally torturing these poor
poor souls with such underhanded tactics
ah-haa-haaa
would be inhumane
. And
and
hee-hee-heeee
cruel. Almost
. Villainous. Bwa-ha-ha-haaaaaa
Pisces Defenders: Their need to serve others and ability to accept guidance and fulfill requests make Pisces some of the best Defenders around. Where other people will start grinding their teeth and feel their fingertips itch with the need to type in scathing replies after the 50th SB pleez!! the Pisces Defender hears such requests as pure poetry. The Pisces Defender is able to act almost autonomously since they KNOW what their job is on the team. Healing, buffing and debuffing are done automatically and precisely. Often so smoothly the team isnt aware at just how well off they are until the Defender has to leave for some reason. The Pisces Defender is a purist and will often not even take a secondary power beyond the 1st level requirement. You can always tell the Pisces Defender; theyre the ones who only laugh and roll their eyes when you kill their anchor instead of hitting the CAPS LOCK button for the next five minutes.
Pisces Dominators: The thought of the meek Pisces dominating much of anything is nearly laughable. These are the guys who, when awarded costume contest wins, say Oh, but I thought Captain Flabtastic was much better
Ill give the infamy to him. Any Pisces running a Dominator should have the word Dominated floating out of their victims heads be replaced with Politely Insisted. The Pisces Player will always feel a little guilty while running a Dominator; privately expecting they are violating some obscure Identity Theft laws.
Pisces Masterminds: The Pets of the Pisces Mastermind are among the most confused individuals in the game. First off, theyre never quite sure what theyre supposed to do. The person who is supposedly in charge of them never gives them any orders and when they ask the answer is always I dunno
whatever you guys want is fine with me. Theyre always teaming and when they do the Pets can expect never to see a single buff come their way. Sure, the boss will buff the living bejeebies out of the other team mates, but not his own Minions. After a time this leads to depression and, quite often, counseling. Some Pets, notably Thugs, go the opposite direction and begin to bully their Mastermind. Any Mastermind summoning Gang War is well advised to be well out of reach when they do so in case the Thugs decide to grab them and throw their boss to the wolves.
Pisces Scrapper: The only Scrapper who is completely immune to Scrapper-Lock. The Pisces Scrapper would never even think of engaging another enemy much less aggroing another spawn until someone else had attacked them first. While Pisces do play Scrappers very well they are much better when teamed with an aggressive Tank or another Scrapper. Particularly passive Pisces Scrappers have been put on ignore by their team mates during missions. When asked why the other players explained Its nothing personal; its just your constant apologies to the bad guys youre stabbing really wrecks my immersion.
Pisces Stalker: The Stalker might seem like a natural fit for the Pisces Player when taking into account their natural desire to be invisible. Indeed, the average Pisces loves being able to fade into the background. The problem they encounter is they much prefer remaining invisible to using their Assassins Strike. The Pisces Stalker is worried that they will upset a team mate by taking their kill. And no Pisces Stalker would ever start a battle by ASing the toughest bad guy unless directly ordered to do so. So, generally the Pisces Stalker will follow the team, hover around the outside of the battle while trying desperately to find an opponent everyone else on the team seems to be ignoring. By the end of the first or second mission most of the others on the team will have completely forgotten the Pisces Stalker is there at all. When asked who that 8th person on the team list is, the Star Holder will generally just shrug and say Filler.
Pisces Tank: In dual-Tank or more teams the Pisces Tank is just fine; they perform all their duties without flaw as they rush second into every conflict. A Pisces who is the only Tank on the team will do so with all the grace of a three legged Yak
a PREGNANT three legged Yak
on a freshly waxed floor
wearing roller skates. There is nothing quite so pitiful as a Pisces Tank asking permission to herd. They will give the polite Ready? request and refuse to budge until every other team mate has replied in the affirmative. Then, they will take five minutes to explain Im herding to Here
right here
not over there
or back 50 yards at the last place I herded to
but right here
is everyone clear on where Im herding to? I can email you a diagram if need be. Save yourselves the aggravation. If you find yourself on a team where the only Tank is a Pisces; assign someone else to be co-Tank
even if its the Blaster.
Pisces Peacebringer/Warshade: The ultimate prize for any Pisces Player. This is the perfect AT for the eager-to-please Pisces. It allows them to fill practically any role the other players on the team may need. The fact that they get personal buffs for being on teams is just icing on the cake for the Pisces. The AT practically begs the Pisces to ask Do you want me to blast or to tank? Note: Before you answer that fatal question please read the paragraph on Pisces Tanks. The wrong answer at the wrong time could be hazardous to your mental health.
Pisces Soldier of Arachnos: One of the funnier things you may come across is the new Pisces SoA on a team of relatively new players. The Pisces is not yet familiar enough with their AT to realize what it can offer. The team members have never run their own SoA to know either. The Pisces will not do anything without their team mates asking them to do so. The team mates have no idea what to ask them to do. Situations like this have degenerated into hours long discussions about the weather. Experienced Pisces will still be reluctant to put themselves forward but at least they can ask leading questions like Do you think my AoE Cone attack would be the right one in this situation? It is said that Lord Recluse gets a case of the hives every time a Pisces SoA advances a level.
|
