OK whens the last time any of us open'd that nice little book that came with our boxed "city of heroes/villians" games. Blasters were meant to hit melee toons from a range and be "safe" or hit and run tactics, now with these ranged attacks u hit a single target or aoe the group and u have 5-8 ranged attacks flying back @ u. were u thought u were safe. ur a blaster for godsake u should be able to pick off from afar not get picked off