Rush_Bolt

How could I have forgotten Zetsubou-sensei?!



Oh and Dammeko Doubutsu - Parody/Comedy. It's just a load of silliness.

You are aware Energy got super buffed when Doms got revamped, yes?

I prefer my Elec/WP over Nin for having a bit more of a safety net.

As for PPP, I took Scirocco for theme matching. But really the only thing I took was the snipe for IO muling in some more +Regen.

Defenders and Blasters for the most part, but I've also dabbled in Dominators and Stalkers.


[quote]have you played one from when you started till now?[/uqote]
Almost, but not quite.

My very first character was Rush Bolt, an Energy/Energy Blaster. I played him up to about 20ish, then grew a bit bored and moved around a lot. I don't really remember what I played for a while, but my next main was a Radiation/Radiation Defender who got up to 35. I still have him, even though I no longer enjoy playing him. I keep him for sentimental reasons.

I returned to Blasters with a new Energy/Energy, this time under the name Thunderlight. Got to about 35, but grew bored and deleted.

After that, it was a Kinetics/Sonic Defender. I enjoyed the fast pace, but it just didn't wear on me well.

I rerolled Thunderlight as a Martial Arts/Super Reflexes Scrapper, got bored, rerolled again as an Energy/Energy Blaster and got bored again. I kept him around at 37 since he was my (then) highest Blaster ever.

At that point, I discovered a love for Trick Arrows/Archery Defenders. Ah, my first 50!

And then I decided to keep Thunderlight active, so I rerolled him as a Peacebringer. My second 50.

Fast forward to earlier this year: I made another Energy/Energy Blaster and finally took him to 50.

So I guess, in a way, I've always played an Energy/Energy from the beginning.

Right now? My Traps/Electric Defender. There's something completely awesome about having a Defender with SR levels of Defense as well as good ranged damage AND excellent "melee" damage (Trip Mines!)

With those power choices? No. Softcapping is not an option.

Looking through Mids, the closest I can get you to Ranged softcap is 42.2% with 25.3% AoE. And that's a severely gimped build that I wouldn't wish upon anyone.

I think you will either need to rule out softcapping or rethink what powers you want.

Arch/TA offers a lot to someone looking for an AoE slant, but to be honest, you're also leaving out a number of great powers in your list:

Blazing Arrow - Hardest hitting ST you have aside from the snipe.
Explosive Arrow - Brings in another AoE to your chain

Oil Slick Arrow - Excellent soft-control power, plus great damage once lit
EMP Arrow - GREAT 'oh crap' power. Dominators/Controllers only wish their AoE holds were this good.

Correct.

I really wish the myth of radial KB would die already. It does. Not. Exist.

Knockback is always, Always, ALWAYS directed from the caster.

Very.

The regen cap for Controllers is 2000%.

Spirit Tree and Triage Beacon are both 150% base, 300% slotted.

You'd need about 7 ST/TBs to cap out your regen, once fully slotted.

Stupefy? Yeah, that's a nice set too, but I agree with going for Cloud Senses.

It's got the same Rech bonus, but CS has better Ranged DEF (3.75 vs 3.13). Also, CS's Rech bonus comes earlier (4 slots vs 5 slots).

And finally the stun chance in Seekers is 25%. That's a rather dull figure to work for when the -ToHit is guaranteed (provided Seekers hit, of course).

So while Stupefy wins out that it can come in level 50 flavor, it loses out by having most of its better bonuses being available in a different set. And one that also gives a better Recharge slotting value as well (56 vs 47).

Yes-ish. You want those Holds to stack up and to do so is to increase their durations.

For my PGT, I plan on putting in a full Lockdown set. That Ranged DEF bonus will come in handy, plus the Hold proc will be very nice.

The hard cap for DEF on Defenders is 175%. Since it's very, Very, VERY unlikely you'll ever hit that solo, you should aim instead for the DEF soft cap, which is, generally, 45%. It can range higher based on your opponent's level and/or buffs, but 45% is a good rule of thumb.

Personally, I'm aiming to soft cap my Ranged DEF while still putting in a decent amount of Melee/AoE DEF. That combined with Seekers' -ToHit will make my Defender exceptionally survivable while still maintaining a wide array of debuffs to work with.

But... but I commanded it to rise from its grave.

I'm pretty sure Noy means those head detail type things. Y'know, the adornment type things that Electro has? Those. The mask pieces that stick out to the sides of your face.

Since that's what I'm doing, I'm obligated to say no.

I'll second the uselessness of Time Bomb. That power is such a complete waste for a team of any competency it's not funny. It may be useful occasionally while soloing, but for the most part Trip Mine does its job better, faster, and cheaper.

Time Bomb is redundant in a bad way.


Oh, and hey Ron. We were actually running +3 toward the end of the teamage. Trapfenders together are beastly.

Since the links both to TenTon and the official site specifically say "With a simple toggle, you can actually become this awesome character in-game!"... I'd assume it's a power.

Yeah, but Sexy Jay's minions don't have sexy names.