Starflier

On my MA/Fire I found working to leverage Burn to be wasted energy. If I was teamed with a troller, then by all means burn 'em all, but solo it was just too much work for too little reward.

Survival: WP, Inv, SR, any set with enough IO's

Covering MA's Weakness (Lack of AoE): Elec, Dark, Fire, Shield

Most Synergy: probably Dark

Pretty much any secondary will pair well with MA. Dark Armor, because of the ability to add it's stun aura to MA's stuns is about the only one with 'synergy', but they will all work well. I have lvl 50 MA scrappers with Regen and Fire and both do quite well.

Find a concept and go from there. You can't really go wrong with scrappers.

Fire/Elec gets my vote for the extra energy res.

I had to work, and got to meet some of the most arrogant, uppity, useless bastards I've ever encountered. Then got rushed off to a bbq that was mostly over by the time we got there. And I get to work tomorrow at 6 am! Oh well, I get off at 10 and have Saturday off, so that's a plus.

I also got to see Tad Kornegay get absolutely levelled in the Als/Riders game. Not even halfway into the very first game of the CFL schedule and there's a hit that'll make the top ten list for the year. Nice.

I think I'll make July 2nd my Canada day.

Invalid names are names that have been added to the big list of names we can't use. Names on the list might be swear words, established comic/movie/tv characters or celebrities, or even the name of an in-game NPC. If it's on the list, you're not going to get it back.

The only way I can think of to check for 'invalid' names would be to find a server where the name isn't taken and use the 'Check Name' button. If it's invalid, you're SOL. If it's available, you're good to go. If it's unavailable, then it's a crapshoot.

My Elec/Dark has tough, and I think it's a solid choice for improving overall survivability, particularly before you get a lot of defense.

Regarding the +End proc: Get it, Slot it, Love it.

My favourite part of the combo is when I remember I'm not Dark Melee and deal piles of damage against the undead I so often find myself fighting (CoT, BP, etc). It's also nice to be the only non-Shield/WP scrapper for miles around.

I don't really use much AoE on my current build, but I have been considering an AoE, knockback-tastic secondary build.

I thoroughly enjoy it on my Inv/DB tanker, not so much on my DB/Nin stalker. The abundance of AoE makes for excellent aggro handling.

Almost always. Some don't, for concept or lack of power selections, but probably 90% or so do. On the other hand, I don't often take Weave.

It was certainly one of the best powers I picked up for my regen scrapper.

I'm getting nearer to 41 with my main character, Starflier, and I'm curious what veteran blasters think of the powers in Force Mastery. I'm thinking I'll take PFF and Temp Inv, possibly FoN.

Any reasons I should reconsider the other powers, or are those fairly solid choices?

Buttcapes: the 'yuppy sweater tied around the waist' of the hero/villain universe. Ooo... scary!

Tanker/Scrapper/Brute: Invulnerability/Dark Melee

Getting backhanded by a clockwork prince and sent flying across the room to land on your *** is epic.

In my defense, I got home about 3 minutes before we started, so had no time to shop for IO's. Got some SO's that seemed to do the trick though.

I'll be out of the house most of the afternoon (taking the wife shopping and to see Toy Story 3), but hopefully I'll be back in time for our run tonight. Either way I doubt I'll have time to respec Mags. Should be able to have him specced into some leadership powers for next tuesday though.

Dark Melee and Invulnerability

Fire Blast and Dark Miasma

Assault Rifle and Energy Melee

Hell yes they stack, and it's fan-freaking-tastic. Stacked leadership is the most underrated tactic in the game.