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As others have pointed out, pairing dominators with the controller APP's creates several duplicate powers, a situation that we know the devs have avoided in the past with Tanks and Conserve Power. Among the powers that would be duplicated if doms received controller APP's are Fire Blast, Consume, Power Boost, Ice Blast, Frost Breath, and Fissure. Barring Thorny Assault and Electric Assault, all other dom secondaries have a power that could be duplicated in Controller APP's. Because of the mixed nature of dominators secondary a new APP is almost a necessity.

Most of the min-maxers I know are more concerned with their personal performance than that of their teammates. In fact, they're probably the people like;u to skip a power that doesn't benefit them and be kicked off a team.

And what of the AT's that can have their entire primary marginalized by other members of the team or game mechanics? Do you want the third Force Field Defender on the team to keep buffing? Do you want a controller to sling controls in an AV fight or pay more attention to their secondary? What of an empath on a team that's buffed to the gills? Maybe the problem is you don't realize what an Offender is or how potent they can be.

No, even though Slow sets are almost worthless... at least for controllers who have generally have access to an AoE immobilize. It does let you Frankenslot for a few acc/end and polish it out with generic Recharge IO's. I know many people hold this for AV fights, but considering that it'll floor an even con minions recharge I like to be able to toss it around a bit.

I'd like to blame Alanis Morisette.

I was thinking about this the other day. If merits were doled out throughout the story rather than the end, it would be possible to offer them to everyone that participated in the mission. I suppose that is my second biggest gripe with merits. Outside of TF's and raid encounters they aren't very team oriented rewards.

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Not doing something because everyone is doing it is just as stupid as doing it because everyone is. If everyone stayed on the bridge, would you jump off? Look at the thing and make your judgment. Whether it's good or bad won't change with the number of people that enjoy it.

Actually, spamming Roots is more viable than Fire Cages because Roots offer nearly twice the damage of other AoE immobilizes. At low levels, it's quite easy to toss Roots on a mob in Perez Park then duck under cover while it recharges. This coupled with enough damage from confused mobs courtesy of Seeds of Confusion makes Plant a very easy set to enter.

In early levels, Plant will out damage Fire unless you're willing to make the trade off of massive amounts of safety by entering melee with a endurance heavy toggle.

If you're referring to the Coercive Persuasion: Contagious Confusion then you are mistaken. The proc doesn't drag aggro from either the target of your Deceive or the surrounding mobs struck by the contagious confusion.

Stamina may be helpful on a leveling build here, but I don't think it's necessary in the final build given the recharge of Recovery Aura and Conserve Power. Alternating between the two will give little time in which the OP isn't covered by one or the other.

With travel suppression, I find Fly a little sluggish in combat and a drain on endurance. However, Ninja Run has the same endurance drain as an unslotted Fly. The OP might want to a speed-on-demand bind that would alternate between Fly and Hover while moving or staying still. I've tried them myself, but found they changed states on me too often.

Powerboost and Empathy do a few particular things very well. Powerboosted Fortitude is quite handy for most of the game. On the STF there are two reasons I'd like to have PB and Empathy. Five applications of PB'ed Clear Mind will keep the tank free of Ghost Widow's monster hold. (Also, good against Reichsman's ridiculous stun.) The second is the pure amount of healing required to stand up against Recluse during the initial strike.

I agree. Spectral Wounds is a key power of Illusion because it fills the gap between controlling, healing, and buffing. While damage is a strength of Illusion, it need not be played to always. I see the OP's build as a less aggressive, team oriented approach. If they wished to play Empath and Blast then it can be done just as well with a Defender. The appeal here is the ability to shed aggro while playing an Empath.

With so little personal defense, I don't see 5% making a difference here. I generally avoid the last slot of Coercive Persuasion unless I am specifically building for defense. In this case, it only adds 4 seconds to an already very long mez and brings ranged defense up to a grand total of 6.3%.

As it's slotted, it's just enough recovery for a blaster to immediately begin recovering from a nuke or for someone using EMP Pulse or EMP Arrow to do so without a loss of recovery.

One thing thing Tex's suggestions made me consider was a change in the APP picks. You could possibly change Temp. Invulnerability to Energy Torrent. This would all you to slot the chance for recharge proc and knock enemies away from squishy teammates.

An Internet radio stationish thing. It builds play lists around your preferences and tries to play the music that you like. It's not bad. Occasionally, you can discover a band you've never heard before through it.

I'd go furry for Horo. Yeah, I said it. Wanna fight about it?

In other news, Crunchyroll has picked up the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. So, if you're one of the 5 people that hasn't seen it yet I suggest you get started.

*I'd recommend picking up the Kismet unique, which is actually +tohit, to help off-set the lack of accuracy in Transfusion when using Doctored Wounds. Additionally, you have the defense debuffs from earth to help you make contact.

If the info collected by City Info Tracker is representative of the player population at large, then Flight it the third most common power pool behind Speed and Fitness. Of course, we can assume a great number of users of the speed pool dip into it for Hasten alone and do not necessarily use Superspeed as their travel power.

And yet it's possibly the most popular travel power due to it's ease of use and safety.

Teleport, in my experience, has been the most difficulty travel power to work with. Without binds, it can be a bear and even then can it can give you trouble if your experiencing latency issues.

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The problem is "random acts of kindness", badgers, and many others make up the pool of people undercutting your profit. You presume that people are making these IO's for profit rather than the convenience of clearing out salvage and recipe spots. Convenience is my number one reason for doing so. After I've filled the sg bins, the rest goes on the market at a low price so I have room for more drops and market space for transactions that I'm actually concerned with.