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At the very least, it would be nice if selecting the enhancement reward would match your level.

Not saying it's a guarantee, but if you remember the exact server and character name you played before, you can create a new account, login, then try to get the global of that character, and see if anything there rings a bell...

This hurt my soul.

Could do something like a mutually exclusive siphon speed toggle that grants you increased recharge, or a siphon power toggle that grants you increased damage, (with an appropriate debuff applied to the enemy).

Sentinels trade some damage output for better survivability. On top of the higher base damage, pretty much every blaster attack grants them a further short-term damage buff. Lastly, enemies generally have lower energy damage resist than lethal...

Well, you give up Aim for swap ammo, and if you were used to also having a Gaussians in it for an even greater damage buff, then it's even more noticeable...

Support can buff dmg, tohit, def, and "special" for you and your entire team, so it can be of some use if you want all your bases covered...

It'd be great if the powers had a chance to siphon the strength from enemies, even outside of when power siphon is active...

I think it's when selecting one of the "form" powers, where you kind of tap the staff against the ground - very cool pose if you could remain in it afterward... Similarly, the heal, end recovery, and T9 powers from ninjitsu have some cool poses.

OP, you can always go and rename your character for free, if you feel that their name was in any way offensive. I wouldn't worry too terribly much about what other people think, but do what you feel is best...

I wonder just how many systems/processes the original devs had to kludge together just to get the game running on time. I can't imagine that they built in a large amount of scalability in the original code...

It seems like it just goes in alphabetical order...

I imagine it'd have to be the melee one, since it works off of the enemies around you. The only other one I could guess at would be the support one, if applying the buff to teammates somehow means you can no longer be in a true hidden state...

Might as well just offer an option to select the specific IO in the set of the one you already have, for some much-inflated cost...

I've had pretty good results with a sonic/sonic - my general strategy is I rely on stealth + a stealth IO to allow me to get close enough to use siren's call to put most of the group to sleep, then pick off the remaining enemies with single target attacks. Lacking a self heal, I'll try fit in aid self or otherwise keep enough green insp's on hand to make up for the shortfall in that area. Sonic dispersion usually offers enough resistance and status protection to keep me on my feet, and if we're talking end game stuff, IO set bonuses and incarnates can easily plug any holes...

I have an illusion/trick arrow controller, and they are quite powerful, but I wanted to try something different..

If a person creates a character with the intention of gimping themselves, then there really is no "valid" or "invalid" pick. The question is whether the OP wants to actually put a concerted effort into playing this hypothetical character, or if it's just some sort of lark. You could roll any AT, and choose not to level them up at all, and wow! You've got yourself an exceptionally difficult character to solo. Maybe we could use some better parameters from the OP...

So my 1st answer, then - petless MM. And I responded to someone's false assertion about controllers doing bad damage. I even went on to clarify that *some* controllers may indeed do bad damage, if and only if you specifically select for that. At the same time, you can gimp any AT if you're truly trying to. Incorrect. I responded to someone saying that a particular AT does bad damage. Provide a specific combination of powersets and don't make blanket assertions. When someone makes blanket assertions, then gets called out on them, it's not the fault of the person that did that. Nice strawman, though.

I didn't get the impression that the OP was trapped in some geometry or under the world space, either...

Found it! Here it is...

I'd pair it with a primary that offers useful debuffs or soft control to kind of buy you time so your regen can keep you standing, like battle axe, stone melee, or even dark melee.

Brutal! Reminds me of one of the Return of the Living Dead movies, (IIRC), where the main character's GF had to do something similar to suppress her hunger after getting infected...

Indeed. Now cherry pick the most damaging controller combo and get back to me...

Dampening field can give you just that little bit of extra survivability you need to survive any hits that get through, and I usually stack a stealth IO w/ energy cloak so I can get into the middle of a group and hit energy drain to really top off my defense. Though you can use energize's end discount proactively, I find it best to save it as an "oh sh!t" heal. I'm also a bit biased here, but I like savage melee for the extra +recharge blood frenzy grants you, and if you don't care about the element of surprise as much, use savage leap to get into the enemies' midst to hit energy drain.

Definitely something to contemplate. Thanks!