jprewitt73

Liar. Back left is always the best. Don't mislead others on the forums please. We are all way too innocent for that sort of behavior.

How could not love this as a primary attack set? It may take me 5 minutes to wind up, but you'll regret it...eventually!

This was a roller coaster. I was trying really hard to figure out how you'd get there, and then the last paragraph really just opened it up for me.

It definitely opens up a lot more opportunities for build flexibility, and it's something that I think people kind of took for granted about the Dominator for a while. I may be squishy compared to the other members of the team, but those other people can't lock down an entire group of enemies and prevent any damage from coming in. A Dominator can. We just have the ability to do it while also dishing out very respectable damage. I really do think a lot of people played Doms as a type of Blaster because that's what they were used to. Having a Control/Damage AT is awesome. Very tankmageish if you ask me.

Second vote from me for the Ice Mastery on Doms. Sleet and Ice Storm are awesome. Some soft control (knockdown) and good DoT. Never leave home without it for my Mind/Fire. I color the ice powers to look like fire so it fits with my theme and have the shield on min graphics so it doesn't look like I'm a flying glacier. Also, I would be remiss to not explain that Tough and Weave aren't bad choices. I don't personally see them as a necessity, but for a new Dom player it may be beneficial. Even with all the controls in the world, until you really get used to knowing how to use them all and when to use them all you will pull a lot of aggro.

I initially only planned for recharge. I decided, once I had a decent (cheap) build that it was good enough for me. After looking at my stats I realized I had over 30% ranged defense almost completely on accident. So, I tweaked the build and added additional ranged defense to get me closer to soft cap. I'm using stealth, so most of the defense suppresses during fights, so I'm not actually at the cap. I find it doesn't matter much though since I'll just pop a purple if I pull too much aggro and all my controls have been used (I can count the number of times this has happened in months on one hand though).

I'll offer a voice of dissent here (along with a laugh. Mobs HATE Doms). I used to have the same thought process about Tough and Weave. "I want to be tough and fight the big boys!" Great mindset to have, but you don't have to have high resistance and defense to do so. ESPECIALLY on a Mind Dom. Multiple group controls make it very easy to lock down and wander in while melting everything in your path. I have a Mind/Fire that I main. I haven't played anything else for 3 months. I log in to the same character, run missions, groups, exemp down, TFs, SFs, whatever. I did end up with a decent amount of defense, but it wasn't something I had initially planned for. It kind of just happened. Here is my build for reference if anyone wants to take a look at it. |MBD;23563;1397;1864;BASE64;| |GwpcEdWbGoCWB9zcOImSM5w9OIgOtFT9r+NWj0Kja0ehHvkBtTVdRvROZzTPQEEdTIz| |1fprevPX63/scU4uePRajiClZuvpahwWkK7gDz5cVYqqWVb3yda7a3FsTtDSOeUeRAk| |kn8ALx/9svPVGJjYuQES5C43y3X9gY+2EmDA6hCG+XVUCRam0VoG81kPNb7XZGzX2lP| |1ujWtWsMK6yICJsBvi42bBOvPQ6HsWiUKno85ustRpXRr7tYvewFpnf0Gg6jTDwi4gY| |IyxxLNDDyAnDsvgKRRmOUUOq2+wT5O6J5uMxqvOZ5/K4j/+dIiZJlsA70kCbn7C6j5Q| |MG8WiErgNqP6IPaIMctdvVDbPmQ9SKvZtylVqc7B1JPkfxLcTQdyPE62zDU4cW2xSPp| |Falro5sCxvKX+il/XalljSt9VB5pdK70DPn/MYSb7cnAdCGhML7gfylCHOKVDK427kR| |MgDLc4vX6ri+g+X6FfCdrzw7i3L7hCdt8h838cZSjsRsPqtXvk3Me5Pq2uXc+5zNCo4| |lWAq86y6L02aAosTbiNfRoa6kqcMN1IDvJg2Hi16enWxLa6HvDfSL0Bp80nfO8QnrEW| |dTl7qF36zVdbCuPSwzrv/u0VzXtmitt1ORDmQTy0VfBQGjeBQsTLtLsl+lz0Hy6PQh4| |6jvCvxQRBKafhlhKrLMOjpxuywAet3W3/v/wTlscpOhWEBsnr4aiAoItHdDqawWnw9G| |LDUxLRLc9cmnzsXdXDUpevbrgl2eI0FFcF/+cFzV+xLiL3HcQsJYDxWXUitcfDx8ePK| |B9zNFIL3/4oc0eUTdBB5cYobAQtObGYJirDgYbZAMQnodgKiz4BuTQLE+2Nc5y1uEJx| |/neMpFW5JVM6q7I64R2YY4vFxKmCMx89Z6GPPeSzGEYxUscWxSWeqgMvtcbnxd86Ay6| |/TrU+9dqS0xHwSGOGp+CxQjJ9TWk9JHI/e1VZr5Pnr8iiY+Gt4jCUZLNBtbE8XqB6+T| |c6CRSmwWwHBnrhYljVZl1aJapTegPJ5uOce3PGKvKWL4Y3o7PNlkWkONat7SLzUAQfB| |Gf9MMyHchIHsT60OoOok2DGio5Bk6IAp7HhQTDJc8JJapbzNmTTvZZ6Sd+5SpJi6Ox5| |1GRcHSZ9yaYHFZlbAFN7DqzFN9fHwhwg57ooDGARz5VCZK7Gke9ZgvzMJexskOLuCXQ| |JjvF+eUklBKbGk2TEMq0C4PkeURc32pVsXWOus6ICNaZVWEsDILQI69aC7bWpSh7sKp| |YWuOJo3K8tm0lINEFCuhOz/ic0sgRHeP7MFivHdMc6C7wKVH230cbo+u0tIMaF2l/vJ| |sLNDk9X2kqAWnF3CroAxNgiUwv8plqz2owtbwJoi5VNaLlVTompK+CubU2IcY+QN+UX| |NS0sGtPoCBguYD8AKuV67OjokkyKks5ppgCqq0e72W2tSmTkVMMbj4yxE1UmD3BCsSc| |/jmCap28pO+ANGiOlxD5xmBCNoq/6SXW5uDTh6QvKfY6veXTcpdm9g/Lvyk/h77Qnn4| |viSKkN2sQVYl75bly6P6axNiu3myx/GQP9X1PdrhGVRsFjAGK+Ws3ABzOQUOZx3G8O/| |9Af7AFu/ddinVf/L4Xt8cMKzrqLtsL+vIPjL6AKPg7PITmLuzQM6awEbQ3lIWvTngEO| |/DKKkHt4+yX5lC/0KYL4C/9YM/lJZ87cXR1OiiGnU1Cu+oircxy9yDwy2gvynf/5T95| |ccZQbRpagFxOwxWVPPK4bChV/3WnsnVULNvDmLDht38AxYgW+e/pbgrhAVQeleW3fxF| |GNH7WD30xev12oKtALEhkfHsA/iPHS/whCPLOHKCGdRmyxI7KKfsQY=|

This would be awesome!

This was a fun blast to the past. I spent waaaaaaaay too much time on the old forums.

Oh, awesome! I didn't even realize that! Sorry for my confusion!

I was under the impression that the attuned IOs are just pulled from the regular IOs for sale anyway, so wouldn't this be a moot point? Also, I could be completely wrong as I am still playing around with the market stuff and learning.

@Ridiculous Girl is someone I always enjoy playing with and who spends time hosting ToT leagues during Halloween. I always appreciate that about them.