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I do not know how certain cc is supposed to work, so I do not know if this is a bug. I was farming with my Ars/Ars Dom on the asteroid. Tank taking care of everything and I was hovering above him, invisible (cloaking device), doing nothing. I decided to toss out a sleep grenade on a group that was outside of Tank's taunt range (they were throwing boulders at tank). Soon after I did that, they threw their boulders at me and killed me. Then I tried the same thing, but with Smoke Canister. Same effect. Are those powers supposed to cause aggro? I assumed it was passive (like Illusion's Confuse) and MOB would ignore me.

No. Just pointing out some possible interaction. Trying to figure out how things work. Nothing more.

Thank you both. Makes sense.

I saw someone mention it working on MM Thug powers, but I’ve always felt MM pets (even Gang War) to be more like attack powers than pets.

Thanks for the feedback thus far. i always forget about the test server and combat log. The latter usually displays so much as to be worthless. But alone on a test server should help.

What is a damaging attack? (I'm specifically considering my Ill/Kin Troller when I ask most questions) Is Phantasm a damaging attack? Is Phantom Army a damaging attack? Is Spectral Terror with "Glimpse of the Abyss - Chance for Damage" a damaging attack when it procs? Is Fulcrum Shift? (It does no damage, but requires a "to hit"; never sure what other people intend when they write things) Thanks

Thanks again, everyone. For now, I’m going with DP/MA. I’ll see if I like it at all.

You can change the turn rate in Options. I move by keypad because I have historically used my right hand to activate powers. Too hard to keep switching between mouse and numpad with my right hand. I use mouse to turn when traveling, but keys when in combat.

Thank you all for the feedback. I might be misusing “Blapper”. I intend to play this toon at BOTH range and melee. Preferably jumping back and forth with Combat Teleport (in case that changes any recommendations).

Other notes; This would generally be for teaming. I like “interesting” builds. Illusion is unique, and that’s my main. Fire seems to be everywhere, so I pretty much do not play fire toons.

I’d like to try a toon outside my norm. Blapper it is. Base on minimal reading, I’m thinking Psi/mental or psi/atomic; but I know so little of blasters that I’m not really sure that would be best. Can anyone opine what a decent primary/secondary would be and, more importantly, WHY that combo works well? Influence is not an object, so feel free to be your opinion on a final maxed build. thanks

I don’t even have to click the video. I can already hear the song.

Thank you for the details, @honoroit

Sarcasm noted, and appreciated.

I am going to pretend that this rig is ONLY to play a fifteen-year-old discontinued game. Love it.

Just thinking about that hurts my head and makes my left hand feel mannequin-esque. I could never do that, and am impressed by anyone that ambidextrous.

Since I use my right hand to activate abilities, it’s too slow to use mouse to click in window and then activate. Another example that “my way” is suboptimal. I’ll give your way a shot.

Shift/alt with the same hand, or do you use your right hand?

Edit; I use regular numbers 1-8 to target teammates, since my main is a /kin. All of this is fine at range, but makes it difficult to move and activate at the same time. This could be part of why I dislike melee toons.

I have been reviewing other players’ binds and macros, and have come to the conclusion that most people must control their characters differently than I do. I use; Left hand; • asdw to move Right Hand; • numpad 0-9 for tray 1 Left pinky, Right hand; . Lshift numpad 0-9 for tray 2 • Lctrl numpad 0-9 for tray 3 • Various mousse combinations for TP / pet-summoning, etc. (MM use the “Sandolphan” binds)(apologies if the credit is to the wrong person) That has been how I played since the game came out. I can change, if I have to, I guess. How do most other people control their toons?

I have seen a lot of /savage. Why is that considered exceptional? If I am understanding correctly; Earth = some more CC, but probably not needed with all the confuse. Thorn = more damage (and obviously thematic) Savage = ???; (step three; profit?)

I started a Plant/Earth Dom a year ago, but cannot remember why (if for any reason), I chose Earth. I think it was because I wanted the extra CC from KB/KU and the extended confuse duration from Power Boost. Before I invest the time to hit 50 and level incarnates, I'd like to know the consensus on what a decent Secondary actually is. In case it matters, I envision going up to Mobs, confusing, and staying in melee (or at least w/in 20) to do damage. I would usually be in a team for this, so solo isn't much of a concern. Thanks for any advice.

That worked for me. Thank you! Not tested in actual gameplay yet, but it at least loaded. I'll take it for a spin this weekend.

Thank you so much for creating and sharing. I am receiving an error with the "cursor" mod (possibly with all of them, but I am trying only the cursor mod). Bad rawInfo size of 128 bytes for cursor texture or icon 'cursor_select' of 16x16 size I no longer have a cursor at all; just a black box (unless I am at the edge of a window; then I get the standard double arrow to adjust the edge of the window) I think I followed the simple installation procedures correctly. I have tried changing the screen/UI Resolution to fix it, but nothing has worked. Any suggestions on how to get the new cursor to work? Thank you,