Major_Decoy

Honestly, Terrify is an amazing cone, and while Spectral Terror is perma right out of the box, Terrify is easier to use and a more satisfying AoE. I did not do faultline on my Mind/Savage, but I did do Striga. I just ran my Mind/Savage through Mako's stuff (because a cat that can't vomit into your shoes isn't a damned cat) and Ballistas are so very annoying. I'll take the Illusion through Striga next, thanks for the suggestion.

Is there a purple triangles Elite Boss (downgraded AV) that I can encounter before Envoy of Shadows? The Envoy of Shadows is the first AV that just stomped my Mind/Savage and I want a comparison, but I don't want to level jump from 21 to 35.

I would not recommend shoving an arrow down the barrel of a pistol.

I'd be curious about immobilizes that provide knock-back resistance and protection.

Level 18, I've turn bosses on when soloing. I finished the Shining Stars arcs and have moved onto Faultline. Build: Blind: 5 slots, Ascendencey of the Dominator: Con/Acc, End/Rech, Acc/Con/End, Rech/+dam Deceive: empty Spectral Terror: 4 slots, Cloud Senses: To hit debuff, acc/to hit, to hit/end/rech, acc/end/rech Superior Invisibility: empty Gleam: Acc/Dam Phantom Army: Acc/Dam Thunder Kick: Smashing Haymaker, full set Spinning Kick: Eradication Dam, Dam/Rech, Acc/Rech, Dam/Acc/Rech, Dam/Acc/Rech/End Envenomed Blade: Empty Boxing: Acc/Dam Tough: Unbreakable Guard: Res, Res/End Health: Panacea: Chance for health/end Stamina; Performance Shifter chance for End With this slotting, I was able to take down Nocturne only using four small purples, with the fight ending just before Phantom Army ran out. (With only Blind and Spectral terror slotted, I got Nocturne down to half health when Phantom Army ran out and then face planted) For spawns: 1 lieutenant, 1 minion: I just use blind and and my attacks 3 minions: I lead with Spectral Terror, then blind and attack one at a time. 1 Boss, 1 minion: If Phantom Army is up, Phantom Army, blind, and attacks. If Domination is up, Domination, blind, and attacks. This is a really solo friendly set so far. At this point, I'm only using Deceive if Blind misses or the enemy is resistant to holds. I'm having fun.

Okay, so, level 16 and I've gone through the Chernobog and Veles arcs. I am using Superior Invisibility, Blind, and Spectral terror. Chernobog fell without a hospital trip, but it did take a whole tray of inspirations, two purples at a time. The fun thing about Superior Invisibility is I fought three skulls in the middle of a dance crowd and none of the civilians noticed. They never screamed, never ran off. I got entirely wrecked by the Gravedigger Assailants and Death Head Soldiers overlooking the dance floor. They seemed keyed to aggro if any one of the three was attacked, and they have a ranged preference so I couldn't seem get them clustered enough to hit them all with the same control. I probably should have been using Deceive against them. I honestly had an easier time with Veles.

Beheader makes sense as the name for the weakest attack. You do it against a prone target who has no defenses and has exposed their weakness to you. It's a coup de grace, you don't use force in that. You just follow the weight of the axe home.

Okay, level 10 now, going through the shooting stars missions. Spectral Terror is a life-saver. It's kind of like Mass Hypnosis was for my Mind/Savage. I'm able to control a spawn of three minions and work it down one at a time. And it's especially nice since it seems that the Arachnos Lieutenents in the shooting star missions are downgraded bosses and have hold resistance of at least three. I can't lock the lieutenents down with a hold, so the only thing saving me is the fear and the -to-hit in Spectral Terror. I am barely using Deceive anymore.

Rebirth has the Guardian which has Dominator's Assault sets in primary and an amalgamation of armour sets and support sets. Storm and Electric Armour get rolled into one set, Time and Super Reflexes.

Whereas I want an archetype with Armour/Support, so I can make a Radiation/poison character, or maybe Bio/poison.

I've got Rageless super strength tankers, but after trying Illusion/Martial Assault on test, I probably will wait for the Street Assault port. I know it's not even on the radar right now, but I don't want to settle.

You asked why I was in melee. I was in melee because I have a secondary filled with melee and ranged attacks. And I while I appreciate that Deceive is not interruptable, it is a longish animation to sit through during a melee. I was routinely taking hits while it was animating. This is a feedback thread and I am giving feedback. I am not insisting that they change it, I don't have that type of power. I am making a suggestion and I understand if they ignore it. I have a mind/savage dominator. Mind Control is a different power set. Mind control can have a sleep and a hold at level 2, both of which animate faster than Confuse and Deceive. Sure, sleep isn't great on teams, but for soloing, I'm able to sleep one enemy, hold the other and attack the third. Deceive is nice too, I can hold one enemy, Deceive the other, and attack the third, but, as I said, it seems like a longish animation. It would be nice if it was faster.

And controllers have a secondary filled with buffs and debuffs. Controllers have different needs than Dominators. Illusion control for Dominators is not the same set as it is for Controllers.

Only level 4 so far, but the Deceive animation feels really long when I'm using it in melee. Any chance of the stalker placate animation instead?

Currently, the only option is lean foward, fists halfway up, and then you sing at them. Ooo-OOO-ooo! It is not exactly what I'd consider intimidating.

It summons burn style pseudo pets, unlike all the other damage auras.

You could give Invulnerability/Fire Melee on test server and see how that feels with the changes to Fire.

The only question now is "Do I make an Illusion Control/Martial Assault when page five launches, or do I wait for Street Justice to be proliferated to Dominators?"

Okay, this appears to be the only set and archetype with this issue. Staff Fighting, Claws, Spines, and Titan Weapons are all inaccessible on all archetypes, and Dual Blades is inaccessible on all other archetypes as long as Shield Defense is selected.

Currently on the Brute list, it goes Savage Melee Staff Fighting Stone Melee Spines Street Justice The scrapper list is, oddly Savage Melee Stone Melee Spines Staff Fighting Street Justice Whereas the Stalkers and Tanks seem to have the powers in the Correct order.

Okay, no Dual Blades/ Shield Defense scrappers. Edit: and I was able to make a Battle Agility/ Power Strike tanker, but I was locked out of taking Deflection as I leveled up.

And I bet I could make a Dual Blades/Shield Defense Scrapper It seems like the lock-out method was only "If you've chosen a power from Shield Defense, you can't choose Nimble Strikes" but now that you've opened up Power Strike, I was able to take that. Though it does seem as though I'm locked out of taking Battle Agility as Nimble Strikes as I level.

I was under the impression that the "pulse rate" on irradiated ground that was being changed was just for procs, not for the power itself?

Relevant patch notes: And reaching into the ground to grab a coffin does make some sense. At least as much sense as being on the third story of a building, reaching down into the floor and grabbing a rock.

So I should stalking the people who have the Bug Hunter badge? Or is that how I get the bug hunter hunter badge?