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Fascists make no sense so they would clearly confound a logical thinking machine-person.

Remember, Numina hates you all.

Okay. I have read this guide and this thread twice over as well as the linked other information points and I have decided to try again at running up a Kheld; this is attempt number 3 (Squid Markz lol from live and Illustrike (I released that name so have at it) from when I first came to Homecoming). Keep an eye out for Glitterburn and don't be too mean 🙂

Perhaps Doc Buzzsaw Shook Hands With Danger

Ummmm . . . Ick.🤮

I cannot be mad at any use of the name Gargamel, its truly iconic to me.

And for my gratuitous fake German name: Droppin ze PUGin

Rob the Corp! Billions of ISK all for the taking. Look at all those blueprints and implants! Oh wait.

PUG Therapy

And don't forget the big difference between RIT and RID.

Back in the day on live my signature said "My Epic power is debt"

Nor do they move like Bolt on the way back 🙂

For some reason I smell a cloud of odiferous smoke.

Thunderstrike and Artillery fit are classy sets 🙂 Plus the image for Artillery looks like a naval deck gun of the Mark 45 5"/54 Variety which makes me a little steamy.

Look, I love the calendar function for the ease of finding WST, didn't use it for much else. It appears, at least in the near term that it isn't coming back so remember, you can find out what the WST are by going to the LFG tab and find the ones in PURPLE, those are the WST. Right now (8/11/2024) Trials and Raids tab within it shows Eden and Task Forces shows Citadel and Tarikoss.

MC especially when paired with DP makes for an excellent playing toon. Di Di Guns is my DP/MC Blaster and she is Glorious fun. Smooth attack chains and IF she gets mezzed I do pop Inner Will but honestly, I rarely have to because of her defense and as a Blaster I have several powers I can still fire while mezzed (as you well know). BoS is procced so unlike combat TP is got extra usability and killiness. BoS is especially useful when tied to a target macro and I don't even bother using it to bounce out. Such a Secksi attack chain against Mobs. BoS (Target Macro) --> Hail of Bullets --> Dragon's Tail --> Eagles Claw the Boss --> BoS Twice (Via Target Macro) --> Back Flip to Clear Stragglers --> Dual Wild --> Bullet Rain = No More Mob (and that is if they weren't wiped before). GD! Its making me tingly just writing about it!

Liquid Nitrogen need to become an AoE rifle grenade attack, thematic power sets arent a bad thing; I do not need a splooge sprayer.

I have the following Dual Pistols: DP/Rad Blaster (Runeslinger), DP/MC Blaster (Di Di Guns), DP/Nin Blaster (Two Gun Trixie), DP/Kin Corr (Boom Boom Britta), DP/Energy Sentinel (Trinity Six), Time/DP Defender (Mender Oakley) DP has always had a damage deficiency to a degree because of being primarily smashing and lethal. You mentioned using Incendiary ammunition and in many cases that makes a difference. The trick is effectively integrating your other power set. For Blasters its the simple fact that in many cases, they play well as blappers. MC and Ninja is especially true and once you are in there, you hit them with the big melee strikes. MC is so Sesksi when you BoS in, drop Hail (getting a defense buff as you do it), then Dragons Tail and cap with Eagles claw on the Boss you targeted then flip out hammering whats left with Empty Clips and Bullet Rain. Glorious. Ninja has that glorious, big damage Golden Dragonfly! My Rad is the weakest of the 3 Blasters. Dont sleep on the high damage capability of suppressive fire (and stick with Ice when using suppressive because the mag of the hold compares to fire rounds. Corruptors are going to depend on their self-buff/enemy debuff to increase damage the enemy takes. I have Kin so its fairly self-explanatory, and thats before FS . . . Beautiful! You said you are running a DP/Time Corr, I have a Time/DP Defender and yeah, the tools in time aren't as self-helpy for speeding up the arresting. Time crawl and Slowed Response (used in that order so that slowed is amplified). Time is about improving survivability (slow the enemy, debuff their to hit, reduce their damage). But see that's the point really, not every AT, even damage-centric ATs should be able to saw through everything fast. This isn't some "enjoy the ride" lecture, let the guy in game who gives his characters annoying, preachy names do that. All I am saying is that not every set is supposed to mow down the enemy at 4/8 or even 1/1. The 4/8 Controllers are snowflakes, not the norm. Good on them, that was their goal. That is not me, I am a 2-3/4-6 melee, 1-2/1/2 Defender, 2/4 Blaster/Corruptor/Controller/Dominator/Mastermind/Sentinel person. As for endurance burn, I have never had a problem on any of them, not when I started playing them and definitely not at level 50 with Set IOs and the other bells and whistles. The forum post below is the Blaster DPS rankings so you can see where DP falls there (could be dated a little but likely still mostly correct except for the buff that Suppressive Fire got), but again that purely looking at the Blast set, not how secondary sets interact with it.

Quick Snipe is a blessing and a curse. Some of my toons have plenty in the attack chain where it would be great to disable QS. Others it is an integral part of the attack chain and QS is a lifesaver. I can deal with reduced range and damage but some of my toons cannot deal with NO damage.

Interesting question. For me it depends on two things, my team and my toon. Well Duh, let me explain. No that will take too long, let me summarize. If the team doesn't appear to be struggling with my loss, or has stated that they are vengeance baiting or whatever, I will wait a bit, ten seconds max give or take. If they are struggling then I try to get up fast. Thus the toon part. If I am support AT, my buffs/debuffs are needed so I try to get up quickly. If I am a damage slinger and there isn't a lot of damage slinging, I get up fast. Otherwise I say, "don't kill yourself trying to rez me, I got it" because I have dozens of wakeys in E-Mail (greatest trick ever). I often, especially when I have my "Reckless Blaster" hat on will say, don't mind me if I die, I have a plan. When I am on Blapperella run team, I consider it one of my trademarks to go down once doing something stupid, punching way above my weight class as it were.

Avoid the Yellow Legs. Also in my head canon, I have always placed the Rogue Isles right around that point of the SEZ where @Techwright notes with the raised land masses as well as the Rogue Isles being remnants of Oranbega before they sank it. I consider the land of Mu (remember they west across the sea west to Oranbega), to be the Azores.

Old ships naming protocols were great especially ammunition ships named after volcanos

People think CA is nothing but beaches till they see how it is up north, rough and rocky. Sounds like you and I sailed in similar seas just different ships. The gator freighter was temp, comms augmentation. I was mostly Cruiser and Destroyer and we did our share of counter-narc but in the carrib. Sucks to be you Coastie !!! 🙂

Zoinks, a cutter at state 8. Yeah baby I think you have me beat because even the biggest ones are like 300 feet smaller that the gator I was on. foot prints on the bulkheads. Though I would be willing to be all of your WTDs below the waterline closed.

Needs an Ice Cream Truck 🙂