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I was coming here to see any announcement, but only saw this post.

Don't like the DFB nerf. That's all I want to say.

I was in the same boat as you. Used to be Bots/traps main, but i wanted to try something new and chose Thugs. I was not dissapointed, but i do miss my ass bot sometimes. I would recommend Demons, as they are pretty powerful and many consider top tier with bots and thugs. They quite big and noisy tho. But maybe that is a good thing for some :)

Welcome !

The key powers that you want from Traps are Triage Beacon, Acid Mortar, Force Field Generator, Poison Trap and Seeker Drones (plus of course you have to take Web Grenade). Caltrops is nice to have but not critical for Masterminds. Trip Mine and Detonator are both kind of neat but generally aren't worth it for a Mastermind since you want to rely on your pets for damage. Of the five I listed Triage Beacon and Force Field Generator are your main damage mitigation tools for keeping you and your pets alive. Poison Trap is best used by jumping into the middle of a group and placing it there to maximize the debuffs and holds. Seeker Drones are another nice Debuff/Control and as a bonus can be used to eat an alpha strike. Acid Mortar is there to debuff resistance so your pets hit harder. Thank you for this very good write-up.

Poison trap does -regen in the traps set. So does one of the Assault Bot's attacks. Regeneration of health in any sort of noticeable amount is something you only really start running into in Elite Bosses and Up. Ah okay, thank you for clearing that up.

It seems no matter what pets you choose, they will all be "fine" But Bots and Thugs often seems to be mentioned as number 1. Necro/Ninja as number 2 And mercs/beasts as number 3

When i used to play live CoH, i do not recall any enhantments that gave "procs" - so much to learn!!

When people say "-regen in traps." - what does that mean? I do not really see any powers that does something about regen. Sorry for being a newb, i most likely missed something. And what is the best powers in traps?

Thank you for everything - and thank you for the XP boost - unfortunately i do not have much free time as i had 15 years ago when CoH launched, but i would still like to enjoy leveling up as many characters as i can. I hope you will consider a bigger XP boost, or maybe even a server with accelerated progression for people like me. Again, thanks for all your hard work!