Tankshock

I've been playing CoH since the Rikti attacked in Beta. Plant used to be fun for me, but never close to my best builds. Now it's not fun and still not close. It can help some teams, but is much more limited and likely to be not very useful. It's also not worth taking out for a spin because the playstyle doesn't interest me. Of course everyone is different, which is great. But the main point that's been lost here is that nerfs suck. Plant was not ruining the game for anyone. The net effect of the nerf has been to reduce the amount of fun some players were having, which is never good. I'm concerned about the path some of the recent moves are on. I'd much, much rather see innovation done with new sets/abilities/whatever than nerfs to existing sets, even if they are spun as improvements.

Ah, it's attack. So I should just put my Imps in Aggressive/Follow and leave it at that? There's a reason I don't play pet classes. 😉

Is there a way to stop pets from reverting to "Follow me" everytime they rubberband or you teleport? It's extremely annoying with Whitecap.

How did the Control Core damage proc on AoE and toggles? Wondering how much damage it adds to Fire Cages and Hot Foot. And thanks, that's good info

Are these notably better than Assault for Controllers? Specifically Fire/Marine in this case. Anyone feel strongly that one is better than the other? Is the Core damage noticeable? Thanks!

Thanks. I get Soothing on an MM. Is it really that useful on another AT tho? What's its sell for you? The ranged cone is definitely wonky. Much harder to line up.

Do you maybe have it as a 360 attack rather than cone? Bopper matches up with what Maelwys posted.

lol. So with global and a healing set we're looking at 12 stacks of -450ish? That's pretty meaningful.

Thank you for checking my numbers. CoD seems to show that the HP debuff lasts 60 seconds, which would allow for a lot of stacks. Is that wrong?

Thanks. Doesn't the -hp scale down as the AV takes damage? I can def see where it's still useful though, esp with 15 sec recharge. Anyone know how many times it stacks? Not sure about the hot garbage. But I built for Ranged Defense, so it's the best of the purple sets for me. Still, I'm not married to it.

Isn't the proc rate pretty low in Shoal? Something like 3% res debuff, before AV mod?

Thanks. What does Shoal Rush do for you against an AV?

For anyone who actually has it on a 50, do you notice it's effect vs AV? I hate giving up one of those Psi Mastery powers, unfortunately everything has an opportunity cost once your build gets to a certain point. I guess I could also drop Flashfire instead.

Seems like it's up against Psychic Tornado, World of Confusion, Indom Will, or Mind over Body.

Seems pretty skippable. Am I missing something? Is it meaningful in AV fights? Thanks