Voltak

Sure, and I know this. I am not saying he was giving a bad suggestion at all. I don't want anyone to misinterpret. But it would sure be so nice to have a -resist there instead for the actual dmg we end up doing, especially in team settings. WE got doms doing - defe, doing - to hit, doing -recharge, and slows, and -regen... This set would be nice with - resists .

I request giving it a good -resist power, and not -defense.

I have been busy with other things and have been unable to post much but today I took some time and before I posted I read and read. But this right here, up to this point, is what I would like the developers to address and make changes before it goes live. Build 3 version of sleep 'nade, please. I do request to increase the base acc. I can't see this hurting a single bit if we increase the base accuracy. Most won't be using targeting drone because many won't be using the assault set. So I hope that's not the concern.

Videos are not misleading. No one said every video is this character soloing everything in every video. The claim I made at the title OF ONE SINGLE VIDEO, AMONG ALL OF THEM says that the character can "...even solo Rikti at 54x8, no insps" I have done it. In addition to that, I did provide a video where I was with a friend (a blaster) and we duo'd the map, first mission of the LG TF. He went one way. I went another way. Certain few times we ended up in same spot. But make no mistake, I can confidently say I have done it alone and so has he as well. It's a great map for xp. He introduced me to that map. You saying "THE videos are misleading", that's not true. There is a build for farming (non fire maps) , fire farming, that's a different build, power choices, IOs, all different. This post was made before Page 5.

I like Soul Mastery for Power Boost and for Dark embrace; Dark embrace provides resistance to neg energy and that is all over the ITF. Soul Mastery also has soul drain for some builds. For another build you could try Power Mastery epic , but that's for some other content. Good thing is you can have 3 builds in one character. HO is Hamidon Origin enhancement (Cyto)

What do you mean after recent changes ? Are you prevented from taking the following ? Level 38: Fulcrum Shift -- Acc-I(A)Level 41: Afterburner -- LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A). ( EVASIVE MANEUVERS now ) Level 44: Dark Embrace -- UnbGrd-Rchg/ResDam(A), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(46), UnbGrd-ResDam(46), UnbGrd-ResDam/EndRdx(48)Level 47: Power Boost -- RechRdx-I(A)Level 49: Tactics -- HO:Cyto(A) This is all in the build posted. If you are going for another Epic poo, then sure, power mastery, then PBU , then tactics

This belongs to a total different post. Would be great if you post your questions there

I was talking about this on discord with some friends before you even posted this My sentiments -- Volcanic gas , if they are in the area of effect, they going to be held, no ifs or buts, if time goes on, its looking like it is 100% Canister, no such thing. Why? Well, the chance is a far cry from 100% In addition, volcanic gas is aided by Earth having an ST hold to stack Canister - no ST confuse to help stack them up. So, I don't know if I am wrong but it looks like Arsenal is destined to be a jack of different things. Not really what I was hoping for but, hey, that's just me. I am not saying it is horrible set, but there is room for much wanted improvement.

I also feel your concerns are 100% valid

Dominator and controller holds, stuns, confuses and fears are mag 3 but... Dominators get an additional 3 mag with domination up, even on stuff like Seeds. Two doms is fine However, like @Frosticus said earlier, canister works different than seeds. Canister would need to wait on a successful reapplication. That's not something I am a fan of at all.

BINGO, smoke canister without question will be worse. But we done HM runs on ITF 4 stars , and if we run one dom, we running at least one other, so, 2-3 doms at once. The mag 10 is not felt because we end up breaking it enough to a degree that matters to move on to next objective. Enough mitigation there to proceed. But, again, canister is in a serious disadvantage, and ESPECIALLy if you wan to wait for the chance of a successful reapplication, time is a precious element in hard mode and waiting for this is drawback.

The chance is what I don't like. I would prefer to be as the other confuse powers. The domination in other powers affects it immediately so the additional mag is right there at the very moment, not on a 25% chance later. It would be much better if it was like Mass Confusion or Seeds, and we just adjust the recharge time as necessary to balance it out. The base acc is a problem for me as well, no doubt.

The confuse in Arsenal control is weak. I don't like it. It could be better. The text is not what it seems in practice. You see, if I run dominators in 4 star, there will usually be another dom there. That mag 10 is easily overcome. Controllers is different, of course. Done more 4 star content than I can count. That 10 mag protection in the text which wants to communicate that it is for everything, that's off a bit in practice for me because it's easy to overcome it with Dominators. Controllers rely on that critical chance to nail a control that will overpower. Still, the confuse not being affected by Domination in arsenal control is a let down for me.

You sure about this ? ALL enemies ? Minions, LTs, Bosses ? All content of hard mode, no exceptions ?

This is the same thing I feel about this. For example, I can't see Ice control without Ice Slick. I will add that the Stun, give it a standard dmg amount (similar to the awesome stun in Dark Control) You can also add a standard dmg amount to the AoE Hold (make it decent) Give the ST hold a good chunk of dmg, I won't complain if this ends up the highest ST hold dmg power among all control sets. This should add some spice to the set.

Until it is completed successfully, I am going to go with it is too difficult for earth to deal with it. I find it strange for anyone to say it is easy but who has not done it. I am not going to debate if it is easy or not, but it's better to say those things after it is done successfully. Rommy is not the problem at all. Rommy is the easiest AV to deal with in part 4. You showed a clip of taking on the easiest AV out of all of them. But the video ended when Rommy was about 80% of full health or so for w/e reason. I have done the ITF with several toons solo and I just leave the game and come back when I can finish it later. The difficult part is the Nictus AVs, especially when they multiply , it is also the auto hit attacks, the slows, and the massive dmg of the AV plus the multitude of pets it releases. When they multiply there are too many of them, and my suspicion is they can overwhelm the taunt /aggro cap of stoney, the pet. Then on top of all of that, you have the ambushes, and they can vary in amounts. Ambushes while fighting the Nictus AVs when they multiply can be a pain in the ass. You say lores are silly but to some builds or toons, they may be indispensable. Having said that, the keystone of feature of Earth Doms is Stoney (for the purposes of soloing AVs). It draws all the aggro, or most of the aggro. You find lore silly, but in reality , this feature of the Earth pet is silly 100%. I totally understand why the Devs took the aggro/taunt aura of Illusion Phantom Army from the Dominators. It was an OP or silly feature of illusion, and the most important reason why illusion could tackle on AVs solo. The AV is ignoring the dominator and just focusing on the pet. Other Doms don't have that. It is more challenging for other Doms to take on AVs when the AVs are focusing on the dominator. I started soloing AVs when we had no pets available at lower levels, and I don't think it is necessary to emphasize just how much easier things would be if the AVs did not focus on the dominator. I don't claim I am particularly great either and I try not to. You have been going after me for a long time and I don't know why. I did not start any beef with you but it was you who went after me. Can you let it die once and for all ? Let the beef you have with me die? I started posting my stuff without even knowing you existed in the game, so believe me, none of what I posted was addressed at you at all.

I like the sleeps from Elec Mind Plant Earth (very last place because it is PBAoE) I like those the best. Reapplying sleeps are at the top of course. As long as it is affected by domination, all good. It's very hard or difficult to enjoy anything less than this.

Like I said above, there are TWO routes to take when going solo vs AVs if those AVs are alone The easiest is to stick a pet there that taunts the AV so the all the dmg or aggro is focused on the pet only , or vastly on the pet. So controllers who play Illusion will like Earth because the same idea or strategy is used. The much harder way is to solo an AV as a dominator is to prepare to mitigate the dmg or aggro that will be focused on you , if you are not with help of other NPCs. So, as long as your build will allow to pass that mitigation test, you should be only worried at that point on the issue of if you have enough DMG to kill the AV.

Radiation assault is good, for sure. Solid and with a self sustain. The melee ST attacks are certainly good choices if you are in doubt about those

I updated the post. Check it out.

EJ, you and I have ITF runs , so many, like sand in the beach, two man team, or 3 man teams. The problem in part 4 is the group of Nictus AVs. Relying on the trick, that Earth controls relies on, perhaps the biggest and most crucial trick of all -- having a pet that draws the aggro of the AV to himself thus ignoring the player almost completely or completely... that trick won't work with the group of the Nictus AVs. When you are among them, they all see you, then they multiply, and the Earth pet is easily overwhelmed or he can't draw the aggro to make them ignore the player, additionally you then have got to worry about the ambushes... I don't see it happening. I have solo'd the ITF with various toons/ATs, and Earth does not have the instruments to deal with that. How did dark control dominator do it ? 1. Posses Rommy 2. Rommy swiftly kills all of the Nictus AVs, one by one. 3. Rommy ends up alone 4. Then you move in for the kill. Illusion can certainly do this as good or better than Dark.

You say people are smart and can extrapolate. Well, how's this for "extrapolate" ? Someone does part 3 of the ITF and gives up because they can't do part 4. Do they get the credit for doing the ITF or completing the ITF ?? People are smart. So, when I said parts 3 AND 4, it's because if you don't do both, you really did not do the ITF, you almost did, but did not succeed in completing it. Not doubting Earth can do some hardcore stuff. I respect that. KUDOS 🙂 But it's a No go on doing the whole ITF classical at 54x8, no insps, no deaths, no temps. Dark Dom has done it and I am sure Illusion may be able to do this as well. No go on doing the LR SF , same difficulty settings. Dark Dom can and has done it, and I am sure Illusion can do that as well. That's where Dark, illusion, and perhaps Mind Doms come through. ( I know the one mind dom did LRSF solo but at +0 settings and inspirations) I am not knocking on Earth but facts are facts , and Confuse is important to do those. ___________ Now, I don't see the crutch of using Incarnates at lvl 54 to do these complete task forces or anything. Everyone I know that has done hard core content of task forces or strike forces solo at level 54 does them with incarnates. At that point that's part of your build. A dom without pets that draw the aggro to them and away from you , well that dom will have to use other instruments in the build. Like Earth , if the pet did not have taunt aura, it would vastly more difficult to try to reach the same ceiling that it can reach now because of the taunt in the pet. So Using a pet that draws the aggro away from you might be cheesy or might be a crutch or it may be a simple use of what is in your build ? Depends on your attitude when you approach the issue. If you the one using the pet to draw aggro away from you, I am sure you not going to see it as a crutch or cheesy, bias, right. ____________________ I

RIght, but again, ITF at 54 x8 was not completed, or to be precise , there is no evidence here that you completed the ITF. It appears you gave up on trying to do part 4, since the video of part 3 was 3 months ago or so. Remember I said parts 3 AND 4. I did not say parts 3 or 4. None the less, kudos for giving it a good try. No doubt. So far, only one dominator has completed the classical ITF at 54x8 , no insps, no temps, NO DEATHS, that I know of. But if you have evidence of the contrary, feel free to post it. I just said or meant that because as a dominator , without confuse or posses , completing everything including the last part is just too much of a task for Doms who are not either Dark, or Illusion, or Mind (and it would be much more difficult for Mind since it has no pets ) , similar reasons why Earth would not be able to do LR SF solo either, I mean Earth dom has no chance , or a micro tiny chance, in doing the part where all the other AVs are together in the room with NOVA and the others.

I encourage others to do the Yin task force now, exemp'd down, especially now. Yin is much easier to do now than when I did it. Developers gave a big hand to Doms with the changes --> You get more powers to use You get more slots You also get more IO bonuses You get access to your pet and in the case of Earth, having access to pet is a HUGE deal because of the taunt. So definitely encourage others to do it since it is easier to do. Now, for the ITF , I don't recommend Earth, I think it will be impossible for earth to solo that at max settings, perhaps if you do it at 0+ settings. LRSF is just impossible no matter what settings with Earth Dom. But things outside of that, go knock yourself out. The game is full of things to explore if you have the time and the drive. It's a game within a game.

I vouch for losing a bit the fear of making Doms too powerful. Right now they are still among the most difficult AT to play for most. I mean I never felt that such same fear was place on making tanks as stupidly powerful as they are now. I play WoW as well and I wish I had tanks in WoW as strong as the tanks of CoH.