Ensaga

Thank you guys, this is exactly the kind of experienced info I was looking for - much appreciated! How does BS stack up to WM? Any interest in BA or was there something off-putting about it?

Again thank you guys. I was aware of the bodyguard settings but was only thinking of that as just another helpful defence. I also have a habbit of directing my bots which I think sets them back to aggressive. I'll go give that method a shot right now.

Thank you for the replies and the education! This part I don't really understand: Maybe it's just because i'm in the early game, but pulling agro to me sounds like a death sentence - so far at least I don't feel like I should be tanking. Or does this mean literally pulling them into melee range / piling up the enemies? I've been trying to quickly nail down a choice while the bonus xp buffs are live on the servers, but now I've discovered there are merchants who offer a limited amount of them for free (presumably per character) so I'm pretty tempted to just try everything. I did bubbles on live but even if changes have been made, I've looked at the list and it still seems like the least interactive powerset. I love the idea and look but it's a bit too dull.

I've freshly returned like so many others and haven't played since live (if that's what we're calling it - this seems pretty live though!). I'm working on a Bots/TM but I'm at the point where I'm jumping into enemy groups for Time's Juncture which put's me in the position of tanking while my bots are hanging back to shoot. Even if I get them to pick up agro first, I'm still standing among the enemies to debuff them and I need to run back to give give my guys any healing. It just feels awkward at the moment. I don't know if this changes in later levels so I'd like to hear about that, if it does. Alternatively I'm wondering how thermal works. Are the thermal shield skills wasted when stacked with the protector bots shields? I love this as a secondary on Demons, but of course the 12 pet is healing and not duplicating efforts. I also considered dark but know even less about that except the heal is a faster recharge than TM and it seems like a lot of the powers can be used while hanging back with my minions. Any advice would be appreciated, in the mean time I'm having a complete blast rediscovering one of my favourite MMOs!