[Sudden unstable launch/gameplay]

I just tried to log in (no issues yesterday when playing) and got:

 

Fatal Error - because it can't find the Male Brawling Heavy Blow Air animation.

 

Is there any way to avoid deleting and reinstalling?

 

[Grav/Dark Build + Questions]

I have a Grav/Dark - one of my favorites. I love Wormhole onto a tar patch and then dropping Soul Absorption to soak up all of that Endurance. Plus Fade does a great job of boosting your survivability.

[The lvl 41 Clockwork King AV challenge for Controllers]

Try throwing Grav/Dark and Grav/Rad at it. Grav does decent damage ala Fire and isn't throwing Psi at the king.  Plus the pet will boost your control.

[Got complaints about being a mastermind in a group]

I routinely play MMs, but yes I've done FF missions in caves with Demon Summoner as a controller. We'd split the group because we had a full team and when I was not being overwhelmed by the graphics of demons covered in a number of auras I was happy, when I wound up in the other squad trying to find my way through to the front through a cave plugged with demons, I was getting a bit claustrophobic and cranky. I wish it was possible to shrink the bigger troops (would fit my clockwork themed Bot MM nicely) to give others better perception lines in tight spaces.

[Share your Puns/amusing Character Names]

Hi, my name is Flair, and I'm an altoholic...

Mystery Ink - Dark/Dark Controller with a wolf named Scooby and a fluffy Dark Servant named Shaggy

El Inquisitor - Dark/Dark Corruptor whose chief weapons are surprise (Shadow Fall) fear (Fearsom Stare) and ruthless efficiency (Blackstar).

Guerilla in the Mist - Merc/Storm Mastermind

Infernal Revenue - Demon/Traps MM who collects on debts owed by criminals

Necronomichaun - Evil leprechaun earth controller with his attacks stylized to look like gold - keeps asking his victims if they have his lucky charm

Pulp Friction - Grav dominator

Szechuan Healing - Water/Pain corruptor with cannisters of her special sauce on her back

Gaia Fawkes - Anarchist able to control plants and the weather

Master Beater - Staff (broom)/electric stalker who is a Harry Potter fanboi

Bottom Feeder -  Fish head on a mechanical body - trying to convince the humans to quit dumping garbage in the ocean

 

 

 

 

 

[Why is /dark so good?]

Is it just me or does Grav/Dark seem kind of aweome? Wormhole onto a Tar Patch and then throw down Soul Absorption for maximum health/recovery regen.

[Ill/Dark or Ill/Cold]

/Dark is more versatile, IMO. Cold is great in a group - but outside of a group you've got buffs you can only throw on your pet. With Dark you get PBAOE heal that debuffs accuracy and res, Fade is a great buff, tar patch helps you to lock down and res debuff, and the level 38 pet helps with dam/debuff/heal.

[How silly can you get?? Oh YEAH!]

I created a blue side MM who runs around auditing villains, making sure their paperwork is in order, and those who don't pay get tied up in red tape ( /Traps) or are fed to the Demons/. His registered name is of course Infernal Revenue.

[Illusion/ Rad, or Illusion/ storm?]

My main back in the day was Ill/Storm and it was SOOO much fun to play. I've got an Ill/Rad now - not nearly as much fun.

 

As someone pointed out - you have to embrace the chaos if you go Ill/Storm. Instead of locking everything down, you're trying to bunch stuff up with snow storm and hurricane so that your lightning storms, freezing rain, and phantasms can do the damage for you. I soloed at least a couple of AVs and I didn't really have fully kitted enhancements (it took me awhile, but I whittled them down).

 

I'll grant you that Ill/Rad is probably better equipped for AVs/GMs - but playing one now - the fun isn't there like Ill/Storm.

[Sell me on a primary to pair with /dark]

My primary is Fire/Dark (tinted both to black+purple so they look cohesive). I love the combo. I played Fire/Rad during regular play - hated dealing with all of the toggles and convincing people to leave the boss until last (granted, not as much a problem now). I've also played Earth, Ice, and Illusion controllers to higher levels - preferred the tool set for Fire.

 

One of my favorite things is tar patch + bonfire to keep melee creatures at bay. Throw down tar patch - drop bonfire - pull onto tar patch and when they are closing on you - they bounce back to the tar patch. I love the utility of smoke and shadowfall together to limit pulls and to reduce aggro radius so you can pick apart larger rooms without getting swamped. I also prefer the ranged disorient you get with Fire - I tend to lead with that after the tank has absorbed alpha, then throw tar patch under them and let the imps up my damage contribution while I lock down specific baddies and spam heals as necessary.