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Funny, I was already using your post to build craft haha. Thank you so much for the response! Seems a general consensus that bio will get me to where I want to be generally speaking. I just love staffs animations. Some of these "punchy" builds are so repetitive, I just love the staff or dual pistols style of characters.

I think this is ultimately the advice I need. Now that you say it, it does feel like I’m encroaching on that territory. I appreciate you coming on here and giving me a kick in the pants. I have a few 50s and have done plenty of end game content on a team but I always see people talking about soloing ITFs and stuff so that was something I wanted to get into. I didn’t even consider having to build things for specific challenges, which seems kinda dumb now that I think about it. Thanks for the feedback!

Man the alt-itis is hitting me hard. Looking to make a tanker now, and I really want to go staff. I was looking at SR/Staff then I've seen people post a couple things about bio. I'm fine with either thematically, so I'm specifically wondering how they are mechanically in the late game. I've heard SR is unkillable and Bio is better if you want to add some extra offense, but I personally have no experience with either powerset. All I can do is read what other people write. I love the idea of proc monsters and I've also read that Tanker is a good AT for it. So some extra opinions would be great! Thanks in advance! <3 Edit: While I do team content most of the time, I have no RL friends that play the game so I am really interested in a character that can solo 4/8. If a tanker isn't the best choice for it, using staff specifically, I am familiar with the other melee ATs as well and would be happy to take advice pointing me in another direction.

I will say this, my absolute favorite toon to play is my Elec/SD stalker. I know that’s not original and people talk about it all the time, but as Spaghetti said, AS does a great job giving elec some much needed single target damage, and having both teleport blasts is so fun to play. Highly recommend.

@OctogoatFor some reason, Sent didn't even cross my mind. that's a great idea, Thank you!

Hello All! I've been playing City of Heroes on and off since it went live. I have a few level 50 characters and around 100 alts ranging from levels 2 to 49. My notable characters include a level 50 Stalker, Warshade, Defender, and Fire Farmer. While I’ve never been particularly drawn to Blasters, I love the movie "Equilibrium." I know this may not be an original idea, but I want to create a character modeled after John Preston, the main character from the film. My question for you vet blasters is: what would be a good secondary for this character? Initially, I considered Martial Combat, but since they don’t really use melee attacks in the movie, I shifted my thinking to Temporal Manipulation. This seems to fit better because the powers feel more like "innate" abilities, enhancing speed for me and slowing down my enemies. I would love to hear about Dual Pistols builds you’ve enjoyed that seem to work well together or synergize. I’m trying to avoid more elemental secondaries since they don’t really fit my theme. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm familiar with Mids, so I don't necessarily need a specific build, just some recommendations for funsies. Thanks all!

That's a fair point, and one I didn't really consider haha. I did say my understanding of it was limited! xD

I've been playing this game on and off since its release. Though I am not a skilled player or a theory crafter, I love it. I have only a few level 50 characters but have created over a hundred alts. One of the things I adore about this game is the community's positivity. It's one of the least toxic game communities I've ever encountered. However, one quote in this thread is both unnecessary and rude. "Otherwise impossible levels of performance" is fairly laughable. We're talking about one person perfecting something to use against a stationary target under perfectly ideal conditions. This is not representative of typical gameplay. It has always been my understanding that the purpose of "pylon times" is to push every AT to its absolute limits. I read over in the Dominator thread that the last reported time for their competition was 58 seconds, and it's been beaten four times since that post. I've noticed a lot of what I will politely call "whining" in this thread. I've been playing this game for years, and I've never seen an abundance of Kheldians. It's safe to say that they are the least popular AT. Even among those who play Kheldians, I doubt many know these macros. I've played a Warshade on and off for five years and only learned about them three days ago. Animation canceling has been done and sought after in many games. League of Legends is one example that comes to mind. People animation cancel, auto-attack reset, whatever they can do to make their characters more competitive. The macro command lines seem to work as intended, and it makes sense to me thematically. If they are masters of their forms, it makes sense that they could use their forms and abilities to their maximum potential. After discovering them, it took me a while to figure out how to use these macros correctly. It's not easy to do, despite how some people make it seem. Also, in most content, it's not practical. Most of the time, while playing as a Warshade, I teleport in, mire, eclipse, mire, and then jump back out to AOE in squid form. I only use these macros when fighting a target like an EB or AV. I enjoy the fast-paced gameplay; it fits with the rest of the "razer's edge" Warshade playstyle and is fun. If the developers want to remove this ability, they have the right to do so; it is their game. However, we should not be toxic to others just because we don't like what they're saying or how they're playing. This ability is not game-breaking, as there hasn't been a rash of new Warshades or Peacebringers. I rarely see other Warshades or Peacebringers while playing mine or any other toon for that matter. All in all, we need to be good to each other, and I hope you all have a wonderful day. :)

So, I don't play MM, and I've read a lot of guides on the forums for other ATs. This is by far the most entertaining and honest seeming guide I've read. Good show. We (those of us with major altitis) need more guides like this on the forums. Love it. I'm always creating new characters, getting them to 13 then creating more.

Would love to see this. I have a 30 something ice stalker that I love. Would love to see your finished take on the build.

I have your AR build. Oh, I did have a question. I was looking at MIDS and it seems to me that damage per animation of LRM is 115 every 80 seconds, and M30 is 146 every 5.35 seconds. I know I asked you in the other post about M30 grenade, and I am a middling MIDS operator at best, but why do you prefer LRM over M30?

Yeah, you're the reason I started considering AR in the first place haha. So you feel AR hits harder? I do like big numbers....

So I'm torn in the creation of my first blaster. Thematically I'm looking at rifle wielding (obviously). Whether that's futuristic or more modern doesn't matter to me in the grand scheme of things. I'm just wondering from all you blaster mains if you feel there are pros/cons of these two options. Or perhaps the major differences in gameplay are. I know there are differences in all powersets but this will be my first foray into blaster territory. I've read a bit on the forums and seen quite a bit about AR, but not quite as much about BR and I'm not entirely sure I understand the nuances of the disintegrate mechanic. Anyways, any advice/recommendations/guidance between these two would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

@Chelsea Rorec So I want to make my first blaster, and I really want to try your build. I have a couple questions. 1. How come no M30 grenade? Is it not useful? 2. Is the lack of purples, outside the AT specific ones, because it's more budget friendly? Or is it the 6 slot defense bonuses? Anyways, thanks for posting it! Looking forward to giving my first blaster a try!

Hey All! Thanks for your hard work here. I have a few hundred mil inf burning a hole in my pocket and I'm gonna put this together I think. I have a 50 WS I used to play awhile back and I always wanted to try out the other side. It got a little weary always depending on mobs so I like the idea of self sustain. I just wanted to check in here and ask if there were any updates to the above mentioned builds since August that I should be aware of? I have been away from the game for around 560ish days so I'm a little rusty. Thanks again for putting this together!