[What is the point?]

6 hours ago, Ultimo said:

What I meant was that as a Controller or Dominator, you're not really providing damage, protection or support for the team.

 

Your damage is going to be largely slow to inflict.  Solo, this is how you defeat your foes, slowly but safely.  In groups, though, your damage is trivial, and most enemies are defeated before you do anything significant.

 

Your protection of the team is marginal too.  Sleeps are usually broken right away, and immobilizes don't prevent enemy attacks.  Holds are better, but are either single target on foes that get killed immediately, before the presence of the hold means anything, or have such short duration and long recharge, that they're more or less irrelevant.  Of course, bosses and higher ignore all of that anyway.

 

Your support powers are the most useful, but even then it's only marginally, because they're your secondary, and as such are relatively weak.  Dominators don't even have THAT much, as their secondary is more dps, such as it is.

 

Yes, I find Controllers and Dominators reasonably capable on their own, but I find their ability to contribute meaningfully to teams kind of dubious.

You're clarification did not help any. I think most people understood your position the first time, but like me found it ridiculous. Is your ideal group just 8 Blasters? Many of us, myself included, find Blasters boring AF to play. Self centered all out dps is not everyone's cup of tea, nor is it the ONLY way to play this game.

 

I think you should actually play a Dom or Controller at end game before you try to speak on their role in groups. So far all you've done is explain that you do not understand what these AT bring to the table. 

[Controversial Opinion of Population Decline]

3 hours ago, UltraAlt said:

 A corruptor?

Day one of what?

Did you start playing the first day of City of Heroes original release and start powerleveling people or being power-leveled the first day the game was released?

Actually I played beta. Back then and after release we PL'd people in Brickstown, with Fire/Kins, when the cap was 40. Any more questions?

[Controversial Opinion of Population Decline]

10 minutes ago, UltraAlt said:

why is that?

 

I have over 60 characters. I don't powerlevel, and I'm still playing.

I don't understand why having multiple characters requires you to powerlevel.

Okay. And the reason that you do all of that is entirely because of being able to powerlevel and/or farm.

 

I don't keep track of my marketing like you have. Conservatively, I would guess at this point that I have crafted and sold over 20k enhancements (I would say more likely to be well over 50k to be honest, but I don't keep track. I just churn the things out.) I sell other stuff, but I don't keep track. I too help people on the help channel and in looking for group. I haven't hit a donation window due to timing, but I am unsure how powerleveling relates donations.

 

None of these things show that power-leveling retains players. Donating show that you are more likely to continue playing but that is different than saying that people that power level are more likely to continue playing.

 

So I have no reason to read your post further as it is purely defensive.

Powerleveling keeps THIS person here. That is player retention. Powerleveling keeps me here as well. It adds to MY enjoyment of the game. Its something I enjoy. It does not matter to me how others view what I enjoy in games. 

 

This argument is as pointless now as it was during live. What's the end goal? Remove XP from AE? With less and less people logging in each week you really think intentionally turning away people is a good idea? People will leave. Maybe people you could care less for, but the community will suffer as a result.

 

[Controversial Opinion of Population Decline]

Hmm, im a power leveler who has been here since day one. What does that make me? 

[Could use some help.....old habits getting me]

If I were in your shoes I'd be making a Brute, but thats just me. There are so many great options for survivability and damage in the majority of the sets. Having a farm brute on you roster to fund your other escapades is a HUGE help. My second toon was a Rad/Fire brute. He does very well in all content outside of AE, have done it all with that character. Every time i get the itch to try out a new build I can just fire up the INF making machine and viola decked out in all purps and ATOs before you know it. Having that farm toon on a second account is even better...but thats a whole other conversation.

9 hours ago, Myrmidon said:

Either a Rad/Fire Brute or Fire/Rad Tanker. Capped S/L resist and Melee Defense so that S/L content is a breeze. This setup is easy to build and strong for both farming and regular content.