ScarySai

4x8 or the build is a failure in my eyes. None of my blasters have failed this benchmark, though.

Your opinion is wrong, then. /shrug

Well, feel free to bother me when they do that. Energy's better than it ever was even if you ignore focus altogether.

I replaced the sound files for Dual Pistols and now I can't put the set down, lol. Some mix of the ambassador from TF2 and some other bits.

I liked the idea of being able to full auto a whole pack from across the room and have capped defenses, but energy is annoying with the clickies, and I forgot FA was a 10 target cap at the time. Oof.

I really doubt this, you would have to assume the worst of the HC devs to come to this conclusion. The idea that something like rad blast can't be buffed because it can be heavily procced is nonsensical at best. Fire blast, war mace, energy melee and ice blast can use procs too, and are the actual best sets in the game.

I'm assuming they meant something like controllers/doms, but you are correct, yee.

As a general rule, most 'selfish' builds that excel in solo are just as good if not better in teams, unless you skipped something important.

I'd actually have to think about that, assuming we are discounting the failed ideas. I had a max range ar/energy that looked a lot better on paper than in practice and hated the end result. Maybe the grav/storm, but I don't think that counts since wormhole is kinda kneecapped on that diff, and the combo is all about porting things to the killzone.

MA for wire fu, stj for something like Cap and Batman.

All of my characters are 4x8 solo characters, but I'm currently playing around with a dp/martial badge hunting blaster. Depends on the mood. Did you want inspiration?

At 50 I'm always running +4x8. For exemping I go down to 1x8. If you go below that on a fully purpled out character, there is no threat.

Savage is a rare case where it outperforms scrapper on a brute. This is largely because there isn't really a good rotational spot for the ATO. Nothing quite like shatter or follow up. Both options being vicious slash and leap having significant downsides to them.

It's this stupid idea that how speedruns are handled is how everyone should handle content. The actual speedrunners don't even think like this, just people blindly following something without understanding it. I've also yet to actually see it actually reflected ingame, but with how much it comes up on these boards, someone's surely taking this idiotic approach.

Nice necro, but hey- while we're here~ Give players a decade to research up on a game they love and they'll go out of their way to break it once it comes back. This isn't unique to CoH, look at Classic WoW. Hamidon wasn't made with lore pets, interfaces, or even bloody IOs in mind. What freaking chance do you think it has at this point?

I vaguely remember a few scrapped changes, but nothing pertaining directly to procs. Not PPM, anyway. Some procs were fixed, like the kheld ATO that just did not work. Soulbound was wrongfully changed to not proc on the player.

Well I don't know what to tell you, Troo. If you don't like disintegration, either stop playing BR or deal with it. This isn't CO, powersets all have an identity.

I wouldn't say 'felt strongly' so much as 'oh, this guy doesn't understand how this data is potentially misleading, let me help him out a little.' That's what I get for being a nice guy, I suppose. Chill the hell out, your spreadsheet isn't special, and there's nothing you can tell me about the power data I don't already know. I'm not interesting in a pissing match.

There's always a right way to play and a wrong way to play. If you're a beam/tac arrow blaster and facetank things in melee, you're doing it wrong. If you're a defender and didn't slot any of your primary powers on a set like poison, dark or cold, you're doing it wrong. If you're a fire armor character and skipped burn, you're doing it wrong. If you're a sentinel, you're doing it wrong. (:>) As for gimmicks: I don't personally mind gimmicks, but when you add a gimmick to an existing set, it has to be consistent. I actually don't mind energy's new gimmick on scrappers/stalkers, largely due to their ability to reliably get crits. I however, don't like how brutes don't get the chance to obtain two focus stacks per rotation. That objectively makes those versions better no matter how many reds the brute or tank eats. Having that extra ET per TF cycle is massive. Why would I ever use power crash on a brute? Other times, the gimmick flops. The two most notable examples of this are Dual Blades, and the new Seismic blast set. Where the mechanics are so inefficient that you're better off ignoring both. Dual blades could stand to be more dynamic with how combos work, in addition to some attacks being sped up. Seismic should have more empowered abilities, or rock shards/stalag should be made into something that isn't a total meme. And in some cases, the mechanic is implemented very well. Paragon did great with Gravity and Street Justice(2cp builder for non-stalkers would be nice though), the new Elec Blast rework by HC is almost flawless (buff tesla cage), and Bio is set all about gimmicks, and there's very few people complaining there. Some crying for nerfs, but if they think that'll magically bring balance to the game, ha.

Weird, I haven't had issues thus far. What commands did you use for your macro? I'm aware of a few changes they made to stop an exploit, but they shouldn't be causing this issue for you.

Does getting hit by a confuse and smashing your healer for a 5k (he was debuffed) energy transfer count?

If by evasion, you mean apathy, then sure. I don't see why your unfinished spreadsheet is suddenly my problem. Personally, more content like the ASF, or having some of the harder mobs return at 50 that just kinda disappear in the late 40s. +4 thorns would make me sweat a bit on some of my glass cannon characters if the ghosts and succubi were still hanging around agony/force mages. Shapeshifting council wouldn't be hard, but would be more fun, especially if the archon bosses ever bothered to melee you.

I'm good, I'll leave the spreadsheets to people that care about that kind of thing. I personally rarely do, especially when the information isn't complete. Just letting you know Rad and DP (without incen) are pretty firmly on the bottom, if you're interested in presenting information honestly. Context is important.

Problem is three of the four blast sets you chose aren't just average, but underperform in general.

@aethereal Empty clips isn't exactly great unless incendiary ammo is active, which your sheet doesn't seem to factor in.