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  1. Water/Fire. The synergy is by far my favorite. I have two builds that switch between Ice and Fire epic pools but I tend to lean on Fire for Bonfire. The beauty of Water/ is that it’s very AoE heavy while /Fire is PBAoE heavy. Anything that survives the AoE’s are brainwashed little mosquitos heading towards the PBAoE bug zapper that is yourself. Burn, Cauterizing Aura, Bonfire and Hot Feet (I skipped this as it’s easily turned off if held). Also in terms of healing, there is an AWESOME synergy with Dehydrate and Cauterizing Aura. The heal over time is speedy and with capped defenses for R/S/L/E/N, you can easily heal off the hits that get through. If I REALLY want to be cautious (Mo TF/SF’s), I switch builds to the Ice epic pool for Hoarfrost. Also, there is a LOT of soft controls thanks to inherent KD in Water/ and Bonfire to add towards your survivability. Although single target damage isn’t as great as it’s AoE/PBAoE presence, it’s still pretty good thanks to Water Jet. Overall, with most of my blasters I always feel like I’m yearning for more. More damage, more survivability, more control…this one left me impressed. If you haven’t tried it, I HIGHLY recommend this combination.
  2. I’m a total Blastaholic and I gotta say my strongest/favorite blaster is my Water/Fire/Ice. I have 9 level 50 blasters and this one by far is my “Ol’ Reliable”. She has Ranged/S/L/E/N capped on defense and has enough AoE to take on waves of mobs. Water is great for ranged AoE while Fire has you covered in melee. Jump right into a pack of enemies and everything goes in seconds! Clever IO slotting can also add some KD to your attacks for some soft control. Also, a great tool for additional survival is Dehydrate and Cauterizing Aura. Alone, the heals over time they provide is meh but when combined it really is noticeable. I go to this blaster for pretty much anything. Solo or team play as she provides a good variety as well as being able to play lower level content with relative ease. I’d highly recommend. Would do business again.
  3. Blappers are amazing hands down. People that don’t embrace their blaster’s melee powers are gimping themselves. BUT the same goes for the die hard blapper that refuses range. My advice for when you build one is find the right balance of “when and when not to blap”. I’m currently building a Radiation Blast/Martial Combat combo that feels sooooo right because it’s just non stop PBAOE and wipes out groups FAST. And thanks to IO’s, it helps add some soft control to help me avoid the debt train. My current rotation is: Burst of Speed, Irradiate, Dragon’s Tail and Neutrino Bomb. I really look forward to patron pools and getting bonfire too. Just be ready for a lot of heat. Whatever survives is normally a pissed off hive of bees and will lay the smack down. Dragons Tail and Bonfire are great for providing KD (covert the KB to KD on Bonfire). I’ve also had a lot of good luck with using the Avalanche set in Burst of Speed and the KD has been very frequent to my liking. With those type of soft controls firing off pretty consistently, I normally find myself killing them before they kill me. Electron Haze is another power with soft control ability that might be worth picking up to keep your enemies floored.
  4. Ok...boy stupid me. Didn’t realize I had to check the Developer mode for the box in Options on Island Rum. Issue fixed and back in the game!!! ❤️
  5. Hey community, So for the last 2 weeks I’ve racked my brain trying to figure how to get back on the game. As far as the most recent update for CoH, the game was no longer able to load after using Island Rum’s launcher. I’ve tried reinstalling numerous times and tried installing the newest version of wine but I’m left a little perplexed and lost. Any advice or assistance would be great! I’m really missing playing 😞 I’m currently using a MacBook Pro with High Sierra.
  6. Oh and sorry meant to include this in my last post (tired). Skip Dark Pit, it sucks. Cone with no damage and mag 2 disorient is meh. Howling Twilight is MUCH better imho and adds more control and damage to the mix. A lot of players don’t realize that to use HT, you DON’T need a fallen ally to use it. Just a target that needs an ass kicking! 🙌🏻
  7. I would say you’re pretty spot on EXCEPT for Torrent. Torrent is a great alpha attack that can be easily converted to a less sloppy KB to KD power. A great control cone and I don’t recommend skipping.
  8. So I’m rolling out a new blaster and I’m curious how Wild Fortress’s absorb will work when paired up with Preventive Medicine’s absorb proc? Do they work with each other? Or will the absorb from Wild Fortress cancel the proc out? Any advice from you proc masters would be appreciated!
  9. Don’t underestimate Dark Blast. It’s an AWESOME control set that makes any blaster a blastroller. I currently have a 50 Dark/Devices blaster that is CRAZY powerful but I’m in the midst of making a Dark/Energy that may usurp it. I don’t currently have a build spec’d out but here are my suggestions: Umbral Torrent - Your bread and butter for survivability and alpha attack. Overwhelming Force set does well here. At very least, I suggest placing a kB to KD here to keep your cones in the same place. Go double Tentacles ie choose Soul Mastery for your Epic pool. This really helps in terms of layering double immobilizations and keep enemies in the ranged zone. The beauty of Dark Blast is that you have different attack chains. You have your single target attacks and then your cones. Great situational variety. (Including two single target holds if you go Soul Mastery) I recommend Hover as it’s a great method to keep those pesky melee’ers away from you. However, if you like jumping around the combat field, YMMV. Overall, energy blast feels very right to this set as boost range amplifies your cones potential and power boost will pump up your immobile and to hit debuffs. (Also your heals! Which will really help as an emergency button so you can pop conserve power/siphon life)
  10. Are there any fight scenes in the movies or comics that make you want to jump on CoX and play a specific AT? Which one stands out the most to you specifically? Whenever I watch Infinity War, I always want to play my Scrapper when I see Cap and Black Panther jump into battle. Curious which moments stand out to the community!
  11. I’m now almost 100% convinced you’re trolling right now mang. No new player should do this with a blaster right off the shelf. They should see someone solo it and aspire to it and see the potential their AT has. What would this take for you to believe it? (If you’re not trolling)
  12. You do realize when the game was made...they said one hero was the equivalent of 3 minions? (Or some low number) We’ve come a LOOOOOOONG ass way from that. Have you unlocked incarnates? I’m just boggled that you think this is impossible for any AT period let alone a blaster.
  13. I didn’t have any questions. I’m firm with where I stand. 😬 Got no cure for your gameplay chief aside from playing less linear. Situational gameplay will always have different outcomes and solutions with various teams. My attack rotations on my blaster vary and that’s always exciting to me whether I’m range or melee. It’s interesting to see that you thought the ITF was impossible to solo...so my guess is you’re very set in your way of gameplay. Blasters are tougher than you think and nowadays, you don’t need a defensive primary/secondary to keep yourself alive thanks to IO’s. 🖖🏻
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