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….okay…. Now they are gone …. anyone feel “ unsecure?”

here is the new dragracer I am on. It started as a heavy cone build with Force of Will and Soul Mastery. Then as I played it more I realized it would be better served with less cones and more utility. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Toaster Oven: Level 50 Technology Blaster Primary Power Set: Fire Blast Secondary Power Set: Temporal Manipulation Power Pool: Sorcery Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Flame Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Fire Blast (A) Apocalypse - Damage (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (5) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance (5) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 1: Time Wall (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (7) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (7) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (9) Devastation - Chance of Hold Level 2: Fire Ball (A) Ragnarok - Damage (9) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (11) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (11) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (13) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown Level 4: Mystic Flight (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 6: Rain of Fire (A) Bombardment - Damage (13) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (15) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (15) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance (17) Bombardment - Chance for Fire Damage (17) Superior Frozen Blast - Recharge/Chance for Immobilize Level 8: Fire Breath (A) Bombardment - Damage (19) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (19) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (21) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (21) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance Level 10: Chronos (A) Recharge Reduction IO (23) Recharge Reduction IO Level 12: Aim (A) Recharge Reduction IO (23) Recharge Reduction IO (25) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 14: Stealth (A) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 16: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (25) Recharge Reduction IO Level 18: Blaze (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage (27) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime (27) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (29) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (29) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status Level 20: Temporal Healing (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod (31) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End (31) Endurance Modification IO (31) Healing IO (33) Healing IO Level 22: Arcane Bolt (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (33) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (33) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (34) Devastation - Chance of Hold Level 24: Rune of Protection (A) Impervious Skin - Status Resistance/Regeneration Level 26: Blazing Bolt Hamidon Origin:Centriole Exposure Level 28: Time Stop (A) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold (37) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold/Recharge (37) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold/Recharge/Accuracy (37) Unbreakable Constraint - Hold/Endurance (39) Unbreakable Constraint - Chance for Smashing Damage Level 30: Assault (A) Endurance Reduction IO Level 32: Inferno (A) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage (40) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge (42) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (42) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (42) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage Level 35: Bonfire (A) Bombardment - 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I have been lazily slotting KB to KD forever. But I want to say an Energy Blaster hover blasting from above plants the mobs on the floor rather than squirts them to the side. I think all KB cones do that. Same with wall. Knock to wall, ragdoll fall

Damned joke removed because of nothing is funny anymore

Great insight. Thanks. Tucking this build away for my next AR outing!

I second what Nemu said. It is tough to do everything You say you want to stay ranged. Okay. Thats a start. Now please be very specific what your build goals are. I can build you a softcap ranged defense + build with high recharge and accuracy without breaking a sweat. Practically a “virtual bunker” firing platform. But it will have almost no procs and the damage will not be sexy. I use builds like this all the time. I call it the Uber Sentinel style build. Way out damaging a Sentinel and with half a brain just as survivable. But again, not near the hate machine my Fire Temporal Blaster with no Defense at all is. He survives by jumping into spawns and killing everyone around him as fast as possible. I find screaming helps. Anything “ Leroy Jenkins” “Die Longbow!” “Love me baby!” 95% time if works 100% So just tell us what your playstyle is and maybe we can help

I have been running a Fire/Temp/ForceWill/Soul at 50 all day. 1) With the amount of recharge (Hasten near perma) you dont need that many attacks 2) Cones, I love cones, they are situational. If the crowds arent conveniently in a cone throwing a couple Balls is good. 3) Unless you are on AR or Beam (ST mostly) you will be going in for the Nuke. Hard to reset for cones and better to just lay down other AoE 4) When crowds are lined up for cones it is beautiful 4a) Crowds rarely line up for cones 4b) Cones are not the hardest hitting AoE, on a fast recharge build they are great as a alternate way to melt mobs that line up for the love

you should stop using your right hand so vigorously?

from my limited understanding....no, it is based on the "english" the Devs code into that particular attack. They individualize the vector on each attack type. Sometimes it looks like the above. or it might always bend 90 degree right.

Okay. Look at a pool ball. Look at a pool stick. where the ball goes is relative to where the stick strikes it. Not even being Snarky. This diagram is the new version I guess with Vecored KB. Before it would just go straight away from you

This has all been resolved upthread i still maintain that mathematical analysis will reveal that you and the target are part of the geometry in the original version of KB and therefore the KB is relative to the point of impact. Maybe I am thinking about it wrong. To me it always looked like a pool stick and a ball. The ball goes where it goes relative to the point of impact which is dependent on pool stick. Now the Devs have added “English” to the game

in 50 years people will herald me as the super genius that could have saved the planet if people had listened. i am wise enough not to go around talking about this. people on this planet do violent things to those that stand out as visionary

in a line from the caster.... ....to the point of impact so, it was always relative to the point of impact

I am looking at rebuilding yet another Blaster. I like the mental cone. Unfortunately, the care and feeding of the PBAoE sustain Drain Psyche is not fun. I thought Earth, Atomic, Energy, Ice, and Temporal were all good choices for me. I am still mulling choices. Energy has a Mag 8 stun resistance..... But on point Ice has a 135 degree 60 foot cone. No damage, but this thing is a beast when it hits. Also Ice has Ice Patch. Almost all cone sets have to jump in for the PBAoE Nuke. dropping a slip and fall patch is a great exit strategy.

Another great explanation. understood all that but the above explanation was gold

Thank you. I understood that! (and everything else you said, I just chopped for space) I always thought the targeted AoE from EB acted like a PBAoE, as I said above. Never used it much and nerfed it when I did with I/Os. Thank you for the clarification!

It was always relative to the point if impact. I am still not understanding. The Devs decide is the best I heard look, i fire a energy blast ST the target goes away from me. An EB ball the targets go away from the center of the ball. Look how simple that was to say Where does vectored KB send enemies?

Definitely. The effectiveness of the cones is definite. I am considering a serious look at either Fire Energy or Dark Energy. I find that at high level you do not need the extra attacks from Mental and the Drain Psyche is a bitch to get into range for way too often. Going in for a Nuke is less risky, shit be dead afterward. The click from Energy also offers stun protection. And.....Extra range. As well as power boost, which would favor Dark. Hit that before the cone wave or the Nuke. "to hit debuffed to hell...."

So what "specifies" the direction. If anyone says it is the relation of the caster to the target I will hunt you all down. That is NORMAL KNOCKBACK.

I am not overly fond of heroes. But watching this vigilante build people to a pulp was always a hoot. /em holdtorch

While I generally like to avoid politics....I am not going to here. I believe over the last few years "information wars" are surging back and forth across the web as governments, their agents, profiteers, and random self selected cheerleaders all go about trying to influence world group think. Which really makes me want to solo Redside again. Damn, that writing is spot on.

Two groups filling in same area is common. It is generally considered (errr rude stupid green bumpkin asshat take your pick ) to start forming the exact same type of ITrial in the same zone. Or even in LFG for that matter. Common exceptions: forming an ITF. Forming a weekly TF forming a Holiday w/e. But you just generally do not walk on another leader by trying to “poach” players. A different TF SF Event or i Trial? Sure. Same thing, especially while standing next to the person? When I have to say you got no class you have really fallen below societal norms….

I just figured the Vampire Overlords felt it necessary to remind me they were watching my every move. Hey Vampire Overlords. Piss off

This is mostly a ranged build that plays off Darks to hit debuffs and the massive ranged defense in the build. You do need to joust in for soul Drain and the Nuke. But then hang out at the edge of the fight and cone cone cone cone cone mobs and ST burndown bosses. This last week I have been on a Fire/Mental Blaster with NO defense. There is more carpet inspection but honestly not a ton more if you play smart. Okay, significantly more lol. Still a lot more damage, especially since i chased +range in that build making all the cones really have some floor space

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