Snarky

I have a Invul Kinetic Melee Tank at 50. It was a lark to see if I could get a ranged Tank. It mostly worked. Now, the range is really short, but 50%? of his attacks are not in melee range. Also, Kinetic Melee is on very few peoples favorite list of power sets. "race car sounds" (mike work for robots) a strange stacking build up mechanic. And mediocre damage. But it fits certain concepts. And laser beam eyes are 38. I can get a toon to 38 in about 30 min. Or, if I do not use my alt acct to PL them maybe (does quick math) 8-10 hours play? 4 DFBs, then start running TFs TFs TFs. Keep an eye out for high level teams taking anyone. double exp booster. Grind!!!

I would make him a Tank. He is supposed to be planet sized... You can use the Energy Mastery Pool to get laser eyes. Or a Brute, since from my quick read he is some sort of chaos diety? Then you can go Radiation or Energy Melee. I always prefer a Hyperstrike Invul build for gold standard toughness. But you could do good things with Rad armor.

I have never been drawn to the healers of buffers in a game. In some ways I know they get incredible powers to boost teams. I hate playing Corruptors to some extent because I have to buff or heal. With the new playstyle and incarnate powers it is my perception at 50 anyone who is more Buff/Control/Support than a Corruptor is a weaker choice for a team/league. In the modern 50 environment it is Destinies and Damage.

I seriously wish there were more Blasters with Cone Nukes

I like the idea of jumping onto a farmer and bootstrapping yourself up the mountain. For OCD players it can be rewarding. There is a burnout risk. But if tou set a goal and achieve it then use the funds to set yourself up more power to you protip; put that farmer on an alt acct. then you can PL yourself solo when you want to start a new toon at 25 instead of 1. Or open your alpha slot in 5 minutes on a new 50

honestly we were pretty self defeating

Thats a good look

Yes, I was noodling around on all TF/SF etc and was at 42/43 That +4 MC put me at bottom of 48. I burned my experience charges and farmed him to 50, openend alpha slot in another 5 min and T4'd that with emailed emps.

Ach! Mein PUGs. Sooooo.... I joined 2 people in IP to take down Lusca. A few more were recruited. I think we got up to 7. We were not doing bad. Not fast. Couple deaths. Making progress. Get him down to two arms and we attack the head. By "we" I mean one other. Three attacked an arm. Teo stood around. I asked nicely, I explained. Nooooo, that arm was going down. And the next. Sooooo... Now we are on the head. I cannot resist. In team chat I say. "Little known fact, there is a seafood truck to the west you can kill before you kill the head as well." slight pause. "Is there a badge?" I cannot help myself. "Oh yeah, truck says Spanky's on it." THREE of these folks head to the west like Yomo's over there giving out billion inf prize sacks. Of course our DPS went to shit. I laugh, and then call them back. Damn. Does no one recognize sarcasm anymore? Has that what this world has come to?

Well, I mean between missions. It is just a habit of long term play. /macro AH AH gives a power button to open AH and I exit the mission (after it ends) open AH, grab a stack or two or insp, close and head to next door. takes ...10-15 secs tops...? But that is not nearly fast enough with a speed Aeon crew. (and I have slower travel powers. Mystic Flight has a TP I use to strealth past mobs. But it is one of the slower travels in CoH)

I think you missed the first sentence. Yes, the stuns are Mag 2. The trick is to Stack them for Mag 4. Do your Point Blank work. Then joust out. (and it works)

Honestly I have never looked at Defender. Corruptor I think does more damage? Plus, the Archetype title alone... My undead wraith Corrupts, does not Defend!

On my Dark Dark Corr I fully agree. But since I am avoiding melee range completely I only pull Dark Embrace and Soul Storm (my 4th ST Hold!) from Soul Mastery.

Are you saying they are Tsoo outclassed?

I can see the danger. For those instances I plan on cones and ST. Maybe Ice Storm. But Blizzard (like Seismic's Meteor) will be hauled out when it is actually needed. To me that i when a TF gets interesting. If you are zipping along at a furious pace I can pew pew and ride the coattails. When you accidentally pull all the spawns into one area and bog down. I got you. But yeah, if two Fire Blasters and a Brute are hopped up on juice and destroying everything it is different. I just spend my time visually confirming objectives accomplished and keeping close enough to see if they are in trouble. Mayb pew pew at a Boss or EB

One of my main issues with Aeon is getting to the objectives (and understanding) Now, turn everything in the TF into haunted house murder bots and I am pretty much done.

I was going to say something about ALWAYS trying to get a life….

Fire is the best in EVERY Archetype. By a large margin.

I have so many. the Docc Buzzsaw Arcs are very good. Very Venture Bros Villain type stuff. The Radio is well written. the Slot Machine...so Outer Limits. Redside seriously just has thick writing. Timothy Raymond. There are literally dozens of contacts leaping to the front of my mind right now. (I'm bad with names but the arcs are so good) It would be hard to pick a favorite. they are 'work' and you are doing crimes. It's like asking your favorite exercise in the gym. You know the good ones. Pick a favorite? Don't really get giddy thinking about doing squats but it is a great exercise. Pullups? Wonderful exercise. Deadlift? Uh huh. Favorite. Love is not a connection I feel with them. They are very good. Glad to have them in the lineup. Because they are good. Want to feel like a villain? Take the mission from Dmitri Krylov to kidnap Paragon citizens and deliver them to Vahzilok for live vivisection. Because Krylov needs a distraction. That will make your villain bones. Favorite? Hmmmm...memorable!

Yes, those boosts expire. After I run the Posi 1, Posi 2, Synapse, and Tarikoss. Then I do ONE DiB to renew the +Dam to 30. I suppose I do run some content to use boosts. I cannot find any TF/SF/Trials in that level range besides these and the Hollows one. Which I tend to pass on.

My plan is to slap in a full set of Superior Frozen Blast. (Immobilize Proc 🙂 ) Winter sets are part of my key to cranking the defense numbers. And theme. Like the Midnight Bomber what bombs at midnights says "Ya gotta have a theme baby!"

I have tried for many long years to find the "perfect" toon. Oh, I have made it difficult. I like fully ranged. I want it to be undead theme. I do not want to buff. I prefer high damage. There are more "wishes" but that core set created enough problems. Dark Dark Blaster is wonky, and is partially melee. I have one with just over 1300 badges. I have tried Ice/Cold Corr is the past. Good. But, just...lacking. Plus people want you to buff them. And I hate pets. Add that to the Main List lol. I have tried half the Blasters sets out there with various secondaries. Dark, Fire, Ice, Electric, AR, Beam, Seismic... I ran a Dark Dark Corruptor for the first 10 weeks of this year non stop. Still...jousting in for Nuke etc.... I recently started delving into Controllers and have a Dark Dark in the late 40s. Was looking at an Ice Ice. It was during the time I was getting feedback on the Controllers that someone said something that sparked my interest. I started looking at varios Ice/Dark, Dark/Ice. Then, as I had MiDs up I thought, look at that on a Corruptor. Holy crap! Ice/Dark/Soul Corruptor. Just sitting there. 1) Fully ranged. I do not take Soul Drain from Soul, just Dark Embrace and Soul Storm. 2) Undead themed. Dark, of course. Cold is associated with the Undead in many games and lore. Hello GoT! 3) No buffs. One heal, that heals me and anyone around me. They can grudgingly have some of the power I am stealing from my victim and channeling to the netherworld. 4) Moderate to High DPS. 5) No pets. (Fluffy stay away!) I slapped together a MiDs build. 46.9% Ranged, Negative and Energy Defense. 45.3% AoE defense. 44.7 Fire/Cold Defense. 23% Melee, and 25% S/L. 43% S/L Resist, 34% Neg Res, and 26% Fire/Cold res. 19-20% Psi/Tox/energy Res. Am currently running through all the TF/SF/Trials in level order. Just starting the 20-25 trio of Psyche/Yin/Mantis. Huge ST chain. 3 ST Holds at 20-25. 4 once Soul Mastery comes in. I have a Dark/Temp/Soul Blaster with 3 ST Holds. I love that. Lock it down. Good AoE, rains are suited to Scourge, and Tar Patch meshes well with Ice Storm and Blizzard. The sounds. The groans of Petrifying gaze locking someone down, the wintery sounds of life being drained. It is such a happy moment. Yes, this may be something special. I will probably be on this thing for at least a couple months seeing how well I like it and what it can do.

Well, first you missed the explanation WHY I do DFB 4 times. But realizing you are lost is the first step.