Snarky

I have over 1200 badges on this guy but was never happy with Dark/Dark/Souls mixed ranges and lack of a true buildup. After playing the Corr Dark^3 and xeroing in on what I wanted the Blaster to do I specc'd out of Leadership and went deep into Fly and Stealth. Really enjoying the changes. Picking your Nuke strategy is huge. Then get to mid range for a non stop cone barrage or longer for ST burn phase. This Hero build was built using Mids Reborn 3.4.7 https://github.com/LoadedCamel/MidsReborn Click this DataLink to open the build! Level 50 Magic Blaster Primary Power Set: Dark Blast Secondary Power Set: Darkness Manipulation Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Concealment Power Pool: Speed Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery Hero Profile: Level 1: Dark Blast (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime (3) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (5) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/RechargeTime (7) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status Level 1: Penumbral Grasp (A) Gravitational Anchor - Chance for Hold (29) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize Level 2: Gloom (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (7) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance (9) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge (9) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (11) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (11) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 4: Umbral Torrent (A) Bombardment - Damage (13) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (13) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (15) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (15) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance (17) Sudden Acceleration - Knockback to Knockdown Level 6: Aim (A) Recharge Reduction IO (17) Recharge Reduction IO (19) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 8: Moonbeam (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (19) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance (21) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge (21) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (23) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (23) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 10: Fly (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 12: Tenebrous Tentacles (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (25) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (25) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (27) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (27) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (29) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 14: Stealth (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 16: Soul Drain (A) Cleaving Blow - Accuracy/Damage (31) Cleaving Blow - Accuracy/Recharge (31) Cleaving Blow - Damage/Recharge (31) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge (33) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (33) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 18: Abyssal Gaze (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (33) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance (34) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge (34) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (34) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (36) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 20: Touch of the Beyond (A) Preemptive Optimization - Accuracy/Recharge (37) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Endurance (37) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Recharge (37) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Accuracy/Endurance (42) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (42) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Endurance/Recharge Level 22: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (39) Recharge Reduction IO Level 24: Hover (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 26: Life Drain (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage (39) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance (39) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge (40) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (40) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (40) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 28: Dark Consumption (A) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge (36) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (36) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 30: Evasive Maneuvers (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed Level 32: Blackstar (A) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage (42) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge (43) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (43) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (43) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (45) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage Level 35: Night Fall (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (45) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (45) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (46) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (46) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (46) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 38: Dark Embrace (A) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All) (48) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3% Level 41: Soul Tentacles (A) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage (48) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (48) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (50) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (50) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (50) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 44: Soul Storm (A) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative) Level 47: Infiltration (A) Kismet - Accuracy +6% Level 49: Phase Shift (A) Recharge Reduction IO Level 1: Defiance Level 1: Brawl | Copy & Paste this data into Mids Reborn : Hero Designer to view the build | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |MxDz;1654;694;1388;HEX;| |78DA6594D96ED3501086C789DD2D0DE992EE2D6D1ABAD0256D7802040509D148155| |1AF23D35889A96B9B2C853E0912D016B8E329805EC31B70C71DA2C01D6B3183C77F| |39518E64E7F399A3F967FE73720A0F377ADFBDDDBC4A5AF2BA63D6EBA56BFC6E583| |5A36056EC1DFA373AF9198BA64B774CB76295731B666D5796CE21526CFABE576B84| |21D7E24C05D3B5FDA663366CCFA5C496E739B99B8E5DA936FA43BEE5EEDB75FBAEE| |DD88D839E70A6E85B563915E2A66596AD5ABD6AFB93377C7B27570835F66CB75C2A| |7A4DA724DF07A35C5A869F6A9A5F1A610406BF74A2BC4E31D20031019DE2005DA08| |30C81FB695247C019B763616492B604ECB42AC44A1A1D5294E548A08B8E01CF047A| |E839E085C03D4E1357D3C4E94C6AE8A53F8040E00291118126D0471F24B4CB690CE| |DBC9E2066D032454B2218A09752B99396AD3C97EC44E503A83C8DCAD3A87C18950F| |A3F204E7E856D2F0C77B11D8638184BA09098A4BBDA3A4030C8171EA00741A91C35| |D024916482A692849435A1869B240EABFFD819122478ABA481EC0057CE4AAA6749A| |A14F80530197D3F4AB46F4C388191891811119189181115918B1CF6906D57607E99| |BECCA25FA0EF801F82970997E017E0BCC72BB43EA991BC2CECD03BA79C988EAC808| |1CF1B88631B59531B4328F56E6D1CA025A59402B0B68E501A79950046213702F0BF| |7B270EF64897FD462A6508CCF59A65543A6E9713C6AF689C0123D051C028E0456E8| |58E015FFCCAA3DCDE218ADE018ADE018ADE218ADE218ADE218BDE634734A35DA1C5| |D1181B5D04C6EE50D7F2FAA4A8B505A83D21A94F250CA43290FA5134EB3AC3AB24C| |79F947A478E3726A244767144AF771645D8DAC63B3337AEB55164CEAAD97123FE3B| |274B33D12F0A02DBDF58EE28F70FEB487E7B596F9AC64FADC1E5994C897F648466C| |FCDA1E79246DDFE623B2AEE8077C7BB4DC19C15F90E2C9FC| |-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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After screwing with this for a couple hours I realized it is completely untenable. I had to do multiple respecs to "discover" what powers could be used in squid form. There are not many. Do I/O builds in the (not greyed out, HARD RED NOT THERE) powers even count for set bonuses? Too many questions, not enough interest lol

its like level 4 or 6 now lol

again...explains itself

it want until like mid thru a dfb the power showed up lol

pretty much describes the issue

Sort of yes. Like when your concept calls for a bullship but you are a loner? So you end up.... This is a toon that is ALWAYS a squid. I am going to roll them. Have not decided Peace Or War. I know nothing. Is there a toggle for Squid form? How do you know what powers are available in what forms?

I did not see the set Kinetic Combat listed. I personally do not use or like them but they were THE quick and dirty way to get S/L defense on melee builds back in the day. Sure a lot of peeps still build that way.

And if your team is not debuffing Regen it does....nothing. How many Sentinel powers debuff Regeneration?

I'm undead. I don't mind being underwat.... wait? How F-ing far down is the bottom? You gotta be kidding me...

The damage was lackluster. I alted back to a Dark Dark Corruptor. This is where I see myself over the next year mostly. Just last night I joined a PUG Penelope Yin +1 "crawl run" There were issues. People maybe (definitely) not playing optimally. We get to the last boss fight and the team starts dying. Now, again, I'm on a dark dark Corr. Not a heal bot, plus this team like to spread like they were all Brute players at heart. (I should talk) Anyways half the team is dead and I go into overdrive, pop a purp, slamming debuffs, dropping AoEs. Then all the team is dead but me. And there is a WALL of Freak Tanks and the AV. Literally jogging toward me. I actually lasted a couple minutes (at least more than one!) before they put me down. We all Hosp, reformed and lazily finished it. My point in bringing this up is the survivability of the Dark Corr, in that and most situations, will be average with a Sentinel. In my opinion. To Hit Debuffs are very real. Stormtroopers cannot aim. And the Corr does more damage than the Sentinel. But it has been pointed out by smarter minds than me this game can be run by 7 Corruptors and a Tank. Anything else is slightly less than that. I paraphrase, but you get the idea.

Whatever, that yawn inducing Blaster will STILL out damage ANY Sentinel, and played to that Blasters Powers and Build out survive nearly any Sentinel. That would be true even if Ms Manners wrote my posts and Buttercup was my name.

Based partly on looking at the new Sentinel inherent I have been thinking about how -res and -def work in CoH. My kitchen table back of the napkin wisdom goes like this. Useless against minions and Lts. They are dead before it matters. Near useless against almost all AVs. They are too tough. Somewhat helpful against GMs and EBs. As with most things there are no doubt subtleties I am missing. But that is not outside current reality too much

I believe (and I make things up as I go along) my “quoting” you was in the same family of “thats not what he said but his meaning was similar”

Rolecki: "No matter how many times you post that quote Einstein didn't F-ing say it!"

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

sigh nope, just squid lol

Thanks, it is indeed based on just the squid. and the show "squidbillies"...

For me its the low mag with no way to stack. If it was a fear it would be a yes, a to hit debuff? yep. But AoE stun? The only other option is Oppresive Gloom, which is PBAoE so defines where you need to be....dangerous. I zip into PBAoE for a Buff/Attack/Replish chain then step out to cone range Staying there is a no thank you.

I am building a toon based on a concept in my mind. (so dangerous) It will be squid form only. PB or WS and why? PS, I never ran these.

I regularly run a Dark/Dark Brute and one of it's toggles is an AoE Fear that has a low base accuracy of 50%. I run it and have global accuracy and global to hit buffs. Dark Pit has 60% base accuracy. I think standard in the game is 75% I run a lot of accuracy and global to hit buffs in all my builds, this Corruptor as well. Does nothing to solve Dark Pits major problem. You have too many good things to be doing to waste time energy, a power pick, and enhancers on this turd.

On a positive note I like the Strike Forces/Task/Trials in City of X. The only other game I can compare them to is WoW and I like these better Of note is the steady improvement in the content both in revising old content and the wonderful new stuff written by the current Dev team So, thanks to the original Devs and a big thank you to the current Devs

If they are vomiting blood it is most likely too late. If mortal they have an extreme disorder. And who really gives a shit enough to fix it If a vampire is vomiting blood something really neat is about to happen! Someone film this

I have also been told I can smell of elderberries. But I believe that may be due to the cologne that I use (rarely). That bottle is older than my movie