Snarky

you had me going for a second. then you let me down. like everyone else.

Redside, best side! Can anyone hear me? Is anyone in Mercy? Want to run a DFB? Wait, you’re an npc. Damn So Rogue and hang in Atlas. F-ing sigh. Longbow giving me stink eye. Me not being able to attack them. At least in Rogue Isles you can fight the establishment Villain Alignment power for Brute! Damn, never get to use unless I want to mostly solo. Rogue. Damn

Finally getting around to a Dark Dark Defender. There are more corners in this game! My first Defender. Snark forever!

my export went strangely awry i see now. i have 5 slotted expeience marksman (no fast snipe) and the 6th slot is the hami. the new mids sucks donkey balls. big hairy sweaty donkey balls.

it means cut back on the illicit substances just a tad

So there was a deliberate placement! Now we are on to something!!

My Fire Blaster has no Defense. This is very much an edge case in game and far from my reserved builds. But the thing is insanely powerful. It can wipe whole spawns until you hit Incarnate content. For things like a sLamda I do need someone to be noticed first before I start my PBAoE bomb run. But any cover is all it takes. For truly endless (+4/x8 ITF) flows it works like magic. It kills as fast as they can run up except the EBs. And it really hits those hard

If you rearrange the letters it says “Nerf Regen”

In all seriousness you can play almost the entire game with just your left hand. Slight investment. It will be awkward. The Razer Tartarus. Tge round button can be programmed as a toggle for movement. I use the kicker under that for jump. The button above the toggle for targeting nearest. The 20 buttons I program to two trays giving 20 powers or macros executable at one touch. If you were clever you could probably make it 200 by having one button control a set of trays.... But I find 20 fine. Course I am mousing right hand..

Lol you missed the never ending wheel above where we lamented to reduction in Fury +damage AND the limited decay. Which steals the playstyle from true Brutes riding the Fury surfboard

….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