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Dark Mental Dark has 2, then Mental 1. Add Force of Will, 1 Cone, add Soul Mastery 2 Cones. 6 Cones total

I actually went with a Fire/Mental/Force of Will/Soul Mastery build for this. This gives me 5 (FIVE!) cones of varying damage types. Then a ranged ball and a bunch of ST ranged....AND a full PBAoE experience with the Fire Nuke, the Mental PBAoE attack, and the PBAoE sustain. Since this is SO I have Noooooo Defense. Which is why I was asking about strategies. I like the toon so much (and crawl teams are once a week...) that I built a second one on I/O, still no defense, and am just having a Blast.

I am very happy with the high end 20 year old Stratocaster Ultra and the $100 (brand new price) black “beater” Gibson I have. Damn you for making me want another guitar!!!!

If any of you have looked at my Blaster builds you know I tend to build for ranged defense. Preferably with a ranged set like Elec, Ice. Beam, etc. I recently started a Fire Mental with....NO defense. Just building for ACC, Rech, and maximum lulz. There have been faceplants. But I am getting a nice rhythm going with a team usually now. (Still experiencing some floor time). Now I can tell when I can unleash and when my itchy button finger must wait. When to stay at range and AoE (5 cones and a ranged ball) or when to jump in for the PBAoE madness. Right now at 42. How is this strategy affected at 50, in Incarnate Trials, and with the new content? Time will tell. OR you guys will! Can a defenseless Blaster use wise avoidance to get past most high end game situations. Or do I have to rebuild as a Blastank?

more cowbell

I am playing this new fire mental blaster Demon. I knew i liked it when i had to tromp over and do the tedious task of killing a bunch of Paragon citizens just to keep him “happy.”

Yes exactly. Although Range enhancers already serve one function in the power. I am not adverse to a a range enhancement doing both jobs. It is not a normal thing in the game, although i can think of other odd enhancement oddities

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: Fire Blast Secondary Power Set: Mental Manipulation Power Pool: Force of Will Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Flight Power Pool: Leadership Ancillary Pool: Soul 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: Subdual (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (46) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (46) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (46) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 2: Fire Ball (A) Ragnarok - Damage (7) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge (7) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (9) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance (9) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown Level 4: Weaken Resolve Hamidon Origin:Lysosome Exposure Level 6: Rain of Fire (A) Artillery - Damage/Endurance (11) Artillery - Damage/Recharge (11) Artillery - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (13) Artillery - Accuracy/Recharge/Range (13) Artillery - Endurance/Recharge/Range Level 8: Fire Breath (A) Bombardment - Damage (15) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (15) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (17) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance (17) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge Level 10: Psychic Scream (A) Bombardment - Damage (19) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (19) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (21) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (21) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance Level 12: Aim (A) Recharge Reduction IO (23) Recharge Reduction IO (45) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up Level 14: Project Will (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (48) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (48) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (50) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge Level 16: Concentration (A) Recharge Reduction IO (23) Recharge Reduction IO Level 18: Blaze (A) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage (25) Superior Defiant Barrage - Damage/RechargeTime (25) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/RechargeTime (27) Superior Defiant Barrage - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance (27) Superior Defiant Barrage - RechargeTime/+Status Level 20: Drain Psyche (A) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Recharge (29) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Accuracy/Endurance (29) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge (31) Preemptive Optimization - Accuracy/Recharge (43) Preemptive Optimization - EndMod/Endurance/Recharge Level 22: Wall of Force (A) Bombardment - Damage (31) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (31) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (33) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (33) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance Level 24: Hasten (A) Recharge Reduction IO (33) Recharge Reduction IO Level 26: Blazing Bolt Hamidon Origin:Centriole Exposure Level 28: Unleash Potential (A) Recharge Reduction IO (40) Recharge Reduction IO Level 30: Fly (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points) Level 32: Inferno (A) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage (36) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Damage/Recharge (36) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (37) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge (37) Superior Blaster's Wrath - Recharge/Chance for Fire Damage Level 35: Psychic Shockwave (A) Armageddon - Damage (37) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge (39) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge/Accuracy (45) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance (45) Armageddon - Chance for Fire Damage Level 38: Night Fall (A) Bombardment - Damage (39) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (39) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (40) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (40) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance Level 41: Soul Tentacles (A) Bombardment - Damage (42) Bombardment - Accuracy/Recharge/Endurance (42) Bombardment - Damage/Recharge (42) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (43) Bombardment - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge/Endurance Level 44: Soul Storm (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage (48) Devastation - Damage/Endurance (50) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge (50) Devastation - 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i am starting a fire psi blaster a little out of my wheelhouse but Blasting up close has been a long Journey for me

All three of the arcs TraumaTrain mentioned are excellent. The Radio missions are in particular a wonderful story arc. They take you from port oakes to cap au diable and introduce you to where your villain really is in the redside hierarchy. The Slot Machine is a very short and strangely bittersweet twilight zone type arc. The TV is just evil and fits well with wrapping up the villain journey

Immanentize the Eschaton

I fly everywhere

Same. I was soooo angry. Well, you guys can probably guess how angry. But after a few years gibbering in my gore splattered lair, I found out about Homecoming!

Brute - Titan Weapons - Invulnerability v2.2.mxd

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I think the issue was that Tuesday was the next Fing day. Calendar roulette screwed is there

I hate reinstalling shit. I still dont have the new version and do that one with /loc. i honestly have not looked to see if it is still working. Havent done those badges in months

Just in time for the Holidays!

what do you mean? i run a lot of blasters now

This game has gotten tougher at the higher level. Incarnate work and the new hard mode TFs are quite challenging. Of particular note is how much larger and more spread out combat situations have become since Incarnate content started dropping. Now, those with cones have ways to naturally enhance. You can extend the length quite a ways with enhancements. Then there are synthetic enhancement in Alpha abilities etc. But there is nothing that can be done to enhance what seems to be the ever shrinking power of balls. I think there should be a hard look taken at balls, with an eye to finding a way to make them large enough to get the job done. Maybe enhancers? Or just a ball size increase, or perhaps an increase in certain content?

If someone is handing you “toast” from a machine that looks like that the next adventure in your life will no doubt involve a probe.

I do avoid radios and newspapers. The only time I do them now is when soloing projects low level to open up a new contact. 3-5 radio/paper, then bank, then intro. Since Banks are available without radios/papers if you are connected to a good SG or are a badger that is another strike against them being run regular These things are incredibly repetitive. I would give it the challenge mode treatment with an extra reward. Challenge being defeat all with enemies being upgraded (bosses upgraded to EBs etc) on standard settings and a reward of ??? Aether? Orange recipe? A revised content would be great but the staff is busy doing great work elsewhere.