Razia

Female, 50. More of a console player though. But playing CoH since release.

Depends on who you ask and there is clearly not an answer to this. It depends. My thoughts (only personal opinion) Single Target: Ill/Dark Aoe: Plant/Storm Support (even on low level): Plant/Elec but there are many, many more and it depends on your playstyle. Those that I mentioned fit my playstyle.

I do it all. Sometimes PL to mid 30s, sometimes don't. Play my 50s, incarnate them and still keep playing them and keep rolling alts. If I don't like the powerset, I strip them, but I respec them properly and they get to page in the back. I am so glad, that I don't have to delete characters anymore.

I would play on all Servers and have a lot of different accounts to bypass this. Otherwise.... no I cannot decide.

Thanks for sharing your personal story!

My Fortunata and my Psy/SD Stalker, love them both.

Edit: NVM, found my error

My Rad/Claws tank has all resists capped at 90%, and Cold is around 70% and Psy 75%, I wouldn't call that a hole. Of course she has not much defenses, but as far as I know she does not have DDR anyway. The rest gets handled with the Absorb Shield and the Heal. I also have an SD/EM Tank, which is nuts and should not exist. A T9 resist power on top of positional defenses is just crazy. Juggle that with Assasult Melee.... I have around 10 Controllers and 8 Corruptors and I just started rolling melee toons on Homecoming (had some on live) and I enjoy them very much. Maybe just play something else now and come back later? (I mean ATs). And no AT is really neede in endgame, but none of them are useless either.

It's not, not a single purple besides the ATOs which I did not buy as purples, but did convert them when I hit 50.

Still need to find a mob, that is killing my SD Tank with all the resists she got stacked on top of the defenses.

Hm, Blaster or Tanker? Or both? Because I can hardly beliefe it was intended that way. What would be the point of having a tank then?

I currently see a lot of players that are incarnated but do not have any set boni on them. There are still a lot of casual players out there (you hardly find them here on the forums though) so I assume not all players do use IOs. Heck I had teams where someone mentioned that they do not have anything slotted at all and that wasn't a low level team. So I vote to leave it as it is.

1. SD/EM, Just can' t die. 2. Rad/Claws

Thanks for the hard work. I really like the new sounds.

Hi, is this still working? I can't to seem to get it to work. I did create all the files in the City of Heroes folder and restarted the game. I am using the new launcher btw. Ok, found the problem, it has indeed something to do with the new launcher.

I do that exactly, still if Bosses (especially on Tina's arc) are in the mix, they hit hard when I miss them with FS, or they don't care. Plus, the gameplay might not be for me. FS, LS, running in, HoD, then hop out again. I wish HoD would also be a cone or a targeted AoE like the other stuns. /Dark is my favorite secondary for Controller and I find it super safe for all primaries. I have a 43 Fire/Dark and she is super safe too, especially because she has a targeted stun instead of pbaoe. I would roll a Dark/Dark but I did only pair /Dark so far with damaging primaries (Ill, Fire and Plant), not sure how the damage is on a Dark/Dark?

Here is the build. I am not good with building so I went with softcapped ranged defense and 216% global recharge speed. I am sure you guys can improve it. It did work out for me though, even with Arachnos on +4/x8 (I usually solo on +2/x8 though for clear speed). Hero Plan by Mids' Reborn : Hero Designer 2.6.0.7 https://github.com/ImaginaryDevelopment/imaginary-hero-designer Level 50 Natural Controller Primary Power Set: Plant Control Secondary Power Set: Darkness Affinity Power Pool: Speed Power Pool: Leadership Power Pool: Leaping Power Pool: Flight Ancillary Pool: Fire Mastery Hero Profile: ------------ Level 1: Strangler SprWiloft-Rchg/Dmg%(A), SprWiloft-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/EndRdx/Rchg(5), SprWiloft-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/EndRdx(11), SprWiloft-EndRdx/Rchg(21), SprWiloft-Acc/Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear(21), SprWiloft-Conf/Hold/Immob/Sleep/Stun/Fear/Rchg(31) Level 1: Twilight Grasp Pnc-Heal/EndRedux(A), Pnc-EndRdx/Rchg(3), Pnc-Heal/Rchg(5), Pnc-Heal/EndRedux/Rchg(11), Pnc-Heal(23), Acc-I(25) Level 2: Roots PstBls-Dam%(A), PstBls-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(3), PstBls-Dmg/Rchg(13), PstBls-Dmg/EndRdx(23), PstBls-Acc/Dmg(25) Level 4: Tar Patch RechRdx-I(A) Level 6: Darkest Night DarWtcDsp-ToHitDeb(A), DarWtcDsp-ToHitDeb/EndRdx(27), DarWtcDsp-ToHitDeb/Rchg(50), DarWtcDsp-ToHitdeb/Rchg/EndRdx(50) Level 8: Seeds of Confusion CrcPrs-Conf%(A), CrcPrs-Acc/Conf/Rchg(9), CrcPrs-Conf/Rchg(9), CrcPrs-Acc/Rchg(31), CrcPrs-Conf/EndRdx(31), CrcPrs-Conf(48) Level 10: Howling Twilight AbsAmz-ToHitDeb%(A), AbsAmz-Acc/Stun/Rchg(46), AbsAmz-Stun/Rchg(46), AbsAmz-Acc/Rchg(46), AbsAmz-EndRdx/Stun(48) Level 12: Hasten RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(13) Level 14: Maneuvers LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), LucoftheG-Def(15), LucoftheG-Def/EndRdx(15) Level 16: Shadow Fall Rct-ResDam%(A), Rct-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(17), Rct-Def/Rchg(17), Rct-EndRdx/Rchg(33), Rct-Def/EndRdx(33), Rct-Def(33) Level 18: Vines BslGaz-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(A), BslGaz-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(19), BslGaz-Acc/Hold(19), BslGaz-Acc/Rchg(34) Level 20: Fade LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A), RedFrt-Def/EndRdx(34), RedFrt-Def/Rchg(34), RedFrt-EndRdx/Rchg(36), RedFrt-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(36), RedFrt-Def(36) Level 22: Combat Jumping LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A) Level 24: Super Speed BlsoftheZ-ResKB(A) Level 26: Carrion Creepers PstBls-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(A), PstBls-Dam%(27), PstBls-Acc/Dmg(37), PstBls-Dmg/Rchg(37), PstBls-Dmg/EndRdx(37) Level 28: Soul Absorption EffAdp-EndMod/Acc(A), EffAdp-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(29), EffAdp-Acc/Rchg(29) Level 30: Hover LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A) Level 32: Fly Trap CaltoArm-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(A), CaltoArm-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), CaltoArm-Acc/Dmg(39), CaltoArm-Acc/Rchg(39), CaltoArm-+Def(Pets)(50) Level 35: Fire Blast Apc-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Apc-Dam%(40), Apc-Acc/Rchg(40), Apc-Dmg/Rchg(40), Apc-Dmg/EndRdx(42) Level 38: Dark Servant CldSns-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(A), CldSns-ToHitDeb/EndRdx/Rchg(42), CldSns-Acc/ToHitDeb(42), CldSns-%Dam(43), CldSns-Acc/Rchg(45), CldSns-ToHitDeb(48) Level 41: Fire Ball Rgn-Dmg/EndRdx(A), Rgn-Acc/Rchg(43), Rgn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(43), Rgn-Dmg/Rchg(45), Rgn-Knock%(45) Level 44: Fly BlsoftheZ-ResKB(A) Level 47: Assault EndRdx-I(A) Level 49: Vengeance LucoftheG-Def/Rchg+(A) Level 1: Brawl Empty(A) Level 1: Containment Level 1: Prestige Power Dash 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Will do when I am back from work today. Speaking of which, that plant Controller spoiled me, she is just that safe. I would really love if you could give me some tips on how to handle my Dark/Storm Controller. I really have a hard time on her with only Fearsome Stare to open. I hate it how that stun is pbaoe. How do you handle nemesis or hard hitting mobs/Bosses, because of course I tend to miss them mostly with FS. On the plant I can just open with Darkest Night and wait for seeds to recharge (12 secs) to stack it on Nemesis or other mobs that resist it. I am sure there is something I am missing there so any help would be appreciated.

Plus you can't really open with it, even if invis, because you get aggro at the start of the Animation and the hold takes place at the end of the Animation.

Single Target: Ill/Dark Aoe: Plant/Dark /Dark is probably one of the best secondaries for Controllers especially if you want a self heal, no end issues, a bit of def/res and a lot of -tohit, -resistance, -regen. I have a Plant/Dark and Fire/Dark, but the plant handles +4/x8 Arachnos a lot better, even though the Fire one has softcapped melee.

Wow I am impressed you really manage to use your powers by clicking on them. Always was too laggy for me and I use keybinds.

I went totally different apporach, no Fighting pool, but softcapped range defense and 216% global recharge. She laughs at +4/x8 Arachnos because that's how good seeds is. I can post my build if anyone is interrested. And you want Coercive Persuation in Seeds because Contagious Confusion will almost always also confuse bosses. Now if I could make my Dark/Storm build work so it would be nearly as enjoyable….

Still looking at the Flavor of the Months Thread it's the least played secondary for Controllers.

And of course the Vanguardian uses claws when doing melee 🙂 I don't think they look much alike, just find it interresting that they are using those names.

Did you know that Trove has a class ,the Vanguardian (!) that shoots balls and they go all "Freem!" over your screen? You need to have the Paragon of the Past (!) Costume for this towork though. Coincidence? I don't think so, but did not find anything on the net about it. I enjoyed playing the class and had fond memories of CoH while doing so.