I would recommend folks to look at that thread for ideas/builds. I put out all sorts of builds, 1000s of builds. But to go disparage what I do as nothing more then bullshit, well thppppttt... Closet o 17k views and tons of DLs, I guess some folks find it interesting. 😄 Also how old was that build you found? Could been before changes/additions to blasters V2 came through. As for Soft Caps Ranged of S/L, you realize all attacks, nearly all. Have S/L element to them? Thus Talking Shop with Castle back in day, when it comes to Typed Defense, it's still king. Do those being checked first for Defenses, then Positional checked next when attacks are incoming. So unless HC changed a lot of the code for nearly every power in the game, which is probably a nightmare.
Folks keep trying apply some new fangled whatever to an old fangled game. It's still same stuff from back then, that stuff really has not changed, beyond proliferation and class changes by HC. Those NPC attacks are pretty much the same. Ranged Defense is a Positional Defense. If something punching you in the face, if your BLAPPING, there are Melee CCs too. Some CCs don't have a ranged component in them, it's strictly typed.