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Did something change with the Reverberant's aggression? Since I saw the confusion and stun got buff yet didn't have time to test until last night/this morning. From those tests the Pet is now acting more like the Grav pet where it'll sit behind me instead of being more independent. The confusion and stun buffs are amazing. Yet what happened to the Pet are not, since it feels like it isn't doing anything in a fight until it gets down to a lot less enemies on screen. When before I was able to buff it out and it'll charge into the middle of an active mob and shred. It feels like I can't rely on it anymore, why I'm I buffing it out if isn't gonna move...

Yeah that's what I realized Omega is cool and all yet Frag would just be better for most content. I only got def failure versus Longbow. Malta, Arachnos and Carnies weren't a problem at all. It was more so a concept. Since I have a melee Nata and Huntsman. So if I get bored when new runs go live I might reroll my huntsman for a week or so to play around with it.

A while ago I ran something with all Spiders and one player said they never seen one so when I was on Beta, I built one. To me it's solid even though I know there's a lot I could move around.

From what I played it's a buff for /Sonic Controllers or Masterminds that have that sleep hole and get "sniped" by a Mez when they enter a room. So I can have toggles up and not have to worry about it now. It legit didn't feel like 8 seconds I got that quick "Sleep" pose, recovered and I could hear my pet was still affecting mobs with the sonic toggles. If this were Live with my MM I would have to recast all 4 of the toggles I use and that's way longer than 8 secs.

I wanna log in just to see that madness for myself

Because that means those level 50's doing endgame content are Ouroboros members and some of us want those unique costume items if that's the case. Yet that's me being vain.

It's honestly why Echo Plaza was made, it's bright, there's Icon rep right there. I completely get tradition yet dammit. It's there big group like events so people can get into Ouro, PD, etc in high traffic hours. Like I said the only problem really was JUST Atlas Park since Mercy is Mercy. Players that start villain have a plan already.

To me this set is closer to Gravity where the pet really enhances the whole set's synergy, damn Reverb is so bold to stare down a Zeus and not get hurt. Personally as of now as Controller you want either, Sonic, Storm or Kin. Anything that can play with force feedback to keep Confounding Chant recharge low. But yeah you can easily set up Confounding Chant to be almost 90 out and touch a whole room.

That's why I wonder if the normal player base know or even care about Beta branch if they want to try something just hop over there and spend an hour or so building a character then figuring out if you can afford it, or even like how the build plays. Since to me the again the 3rd time saying it the REAL AE problem is solved they're out of AP and Mercy. This whole thread is pointless until we understand the removal of these AE's first really do change something. Doesn't really bother me when I normally roll a new character it's like 3am EST or some shit and I start as a villain. Yet those Blue players have to change it up.

The only problem was when you had to pop into AP and it lags for other zones it's no problem. They might finally spread out a bit since I've had my game crash a few times zoning in when running some TF's. They legit fixed that problem. Personally what's happening with AE here should be put on the backburner to see how people react with the AE in AP being gone first. If that makes people play more DFB's that's basically the goal completed. It matters not what a 50 do with their time.

Those are the players I spoke about above. I legit wonder if they know there's a beta branch? A lot of the characters that get PL'ed I never see them playing again. I don't know if they're changing names, hopping servers, or like I'm thinking they just wasted somebody's time PL'ing them to realize they don't like the character... A lot of the arguments are really whatever. Since the main problem is AE in Atlas Park is like half a block from the spawn point. They solved that by removing it for something else. Yet that's also like complaining about people playing DFB and ignoring Twinshot. Some people play in dead hours, other only have an hour or so to play, and a lot of people are playing at work. They play something that can be ran quickly or they can AFK and not hold the squad back. That's AE farms.

AE is self contained content, I overall avoided going super hard into it, Yet I can understand why they do what they do. They're played hard enough to pay for anything out the pocket. While I played content. Like last week I played Dr Q, 6 times to get over 1200 merits which is enough to setup a new character with their own ATO set. I'm sitting on merits like some players sit on inf. Personally I don't mind them buying outright. It's just we spend our time doing what we deem most efficient. Overall this feels like the Red side vs Blue side argument. Blue is easier, the zones are nicer to look at, there's more of them and people want to be a hero even if they're called "deathbringer666" They're in AP letting anybody new get into fire farms. Red side have more interesting storylines and I like the badges. Mercy is so full of content you can easily just miss out on Port Oakes content and go right to Cap Au. Then there's Gold, when Symph rolls out I might make that a Gold character.

Personally I would have just been fine with just moving of the AE's out of starter zones(really didn't matter in Mercy) yet holy crap the lag in AP. I get why you're doing this, the problem is not everybody is up for or around to do different content. Due to we're pulling people from a lot of time zones some people play in "dead" hours. If they're 50 and want to grind their own AE I don't see that as a problem. Hell, I even have my own methods for leveling to help me get the villain accolades in a pace I like. So I don't hop on those AE farms anymore. The funny thing is that I wonder do people know of the beta branch? Since I did use it to test out things that needed testing yet overall if there was build I wanted to test I did it there. So I didn't need to grind I knew what I wanted to do and how I wanted to enjoy the game. I only made my two farmers because really I was more so grinding Hami raids for merits yet I lacked influence to buy the cheaper stuff. I only made like 500mil and split that with a few characters and never hopped back in AE to grind like that again. I don't know, really. I get both sides. Where people just wanna grind/farm and help people. Then there's others that don't realize there's the beta branch and or early game solo farms that can get them to 20 in like 3-4 runs... So they don't need that carry to be honest.

That's why I say change the confusion to be a stun (keep the animation tho, I love it) because that would make Synth really unique and play into it's "sonic" roots. We know Sonic Blast has ST stun and an AOE sleep that do dmg. There isn't a single Control setup that has a ST Stun they're all flavors of AOE. Even Symph's AOE stun has a unique interaction with the sleep. If the Reverb is gonna stack let me stack a stun not a confuse.

This is why I say the ST confuse doesn't work on Symph. That confuse is cute can all until the Reverb wants to play and then it's dead weight. Now if it was a ST stun it's amazing and fits into the theme better. The sleep overall outside of 45+ content is perfectly fine doing damage since you since you don't have interface dots. The reason why the sleep is solid as is, all due to the -dmg so it having dmg itself makes it a useful tool once the fighting starts. It's a dam good cone, if a want a godlike sleep I got Mind and Elec. If I want a better confusion I got again Mind. Then Elec and Plant have the most aggressive confusions in the game. Symph should be in it's own niche instead of "why isn't it like this". Personally you gotta treat Symph like Grav it's way more aggressively played especially once the Reverb comes online.

First off, I see everything and I mean EVERYTHING done to ITF even at 1 star is the slow down that BS we've been getting away with on normal. No more 1 guy solo'ing mission 1 and 2 while the rest of the team deals with the mobs. No more pulling everything under the arches and burning through the bosses on mission 3. Mission 4 having a bit more involved then what've been doing to rommy is amazing. A lot of my group had to leave for lunch yet at lease we got to experience what this update is gonna offer. It was AMAZING for somebody like me who will at times run back to back KM ITF's. Now you have to think, stick together and be aware of what enemies to kill last out of a mob.

I get where you're coming from yet it's why I chose Paralytic over Reactive. I already have enough -res with Symph/Sonic. The sleep does work, personally the confuse should be stun. Yet making the sleep as oppressive as elec is too much.

That's what I was thinking when I rolled up Sonic with Symph it just works, If you want to kick back and simply play that pair is a great time. Bleeding edge to me with Symph might be rolling it with Thermal, since will Forge bring up Reverb's echos to be more potent than what I'm able to do damage wise. It'll be a more busy setup. Even though I still gotta test it's interactions with Storm. Elec would be decent but busy, Rad and Nature might be the hardest pairings to balance personally, Cold might end up like Thermal, Time and Dark are gonna be good yet not what I want pair with Symph atm.

Yeah I get it, since this control setup is very aggressive and meant to be played not as blastery like Grav yet more on pace like Fire. To be more on topic, from my tests with both Sympy/Kin and Sonic. The ST confusion is thematic yet doesn't really fit, if it was a Stun it'll be fine, as of now it being a Confuse it really doesn't work. Yet that's just my own feelings about it. This is why Symph doesn't overwrite Mind. Mind you want the confusion because you lack an Immo. So Confusions and Sleep is how I setup the field. With Symph you setup with the AOE Sleep as well yet with it's interesting interaction with the AOE Stun allows to be more aggressive.

Personally I like it, the Reverb pet has the aggression level I like. Since I was running Synth/Kin the cones suited my needs I'm fine with pretty much everything doing damage. One thing I've noticed and I really like is that the stun doesn't break the sleep allowing you to set up some very interesting burst damage so as is now Synth does looks like it'll work very fine as a troller. A personal issue at least for me is that the sounded were kinda quiet. Like I have a double sonic blaster on HC and I can hear each difference in the attacks and they have some punch. Even my Kin sounds were much louder I need to get into an ITF or Market Crash to really see what this control set can really do. Going back to the pet it now reminds me of a way more involved Gun Drone. From what I'm seeing this a highly aggressive set that wants you to lean more so on the Primary over the secondary overall. So Synth is gonna be good with Kin/Storm/Sonic/FF for sure. Out of those four Sonic might be the most interesting because due to the pet's aggression it's perfect to drop the auras on it and watch it cook.

Personally with Glue Arrow, I frankenslot it. Since at the end of the build your recharge is good enough. The -res proc for sure. a lot of slow/range or dmg/slow. It isn't meant to be burst it's meant to be used either before or after a Rain of Arrows. YET if you want to keep them there and do that bigger damage you want the Superior Frozen Blast set.

Sonic has a lot of low investment/skippable skills so you can focus on other things. It's better played mid range with your pets to me it's very suited for a demon build. Force Field is kinda the same way but yeah boring, but powerful crazy good on robots. Cold is overall great since it's active you may want to play around with everything BUT it really doesn't have anything that protects you. I mean you can get some high def yet you won't get the mez protection as the others. As pblue said Time is the best one since it gives crazy good healing, the best aura that lowers acc to a bit over 20% which makes all the Def bonuses stack. Thugs/Time is very interesting if you can get Burnout going.

For Beasts the Dire Wolf being a Sabertooth Tiger or a Polar Bear. Making the Lioness into mountain lions, or male lions/tigers, then they wolves can be coyotes or lions. For Thugs just simply all the human NPC's like RIP, Trolls, Syndicate, Warriors, Family, Destroyers. Even the Praetorian Protesters would be cool. Other than that make'em look like the Player.

Just take the flying aspects over the leaping since evasive maneuvers gives a lot of def by itself and it very good when slotted like 21.1 def as a MM

Seeing how the Primas and Wardens are now with Grav. I'm glad it's gone, YET it makes me think "what if it could do Wormhole..."