DocRadio Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I've tried both of them... was underwhelmed by both. Beam doesn't have a lot of AoE options so cutting beam is a consideration, though I think the damage is lackluster. Gun Drone on the other hand... Unless I'm missing something... Is there any point in that power at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uun Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Agree that Cutting Beam is lackluster, but it's the only AoE Beam's got aside from the T9 and the 5 deg cone. It can take an Achilles' Heel proc, which is a plus. Uunderdog - Rad/Rad Scrapper | Uundertaker - Rad/Dark Corruptor | Uun - MA/Inv Scrapper | Uunison - Grav/Storm Controller | Uuncola - Ice/Temp Blaster | Uundergrowth - Plant/Martial Dominator | Uunstable - SR/Staff Tank Uunreal - Fire/Time Corruptor | Uunrest - Dark/TA Blaster | Uunseen - Ill/Poison Controller | Uuncool - Cold/Beam Defender | Uunderground - Earth/Earth Dominator | Uunknown - Mind/Psi Dominator | Uunplugged - Stone/Elec Brute Uunfair - Archery/TA Corruptor | Uunsung - DP/Ninja Blaster | Uunflammable - Fire/Nature Controller | Uunflappable - WM/WP Brute | Uundead - Dark/Dark Tank | Uunfit - Water/Martial Blaster | Uunwrapped - Dark/Dark Dominator Uunchill - Ice/Kinetics Corruptor | Uunpleasant - En/En Stalker | Uunbrella - Rad/Rad Sentinel | Uunsafari - Beasts/Traps MM | Uungnome - Nature/Seismic Defender | Uunsavory - Poson/Sonic Defender | Uunicycle - BS/Shield Scrapper Uuntouchable - Ill/Time Controller | Uunferno - Fire/Fire Tank | Uunthinkable - Psi/SR Scrapper | Uuncivil - Thugs/Elec MM | Uunnatural - Ice/Savage Dominator | Uunshockable - Elec/Bio Sentinel | Uunfathomable - Elec/Dark Controller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemu Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Wondering why you can't fit both in? Most of the pure ranger builds will skip time bomb, trip mine and taser on /dev, some even skip smoke grenade. You most likely will also skip either the T1 or T2 blast. That leaves 9-10 pool powers, plenty for the typical cookie cutter builds or even the more experimental off the beaten track builds. Liberty, Torchbearer, Excelsior, Everlasting Jezebel Delias Level 50 Fire/Elec/Mace Blaster I am the Inner Circle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelwys Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Mine skipped *Single Shot* and *Cutting Beam* from BR; and *Taser*, *Smoke Grenade* and *Time Bomb* from Dev. Whilst it can take an Achilles' Heel Proc, the DPA is a bit pants. So whenever Overcharge is on cooldown I'd usually just rather toebomb a Trip Mine. The Gun Drone is basically extra damage output that doesn't interfere with your attack chain. It's fire-and-forget every 90 seconds; so it's difficult to justify not having (at least) one of them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUBARczar Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I skip both. Use caltrops and bonfire. Let your teammates help with AoE. BR/Dev specializes in hard targets 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUBARczar Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 a build https://www.midsreborn.com/builds/download.php?uc=1368&c=669&a=1338&f=HEX&dc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ink to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meknomancer Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 I always take cutting beam. Having said that i also agree with FUBARczar and went bonfire/caltrops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crysis Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 On 11/5/2021 at 6:11 AM, FUBARczar said: I skip both. Use caltrops and bonfire. Let your teammates help with AoE. BR/Dev specializes in hard targets Masterclass for BR/Dev right here. Actually, in the late game, I end up respeccing out of Trip Mines and slot Caltrops up a ton with procs. It actually works better for steamrolling teams I've found. Fast cast, great proc's and Bonfire to boot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowman Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 On 11/8/2021 at 6:19 PM, Crysis said: Masterclass for BR/Dev right here. Actually, in the late game, I end up respeccing out of Trip Mines and slot Caltrops up a ton with procs. It actually works better for steamrolling teams I've found. Fast cast, great proc's and Bonfire to boot. mind sharing your build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboRaptor Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 On 10/30/2021 at 9:25 PM, DocRadio said: I've tried both of them... was underwhelmed by both. Beam doesn't have a lot of AoE options so cutting beam is a consideration, though I think the damage is lackluster. Gun Drone on the other hand... Unless I'm missing something... Is there any point in that power at all? both cutting beam is or 2nd AoE option in beam so that alone is why you should take it. gun drone is essentially free dps while it also has a massive 80% resist stat. 90% if u take expedient reinforcements. it also taunts whatever it shoots so if it tags a boss it can tank it until it explodes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frozen Burn Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 On 10/30/2021 at 9:25 PM, DocRadio said: I've tried both of them... was underwhelmed by both. Beam doesn't have a lot of AoE options so cutting beam is a consideration, though I think the damage is lackluster. Gun Drone on the other hand... Unless I'm missing something... Is there any point in that power at all? On 12/7/2021 at 1:02 PM, TurboRaptor said: both cutting beam is or 2nd AoE option in beam so that alone is why you should take it. gun drone is essentially free dps while it also has a massive 80% resist stat. 90% if u take expedient reinforcements. it also taunts whatever it shoots so if it tags a boss it can tank it until it explodes. I am seconding what TurboRaptor said here.... take both! Very little AOE options with BR and Gun Drone really gives you the DPS you need from the Devices secondary. Depending on how much recharge you have, you can typically get 2 out perma or for at least a little overlap. Trip Mine and Time Bomb are good ambush burst damage, but slows down your DPS. Gun Drone keeps it going while you Beam shoot away! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Rorec Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Echoing whats already been said. Take both. You'll need them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUBARczar Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 12:24 PM, Chelsea Rorec said: Echoing whats already been said. Take both. You'll need them. Huh, it seems like that echo is very faint. Most say skip. And if I had room for one I'd rather take the gun drone. Cutting beam is one wants to minimize their build not max it out 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Rorec Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 2 hours ago, FUBARczar said: Huh, it seems like that echo is very faint. Most say skip. And if I had room for one I'd rather take the gun drone. Cutting beam is one wants to minimize their build not max it out 😂 That's because i'm not completely enthused by Beam rifle and it's single targetness. And kind of cone/pet is needed badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUBARczar Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 5 hours ago, Chelsea Rorec said: That's because i'm not completely enthused by Beam rifle and it's single targetness. And kind of cone/pet is needed badly. If one is interested in more AoE the they might consider Dual Pistols, Fire, Water, or Elec Blast.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Rorec Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 On 12/19/2021 at 2:49 PM, FUBARczar said: If one is interested in more AoE the they might consider Dual Pistols, Fire, Water, or Elec Blast.. I'm not the OP and i have tried Beam and didn't like it but that is what the OP has taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUBARczar Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Chelsea Rorec said: I'm not the OP and i have tried Beam and didn't like it but that is what the OP has taken. Right on, I can understand that. IMO BR is very good at what it does, but AoE is not it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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