Best AT for powergaming.

[Snarky]

This whole thread is my opinion and conjecture.  I mostly play regular content on PUGs with 50+4 being comfortable for my 50s.  i have run some 2 star stuff but do it just for the badges.  Not a fan.  I am almost a carry in a 4 star, though I try.  And I have not tried much lol.

 

Certain ATs and playstyles are just more efficient in the modern game.  A 7 person team of one Tank and 7 random Corruptors could clear faster than almost anything else, in my opinion.  I do not believe mixing Blasters with Controllers and Defenders equals out.  Corruptors are just the bomb.  But I do not enjoy the playstyle.

 

My favorite Corruptor is a Dark Dark. I have basically two "phases" that synergize with Corruptor Scourge. 1) set them up, debuff.  Tar patch, fear, to hit debuff.  Really screw with the targets.  2) Burn.  I have an Ice Cold which is powerful but I miss a hard hitting Nuke.  

 

My favorite current playstyle is a ranged Blaster.  I have a Beam Temporal that I ran in endless Master of Incarnate Trials.  It is probably more effective at high end content than my new love.  AR Devices.  With the changes to AR this is now a viable option to me.  Better on trash mobs than Beam, With munitions getting a little debuff back.  I love the toys, theme, and the mini strategy of caltrops, mines, gun drone, etc.  

 

My new "main" is a Dark Dark Stalker.  This is the hardest hitting melee ST I have run.  Insanely powerful.  Melee is no longer my preferred playstyle.  I do not enjoy Dark Dark on any non melee toon very much though.  So my Vampire meme will be badging the year away on this one trick wonder.

 

I am dusting off a Invulnerable Dark Tank and keeping them in the batters box ready if someone needs a heavy for a team.  To me this is the ultimate Tank.  (although Ice Ice has insane agro control, to me Invulnerable is just Tankier)

 

But though my three "go to" toons are not what I consider the "best" AT for powergaming all three bring great playability to high end teams.

 

What are your favorite toons and thoughts on how to be effective?

[Jiro Ito]

I've run hard mode content stuff with all-tank teams, all-blaster, all-corrupter, and all-defender.  Tank is funny, safe, slow.  Blasters are a capital-G-Grind.  Corrupters and Defenders tied for the best as they are fast, safe, and fun.  Soloing, I usually choose a blaster or scrapper, but in hard team content, corrupters and defenders are always the best because they make everyone else on the team better.  Best makeups are 1 of everything.  I love my fire/kin corrupter and dark/ice defender the most, but stay flexible to fill whatever need the team has.  Deaths?  A defender's power boosted Vengeance gives 65% boost to all defense.  Last longer than Barrier!

[Yomo Kimyata]

Even though they say that you can run CoH on a potato, I have been unable to play this game without some sort of electric power, either AC or battery operated.  So I guess powergaming works with every AT.

[Glacier Peak]

There's no mention of a gaming chair in the original post, which leads me to believe you truly don't want to be the most l33t gamer! 😎

[Snarky]

21 minutes ago, Glacier Peak said:

There's no mention of a gaming chair in the original post, which leads me to believe you truly don't want to be the most l33t gamer! 😎

My setup.  I have now mounted the TV monitor on the wall. (difficult task....) and sit in one of the legs kicked under you stools for posture.  

 

[Captain Fabulous]

*/Regen. Best of the best. 10/10. Super easy mode. Also best set to earn debt badge.

[Rigged]

Doesn't this depend on your goals? Powergaming is more about specializing to the extreme in a playstyle. The best AT for hardmodes is not the best for farming, nor for doing non-hardmode content. Play whatever you like, that is more important.

 

 

 

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Oh man, I can hardly keep a straight face. Obviously the answer is Tanker.

[Glacier Peak]

2 hours ago, Snarky said:

My setup.  I have now mounted the TV monitor on the wall. (difficult task....) and sit in one of the legs kicked under you stools for posture.  

 

Sweet, this is my setup a year ago. I've since added a third monitor and upgraded to an Xbox Series X. Doors make great desk tops.

 

[Snarky]

11 minutes ago, Glacier Peak said:

Sweet, this is my setup a year ago. I've since added a third monitor and upgraded to an Xbox Series X. Doors make great desk tops.

 

I went to Ikea and got two "tables" the glass with hex patterns.  They came with small double sawhorses.  Those you seein the picture. I went to HomeDepot and got some wood and made a couple open cabinets underneath for paper and comps.  The long return is 4 pieces of hard wood just laid flat to hold the weight.  I construct a lot of stuff like this.  Not high quality or "finished" but task oriented and exactly what I want.  Stores never have what I want.  So I just make my own.

Edited May 12, 2023 by Snarky

[lemming]

1 hour ago, Snarky said:

I went to Ikea and got two "tables" the glass with hex patterns.  They came with small double sawhorses.  Those you seein the picture. I went to HomeDepot and got some wood and made a couple open cabinets underneath for paper and comps.  The long return is 4 pieces of hard wood just laid flat to hold the weight.  I construct a lot of stuff like this.  Not high quality or "finished" but task oriented and exactly what I want.  Stores never have what I want.  So I just make my own.

I rebuilt my couch and desk last year and put in a new computer.  Dual monitor.  There's some stuff I'll probably change around later this year, but the desk, couch, etc... were all built from scavenged wood.   I'm also in a tiny house, so space is limited.

 

On the original question, I just don't know.   Depends on what I'm powering thru, though I play tankers a lot lately, if I'm blowing thru stuff, my blasters or scrappers.

[MoonSheep]

when i play another alt other than my mind/fire permadom i realise how capable it is. it’s mostly used as a high damage ranged blaster, with the insta-lockdown mez controls for spicy moments

[Techwright]

12 hours ago, Yomo Kimyata said:

Even though they say that you can run CoH on a potato, I have been unable to play this game without some sort of electric power, either AC or battery operated.  So I guess powergaming works with every AT.

 

You must be doing it wrong.

 

[Shred Monkey]

13 hours ago, Snarky said:

My setup.  I have now mounted the TV monitor on the wall. (difficult task....) and sit in one of the legs kicked under you stools for posture.  

 

 

That's two machines isn't it?  Do you get as annoyed as I do that the mouse doesn't understand you're trying to drag the window/icon/file from one machine to the other?

 

[Captain Fabulous]

9 hours ago, lemming said:

I rebuilt my couch and desk last year and put in a new computer.  Dual monitor.  There's some stuff I'll probably change around later this year, but the desk, couch, etc... were all built from scavenged wood. 

 

 

10 hours ago, Snarky said:

I went to Ikea and got two "tables" the glass with hex patterns.  They came with small double sawhorses.  Those you seein the picture. I went to HomeDepot and got some wood and made a couple open cabinets underneath for paper and comps.  The long return is 4 pieces of hard wood just laid flat to hold the weight.  I construct a lot of stuff like this.  Not high quality or "finished" but task oriented and exactly what I want.  Stores never have what I want.  So I just make my own.

 

 

11 hours ago, Glacier Peak said:

Doors make great desk tops.

I have a desk from Ikea. I'm bougie that way.

[Neiska]

15 hours ago, Snarky said:

My setup.  I have now mounted the TV monitor on the wall. (difficult task....) and sit in one of the legs kicked under you stools for posture.  

 

 

That is an impressively well-lit and clean Crypt you have there Snarky. I am genuinely surprised. I expected more Bats and Cobwebs. Is that a pinball machine I see in the corner?

[Snarky]

3 hours ago, Shred Monkey said:

 

That's two machines isn't it?  Do you get as annoyed as I do that the mouse doesn't understand you're trying to drag the window/icon/file from one machine to the other?

 

sometimes.  But for the times I alt acct PL myself or use Discord it is truly easy.

[Snarky]

1 hour ago, Neiska said:

 

That is an impressively well-lit and clean Crypt you have there Snarky. I am genuinely surprised. I expected more Bats and Cobwebs. Is that a pinball machine I see in the corner?

I have added some red silk roses and skulls here and there.  But after the maid goes through most of the body fluids and crypt dust is gone.