DP/??? Equilibrium

[Glubba]

Hello All!

 

I've been playing City of Heroes on and off since it went live. I have a few level 50 characters and around 100 alts ranging from levels 2 to 49. My notable characters include a level 50 Stalker, Warshade, Defender, and Fire Farmer. While I’ve never been particularly drawn to Blasters, I love the movie "Equilibrium." I know this may not be an original idea, but I want to create a character modeled after John Preston, the main character from the film. 

 

My question for you vet blasters is: what would be a good secondary for this character? Initially, I considered Martial Combat, but since they don’t really use melee attacks in the movie, I shifted my thinking to Temporal Manipulation. This seems to fit better because the powers feel more like "innate" abilities, enhancing speed for me and slowing down my enemies.

 

I would love to hear about Dual Pistols builds you’ve enjoyed that seem to work well together or synergize. I’m trying to avoid more elemental secondaries since they don’t really fit my theme. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I'm familiar with Mids, so I don't necessarily need a specific build, just some recommendations for funsies.

 

Thanks all!

[Octogoat]

Dp/Sr sentinel

[Glubba]

@OctogoatFor some reason, Sent didn't even cross my mind. that's a great idea, Thank you!

[ajchvy]

I did DP/SR Sent and it is fun.

[Frozen Burn]

I've paired DP with /Mental, /Sonic, and /Ninja.  Love them all.  

 

With DP, I look for secondaries with PBAOEs that will go well with the DP PBAOE nuke.  There are some great elemental secondaries that pair really well, but since we're avoiding those, yeah.... /Martial and /Temporal would great pairings as well.

 

 

  

[Without_Pause]

I've enjoyed my DP/martial. Zoom in and PBAoE away.

[Thraxen]

Sr sent is the correct answer. Can take flurry but that was more for matrix rip off for me. 

[ZorkNemesis]

I did DP/Electric with a focus on blapping.  Took Spring Attack to jump into fights and turned Lightning Clap into a minor proc bomb, along with Thunder Strike and Hail of Bullets.  A bit dangerous but it was still fun diving into crowds with bullets and sparks in all directions.

 

EDIT: Didn't notice you said no elemental secondaries so this probably isn't your cup of tea.  Though I do think if you wanted a tech-styled character electrical powers are easier to justify compared to other elemental effects.

 

Edited November 23 by ZorkNemesis

[ShimmerDoll]

Having both a dual pistols sentinel and blaster, the blaster with martial is much more fun to play (/martial or ninja on blasters makes anything fun). It's one of the few blasters that I don't die on even when I'm playing recklessly, and the speed, in regards to getting through anything is unmatched due to the secondary being martial combat.  I don't even use the exact min/max build anymore, but an actual build I find way more fun and that character has become my main, nearing 1000 veteran levels, 99% solo player.  Of the 169 characters I've made, it's easily the fastest and most fun playstyle in my opinion. The sentinel version of dual pistols is much more relaxed and does less damage by quite a bit and both have sets. I do like the sentinel too but as far as sentinels go (at 50+) my electric/electric sentinel outperforms the dual pistols sentinel, and the electric sentinel is only in the process of getting all it's sets (about half right now).

 

The blaster version flows nicely in combat and is quite fun to play.  If you like clearing things quickly, teleporting from enemy to enemy and highspeed/intense playstyles the blaster version is the way to go. Sentinel is more chill.

 

and I am a huge fan of Equilibrium. They did use the back of the guns in many melee fights in that film, you can just pretend you're a more agile version of Preston, since there's a couple kicks.

Edited November 23 by ShimmerDoll

[Thraxen]

6 slot brawl it kits with guns. 

[Thraxen]

Hits with 

[Lockpick]

You could also consider a DP / Ninja Training Blaster.  Equilibrium did have a sword fight at the end.  Although my DP / MC character is an Equilibrium / 97 Steps homage character.

 

 

[High_Beam]

Funny how such a bad movie has become so iconic ; style over substance.  And yet it was what I thought of with my first DP/MC Blaster.

[Undeadsiege]

On 11/22/2024 at 4:22 PM, ShimmerDoll said:

Having both a dual pistols sentinel and blaster, the blaster with martial is much more fun to play (/martial or ninja on blasters makes anything fun). It's one of the few blasters that I don't die on even when I'm playing recklessly, and the speed, in regards to getting through anything is unmatched due to the secondary being martial combat.  I don't even use the exact min/max build anymore, but an actual build I find way more fun and that character has become my main, nearing 1000 veteran levels, 99% solo player.  Of the 169 characters I've made, it's easily the fastest and most fun playstyle in my opinion. The sentinel version of dual pistols is much more relaxed and does less damage by quite a bit and both have sets. I do like the sentinel too but as far as sentinels go (at 50+) my electric/electric sentinel outperforms the dual pistols sentinel, and the electric sentinel is only in the process of getting all it's sets (about half right now).

 

The blaster version flows nicely in combat and is quite fun to play.  If you like clearing things quickly, teleporting from enemy to enemy and highspeed/intense playstyles the blaster version is the way to go. Sentinel is more chill.

 

and I am a huge fan of Equilibrium. They did use the back of the guns in many melee fights in that film, you can just pretend you're a more agile version of Preston, since there's a couple kicks.

The DP/Martial blaster sounds absolutely amazing, do you happen to have a mids for that build? I've been thinking about coming back to the game for a minute, and the haven't ever played DP but always thought they would be super satisfying. 

[ScarySai]

I've tried them all, dp/martial was fun but pretty weak, dp/ninja handles DP's weaknesses the best, but you need to eat reds and use amps to get the most of it.

[kelika2]

Blaster:

Pistol/tactical arrow - absolute beast

pistol/fire - pbaoe fun

pistol/ice - weak

pistol/energy - nice, just pistols and like two utility things

pistol/psi - more aoe

pistol/martial - is ok

 

Sentinel:

Pistol/fire - pbaoe fun, theme stacking, dot stacking

Pistol/bio - most toxic damage in the game

 

Corr:

Pistol/poison - thought it was ganna be cool but it isnt.  nox gas and hail is fun

[UltraAlt]

On 11/21/2024 at 10:54 AM, Glubba said:

While I’ve never been particularly drawn to Blasters, I love the movie "Equilibrium." I know this may not be an original idea, but I want to create a character modeled after John Preston, the main character from the film. 

 

My question for you vet blasters is: what would be a good secondary for this character? Initially, I considered Martial Combat, but since they don’t really use melee attacks in the movie, I shifted my thinking to Temporal Manipulation. This seems to fit better because the powers feel more like "innate" abilities, enhancing speed for me and slowing down my enemies.

 

This why I would really like to see a dual pistol melee set. 

Close range shots (nothing outside of normal melee combat range) and pistol whipping for the win.

 

I do love a dual pistol/martial arts blaster though. Lots of fun. Knock enemies flying with ki push and blast them in the air when they are in "bullet time".

 

 

[Bananiac]

Has been called enough times before, but I will nonetheless come here and second the DP/Martial Combat Blaster.

This to me has the absolute closest feel like Gun Kata gameplay that I have seen.

Edited December 9 by Bananiac

[ScarySai]

Expanding on the previous post, DP's major weakness is it's single target, assuming you've taken the liberty to proc it out and patch out some of it's other issues.

 

Ninja will cover that the best, but without a build up you really gotta chomp reds to get value out of it.

Edited December 10 by ScarySai