Pyrotechnic Control / Brilliant Barrage > single click bind?

[Zombra]

Hi, the multiple group idea for BB is cool, but I'm lazy.  I just want to tap the power and have both effects center on my target.  Sadly I fear there isn't a single keybind or macro that will do both at once.  Am I wrong?  How would you do it?

[PyroBeetle]

Personally I have mine bound to the T key,

 

/bind t "powexec_location target Brilliant Barrage"

 

Fires both effects with the target location based on my target. It is one of a series of binds that I use with my Pyro/Marine

[Zombra]

15 minutes ago, PyroBeetle said:

/bind t "powexec_location target Brilliant Barrage"

Fires both effects with the target location based on my target. It is one of a series of binds that I use with my Pyro/Marine

 

Oh good!  I assumed that wouldn't work for both effects so I didn't even try it.  Thanks so much 🙂

[tidge]

21 minutes ago, PyroBeetle said:

Personally I have mine bound to the T key,

 

/bind t "powexec_location target Brilliant Barrage"

 

Fires both effects with the target location based on my target. It is one of a series of binds that I use with my Pyro/Marine

 

This is essentially what I did, although I put a macro in my power tray to do it.

[WindDemon21]

On 7/23/2025 at 11:41 AM, Zombra said:

 

Oh good!  I assumed that wouldn't work for both effects so I didn't even try it.  Thanks so much 🙂

It does, because the one part works based on target. Problem with this though, and a large problem with the power itself, is that the effects should really both be 16 targets even if the duration of the stun was lower than more normal aoe stuns. Doing this, overlaps the stun and fear, and you'll get enemies that have both effects, and up to half the mob that have ZERO mez on them from the power. The power is just piss poor at being reliable and doing it's job. I'd much rather it just be an aoe stun at this point. It completely kills the set as being usable on a dominator, and ends up hurting control on trollers a ton especially against higher enemies as well.

 

They really need to make both the stun and fear 16 targets, but make the stun last 10s instead of 15 at level 50, so it's more of a "quick stun now, but extended fear", because with the stun and fear being only 8 targets it makes the power absolutely terrible. In my testings the procs if the stun and fear are overlapped don't seem to proc twice in the same enemy either so it doesn't even have that benefit. Just really wish they'd fix the power asap. I've shelved all my pyro toons for the time being because the control is just awful without that. Glittering column is nice, but it doesn't do enough every mob control that sets really need.