What AT do you not play at all

[Apogee]

I was looking over my spreadsheet of characters and out of the 200 or so characters I have, a few ATs I simply do not enjoy playing.  I've tried all ATs at one point since 2004 but these are the ones I currently steer clear of for reasons ranging from how they play to a complete dislike of the class as a whole:

 

Controller

Dominator

Mastermind

HEATs

VEATs

 

What do you avoid playing and why?

Edited Sunday at 03:25 AM by Apogee

[Snarky]

Defender, never

Matermind, not my thing.  very very rare

Controller, no DPS, very rare

Dominator.... rainbow Dom power effect.  wonky monkeygrinder permadom.  rare

Sentinels.  fun when they came out.  No DPS, never again

Stalkers, Blasters out DPS them.  and you gotta be right in it, very rare

Scrappers, not my thing. Almost never

Brutes and Tanks.  Homecoming put me off Brutes by buffing Tanks to the 9s.  I stopped playing them.

Tanks, not my thing.  i have a few.  I almost never play them.

Khelds, never

Soldiers, pretty rare

 

So, i play My Dark Dark Corr, and a variety of Blasters.

 

 

Edited Friday at 01:43 AM by Snarky

[JKCarrier]

About the only AT that's a hard "no" are the Kheldians -- they're just too fiddly and labor-intensive for my casual style.
I mostly solo, so I tend to avoid "support" types like Defenders and Controllers. But I'll roll one up once in a while, just for the change of pace.
Scrappers and Blasters are my defaults.
 

[lemming]

My current characters

Blaster	12
Brute	16
Controller	7
Corruptor	4
Defender	3
Dominator	2
Mastermind	4
Peacebringer	1
Scrapper	11
Sentinel	6
Soldier	1
Stalker	5
Tanker	18
Warshade	1
Widow	1

 

As you can tell, a heavy melee bias

Dominators for the longest time were not my favorite, but Arsenel/Arsenel turned out to be fun.   I have one on deck I may level up, and a third is placeholder

I never play my Khelds or Soldier

I tend to play my tanks the most, then brutes & scrappers.  Stalkers I like playing thru to 50, but don't play them as much when they get there.

Sentinels I enjoy playing off and on.  I just have six I enjoy running around with, and the others got retired.

 

[biostem]

I just can't seem to enjoy playing dominators.  Controllers, I can have fun with.  Blasters and melee ATs I enjoy, but the combination of ranged, melee, control, and seemingly no sustain or other such buff powers just makes dominators feel like a slog for me.  I've even forced myself to get one to 50 and do the whole "perma-dom" thing, and still, it just isn't my cup of tea...

[Paradox Fate]

Stalkers - That you can whiff on a Assassins Strike, their signature move, in Hide even with capped accuracy felt like a Dealbreaker for me. And it goes on cooldown if that happens.

Sentinels - I just prefer Blasters. 

[mistagoat]

Defenders and HEATs

I don't dislike fenders I just prefer their Corruptor cousins. I have lots of issues with HEATs but maybe one day.

 

[kanga]

Defenders. I made one back in issue 6, never touched them again. 

Peacebringers. As much as I love the peace bringer power set, the lack of any defense or mez resistance just kills it for me. I have 2 that are just sitting parked, including one with perma everything and all knockbacks converted. its competent soft control and SOOOO flashy 🙂but likely never to be used again

Widow. I just don't know about them, Not had a theme for one yet but will be happy to try it out

Soldiers. I have one, but its stalled out in the 30's One day I'll push for it, i like the concept

 

 

Edited Friday at 06:03 AM by kanga

[MoonSheep]

i feel like the outlier here, i tend to only play defenders or dominators

 

now starting to play stalkers more. as a heavy insp user i tend to stay away from melee ATs as the secondary set of defensive powers is a waste for how i play alts - total contribution (damage, debuff, lockdown) is the most important aspect for me, survivability is provided by a few insps instead

[BazookaTwo]

Largely I avoid

Controllers

Tanks

Heats

Veats

 

All feel slow or low damage to me 

[Scarlet Shocker]

Scrappers and Stalkers

 

 

[MonteCarla]

I sense a pattern...

The only AT I haven't got to 50 is Warshade, and my Peacebringer was human-only.

 

After that it's Scrappers and Sentinels (3/2 out of 101 level 50s). I mainly lead Task Forces, and they're the best solo classes, so that makes sense.

 

And very cool to see your stats, @mistagoat!

Edit: adding my AT distribution in for my 101 level 50s
Defender 22
Blaster 16
Controller 12
Tanker 10
Corruptor 9
Dominator 8
Brute 7
Stalker 4
MM 4
Scrapper 3
Sentinel 2
Arachnos 2
Peacebringer 1
Warshade 0

Edited Friday at 12:19 PM by MonteCarla

[UltraAlt]

8 hours ago, Apogee said:

What do you avoid playing and why?

 

Both of the VETAs.

 

I have some villains but I have no reason to play a archetype that is that much under the thumb of Lord Recluse (regardless of what a character conception would have to say about it)

 

I probably did make one of each before the Sunset, but I don't remember any enjoyment from playing them.

[Jocantaro]

Kheldians - Just no.

Sentinels - Secondary powerset seems wasted, someone wanted to make tankmages the easy way and got it all wrong,

Masterminds - They're fun at the beginning but then the micromanagement bores me.

Corruptors - I spend half of the time wishing I rolled a blaster and the other half wishing I rolled a Defender.

 

These I still play but less and less

 

Brutes - Fed up of keeping my Fury bar full

Tankers - Fun to lvl up but pretty much useless at higher levels due to the speed most teams kill everything plus, if memory serves, their dmg was nerfed recently so losing interest in tanks very fast.

Controllers - Same as above, fun to lvl up but useless on high lvl teams because, cc is usually wasted at the speed high lvl teams plow through mobs, by the time your aoe hold or aoe immob activates, most foes are dead.

 

Basically I play Defenders, Dominators, Blasters and Scrappers. Some Stalkers too since some melee powersets are much better on Stalkers than on Scrappers

 

 

Edited Friday at 10:51 AM by Jocantaro

[Logansan]

My current characters by Archetype:

 

Arachnos Soldier	1
Arachnos Widow	1
Blaster	13
Brute	9
Controller	9
Corruptor	7
Defender	6
Dominator	9
Mastermind	13
Peacebringer	1
Scrapper	5
Sentinel	4
Stalker	8
Tanker	14
Warshade	1
Total (* Torchbearer only)	101

 

On live my preference was Scrappers at first, later it was Masterminds. On Homecoming I started mainly with Brutes, Masterminds and Blasters but over time I learnt to also enjoy all of the others. Currently my favourite archetype is Tanker, two months ago I had less then 5 Tanks, now I have 13 with most being level 50.

 

So far I haven't found a Archetype, Power Set combination I hated, but some are obviously more fun then others. When I start a new characters I normally start with a Power Set combination that I haven't already used and then look for the best Archetype for that combination (except when I got a clear favourite, like I currently do with Tankers).

 

As for which I avoid, none really, but I just don't see much point in having more then one of each of the Epic Archetypes. 
 

Edited Friday at 10:55 AM by Logansan
Forgot to answer the actual question

[Ghost]

Love my human only WS and my human/dwarf PB

 

As for what I don’t enjoy.

Trollers and MMs.  
I’ve made a few of each.  Run em through 2DFBs and both Posi’s before usually becoming really bored and deleting them.

[Uun]

Here's the breakdown of my 50s on HC. I try to go back to ATs that I haven't played in a while, but I have no interest in playing HEATs or VEATs. I did have a lvl 50 Warshade on live (back when you had to unlock them and they would randomly spawn Shadow Cyst Crystals in missions). I feel like they're a Jack of all trades, master of none. I've never been in a situation where I've said "boy I wish we had a Kheldian on the team". Some people feel the same way about sentinels, but I find them fun to play and feel like they're in a pretty good place since the last revamp. My main issue with VEATs is that I find the character concepts too limiting.

 

[Riverdusk]

Dislike:

Tank - Solo I don't see the point and on a team I don't like the playstyle

Blaster - Feel too one dimensional and too squishy until you build them up

Defender and to a lesser extent corruptor - Feel like they don't have either great damage or great tankiness.  If I want to do a support I'd rather just do controller.

PB/Warshade - too fiddly

 

Favorites are:

Controllers - Safe but slow early which I find fine and later they can be good damage (at least the sets I play like plant, illusion, and the new electric, still need to try pyro).  

Scrapper/stalker - For when I want to melee, plenty tanky enough for me and very good damage.

Mastermind - For when I'm in the mood to be chill actually (I just don't crank up the difficulty too high when I play one). 

 

Newest favorite recently promoted from my so-so list:

Dominator (Plant/Psi in particular anyway, I'd say it definitely....dominates....pretty much anything I throw at it.  Ended up loving the changes that were made to plant control after initially being skeptical). 

 

So-So:

Brutes/veats/sentinels

 

 

[tidge]

The way primary/secondary powers are getting ported to just-about-every-AT, I find it easy to pass on characters that have mechanics I no longer feel like dealing with. So...

 

Dominators: I feel like I've more-or-less solved the "permaDom" equation, and because permaDom so radically improves their performance while simultaneously limiting my slotting creativity, I find it more fun to roll with a different AT.

 

Brutes: I find Fury to be a PITA, and frankly it reminds me to much of Domination (when not permaDom) so other ATs fit my concepts just as well.

 

Kheldians: They don't offer enough variety that makes me want to have more than one of each... because multiple builds are a thing, and other ATs get similar attacks. All I really need is a Benovo Labs costume for the non-human forms, and I could mimic Squids and Lobsters easily.

 

I generally don't roll with Corruptors, but that is because of when I want to pick certain powers, and a personal feel about buffs/debuffs/damage scales

 

After that everything is fair game... although I probably won't ever roll another Widow, and the Soldiers basically (now, for me) require a concept with a gun. I really enjoy both, but each falls into the "problem solved, limited concepts" category. Of course... I just thought of a potential Widow... need to investigate! BRB

 

 

[VPrime]

I do not play Blaster, Controller, Defender, Stalker, Sentinel, Corruptor, Dominator.

 

I do not play them because I have not came up with a character theme/concept that fits the in the overall world/story of my characters.

[Hedgefund]

My breakdown of 50s:

 

MasterMind	31
Stalker	31
Blaster	23
Controller	17
Corruptor	17
Dominator	12
Defender	11
Tank	11
Brute	9
Sentinel	7
Scrapper	5
VEAT	4
Peacebringer	3
Warshade	1
Grand Total	182

 

 

The top does match what I would consider my 3 favorite ATs - MMs, Stalkers and Blasters.  

 

The data is deceptive for Brutes because 6 of the 9 are (old retired) farmers and farm spec only.  I've not even bothered to get them p5 AFK compliant.  Sentinels are overstated because I made them all in an effort to try out various types of Sentinels.  I don't expect to make another absent some major overhaul.

 

The VEAT count understates my like of them but with a Bane, a Crab, Widow/Fort (I use a second build, both fully fleshed out) and Huntsman there's not a lot of other flavors to try.

 

So my answer to the OP is Sentinels and Khelds.  Thinking about it I'm probably done with Scrappers too.

[Triumphant]

I don't play:

 

Defender:  Not so much that I'm unwilling to play them, but haven't come up with a character concept that would fit best with this particular AT.

Dominator:  Mostly, like @Snarky, I hate that incredibly stupid-looking sparkle effect.  I like the AT, though, so I may work on overcoming this revulsion (or trying to come up with costume/auras that can somewhat disguise the effect.

Mastermind:  Don't like 'em.  Too fiddly and the dudes running around all over, obscuring my visual field and blocking traffic, greatly annoy me.

HEATS/VEATS:  HEATS- I hate the form changing aspects of the AT.  VEATS: Have tried soldiers once or twice, but not widows/fortunatas.  Need to explore the AT more, I suppose- but it's not really a priority for me.

Edited Friday at 07:12 PM by Triumphant

[Captain Fabulous]

I have yet to play a VEAT soldier. It's the only AT I've never ever played. MMs are pretty rare for me, tho I do have a lvl 50 Merc/Traps I very much enjoy. Defenders are rare too. Can't say I have a favorite AT. 

Edited Friday at 07:46 PM by Captain Fabulous

[LegionAlpha]

What attracts me to ATs are powers for RP theme and so far Corrupters, Peacebringers, Widows/Soldiers, Stalker and Warshade has nothing I can't find in another and with a better theme I guess for my head canon currently. 

[kelika2]

numerically its the epic archetypes, not because they are bad or anything its just they dont have much replayability

i mean once you go from gigamax epic enhancements/atos/pvps with insane amounts of recharge at all levels with 95% nova form with damn near blaster tier damage fucking everything up all the while having just enough extra slots to keep rezzing yourself you cant exactly go back to a ranged defense/dwarf/human form anymore and when you tier4 all your incarnates there just isnt that much of a carrot on a stick

having a separate bane spider because of the crab backpack was neat after the bane buffs

one widow 3 specs

 

rest of the ats i kinda made peace with.  well more or less weeding them out to boil off the bad alts

fire/trick trollers are still fun

trick/fire defenders are still fun.  oil slick at level 19 with exemplaring still gets me hard