What AT do you not play at all

[Apogee]

3 hours ago, tidge said:

I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, especially if they are right... yet I want to comment on one well-written, detailed post

 

 

My Dominators have avoided having Hasten to guarantee permaDom, but I agree that building to achieve permaDom limits my build approaches such that I feel like that the end result (character) is narrowly: really good at certain controls and really hard to be controlled... which feels niche to me. I do like that Domination refills the blue bar... one more thing to micro-manage via build/play choices. I sometimes love living on that knife's edge... but it is otherwise not that enjoyable for me.

 

I feel like my personal distaste for "narrow build choices to achieve permaDom" was a large contribution to why I almost universally avoid including Hasten on Homecoming builds. To me it represents a narrow approach to both play and character design.... especially when "permaHasten" becomes a goal in and of itself. I turned off autoHasten on a character I felt really needed it... and I noticed no significant experience in game play, and I haven't really looked backwards.

 

Yeah, I think I take Hasten mostly out of habit nowadays.

[Riverdusk]

3 hours ago, tidge said:

I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, especially if they are right... yet I want to comment on one well-written, detailed post

 

 

My Dominators have avoided having Hasten to guarantee permaDom, but I agree that building to achieve permaDom limits my build approaches such that I feel like that the end result (character) is narrowly: really good at certain controls and really hard to be controlled... which feels niche to me. I do like that Domination refills the blue bar... one more thing to micro-manage via build/play choices. I sometimes love living on that knife's edge... but it is otherwise not that enjoyable for me.

 

I feel like my personal distaste for "narrow build choices to achieve permaDom" was a large contribution to why I almost universally avoid including Hasten on Homecoming builds. To me it represents a narrow approach to both play and character design.... especially when "permaHasten" becomes a goal in and of itself. I turned off autoHasten on a character I felt really needed it... and I noticed no significant experience in game play, and I haven't really looked backwards.

 

I've learned to depend on the SG base +20% recharge buff.  That way you need 'only' about 105% global for perma dom without needing hasten at all.   But really 105% isn't THAT hard to get in the end and is actually slightly less than you need for perma hasten.  I still end up getting hasten usually anyway, but it does take the stress away of having to always remember to click it every 2 minutes while having dom on auto.  Once I build dom the initial time I'm set, for 90 minutes at a time that the SG base buff lasts anyway.  At least I can taking a friggin bathroom break without losing it.

 

I can understand why some wouldn't like to depend on a SG base buff though.

 

[COH Radgen]

I'm not surprised that the survey shows HEAT/Kheld ATOs are the least used, but I am surprised by how much they are least used. My first 50 on Homecoming is my ongoing badger and highest vet level alt...I still had my bind file from live and my muscle memory was ready and waiting to shift forms all over again!

 

MMs are my absolute least used....I haven't gotten any to 50 and my only attempt on HC has been at level 35 over half a year.  In any case, my breakdown of 50's, not counting farmers, is:

 

Blaster	2
Brute	5
Controller	5
Corruptor	8
Defender	5
Dominator	5
Mastermind	0
Peacebringer	1
Scrapper	6
Sentinel	3
Soldier	1
Stalker	3
Tanker	6
Warshade	1
Widow	1

 

Edited Monday at 03:59 PM by COH Radgen
Edited for clarity & typos

[Bionic_Flea]

I have at least 1 level 50 of every AT.

 

I was surprised to see that the thing I have most of is controllers.  But I do like them, Defenders, and Corrupters the most.  I also have a bunch of Brutes and Tankers.

 

The things I have the least of are Sentinels, HEATs, VEATs, Stalkers, and Dominators.

 

PS - Are folks hand counting for their posted lists?  Or is there some kind of tool that can do that?

[Apogee]

40 minutes ago, Bionic_Flea said:

PS - Are folks hand counting for their posted lists?  Or is there some kind of tool that can do that?

 

I know a lot of people use a spreadsheet to track characters played.  My spreadsheet is 7 pages covering 3 accounts

[Scarlet Shocker]

I don't think I can say "Never" - I've rolled pretty well every AT in this game at some point but I've not played several to any appreciable level at all. 

 

 

[mistagoat]

1 hour ago, Bionic_Flea said:

I have at least 1 level 50 of every AT.

 

I was surprised to see that the thing I have most of is controllers.  But I do like them, Defenders, and Corrupters the most.  I also have a bunch of Brutes and Tankers.

 

The things I have the least of are Sentinels, HEATs, VEATs, Stalkers, and Dominators.

 

PS - Are folks hand counting for their posted lists?  Or is there some kind of tool that can do that?

 

48 minutes ago, Apogee said:

 

I know a lot of people use a spreadsheet to track characters played.  My spreadsheet is 7 pages covering 3 accounts

One day I started a new toon, got into the game and told my buddy what I was going to be playing. Then my buddy said, "wait, don't you already have one of those?" I said no don't be ridiculous, then I checked and sure enough I already had one. I started a spreadsheet the next day!😆

I'd be happy to share my spreadsheet so you could save a copy and replace my toons with yours if you'd like, it'll add up your toons by AT and grand total.

[Jiro Ito]

 

 

[KaizenSoze]

I want to play HEATs, but I cannot. The constant flashing from their powers and shapeshifting hurts my eyes.

 

I am not going to play an AT that requires me to go zero particles. 

[lemming]

6 hours ago, Bionic_Flea said:

Are folks hand counting for their posted lists?  Or is there some kind of tool that can do that?

Spreadsheet of current chars.

What I don't have is all the characters I've retired over the years which would be ~300 at this point.

 

I did try all primary & secondary powersets on most ATs (definitely Sentinels) and ones I just didn't enjoy, got retired. Most once they hit 50.

[starro]

I like all the character types - even the dung beetles that turn into flying squids.

[High_Beam]

For the record I do like certain pies as well.

[Apogee]

47 minutes ago, High_Beam said:

For the record I do like certain pies as well.

 

That's what I'm talking about!

[golstat2003]

Most Played- Tankers and Corrupters

Usually avoid - Masterminds and Defenders

[Lusiphur Malache]

I was shocked to learn I have more Tankers than everything else.  Most of them are experiments from toons I've seen that were built and played poorly.  My favorites to play are Widows and Soldiers because of the variety of ways to build them.  I have 4 of each, but 3 of each have 2 builds on one toon.  My least favorites are Kheldians and Masterminds.  I'm not smart enough to play anything but a human only Kheldian.  My lone Mastermind was hard to get to 50, I don't know how I got there and still have no idea what I'm doing and the patch ain't gonna change that.

 

Tankers	6
Blasters	5
Defenders	5
Stalkers	5
Widows	4
Soldiers	4
Dominators	4
Brutes	4
Corrupters	4
Controllers	3
Sentinels	3
Scrappers	3
Mastermind	1
Peacebringer	1
Warshade	1