Secondly, what should I play at all? I'm the kind of guy who loved the way old-school monks were in EQ, and I'd like something similar. Decent melee damage with decent tanking = <3
You'll be happy for it.
It's pretty easy to do a restart on a character later if you don't like it, but just playing the game first for a while is the best part.
The power-sets are all variations on the theme of punching things in the face. Basically:
Dark Melee: damage + acc down
Spines: damage + slow
Katana/Broadsword: damage + def down (broadsword is slower but more damage)
Martial Arts: damage + disorients/knockdowns
Claws: damage+?
Disclaimer: I'm just kidding, I love all living things.
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Jens had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
First of all, what's that neat character planner you all use? ;oSecondly, what should I play at all? I'm the kind of guy who loved the way old-school monks were in EQ, and I'd like something similar. Decent melee damage with decent tanking =
You can try being a Martial Artist + Invulnerability Scrapper. Martial Artist moves are all kicks, but you have Brawl by default, and you can get 'Boxing' as an additional power to use your fists. Or get Flurry, it looks kickass, a ton of really fast punches all at once 
If you play it right (Take the right pool powers), you'll end up being able to hit the same damage-reduction cap that Tankers hit (90% Damage reduction), and do more damage, though you'll sacrifice HP by going scrapper. Khyron fucked around with this message on 06-24-2004 at 08:03 PM.
Moogle, Martial Arts sounds nice. So does Spines. Which one is better, power-wise?
Khyron: That sounds pretty much like my kind of play, though I might just go all out damage. I'll check the hero planner. Jens fucked around with this message on 06-24-2004 at 08:03 PM.
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Jens wrote this stupid crap:
Uh, okay Geoorn, thanks for that little piece of advice there. Thanks Khyron for pointing me to the hero planner.Moogle, Martial Arts sounds nice. So does Spines. Which one is better, power-wise?
Khyron: That sounds pretty much like my kind of play, though I might just go all out damage. I'll check the hero planner.
Spines looks the ghey, but it probably is better. It deals minor Damage over Time, has a decent short-range ranged attack, and has a nice, wide variety of AE attacks. Martial Arts has more power per hit, but zero ranged attacks, all melee, and fewer AE's.
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Khyron makes me Khry-on:
Spines looks the ghey,
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oh geez its Khy again:
but it probably is better. It deals minor Damage over Time, has a decent short-range ranged attack, and has a nice, wide variety of AE attacks. Martial Arts has more power per hit, but zero ranged attacks, all melee, and fewer AE's.
Well, I'm the Spines scrapper duder and I'm very happy with it. If it weren't for my PBAoE attacks, I'd have to break down and cry every time I ran into a monster that had gone and gotten itself stuck in a wall (as opposed to having to do that once).
The DoT is very spiffy, as is Impale (the ranged attack mentioned; it doesn't have much of a range, but it's enough, and it can also Immobilze and it does a good chunk of damage too).
Gadani's an MA scrapper. He enjoys Disorienting guys, which is a pretty handy ability to have.
Disclaimer: I'm just kidding, I love all living things.
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Archetype: Blaster
Primary Powers - Ranged : Fire Blast
Secondary Powers - Support : Devices
Slot[01] Level 1 (Starting Primary) : Fire Blast /Empty
Slot[02] Level 1 (Starting Secondary) : Web Grenade /Empty
Slot[03] Level 2 : Fire Ball /Empty
Slot[04] Level 4 : Flares /Empty
Slot[05] Level 6 : Rain Of Fire /Empty
Slot[06] Level 8 : Hasten /Empty
Slot[07] Level 10 : Targeting Drone /Empty
Slot[08] Level 12 : Fire Breath /Empty
Slot[09] Level 14 : Taser /Empty
Slot[10] Level 16 : Caltrops /Empty
Slot[11] Level 18 : Smoke Grenade /Empty
Slot[12] Level 20 : Super Speed /Empty
Slot[13] Level 22 : Cloaking Device /Empty
Slot[14] Level 24 : Hover /Empty
Slot[15] Level 26 : Fly /Empty
Slot[16] Level 28 : Swift /Empty
Slot[17] Level 30 : Health /Empty
Slot[18] Level 32 : Stamina /Empty
Slot[19] Level 35 : Inferno /Empty
Slot[20] Level 38 : Trip Mine /Empty
Pools//3,8,2,10
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I don't know about enhancement slots, as you can see. help 
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Delphi Aegis fucked around with this message on 06-24-2004 at 09:16 PM.
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Delphi Aegis was naked while typing this:
You still need targeting drone a lot earlier than that Jens.
I didn't understand your first post at all.
Gonna post a new layout tomorrow, sleeeep
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I want some of what Jens was smoking when they wrote this:
I didn't understand your first post at all.Gonna post a new layout tomorrow, sleeeep
That's what I get for trying to use Dragon. Haha.
Targetting drone is indeedly awesome; slap two extra enhancement slots in it, put two ToHitbuff enhs and an endurance reducer, and you're almost never going to miss.
Since you have no real defensive/secondary abilities as a blaster, that helps a lot. You know, being pure damage and all that. Also, Caltrops is a boon, even if it has been nerfed a lot recently.
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*Tal* stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Is it just me, or is sniper rifle missing from the list here...
But he isn't taking Assault...
Ohhhhhhhh. 
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From the book of Delphi Aegis, chapter 3, verse 16:
That's what I get for trying to use Dragon. Haha.Targetting drone is indeedly awesome; slap two extra enhancement slots in it, put two ToHitbuff enhs and an endurance reducer, and you're almost never going to miss.
Since you have no real defensive/secondary abilities as a blaster, that helps a lot. You know, being pure damage and all that. Also, Caltrops is a boon, even if it has been nerfed a lot recently.
...
Level 10 is the earliest he can get it.
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JooJooFlop had this to say about Captain Planet:
But he isn't taking Assault...Ohhhhhhhh.
That would explain it quite nicely.
And here I thought me and Aani were the only non-assault blasters around EC...
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Tal NSFW!! enlisted the help of an infinite number of monkeys to write:
That would explain it quite nicely.And here I thought me and Aani were the only non-assault blasters around EC...
<--
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Tal NSFW!! said:
That would explain it quite nicely.And here I thought me and Aani were the only non-assault blasters around EC...
I have an Ice/Ice Blaster, Auntie Freeze, and UBT has an Electricity/Electricity Blaster named Zap Sparkton.
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I want some of what nem-x was smoking when they wrote this:
Archetype: Blaster
Primary Powers - Ranged : Fire Blast
Secondary Powers - Support : Devices
Slot[01] Level 1 (Starting Primary) : Flares /Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty
Slot[02] Level 1 (Starting Secondary) : Web Grenade /Empty
Slot[03] Level 2 : Caltrops /Empty,Empty
Slot[04] Level 4 : Fire Blast /Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty
Slot[05] Level 6 : Fire Ball /Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty
Slot[06] Level 8 : Rain Of Fire /Empty
Slot[07] Level 10 : Fire Breath /Empty,Empty,Empty
Slot[08] Level 12 : Swift /Empty
Slot[09] Level 14 : Health /Empty
Slot[10] Level 16 : Smoke Grenade /Empty,Empty
Slot[11] Level 18 : Blaze /Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty
Slot[12] Level 20 : Stamina /Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty
Slot[13] Level 22 : Targeting Drone /Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty
Slot[14] Level 24 : Cloaking Device /Empty
Slot[15] Level 26 : Combat Jumping /Empty
Slot[16] Level 28 : Super Jump /Empty
Slot[17] Level 30 : Hasten /Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty
Slot[18] Level 32 : Inferno /Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty
Slot[19] Level 35 : Blazing Bolt /Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty
Slot[20] Level 38 : Trip Mine /Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty,Empty
Targetting drone at 22 and no travel powers of ANY kind until 28 = the sux
I just find smoke grenade very helpful in solo'ing groups of mobs.
Archetype: Blaster
Primary Powers - Ranged : Fire Blast
Secondary Powers - Support : Devices
Slot[01] Level 1 (Starting Primary) : Fire Blast /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[02] Level 1 (Starting Secondary) : Web Grenade /Immob
Slot[03] Level 2 : Fire Ball /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[04] Level 4 : Caltrops /Slow
Slot[05] Level 6 : Hurdle /Jump
Slot[06] Level 8 : Fire Breath /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[07] Level 10 : Targeting Drone /HitBuf,HitBuf,HitBuf,HitBuf
Slot[08] Level 12 : Combat Jumping /DefBuf
Slot[09] Level 14 : Super Jump /Jump
Slot[10] Level 16 : Smoke Grenade /HitDeb,HitDeb,HitDeb
Slot[11] Level 18 : Blaze /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[12] Level 20 : Health /Heal
Slot[13] Level 22 : Stamina /EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec,EndRec
Slot[14] Level 24 : Cloaking Device /DefBuf
Slot[15] Level 26 : Blazing Bolt /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[16] Level 28 : Hasten /Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg,Rchg
Slot[17] Level 30 : Trip Mine /Acc,Acc,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
Slot[18] Level 32 : Inferno /Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg,Dmg
The last two powers aren't really needed.
