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RonJ73
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Ok...so I'm approaching Level 20 with Scotch Bonnet Girl and passed up Burn at level 18. What I'm wondering is, she is a Fire/Fire tank with focus on AoE damage. She has NO way to slow or hold baddies. Will Burn be of any use since it was "nerfed" a while back making bad guys run from it?
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| 06/24/07 04:24 |
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I guess it really depends on whether or not you solo alot or team. If you team alot, you'll probably get more use of it since its more than likely that you'll have a teammate with some sort of immob/slow power. If you solo, I'd say the most you'd get of it is using it to block a doorway or something similar.
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| 06/24/07 11:09 |
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| QUOTE | | I guess it really depends on whether or not you solo alot or team. If you team alot, you'll probably get more use of it since its more than likely that you'll have a teammate with some sort of immob/slow power. If you solo, I'd say the most you'd get of it is using it to block a doorway or something similar. |
I agree with everything stated above. Though I wouldn't take Burn anyway, since it's rather annoying in teams as well. Team with any Scrapper without ranged attacks and you'll find out how annoying it is to let foes run away.
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| 06/24/07 11:16 |
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I would say no. The nerf pretty much killed this power. If you can trap em in a corner it can do some damage, but they tend to go all out trying to get away from it, including some very impressive jumping abilities you don't see in the baddies at other times. And taunt rarely is enough to keep them in it.
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Astral Plane = Peacebringer Lvl 50
Spica = Fire/Em/Energy Tank Lvl 50 (Scranker)
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Avant Spines = Spines/Regen Scrapper Lvl 39 (AOE King)
Avant Kin = Ill/Kin Controller Lvl 35
BMG = AR/Dev Blaster Lvl 27
Avant Psy = Psychic Blast/Empathy Defender Lvl 20 (Offender)
Avant Def = Kinetics/Energy Blast Defender Lvl 16
Avant Stone = Stone/Storm Controller lvl 15 (Super Controller)
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| 06/24/07 11:21 |
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RonJ73
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Yeah, I kinda figured. I passed up on it in favor of Health at 20. Likely I'll pick up Stamina at 22 and Acrobatics at 24.
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| 06/24/07 16:34 |
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| QUOTE | | Yeah, I kinda figured. I passed up on it in favor of Health at 20. Likely I'll pick up Stamina at 22 and Acrobatics at 24. |
Ron, youve got a good plan. Burn does great damage, but the holds or immobs have to be there. I think you should skip it with this toon as well.
I have been able to put it to good use with Chuck, then again I have ice patch, and went with the Earth Mastery Epic. Burn is a must have, and constantly used with my Fire/Ice build.
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| 06/24/07 18:03 |
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I might pick it up later in life.
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| 06/24/07 20:07 |
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Definitely go with acrobatics. I can't stress enough how important it is to a fire tank. You have no KB protection without it. I considered it indispensable on my fire tank.
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Astral Plane = Peacebringer Lvl 50
Spica = Fire/Em/Energy Tank Lvl 50 (Scranker)
Beliskner = Eng/Eng Blaster Lvl 40
Avant Spines = Spines/Regen Scrapper Lvl 39 (AOE King)
Avant Kin = Ill/Kin Controller Lvl 35
BMG = AR/Dev Blaster Lvl 27
Avant Psy = Psychic Blast/Empathy Defender Lvl 20 (Offender)
Avant Def = Kinetics/Energy Blast Defender Lvl 16
Avant Stone = Stone/Storm Controller lvl 15 (Super Controller)
Umbral Plane = Warshade Lvl 14
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Lord Yu = MA/Regen Scrapper Lvl 24
Avant Psy = Rad/Psy Defender Lvl 14 (Offender)
Lord Starwolf = Sonic/Electrical Blaster Lvl 14 (Blapper)
Protector
T-99 = Ice/Ice Tanker Lvl 20
Electrostun = Electric/EM Blaster Lvl 21 (Sapper)
Starwolf = Katana/Inv Scrapper Lvl 18 (my very first toon, 3 years ago)
Avant Sonic = Sonic/Sonic Defender Lvl 14
Pinnacle
Avant Claws = Claws/Regen Scrapper Lvl 18 (Non-power pool toon)
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| 06/24/07 23:04 |
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Oh, I certainly will. Especially with the Tsoo in the mix.
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| 06/25/07 05:19 |
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Would Ivoke Panic from the Presence Pool work as a fear/hold, or would it scatter baddies worse than Burn?
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| 06/25/07 07:32 |
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That's only single target, isn't it?
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| 06/25/07 08:02 |
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I believe Invoke Panic is the AoE fear and yes, it "holds" the targets in place with fear, unless attacked.
I think Intimidate is the Single target one, but I could be wrong.
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| 06/25/07 08:10 |
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I think its AoE hold. But once you put Burn on them, they will scatter I think.
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| 06/25/07 08:13 |
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