Fiery, fiery fatality.

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I made a Fiery/Fiery Tanker last week, and I'm really looking
forward to laying smackdown.

However, I am now level 10, with nothing but Clockwork and
Vahzilok missions to do, and Circle of Thorns missions waiting
int he wings. These missions are pure hell. It's worse than
running a low-level Scrapper against stuff with energy attacks
right now.

Right now, I'm seriously considering herding Hazard zone spawns
for the next two levels so I can get Plasma Shield.

Any other suggestions (apart from finding a Regen Scrapper and
offering to carry his jock for him)?

In case it helps, here's my build so far:

Blazing Aura 2*Acc, 1xDam
Scorch 2*Acc, 1xDam
Fire Shield 4xDamRes
Healing Flames 1xRecharge, 1xHeal
Consume 1xAcc

At this point, I'm realizing I'd be a lot happier (for a little
while) if I'd taken Fire Sword instead of Consume. But I
can't afford to slot up the two attacks I *do* have, so it would
be a really bad idea long term.

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Neil Cerutti

 

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On 4 Feb 2005 20:54:21 GMT, Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net> wrote:

> I made a Fiery/Fiery Tanker last week, and I'm really looking
> forward to laying smackdown.
>
> However, I am now level 10, with nothing but Clockwork and
> Vahzilok missions to do, and Circle of Thorns missions waiting
> int he wings. These missions are pure hell. It's worse than
> running a low-level Scrapper against stuff with energy attacks
> right now.
>
> Right now, I'm seriously considering herding Hazard zone spawns
> for the next two levels so I can get Plasma Shield.

That is not a bad idea. Missions are kinda overrated for some archetypes,
and this is one of them. Your strenght is the ability to park in a pack of
greens and read the newspaper while they feed you influence and xp. And
above all, defenders love you because you are The Aggro Engine. Team up
with a bubble defender and you can generate a constant stream of xp for
the both of you. I've also successfully teamed my fire/fire tanker with a
dark defender, a storm defener with steamy mist and even a kinetic
(although that required a bit more active playing). Anything that has
bubbles or point-blanc defenses is ideal. Someone has to keep peace in
Perez Park, after all, and then in Boomtown. So far, fire/fire is my
favorite for duoing. You can duo with almost anything that doesn't
scatter villains around.

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"When someone starts bragging about how much debt they have, it's not a
good sign." -G

 

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In article <opslskpfawb52ai9@news.online.no>, Magnus Itland
wrote:
> On 4 Feb 2005 20:54:21 GMT, Neil Cerutti <neil.cerutti@tds.net>
> wrote:
>> Right now, I'm seriously considering herding Hazard zone
>> spawns for the next two levels so I can get Plasma Shield.
>
> That is not a bad idea. Missions are kinda overrated for some
> archetypes, and this is one of them. Your strenght is the
> ability to park in a pack of greens and read the newspaper
> while they feed you influence and xp. And above all, defenders
> love you because you are The Aggro Engine.

Great advice! I hunted in Hollows and Perez for about two hours,
and dinged 12. I grabbed Plasma Shield, and a bunch of DOs, and
I feel like a new man. I can take on packs of five or six even
cons now, and prevail.

The only other solo heroes I saw in The Hollows were two Fire
Blasters and four Fire Tankers. I guess we all hit the wall and
around level 8 and 9. If those Fire Blasters had maxed out their
AoE attacks, I can see them needing to hunt greens to level.

> Someone has to keep peace in Perez Park, after all, and then in
> Boomtown. So far, fire/fire is my favorite for duoing. You
> can duo with almost anything that doesn't scatter villains
> around.

I'm not really looking forward to levels 15 and 16, when my DOs
decay, but it shouldn't be as bad as before, and I can finally
run my own missions solo.

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Neil Cerutti