That One AT...

[Bronze Knight]

Tanks, Brutes, Controllers, Defenders, and Doms.

Never could get into any of thos. Tanks were boring to play, Brutes hand the chase the red bar thing, Trolers Defenders and doms were all to squishy. I kept on wanting to like Doms but I think I only got my stone/stone to L25/30 at most.  I was kinda holding out for a Gatling gun assault/Grenade Launcher Control Powerset combo to come out.

On the other hand MM's, Petless Crab spiders, Scrapers, and Cors I had a lot of fun with. I think I miss my MM's the most though, its rare to find a game that lets you have a lot of pets, mostly because they use up so many server resources I think.

[CheerGunbunny]

Mmmm...Controllers.  Redside, the SOldiers (never even tried a Widow)

Controller was so BORING.....soldier was like a half-assed scrapper/blaster mix....marginal at both, at best.

What I lived to run: blueside, Scrapper or Blaster.  luvs me some Scrappers & blaster.  They hit REALLY FREAKING HARD. Defender was not shooty enough.  Tank not smashy enough.    Redside: Brutes & Corruptors & Stalkers...Smash, shoot, stab.
;D

[JaguarX]

Tanks, Brutes, Controllers, Defenders, and Doms.

Never could get into any of thos. Tanks were boring to play, Brutes hand the chase the red bar thing, Trolers Defenders and doms were all to squishy. I kept on wanting to like Doms but I think I only got my stone/stone to L25/30 at most.  I was kinda holding out for a Gatling gun assault/Grenade Launcher Control Powerset combo to come out.

On the other hand MM's, Petless Crab spiders, Scrapers, and Cors I had a lot of fun with. I think I miss my MM's the most though, its rare to find a game that lets you have a lot of pets, mostly because they use up so many server resources I think.

How I dealt with brute, didnt worry too must on red bar especially solo. If I could and was in position to get it to rise, which was easy and easier with the later buffs, to do within a few mob attack or attacks. Of course I found it easier to maintain the bar solo because I controlled the pace compared to teams where there was lot ofstandign around between mobs waiting for the support toon "special power to recharge" thus the rage bar in teams situation wasnt my burden. If they want a brute with full rage bar they had to cut down either down time between mobs or use their other powers until the one they are waiting on recharge.

In those situations where steamrolling wasnt option, then rage bar was least of the worries. It was survival more than "look how much damage my brute can do. I'm awesome right? Right?"

I personally did more damage and had good guage on on how much damage I'd do on a brute than a Scrap, which seemed to crit. in my hands very rarely and was lot more squish with same amount of work (meaning SO to SO IO to IO compare and compare of tricked out scrap with the best enhancements comapred to a brute still pushing DOs.)

[Triplash]

What I lived to run: blueside, Scrapper or Blaster.  luvs me some Scrappers & blaster.  They hit REALLY FREAKING HARD. Defender was not shooty enough.  Tank not smashy enough.    Redside: Brutes & Corruptors & Stalkers...Smash, shoot, stab.
;D

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[Tivomaniac]

I had 50's of almost everything except a Peacebringer and a Crab. Tried starting a PB multiple times on 2x weekends but just never felt at home on that char.  The odd thing was I did like my Warshade although I didn't play it much once I got it to 50.  I kept going back to my spines/dark scrapper and my illusion/storm controller for my post lvl 50 activities.

[Mazz vs The World]

I honestly loved every freaking AT cause you could spec them to do what the others did if you slotted them right. If I had to choose the least fun AT it would have to be a MM. I get that multiple pets are fun and I had at least 5 MM's but I did get bored with them faster than the other AT's. The main reason for my boredom was sitting watching my pets fight, I like to do the fighting, so targeting a NPC then sickin' my pets on it made it so boring IMO of course.

[Taceus Jiwede]

I honestly loved every freaking AT cause you could spec them to do what the others did if you slotted them right. If I had to choose the least fun AT it would have to be a MM. I get that multiple pets are fun and I had at least 5 MM's but I did get bored with them faster than the other AT's. The main reason for my boredom was sitting watching my pets fight, I like to do the fighting, so targeting a NPC then sickin' my pets on it made it so boring IMO of course.

Back to back convos Mazz!  I agree, I have never been much of a summoner class.  Besides DAoC's therguaist that is.  I also agree the way you slotted them was huge.  My main blaster could take a hell of a beating, he often was the last one standing on a team wipe.  But not at the sacrifice of his DPS:)  Nova should 1 hit everything that isn't bosses, that was my guideline for DPS lol.

They hit REALLY FREAKING HARD

Blaster power!!!!!! and scrappers.....

[WDTitan]

I could never quite do the Epic ATs, nor Masterminds.  Everything else was fine.  What I find funniest is that Defenders and Corruptors were my favorite (first and longest lived character was a Storm Defender) but my two 50s were one of each control AT...

[Kyriani]

I honestly loved every freaking AT cause you could spec them to do what the others did if you slotted them right. If I had to choose the least fun AT it would have to be a MM. I get that multiple pets are fun and I had at least 5 MM's but I did get bored with them faster than the other AT's. The main reason for my boredom was sitting watching my pets fight, I like to do the fighting, so targeting a NPC then sickin' my pets on it made it so boring IMO of course.

See I only did the "target that guy and send in the pets" in specific situations such as say... sappers or other particularly annoying guys that need to die ASAP. On my MM's I took the attacks and I charged in with my pets in defensive and let them do as they willed while I led them into battle! My personal dps may not have been uber but I was applying debuffs with my attacks and felt like I was DOING something besides healing and buffing the pets. Don't get me wrong I did that too but it wasn't all I was doing. My demon/pain MM was prolly my fav of the MM's though beast/nature was looking to have quite a bit of potential fun!

[Botzo]

Dominators and Controllers. The powers available to them just screamed FUN and better than Blasters and Corruptors, but no matter the combo I made I just couldn't play one. They both felt weak to me. But I do know better than that, simply from the number of other people that played as them and would literally dominate. I've always wanted a permadom.

[Nogitsune]

I didn't dislike any of them.  Lest played would have to be either tanker or defender because I'm a damage nut.  Blasters were amazing for me early game but when i started looking for more challenges and RP material, I looked at scrappers and stalkers.  Found out a few years into my MMO life that I tend to play a game longer if I make 1 ranged character and one melee that both do high damage.

[Energy Aura]

I had at least one 50 Incarnate of every AT and I build for solo play with team play as a given.  Here's how I rate the AT's:

1. Blasters, Brutes and Controllers were the powerhouses in my arsenal.

2. Tanks, Corrupters and MMs were my team balancers.

3. Fortunata was my super survivable Blaster

4. Stalkers and Dominators were my rainy day guys.

5. Crab Spider was a solid off Tank

6. Peacebringers and Warshades I rate at the bottom of the heap.  The DEVs tried to cram too much into them and didn't allow them any niche to excel at.

After the Regen nerf, Scrappers just lost it for me, and with Going Rogue, Brutes were better at nearly everything a Scrapper could do and 75% of what a Tanker could do.  Hami, AVs and Incarnates; a Tank was better than a Brute, but missions; a Brute could herd as well as a Tank and kill faster.

[Tahliah]

Hmmm, interesting question. I didn't like melee, so only rolled two tanks (got one all the way to level 18, heh) and zero scrappers or brutes.  And no regrets there at all.  Anyway, I think the AT that I most wanted to love and just never got into was the PB.  It was just all over the place and seemed squishy even to me (who played nothing but squishies).  I'm not sure really what I didn't like about them, but they just felt "off" as if they were pod-toons or something.  I tried several times over the years since they came out, but . . . nope, just didn't get too far on them.

The other toon that I wanted to love and think I might have if I could have stuck with her longer was the widow.  I just got tired of the (to me!) boring slash, slash, twirl, slash stuff that you had to get through to the Fortunata stage . . . never made it.  But I was close there at the end, and it was one of my "goals" after we learned about the shutdown to get her to lvl 24 and ranged, but I didn't get to it.  I had a looong list of goals and didn't really meet too many of them because . . . well, I was so sad about the game ending, and while I did enjoy the last months, there was that horrible black cloud hanging over everything, making everything so urgent.  I just had to see this one more time, run those favorite arcs, omg, I can't not go back to Praet, and what about my water blaster? my nature affinity MM? So much to do and so very little time that I just never got around to my widow.  I wish I had but don't exactly regret not doing it--I did what I needed to do at the time, and I'm good with that.

For now.  Until COH rises once more . . .

[Tahliah]

See I only did the "target that guy and send in the pets" in specific situations such as say... sappers or other particularly annoying guys that need to die ASAP. On my MM's I took the attacks and I charged in with my pets in defensive and let them do as they willed while I led them into battle! My personal dps may not have been uber but I was applying debuffs with my attacks and felt like I was DOING something besides healing and buffing the pets. Don't get me wrong I did that too but it wasn't all I was doing. My demon/pain MM was prolly my fav of the MM's though beast/nature was looking to have quite a bit of potential fun!

/this

I was having so much fun on my beast/NA, but alas never made it very far with her.  My favorite MM was demon/dark; omg, she was uber fun and kept me very busy.  Ditto demon/poison, actually.

[MisterMagpie]

controllers. I tried and I tried and I tried but it just wasn't happening.

[TheMindfulFool]

I never really enjoyed playing Peacebringers or Warshades, though I saw some folks do some really amazing things with them.

I didn't get the swing of Defenders but that's mostly because I loved soloing. So, Defenders just didn't do it for me. I would say the same thing went for Controllers -- though, it wasn't that I hated controllers. I just always ended up going with a dominator instead because I enjoyed their special Domination move.

The Spider Classes were okay but just when I started getting used to them, the game ended. What kept me from playing them for so long was it felt like they already had their character's story behind them. I guess that goes with the peacebringer and warshade. And while I knew you could 'creative' your way around that story, nothing else seemed to call me to them. But a month or so before the game ended, I really got into my Spider Soldier. So, I could have seen myself ticking the Arachnos folks off my list of 50's soon.

My favorite class? I loved Dominators (I loved confuse so much). And I loved Brutes and tanks. Blasters and corruptors were good for a whirl but didn't keep my focus for too long. I loved Masterminds -- but only thugs. Why? Cause I loved talking like a thug whenever I was on my MM and have my wife and cat judge me. Scrappers and Stalkers were cool -- not great, but fun and easy to do.

[Kaiser Tarantula]

I could never figure out Stalkers.  Oddly enough, I did just fine on a Bane Spider build (and if it weren't for the Crab Pack, I would've preferred it to my Crab Spider build), but I just couldn't really wrap my head around a genuine honest-to-Recluse Stalker.

I clicked well with virtually all Hero ATs except the Peacebringer (seriously, what can you do that a defender or blaster or warshade can't do better?), and the Defender (So squishy unless you're a bubbler, and Vigilance was so mediocre, especially in solo play, that it was almost like not having an archetype inherent at times).

My personal favorites were the VEATs (you can tell from the name, right?), particularly the soldier, Masterminds, Controllers, Dominators (to a lesser extent, I loved having buffs as my secondaries on a 'troller), Brutes, and Tankers.

[HEATSTROKE]

I had everything up to 50 except a Warshade and Stalker. Unfortunately game ended before I could get there...

And for me Scrappers and Stalkers just were terribly terribly boring..

[Ouroboratika]

For me, my selection was small. Scrappers, Dominators, and Masterminds were the only classes I felt comfortable playing. It's not that I disliked the other classes, but I never leveled any of them up very far before losing interest.

[Sajaana]

Dominators, Controllers, and Kheldians were classes I never seriously played.  They didn't have much staying power, from what I remembered.