Planned builds?

[eldritch]

I'm just curious if you all have builds planned out for launch~. Clarence in all of his incarnations (besides his original tabletop campaign where he was too busy failing SAN checks >_>) has always been a support character. In City of Heroes he was Illusion/Sonic and Sonic/Sonic (crowd control and shielding basically) and in DC Universe he was rifle/arcane (heals).

So I've been continuing this sort of idea into TSW~. In the beta weekends I've been playing him as shotgun/blood but then during the last one I realized there's some crazy synergy between AR and blood. And now I'm torn with which one to do at launch. ;_;

Wait...Epiphany! I could do AR/blood as mega support and shotgun/blood as dps with a side of support...ooh. Okay now I guess the dilemma is deciding which one to do -first-. XD

Anyways! So what are y'all's plans?

[sersi]

Shay has been mostly pistols and swords in beta. I may stick with that, as it seems to fit the most ICly and looks fairly cool, which tends to be what I lean towards XD

May make a fixer or slayer alt to be a more "field agent", tho - I doubt Shay will ever be a "lead from the rear" kind, but she end up being more investigative than in the middle of fights.

[effinfitz]

Leaning towards the Field Agent option meself -- Mila's not really an action hero. All the same she's tried nearly every weapon combo throughout the beta looking for something that felt <i>just right</i>. And while Chaos is a lotta fun and looks ridiculously cool, methinks she'll focus on the Grifter Deck setup come live.

Summoning pets to do the fighting for you? Sounds about right.

Having a shotgun handy for the next board meeting? Bonus!

[sersi]

*seanne quietly looks for the shirt that most says "don't shoot me". decides her typical lack there of is the best option*

[yasfan]

Jean is a magicky type. Probably going to end up being Blood/x, where x is a smattering of whatever I think looks cool and useful. He's not a big fan of weapons, as he views the bladey ones as cooking utensils being misused, the smashy ones as construction equipment, and the bullety ones as useful only against the minor threats that are a distraction from the main event. XD

The first alt I have coming on deck, Cider, will be the exact opposite, rather distrustful of magic but fond of her firearms to the point of being borderline inappropriate. >.>

[Lord-Novem]

Torbett is very much a healer first and damage second so I'll be going Fist Weapons and Blood magic since he's an experienced boxer and has some knowledge of blood magic and voodoo to heal himself and his allies. Give him a gun and he's liable to miss, alot. Give him a sword or a sledgehammer and he is liable to hit himself in the face with the pointy/smashy bit on the end.

During the Beta Weekends I found they had a pretty good synergy, being able to shield up and then apply a HoT.