Ego Blades...

TheRustedRobot · 08-21-2009, 05:21 AM

I've been in sinced closed beta but have yet to try out any of the ego blade stuff. Anyone have any experience with it? Wondering how they are damage wise from like the teens up.

Thanks in advance!

TheRustedRobot · 08-21-2009, 06:27 AM

Hrmmm...no ones used this?

Raevanhawk · 08-21-2009, 06:31 AM

I've used them up to around lvl 13 so far and love them. Sadly that's as far as i've been as I keep making new toons. I especially love the dual Ego Blades, forget the name of the power. They do great dmg.

TheRustedRobot · 08-21-2009, 06:45 AM

Ah, cool. The ego blade powers look so awesome and I had a great concept in mind. I suppose I should just make one and find out.

Mehrim · 08-21-2009, 06:46 AM

Although The Ego Choke Is way OP, Takes little to none energy(the blue bar stays put), drains targets life, puts them in a hold, and it has no recharge, so you can just keep spammin it. I have solo-ed all bosses and encounters up till level16 with this...

TheRustedRobot · 08-21-2009, 06:55 AM

Good to know about the choke. I won't be taking it though because it doesn't fit my concept.

FluxVector · 08-21-2009, 06:57 AM

My highest level character right now is 20, and is an ego blade user. Main framework is telekinesis, but I've found myself branching into other frameworks more and more because... I think ego blades aren't getting the job done very well for me, especially not in teams, and I'm getting increasingly disenchanted with the set the more that I try out others.

The basic ego weaponry attack doesn't seem to be scaling up well as I level, and the higher tier attacks - and all the TK powers in general - seem like they cost more energy than they're worth, or at least, more energy than comparable powers from other frameworks. A very good example is that at level 17, Telekinetic Eruption would have cost my character 182 energy to completely charge... my character's maximum energy at that level was 128. So if I took TK eruption, I wouldn't be able to get much out of it. Meanwhile over in the fire tree, the Pyre power is so much cheaper that I can fully charge it and have enough energy left over for more attacks... but has the same radius and does slightly more damage.

I seem to remember Ego Annihilation telling me it'd cost over 60 energy if I picked it, too, and it's a single target attack... at that point I decided to just take Pyre.

That said, the set was great until the later teens. And yeah, ego choke (or some other hold) is highly recommended for any melee, because of NPCs that will kite you and go for backup.

Edit - Ego blade frenzy is also quite a nice cone. Actually, I think it might be doing more DPS than ego weaponry for me now, even against 1 target. I'll have to give that a try.

TheRustedRobot · 08-21-2009, 07:05 AM

Great, thanks for the info Flux. Hopefully were this game is just starting out they bump up ego blades a bit if they aren't scaling properly. I think I might just give it a shot anyway and see how it works out. Thanks again!

Flowergnome · 08-21-2009, 12:26 PM

Ego Bladea are really nice. I took them to 30+ in closed beta and loved them.

The set however depends on Ego Form. Without it, you loose half your dmg potential.

Ego Blade Frenzy is really good to clear the trash. One full maintain of it and up to 5 henchmen are dead.

Ego Blade Annihilation is awesome - if you slot it for dmg inversion, i.e. it does its big dmg on enemies with high health. With a bit of luck I've 3-shotted mastervillains with it. Best dmg was a double 1k crit IIRC.

The later powers however are a bit underwhelming IMHO. I've been thinking about other power sets to diversify, but so far haven't found something I like all that much to go with my Ego Blades.

I've had no trouble at all with Ego Blades and they will be my top choice when CO goes live.

Midgardener · 08-21-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Flowergnome

The later powers however are a bit underwhelming IMHO. I've been thinking about other power sets to diversify, but so far haven't found something I like all that much to go with my Ego Blades.

I suspect that part of this is the later "freely telekinetic" powers from the framework seeming to do Crushing damage exclusively, which isn't going to be boosted by Ego Form. Consider a few Telepathic attacks like Ego Storm.

08-21-2009, 05:21 AM	#1
TheRustedRobot Hero Join Date: Dec 2008	Ego Blades... I've been in sinced closed beta but have yet to try out any of the ego blade stuff. Anyone have any experience with it? Wondering how they are damage wise from like the teens up. Thanks in advance!

08-21-2009, 06:57 AM	#7
FluxVector Citizen Join Date: Aug 2009	My highest level character right now is 20, and is an ego blade user. Main framework is telekinesis, but I've found myself branching into other frameworks more and more because... I think ego blades aren't getting the job done very well for me, especially not in teams, and I'm getting increasingly disenchanted with the set the more that I try out others. The basic ego weaponry attack doesn't seem to be scaling up well as I level, and the higher tier attacks - and all the TK powers in general - seem like they cost more energy than they're worth, or at least, more energy than comparable powers from other frameworks. A very good example is that at level 17, Telekinetic Eruption would have cost my character 182 energy to completely charge... my character's maximum energy at that level was 128. So if I took TK eruption, I wouldn't be able to get much out of it. Meanwhile over in the fire tree, the Pyre power is so much cheaper that I can fully charge it and have enough energy left over for more attacks... but has the same radius and does slightly more damage. I seem to remember Ego Annihilation telling me it'd cost over 60 energy if I picked it, too, and it's a single target attack... at that point I decided to just take Pyre. That said, the set was great until the later teens. And yeah, ego choke (or some other hold) is highly recommended for any melee, because of NPCs that will kite you and go for backup. Edit - Ego blade frenzy is also quite a nice cone. Actually, I think it might be doing more DPS than ego weaponry for me now, even against 1 target. I'll have to give that a try. Last edited by FluxVector : 08-21-2009 at 07:01 AM.

08-21-2009, 12:26 PM	#9
Flowergnome Hero Join Date: Apr 2009	Ego Bladea are really nice. I took them to 30+ in closed beta and loved them. The set however depends on Ego Form. Without it, you loose half your dmg potential. Ego Blade Frenzy is really good to clear the trash. One full maintain of it and up to 5 henchmen are dead. Ego Blade Annihilation is awesome - if you slot it for dmg inversion, i.e. it does its big dmg on enemies with high health. With a bit of luck I've 3-shotted mastervillains with it. Best dmg was a double 1k crit IIRC. The later powers however are a bit underwhelming IMHO. I've been thinking about other power sets to diversify, but so far haven't found something I like all that much to go with my Ego Blades. I've had no trouble at all with Ego Blades and they will be my top choice when CO goes live. __________________ ehemaliger H.E.L.D.

08-21-2009, 06:27 AM	#2
TheRustedRobot Hero Join Date: Dec 2008	Hrmmm...no ones used this?

08-21-2009, 06:31 AM	#3
Raevanhawk Citizen Join Date: Jun 2008	I've used them up to around lvl 13 so far and love them. Sadly that's as far as i've been as I keep making new toons. I especially love the dual Ego Blades, forget the name of the power. They do great dmg.

08-21-2009, 06:45 AM	#4
TheRustedRobot Hero Join Date: Dec 2008	Ah, cool. The ego blade powers look so awesome and I had a great concept in mind. I suppose I should just make one and find out.

08-21-2009, 06:46 AM	#5
Mehrim Citizen Join Date: Jul 2009	Although The Ego Choke Is way OP, Takes little to none energy(the blue bar stays put), drains targets life, puts them in a hold, and it has no recharge, so you can just keep spammin it. I have solo-ed all bosses and encounters up till level16 with this...

08-21-2009, 06:55 AM	#6
TheRustedRobot Hero Join Date: Dec 2008	Good to know about the choke. I won't be taking it though because it doesn't fit my concept.

08-21-2009, 07:05 AM	#8
TheRustedRobot Hero Join Date: Dec 2008	Great, thanks for the info Flux. Hopefully were this game is just starting out they bump up ego blades a bit if they aren't scaling properly. I think I might just give it a shot anyway and see how it works out. Thanks again!