Freeform character suggestions

brokensaintvx

Hi everyone, I'm slightly stumped on a build I've been working on, and I wanted to get some constructive critisim based upon what I've come up with thus far. The powers listed won't be brought onto the character in the order listed, I just rattled them off as I saw the ones I ideally want to utilize.

Ok, character concept: Gravity manipulating gunslinger, or, as most people would know it as, a biotic. I've long had great love for the "space mages" from Mass Effect, and with this build I want to attempt to pay homage to them. Specifically when I say "Them" I mean, Vanguards. SO, here goes.

Super stats:
Dexterity
Ego
Intelligence

gunslinger
2 gun mojo (close the gap)
concentration
void shift (for appearance mostly, but the +fear is also a plus)
shadow form
Force Snap/breakaway shot (hard landing or Microfilament wire respectively)
Force Geyser
Field Surge
Force Eruption
Lead Tempest
Molecular Self-Assembly
bullet beatdown (not without incident, break the trigger) or Telekinesis (this is mostly because I want to throw trucks at people)
Telekinetic Maelstrom
Rebirth

Dodge isn't my largest concern, but being able to utilize it is definitely a plus. Also crippling defenses, and lowering attack damage are also big pluses. But the idea behind the build is to be a high risk, high reward spectacle fight juggler:

Force Geyser, Void shift, bullet beatdown, force eruption, Force Snap, Two-Gun

Yes, I want this toon mostly to look cool while fighting. I do think I need to rethink a lot of the skill base because of redundancies, but for now it's kinda what I'm working with at the moment. Feed back please!

carrionbaggage

Your main attack powers deal ranged physical damage, but Shadow Form only increases paranormal damage. Quarry would be a better choice for an offensive passive, especially with superstatted INT.

foosnark

I don't want to go too far into criticism of the build because you're trying for a concept, and I like that. But I:

-- would take Quarry. DEX/INT/EGO and don't gear too heavily for EGO, or else DEX/INT/CON and gear for EGO somewhat.

-- would try to resolve the conflict between wanting enemies close and wanting them far away. You probably don't want both knockback and knockto/shift. You probably don't want one AOE power that sends enemies flying and another that wants them nice and close. You probably don't want Bullet Beatdown/Break the Trigger unless you're building around melee damage.

(And as an aside, please consider the effect of knockback on other players in Alerts; they can lower team DPS by knocking enemies away from meleers/circles/AOE damage/turrets. Nothing more annoying than charging up a good melee attack only to have it fail because somebody knocked the boss away from you.)

-- wouldn't take that many attack powers. (One maintainable/spammable staple single-target attack, plus one on a timer to proc MSA and interrupt. One staple AOE attack and maybe another if it had some utility.)

-- with Quarry, I would stick with physical attacks, so not Maelstrom.

-- would have some kind of self-heal. (I love Conviction; easy MSA trigger, self-heal in combat or after, and absorbs at least part of one hit.)

-- wouldn't take Field Surge for a defensive passive, since half of what it does is strictly for PFF. (If you want something similar in style, Protection Field or Mindful Reinforcement are good.)