I just had to point out how awesome/disturbing getting the vaporizing critical strike is...it never ceases to disturb me seeing them recoil in horror as they blow away in the wind. It's one of those half horrendous/half awesome looks.

Whoever designed that particular event got it spot on.
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I use my telekinesis trait to do that. It has huge KB and works every time. I like to chip swordsmen into the lava from the cliff.
right into vapor of hot red lava fumes!!!
I haven't tried the melee thing, but I have found something that's stupidly easy...I rush through any ground mission to the objective, get my whole team stuff into a corner with poor line of sight, and when the baddies pile up to attack, I have my guy use the AoE expose attack, and then I use my split-beam phaser rifle to crit-porize them all.
I'm just glad they can't do it to you or your team. Imagine your Boffs going poof. :eek: