Favorite Characters?

Question: Have you looked into using the Inferno instead of the Black Widow for your ranged weapon? Seems like you were spending a lot of time reloading the BW in between powers and punching. The Inferno, despite less per-shot damage, might synergize better with your play style.

Well, since I wasn't really looking to put it out for general viewing originally, that wasn't taken into consideration. But also, didn't use Youtube before so wasn't certain what was best for it. So I'll be making some changes to the video listing soon to make it easier to find and view in their own way.

OK, just switched both videos so far to public. That should help for those looking for them to view in other ways now.

I am old and slow and not a creature of these thar interwebz. What name do I search for in YouTube?

Ideally you'd want a weapon with a scope over a non scoped one. Simply because it permits you to "extend" the range your biotics when you need to.

Normally all Biotics fall off after a range of around 35-40m (won't hit target or just never reaches there). Whilst peering down the scope, you can still get your Biotics to function at the scope range. Just need to factor in travel time in most cases. So Throw and Pull are fine, because they home in, and so long as the target doesn't dodge it, they'll be affected. Lance is OK so long as you're peering down the scope at any range to detonate a primed target that has been disabled (singularity or pull, etc). Any other situation and the Lance will more often than not miss from travel time to a moving target at extended distances.

Because I normally play in a support role on the Kineticist, where I hang back and disable, detonate, snipe at range (and in cover), not having a scope isn't as ideal. So although I could slot a scope onto the other weapons, they lose out on the slot used. Which is again why I chose and stuck with the Black Widow.

The 40% Cyclonic Mod is helpful, but not always necessary. I normally just take any Cyclonic Mod for Platinum runs on the Kineticist, since it lets you have a tiny bit more headroom for that stray grazing hit, and for when you perform any tanking, since you could get surrounded. And that is enough of a boost to make a noticable difference. I only specifically take the 40% one for Hyper Shield missions because Shield its so much more fun from not having to worry about Shields at all almost.

250 Base Shields on the Kineticist
+100% Mission
+25% Barrier 1
+30% Barrier 4a
+6% Bonus
+40% Booster

So that's ~750 Base Shields at that point, and when you move into Ascension (6b Efficient, so 130DR or roughly 0.43 divider), that effectively becomes approximately 1750 odd (effective) Shields. But the most important aspect of that is that you have base 750 Shields, which is enough whilst out of cover to eat a stray Ascendant Bolt (500 damage no DR) that would otherwise have knocked you out of Ascension (especially if under fire from others at the same time).

monk - what is your build? The Plat game you posted was fascinating. You turned a lot of what I thought I knew about Kineticist on it's head.

I've been meaning to post this, but it's never really fit into the context of the discussion, so I might as well go a head and post it now. My favorite character is definitely the Krogan Engineer. Despite being an uncommon, her kit has a lot to offer. Overload gives her the ability to strip shields and stun enemies (bonus for console players or players with poor target tracking/acquisition abilities). Incinerate is great for dealing with unshielded enemies and can setup fire explosions for extra damage. And she gets rage, which helps her survivability. And since she's an uncommon, she is relatively easy to get to rank XX, and with that I would definitely recommend her to any new player.