My character seems too weak...

[Galaspark]

I'm a level 22 nature hero with hand blasting as my weapon. Thing is, I get beaten easily by players who are lower-leveled than me. I'm not sure why; I don't have this problem with my Ice villain; actually it's kind of the other way around in that case. Is Nature just a low-damage output class (even when I'm using the Damage role?)

[Kiyaya]

Naw but hand blast is a low damage weapon meant to be used at a range so if you use it as a melee weapon you wont have much luck

[Kiyaya]

Heck i do fine with my nature villain on HEALER role and people have a hard time beating me you might want to not use nature because it is a hard power to use

[Yeahtoasty]

im using rifle + light and i keep pwning higher level players (CR 47 vs 64 LOL)

[D.T.]

alot of the game mechanics in dps role are different for each class. "Normally" in dps role, you activate a skill, it gives you the damage % buff, and you can A) use 'weapon' attacks with that increased damage or B) use another skill and get a little more damage out of it due to the damage % buff. keep toying around with reskilling and other skills to find out which ones work best for you in conjunction with your DPS role for solo's and other reasons.
one of the major things ive noticed in dcuo, is the variations on how you are able to go about things. this ranges from everything from looks/styles, to your skill loadout. there will be people who will say "use this skill" or "use this weapon with this class" - but you can only take that information so far. DCUO is very much skill based when it comes to the combat. just keep playing around with different weapons, and skills, to find a nice playstyle that suits you best for solos when you solo, find a good party, and maybe even a different loadout that suits a raid party (when u get that far). reskilling is one of the cheapest things in the game, so have at that as much as you want!

[Yeahtoasty]

anyone from US servers? id like to meetcha ingame :P

[D.T.]

yes i do play in the US server both pvp/pve at times. depends on what im doing and my mood. just add me here on steam and ill give you some of my character names. although you could probably guess 1 of them...lol(minus a clan tag)

[Zero Hour 17]

Honestly I've found that both Sorcery and Nature are really squishy compared to other classes. Also have max level Ice and Gadgets and lvl 20+ light and fire and I've noticed it. Honestly if you want to dps in pvp with Nature I think it's best to go with it's transformations. Main wolf form and use the Gorilla super charge. When I'm a Gorilla I'm pretty much untouchable. Also consider rifle or duel pistols for nature dps. I find hand blasters make better healer weapons because they have low dps but good energy regen with their tap, tap hold combo

[Grimmycoffee]

if u want your character strong use gadget that can stun enemies and a staff

[Yeahtoasty]

Originally posted by alvi.gamer:

if u want your character strong use gadget that can stun enemies and a staff

if you want your char to go strong. go tank or controll power...tech isnt the only strong power. id say earth and hard light are way stronger (i know cause i had tech and switched to light

[M.Bennett]

Nature in my opinion is one of the weaker powers
but sorcery is preety good I think

[Oberon]

Originally posted by Zero Hour 17:

Honestly I've found that both Sorcery and Nature are really squishy compared to other classes.

Come to think of it, Nature and Sorcery DPS are pretty few and far in between, aren't they? They almost all spec into healers.

[Jane_Denton]

As far as feeling your character is too weak, it might be a gear issue, might be a loadouts issue and not quite understanding the best powers in that powerset, and it might be you aren't utilitizing the highest damage combo for blasters. I am also finding myself asking the question are you aware of the difference between PvP gear which is for dueling and doing PvP maps? PvE gear is for PvE content, PvP gear is for well PvP content. Also if your gear is PvE are you mixing your DPS and Healer gear together? Quite simply if you are in DPS role then you wear DPS gear, if you are in Healer role you wear healer gear. And if you haven't got a full set of healer gear then you aren't going to heal well. (Please note if you do legends PvP then it doesn't matter whether you have PvE or PvP gear on, it's just the regular PvP that requires PvP armour)

I have T4 toons on both hero and villain side. Now working on my T5 gear and been playing for a couple of years. I've tried several weapons and I did find that blasters aren't good in a mob.

One place I tell people in my league to check out is: http://dcuo.mmorpg-life.com/guides/
Another place is YouTube. Here's a search I did to get you started: http://www.google.ca/search?q=youtube+dcuo+nature+loadouts&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a