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I have a few suggestions:
/Ice melee as someone said would be good. It has good mitigation, the dmg is not the best as a downside.
/Stone has good mitigation and good damage, downside being the heavy end cost of attacks.
/DM compliments DA in soo many ways. I cannot think of a con with it.
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Quote:She said LGTF, I'm sorry I misread.Originally Posted by ultrawatt
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<<<<<< swears by fault!!!! It is what makes my SM/DA brute able to thrive!
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Quote:Originally Posted by MajorTractor
I have a lvl 50 DB/Dark. I've never seen another one. He's my LGTF specialist, just kinda seems unkillable on it (except hami of course.)
He needs a respec though. I need to build him for S/L defense now that he has T3 cardiac and no longer needs total focus on recovery/end redux.
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Quote:I'm "forced" to do tedious end game material to keep up with the other players who are doing them so I can be useful to the team. We were "forced" in to IO sets, because now if you do not have them you're not able to be as useful on teams yet again. And he is being "forced" to do trials with large groups under the same circumstances as many other updates in this game. What is even the purpose of you telling us your "friends" feelings? This thread is pathetic... I'm mad I wasted my time... back to work.Originally Posted by Jibikao
I am not my friend but I think he is more worried about the "direction" of the so-called End-game content than what is happening right now. He WANTS to get the new abilities as he has invested so much time/money/effort into the game for the past 6 years. He just doesn't want to join a large-size Trials. It's the idea that he is forced to join a Larger-Than-8-People team worries him. Hell, even 8-people team seems like a harsh restriction sometimes... lol
Incarnate Abilities should be more accessible than just doing the trials. For the past two nights, I did two SFs (one is the new villain SF in sharks and one is the new TF in IP) and the total # of Shards I got is 4-5. I can't imagine how long it's going to take to get new abilities by just doing SFs on a "typical pace". By "typical", I mean doing SFs for the purpose of beating it rather than farming the same SF (like ITF) on the lowest setting x 8. Lowest setting SF puts me to sleep. -
What is the point of playing a MMO if you just want to play with the same people all the time? Seriously, your friend needs to broaden his scope. I never understood that as I would not be able to level as I have without PuG, since my channel and VG friends seem to always be busy or gone. If the problem is annoying people on the PuG then make your own team and kick the people off who are annoying.
I'm so over this PuG complaining. If that the problem, make a VG or channel with the just the people you wont to play with and hope that they are on when you want to do a trial. Otherwise shut up! All content is for all people, not just to please a few selfish people. In my experience, the people who dont like PuG are usually the bossy, jerk, know-it-all!
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When are they going to let us customize the colors on these? Just curious and hoping soon!
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@McCharraigin running in with that Fire/Elec with full damage was nice. I only got him to the high 20's so I never got to see his full potential. EM/Elec was fotm in pvp,pve when Elec first came out.
I do wonder how mace would be. I saw a Mace/SR brute while doing a SF (the one in St martial u get from that ice lady forget her name). It was unique , but I'm sure they had a hard time with it all the way up to 48 :P
Yes, SS is a hard hitter and I guess if you're going for damage it would be the best bet? I find there are so many other ways you can do more damange, quicker attacks, survivability, etc., to be just as good as your SS/WP and SS/FA (although I will admit how solid and ez they are). -
I've heard of people wanting to make claws/elec, but I've only ever seen one. I'd consider that unique.
Fire/Elec has a bad rep? I had one as a scrapper it was the beeeest! I remember Energy/Elec used to be a FotM, but since it isn't anymore we'll call it an oldie but goodie
Always wanted to try claws/DA (or claws anything). Haven't got around to it.
Currently have a Stone/DA at 50. It was a rough road playing /DA without Dark Melee, but with the mitigation and defense bonuses its solid. I also used to have a Stone/Elec which was awesome, but we didn't have energize back then so I deleted (DoH). The one toon I had that I think was unique but too rough to play was a SS/SR. -
I made a thread awhile ago asking some questions about this combo. I decided to make one. I got frost as soon as I could and life began to get EZ! Now at 30, I love him...Hope to give a full run down sometime in the future. It is a great TANK with decent damage and Ice patch early on makes me the MVP on almost everyday.
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Just curious with all the same ol' threads about the same ol' brute combos, is anyone making anything unique? How efffective do you find it?
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stalkers could use the ice/
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I would get rid of elude and manuevers. I was bored, so I made a build form yours:
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I actually have one of these at 50. As Moonlight said, it is an end hog at early levels, but it doesnt have to be. My original build was based on recharge and end and I could use attack after attack with no problem. If you want to see that build, I can find it...but I literally had to use Dark Regen ALL the time. I changed the buils to melee defense bonuses and end (some lotg +rch's). My build is almost done, but even with the defense bonuses, mitigation is important. Fault, Tremor, and CoF with the defense are super helpful. I did not put in Death Shroud as it got me killed often, but I would still suggest to get it if you could (more dmg is always a good thing). Taunt is in the build too just for those moments when a squishy in the distance needs a little help (and for the melee def). I have cardiac incarnate and energy mastery for the end and I find I did need them. Ghost Widow's pool with DN could be useful for the -tohit, -dmg to mobs (not my style for a brute). Please know that /DA is still a squishy armor so take advantage of the mitigation, you will live longer:
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Now I know what to aim for! Thank you for the simple answers. Much appreciated!!!!!
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Trying to figure out what is a decent % in Mid's.
Usually I subtract the end recovery by the end drain, but I am not sure what sort of result that give me in-game or what number it should come out too.
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I played a WP/Ice up to the mid 20's and totally didnt like it. This was about a year ago? I did not like Frost, and I'll admit I didn't really give it a chance....I find it so hard to believe GIS is skippable, but alright. I put a new SD/Ice build below. Maybe after I'm tired of my alts I'll make this:
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For year now I've been thinking of trying an Ice melee and around that time I rolled a WP/Ice tank. I was happy with the WP and very happy with her costume, but she was very lacking in the damage department. I deleted her, but my urge to make an Ice melee burned brighter.
Ice melee really lacks damage which I found out the hard way. So until they proliferate ice melee to another AT I came up with two builds that may help rememdy this.
This first is Ela/Ice tank. I decided to "hike" up the recharge on this build, so even though the damage may still not be super it will make up for it in application:
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The second build is SD/Ice. This is one I really like and have considered. Soft-capped and the damage is the highest I've gotten for Ice Melee (with B'UP and AAO).
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Now I am not expert build maker and I do not do frankenslotting, but I thought these were decent enough. I'm sure some of you out there can do better so give it a shot! Feedback, ideas, etc. I want to see more Ice Melee!!! -
I believe I mad the revisions.
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Anyone tried this power? I see the numbers on it and higher than the brute, tanker and stalker by a little.
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Quote:That is something to consider definintely! I did get recall friend just because, but taking it out for OG with CoF makes a complete hold with all the stuns on top of it as well! I totally forgot... Good looking!Originally Posted by TheBruteSquad
Death Shroud is amazing over time. By sheer virtue of how many thing it hits at once (it's brawl every pulse to everything around you) it ends up being my top damage power after a play session every time.
It doesn't break cloak of fear every pulse... it interrupts it. Instead of them standing there cowering and not giving you fury they get to attack once every six or seven seconds then go back to cowering.
In combination with Fault and oppressive gloom there's every possibility that Death Shroud will be your biggest damage dealer by sheer virtue of being able to peg the goofs as they stagger away, and the Taunt component ensures that (most of the time) the enemies come running back to you after the stun wears off as opposed to running for the hills. -
Quote:YAY! Gud luck to you!Originally Posted by Daemodand
I tried an ElM/SD Brute, and found the single target damage too lacking. Single hard targets like EB Silver Mantis were just too much, and that is the only Brute I've ever had that problem on. Maybe I should give it a second go, but I'd just hate to put hours into a character that crashed and burned on Silver Mantis again.
I guess I like sets somewhere in the middle. Not entirely single-target, but not entirely AOE, either. I do like Stone. The sights and sounds of that set are amazingly fun. I just wish it had a Footstomp equivalent, or even a Dragon's Tail equivalent.
Oh heck, I think I'll just go ahead and try SM/DA. I want a Brute of every primary and every secondary, so why not. -
I'll whip you up a build and then you can play with it after that (I'm bored). Are you found of any particular power pools, epics, or travel powers?
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I think I would go for the scrapper version based on the higher base dmg. Yes, the brute has more HP, but I don't think you will notice the difference too much with good defense, recharge for perma dull pain and siphon life.
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Quote:Please, review away! I'd love for it to be on the Player's guide. It will help mroe people that way. Thank you!Originally Posted by Twilight_Snow
Do you want us to review your guide first before posting in the Player's guide section? Or are you writing this guide just to share your experience with us?
