Amy_Amp

It's a big reason why higher level characters perform better on lower level TFs. They have access to the TF level cap +5 and all of the slots put into those powers up to their current level.

Now compare Invul to sets that don't get the best end recovery power.

Since I got Cardiac on my Kat/sr, I have used 1 blue. It was more for clearing space as much as it was boosting my end bar. I could have simply used Conserve Power and gotten through the situation with ease. This considering I was herding Arachnos at the time and the Mu were doing end drain on me. I was soloing at x4 so after the herds it was more like x8. I would have to look up my regen numbers, but I don't even have all of the accolades that boost it yet. Even if my health bar got low, I have greens and Aid Self. I tend to find regen rather overrated really.

There are things that power sets do offer that currently aren't available via IOs, or Incarnate abilities, see list of what Storm brings to the table as one mere example.

I just want to point out that I don't "hate" Empathy, think it's a bad set, or think it's not useful on some level. What I'm saying is, if you look at what the support sets offer at end game content levels, Empathy brings a rather low amount compared to other sets. If you think Empathy brings more to the table then say TA, then that's your opinion and I don't think you hate TA because of it unless you do. I think you would be wrong, but that's my opinion.

I think slotting for fear before really IOing the build out works. You can eventually get FS to be perma. At that point, slot for -tohit.

An yet /dark also has the ability to cause stun and I just don't see mobs scattering that far way to not fuel DR. It certainly hasn't been an issue on my Dark/stone tank.

Brutes have a 90% resist cap. Stalkers have 75%. Brutes get more HP so they get more benefit from resistance even if the percentage is the same. Soft cap for def is 45% across all ATs. You can attempt to show a stalker putting up more damage than a brute, but in terms of who is sturdier, brutes win.

Like running OPed all defender teams is unique to Empathy.

What does Empathy bring to the table that's unique for end game content that can't be gotten elsewhere via IOs and Incarnate abilities?

/sr likely offers the lowest investment. Not to say I didn't drop a rather decent amount of influ into my Kat/sr. If I had used merits I could have likely cut the cost in half.

The ability for a scrapper, or brute to soft cap in regards to the same power set is basically the same. A /sr scrapper can soft cap on SOs. If you want to look at resist based sets, then brutes win out since they have higher HP, regen, and resist cap than a scrapper.

Depends on what you are looking to get out of it. In terms of being unkillable, it's the easiest to get to.

Another thing to point out is not all missions are created equal. Case in point. If you are set at +1 diff in normal missions this means you get +1/+2 mobs. If a boss is involved, it's ultra rare to get a +2 boss as I think the game defaults to generating bosses at the basic diff setting. Now, if I run tip missions, I think the default becomes +2. If it isn't, I get a lot of them.

It's been pointed out that you level up slower by 22 so you aren't getting the level up inspirs as often either. My guess on the lack of bigger inspirs dropping is due to the map being level locked at such a low level. I'm sure I'll be proven wrong though.

Still 1-20.

Defense based sets offer no advantage over other sets in terms of generating Fury. The soft cap for def is 45% for all ATs. Considering how easy it is for a /sr scrapper to hit the soft cap, there's really no advantage there for a brute. In terms of the scaling resist that /sr gets, then yes.

Empathy offers, regen, end recovery, def, and mezz protection. All of these are handled via IOs and Incarnate. This does not mean everybody runs around fully IOed and Incarnated. It's just when those things do come into play it knocks against what a Emp adds to a team. Take Storm because it's what I thought of first. It's got -fly in Snow Storm. It's got end drain protection and a heal in O2 Boost. It brings the ability to reposition mobs. It's brings more damage. It's got controls. It's got -res. The fact people can get -res via Reactive doesn't hurt Storm because the -res cap is so high and Reactive is limited. Whatever level Storm performs at before IOs and end game content, it still performs at that level. This can be said for a number of sets, or even if they do lose some effectiveness, they still have enough to stand out. Nothing about Empathy in end game content stands out. It's not like heals are unique to Empathy.

Because people can't get past the fact that a team needs a healer. FYI, I've never turned away an Emp. unless I knew beforehand that they were a pure healer. Even if I consider FF worse off then Empathy, I have yet to turn one away. If I need bodies for a team, and you are willing to team, then let's roll.

It took me me some time before I saw you were doing this in Shark. Not really sure why you started there. I still think street sweeping to level 3 and then doing this is better due to more inspir slots, but obviously not much of a difference. There is I believe a typo where you say "No" instead of "Now."

Outside of KB protection IOs, the +end proc is the one you want for DR. You'll still need to look for more ways for end recovery, but it's doable. DA really turns into a beast once epic/patrons start to kick in and certainly when more IOs and Incarnate powers get added.

Fire is a better set for hard control. Mind is a vastly better set for soft control. While my Mind/kin does collect some dust these days due to too many alts, my Fire/kin flat out got rerolled. I'll just point out I was leading a team of SG members and some PuG people while on my Mind/kin. At one point the tank in my SG complained we were going to fast. Fire still does more damage as it should. Mind can still be played to be extremely powerful.

I assume this is taken from my quote elsewhere. Here is somebody who LOVES playing Emp and FF. I consider these the two sets that lose out the most in end game content and for me it is difficult to have fun with those sets. Guess what? They don't care what I think and they are having fun. If playing in Emp is fun for you, then play it. I play an Ice tank, which is the red headed stepchild of tank sets in terms of IOs. I still play one because it's fun for me.