Xemulas

Then don't I scrap/hold aggro on my /SR brute as required, don't let teams bully you into tanking just because you're a brute

to the question at hand:

DM/SR = yumyumyum
DM/Ninj = yumyum + tricks
Spines/Regen or Spines/WP = very scrapper-like, if a little delicate at first
Elec/anything = pretty delicious

Most things'll work fine, so long as you find a way of playing them that suits you.

People are asking questions to get a better idea of all things, so that they may better answer your question. A blank: "What next plz" really doesn't give anyone any scope on what'll be useful for you.

As they say "Help us to help you".

This is where I'd highly recommend an achillies heel proc wherever it'll fit. Although this may not affect Ninj/, most lethal (or low DPS) reliant sets benefit from it in the long run (Crab spiders, Merc/ MMs, my DB/SR brute etc...).

Not a massive fix, but it eases the pain somewhat

*hoots his horn*

Come back to daddy

Because all the Rum is gone?

*glares at FFM*

Perhaps I chose my wording poorly. My intention was to convey that the main body of the team at times cannot afford their scrappers to go and let loose their inner soloer in the middle of a task force.

Probably, that wouldn't surprise me at all.

Here's a reasoned response, instead of a hot-headed snipe, which I apologise for.

Everyone plays their characters differently, and all team dynamics work differently. I am a a Villain player 95% of the time. Co-op task forces obviously create opportunities for my regular, habitual villain teams to come into contact with hero ATs (We've all got them, mind, we're not allergic to heroes). This, more often than not, results in interaction with scrappers, in the same was as some brutes, who consider it acceptable to launch ahead and aggro whatever they like regardless of what the body of the team is doing.

Most of the time, the teams are "tank"less, maybe the odd brute, but no tank is present, I find them to be the most redundant archetype. The rule of "Squishies have Daddy Tank" is flawed, as not every team runs as you described: not every team can facilitate and support to full efficiency, a rogue melee AT.

A good friend of mine I met in game plays mostly scrappers, and I have to say Bill, he is your antithesis. Don't get me wrong, he'll step up to the oche and solo a mob if the situation requires it, but he is nothing short of an amazing scrapper, in the way we have come to define good scrapping. Dishing out damage, never biting the dust, and most importantly, guarding and protecting the others on the team, always aware of what is going on.

Thus a point emerges: my opinion, voiced in reaction to the OPs rather warped view of his own actions, was constructed from my presumption that he acted like many of the scrappers/brutes I have politely asked to refrain from doing: attempting to play in ignorance of the team, as if they were soloing.

I'm not going to end on any cutting general remark, but I will say that certain people have certain expectations and each find some things acceptable that others don't. I'd advise the OP to be aware of that

I'll keep that in mind

Then I guess it's each to their own on what they enjoy the most? A banter full team taking it at a pace that suits them (heck, I've been playing with the same collective of people for years now, I know what I, and they, enjoy). Or a fast, rushed team, because heaven fobid you spend any more time in the TF than is absolutely necessary.

It saddens me that taking things a bit slower for everyone's sake and 'boredom' are synonymous in your eyes.

@TracEnding: Yes, I didn't factor in the fact that he asked, which is fair enough. If the rest of the team didn't say "Well actually, we don't want this ghosted thanks", then i've no right to get my underwear in a twist on their behalf, I apologise.

Props to this.

To the OP:

I'm sorry to hear that you got kicked from the team, but to be frank, I can't abide people like you on any task force that I run, especially if you were the last place (to make up numbers) amongst a group of friends.

It sounds like that tank had never run the ISF before, so it's his first time. Some people enjoy seeing the content, enjoying the missions, and taking their time and having fun. Your approach was to rush ahead, ghost everything possible, and fill every possible role in the team on your own, as if you were soloing it. It's no wonder you got kicked when the final straw was that you went ahead and tried to solo the only thing the team leader cared about.

Have a little empathy and think about what the whole team wants, instead of crying on the forums when your selfish behaviour gets you what, imo, you completely deserve

Edit: Team Soloers may be a bit of a pet peeve of mine

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