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I'll be there - first raid for me too

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I ran up against another SR scrap (harvest moon?) and we spent a good long while trying to kill each other (you haven't seen comedy untill you've seen srs fight ), with her the eventual victor

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Yeah, I think that was me – SR scrapper fights are a laugh, but if one or both whack on elude, then it’s just gets silly

Not a reply to the post above, just to say this was my first PvP bash this weekend, and I had an absolute blast - be it with a large group or one-on-one with other scrappers. Won some, lost some, had fun - and for the most part it seemed to be taken in good humour.

Just some observations from playing my L36 stone/stone tanker over the weekend – I’m not a number cruncher, so some of this may be a bit gimpy.

Seems to still work fine following the respec; I spend most of my time tanking in granite, and didn’t notice a drop-off in performance slotting 3 def and 3 res SO enhancements and adding 3-slotted stone skin. With swift three-slotted, moving in granite was still OK, and with rooted teleport seemed to work well.

I kept hasten in the build, primarily because super speed is my preferred travel power, but also as a way to increase my DPS when needed. Stone/Stone is a real end hog, so having it permanent would be a bit pointless, but being able to crank it up a notch is handy from time to time.

Mistakes I made in the respec – I took TP ally rather that TP foe, which is going to be a hindrance for PvP; I don’t really need all three, so that’s another respec mission to do. I added maneuvers to give me a boost to my def, but it’s really not helping that much – with a respec I’d probably lose this too.

So, at the moment my build stands as follows: -
Primary – Rock Armour, Stone Skin, Earth’s Embrace, Mud Pots, Rooted, Granite Armour
Secondary: Stone Fist, Stone Mallet, Taunt, Large Mallet, Tremor
Fitness: Swift, Heath, Stamina
Leadership: Maneuvers
Speed: Hasten, Super Speed
Teleportation: Teleport Ally, Teleport Self

I’ve got 5 powers left to take; I will be taking both minerals and seismic smash, but have no idea what else would be a good idea and would like to hear from other stone tanks. Also, slotting for mud pots – I’ve currently got 3 dam / 1 end red but I’m thinking of dropping in a taunt enhancer instead of damage

As for the tanking itself, I primarily faced Nemesis and Devoured Earth on teams of 4-5. The teams consisted of tankers, scrappers and blasters only for the most part; I was able to hold aggro on L41 and L43 Nemesis mobs without too much difficulty, although damaging them was another matter. I haven’t had the need to turn on Earth’s Embrace all weekend. I also had my first experience with sappers, who will be the death of me by the looks of things. I haven’t gone against psi yet either.

My L35 stone/stone tank is pretty much as is - I've been able to tank +3 bosses quite happily post-I6.