Zacko

Serious pass.

If there was an item I'd consider it.

I'm just hoping it doesn't take more than 2 SOs to have a visible payoff, and considering how low the base damage is even 2 slots for EndMod may be pushing it.

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It saddens me that it will not see a damage buff. No burst damage = don't expect to kill anything in PVP. I invite anyone to test their or test MY elec/ brute in arena combat and see what happens.

Unless you don't actually care 'bout testing...

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My god... does anyone care about the 90% of the game that is NOT about PVP?

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It's only 90% if you don't like PvP, if you do then it could be as little as 10% that's not about PvP.

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I've never played one so I have to ask - does Energy Transfer get affected by fury or are you wrong about Lightning Rod?

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I don't see anything in the hero builder to suggest that ET is not affected by fury, but like you I don't know first hand.

Is anyone else really bothered by the fact that the main secondary effect of Elm, i.e. end drain, is still pretty much useless or has someone managed to figure out a way to make it pay off?

edit: Ok, let me make this a little more constructive:
Apologies if this has been suggested before but looking at how lackluster this set is for PvP and how little an effect the end drain seems to have in PvE what about adding a -rec effect to all of the powers?

In addition is there any good explaination as to why Lightning Rod is the single brute attack in any set that does not get buffed by fury? I'm not seeing damage output in the rest of the set that would justify it. Even Burn is getting a rage fix (nice to see a tiny bit of love coming through for /fire).

EA has only one hole though in the form of lacking a heal and partially mitigates it by just not getting hit as often. Most players I know take Aid Self or Tough (or both) to plug it and that works fine.

Looking into my crystal ball here since I don't think any of us have managed to get an elec into the 30's yet but I know I'm going to need a heal, no question. I know I'll need Stamina because I've never seen a truly effective brute without it. I know I'll need KB protection because after playing my fire/fire up through the teens by the time I hit 22 I never wanted a power so badly in my life as I wanted acrobatics. Yes I could do hover/fly but I'm still without immob without CJ and with the electric primary I don't have anything to throw before 32.

The issue is not so much that /elec won't be effective, but the pool choices will be very narrow for any of us who are looking to take them into PvP. I love the idea of a +regen being glued into grounded or conserve power being replaced by something that offers a little more utility. Either one of those would change this from just being a novelty set.

YES, a lot of the tone here makes it sound like the sky is falling but I do want to make sure we get a little improvement on this before it goes live and hysteria tends to get attention.

That wouldn't do anything to save the set with a different primary though, unless you went with /dark (which would be fine but has proved to be lackluster in PvP).

Some kind of rumbly thundery sound...I would just die from pure satisfaction.