Well, I believe I've already posted this in a thread in the blasters section - but I've capped out my damage resistance on my blaster. I run a 6 slotted tough and weave, along with a 6 slotted temp invul, the minimal defense that SS gives, and when force of nature is applied, purple bosses don't do much more than 100 damage per attack (unless psionic). I've tested this heavily against level 50 monsters, AV's and the latter. Against a level 50 monster, without any toggles on - I took 1049 damage and was killed in 1 shot seeing as the max health for a blaster is 1015. When tough, weave, and temp invul were applied, I took approximately 250 per attack. When force of nature (unstoppable) was applied to the 3 toggles on above, I was able to stand toe to toe with the monster taking about 100-150 per attack, however, a blasters regen rate is not fast enough to tank him for too long. Bosses, lt's - even con or not are no matter, and I was able to tank Battle Maiden for my team the other night and only used 4 respites. Wolves, can be herded by about 50-75 at a time. Blasters CAN have good defense, you just have to decide whether or not you want all of your lame attacks in your pri/sec sets - or if you want to live longer.
