Bill Z Bubba

Not a bad thought really. Between the 80% from rage and the 59.5% from saturated AAO, and another 95% from enhancements, you're riding, what... 165.5% or so from the damage cap for tanks? Certainly enough to solo comfortably and far easier to softcap than brutes and scrappers.

That might be tolerable.

Could NOT have said it better myself.

Considering the vast ignorance his posts show, I'd have to agree.

On topic, powersets that don't lend themselves to fast soloing will be ignored:

#1 Stone Armor: I've tried to use it several times. My brother's main uses it on his tank and yes, it's a great set for what it does, but for what it takes away, it becomes worthless to me.

#2 Psionic or Mental sets: I hate the sound effects. They give me splitting headaches, but only if I play the set. Having teammates use them doesn't bug me at all.

That's it for powersets. I'm locked out of several powersets that I probably would use because of the ATs that they are locked into.

Defenders and Tanks: Anemic damage output makes them poor for soloing.
Controllers and Stalkers: Just plain boring.

I'm surprised at how much I approve of this statement.

For the record, Chaoswolf, my claws/wp brute, would also like a canine tail.

As I just stated in the other (edit: oops, it was this thread) SS thread, I see an opinion here not backed up by reality.

Dual Blades was given to every melee AT. It's in no way brutish. It's purely a style set.

The "elemental" sets staying with tanks/brutes was tossed when scrappers got fire melee/armor.

Then brutes got claws. There's absolutely nothing smashy or heavy about claws. Nothing. Even with the tweaks it got during the port.

When I hear something along the lines of "perhaps tanks shouldn't get katana/broadsword because of DivAva/Parry being grossly overpowerered on tanks" then I'll at least listen. I probably won't agree because kat/bs would be weaksauce on tanks.

But I will no longer take seriously any argument based on "X shouldn't be ported over because of AT concept."

Edit2: And Louis, I got claws on brutes because I wanted it.

Random attack of quoted post for tangent and derail attempt.

Statement of disdain for humanity.

Statement of sudden urge to consume massive quantities of high grade alcohol.

17 hours, 16 minutes.

Ignoring inherents, brutes do less damage than tanks. Taking inherents into account, brutes with high fury do comparable damage to scrappers when their crits are averaged out.

Brutes and scrappers have identical base values for their mitigation sets. Brutes have higher base hitpoints than scrappers but lower than tanks.

Brutes share tank mitigation caps.

Solo a brute = a scrapper
Buffed by teammates, a brute can reach tank level survivability.
Buffed by teammates, a brute can surpass scrapper level damage due to their much higher damage buff cap.

Brutes > Scrappers >>>> Tanks for damage.
Tanks > Brutes > Scrappers for mitigation.

Can a brute in general do the tanking job for a team? Absolutely. The brute's mitigation, especially when buffed by teammates is close enough to a tank's to survive easily. They have real taunt and a single target taunt on their attacks for aggro control. The brute's vastly superior damage output means that he will not *need* to survive an encounter nearly as long as a tank does due to the spawn in question being wiped out more quickly.

The only time a tank will be a better choice on a team is when that team is damage heavy and mitigation light.
Edit: Even then, if the team is so damage heavy, a brute will do fine since the spawns won't be around long enough to do anyone harm.

It was late. I'll get over it.