Black_Marrow

You'd think that wouldn't you. :P

I tried combining the 2 in the beta and let me tell you, that is just too many clickies. There wasnt time to FS, I was too busy trying to kill things and heal myself. With so many buttons to push I just couldnt settle ona constant rotation, got really frustrated and just deleted the character. My Kin/Psy defender is similar in that it's coated in clickies, but at least as a defender I have less motivation to attack when I could be buffing/debuffing/controlling the fight.

You don't? What game have YOU been playing? Having half your team be Defenders/Controllers/Corruptors turns a 'balanced team dynamic' into a clusterf*** steamroll that removes all skill from the game and makes it nothing more than a festival for facerolling. With A few defenders on the team, your team can reach softcapped defense (no matter how much Inf the tank had to waste getting there on his own, at which point he will realize that spending it all was a waste when he could have a FF or Cold defender), the enemies damage can be floored, your team can get to their Max damage bonus, your team can never run out of endurance, mobs can't fight back, bosses hit like squeaky toys, MUST I continue?

To be frank, you really don't seem to be taking this into perspective. Increasing defender damage will make it completely pointless to play any other class, period. If I could do Tanker level damage on my Kin/Psy, then my damage would be exponentially larger due to my higher base damage (granted I don't notice the lacking damage on my Kin/Psy thanks to my primary, oh haha we're back on that topic, but that discussion is for another time). Bonus HP would just make it easier for Defenders to Solo AVs and entire TFs just because they would survive longer (they already don't die, keeping them at a lower HP gives them a chance of dying in a mission, albeit slim).


Why is it OK to increase DPSer damage? Because it's their ONLY JOB. Defenders control half the fight on their own. If you havent noticed, the strength of buffs you cast on your allies are VERY strong, as are the debuffs you can apply. The ONLY way to balance that is to increase damage of the classes that are actually supposed to deal damage. Blasters for instance can ONLY deal damage, they have no other option. Tankers are an exception, but not by much, their damage wouldn't get buffed again considering threat is a complete myth in this game and aggro is just based on how fast you can spam taunt. Brutes get their damage buffed because with an empty fury bar, they deal approx tanker damage (slightly more I think) and it isn't until they've been in a fight for a while that they can really start hurting people. Ever see a brute throw himself into the next group like an idiot? Fury bar. Their entire level of performance is based on throwing themselves in harms way and acting stupid, and without a damage buff they wouldn't kill things fast enough to survive the impending onslaught.

Defenders can just floor everything and change the tide of battle with the push of a button.

Defenders don't need a buff.

My TanCrab Scuttles around with Ninja Run + Swift + Hurdle + Sprint. My Katana scrap is essentially following the same formula, except with quickness and 4 x +7.5% run speed procs slotted in his auto powers.

Skill in MMOs is a myth.

I'd love to do this, but I'd need to rework the builds on a character in order to do it, I'll hop in the channel at some point once I have a character I consider 'PvP ready'.

Would I?!

Would you rather they godmoded?

May I ask why?

Oh, cool! Speaking of which, I'm working on a Crab Tank guide now, which should posted by the end of the month.

Where did you get my build? O.o

That looks suspiciously like the old Ar/Dev blaster you had, Shocklance... :P

You mean the one shaped like your fists, rather than nonsensical glowing spheres? Yeah, I would kill for it.

So was the last episode of Teen Titans.