Blue_Centurion

At 37th now. Just have SOs. This guy is already rocking the house. Granted only about 1/2 as effective as a Permadom. amazing change from my obsession with Brutes. or even my many attempts at more "traditional" doms. My last was a mind/Psi i ran up to 38 and had Perma'd (barely). This guy is just fun. Maybe not as utility as a straightforward Dom, but so many fun powers. And coming off another long stretch with Brutes, you gotta be impressed with Doms damage.

I absolutely love using wormhole on a held crowd. They seem so sad afterward.

I literally cannot wait to get to 50 and add the "real" enhancers and unwind this guy with a (maybe damage) Alpha slot. I am sure he will not only be funny thing, but kick like an irritated mule.

I am extremely happy with my Dark/Invul Brute build. Please stop telling me to change it.

Again, please do not post any more comments on my Dark/Invul brute build. They are unnecessary, unneeded, and unwanted. The more you post advice on an item I am not asking for help on the more obvious it is that you are argumentative and trolling for agro.

Again, to clarify. I am extremely happy with my Dark/Invul Brute build. Please stop telling me to change it. If I ever mention that I am interested in another Brute, or archtype, or power set, please do not take that as a request for my Dark/Invul Brute build. If i ask why something costs so much on the market, please do not take this as a request for help on my Dark/Invul Brute build. If I ask why there are so many NPCs standing around the Black market, please do not take this as a request for assistance with my Dark/Invul Brute build. if i ask if anyone can solo a real AV, please do not take this as a request for assistance with my Dark/Invulnerabilty Brute build.

And PS, this is not a request for assistance with my Dark/Invul brute build.

I am planning on getting my Dom comfortably perma and then using my Alpha to do something else - Probably increase damage.

I just heard someone in the Scrapper forum say a Dom had solo'd the LRSF.

Lot of confusing stuff, mostly from trying to figure out when people seem to be directly disagreeing with the post above them and never actually saying that. But i got the gist. Flux's explanation helped.

And no, i do not think anybody is gonna solo the LRSF. C'mon. really? But if you do, again, tip of the hat, wag of the finger. It was just my extreme example of how tough we all know this things can be.

But yeah, i know people do more than 150 DPS (my builds not so much, i go sideways and have fun), so yeah, i can see them killing these guys, given time. and I understand some people can really crank that number, although I find it hard to believe, i do in fact believe it.

Thanks for the help understanding some of this.

Pretty amazing. I guess I have always built for tankier characters. I will start rethinking what I know about melee characters. I assume there are certain powersets that accomplish this better than others?

Can Scrappers solo full strength AVs? Not the glorified EBs found in story arcs. I mean the full strength ones you see in task forces.

I find it hard to believe that scrappers can put out enough damage to overcome a full strength AVs regeneration, but I may be surprised.

For this experiment assume you have enough tier 3 inspirations to softcap your def and hardcap your resistance, that they miss a lot, etc. Just, can it be done in theory?

I understand this isn't one of the most favorite Doms. My 1st Dom was one, and it was a rough transition from my normal Brutes. Made it to about 38 before I started Bruting again. I have run about 10 different Dom builds to 25th. I've played a few years, and really want to have a good Dom in my stable.

I have pretty much decided on Grav/Energy 99.9% as my 50 Dom. I really like the powers and effects. It fits my concept extremely well. I think i shall have a lot of fun with it.

Does anyone have any insight to the build? I understand to avoid Propel (too bad, cause its just funny) I may throw it in just for hoots if I have room. The build is obviously different from most Doms due to Dimension Shift and Wormhole. It's also obviously a little light in AoE damage. Still, this is where I am going, so anybody who has knowledge i would love to hear from. What powers are unnecessary, how to use, etc.

Already have a plan for Pera'dom on the guy, stripping sets from my few other doms to make one good dom.

Okay, are you talking about soloing real AVs? Or do you mean the AVs and Heroes found in story arcs, that if solo'd are really glorified (and usually tough) EBs.

I have solo'd these EB level AVs and Heroes on many different type brutes, including SS/Invul. (Although i was really having End management problems.)

If you mean truly soloing an AV I do not think it can be done, not on a Brute. My current main is a Dark/Invul. Pimped out with 5 purple sets, 2 PvP sets, and various Procs and Globals. with this build I can tank almost any AVs. that is it, just tank. I tanked Reichsman the other night for 10 min while waiting for the team to make it back from the hospital after a wipe. I tanked Positron and Back Alley Brawler solo while the team killed another AV. I used serious inspirations for this, and thankfully it was just under 3 minutes. I do not use Unstoppable, but I was just about out of inspirations lol.

The damage per second necessary to carry the fight against an AV just is not there. Even if you built a Brute for DPS at the expense of all else, and assumed you could survive the encounter, I doubt the DPS is there to take down a full strength AV. Has anybody actually solo'd one on a Brute?

3 part question here. I am going to try to rehabilitate my longtime 50 SS/Will even though he has no respecs left udsing the December 8th one.

The 1st part of the question is how much global recharge is needed to get around the Rage crash figuring rage at ED softcap for rech?

The 2nd part is what sets most efficiently bring me to softcap smash/lethal starting with a blank slate? This is given unlimited budget.

The 3rd part part is what build, if it is possible, combines these 2 goals most efficiently?

4th and bonus question, if these 2 things can be achieved, what is the next smart move on the build? Softcapping more defense?

Thank you in advance for any help in rehabilitating this old main of mine. He does not deserve to be shelved just because a lack of any respecs left. But when I slam all this stuff on it has to be perfect.

This topic just came up on the Brute boards. How is everyone's experience Scrapper wise with the difference between Smash/Lethal damage. Either one "feel" strongerr than the other, especially in the all new all 50 world?

Mace seems to do better, slightly more targets, etc. But I think Lethal is very slightly less resisted in game than smashing. Not sure, but I thought I read it somewhere. I know we are used to seeing smashing/lethal mixed in our sets/bonuses, but they are in fact different.

I squeezed taunt, fly, and hasten onto my main. Wow. My build is recharge heavy, and I love Hasten, of course. Fly is useful, (thankfully no more jet pack vendor), and will be great on Master attempts.

What i was surprised about was how great Taunt works. Even when soloing. with the range debuff in it it makes a noticeable difference. Maybe this is only for some brutes, but I am Dark/Invul. i nedd the mobs tight on me for defense and for my power Boost Radial AoE. I LOVE TAUNT. Now just need to decide to put a range or a taunt effect enhacer in it, I am thinking range.

Thank you, that answers my question quite authoritatively everyone. i suspected some of what you said, but it is nice to get the exact information, filtered by people with actual play knowledge. i may have even learned a few things, hope I retain it.

It looks like for me I will concentrate on a Dark/Invul when I want a Tank. I actually have a Dark/Invul as a Brute which is my main. He is built for recharge, which i already know is not "optimal", but I have my reasons, i have tons of fun, and i love it. But for those times when i really, truly, want to hold damage for the team I will think about this build for tanking, built to softcap Defense with 1 in range, and then just cramming whatever other bonuses fit in easily. Maybe look for a guide when i'm ready. Again, thanks.

With the access to Blueside Epic pools you might have some nice new options open to you.

Theft of essence Proc is a lot cheaper than Panacea, works just as well. Cash out that one and redo a whole toon with the cash.

I weant to know about Defense and Resistance for Tanks. I have read the excellent treatise on defense that is on the boards. It just confuses me when I then look at the entire Tank arch type.

My issue is this, Tanks are best at resistances. and have the highest caps there of any AT. But building for defense makes more sense on any arch type. Brutes (or Scrappers!) can soft-cap defense. which means that a Scrapper is as tough as a Tank 98% of the time (except for debuffers, certain specials, etc) yet Scrappers do much more damage than Tanks.

It's like the Devs made a whole arch-type built around the color Red. (only you get this much red, you get more red saturation than any other arch type), then when designing the actual for the engine for the game were like "Red, huh, that aint so useful, F it"

So, do Tanks get significantly more Defenses at least on the Defense based Tank armor sets, or is that like microscopically more than Brutes and Scrappers get to build off of?