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About your P.S... That seems rather weak,but i doubt its caused just by your current lack of defense. Use your creativity to find your way...

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OMG! 1.5 bil...!

Interesting indeed! (wish us europeans got a lvl bump on test)

Two things to think about indeed, but most of times fury will be lower then 90% taking into consideration moving from mob to mob and fury decreasing (as an aside fury decay is too fast, they should move it a bit more towards the speed domi builds up imo). Apart from same base dam, Elec doesn't do crits with LR like most scrapper tier 9 powers, which makes Elec even a better choice for brutes me thinks.
Or you could try convince me otherwise

Right. The difference in build up and AAO is not that big though. Elec/SD brute then

In short: no

I've been pondering on some new toons lately and thought of finally making an /SD brute or scrap.
When meddling in Mids I noticed that the stats for Shield charge are the same for both scrapper and brute. Normally the dam of powers on brutes is lower then on scrappers, which makes sense, because brutes get fury. But because Shield Charge is exactly the same, this means that brutes get a lot more mileage out of this power. Or are these numbers in Mids incorrect?
And according to the recent St0n3y's I16 update the exact same also applies for Lightning Rod, or might this be a flaw? I'd prefer making an Elec/SD scrap, but looking at these numbers an Elec/SD brute seem far more powerfull then the equivalent scrap...

Thoughts?

I didn't really like Combustion because of the long animation and rather slow DoT dam, but I took it on my old plant/fire dom, because I had the room for it (and slot it properly) and all in all it provides decent AoE dam.
Atm I am running a earth/fire dom and I took it again, although after the I15 changes the power got worse. Still, it synergizes particularly well with earths heavy AoE control and therefore not a bad pick. Never swap it out for Firebreath though. Firebreath is just brutal (tip: slot some range in it).

I think you should be even more happy with the slow res in Temp Prot then the cold res it gives you.
As far as stamina goes I think you would better of taking Stamina and either Cons or DC. That way you have a more reliable and steady end recov.
The combo is interesting for it's utility and versatility and I really like the feel of playing it, hope you will enjoy it too!

Fiery Embrace at lvl 44?? Seriously, that can't be right...

I got a DM/FA in mid 40's atm and I am absolutely loving it!
But if you want AoE damage machine DM/ is not your best choice. Soul Drain and Dark Consumption are on a pretty long timer. Better picks are elec/ or SS/ (for the marvellous footstomp).
Had a quick glance at your build though and a couple of things I noticed:

-smite is unslotted. If you want good dam output, you better fully slot it.
-hasten is very nice to get healing flames up quicker (and your attacks also ofc). Personally I'd swap flight pool for superspeed for this, although like the previous poster has aid AS is a nice attack and I had it before my last respec.
-Tough is very valuable imo, you could try getting that in earlier.
-Plasma shield at 38?? :S This is your hold+sleep protection and provides some decent nrg res, you should take it at lvl 16 asap. I refuse to believe you played without it so far till your mid 30's. Must be a mistake in your build I suppose...
- I found I don't need both DC and Cons after IO sets. DC has better net end regain per mob and more dam, but Cons has double the radius of DC. Whatever suits your style better. Or keep both if you like ofcourse.
-And as far as epics go: electric fences being an AoE is a lot easier to handle then tentacles being a cone. Electric fences imo is the best tool to keep mobs in your burn patch.
-last, but not least: I'm not gonna nitpick all your slotting, but I'd like to advice you to put 2 accu in DC/Cons and SD before you start slotting IO (sets). They are on a relatively long timer and you don't want to miss mobs with these gorgeous power.

Have fun!

Fluffy randomly attacks foes within range, just like your controller pets do, and is probably my favorite pet in the game for the versatility and superb debuffing it can do.

How good? Very good I dare say!.
I took electrifying fences on my DM/fire and it works like a charm with burn, and being a proper AoE it is much more useful then the tentacles cone imo. MG to stack some extra magnitude when needed and you can start cooking like a real chef! Although when I quickly look at your build and considering the fact you took weave, I am guessing you want to stick to soul mastery for more -tohit.
But regardless which patron pool you pick; if you wait till lvl 49 to get burn, you are absolutely missing a whole lot of awesomeness for a whole lot of levels.

You won't have a life without stamina. And hasten is crucial imo. Nor would I go without less then 3x rech in powersink. And I wonder why you bother taking mu pet when you only put 1 rech in it?

You are too kind
And Mudpots on a domi, now that's something!

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Just viewed a video regarding Earth Assault, the 2.1 sec animation time (from Detailed Info) does not compute as I saw the usual *STOMP* and the spear appears instantly.

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