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Wonder if /EA will have the 20% +RCH that /ELA has. I'd say very likely.

/EA may beable to pull off more damage in the long run though. /EA will beable to concentrate on more +RCH, while the /ELA is focusing on getting S/L Defense.

Okay, I admit it, if they ported Illusion/ over to Doms, I'd make a new Dom. Ill/Fire or even maybe Ill/Ice :O

I'm sure there's a reason they didn't however, so I'll look over that new Time Manipulation. Hopefully it's a fun set (for me...doesn't matter if it's fun for anyone else )

And that was just a build going for what I would think most would go after on a MA/EA.

Personally, I wouldn't go with Fire Epic, and likely not have skipped Crane Kick (I love all of MA's animations).

But seeing what could be done...Ooooo.

Doesn't do anything for Stalkers need for some +DMG imo >_> But, I think by what we've heard so far, it's going to be an impressive powerset.

People will be suggesting NIN, WP, an EA imo after this.

*Note: Not that people don't suggest the others >_> But NIN and WP tend to be the go to sets for suggesting.

Naaaa...I don't see them getting rid of Frozen Aura. It's to awesome looking of an animation to let it go to waste.

I made my Ice/Ice Tanker specifically to use Frozen Aura, and did, BEFORE it got the damage added to it.

o.O A Powerset that said "Hey, you don't get your inherent"?

Would they stop SS from being effected by Fury or Gauntlet/Bruising?

Well I did qualify it with "looks"

That said, I have an Ice Armor Tanker at 50, so I know Energy Absorbtion (which is my guess with how the ED change is going to play out, based on what they said), 50 Electric Armor Brute, so I know how Energize is, and looking over EA now (I never got one to 50, but I've played it like 20), it's really not hard to softcap it's defenses now to everything except Psi.

Since they said they were going to boost it's resists in the passives, I'm guessing that means 10% now, versus the 7.5% it has now. Not a big increase, but it's added Resists none the less.

Slow Resist and End Drain Resists added in (and with softcapped Energy Defense and ED, energy drain imo probably wasnt to much of an issue, if my Ice Tanker was any indication, or my WP Scrapper without the End Drain Protection, but with softcapped Energy Defense and lots of +END Procs) will add to the awesomeness.

I don't expect the Slow Resist to be more than 20%, but Grounded has like 60% so maaaaybe higher (I doubt it though).

Then you have Energize giving a heal and regen, and EA will have an easier time getting it to perma with IOs, that's a self heal every 30 seconds and +Regen.

Psi will be it's weak spot. And it won't have major Toxic Resist. But overall, I think it'll be up there.

Also heard mention of a raise in it's DDR (but this was second hand, saying it was mentioned onthe Ustream...so no idea on the validity of it), which coupled with higher Defense numbers, should help from cascade failure. Even without a raise in DDR, more defense helps with that to a point, which ED will provide.

But it's all speculation at this point for sure. But using what little I see, I don't see why it wouldn't be up there with INV/WP/SH.

All I wanted to see in the set was a change to CP, and the ability to reach capped Energy Resists (mind you I prefere to see that with all elemental sets...like Dark Armor being able to reach Negative Energy cap).

Having looked, yes, I can see Scrappers tending to out ST DPS a Blaster. But out damage? Blasters tend to have way more AOE.

Or are you comparing low end blaster to high end scrapper/brute?

Weird. Seeing as how the KB powers that do damage can kill enemies, how is KB an enemy survival boost?

KBed followed up by another KB power enemy is dead. :O

Or do those non KB powers one shot enemies all the time?

He has the Brute option, so doesnt have to wait

It's not a self nerf, when one wants aggro capabilities, but their set lacks it.

SR started out not having an aggro aura. /SR didn't have one untill it was given to Brutes. It made it this long without one, so having to pickup Provoke on a Scrapper is not a self nerf, it's a power choice.

Only Brutes would get the Hibernate tier 9!

Personally, I like Hibernate, but I can see some complaining.

Don't forget the Performance Shifter: +END Proc

For my SG? Yes. Note they don't all do what I just said. But then a lot of them don't care about having the uber builds anyways. Also a RPSG.

But let's see, I have one SG member who managed to pull off building Werner's Katana/Dark Armor build, sans the +3 HOs, and only using lvl 50 HOs.

Took a little over a months time. But that was with dedication to wanting to have such a build. I'd say she spent about 2-4 hours a day, skipping some days, to get that build.

Mind you, I was running STFs for her, and she was selling other drops she didn't need to afford the items she did need.

Instead of saving Purple drops one may use later, she sold them for ones she wanted now.

ITFs I've always found to be worthwhile on getting a good chance for a purple drop. And This is a kill all TF that can be completed in 30-60mins.

And yeah, if you don't like running lvl 50 content, or TFs, you're right, it just became harder. But the access to getting these builds is there.

What's compkicated about it?

Click on LFG, click on the trial you want or the ANY option, and click a button. then wait.

Or were you being sarcastic?

Really? I thought it was enough a bump that it looks to be up there as one of the top survival sets.

This.

All those people lf trial, arent signing into the queue.

I tried signing into the queue, but after not getting anywhere, I went to RWZ and got in one that was forming.

If people can't use the Team Seek (and I don't blame them...people flag themselves for LF Anything...with nothing in their description for exceptions...then complain when they get blind invited...they said they were looking for ANYTHING), I don't see them using the LFG Queue for trials any better.

Yes, defender secondaries all have one thing in common like you mention. But then, not counting Fire Blast, so do all Blaster Primaries.

I don't expect to see Fire Blast getting a -DMG component. It's secondary effect has always been it's DoT for more damage.

And giving Defenders the -DMG component would have the others clamoring for it.