Breth

I'm a level 49 Crab... well more of a lobster really. I have 6 perma pets, lots of - def, - res, soft capped ranged def and i hover above anything that can hurt me. I wipe out large groups of mobs like a hot knife through butter. When i team, against AV's, i never bother looking at my green bar as there's no point, it doesn't move. I see a blue bolt of light from a minion Sapper and i eat as many greens as i can and run in the other direction like a six year old girl as fast as i can, because my def is gone, i'm on the ground and every hit is another death blow. Sappers are my Krypton. My /Elec Brute laughs at Sappers, Carnie bosses eat him alive.

This is no complaint! I love the adrenaline rush of occasionally being on the edge and finding my super toon becoming a mere mortal in the blink of an eye.

What's your Krypton?

You little gem, thank you

So, i have my new Brute in the character creator all ready to go, a Claws/ DA... I've never played Claws before. I create a costume by accident that i realise i don't want hidden by all of DA's costume obscuring effects and before you know it, i've gone for SR instead.

I now have two sets i know nothing about. Can i have a little advice please to warn me about what to expect and what to build for? Soft capped positional defense i guess. Are they end hungry? Do i go for recharge? Do i need to get some Resist in there? Without a taunt aura, do i need taunt?

A lot of the builds out there are post 50 and that's a long way off, so i'm not looking for ultimate build advice, not yet anyway.

... and finally. Are they fun?

Cheers
Breth

Funnily enough, after posting my question, i hit the cap today. A well placed FS and Fury bar and i was indeed at 675% in the combat window.

Thanks for the info

I'm a 6 year noob and ridiculously stupid with numbers, some of you must have come across my recent posts asking obvious but relevant questions to me. I've learnt more in the last 6 months than in the previous 6 years, reading the forums.

Talk to me about badges. I get the ones that will give me an Accolade power, who doesn't want more End or HP? Why i do i want an MoTF? Is it just completing a toon, or is there something so much more that i'm missing?

I wait in haste for your answers

Hi Brutes, title says it all, anyone know what a Brutes damage cap is? I've clocked over 520 with FS and as close to a full bar of Fury as i could get. I think it may be 600 but would like to know for sure.

cheers

I don't know about future Issues but i ran the Sister Psyche TF today and didn't receive any shards on it. Mentioned it to the group and it seemed to be across the board for us. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings.

If i'm wrong, i'd be happy to hear it

Ok, this has been bothering me for a week now. I was invited to join an MO Khan, i join and tell the team it's my first Khan TF, theres another Brute on the team, so i state that i will follow him and do what he does. I'm also the only non level 50 character on the TF. It all goes fine until the blaster dies and i realise that MO means no deaths. We finish the TF regardless.

Later in the day i'm invited to join another one, a lot of the same peeps in it too. I'm more confident now but still play with caution. We get to the final room, the leader says let' s do it but carefully. Stone armour tank jumps in and starts leading Reichs toward one of the other held AV's, i place Darkest Night on Reichs, bam he hits me, i die and a few jokes about my paper armour ensue, then a couple of comments as to how i should have let the tank take full aggro. I thought he had it, i certainly didn't wail on him straight away, not before others and the tank was leading him somewhere.

Did Darkest Night take the aggro off the tank? I'm a melee toon, was i just unfortunate that i got hit? I felt so responsible for letting the team down in the final hurdle but really didn't see what i did wrong or what i could have done differently.

It really shook my confidence and made me fear ever joining another MO TF.

Any thoughts?

Sorry if i'm repeating what's already been asked or is blatantly obvious, i've just unlocked my first Alpha and slotted it with a Spiritual. I have 3 recharge in hasten and 3 recharge in Energize, so theoretically i can remove a slot from each as the recharge is now compensated for by the Spiritual enhancement?

If i'm right, this is impressive and something i hadn't counted on. Being able to remove slots from powers and place them somewhere else isn't something i'd given any thought to.

I like short names without too many numbers or *^!'s It's easier for people to invite me to teams, i hate typing long complicated names that you can sometimes get wrong by one symbol.

I've also been relatively lucky with name picks sometimes...

A Kinetic scrapper called Jet Stream (that was a recent one that surprised me)
A troller called Twig.
A Thugs/ Thermal MM called Hot Daddy, his boys are his bois.
A small black formless Warshade called Tar Baby.
An Elec Brute called Fuzy, a bit like Suzy but with fuzes.
A Bots MM called Cyren, like Siren she calls forth her minions but they're cybernetic.
A non peace loving Peacebringer called Skin Ed, yes he looks just like a skin head should look!
A bone wielding War Mace Brute called Bone - Daddy.
An Archery Corruptor called Stoopid Cupid
A troller called Breth, i used to love saying to my SG when they asked for a different toon to help a situation, "ok, i'm outta Breth and ready now".
A Soldier of Arachnos called Rocket Lobster, i knew i wanted to go crab and wanted Rock Lobster (my favourite song) but that was gone and the name that was closest forced me into giving her rocket boots and thus creating a real concept character.

I always create the costume first (thanks Devs for allowing us to change colours of powers, this was HUGE) and then find a name that's appropriate, as my toon grows i find they grow into their name and they become concept characters and their concept will often dictate their power choices as opposed to me thinking what might be best, often with happy and startling results.

Ok, it's only a game but when you get really involved, i'm sure like a lot of you, your toons become friends and it's interesting to watch their progression.

Happy gaming and naming

Dammit, i forgot to mention how great your resistance to -end is. Learn to laugh at Sappers and Mu's, you no longer need to take them out first, this is huge post 40!

Hi, i don't want to post my build as i'm not 50 yet but just wanted to offer a few insights. This is my favourite toon so far, great AoE, really good mitigation in different ways, some you wouldn't expect either.

Energize is all it's cracked up to be, slot it for recharge and health, Power sink is a game changer and keeps your blue bar full as well as sapping your foes and combined with Lightning field, which with fury is a decent damage dealer, you can keep their blue bar almost empty which means they aren't hitting you. Performance Shifter chance for end, works great in Lightning field and will replenish your blue bar.

Elec has no defense, so IO slot for defense as much as you can, i took Soul mastery for Darkest night which really cuts down on incoming damage, much as high defense does. The knockdown effect of your mace is really important, if they're not on their feet, they're not hitting you.

Fast recharge is really what you're aiming for, keep Energize and Power sink up as much as possible, your attacks will be up constantly and so the mobs will be on their backs and Sap the buggers into oblivion.

Don't be afraid to herd with this toon once your defense is half decent, let them attack you, get your fury bar up, hit Energize, a couple of AoE's , Power sink to replenish your blue, more AoE's and they will be dead and you will have a full bar of blue and green and ready to hit the next group.

I've personally found this a great soloing toon.

The only thing to bear in mind is it's a late bloomer, quite frustrating early on but i liked that as i always had something good to look forward to. Also the sound of Mace is great as they're hit, you'll feel quite brutish.

I really hope you enjoy your new Brute, i love mine.

Hi, i'm just answering my own question to help those who may need the answer. I took School of Sharks and can hover directly above foes and fire it off at any height, so long as it's within the power's range. I haven't played around with range yet but it seems good and the animation is great! It's a slowish cast time, so bear that in mind.

Targeting flying foes is a different matter however, low flying Mu's are ok but anything much above the ground you get a message saying 'target is in the air' and won't fire.

I like the power, it's an immobilize with neg energy damage over time, has no kb protection but the animation is so interesting it makes up for it.

If you take it, i hope you enjoy it.

Hi all, just a quickie, Mako's patron power, School of sharks says you must be near the ground. My toon, for concept reasons, only flies, can i be near the ground and fire it off or do i have to be touching? The other option is Spirit shark, is it any good?

thanks in advance

There will be one new event, on Union at least. My character Stoopid Cupid will be hovering around in Atlas shooting Rain of Arrows at any passers by, if you get hit by an arrow, i have it on good authority that you WILL find true love in the coming year.

I strongly suggest all singletons keep an eye out for my winged messenger of love.

Thank God you guys are hear, i was so bad at maths but thankfuly exelled at Ingish. I look at yur numbers and all i see is gobbliedeegook and im not ever gonna be able to comprehend what it is yur talking about but i do apreciate it.

few! i can spel!

Hey y'all,

I have a level 35 toon that i got some expensive IO sets for and i've grown thoroughly bored with him, he's just too easy to play. I want to gut him and give his goodies to another toon, who's much more difficult and a hell of a lot more fun.

My question is, how do you gut for more than 10 IOs? I assume you have to respec and keep the ones you want and then mail them on but is it possible to do it for more than 10?

thanks in advance