Dark_Impact

I could get behind this. I've always disliked snipes because they're terrible to use once combat has begun in most situations.

While not addressed to me, this comment makes me ask once again; what about all the text bugs/typos that have been in the game for years that I have personally reported via in-game ticket. Sometimes it's the minor details that color our opinions on something.

Again, we all love the game and most of us will continue playing until it loses that magic feel, but putting on blinders to existing inadequacies does nobody any favors.

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I have not slotted for E/N. I'm capped with a well-saturated energy drain, and close enough without.

This is correct. It's why most demon summoners put a generic end reduction IO in their lieuts and sometimes the boss. The healing demon burns a lot of end with his heals because they are not affected by pet damage sets, and the boss has an aura and I believe shiver which are not affected by the damage sets.

Tanker-level mitigation is easy enough if you do your homework, especially in a team environment where the buffs flow like candy. Some of us like to solo more often than not.

I'm playing EA because I had never gotten one very high in the past, and hadn't tried it since the buffs.

I'm not playing FA because FA is a very specifically themed set, and doesn't fit the majority of my concepts. We don't all play to min-max. Not everybody takes fireball on their tankers or gloom on their brutes regardless of background.

My next planned toon actually will be FA; I've had a FA/Axe tanker for ages that I never managed to get past the mid-20's, mainly because I have altitis, but also due in part to him being a bit slow to level. He's going to be reborn with titan weapons, which is much more fun and engaging of a set than axe, and also fits the concept a bit better. Along with new costume options that weren't availabe when he was originally made, I'll be much happier to play him. My biggest decision now is between FA/TW, and TW/FA, but I'm definitely leaning towards the latter.

Congratulations, you're our random giveaway winner! You already have that survivability, and we don't ask you to give away anything!

Honestly, this is getting old. I'm very sporadic with my forum activity, but I've been around since release. This topic is as much about willfully ignoring the realities of gameplay mechanics and arguing with Johnny for the sake of it as anything else. Admittedly, he stacked the deck against him self in the early days by being much more confrontational and abrasive, but he seems much more reasoned and controlled these days (and I commend him for that).

All he's asking for is an identity for tanks in the end-game, because currently there is no need to play one other than "just cuz". Anybody that claims there isn't an imbalance at the end-game, is being willfully ignorant.

I used to roll tanks fairly often and one of my few 50s is a WP/SS tanker. Nowadays when I want to roll a melee type with high survivability, I just can't justify picking tanker over brute. My latest obsession is my SJ/EA brute, and he's already a monster for both damage and survivability at level 39. You know what I'd get if EA/SJ was possible? A lot less damage, a few more hp, and the ability to softcap easier without relying on specific set bonuses.

His point is that they don't need that extra survivability, they already function as well as a tanker in 99% of content.

Instead you should be asking how much of your scrapper/brute's damage you're willing to give up to gain tank-level survivability (which you hardly ever, if ever, need).