Dechs Kaison

No it won't. If your rage overlaps for even one second, the defense crash never occurs.

Easy there, I have not accused you of anything.

I have simply stated that macros/binds are the tools used by people who send spam, typically in conjunction with the /search function. This unfortunate combination of factors, along with the rarely used flag function, is what drives many players to hide from searches.

Totally false.

I hide. Tell me I'm not a good player.

Macros make things easier to send spam.

Nobody uses LFT flags. People use global channels.

Global channels are more reliable as they are community moderated. We keep our trash cleaned up. Our trash spams people who don't hide from search.

The good players typically hide from searches, since there are a lot of idiots on both sides of the line who use macros/binds to send spam invites to anyone online.

We use global channels.

Have I got the AT for you. I know what can fill this perfectly.

Erm... or not. Well then, the next best thing is a ...

Sonofa... You're crossing off all the good ones!



Ok, here's an oddball idea: Kin/DA scrapper. There's some amazing synergy between Kinetic Melee and Dark Armor. Power Siphon's buff enhances Death Shroud's damage for a long duration. The abundance of knockdown is great mitigation, as is the -damage for stacking on top of the resists. The stuns can stack with Oppressive Gloom. All in all, it's a very solid character, and there's other bonuses just for badging like the in set stealth. It may be a little heavier on endurance than you're used to, but with just the Theft of Essence +endurance proc, all that goes away.

The problem with using regen will be the +Max HP of dull pain. Damage taken doesn't count towards the badges until your health goes below the base number.

Ah. So the build was considerably better than SOs. I don't care who you are, tanking Lord Cheatyface is a feat, so congratulations are in order.

Yeah, my first time I went overboard on inspirations myself. Wasn't sure exactly how much I could handle and I wasn't going to be the reason LR got loose and went apecrap on my team. If you continue to run this TF, you'll start to get a lot more comfortable.

Nowadays I can usually get by without inspirations at all. Eye of the Magus typically last long enough for the team to drop the blue tower. If not, I'll pop a purple to keep the softcap. I don't bother with oranges unless we're on a Master of run. Yeah, two lucky hits in a row before red tower is destroyed could kill me, but he needs to do that twice before he can get to my team.

And this is where I lost. Hard.

Thanks for the shout out. Not sure I'm worthy of such praise, but thanks nonetheless. While it's not wrong, my name doesn't actually have an underscore in it. I know it's bloody hard to tell with the way the forums show our names on the left.

With that list of support, I'm not surprised you saw that kind of performance. I don't know how that Dark Tank was built, but that team pretty much ensures he's at the defense softcap even if he's on SOs, which, on top of his resistances makes for a very sturdy tank indeed.

What is most dangerous is Lord Recluse with red tower up, but the kin helped here if he used increase density. Few people realize that ID has resistance bonuses to it, namely S/L and E if I'm not mistaken. The short duration makes it not worth it for most fights, but agains LR, having unstoppable level resists for S/L and very high energy will turn LR into a chump.

I wouldn't go ignoring any of the support here. With this team, that tank on SOs could hold his own for the whole TF. That's not reason to discount Dark Armor, of course.

Of all the Master of badges that require no deaths, my Dark Armor tank is only missing MoLRSF, and that's because I haven't had time to run it. Every time I have done these TFs, I have had far fewer buffs for my team. I tend to run heavy on debuff.

End not crashing is easy; your fire tank doesn't have a constant 86.5% resist to -end/-recovery like a Dark Armor tank has.

Staying alive is a little more tricky. If you're at 75% defense while blue tower is up, that's the LR softcap. He still hits like three trucks while red tower is up, so lucky hits are scary. The trick for DA is to make sure you taunt him over to one of the other towers so you have a target for Dark Regeneration to hit.

Yes, indeed it is.

Claws, I wish I could. I have tried, several times, to get je_saist to see the light. I did a quick search and there are three topics in Tanker discussion alone where I have personally corrected her.

What I find most amusing, though, is her name. "Je sais" is French for "I know," which clearly conveys her overly arrogant attitude. If you'll notice, the correct spelling is "sais," not "saist." To my knowledge, "saist" is not a word.

So it is clear to me that "je saist" doesn't know anything, and admits it freely.

Are you kidding? There's no way that multiplying the effect of inspirations by seven on the AT that is already the closest thing to a true tank-mage this game will ever see could be overpowered.

That's Dechs. There is no apostrophe between h and s. Ever. The possessive is spelled Dechs'.

For those curious: it's pronounced "Dex."

Notably not short for "Dexter."

Thank you.

Because everyone knows that's the place suggestions go to die.

Which is just where we want them.

Every electric or kinetic character would be ruined.

Too many powers either boost or drain endurance for it to ever be a possibility.

Hey, who was it that convinced you to make that combo?

I'll bet it was some arrogant jackhole.

This was my thoughts as well.

The -resist is resistible like almost any -resist, but it is unaffected by the purple patch, as the "caster" of the power is the enemy that has it.

1) Quantums are laughable. You've got holds, stuns, high resists, awesome heals, more stuns, pets... Believe me, quants/voids are laughable if you play with any bit of intelligence.

2) There are three important set bonuses to look for when building a warshade: Recharge, Recharge, and MOAR RECHARGE. Perma hasten happens by accident.

If you want something survivable against a wide variety of content, how could 85% resist ALL sound bad? I know of a human form only WS that could handle +4/x8 Arachnos. I haven't tried doing this myself with my triform, but suffice to say he's sufficiently powerful.

EDIT: Also, ignore Griff. He compares WS to Grimace because he likes PBs more. But he forgets that PBs have sparkle powers, like the vampires in Twilight. Dunno about you, but I'll take Grimace.

EDIT AGAIN:

I just saw this:
Yes, Dark Armor Sucks. There's no way my DA tank could solo +4/x8 Malta, Carnies and Arachnos like it does in my video. Or hold the aggro of six giant monsters indefinitely (only four shown in the video).

Saving this post, thank you.

Ack! I did not mean to imply his point was invalid. I agree that coming from a Dom to a Brute you would expect fury to "do something" as soon as you get it "high enough." Unless you're paying attention to your numbers, it'd be easy to miss the fact that fury starts giving you a bonus as soon as it shows up.

All I was saying was that Domination didn't need to be full full, just mostly full.

Incorrect. You're overlooking one critical factor here: Damage modifier. Even if stalker sets had the same number of AoE powers (like in elec and kin melee), they are still sub par due to the difference in damage modifier.

You can say they traded their AoE powers for the single target damage of AS and on demand critical hits. What did they trade their survivability for? What did they trade their damage modifier for?

Was getting AS and placate worth losing AoE potential, damage potential, and survivability? I think not.

Remember the mantra. I'm sure you'll do fine.