Dechs Kaison

The last MoKahn I ran was the absolute safest TF I have ever been on. Four illusion controllers, two of them storm, one rad and the other was something else. We also had a storm defender and an energy blaster.

This explains everything. In low levels, heals do outshine other means of mitigation. It's one of the reasons low level DA and WP tanks are so awesome. Before SOs even, my DA tank could run around without armor toggles and just heal what damage came in. Made endurance management trivial, at the very least.

By later levels, you should be keeping fortitude on just about every person on the team that will receive enough incoming damage to care. (Do not put fort on the tank. Please.)

I plan to eventually make an empathy defender. Of the first three powers, he will have Heal Other only, and no more than three slots will be devoted to it.

Yes, thank you both. The one true fluffy pet is the Extracted Essence.

And Castle has said this much.

The OP used a (sort of) clever play of words to support his case. If you want a change, you have to justify reasons for said change. Perhaps some analysis to prove that controllers are a somehow inferior AT (good luck there) which could be "corrected" by adding control to their pets.

Saying "Controllers have derp control in their name, why derp can't they control derp pets derp?" doesn't work.

Hero Merits. It's only a matter of time.

I don't know if recharge affects it, but the power cannot be stacked.

Also, I've heard reports that the recent Alignment powers are not affected by global recharge. Can anyone confirm?

Each bonus is cumulative, so more of each AT will contribute multiple bonuses. The effect is most notable when the team is heavy in one direction or the other. A lot of offensive ATs will make it easy for you to assume a tanky role. A lot of defensive ATs and that damage bonus will become solidly noticable. Each one is like throwing an extra damage DO that isn't affected by ED into all of your attacks.

Yes, I've often referred to my all human PB as a "regen blapper."

The status protection bonus is incredible when you have at least two controllers. Acrobatics provides 2 mag hold protection and costs endurance to run, which is enough that even bosses can't hold you in one shot (with 2 mag protection, you'd need strictly greater than mag 3 to mez you). Two controllers on the team and you have 2 mag protection to just about everything for free. I can't call that "unimpressive."

I see where you're coming from now. Take the pet.

My DA/Fire tank has all the aggro tools that yours will, and he has no trouble holding aggro. Well, I do have combustion and Fire Sword Circle, both of which are up more often than Soul Drain, but you also have Power Sink, which is auto hit and up very often. Aside from [Taunt] and [Fossilize], though, I have no way to grab aggro at range. I've got a damn near identical damage aura (yours has a debuff, so it's a little stronger at holding aggro). You might want to check Gloom's gauntlet effect, but it should serve as a second taunt. Don't be afraid to move around while you fight, and for $deity's sake, keep pressing Tab.

Dark Oblit is phenomenal AoE damage for a tanker. On a team, however, it's still not doing near as much as anyone else on the team does. It's only going to help with aggro, but you should have that handled on your own. If your concern is taking down an AV on your own, get the pet.

I've found that dark powers make for the best sandstorm effects.

So bring food to the fight! Remember the Warshade Mantra: Must find more bodies!

It's not uncommon for Shield Defense or Dark Melee users to bring extra targets as fuel to help down the big game. It will be very difficult for a warshade to do this without eventually killing its food, but it would be possible.

Also keep in mind, fully slotted eclipse only needs 5 targets in range to cap resistance. With the shields active, there can be as few as three targets nearby. You'd still want ten targets to max out the mire.

I have no doubts that an AV could be soloed. It would take a lot of skill, a top notch build, and a dash of luck, but it could be done.

GM? Not going to happen. Requires somewhere around 350 effective DPS to simply overcome regen. Having a reliable -regen power would make all the difference in the world.

You're doing it wrong. Nobody should eat popcorn because they like to eat popcorn.

They should eat popcorn because they like butter and salt in copious, heart stopping amounts.

The ones you won't use.

Seriously, that's about all I can tell you. Powers you like will not be the same ones I like. When it came to my warshade, I prioritized on powers I knew I would use, and powers I knew I could abuse as set mules. "One slot wonders" are great.

You're going to burn a lot of respecs on a kheldian.

I think you're reading far too much into my first post.

I simply saw someone who seemed to have a problem with high prices. I then stated that farming would only serve to drive prices higher. Remember that you brought up teams, saying that they added more to inflation. I refute that because most large teams are not level fifty.

People ho play level fifty characters do the most to drive inflation. I never claimed this was bad for the game. That's another discussion entirely. I simply stated that farming only serves to drive prices higher.

I'm sorry, I wasn't aware of the vast population of level 1 solo farmers.

Regen, Dark Armor, Super Reflexes, Shield Defense, and Willpower all beg to differ that psi is not kryptonite to everyone.