Dechs Kaison

Ahh, good point. All the regen in the world will still fall flat on its face with a big enough alpha.

My question about HP numbers still stands. Do brutes have similar HP to scrappers or tankers? Are the HP caps different?

Also, brutes, try as they might, are not tanks. That's why villains have masterminds . If the alpha strike issue is what keeps regen from being ported to tanks, it shouldn't stop it from going to brutes.

Would it disturb you to know that I can count to 1023 on my fingers?

/binaryftw

Thank you, it's great to hear people appreciate my little bit of work here.

Remember, the closer you get to the soft cap, the more effect each 1% of defense adds. The difference between 37% and 40% is noticeable. 40% to 43% would be even more so.

I tried to address both of your points in when I edited my first post. I agree that if the only way to soft-cap is to sacrifice what you bring to the team, then don't bother. If you are a squishy AT that can't feasibly reach the soft cap, it is still important to get some defense.

Thanks for bringing this up. I have added a section in the "guide" (since we're starting to call it that) to address this facet of defense.

And again, thanks for the compliment. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy that people have read and liked my little numbers experiment.

Is my little bit of math really worth it? If so, how do I get it put there?

Thanks! I can run the numbers on 10% and 15% pretty easily, as I've managed to get all these formulas into an excel spreadsheet. The difference between 0% and 25% is incredible, even though you're still pretty vulnerable.

Thanks Fulmens, I think you just condensed my entire post. You're correct, this is the point I was trying to make, but present it with numbers and whatnot so it had some ground to stand on. As with the above quote, I can run the numbers on 40% just to show how much that last 5% gets you.

Actually, I am an engineer, but that's not why I need probability and statistics. I use calculus and differential equations as my bread and butter *cringe*. Probability and statistics came from working in the gambling industry for a stint. That's a profession where math is ever present.

And I'm actually with all those teachers that say math is everywhere. Math, and especially probability and statistics, can be applied to much of your life in a very helpful way. But even this: try getting deals in the grocery store without knowing math.

Especially since most computers would be unable to index the last 16 gigs.

Haha! I agree!

I actually recently rolled my first stalker and it cleared up a lot of my misconceptions about the AT. The recent buffs have made them into scrappers that hide, instead of assassin strikes that run away and come back later. Hell, teaming I crit way more often than scrappers.

I try to stay in character, and I set up a few macros to say things like "You see the $target? Yeah, you won't for long." and "$target is already dead, he just doesn't know it yet." and "Dibs on the $target!"

Stalkers are fun, and I guess I should stop perpetuating the stereotype...

I would support using the name BOHICA.

Pronounced Bo-hee-kah.

Bend over, here it comes again!

Beat the crap out of good guys and bad guys until you know where they store their loot.

Problem solved.

Perhaps this is the addition of Euro players to our forums.

EDIT: I apologize that this post may seem to imply American superiority over Europeans. This was not intended. Generally, when two groups are merged, it is looked at as the smaller of the two being added to the larger. There is no implied superiority or inferiority, nor should it be inferred. Unless you're French.

My only point here was that at least the blaster doesn't have to chase the target for a headsplitter. Let fireball fly and move on. The argument wasn't between single target and AoE, it was between melee and ranged.

He is saying that because a tank can herd and pack a group tight much quicker than a scrapper can, if the scrapper can do it at all.

Of course, the scrapper leaves a much smaller group to be packed tight.

Careful now, the same is true for defense sets.

Assuming you have 35% defense, the odds of you getting hit each time there is a swing is 15%. After 5 swings, it is more likely that you've been hit once than not hit at all. The odds of getting hit twice in a row is just over 2%, but the odds of being hit at least twice in a succession of 5 swings is 34.99%. With no resists, those two hits could hurt. There's also the streak breaker code to take into account.

As the number of swings increase, your odds of escaping damage plummet. With only defense to save you, it is only a matter of time before you die.

Aggregate odds kill you.

If my sig were not full, I would so put this in my sig.

Saved for later use, though.

I would support this, however I have no problems with things the way they are.

Thanks! I ran out of lines, otherwise I'd have included the others. I got my favorites in there at least.

I was just assuming a typo. C and S are somewhat close... sorta...

EDIT: You are correct. I have my filter turned off.