DreadShinobi

Fire isn't just superior damage. It also has very distinct advantages in a 1 second animation t3 blast (many other t3 blasts have 2+ second animations), very good aoe attacks, and rain of fire which works extraordinarily well with Scourge as well as using blaster base damage. Also, the "lack of" secondary effects really isn't a bad thing, as many secondary effects present in other blast sets can be considered irrelevant in many situations, fire's superior damage is never irrelevant. Infact you could also consider the inverse, what do those other sets sacrifice for those secondary effects (such as good damage or animation times)?


That said , if you don't want to play fire, Rad Blast is certainly an option (moreso if you get all the -res procs and damage procs that make rad good) as is sonic blast for copious amounts of -res. Neither Rad nor Sonic will be on the same level as fire, but if thats not something you particularily care about, then go for it.

That too, but that's the same case for all the ATs with Armor sets.

I said it casually, but it was by no means normal for me. I've never had so much influence on hand at one time before, typically I never really go higher than 2-3 bil, and typically it will take me months to earn that much influence because I don't really farm often and I don't play the market, I only keep as much influence as I need. Double Inf weekend is just my exception.

Btw, the hate, it feels so warm, and refreshing.

They *could* have.

TL;DR: They didn't.

DFB really isn't a good place to compare the ATs. At that level you aren't getting AAO and Shield Charge, which is what makes the set so much better on scrappers. Also at that level the brute should actually be out performing the scrapper because of fury.

I've had a SS/SD Brute and I've had a Fire/Shield Scrapper. It's not even funny how much better SD works on a scrapper, and yes it is very noticeable.

Your first indication is when your foot stomp starts dealing more burst damage than shield charge does, cause fury, rage, and enhancement value will cap out Shield Charge's 300% damage buff, while all your other AoEs wouldn't cap out until 675% dmg buff.

I am fairly certain I remember a redname saying such about level, however since I can't find the post, you can disregard it.

Notice the last part. ST holds are on 8s rchgs. You're barely going to be stacking holds faster by using a 2nd hold, as explained by ketch.

Activation times are not the same across all ST holds.

Dominate/Char is 1.32
Dark Grasp/Blind is 1.848
Grav is 1.98
Ice is 2.112
Fossilize/Strangler is 2.244
Tesla is 2.376

Also 2 holds are really not necessary. With a chance for mag 4 (overpower) in your main ST hold along with a grav anchor proc in your mass immob, you should have a plenty high enough chance to hold the target you need to hold, and if neither procs, ST controller holds are a base 8s rchg.

Catalysts also have a higher drop rate vs higher level foes.

Fast animation, high damage, ranged, takes apocs. It's damage per animation is really high.

It also fits perfectly into the standard Gloom>Haymaker>KoB>Gloom>haymaker>Burn attack chain

Being Very Rare only accentuates the issue. Because of the rarity it can take /months/ of farming on the toon you want them on just to get the 6 you need. In reality what you will probably get is a couple catalysts on multiple toons being completely unable to do anything with them because they break your set bonuses until you have the total amount you need.

All I have been doing since i22 release is farming for catalysts and right now this is what it looks like for me: 1 on my dom, 3 on my troller, 2 on my brute, 1 on other brute, 2 on my corr. The only toon to actually use them yet is my dom cause he only needed to slot the proc. All the others can't do anything with them until they get more. I would kill for the ability to transfer them to one toon so i could actually make use of them.

Running only on the character you need them on is not a good solution because of how rare they are, you will spend months farming for them, and for a more casual player, even longer. They are as rare as purples, getting 6 purples for a casual player all on a single toon is a massive endeavor, or massively lucky.

If you want to factor in Defensive Sweep as part as your defense though, that means actually using Defensive Sweep, which is a poor option for DPS. Using Defensive Sweep literally means trading damage for survivability (or just a cheaper build)