Enots

Originally Posted by Finduilas

What is the goal of this build? You have Weave and the two +Def uniques, but it doesn't look like you're building toward a particular type of defense. If you are trying for defense of some type (positional or typed, for instance) you could do a lot more with this build than have here. If that's not a primary goal, honestly, I'd save that GA +Def for a build that you're trying to soft-cap.

Other issues:

Death Shroud and Dark Regen are underslotted for Accuracy--IME it's important to get DR's acc higher than a normal attack since having it miss can have dire consequences.

The Hami-O's in CoD and Weave aren't doing a thing for you. Save yourself some infamy and replace the Cytos with a LotG Def/End/Rchg.

Tough and Ob Shield are underslotted. If you don't care about Psi resist you can get away with it for Ob Shield, but Tough needs at least another slot. I really don't see the point in slotting Hami-O's if they do less for you than common IOs or a cheap set.

Personally, I think either Cloak of Fear or Op Gloom would be a heck of a lot more useful than Soul Transfer. Unless you're really set on ST, I'd recommend dropping it for one of the mez auras.

Originally Posted by Aaron_Islander

I missed the "can be overcome with..." statement. If it is squishy out of the box well then okay.

Umbral,

I guess I need to be enlightened. The only number you could be talking about in my powers are the damage at 85%ish. My slots are at lvl 35, so I lose some there. The rest is made up in my damage buffs. My global acc/to hit is good and my recharge is also good.

I know I am giving up some for the soft cap defense, but you make it sound like I gimped myself.


I really don't understand. Maybe post a build so I can see what your talking about. Frankly this build seems beastly to me.

Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master

i have a lvl 50 sr brute and it does not have any taunt auras on it, you can get taunt from the primary set, and AoE powers, but the sr set has no taunt toggles. its exactly the same as the scrapper sr set (with minor variations on the numbers)

Originally Posted by EarthWyrm

And again, none of this is meant as an attack on you; the idea simply had the potential for abuse, implemented as suggested. Bringing it here and offering it up for critique was the best way to have any potential problems identified.

Originally Posted by Aura_Familia

the fact that you just said 1. goes directly to the heart of the matter of why I think this is a bad idea.

Originally Posted by Laevateinn

Agree with the above assessments. If you want some real-world testimony, my Fire/SD/Blaze using Scorch > Incin > Scorch > Cremate could solo pylons without Aid Self; I don't think I was ever in danger of dying, unless the pylon got lucky and hit me 3 times in a row.

You do have to chose between GFS and Phalanx. Dropping Phalanx is really not a good idea, since it's equal to three 3.75 def bonuses and you will pay through the nose in slot efficiency to softcap without it.

Originally Posted by Fulmens

Two points.
1) Is this a correct interpretation of your position? "Recipes are being deleted now because they're not worth selling, so we're going to add a source of supply and somehow they WILL be worth selling." If that's not right, explain to me how I'm misinterpreting it.
2) Every time you craft a level 50 Crushing Impact you destroy 490,000 inf or thereabouts. If you get rid of thirty, level 50, crafted IO's when you respec, and I know that's a high number, you've destroyed 15 million inf in crafting costs. That could add up, in theory. It's at least a start at sinking inf.