Fire_Minded

Tankers/Brutes need a Healor?!

When did this happen?!

I play Tankers alot, and can honestly say I dont ever need Heals or even Buffs on moderate difficuly missions.I find it insulting when im making a team and we have 5-6 people collected and someone chimes in that we need a healer.

I litterally send a response of "If you want a healer, find another team.I dont have time to baby sit another player that wont attack."

Surprisingly I havent had anyone leave team when I say something like that.

As for Naming your Character on there Primary/Secondary?Thats Fine with me.I use those as guides on who NOT to team with.Like Dr. Healsalot, or Fire Ice Guy, and names like Daisy Fire Kin.......No Spank YOU!

Iv got a Dark/Dark and a Dark/Elec Defender.So I R SiNnEr!!

Then again, I dont pop my heal unless im hurt and I dont play "H34lz0r" for any team and refuse to be pinned into that roll.Besides, im commonly the person on the team Tanking anyhow!:P

Both Suck

I can agree with alot of whats said, just the fact that almost every stalker i encounter is a freakin Spines and uses Impale like its going out of style.Being Assassin Striked doesnt bother me much oddly enough.I stand still and wait for Stalkers to come get my Dark/Dark Defender as it is.Dark Servant has a damage aura that cant be shu down by a Mez.I just stand in him, and they wont get that AS off.(90% of the time that is.It doesnt always hit.)

As for Brutes trying to take me down?they have a drag out fight tryingt o do so with my Dark/Dark, so id more then likly take down there endurance rather quick.

Short Circuit by the way obeys the rules as every other power in the game.Meaning if you land by a target, in this case a player, and trigger it and they take off and are 300 feet away from you when it goes off, they are still hit by it.Its the same thing that allows a Stalker to nail a player thats hopping around with Super Jump with a AS in the first place.Same concept and iv tested for authenticity.Its a fact.They dont have to stay there to be hit by it.

The -toHit Buff will be missed, but the Dark Miasma Primary for a defender easly makes up for this.

I watched a couple uTube videos with a Elec/Thermal Corr.He used his blasts only in Arena Fights, no Exastion.A Defender does more sapping then a Corr does.

I PvP with a Dark/Dark Defender, and i rip many players apart....Why would Elec Blasts be worse then Dark Blasts?My veiw is it wouldnt, in fact, the amount id Sap would prove devistating to anyone attacking me.If unslotted Short Circuit takes half a Bosses Endurance, what will it do to another player?

My point of veiw, is if you have no Endurance, my damage doesnt matter anyhow...your going to die reguardless.

I totally agree with you on this.I just gave a benifit of the dout because a few months ago I was called a liar on exactly what you just pointed out.Thank god theres others out there that can do math....

It sounds nice, but where are all of these Psi/EMs i keep hearing about?I dont see any when i PvP on Freedom.

Tried them....not very helpful.

Lots of people who just wanna mouth rather then help.

Well, witht he Advant of Ninja Run, i dont see how it could be a tight build at all.People that dont have Vet Rewards to skip right to a travel power, Ninja Run is a 2-3 power god send.(3 if you skip Acrobatics or whatever for other Travel Powers.)

I tend to use Ninja Run on all my builds.I am only minus 1 Power from both of the sets i choose by lvl 38.Then have room for 3 more on my climb to lvl 50.

Why make one of those?

Hurricane can be dropped now?thats crappy.....

The Defender, well, i have a Dark/Dark i fool around with in PvP, does rather well with only SOs.

I agree with MA/Regen.

MA/FA or MA/Elec would be good choices too.

Iv been having high survivability on a Energy/Mental Blaster latly.Lots of KD and KB with additional Psi AoE...good stuff.

In my time on this game iv found that the more surviveable characters tend to get all the jobs done.

I perfer Tankers, Defenders, and Controllers over all ATs in the game.Yes, they tend to kill slower.However they will clear huge 8 man mission mobs of all enemy types.

In late game a well build Scrapper can do that "Some" of the time, but not often.Alot of people put there faith in IOs to have a Blaster that can do the same job a regular SOs Tanker, Defender, or Controller can already do.However the other point on IOs is not everyone goes for them.In fact I rarely see very many people using IOs at all when I play.So its not so common in the game as it is here on the boards.

As for playstyles in the game, alot of people perfer heavy hitters like Blasters, Scrappers, Corruptors, Brutes, and ect over the rest of the ATs.They feel high damage is the answer.Which is fine if they can find situations they can survive in with that AT.Only major issue with this, is alot of damage doesnt always mean a dead mob on a Character as before mentioned without IOs.

Almost killing a entire mob before you die isnt good enough.Surviving long enough to wipe the mob and still be standing is better no matter how much damage you do.

Tankers can do rather good damage.Sure, they wont Crit like a Scrapper or throw a high damage AoE like a Blaster..but atleast they wont die the moment the mob opens up there Alpha on them.Think back to how many times youv seen a Blaster or Scrapper with no patience jump into a mob ahead of the Tanker and watched them face plant.

The Controllers and Defenders I play tend to survive longer then some of my Tankers, and do just as good of damage while doing it.

I like my Shiney new Robotic Traps/Sonic Defender.Entire 8 man mobs die when I play this Defender like a hot knife through butter.Not only can do I rather good damage for a Defender from massive -Res from my Blasts, but I can set up a Acid Mortar for even more damage.Then i have a full array of Midigating Traps I can set up even in mid battle and be rather safe in my Force Feild Drones Bubble to do it.

Does this Defender do more damage then a Blaster set up for massive AoE?Not likly.

Does it Survive longer and can it take the Alpha that a Blaster cant to take down a Mob?Most definatly.

Some people perfer to play high damage builds mainly because its alot less work, and feels stronger.Which I cant say yes or no on that part of it.

Thats just my veiw of this.

Good idea.Just 1 poblem.

Isnt the complaint about Brutes being There Endurance?If so, why take combat jumping thats a Toggle that takes Endurance?

Grounded also grants KD & KB Protection.Combat Jumping does not.