Flitz

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Cobra strike is very effective for taking an lt out of the fight.

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Agreed - it's always my first move against +3 Sappers.

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It's pretty much my first move against everything! With TK, CS and EC you have three chances to disorient. Add flurry or punch from the pools and you've got an extra chance to disorient and you can keep lts or lower from attacking until you have 'arrested' them.

You might be right, but even with my Brute it took a couple of attempts and a few inspirations to take her down!

Nice work Aero!

AR may have it's problems , but I've still not given up on it. Need someone else to do the numbers comparison, but here's my two inf worth.

Burst - Low DoT, seems a lot lower than slug - would like to see this upped a bit (without it being unbalanced compared to other rank 1 attacks).

Slug - Reasonable damage plus knockback. Staple for the set even if my concept is autofire rather than single shot! GRR!

Buckshot - Cone. No idea as it didn't fit my concept.

M30 grenade - Most people slag this off, but I just love all those little orange numbers. A little damage boost wouldn't go wrong. Knockback can annoy other team members (esp. tanks).

Bean bag - Essential for PVP, I believe.

Sniper Rifle - Gone are the days of one-shotting an even level minion and aggroing everything else in a 5-mile radius. Now you still get the aggro but not the damage. Stick a couple of range enhancements and an +acc in slug and it's just as good and can't be interrupted.

Flamethrower - Range sucks, end heavy, takes a bit of fiddling to use well. Burn you suckers, mwuhahahahaha! /em cough. I quite like this one too. Needs range and endreds in addition to dmg enhancements.

Ignite - Not in my build - don't know much about it.

Full Auto - Heard it's been nerfed in both dmg output and recharge time. Will still be taking it.

Not part of the primary set but weapon mastery is one of the most conceptually compatible ancillary pools and the one I'll be taking...

Sleep grenade - No-one seems to like it It might work in a chain with LRM, M30, Sleep and Flamethrower for AoE goodness. I'll be giving it a go, but if it doesnt work it'll get respecced out.

Cryo freeze ray - Everyone seems to like it!

Body armor - yes please!

LRM - Long range nova! Yo mama!

Gratz! Does that mean that we'll be seeing a bit more of Twisted on the other side?

Was on with Red Rag and said a quick hi to Johnny last night without making the connection that he is Crossfire! Duh! Did you ever complete that Sea witch mission I offered to help out on?

Got an Nrg/Fire Brute and I run out of end every 2-3 fights or during one long one - often find myself plinking the last mobs with barrage to keep my toggles from dropping or turning off sprint to save a little more end. Got 1 endred in all attacks and shield toggles and 3 in blazing aura and still have to toggle it on and off in fights. Hoping consume and SOs will sort my problems once I hit 20.

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If i made MA scrapper flurry would be one of the first powers i'd have, it would be a lifeboat to break up the monotony of all that kicking.

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Oh yeah, that was the other reason I took it. Long animation can indeed get you killed if you trigger it at the wrong moment, but I like it when a villain is running away and you're still hitting him!

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Also, Agile is a passive isn't it? I waited for my passives until a bit later..

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Passives have a very low bonus these days, so you can leave them till later. Although they do offer some res now as your heatlh goes down so you might want to get them a bit earlier. Lucky (AoE passive) is almost mandatory when it becomes available to mitigate damage from Council and Nemesis AoEs until you get Evasion at 35

With Quickness you can skip swift and take hurdle instead - especially if like me your travel power isn't fly or superjump.

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Mainly taken to give my scrapper a more speedster type appeal. It however has a higher damage output than Air Superiority and also has a chance of disorientating...albeit small.

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I took it for similar reasons. Also with MA it means I have four attacks that have a small to large chance to disorient - Flurry, Thunder Kick, Eagle's Claw and of course Cobra Strike. While TK and Flurry only disorient occasionally and for a short duration, they can neatly fill the gap between the big disorients from EC and CS.

When you planning on going after the Sea Witch. I might be on tonight and will definitely be on Thursday after 8PM UK time. I'll bring Red Rag, lvl 18 brute.

Reg Rag is in the Corrosion Rangers and he is definitely NOT a corruptor!

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Yeah, because it's a power that doesnt need generating

The best way to generate fury in teams is taking taunt IMO.

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Picky!

Just wanted to add that Blazing aura is actually good for genrating fury in teams because it's an aggro magnet. However as you ain't a tank, grabbing all the aggro in a big team can have painful consequences - so make sure you're defences are fully slotted and healing flames is ready to go! I find I don't actually use blazing aura much in teams as it tends to attract too much aggro in addition to draining my end every couple of spawns!

And as Unthing pointed out - Jumping pool is almost mandatory for fire brutes for the status protection.

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Anyone have any advice for a new brute, not into PvP but am enjoying it so far. Only real problem I have is generating rage in teams.

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As others have pointed out, you ain't gonna generate rage in teams. You'll get some but nowhere near that full bar.

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And are damage auras worth the END?

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Blazing aura needs lots of endreds. It's good for smoking minions while you pound a boss or lt, but you're almost better waiting till you've get consume and/or stamina.

With my nrg/fire brute (lvl 18) I'm finding that I'm only now starting to get a handle on my endurance problems since slotting both my aura and all my attacks with DO endreds (3 in aura, 1 in each attack) - and I still have to turn it off between groups and rest about every third group (up from every 2).

Death to kittens! Flitz has had flurry in his attack chain since about lvl 6.

Gratz GG. Can my tank alts have some free stoof plz, now!

With weave giving such a pathetic amount of defence, as an /SR scrapper aren't you almost better off sticking a fourth SO in each of your active toggles?

To answer myself apparently not. According to Sherk Silver's planner, sticking a fourth SO in your active toggles will net about 0.5 % defence increase, even less than weave!

Gratz Radio. The 1AT has been getting a lot of 50s lately. Hope to join you all sooner rather than later!

Gratz, Standoff. I saw some congrats flying over the coalition chat last night but missed the important message that you had dinged 50.

Hope to join you sometime this year if I ever get Flitz to the magic number.

Flitz has a few spares too if anyone wants them. Post a reply here or give me a shout at @Flitz when I'm on.

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Great trial. With the 3 defenders (emp/ff/kin) buffing us up, we were waltzing through the bad guys and the poor old crystal titan didn't stand a chance!

Nice to see Jersey in action as he's also MA/SR and kudos to Raylin for putting the team together. Also, Doomsayer's tanking was spot on.

Got me close enough to 41 that one carnie mission with Fire Inspector and Newton X got me the ding and finally picked Elude.

Oh, I've still got something like 4 ambrosias if anyone needs them. I'll hang on to one as a souvenir but the other 3 are up for grabs on a first come first served basis.

What's wrong with ice tanks? I created an ice/mace tank (2 worst powersets allegedly) and he's lurking at the lowly lvl of 10 in the Alternators SG!

Red Rag has been around enough to get a xmas hat, jet pack, snow beast and a couple of levels. Will be doing the Eden trial tonight with Flitz, but will drop into the Rogue Isles sometime for a bit of SMASH! now that you're back.