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I have a fire/em that I think is so so in PvP atm. I hate that my secondary doesnt really benefit my primary as much as it would if Id taken rad, psi etc. Powerboosted rad seems like a nice idea : )

I also have a fire/devices that I used to be solid with in zones, but havent pvpd with much in ages. I havent found it very good post i13. Any suggestions? Caltrops and webnade I see are must haves. Targeting drone obviously as well. Any other must haves in the secondary? The stealth?

Deth I dont think you can slot for -recharge effects in ice. Slows will slow movement of mobs like quicksand or tarpatch. Not -recharge of attacks. That is unenhanceable iirc.

yeah with the prize for the big event id be suprised if people dont show up. although im not sure we can get organized by this weekend. mostly adults in my crew and some of us work crazy shifts. but ill do what i can to get us fielding some kind of team by this weekend. so you can get a test in place.

Just to be clear Im looking for strictly pve advice at this point. Not lookin to take my ice/rad into PvP these days.

After talkin to my buds in vent, Im thinkin of headin the power boost direction for the patron. Power boosted rad debuffs... and the ice hold... sounds nice. Also planning on assault, tactics and likely vengeance. Im thinkin of takin just combat jump for the immob protection and usin 2 KB ios (pve content should be plenty). Hasten and SS for travel.

Also thinkin no mutation, and no ice storm. Instead I might be trying chocking cloud.

Im not gonna take the defense shield cause I just dont see me trying to soft cap this toon. Im really shooting for a good PvE build. Something to run TFs, lots of AV content.

Thanks for the reply and lookin forward to hearin what everyone else thinks.

What if we were willing to take prize money in influence, but wanted to play a villain team? It would be a nice way to get a head start in influence if we actually won a prize. Instead of grinding it out the hard way. And Im sure wed rather play our best toons with the strongest builds and IOs in something like this, versus a scrammbling to get a hero ready in time for these events. Just a thought.

Just a thought but you might wanna keep track of top times from villain teams and hero teams. From what I remember you said in previous post everyone had to be in same SG/VG meaning its hero only and villain only teams? Anyways Im not sure how they stack up head to head in same content pve wise. So just in case... Based on this trials results you might have to offer villain team top 5 and hero team top 5 or somethin like that.

Im actually in the same boat as the OP. Started this toon way back for PvP, and now run it mostly in PvE. My build is a mess so looking at the two here... Im not sure I like the scorpian shield, focus acc and phase shift route for PvE. Am I wrong in that? I was actually thinking I liked the PvP build with leadership (veng) and Hibernoob and damage resistance. So how do I combine the two builds? Take the PvE builds primary and secondary choices, throw in stamina, hasten/ss, combat jump (for immobalize), some KB ios so I dont have to take it in leaping, leadership assault/tactics/veng, and finally shark skin spirit/spirit jaws/and hib?

Hows that look to everyone? Anyone got an IOd out build theyd post?

I have found playing a brute in a tanker role works nicely. Take alpha, throw taunt (the actual taunt power) and your fury/damage goes through the roof. Then start attacking till the foe is dead. Super Strength and Stone are particullary good primaries for damage mitigation. Stone especially can make nearly any secondary handle nearly all the agro they recieve. I cant see a reason to play a tanker in PvE content anymore. Now in PvP this is reversed, there is rarely a reason to play a brute over a tanker unless your a glutton for punishment. Fury needs a fix in PvP.

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lol. what makes it worse is alot of them will try and insist that you don't use powers from your patron pool(like hibernate)...then i find myself asking why take a patron pool power if i can't use it.

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I love the ones that tell you to stand still, not to jump around, don't pop inspirations, blah blah blah, my response to them is...
" Is there anything else you would like me to do that will help you beat me"

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go afk (not rest though please thats overpowered, some crazy regens there)? I ask that alot but noone does it. Im pretty sure Id have a winning record in duels if people would start doing that more often.

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lol. what makes it worse is alot of them will try and insist that you don't use powers from your patron pool(like hibernate)...then i find myself asking why take a patron pool power if i can't use it.

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But I cant win if you move around and use powers. Like we talked my earth/psi dom will own if only you cheaters would sit in my quicksand, earthquake and volcanic gases...

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As a pretty experience player, and I played my fair share of /Electrical Armor when I was soloing Arch Villains with my Brute with SS/Elec and EM/Elec when I made them FOTM.

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Who are you again? I see you did some movies about AVs... I watch alot of movies still not sure who you are. Then again Ive only been reading these forums for 4 years. Maybe you are new?

Speaking of movies you reminded me of a favorite movie qoute "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. "

Did you invent the question mark? Are chestnuts lazy? Daddy is that you?

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I don't taunt bot without support. That's just stupid. If I'm "Tauntbotting" it's probably for other toons. So while "pop out" they'll be popping off in your face. You can try that though...we'll see how it goes.

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Why is it assumed that the range AT in question is solo? While I keep said taunt bot busy, my team is tearing up his team, or tearing up the taunter. Teams work both ways. Just as you wouldn't taunt solo, I wouldn't bother attacking a taunter solo. Like you said, that's stupid. And since most taunt bots are Tanks, it's also boring as hell. Tanks that teamed get ignored. Tanks that are solo get torn up. Taunt hasn't changed that.

Realistically, the minus range in Taunt has done nothing but increase the time it takes to kill the taunter. It hasn't gotten more kills for the taunter or his team. No PvPer worth anything will decide to go all melee with a Tank or Brute just because he got taunted. That would be stupid.

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why do you assume i couldnt keep more than 1 foe perma taunted? I can do three when im really on my game.