Hopeling

Titan Sweep doesn't do bruising. It's not a bad power by any measure, it just isn't a cornerstone of the set, and thus is skippable if necessary. However, I would certainly not skip it in a leveling build, because Whirl and Arc don't come until much later.

Edit: It appears you mean Defensive Sweep? But tankers can't skip it anyway, I was just adding that for completeness if someone is reading this thread and wondering the same thing for another AT.

Crushing Blow and Titan Sweep are the two most skippable powers, IMO. Or possibly Defensive Sweep if your armor set doesn't make good use of it, but obviously that's not an option for a tanker.
I haven't checked the numbers for tankers yet, but for scrappers, Titan Sweep and Whirling Smash trail well behind Arc of Destruction and Rend Armor for DPA. Crushing Blow's DPA is actually not very high compared to the rest of the set.

My most recent character started his career with 4 DfB runs, just for the temp powers. That took me to level 14. Clearly, multiple runs are intended, because of the reward table that you can benefit from multiple times. So, some kind of diminishing returns I could maybe agree with, but your proposal is far too harsh.

I play on Freedom, read and talk in the help channel, and team almost exclusively in PUGs, and I have not yet encountered a high-level clueless DfB newbie, neither in teams nor in chat. I think that some players have a very skewed perception of how widespread this problem actually is - or more appropriately, isn't.

From a defense standpoint, Maneuvers is better, and even helps your team. On the other hand, Combat Jumping costs much less end, gives immobilize protection, and provides some combat mobility.

Right, it says Archetype Origin. Thus, ATO. ATIO would be Archetype Invention Origin.

That's why we call it Masculation, after all.

According to an NPC named Mitchel, I have spent a total of 60 hours on patrol. Also, here is a screenshot:

So as some of you may possibly have noticed, I have been in a lot of Titan Weapons threads for the last week, expounding its virtues (awesomeness chief among them) and sharing my thoughts (that it's awesome). When not posting about how awesome TW is (very awesome, if you're wondering), I was experiencing how awesome TW is, mostly on my TW/WP scrapper, who as of just before maintenance this morning, is level 50, less than 7 days real time after he was created. My path to 50 included:

4 DfB runs, for the temp powers, taking me to level 14
All 4 Faultline arcs, as well as Roy Cooling, Stephanie Peebles, Levantera's first arc, Maria Jenkins, and the Midnigher arc
Both parts of Posi
Sister Psyche
Citadel
Numina
Moonfire
Katie Hannon
ITF
Lots of tips, radio missions, and Borea missions to fill gaps
Earning the Atlas Medallion, Portal Jockey, and Geas of the Kind Ones accolades, and nearly completing the others

I used several of the XP boosters I've received from paragon rewards at strategic points in the process ("strategic" in this context means "I want my next power faster"), but on the other hand I failed to make full use of my Experienced power, with 3 charges left when I hit 50 - I was saving them for the last 10-15 levels when five bubbles is worth the most, but the 2-hour recharge then prevented me from using them quickly enough. Once the servers come back up I'm going to search for a civilian whose name starts with M to find out exactly how much play time it took me.

What this all means is that in the last week, I have logged more time playing TW in a shorter time than almost any other person alive, so I figure one of two things must be true:
1) I will soon die of Titan Weapon poisoning, or
2) I am in a state of Titanic Nirvana and have unprecedented understanding of hitting people with large objects
so I will assume 2) and share some of my zen-like insights. Here they are:

This is an incredibly powerful set. It probably doesn't have the very best single-target DPS of any set, nor the best AoE, nor the best burst, nor the best control, nor the best defensive power. But it is very high on the list in all of those things, and I think in overall performance it might be the strongest melee set I have ever seen. Yet it also has weaknesses that many other sets do not, like a severe sensitivity to tohit debuffs, and the much-hyped endurance costs, and when there's one minion left at half health and your Momentum just expired.

Whirling Smash is often referred to as a Foot Stomp clone, but I don't think that's a fair comparison. Whirling Smash animates twice as fast and recharges in six seconds less It also has about the same DPA as Crushing Blow with Momentum, and pulls ahead with procs/Interface. I wouldn't be surprised to see this, or possibly Titan Sweep instead, push CB out of some single-target attack chains. CB still has value as the fastest attack for starting Momentum, though, along with its better DPE.

Lastly, here is the build I am planning to respec into once I can log in. I used Battle Axe as a placeholder, and mapped the powers like this:
Chop -> Crushing Blow
Gash -> Follow Through
Build Up -> Build Momentum
Swoop -> Rend Armor (the empty slot is for an Achilles Heel proc, but I can't put that in Battle Axe)
Whirling Axe -> Whirling Smash
Cleave -> Titan Sweep
Pendulum -> Arc of Destruction (I'm not certain of the FotG proc, might just use a rech/end IO instead)
As you can see, this is a spare-no-expense build, even including several enhancement boosters, because this is a remake of my oldest and favoritest character, who is also my namesake, with the powersets he always should have had, but that didn't exist when he was first created.
I originally planned a build with even higher defense, but I'm not sure I even need it, because I've been running with defense in the 20s-30s on +1/x8 while leveling and rarely even had to use any insp that wasn't red. I may revise my opinion after running some trials.
The Kinetic Combat sets in Boxing and Brawl have the triple instead of the cheaper knockdown proc because I bought them in the Black Friday sale, and (cleverly, I thought at the time) only bought 4 pieces instead of full sets.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.952
http://www.cohplanner.com/

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Hopeling: Level 50 Magic Scrapper
Primary Power Set: Battle Axe
Secondary Power Set: Willpower
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Chop -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(9), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(9), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(11)
Level 1: High Pain Tolerance -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-Heal(37), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(39), Heal-I(39), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(40)
Level 2: Cleave -- Erad-Dmg/Rchg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(3), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(3), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(7)
Level 4: Mind Over Body -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(5), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(36), RctvArm-ResDam(37)
Level 6: Build Up -- Rec'dRet-ToHit(A), Rec'dRet-ToHit/Rchg(13), RechRdx-I(15), RechRdx-I(15)
Level 8: Gash -- Hectmb-Dmg/Rchg(A), Hectmb-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(13), Hectmb-Acc/Rchg(17), Hectmb-Dmg/EndRdx(17), Hectmb-Dam%(21), Mako-Dam%(21)
Level 10: Indomitable Will -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), Ksmt-ToHit+(37)
Level 12: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 14: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 16: Rise to the Challenge -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(46), Numna-Heal(46), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(46)
Level 18: Swoop -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(19), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(19), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(23), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(25), Empty(25)
Level 20: Quick Recovery -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(40), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(40), P'Shift-End%(42)
Level 22: Boxing -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(50), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(50), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 24: Tough -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), RctvArm-ResDam/Rchg(43), RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(43), RctvArm-ResDam(45)
Level 26: Whirling Axe -- Armgdn-Dmg/Rchg(A), Armgdn-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(27), Armgdn-Acc/Rchg(27), Armgdn-Dmg/EndRdx(29), Armgdn-Dam%(29), FrcFbk-Rechg%(48)
Level 28: Heightened Senses -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(31), LkGmblr-Def(31), LkGmblr-Rchg+(31)
Level 30: Weave -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(34), LkGmblr-Def(36), LkGmblr-Rchg+(36)
Level 32: Pendulum -- Erad-Dmg/Rchg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), FotG-ResDeb%(34)
Level 35: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(48)
Level 38: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(39)
Level 41: Physical Perfection -- P'Shift-End%(A)
Level 44: Fast Healing -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx(A), Numna-Heal/Rchg(45), Numna-Heal(45)
Level 47: Strength of Will -- GA-3defTpProc(A)
Level 49: Focused Accuracy -- EndRdx-I(A)
Level 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
Level 0: Portal Jockey
Level 0: Task Force Commander
Level 0: The Atlas Medallion
Level 50: Musculature Core Paragon
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Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(42), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(42), P'Shift-End%(43)
Level 1: Brawl -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(7), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(23), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(48)
Level 1: Critical Hit
Level 1: Sprint -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run

If you've managed to read through my entire ramble and still cared enough to look over my build, critiques are welcome

Headsplitter has a flat 15% crit chance against everything, it doesn't get a bonus against bosses. Moreover though, it's very likely that this IO increases crit chance by 40% of whatever the current crit chance is, not by adding 40%. So 5% becomes (5*1.4) = 7%, 10% becomes 14%, and 15% becomes 21%. However, I believe the crit is a global bonus, not just to the power it's slotted in.

If you want to your level 35 power to come from a patron pool, you can't do so at first, because you don't have access to the patron pools yet when you train to 35, since Arbiter Rein doesn't contact you until after you train. So you have to train, do the patron arc, then respec to take a patron pool power as your level 35 power. The arc gives you a respec, so this is merely an inconvenience, but still.

6) already exists. Arbiter Rein contacts you at 35 now. That's still not ideal, though, because you have to train up to 35 first, so you have to respec if you wanted to take a patron power at 35.

You've posted this in the Scrapper forum, but Blapper usually refers to a blaster who plays like a scrapper, meaning a lot of melee. Are you talking about an elec/elec scrapper, or an elec/elec blaster? I'm not sure what a blapper style/build for a scrapper would even be.

What NDA?

I have never been prompted with any kind of NDA for a beta here, that I can remember. It's an open beta. I'm sure there are closed betas that do have NDAs, but the beta boards at the top of the forum that any VIP can view aren't part of that.

Yes, the Radial Epiphany has the stealth and +movement according to the in-game detailed info (+35% move speed and +3500% stealth, which I think means 35 feet?).

Hm, that page doesn't match the descriptions from the Incarnate Abilities window in-game. The paragonwiki page lists Intangible in the Radial Epiphany, but in-game has it only in Total Radial.

In-game, the power's description says: Targeted Wide AoE League Teleport, +Healing Received, +Intangible. Foe Knockback, Stun. So the intangible is listed in a sentence with the ally effects, not the foe effects, but I don't have the power myself so I can't directly check.

It appears that only the Total Radial has the intangible effect, and it lasts for 4 seconds. I'm not certain from the description, but I think it applies the intangible to your allies, not the enemies.

I don't especially care what a set looks like as a set, because I use the pieces individually, as do most of the people I see. However, I still end up using all the pieces of many sets - the recent IDF and Defense pieces, for example, are all very nice, and I'm using most or maybe all of them, spread across various characters. So if they'd just given us the IDF boots because that was the most asked-for piece or something, I would be sad. Really, as long as the pieces are usable without the rest of set, I think it's fine. Some of the recent pieces tint in strange ways and look out of place except with their set, because you can't make it match the color of other pieces, and that I dislike.

Vengeance can give 30% defense or more, for 2 minutes at a time. The longest-lasting Barrier is only that strong for 30 seconds. And Vengeance is only a pool power, after all. All the Leadership powers are only team-wide on a league, which I think is fine, there's no need for them to become three times as powerful just for joining a trial.

That said, it would be nice if you could cast Vengeance on anyone in the league, even if it still only buffed your own team.

Nobody's asking for the conversation to cease, just for spoiler tags when appropriate, in order to give those people a chance to remove themselves from the conversation, exactly as you've said they should do. This section of the boards isn't specifically designated for lore discussions, after all, just general discussion of the game that doesn't belong in a more specific subforum. In fact, if the threads currently on the front page are an indication, discussion of the game's story is only one of many topics discussed here.

You should be able to post it here. There's no NDA on the current beta that I'm aware of - it certainly hasn't prompted me to agree to one.