MurderousMalk

The only thing I've noticed is why decrease Shockwave's Damage...at lvl 50 with 90% Fury it still does less damage than Swipe...it just does damage to a cone. That is still sad that a tier 1 attack (Swipe) does more damage to a single mob then the tier 9 attack (Shockwave) :P

Blaze can have it's range reduced to like 10 feet...even though sets like Spines and Claws both have ranged/melee attacks that have a range of 40 feet. I do realize that Blaze's Damage coupled with the Range might make it alittle over powering, so shorten the range...easy fix.

As to the chasing down runnings, unless your primary/secondary set for stalkers has a ranged attack, you'll have to pick something up from the patron power pools...that won't change, so either kill them quicker or deal with runners.

The only experience I've had with Broad Sword is combined with Electric secondary. Mine is currently 12 and my "Stalker-Guru" buddy's is lvl 38. The mixture of Defense with Resistances is something to behold. It's kinda like my lvl 50 Katana/Fire Aura Scrapper. Very durable with dual layers of damage mitigation using both Defense and Resistance coupled with a good heal and tier 9 God-mode, Power Surge. I've seen my buddy crash from Power Surge...hit a blue...hit Energize...and Power Sink...and keep rollin' in mob's corspes

The difference as I see it for Ninjutsu versus Willpower is one utility set for another. Nin is more defensive with a good heal and some tricks, where WP is over time heals/regen rate with some defense and resistance rolled in. Nin has a "god-mode" and WP has a self-rez. So it depends on what attributes you are looking more for your PvP toon.

1-Scorch
2-Fire Sword
3-Breate of Fire or Combustion
4-Assassin's Flames (something like the Carnies that use Fire)
5-Build Up
6-Placate
7-Cremate
8-Blaze
9-Greater Fire Sword

This would be my guess for Fire Melee being prolificated over as.

And Spines doesn't have a Toxic DoT? hmmm ... I want an Assassin's Roast :0 animation like "drink chemicals" and "Breathe of Fire" combined ... Muha ha ha

So what your saying is we don't need tankers with taunt and should just play scrappers and run around like chickens with our heads cut off? No one was blaming taunt in general, the point was tankers can use taunt to manage the aggro so said defenders and controllers can get their buffs/holds/ and what not out there with the impending doom of massive damage being shot back at those trollers when they group immobile the mobs. Never said anything to the idea of "must have a taunting tanker to survive", I mentioned about how taunt helps tankers control the aggro and keep it off those ATs without those lovely shields and armor to take that incoming damage.

The Tanker AT's main purpose is to hold aggro as you said...the part I'm having trouble with is the some have it...some don't. The only Tanker Primary that can get away with no taunt is maybe Ice Armor. Past that, if your a tanker without taunt...your just a scrapper trying to be a tank in disguise. Over the past 2 weeks, I've team with various tankers without taunt and each time...they have face-planted the whole team because they could not hold the aggro so the squishie ATs could support/heal/buff that particular tanker.

As for Gauntlet, it doesn't last as long as taunt and doesn't have the -75% ranged damage debuff with it. Taunt can also be used to hit those mobs just out of melee range that's trying their hardest to kill off your heals and buffs. Tanker's control aggro first and foremost, they take the damage to give team-mates a chance to rip them a new one while the mob's keep looking at you. It's kinda hard for the defenders to heal and buff if their fighting off mobs. The same goes to Controllers...they aggro like nuts and need tankers to keep the mobs busy with laying down holds to help said tanker.

Without everyone pulling together and doing their individual "jobs" on the team, the whole team fails...regardless.

First of all...yes your not a tank. Can you be, yes...with support and heals. The main point about about brutes is similar to tankers in the fact that brutes have taunt for a reason. No other red side AT has taunt anywhere in their primary set, so guess what...your the aggro magnet. Now that doesn't mean that the have to just stand and pull and taunt by any means. But in general, taunt not only builds fury...keeps the squishies safer...and gives the taunted mobs a -75% ranged damage debuff for the duration of taunt.

Anyone who attacks has the chance to out aggro you sometimes, it's a fact of the game. Just taunt the mobs and move on. As to them "biffing" and dying...well some people are new...not sure what is too much aggro...or what not. The moment you let that possible "supporting" character die for no reason due to being too lazy to taunt the mobs back on to yourself, well they may just sit there and watch you die and laugh back at you.

Back in Beta when Mastermind's pets were stronger, they could effectively "tank" for the team. But I ask you...who has taunt in their primary set and who has to take the Presence power pool to get it? The choice of "Who's going to Tank" becomes alittle more clearer. On the flip side, if the other players don't want to support you with buffs, heals, shields and what not...let them die. It's a team effort for a reason, without support from everyone in the team...everyone face-plants. My 2 cents...take it with a grain of salt

The DoTs don't really last that long, and if Spines can work with it's DoTs...why can't fire melee as a stalker primary?

And as for "brightness", with the ability to re-color our powers...we can dull the look and make it so we don't stick out like a sore thumb.

What do you think black rad blast can be...hehe

Add the Neg Energy Proc from the Def Debuff IO set and there you go

I fully agree with you. This feels like my stone brute with no armors and alot of controls Pass that, I'm liking the animations and the lava look put on it. Have to go reserve my name for this toon