Nalrok_AthZim

*sigh*

Let's take the basic loadout of all Brute Armors:

Fiery Aura
Dark Armor
Invulnerability
Willpower
Regeneration
Stone Armor
Electric Armor
Shield Defense
Energy Aura
Super Reflexes

Now, let's pit them against Psi:

Dark Armor
Willpower
Electric Armor
Shield Defense
Super Reflexes
Regeneration (via heals)

Stone, Invul, Fiery and Energy are out as they have no resistance to Psi (unless you decide to toggle out of Granite and turn on Minerals).

Let's pit them against endurance drain:

Dark Armor
Electric Armor
Super Reflexes

Shield, Regen and Willpower are out because they don't have the huge drain resistance (or the defense to just avoid the drain). The remaining sets will eat floor after that Sapper decides to ruin their day unless the Fiery Aura Brute is quick on his Consume and the Sapper's hold misses.

Which of any of the aforementioned sets can go from 1 health to full health in less than a second? Dark Armor. Which of the aforementioned sets can stun an AV? Dark Armor. Which sets can, with a single IO, fill their endurance bar AND their health bar? Dark Armor.

Give some credit where credit is due, man; there are things Dark Armor can stand up to that no other sets can (like the Sapper Onslaught in Dechs's first video, or a wall of Psionic damage, or DEATH), and it even has resistance to Toxic Damage.

You can't kill them with fire since your fire tank is crappy.

I mean, that's what you always say right?

Accessibility is king in MMOs. A great chunk of the playerbase doesn't want a WoW situation where endgame content is a chore rather than a fun experience. Keyes, to a lot of players, wasn't fun. It's changed. Get over it.

I keep seeing this argument, and it's pretty hollow. What's the point of putting things on the market if A) they're not desirable, B) they're priced so the playerbase laughs at them, and C) they ultimately won't make Paragon as much money as anticipated? At first I was buying every new thing that the Market spat out. Now I'm just sort of twiddling my thumbs and going "Well that's boring" every week that doesn't have an SSA, a nice aura, or a powerset.

I had the same train of thought, Bad_, until I decided to run it for kicks and see what the changes brought. I highly recommend you give it a shot.

And I will continue to be happy with it as it was a piece of sludge before the changes.

I'd go Willpower. The self-rez is a handy "Oh I'm not done YET" power that boosts your damage and ToHit for a while, and the layered defenses of the set are pretty phenomenal. If you just build for as much HP as possible you'll be able to regenerate whatever hits you.

The rooftop arboretum in the new Atlas would be awesome.

I'm very aware he's a rogue operative, and I can read. You might also note that his description says Paragon has asked Recluse to clean up his mess. Would it be out of the question for the Phalanx to say "Well this is all your fault anyway, Steffan!" and just go for it? Tempers are high, allegiances are breaking, and everyone over in Paragon just found out Alexis Cole-Duncan is dead. Somehow I doubt rational decisions will be made.

Her mom's dead.

Except if you play the villain arc, and read Marshal Blitz's info, Arachnos and the Rogue Isles DO have their hands in this. Paragon still considers Warburg to be Arachnos property, asking Recluse to get Blitz under his thumb again or face the consequences. And the player, a Rogue Isles villain, may be the one who killed Alexis (depending on your choice). Besides, she has Statesman's blood in her. Who says she won't get mad and march down her own warpath?

Blitz still has his own ideals and his own nasty cancer. Longbow or not, Blitz would have sped up his operations regardless of what Recluse told him.

That's why Nalrok killed her.

And you must be one of them doomsayers who's constantly stating how poor the game's health is without being able to prove it.

I don't know about that. I didn't get that vibe at all; I got the vibe that he's just as much of a cog in this machine as Malaise is, and not the machine operator.

Xan, what're you doing this evening? I have a few heroes who fit that bill.