Nightmarer

True, I myself lvld 2 scrappers to 50 before seriously trying any other AT. Now that I have a lvl 36 defender and a lvl 21 troller, I start to see the picture much differently. Obviously my previous post comes by own experience of the game but that imo covers a lot of players in game that in a few months may read similar threads to this and make similar comments to mine. Of course, anyone who treated alts the way you did has the point of view I am getting now far earlier than me

Edit: Still haven't seriously tried a blaster or a tank, although I deleted a few on the early teens, so I am aware that the way I see the picture is still not complete and may never be because I feel totally unable to make a decent tanker.-

Mmmm, Knightly has a point here, tbh, playing with defenders/trollers has improved my scrapping, since now I realize how annoying some things I usually did are and how easily they affect the team's performance. Perhaps the problem Shannon mentions improves when people try playing a defender or a troller and see things from a different point of view.
On the other hand, I also have found defenders and trollers unaware of the problems they cause to melee toons, but to be honest I found less of them than dmging toons which are unaware of the trouble they cause to the defenders job.

I think the best education in this matter comes by itself when players try different AT's and see things from a very different point of view.-

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(Darkest Night anchor is priority target, Rain of Fire immediately after Fearsome Stare,

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What does confuse me though is blasters who can't wait an extra second for Tar Patch to be laid down before exploding.

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OMG, so this doesn't just happen to me on my dark/dark defender, not sure if I should feel relieved or not, weird.-

Ah what the heck, this TF is great for farming inf, besides, it seems I am progressing and I don't get Stupefy recipes (last time I got Trap of the Hunter, sooo yay or something I guess). So, anyone up for this again?

1.- Nightmarer DM/SR scrapper lvl 50
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As usual, I won't put reserves, we'll do this per list preference and if someone doesn't show up then we'll recruit on site. Nightmarer is currently in Tenacious rep and I don't want to spend 110k to put him in rugged. If anyone wants to have the star for higher rep, that will be great (even if someone just wants the star, it'll be great).-

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and Magnum left we will need a Debuffer.

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Magnum is back as per previous post , so look no further for debuffs and moustache.-

Unfortunately I can't make it tonight, I had something tomorrow that I moved for today so I could rejoin the regular V6 on Tuesday and Thursday.-

Edit: Btw Knightly, you may want to wait till the end of the year to try Age of Conan. That may be farewell to spandex for many of us.-

Obsidian Sabre was your Kat/DA? if so, I think you do well keeping him for regular teaming, Katana is a fun set and DA will be later on, hence your best bet is to use the toon on a regular team to ensure steady lvling. Bear in mind that I9 sets, specially the +recovery ones, make DA scrappers far more playable and the KB protection ones will allow you to choose any power if you don't want Super Jump, since once you got the KB prot IO's you won't need Acrobatics.-

Ah well, a friend of mine hit 50, that made me happy, so I decided to accept that some people are just idiots and it is their problem, not mine.
Looking forward for V6 teaming again. I deleted the kin so I won't be able to ghost Karsis (but I re-rolled him again as an ill/rad, so should be ready in a few weeks).
For now, I want just to concentrate in Agent Magnum.-

Yo, plz count me in again, dunno which scrapper though, but I'll be there.-

Gratz mate, well done on your third 50!! and on a WS, I thought Kheldians couldn't get to 50

Darn it, now I have to catch up

Gtz MaX

Aaaaaand thx very much indeed for a fun TF. Special thanks to Sarcazmo and Dark Robo for covering up the no-shows.
To the no-shows, I hope it was nothing serious.

Sorry Bear for we couldn't make this on time for you to finish it, we also couldn't keep you alive but you'll have your reward window waiting for ya when you log again (hope it is not a blooming Stupefy recipe like the one I got).-

This s the last TF I am going to do for quite a while so I am glad it was fun, now a few weeks of solo farming await.-

Ok, we'll meet at RWZ nearby Lady Grey. If you guys don't mind, please someone start the team since I will be about 5 to 10 min late. If it is not too much too ask, please the one who starts the team keep the star for this TF.-

Sorry about that.-

Sorry guys, something came up and I won't be able to attend for a while at the Saturday STF team.

Really sorry for such short notice.-

Sorry about that guys, recent events have made me lose somehow the illusion I had for this game. I don't really feel like teaming and my /kin troller, which was the one designed for this Trial is going to be deleted as soon as I figure out which powersets to substitute him.

I will spend a few weeks of mindless solo scrapping to farm and I'll see what to do from there.

Please count me out of the V6 team for now, sorry about that.-

Yes, Spines/DA is the king scrapper of AoE dmg, but it is also probably the heaviest endurance consuming set and can be quite frustrating, specially at low levels.

Dunno about teaming, I've been in many teams with two or more scrappers, but also with two or more blasters or any other AT so I fail to see the difficulty in finding teams just because there seem to be more scrappers than other AT's.-

Mmmm, this makes very interesting point:

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Take build 2. Ditch Boxing, Tough and Weave that's 2 toggles gone to free up more End to hit stuff with, and you'll need it if you're taking FA at 41. Take Touch of Fear, Hasten and Conserve Power as replacements.

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Although we had some discussions in the past about fighting pool, please don't think I don't appreciate your advice.
Regarding end, I've managed with all these toggles without major problem due to the +recovery bonuses available since I9 (that Numina Unique makes a difference), but also I9 allows now to go past the defense cap.
My reasoning beyond fighting pool on a DM/SR is that, besides I need the Steadfast Unique +3% defense to go beyond soft cap, I see DM as a set more useful delivering dmg steadily than in a high burst. I know there are lots of good dmg soeakers such as AS or Medicine pool, as I said this is an experiment specific for DM/SR, BUT your comment and Cynic's one about experimenting on a maxed recharge build for dmg, makes me think of high damage outbursts, hence I am copying/pasting and itching to use them in my long forgotten Broad Sword/SR (altitis ftw!).
I can sense a new test, would high enough damage compensate lack of defense? (taking only the /SR pool fully IO'd without defense additions from pool/sets is about 30% defense).-

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A Scrapper without End is just a punchbag with ego.

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That is the best comment I've seen I quite a while

I perfectly know what you mean. The thing is that by doing that, I would be missing the point of this particular test, which is to find out if taking defense beyond soft cap makes a huge difference to a DM/SR scrapper or not. Call it an experiment or something like that.-

Anyway, thanks for the advice.-

Oh, when a door closes, another one opens, there we go:

1.- Nightmarer DM/SR Scrapper
2.- Mini Volt, SS/Elec Brute lvl 45
3.- Green Ankh, EMP/NRG Defender lvl 50
4.- Quantum Flash, Ill/kin troller lvl 50
5.- Tilt, nrg/elec blaster lvl 45
6.- Sonique Boom, lvl 50 blaster
7.- Fulla, Spine/regen scrapper lvl 50
8.- Damz, Ill/Rad Controller lvl 49

And we are eight again

1.- Nightmarer DM/SR Scrapper
2.- Mini Volt, SS/Elec Brute lvl 45
3.- Green Ankh, EMP/NRG Defender lvl 50
4.- Quantum Flash, Ill/kin troller lvl 50
5.- Tilt, nrg/elec blaster lvl 45
6.- Sonique Boom, lvl 50 blaster
7.- Fulla, Spine/regen scrapper lvl 50
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Ah well, seems that not many ppl would give any of these builds a go. I could think they suck, but I much prefer the "Nightmarer is a genius too advanced to his time to be understood yet" approach

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caltrops is a really useful and underrated power too.

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Not sure if it is underrated or not, but with the 2 /device blasters I tried so far, I always took it, it felt really nice to be at the good side of the caltrops for a change.-

Coolest, got myself a shiny sig quote

Tbh I think it is difficult to go wrong with almost any DM/SR build because the synergy is one of the greatest in game imho.-

Sorry man, not in the mood for defending this week, I am afraid this week is for mad scrapping farming.-

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Despite GG's bias, MA is a good set. Just not as good as broadsword.

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Probably BS is better than MA in teams and MA better soloist, problem is OP was too vague so he will end up being suggested almost any powerset combination available in this game and maybe one or two that are not available(emp/storm FTW)

Mmmm. the 3% psi res doesn't a priori seem to be much of a loss here and more regen will help soak ALL kinds of dmg including the extra psi dmg you take by dropping that 3%, I'd definitely go for extra regen.