RadDidIt

Sigh. So it begins.

First off, I friggin' love my Staff/Elec brute. It's my favorite new toon. Secondly, I soloed from 1-35 on my tank, and told myself it would get better, that I was being unreasonable. Plus, hey! Having capped melee defense and some AoE, no matter how light, before level 25 is good stuff! Based off how good Brute Staff and my 1-35 experience on the Tank was, I farmed it to 50 and began IOing.

Yes, I was surprised by how bad it became. I have an Elec/TW/Soul Tank that is a monstrosity, but I wasn't expecting this to be anything like that. I'm using the best attack chain, switching forms on the fly to maximize my buffs and debuffs, and never have any gaps or stops in my previously mentioned chain.

Staff on tanks can not kill Romans. I just now ran it against +2/8/no bosses Council and that was like pulling teeth. So, instead of arguing with me, go get a Staff to 50 and play it; experience it against end-content. I'm not complaining about it's long animations, it's lack of serious ST damage, or the fact that I'm useless at chokepoints on BAF's. None of that.

Tanker Staff is the single worst weapon set I've ever used; to the point I don't believe it is working as intended. And, yeah, I have a DA/Ice, so I know low damage.

I'd really, really be willing to bet Ice Melee does more damage. Heck, I'd be willing to take it through some Romans to prove it.

Yes. But, do you really think +15% damage is going to turn the damage around? Plus, I lose the buff when I.... wait for it.... execute my two "main" powers.

Thank you.

Nah, you just hover literally five feet above their heads. TJ will still hit.

To be honest, I have both Spectral and Reactive, as well as Diamagnetic. The immob component in Spectral is kind of crap, and the -regen in Diamagnetic is equally bad. Reactive is good to have solo but on iTrials EVERYONE has it so I switch out to Spectral. Also, negative damage is fun.

Oh, come on, Tenzhi. You gotta have levels.

I will disagree with you until I die, but I will defend my right to agree with the other three you listed.

Hey, hey, Aura, don't lump me outside of your humorless zone. I didn't find it particularly funny. The cat video, though, first made me O_o, then I was all , then back to O_o.

Yep. Pretty much this all day long.

Better numbers on all the buffs. You'll need to sacrifice some recharge. No capped S/L resists.

Yep, running the numbers, Fire Blast does seem to have the higher DPS. Got it there. Which is fine, all around, since I don't use either of them.

I haven't said nanana at all this entire thread, you have. A lot. I laughed at your build because it was unnecessarily bogged down with toggles and powers that are useless for an Offending build that wants to solo MoTF runs and losing recharge.



Edit: TC -> TS -> SR -> RoF -> Blaze -> DF -> Blaze -> TC -> Blaze -> TS -> Blaze. Will also do well when PToD comes down and DF and Time Stop stack to hold the AV.


Edit 2: Yeah, I was overestimating the absolute "extra" damage in Flares against the chance for DoT in Fire Blast, which is 80%. (80% is code for "pretty much all the time").




Jesus Christ. Fire Blast, according to Mids, does insanely higher DPS. Apples and oranges, indeed. Well, into respec la la land with me. By the way, Erhnam, just so everyone knows: you are right. You broke through snark and bullheadedness with math. Even better, I can take an extra slot from Time Crawl, put into Flares, and forget about using Defender's Bastion in any real attack power. Good to have it out of the way.


I hope we can do it again, sometime. I promise I will be every bit as stubborn, too.

I get that. I really do. That's why you need it up with no space between.

DPA is not DPS. Next you'll tell me X-Ray Beam > Neutrino Bolt?

By the way, Test, just did this. Herded a 4/8 spawn and killed them while only getting hit once. But, I was level shifted and used Judgement. I suppose that doesn't count, then? I forgot the rules you always tell me.

Yep. Which is exactly why you need it up fast and casted for soloing them.


Don't need Lore pets, they just speed it up.

True.

Almost everything in the new stuff has either Lethal or Smashing damage, somewhere. Getting a lucky hit from Siege without it would kill you, even with the +max hp. I can nullify half his damage (almost) and take a hefty chunk out of his energy portion.

There is only a handful of ranged attacks in the new stuff that do KB, as well. And if all they can do is shoot an occasional ranged attack because I hover ten feet above their heads, all the better. Every now and then a Victoria manages to KB me, and if the AV hits me, well... one KB IO isn't stopping that, usually.

Fire Blast is terrible for my build. I think you actually get better DPS just autoclicking Flares than you ever would with Fire Blast. In the time it takes me to animate Blast I could have fired SR or TC, thus cutting into my DPS with Blaze. Furthermore, you are hovering. The only attacks Romans can hit you with are spears (and that crappy little fire bomb thingy the Engineers use from time to time).

For what I said in the opening part of this post, yes, it is the bestest for soloing content or team play (without cutting into soloing awesomesauce).

O....kay?


I've run the new DA arcs on Beta with this toon. I solo'd Mot with the **** bugged Botched Ritual triple stacked (resorted to using Lore Pets). I died once, and that's because I hovered too low.

If you can't do that, well...


Er, thread.