SinergyX_EU

Ooohh thats a nice build too But you focus on melee defense i see? Isnt that slighly worse then fire defense? (though it makes it way more viable for non-farm content).

My 3 fire brutes are made from scratch, no influence outside their own profit is put in them.

My main goal is getting more fire defense, by picking up CJ, manu and weave (duh) you already get a nice base defense (3slot each).

From there i put 5 slots each in all resist shields (including temp.prot), where i give fire/plasma and tough the 5 set Aegis (they go 10-20mil each, though recipes with salvage rolls can be pretty cheap), along with 3set temp.prot and put the global 3% IO and KB-IO.

All you need then is SO slot everything else, advertise with free farms and ask them to pass you purple, red and blue (rest u dont need), you will have issues with endurance. From there its spending tickets on rewards and slowly moving to recharge items. Most go for the mocking set in melee powers (give 7.5% recharge) though they keep getting more expensive, personaly i'm going LotG+recharge, wich are way more expensive but with a few lucks on rolls, i already got myself 3 `

Eventualy i'm dropping out manu and going for stealth pool, 3 powers to slot Lotg's in, combined with weave/CJ i got the full set

I randomly see /elec and /dark brutes running around, what are they actualy farming? Though /elec has capped energy resist, unlikely they gonna face EM based powers for some serious stun stacking. same for /dark, they have a insane heal ability but what could they farm that suits their resistance? (since defense can always be made).

I do love my 2 /fire brutes, but they get boring.. fast. For the past 5 years i've been playing a /fire tank, wich kinda got me to the point i start to hate /fire.

Hero side /inv and /granite can face +3 (not sure +4) without any help, i was thinking of making a /inv brute but i have to invest big time on that (kinetic combat.. ouch) to hit softcap. Same for WP (hero can once u softcap and bump your SL slightly more), but with 50% resist against a +3 SL farm, the regen just wont cut it.

I dont mind killing slower (well, not tank-slow), as long as i get a nice substitude for my /fire.

Pre-32 it has to match up against pretty much every full-battle set, we're talking inv with full glory (32 is unstoppable). Then we talk about cap SL resist, 30% non-SL (non psi), only cap defense is reached later due lack of slots (unless you dont give your attacks any slots). I highly doubt if i can even stand up against Inv, let alone post32 against Granite.

Majority of sets already can hit softcap, but they have a huge backup in form of regen, heal or massive resistance, sure it might be nice and you get hit not quite often, but i wonder if its enough to stand against mobs in trials (we're talking 58% softcap).

Pure defense i think plain simple: put him in a +2 AE farm mission and see how fast he goes down. That devided by 4 is your avarage die time in normal missions.

3 powers have built in res-special, each giving 0.3% resist per % below 60%

So
59% health = 0.9% resist all but psi
1% health = roughly 38% resist all but psi

As all powers state 'ignore buff and enhancement', i really cant say this is a strong resistance.

Base defense, 26% melee, ranged, AoE. So slotted and 3% global/CJ makes softcap.

I put him on par with Ice, just no -dmg or -recharge AoE or any form of selfbuff. Evasion is the AoE taunt (8ft, 10target) with no debuff or sortlike.

(data taken from VIP server, tooltip info).

*waiting for the 'but its freaking middle of the night in US' replies*

I do respect the timezone on the US side (night), but with upto 9 hours timedifference, we're talking normal daytime closing into primetime EU side.

My very worst moment?

Doing a /respec and getting to the point of putting enhancements..Hit finish, click yes.. then discover you havent put in a single enhancement in any slot.

Luckely it was mostly regular IO's, SO's and a few sets (doctored wounds, mako's, aegis), saldy also few unique's and 2 LotG's.

Stone/SS tank.

Why? I already have him for about 6 years now, he never let me down. Yes, clockwork king and Ghostwidow were nasty, yes psi and -recharge are painfull.. but at the end, he's the one standing there taking tons of damage and still going strong.

I've tanked pretty much everything with him, TF's (even pre-granite), trials, STF (no Mo), Eden trial, Hamidon (Hami tank of the turtle team), i even farm with him (pre-IO's on Eden and the famous freak's map).

True, he cant solo much, or slow. But i dont mind, he's my favorite tank, he always will be.

Over the years he only became stronger, and seeing the current IOsets, he only can become more stronger.

Thats a pretty expensive build, i still would stick to the idea of making a fire/fire brute and spent every IO of that build on that character.

Saves you 4 days of redside swapping (4 x 5tips) and another day to get back, once you hit mid 30s you can start farming yourself and in no time you'll be 50. I run +2x8 solo, only need 2-3 runs to get another lvl up (47 atm).

Stupid question, whats the actualy use of the T9 nukes (crash ones) if you have a Incarnate version that recharges way faster, does avarage more dmg (due hitcap) and has no penalty?

If they would put them all on 1 line, i rather see Full Auto being AoE also, in terms of efficiency it will become the most weakest (cone-target based).

Pulling them down on damage will nearly make them par with mini-nukes such as Omega movement (no drain), shieldcharge and lightning rod. What once used to be 'unique' and 'GO DOWN NOW!' power, will become some mediocre power that nearly everyone already has.

I rather see them pick up the sniper powers first (specialy AR with LRM mission and sniper), they have little to no value anymore.

I do have to say villain side (if you move your tank) has a considerable larger ammount of psi damage then hero side. Arachnos is full of those psi spamming and end-draining mobs, while the avarage hero might face about the same mobs (CoT, freaks, council, malta) that villains face outside arachnos.

Specialy radio/paper missions in the 'end zone' heroes only face CoT, Carney and Council, while villains got arachnos, council and i believe freaks (with a odd of longbow). If you put those 2 against eachother, heroes are on the advantage. (apart from some -hit and -recharge council mostly is SL based). But if you include tip-missions, it becomes quite equal again.

And lets face it, nobody fights alone. A defense tank can get thermal or sonic goodies, while a resist based can get lovely bubble and ice buffs. If then, by buffs, they all get on equal resist and defense, its their secondairy effect that can make difference (drain resist, slow resist, tohit buffs, regen, healing, lockdown and panic buttons). But eventualy, its the player itself that can make that difference.

Do mind in trials the softcap is quite higher then the base 45%. Though you have a larger group to get buffs from, just keep it in mind.

On trials i use my tripmine on my MM, specialy during escape missions, i just pop one down when i have the chance. Sadly due lag, 99% it explode but doesnt do damage.