Sir_Lionheart

I would never do it now, but before server transfers, extra character slots, and IO's, I had deleted two 50's, two 45ish, and a 42 (various AT's, one 50 was a Kat/Dark). I was a big altaholic, and hitting 50 pretty much meant the toon was retired. I much preferred the ride to 50 than actually playing 50's, as I felt like there was nowhere else to go with them, and I needed space to make new tooons.

Nowadays, I would pay for extra slots or transfers. With IO's, I feel like you always have options to tweak or even remake your toons almost any way you want, and I still get a lot of mileage from most of my current 50's. But it wasn't an option back then, and honestly, I don't really regret it.

I know it probably doesn't fit the motif, but I really like my FM/SR. It was a bit squishy for a while, but rounded out pretty good in the 30s.

The way I looked at it, since I skipped Breath of Fire, I only have 1 mult-target attack in FSC… a pretty good one, but still just one. So I thought the mostly single-target FM would benefit most from speed, both in recharge and movement, which is why I like SR.

I'm also leveling a FM/SD, but it's still pretty low and doesn't have the good stuff yet. I'm intrigued by the damage buff, and Shield Charge looks really fun.

For anyone who builds their Shield Scrap or Brute for soft-capped Defense, do you skip the Tier 9 like you might for SR or Inv?

I'm glad someone posted this... I'm fairly noobish to CoV, as I mainly play heroes, but I was tinkering on Mids trying to find some Brute combos, and while I've heard that EA was weak, the Defense numbers look pretty decent to me. Plus it has a stealth power and End Recovery/Heal (autohit?).

Am I missing something?

Thanks for the replies... I asked mainly because I wanted to fit in some Patron powers; nothing essential, but they look like they might be fun to have. My Brutes are all still babies, so a long time to go before it actually becomes an issue.

Noob question, but with Fury, how useful is BU on a Brute (for PvE)? I mean, I guess there's never such a thing as too much damage, but if your build is squeezed for slots, would BU be one of the first powers to be cut?

I soloed a Posi TF on my exemped BS/Inv. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but still took about 4 hours (though I slept for 7 hours in between).

I had Hack/Slice/Parry, and Sands/Axe/Blackwand, and there were still some annoying pauses in the attack cycle. I think if you swapped Slash for Slice (or just added it), it would make it smoother. Generally speaking, I would pack in as many Attacks as I can, plus Build-up. If you have or can get a Temp Travel power, you can forego Travel pool.

I have a Stealth IO in Sprint, so I stealthed whatever missions I could. I don't remember for sure, but I probably stocked up on Def inspirations, and if convenient, you can restock if you are near an Arena.

Also, if a fight is unwinnable, just run and rest. You can waste a lot of time traveling from the hospital back to the mission.

I have both FM and Claws/SR, and both are fun for different reasons. I like FM for the sheer damage output. I like Claws mainly for Focus and Shockwave, my favorite Scrapper attacks.

As a side note, as neither set offers much mitigation, the early levels will be pretty painful, as /SR is a very late-blooming set. Duoing with a Fire Blaster, your best strategy is to kill stuff fast, or you will have a lot of aggro coming your way. So I would probably recommend FM.

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My question is..

Since we only have up to 75 members up till the release of Issue 11, then once it goes live, we can get up to 75 more members.. how much time will there be between going from 75 to 150 members before the Dec 10 prestige increase?

I ask because many groups, mine included, aren't just going to take on 75 more people in a very short amount of time. Some of us run very structured groups that many will not get the full benefits because we just don't take any and all comers. So, it seems that the only people that will benefit this prestige increase will be the prestige farming groups, rather than the RP groups..

Don't get me wrong. I'm not complaining. I'm just trying to figure out how to fill an RP only groups roster to 150 before the prestige grant.

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Assuming you have close to 75 separate members, you could always have everyone move their alts to use as fillers.

Came on to this thread late... is this just a Tanker issue or do scrappers have this problem also (title says "melee" and doesn't specifiy)? And is Taunt affected by this in PvE?