StoneJaguar

I would say a /thermal troller would work best of the willpower tank. Yeh, force fields add good defense but with no healing unless you take medicine, you are still limiting that duo. You say particularly your wp/elec... since elec melee has a lot of close aoe attacks, I would suggest stone/thermal. Stone has some good control powers that will help keep bigger mobs clustered for TS, CI and of course LR. And of course the resist shields and forge. And in the event a mob proves too much, a heal. My 2nd choice would be plant/thermal. either would work well with your wp tank.

SJ

Looks similar to VEAT(SoA) costume. just shinier. And bigger knives.

I will join this. Blaster. Sonika(25?) or Stealth Pilot(40).

SJ

ZOMG LOL

but i shouldnt laugh. I did the same thing(although not so big a number) a year or more ago. It ruined my day

SJ

Take the 'numbers' out of it and just compare how the scrapper played vs the brute. Solo and on a team. How it felt while playing. Buffed and unbuffed.

Solo, i vote Brute 9 times out of 10. But my elec/regen scrapper can solo just fine too, whereas my BS/DA scrapper sucked at soloing(which i did very little of). I played my kat/SR to 50 primarily solo except in the higher levels when i did a bunch of TFs and team play getting the AVs. That toon was awesome. On a team, i felt that I take too many chances trying to keep fury up. Solo, that is simple. I have 2 lv50 brutes and one lv45. All 3 Soloed great. fire/ea, mace/stone and the 45 is elec/shield.

If you didnt care about the numbers, answer the OP's question... my answer is if i want to play primarily solo, make a brute. Primarily teamed, make a scrapper. But, with that said I say screw both scrappers and brutes and make a TANKER

SJ

i dont give a damn about the pvp part of this thread... BUT the way people have took a comment early in the thread and ran with it like this is why I love Champion. Epic...

SJ

well, i didnt get the lv35-40 i wanted but i got a lv21 for 25K I really just wanted the set bonuses for having 6 of em. My dominator is on a static team anyhow so the bonuses from the IO itself aren't that important.
If necessary, I can buy and create a lv50 one when i get lv47 to replace it.

SJ

I am restarting my sunday night static team the sunday after Going Rogue launches. If the release date does not change, the start date for the team will be August 22nd. Team starts at 7pm PACIFIC TIME. That would be 10pm EASTERN TIME. This time will NOT change.

The team at this point has room for 2. I am looking for some solid players who like to have fun and not take the occasional team wipe too serioiusly. Among the 6 of us who plan to restart the team so far, we have only discussed briefly how the team will be made up. Briefly though, we plan to have a theme of some kind and I would like to have a good combination of melee, ranged damage and support. By waiting for Going Rogue to launch, I am hoping that several players will want to play some of the new powersets. Also, I am thinking that it is possible to get a vilain AT on team as well. I don't know the specifics on how a villain goes rogue but that is just an idea regardless.

Just looking for interest at this point. We have a month to get the details put together. If anyone is interested, send me an ingame global tell @stonejaguar I can't guarantee I will view any PMs here but I log into game at least once a day. I only have the 2 spots open and will give those spots to first 2 that are solid 'for sure' participants for this team.

SJ

I am a marketeer and have been for a while. Before the new interface and after. I found that after actually using it vs a knee jerk "i hate this" reaction, I liked the new interface more because it found stuff easier and as soon as i learned how it worked properly, I actually preferred it. I say: GREAT JOB DEVS!

I would suggest be more patient. With the combined markets, I dont know if they will tweak the interface but you old interface button may appear. but maybe not.

SJ

And just to clarify, yes this is a recipe from the pool you get for merit recipe rolls. Example: same chance for this recipe as one of the coveted numina/miracle/lotg recipes.

I guess the main problem since this recipe tops out at 50 that alot are being rolled at 50 rather than a player rolling when their toon is 40 or lower

Yes that is right. I need a malaise's illusions triple IO. redside lv35-40 only. None for sale

And i don't wanna wait for lv47 for a lv50 one. i will pay at least market value.

SJ

Interesting concept. with my work schedule, i dont get home until 745pm PDT so that probably am out on this. But I am a sucker for static teams. I'd say add me as the 8th spot if i'd even be able to get home in time to participate. And even so, i'd only be able to play mon tues and thurs. maybe the occasional fri night. oh well. have fun with this. sounds crazy.

SJ

edit: reading the rest of the thread... i already have a static team sat night have fun guys.

Do you have mid's hero designer?

I have my elec/shield brute to lv44 now and he is a beast. And yes the build was expensive, but no insanely so. I don't know how much infamy you are sitting on. This build cost me probably 400 million or so give or take. I was sitting on 1.7B or something and the cost was soaked up by a few of my less rich toons as well.

If you don't have mid's... get it. It is a live saver for planning your build. I will post the data chunk of my build here if you want it.

But in a nutshell, slot for defense. melee first, then ranged and aoe. All the rest will come as it will. 43.8% melee defense at lv44 is not too shabby. I still have 2 more sets to add to my build as well. here is the expensive part... 2 obliteration sets. start bidding for em now. sciroccos x5, force feedback set, perf shifter set, mako bite set, touch of death set, mocking beratement x5, gaussians set, lotg x4(2 sets of these) both of my sets of 4 of lotg have the +recharges. It isnt required but i got lucky on recipe rolls. i have a steadfast protection +def in true grit... i took scirroco as my patron. i still have to add a thunderstrike set to mu lightning and when i get and 6 slot striker, i am adding blood mandate.

stats for my build:
43.8 melee def
40.1 ranged
42.6 aoe
197% regen
max hp 119%
end rec 158% i have the perf shifter set but an addition perf shifter +end in one with shield.
128% recharge

This combo for a brute is the most fun i have had playing a brute. i have 2 other 50 brutes. mace/stone and fire/ea. both are good but this elec shield blows them away.
Just let me know if you want that build and i will post the data chunk.

SJ

I have been playing my brute alot lately. I am willing to lackey up a corruptor to help me destroy my enemies. @stonejaguar Chance are if i am on, i am playing this brute. lv44+

I think BMT redside has fractured into Champion Redside as well due to some idiots rage kicking the people in that channel. I am still member of bmt redside but ignore it now. It is sad that some players ruin a channel like that. *shrug*

I am up for teaming anytime. Just send me a tell to see if i am on. usually after 730pm PDT during the week though.

SJ

I think I will be available to do this... Only thing that might intrude is yard work But I can put that off until later. Put me down with Sonika 22ish sonic blaster or an energy/energy if that one doesnt have Sister tf yet.

SJ

Not all Tanker primary sets are created equal. Some are great at some things and suck at others. Not all players playing tanks are equal either. Keep this in mind when deciding to take powers like tough and/or weave. You think stone armor needs tough? certainly not after lv32 if you take granite armor and use it primarily in battle. Does a shield defense tank need tough or weave? My shield defense tank does just fine without them. My invuln tank on the other hand has tough. It gives great, i mean GREAT, S/L resists that work really well with the other invuln toggles. And my invuln tank is my main hero and have tanked with him just fine for years. His only weakness being heavy elemental or fire/cold dmg and of course psi dmg. Would you take tough/weave on a dark armor tank. This is laughable as I cringe at the thought of so many toggles. Brave is the player who plays a dark armor tank with 10 toggles. Can be done but I wouldn't wanna deal with it.

Yes that is only 3 sets but elec and fire are both resist sets. get tough if you wanna 'tank'. Ice is a defense set. I plan to skip tough on him. I find my defenses are just fine without an added toggle. Willpower.. hmmm, i'd say either way is ok for this set. It has regen/def/resist in its set. I guess if you had the 3 power slots you could take up to weave.

As far as weave goes, you need 3 power slots to even think about taking it. That is the problem with tier 4 power pool powers. Some are great but you need to sacrifice elsewhere in your build. I would say for anyone really wanting weave and can't sacrifice elsewhere... Put some IO sets in your powers that will give you the bonuses weave gives. weave with a defense IO in it gives 6.3% defense. You can easily combo platter 2-4 powers with sets that will make up for that. Maybe not across the board but certanly where you need def the most. That 6.3 sounds great to me but the power sacrifice is just too high on most of my tank builds.

SJ

You can make insane amounts of influence with the correct amount of patience. And it varies depending on if you are talking black market vs WW. In a month and a half, this becomes moot though. I don't even wanna speculate on how the merged markets will be like in the first few days of GR. I imagine some players will try and take advantage of knee-jerk buyers. I will be one of those if i can get in on the action soon enough

But for the time up to GR, here are a few to at least try. Do NOT expect quick returns. it takes time. Especially redside. Efficacy adapter:end mod, Titanium coating:any, crushing impact:triples, Thunderstrike:triples, touch of death acc/dam... that is just a few. Someone else in this thread mentioned a few others that i have tried and made some serious inf. Just to give you an idea, i was at 400million on my main redside and after a few months of working the BM, i had 1.7 Billion. I not once played that toon on a tf or any other mission. the 1.3 billion was made purely on BM profits in a few short months. So if the OP wants to make some inf with the markets, it is certainly possible. good luck.

SJ

If the devs can add more content and some more interesting strike forces to the mix, then the Rogue Isles will be able to keep more people around. And I wouldn't be able to switch my main even if i wanted to... invuln/ice tank. Not until they put ice melee into the brute melee set mix.

I like seeing all the dream scenarios for all this or all that TF/SF but really those dont interest me one bit. Those teams are neat, but just not interesting enough for me to participate. I do plan on tanking.. err taking my main hero to rogue isles as vigilante. But I will be partaking in the new powersets first.

Grats Witty! I am sure there are jobs for ya. Just depends if you wanna relocate...