StormingPhoenix

What do you want to be able to do? What is your style of play.
I ran a tank to 50 to get my PB so that answers the question for me, i play my PB to hit hard, i dont really care about leaving people stood there seeing birdies, i'd rather they were "arrested" to hell already.
Alternatively your play style may be more control + containment of the enemy while you take them down at your leisure. Your style, your choice.
Solar Flare though, even from when i had pretty much only just got it and given it a couple of slots was doing more damage than Gleaming Blast, and thats to every enemy within a very decent range. The knockback may annoy team mates but can be useful for getting minions off ur back while u try to quickly take down a Boss/Lt & with skill and timing you can always avoid [censored] the team off, i've even used SF to knock mobs that were straggling closer to the tank. or waited until a Controller had locked the mobs down and then unleased merry AoE hell.
With SF, Luminous Det and well slotted Photons you can have a lot of fun in tightly packed groups.

Totally want to be there, gutted i missed the last one.
Can bring:
StormingPhoenix lvl 50 Tank
Or
BlendedPhoenix Lvl 47 PB
Both for the clearing team i guess.

I love this thread!
I love those kinda moments you're all describing, i got a few of them with my tank on its way to 50 but thanks to this 1 thread I cant wait to start playing my scrapper as a main.
Got me really looking forward to it, thx guys

Human only can be very powerful and u'll have sooo much less stress over slots !
I ran a tank to 50 so I just wasnt interested in the squid however I did take Dwarf, never spent the slots to make it decent but i still keep it as a party piece, after all wats a PB if it can't change form ?
is probably worth the one power slot just so u arent left looking at the other Khelds jealously

Am so glad I found this thread cause its answered a lot of questions. I've actualy been place saving a DM/Regen for ages as my next toon to run, now with the Halloween events i've started running him to get the badges + just have some low lvl fun.
Just a thought tho, in the 'ur best ever scrapper moment' thread Cynic said something about 'proving why DM/Regen Scrappers need the Presence power pool' why is this Cyn?
Also with Regen, wats the effect of taking Fitness, is it redundant? or does it still work + make u regenerate really really fast?
Thx for this though guys, always good to hear voices of experience

I've always wandered what the story based explanation was for them randomly turning up every now and again.
ie/ Quantums and voids are all explained in certain story arcs.
But whats the explanation for a bunch of <insertvillaingroup>'s hanging round on a street corner with a bloody huge Dwarf, just bumming a smoke?

thats cool, at least its known + a fix should be coming.
thx MaX + your wisdom [img]/uk/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Has anyone else noticed a really lame sf/x change on their PB Gleaming Eye?
Mine now sounds like an Asthmatic 80 yr old!

Damn, i was hoping for a slightly more positive response . . . . . anyone ?

I finally dinged my first 50 and thought id go toy around with a couple of low lvl Kheldian builds jst to get the feel for them.
Hav to say that, from seeing them played as i lvld my Tank, and from playing through the first 3 or 4 lvls a couple of times for each, i like the look and feel of the PBs. Crystal white/Blue light, glowing eyes + all, I think that would be my choice, except for the constant sf/x
you know which one i mean:
*awooooooooooooooo*
everytime I activate a power:
*awooooooooooooooo*
How do u guys put up with it? I think PB are my choice over WS but i dont exactly wanna hav to play the game silent just to keep my sanity
are there any powers that dont hav that sound effect on them? or can I expect to be hearing it in my head constantly if I roll a PB?

Thats really great that you hav pretty much your own dedicated healer, it will open some doors for you in regards to which powers are necessary (ie healing flames).
I absolutely agree with the love of 'Consume' tho, it is the most handy tool in my kit I remember one team someone saying along the lines of 'right lets wait for the tanker dude to rest and then we'll go again'...'or not, huh, ok' as i go charging in on nearly empty End just to fill it back up in an instant.
Fire Tanks arent the most defensive but if you manage to cram in Combat Jumping, Acrobatics, Tough, Weave then it makes up for that shortfall and either way there are some just damn cool things these sets can do

I'd like to add myself to this guys if you'll have me of course.
Storming Phoenix: Lvl 45 Fire/SS Tanker

OK so im finally getting round to ReSpecing my Fire / SS Tank to include Acrobatics. I had all three of the fighting pool (Kick,Tough, Weave) + I kinda didnt want to loose them so ive tried to cram everythign in. This my first toon so no previous experience, am eager to hear what some more experienced players think before i implement.

Primary:
Fire Shield (3 Damage Resistance, 2 End Red)
Blazing Aura (3 Damage resistance, 2 End Red)
Healing Flames (3 Heals, 1 Recharge)
Consume (3EndMod, 1 recharge)
Plasma Shield (3 Damage Resistance, 2 End Red)
RoTP (1 Recharge, jst got this 1)

Secondary:
Jab (3 Dam, 1 Acc)
haymaker (2 Dam, 1 End Red, 1 Acc)
Taunt (1 Taunt effectiveness)
KnockOut Blow (2 Dam, 1 Acc, 2 End Red)

Super Speed: Fitness:
Hasten (1 Recharge Red) Hurdle (1 Jump)
Super Speed (2 Speed Boost) Health (4 Heals)
Stamina (4 End Mod)

Leaping:
Combat Jumping (2 Defense Buffs, 2 End Red)
Jumpkick (2 Dam, 1 Acc, 1 End Red)
Acrobatics (2 Damage resistance, 2 end Red)

Fighting:
Kick (3 dam)
Tough (2 dam resistance, 2 End Red)
Weave (2 Defense Buffs, 2 End red)


Any (constructive) ideas/criticism welcome,
Thx.