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Damn mermaids, anyway.

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A couple of important tips about The brute for people who have not played in a while:
Fury multiplies the BASE damage. That means with 3 damage so's (about 97%) and full fury (pretty much impossible) you will be doing nearly 400% of your base damage. not the 600% people wish if it worked against the enhanced totals.
Build up also works off the base damage. So full fury+build up + enhanced = about 470% of your base damage.
what this means is that damage enhancements, if you tend to run close to full fury, are worth only about a third of what they would be worth to anyone else that uses the power.
This is true for external buffs such as reds and fulcrum shift also.

Slotting wise, what this means is that you get less use out of damage than anyone else. So your priorities should change.
Depending on your secondary, the FIRST thing you should slot for is accuracy. every attack that misses is considered 100% wasted endurance. Even if you are fighting minions and only miss 25% of the time, that means you are blowing off 25% of your endurance AND mitigation in the form of defeated foes or other secondary attack effects EACH TIME YOU SWING

The second thing you should slot for is likely going to be endurance reduction. EVERY brute has endurance problems, no matter what your set... and that includes /wp and sets with an endo drain.

Thirdly, make each shot COUNT. recharge reduction increases your damage output enormously due to fury gained as well as simply the damage involved. you have a lovely damage per-shot multiplier, so more attacks=more fury and more dead foes. Not to mention, once again, that almost every attack set except fire has a secondary effect that can help you live or fight longer. More attacks = more secondary effects.

Only when you have your wiffs and end under control should you worry about damage, and goe for efficiency instead of sheer numbers. If the first two IO's get you 78% damage and that third IO would only net you 13%, skip it. use the slot to add end reduction or accuracy or even put it on some other power for better mitigation
remember, that 13%, in brute terms, is only about 4% to every other AT... worth it for a set bonus, perhaps, but not worth an entire slot of it's own.

Also remember that endurance reducers should be used first on your smallest powers, the fillers like brawl or boxing. You use these ALL the time, and the big attacks only rarely, so save your endurance in the long run... slot end reducers into your little attacks first! And slot attacks for end reducers BEFORE defenses/toggles or passives, especially the little ones. The life you save could be your own.

also remember that build-up, while nice for accuracy, only adds about 24% to your full fury damage, or 18% if you have slotted for full damage. That makes build-up an easily skipped power on many brute builds, since that's less than a tiny red inspiration, and it doesn't even last as long.

Also remember that, on a brute with full fury, if you can afford the end to turn on your damage shield against more than one opponent, TURN IT ON! fully enhanced and at full fury it's doing about 4 times it's base damage, which means it does almost as much as a tanker's smallest attack EVERY SECOND to everything around you... highly efficient damage, to say the least!

So remember... SMASH happens! the Hulk doesn't need a gun to help him do damage!


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This is an excellent addition to this guide.

String bikinis, man. String bikinis.

I got an invite to it, but haven't had time to set it up yet.

Nonetheless: http://artpad.art.com/?kii6rtblrco

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I can't use that thing 'cos I can't draw with a mouse

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Your drawing pad should work as a mouse, or so I would assume since mine does.

[/ QUOTE ]I only have a pad at home, though, and if I'm home and drawing, I'll just use Photoshop instead.

Me don' wan' no hang out wit' no Batty Boi, seen? Rasta kyan't respec such no ting!

I probably won't get a chance to finish this, but at least I have an entry!

Mynx vs. Bobcat

No worries there. I haven't put a cap on my list yet. Though maybe I should...

I can't use that thing 'cos I can't draw with a mouse

[censored], I forgot about this again.

Okay! The commissions queue is GO! Commissioners, I've sent emails/PMs/etc. to you if you're near the front of the list with some requests for info and such. Please respond when you can so I can begin!

Brutes are mammals.
A Brute's job is to flip out and SMASH people.

I did a warm-up exercise last night that may be of interest to people. It is in my scraps in my DA gallery.

PS - I am not dead and this is still going to happen.

That's way too colour-coordinated even for a professional dumpster-diver!

I'm not really sure you'll ever come up with a satisfying costume for a character that's essentially dressed in other people's scraps.

I totally forgot about this.

Why does this thread look like my Skinvitational commission list?

Nobody is too late. Though my list is bountiful, I am still taking names.

Unrelated to this, I did a picture

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Several people have mentioned the youthfulness of the face. I'd like to explain a little further;

I met a woman online named Becky. I don't know her well and I've never met her in person, but I've learned that Becky used to be overweight and geeky to the point of being teased. A lot. Over the last couple of years, she has dedicated herself to a healthy lifestyle and has really shaped up - she now regularly models as various superheroes at conventions, but her favorite is Emma Frost. I chose to feature her as the face model in this piece, in part, to celebrate her success in turning her life around.

If you google 'Becky "aktrez" Young', you'll see her in several of her costumes. so while the face isn't as old, or strong, or severe as Emma Frost might need to be, it mattered to me more to feature Becky as she looks now.

She loves the piece. That's what mattered most to me.

[/ QUOTE ]See, that makes far more sense.

This may be just personal taste, but I don't think that's the right face for Emma. Remember, Emma's someone with the best body money can buy. Literally. She's been touched up and nipped and tucked for years before the Hellfire Club.

I guess it's just that roundish nose. I don't see her settling for something as pedestrian as that and demanding something a little more... Patrician. (Though perhaps not literally Patrician, i.e., Italian, but something suitably WASP-y and East Coast moneyed.)

It's all technically brilliant as usual. I just got hung up on her face.

No doctor yet. I'll go tomorrow if things are progressing to my liking.

I have drank... drunk... drunked... imbibed frightful amounts of cola.

My sick [censored] appreciates your well-wishes and mouse's email!

I'm not going to go into details, but I probably going to lose about 50 lbs.