Tonality

Endurance Drain will not protect you in situations where the resists in Electric Armor fail miserably - when mobs are +2 or +3 to you (ruthless/relentless) and against hard hitting bosses. I would strongly suggest that you do not 6-slot powersink. You can use those slots more efficiently.

I have an Elec/Elec and SS/Elec brute, both of which are almost completed with their IO builds excluding a few purples. I have tried 4 different builds on my Elec/Elec, and the lessons I learned from that one have led me to believe that defensive sets are the best means of increasing survivability to an electric brute (once you have aid self and tough).

I am not advocating an expensive IO build, but when you start to consider IOs, slotting does change.

For example, I can 5-slot powersink to do nearly what the 6 slot suggestion does.

Performance Shifter:
-End Mod
-End Mod/Rech
-End Mod/Rech/Acc
-Acc/Rech (for the recharge)
Efficacy Adaptor
-End Mod/Rech

I get:
97.49% End Mod
95.11% Rech
(47.70% Acc)

plus 1.88% hp, 2.5% recovery and 5% speed (which is nice)

While the suggested 6 slot does:
105% end mod
83% rech

The difference is:
-79% end
-82.2% end

I don't feel that sixth slot is worth it.

End draining mobs that are +3 is not usually a viable strategy, especially on teams set for 8 with 2 bosses in each mob. I haven't found end-drain to be particularly effective at that level of play, and since I usually play at ruthless or relentless, damage becomes a greater interest. By the time you have them drained, most likely you can have them dead. It takes two applications of powersink to drain them. By this point, a good team has the mob dead. If I play an Elec/Elec and I find end-drain wanting, what are the chances you will be satisfied with a SS/Elec's end-drain?

I slot LF for Acc/Dam/End redux. It might not be draining mobs, but considering the dismal amount it does drain for, I would rather have the rage/fury boosted damage ticking away mobs. With Rage+Fury, I can be doing 31 damage every pulse.

Yes, Electric fences immobilizes. Since KB is a useful form of mitigation for you, I would recommend Ball Lightning.

For survivability, I slot for melee defense. You can achieve around 30% melee defense, and if you are not debuffed, that can increase your survivability. When things are going south for you (and you aren't debuffed) you can pop a luck or two and cap your melee defense and give yourself a chance to regen.

You can fit tough/weave/aidself in a SS/Elec.

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I'd have to be drunk, high, missing several fingers and having major concussion before I started making typos. English freak.

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Ok, try harder then?

Elec/Shield appears to be a FoTM right now. Personally, I'd go Dark or Super Strength.

It is viable, but most people plan a specific build to soft-cap their positional defense.

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Your clarity in typing implies you are not drunk enough.

The Black Market rate for them has dropped slightly to around 80 mil as of 4 days ago. They can go for 90 million+.

I would not list it below an amount you would not be satisfied getting. There are those that like to get lucky bids in and get them for 50-60 mil.

It's an unlocked with tickets. Go to the vendor.

Why does Superman even need to be Clark Kent? For the amazing money I'm sure he makes as a reporter?

Thank you so much for solving this mystery. It truly is us at our day jobs.

I do like that clever analogy by Bill.
Clark Kent is Superman's Disguise
Batman is Bruce Wayne's Disguise.

And it that bothers you, Spiderman is Peter Parker's Disguise.

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Those are the attacks the OP is planning on using. If you are implying you'd never use those attacks, I'm confused as well.

To the OP:

Super Strength is very end heavy. You have end crashes from both rage and hasten. You need to focus on both end recovery bonuses and endurance consumption (obliteration has very little endurance reduction).

IO Choices:

-Put another Performance Shifter (End Mod/Acc) in Stamina.

-6 slotting Crushing Impact sets for the bonus is silly. You are way over the ED damage cap and would be better served dropping one and grabbing a triple or a quad from another set.

-The benefit you get from slotting phalanx fighting that much is not that great. I bet those slots can be put to a better use. Leave it at a LOTG 7.5.

-The Force Feedback proc works very well in footstomp if you have a large mob around you. I see your obliteration set, but I think you can find other good bonuses in other sets that are more endurance friendly.

Power Choices:

It's an interesting concept for teaming - an AoE heavy build. I'm not sure the sacrifices you made to get this really will pull you out ahead of a more 'standard' SS/Shield Build with ST attacks.

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It's what they've always done before. Rikti Com officers portals were giving too much XP and allow people to exploit them by killing the portals and letting the com officers summon another. What did they do? They put all the XP into the officer. Simple, clean, and didn't get people accidentally banned.

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QR to Rock Crag:

Rock Crag, it was my understanding that what made those missions bugged was:
1) A mob of comm officers would only spawn one portal per mob yet the mob only included comm officers.
2) Comm Officers have less dangerous attacks
3) Comm Officers yielded higher xp since they took away the XP of the rikti that were spawned from the portals because that is what people used to farm prior to AE.

Combine that with allies that buff you, bombs in the middle of the mob, and you had a low-risk map that yielded very fast XP and ticket gain. Nobody certainly is going to argue that that particular set of issues needed to be fixed.

Positron made a reference to risk versus reward. The issue was that for very little risk there were incredible rewards.

QR to the Farming/Anti-Farming People in this topic.

-There is another useless topic to waste your time discussing it. It's full of angry people and has too many posts to have an actual discussion in it. In other words, discussion of it is probably pointless.

-Quit speculating and wait to see what happens. Given that there are currently two ideal sets redside for farming (Fire/Psi Doms and SS/WP or SS/Fire brutes) and that Castle is going to be looking at Dominators next issue, I have a feeling that if the developers are as anti-farming as some paint them to be, they will severely nerf PSW in i15 and rage in i16. The key word is severely, and would be paired with clear anti-farming posts on the forums.

-There are way too many opinionated people spewing bile on this forum. If I experienced what I experience in the forum in the game, I'd quit playing. I have a feeling the devs are more moderate than the extremists would have you believe. It is too soon to predict just based on a few posts by Positron, some cases of accidental bannings on faulty code, and the pulling of AE farm exploits.

Rock Crag, before you pack up your stuff and leave, I sent you a PM with my global. You are more than welcome to join me in whatever I wind up doing. It might be farming. It might be a SF. It might be a random PUG. If I had a decent toon ready to PvP I'd do that. But I most certainly will be looking to still have fun in this game.

I'm not a numbers person, I'm a brute. I happened to see the word brute over the scrapper forum in the main page and promptly paid a visit.

There is a reason why Super Strength is so popular for brutes - Foot Stomp and Rage. The rest of the attacks are single-target attacks and with rage stacking, you will probably get some very impressive numbers. For me, all I know is I smash stuff and it doesn't last long in trying to smash me back.

I do not recommend Energy Melee. It is a slow set, with two (or three?) attacks animating over three seconds. When you are dependent upon quick attacks to build fury, those slow, hard hitting attacks are...infuriating. You have to consider the animation times as well when playing a brute.

I do not recommend electric melee for single target damage. Although electric/shield is quickly becoming the FoTM, they forget both Shield Charge and Lightning Rod are under the 400% dmg pet rule, so they quickly hit the damage cap, and there are other sets that still have a LOT more damage to benefit from.

Fire Melee is very respectable. Decent attack times, options to pick fire only attacks that aren't always heavily resisted. and well..it's FIRE. Brute SMASH and BURN? Sure sounds like fun to me. There are a lot of people that also like Fire Sword Circle for its AoE.

edit: I forgot to mention Dark, as you had mentioned you might not want to roll another Dark/SR. Dark/SR is good on a brute. Fast attacks, good recharge, soft-cap defense, a heal, and endurance recovery. It's still a very good choice for soloing AVs.

War Mace is probably slightly better than War Axe now that clobber got buffed. Decent Set.

Stone Melee is very end heavy, but hits very hard. I don't have much experience with this set. All I know is you swing a poo-stick.

Willpower is the general pairing with Super Strength and does quite well. If you have the cash, I'd also consider Shield with Super Strength. You have to figure out how you'll deal with healing (aid self maybe) and need to watch against defense debuffing, but against all odds just gives you that much more +DMG. I posted a SS/shield build below.

One more thing: People talk about a full fury bar. I usually run at around 80% fury, so don't just do your calculations at 100% fury, because it is very hard to maintain that.

This build assumes the 3% pvp def IO (placed in deflection) and is nowhere near cheap. It is soft-capped for Melee and Ranged defense, and has aid-self and regen bonuses to possibly solo AVs without inspirations. You could sacrifice +HP/Regen bonuses in your LOTGs for hami def/ends which would help.

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.401
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[u]Click this DataLink to open the build![u]

Level 50 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Super Strength
Secondary Power Set: Shield Defense
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Punch -- (A)(5)(5)(7)(23)(31)
Level 1: Deflection -- (A)(13)(27)(37)(46)
Level 2: Haymaker -- (A)(3)(3)(7)(23)(31)
Level 4: True Grit -- (A)(25)(29)
Level 6: Hasten -- (A)(15)(25)
Level 8: Knockout Blow -- (A)(9)(9)(11)(11)(34)
Level 10: Hurdle -- (A)
Level 12: Battle Agility -- (A)(13)(27)(50)
Level 14: Super Speed -- (A)(15)(46)
Level 16: Health -- (A)(17)(17)(40)(40)(40)
Level 18: Rage -- (A)(19)(19)(43)(46)(48)
Level 20: Stamina -- (A)(21)(21)(29)
Level 22: Active Defense -- (A)
Level 24: Phalanx Fighting -- (A)
Level 26: Against All Odds -- (A)
Level 28: Boxing -- (A)
Level 30: Tough -- (A)(31)(48)(48)
Level 32: Foot Stomp -- (A)(33)(33)(33)(34)(34)
Level 35: Shield Charge -- (A)(36)(36)(36)(37)(37)
Level 38: Weave -- (A)(39)(39)(39)
Level 41: Gloom -- (A)(42)(42)(42)(43)(43)
Level 44: Grant Cover -- (A)(45)(45)(45)
Level 47: Aid Other -- (A)
Level 49: Aid Self -- (A)(50)(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- (A)
Level 1: Sprint -- (A)
Level 2: Rest -- (A)
Level 1: Fury
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[u]Set Bonus Totals:[u]<ul type="square">[*]10% DamageBuff(Smashing)[*]10% DamageBuff(Lethal)[*]10% DamageBuff(Fire)[*]10% DamageBuff(Cold)[*]10% DamageBuff(Energy)[*]10% DamageBuff(Negative)[*]10% DamageBuff(Toxic)[*]10% DamageBuff(Psionic)[*]11.1% Defense(Smashing)[*]11.1% Defense(Lethal)[*]5.81% Defense(Fire)[*]5.81% Defense(Cold)[*]15.2% Defense(Energy)[*]15.2% Defense(Negative)[*]3% Defense(Psionic)[*]17.4% Defense(Melee)[*]15.2% Defense(Ranged)[*]8.63% Defense(AoE)[*]1.8% Max End[*]47.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)[*]40% Enhancement(Accuracy)[*]14% FlySpeed[*]258.6 HP (17.3%) HitPoints[*]14% JumpHeight[*]14% JumpSpeed[*]Knockback (Mag -4)[*]Knockup (Mag -4)[*]MezResist(Held) 8.25%[*]MezResist(Immobilize) 9.35%[*]16.5% (0.28 End/sec) Recovery[*]76% (4.76 HP/sec) Regeneration[*]2.52% Resistance(Fire)[*]2.52% Resistance(Cold)[*]21.5% RunSpeed[/list]

The other issue with endurance drain is it is less effective with higher level mobs - the exact thing Elec struggles with. This has been mentioned in many topics in the past.

Oddly, I think what the set needs more than anything is to have the interrupt taken out of aid self!

I was noticing it would fire if I was moving my character, but standing still, my auto powers would not fire today.

You could just filter the market to display only items "for sale" instead of everything.

Whee. I was not expecting lengthy responses. I'll do my best to keep it short.

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I'm not going to give a story arc a 1-star rating if they some minor syntax error. I run across mistakes in published books at times.

Bt I am gonig 2 giv arc 1 str if u uz txt-spk &amp; r not Fr34ksh0w.

There is a significant difference between typos and poor grammar. I have found that difference is effort.

I'll repeat my last line more emphatically:

You should take pride in your work.

If you want further examples, take a look at the suggestions forum, and start reading. I have a feeling you will notice a link between very poor writing and very poor ideas. Odd.

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In Re: Telstar

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Shouldn't that be "couldn't care less" or, at least, "could not care less"?

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It is my understanding that I can avoid using "that you" as it is implied. Therefore, the sentence could read:

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I am frustrated that you know nothing of the plight of those that went before you, and that you could care less about others .

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I could have written that better. "could care less" would have been clearer as "do not care", though I would probably soften the tone. That entire portion of my post was a bit over the top.

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Re: Kevin

You have a good grasp on history, particularly the Medieval. I stand corrected. I made some very broad statements (understatement). I was even thinking of the wrong era. I was actually thinking of the 17th century and writing about the 12th century.

What I had wanted to cite was the 17th century in what would be modern-day Germany. Based on that information, I think you can figure out what I was planning to reference, but given the somewhat touchy subject matter, I chose to avoid any actual example. In the process I still derailed the discussion away from the point I was trying to make

That point is that poor writing detracts from missions. In the process for striving for more good grammar (!), there is a certain tact involved in corrections. Perhaps emphasizing can and may as in Can I go to the bathroom vs. May I go to the bathroom is a little over the top. But I dont wat 2 ply a mish taht loks lik tihs

Four hundred years ago there were "grammar elitists".

They were the few that could read Latin. With that ability they ruled the western world. It was through the efforts of many notable people that texts began to be translated so people could understand, and the treasures of western literature were brought to the average person. Out of these efforts came the Renaissance, and with that, modern science.

For a millennium, those elitists had kept themselves in power by ensuring that the common person could not write. We call that period the "Dark Ages". That is the fundamental reason why little progress was made during that time. Therefore, I have great difficulty considering anyone you would claim to be an "Elitist".

If you want to know how I feel, I wince every time I see a spelling mistake. I am disappointed that you do not care about your own work (I fixed your title in this reply). I am frustrated that you know nothing of the plight of those that went before you, and could care less about others. To be blunt, you ask for my opinion, but you do not want it - you want others to agree with you. My opinion could not be printed without censorship.

You can call me elitist, but it does not really take that much effort to join this 'club'. Nor am I necessarily 'proud' of the fact that I can in fact, form coherent sentences. I believe you have shot yourself in the foot and are now whining that your foot hurts.

If you care about your own work, you should take pride in it.

I really like the unique cave map with fog in it. I believe it's Rularru's (I'm a redsider, so I'm not as familiar with this content)

A smaller version of this map would be less frustrating to those that do not like the fog, but give people like me the option of making a small mission where the biggest challenge is finding your way!

They're probably photoshopped, unlike MR. Playskool's.

In the case of resistance based sets for melee types, having the option to slot for resistance would certainly be interesting. Right now, I slot for defense on resistance sets simply because I can get better bonuses.

Given that a defensive set can effectively soft-cap themselves with IO sets, I should be able to do similar things with a resistance set.

Adding resistance set bonuses to either resistance sets or melee attacks would be fairly effective at limiting slotting for range types.

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I don't even know what Armada was. I grew up on GI Joe and the Ninja Turtles.

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For armada, think old transformers, but if the writers thought the viewer was about 50 IQ points dumber. Aww, Ultra Magnus has to be pals with Prime in order to access mega super-duper ultra bot mode. Stop with the touchy feely garbage and shoot something!

Kids these days.

petcom_all attack BRB

I'll roll a necro MM just to see those zombies go after that Big Red Ball.

BRB &gt; i14 MA