First off, let me say this. I have a LOT of Defenders. I am a huge fan of Defenders. I have an Empathy/Energy/Power at lvl 50, a Kinetics/Radiation at 32, a Storm/Electric at lvl 33 and several others across a few servers.
When I play my Empath, I usually try to keep Fortitude up on as many people as I can (usually 3 without downtime). Why do I bring this up? Fortitude is one of those buffs that is from multiple sets of what Linea was saying. It raises your tohit, your damage, your defense and your resistance.
Why do I point out the obvious? Simple. When I put Fortitude on someone, I usually don't need to worry about their health unless we are either going against a LOT of enemies or are going against AVs. In those cases, I will usually put RAs out and put AB on the person who usually takes the most damage (tank who takes alpha for example). This keeps my hands free for blasting.
I think that the point that Linea was trying to make was that in the majority of the game (read past L20) the buffs/debuffs that Defenders/Corruptors/Controllers have are a lot stronger than the green numbers. They multiply your attack and defensive power and mitigate the need for having those green numbers. It is still good to have heals in reserve, but after L20 reliance on heals is a liability.
Lord knows if I'm going into the red on my Blaster, I like to get a heal, but I'd rather have a Fortitude so that I don't get into the red.
