magikwand

Additional HP still makes a difference and it not just a noob buffer. Additional hp can mean the difference between living or being defeated. If an AV hits you for 2000 pts and follows up quicky with a hit for 300, and you only have 2100 hit points, you have just been defeated. If you have 3200 hit points, you're still in the game, and have a chance to come back.

If you are making the argument that the extra HP isn't exactly needed, I could pretty much agree with you. However, the hope is that new endgame content will be added that will make this a more favorable attribute.

Having extra Hp is a form of mitigation in itself.

Tankers are far from obsolete. Didn't you read that the devs substantially increased the HP cap for tanks? Now they are tankier than ever.

Fire Melee does have Build up.

I see you are quite pleased with your corruptor's performance, but I have to say that the performance between the two is not nearly as disparate as you make it out to be.

Nothing annoys me more than the sound of healing aura on auto. Of course, there have been pain doms putting their healing aura on auto since pain debuted, so this is a playstyle problem that is perpetual.

Well put- this is a power that not only makes no sense, it is also designed impossibly poorly. WTF.

You are definitely right there, T. I like for a build to be efficient enough to where I am not popping insp of any sort like a junkie. I rolled a km/sd scrapper. The build seems nice enough, and I think Km is lighter on end than SS for sure.

Regardless of how quickly stuff dies Edana- SS/SD is an extremely thirsty combo. With a notoriously thirsty primary and a secondary full of toggles, and needing more from pools to softcap, and no way to recover endurance outside of inspirations or outside buffs, things get sticky from time to time. I was ecstatic to switch to energy mastery, and feel it is the greatest gift I could have given to my brute. Inspirations are there to use, but they are not something I like to rely on.

This is stated very very succinctly. I am annoyed about having to respec some of my older toons, but I certainly think the benefits will outweigh the cost of doing so.

To date- I have only made one character that didn't take fitness pool. My first villain to 50; a MM that I subsequently deleted.

Everytime this or just a stamina related discussion surfaces, there is always some element that appears that seems to say "I'm a better player than you because I don't need to take stamina on any of my toons." Said player is now feeling shafted because that smug superiority and over-inflated sense of self worth will be wiped away the first time he or she rolls a new toon in i19. To that, I say: Get over it!

I don't think a player's skill level can be determined by whether or not they take stamina on their toons. The only thing that is really going to change is that the people who might look down their noses at players that choose the fitness pool will have to look for a new reason to feel superior.

Not sure what the regen rate of my mr em/sr is, but she is well into the softcap range. Her stats put her above 48% defense in all 3 positions. The main problem I have with this combo is that the heaviest hitter in your arsenal will cause you to take consistent and notable damage. I have died probably about 10-15 times while using ET. (Cool concept, I suppose, using the last of your own life to take out an enemy, but definitely not cool when the enemy survives and you don't.) Sure, it was a bit of negligence on my part, but the problem is still there. If you are planning on using ET a lot, SR will suffer because it just doesn't have a way to dynamically regain lost HP. SR survivability is superb, but coupling it with EM is not the best plan, IMO.

If you can do it- why not roll an EM/SD? At least with AAO boosting your offense, ET will hit harder than it does with SR. I have only seen one EM/SD, and the person said he liked it well enough.

I have played this combo and I must say that I disagree wholeheartedly with the above statement. Although I suppose it depends largely on how much you plan on using ET, but that attack takes constant and notable chunks out of your health bar. I absolutely despise my EM/SR. Namely because of the EM part. I don't have any problems with SR really, but the pairing lacks any synergy.

Without any means of recovering health outside of carrying greens (not reliable) or taking aid self, SR is probably one of the last secondaries I would recommend to pair with EM. EM does much better with a secondary that gives the user the ability to regenerate health instantly (Dark Armor, fiery aura) or passively (WP or energy aura). Believe me- the constant dings to your health will become an issue if you use ET a lot. And with that being of the heaviest hitters in the set, why wouldn't you want to use it as often as possible?

I would recommend taking anything else/SR. Yes, I said anything/sr. Anything else will likely give you more DPS, AoE, and utility. Sure, it hits hard on a brute. Is it worth it? No. If I didn't feel so bad about it, I would roll a KM/SR brute to replace my EM/SR. Too bad stripping her down would be so costly.

You are wrong on some of your technical data- Invulnerability (not invincibility) is a hybrid set. It is primarily resistance, but defense is abundant if you are near enemies and take Invincibility.

Shield defense is primarily defense, but you have a bit of predictable resistance as well.

I agree on why wp matches up well with Km though.