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  1. ultrawatt
    Having gotten quite a few brute to 45% I can say that once you hit the s/l soft cap def debuffs (from s/l at least) don’t actually have that big of an effect. That’s for 2 reasons i think:
    1. Being soft capped means that you are actually less likely to get hit by def debuff. As the first attacks only has 1 in 20 chance to hit.
    2. Dead things can’t debuff you, you’re a brute large mobs should last that long in the first place. But there are some enemies that don’t like to die, like AVs. But during that long AV fight most of the time the only thing that will be alive is that AV, which means it’s going to take quite a while for an s/l AV to stack any decent –def on.

    Of course, posi and the like with eat you up and spit you out unless you have some backup, but when don’t you have help?

    This is only true of */*/soul brutes, but both gloom and dark oblit will end up throwing -tohit at the enemy. That’s 4-8 pseudo def.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TankShock View Post
    Could you elaborate on this? What do you mean by "low AT mod"? Thanks!
    brutes have a low dmg mod, ie base dmg. So the 33-6% +dmg you get from musculature is...not a lot.
  2. ultrawatt
    Epic super gratz I think you have finally transcended god, fiery. :P


    *sigh* i really need to get my mind/fire to 50, im such an FOTM junkie >.<
  3. ultrawatt

    New To Brutes

    POST-ACTION

    Oh, one thing i have forgotten i guess is that now that stamina kicks in at lvl2 you actually dont end up having to many end problems until 20ish so before that acc/rech/maybe dmg should will be fine. Once you get up to 20 however...
  4. ultrawatt

    New To Brutes

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
    This is good advice from level 1-50, on any AT.

    Few people realize that attacks consume a lot more endurance per second than toggles ever will.
    That.
    I ALWAYS have at least one end redux in almost all of the attacks i have on any almost toon.
    On brutes i think this is really needed because the key to a good brute is that you dont stop and rest between a mob. I actually find end is BETTER if you keep going, but maybe thats just me.
  5. ultrawatt

    Very Best Farmer?

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by runt9 View Post
    Is it possible to make a good SS/FA Brute WITHOUT any purples?
    Since inspirations drop so insanely fast solo, is it pointless to build for defense when you can just pop a couple purples and be good?
    Is there anyone that would be willing to show me in-game how the ambush farms and demon farm are supposed to be done The Right Way (tm)?

    Thanks for any answers and sorry for threadjacking... :P
    It is very possible to make a good brute without purples, especially for ambush farms at least. However, I have yet to create a general build that I would play without 1-2 purple sets, ie one that has 45% or more s/l def, 12 KB protection, and 50% or more +rech. But those might be some high standards.
    Yes, there is no point to build for def in farming. Other that the few places where def is one of the only things you can get that’s useful, 3 slot aegis in your armor. In an ambush farm you want rech and more rech. Imo, this because of 3 things:
    1. It helps you get your AoEs, rage, and FE up faster :P
    2. It is one of the only stats that cannot be increased with insp, which drop A LOT.
    3. You should be running with upwards of 500% dmg buff for your powers thanks to rage and reds (if you aren’t using these you failed). Running at this amount of +dmg even 10% more +rech after you already have over 100% from sets (and thus pretty big rech decay) can increase your overall DPS by over 10.
  6. ultrawatt
    I LOVE the stealth set, perfect place for a few LotG mules. I have it on most of my toons.
  7. ultrawatt
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by _Toxa_ View Post
    On my Tank, I can confirm that Quick Strike is now doing KB to even-con enemies. Burst, which is only slightly less magnitude, still does KD.
    Ive got a scrap thats at 20 something. Quick strike will sometimes do KB to even con critters.


    Anyway, my Foot Stomp is still doing knockdown to even con critters even after the lvl shift.
  8. ultrawatt

    SS/FA build

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    Here, made a couple of small changes. The FF+rech proc is THAT good. Also i would recommend you get either soul (gloom+dark oblit) or mu (fences+ball) if you can, so you can get RotP nuke/rez. You are going to die sometimes, and being about to get right back up, kill some dudes, and be unkillable for 15 seconds is fun.


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  9. ultrawatt

    SS/FA build

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Helluva_Goon View Post
    I am curious to know. How efficient is the Fighting Power Pool powers are, Tough & Weave for the SS/FA Brute? I would be farming mostly (probably only fire_type damage mobs). I have a FA/BA Tanker but nevered played a Brute before. Just very curious to know just how much squishier a FA Brute is compared to a FA Tanker. I am about to do a respec build but do not know if Fighting Pool is necessary for additional content besides farming. Note just want to do some nice scrapper like team-play if possible besides being mistaken for a Tanker's roll because it is a FA Brute, (I would roll an Invun, or Stone Armor for the Tanking aggro holding roll - not knocking off other armor type Brutes because of not mentioning those).

    Thanks
    If you're gonna be farming only fire type enemies your better off getting the stealth set for some LotG mules, but if you want to run something like an ITF and other "normal" stuff it’s really really noticeable. And weave is sweet as well because you can get closer to the epicness that is the soft cap, but that’s another thing i wouldn’t shoot for if you are doing fire type enemies.
    I for one always support having two builds, one that’s soft capped to s/l and the other that’s has tons of +rech. But not everyone wants to spend that kind of inf.
  10. ultrawatt
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mr_Grumpums View Post
    Is there any sort of IO set that I could put into Taunt that would help my Brute out? I know full well that he isn't a tank, but it's an extremely useful power for herding enemies around him to maximize the effect of Burn and Foot Stomp.
    On my none-farming build i have 4 slot mocking beratement, get nice +end and s/l def.
  11. ultrawatt

    Animal pack ?

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    I think it was only a rumor; we got the vanguard pack instead. Or at least there hasn’t been anything official on it.
  12. ultrawatt
    I almost always color each of my powers differently, that ended up being REALLY fun on my spine/regen. Infact i wish there was an option of having three or so different sets of colors for one power that would come up randomly, that would be sooo cool!
    Then some other times i use what's really close to the original color but just a little off, did this on a few of my fire/kin's costumes.
  13. ultrawatt
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Signpost View Post
    Another thing to note is that because it adds damage as opposed to buffing damage like it's previous incarnation, it allows you to do more damage even if you are already at the damage cap.
    Yep, due to this its personally my favorite power ingame atm. If you didnt get it you failed. :P
  14. ultrawatt
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sardan View Post
    Optimal for what? If you're after shards and the chance for purple drops wouldn't +0/x8 be better?
    +2/x8 should increase your inf/min quite a bit and shouldn't lower your kill rate by a noticeable amount, if anything you will just have less wasted AoE dmg.
  15. ultrawatt
    Here, cheap SS/fire/mu made for farming Fire ambushs or demons. It does have quite a few LotGs in it but those can always trickle in slowly. and for KoB just grab whichever Gaze's are cheapest.

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    Edit: and heres a SS/fire/pyre one if you are blueside and dont wanna go get mu
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  16. ultrawatt

    SS/FA build

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    Either cardiac for your end or spirit for your kill rate and the +healing. Musculature is semi-useless on a brute.
  17. ultrawatt
    Paragon wiki is a great place to looks up mods for the ATs. Red tomax might have them too but i never use it.

    Also, in reality Scrappers>brutes>tanks>stalkers when it comes to melee dmg. (dont worry stalker lovers im only joking, plz dont AS meh) :P
    However, doms actually have the 2nd highest melee dmg mod.
    HEAT nova forms have the highest ranged dmg mod, of course blasters still do more dmg.
  18. ultrawatt

    Very Best Farmer?

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LygerZero View Post
    what ultrawatt said

    but, custom* critters
    haha >.<
  19. ultrawatt

    Very Best Farmer?

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Granite Agent View Post
    So what kind of mobs are giving better raw inf/exp gain? Are people just creating custom large maps populated with, say, Council or Freaks and going at it. I'm sorry to sound naive, I've just stayed 100% away from AE farming and now with double xp upon us I need to figure out what to do to drive 2 new level-pacted toons to 50.
    double xp doesnt work in AE.
    But mostly people make costum critters geared toward a certain set, like fire melee critters for farming on an SS/FA.

    Edit: >.<
  20. ultrawatt

    Very Best Farmer?

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Fiery-Enforcer View Post
    Yeah, if you want regular rewards, you'd be better off farming one of the popular farming missions. Otherwise, AE is superior for raw inf/xp gain, while regular content can net you more depending on the drops you get.
    I find it's the tickets that actually make AE good. I can generally average upwards of 100mil a day from only 20 minutes or less of actual farming.
  21. ultrawatt

    Very Best Farmer?

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Granite Agent View Post
    Has anyone figured out the best Dev's Choice AE mission for farming, so you can get regular rewards?
    Why would you want regular rewards? :P
  22. ultrawatt

    Very Best Farmer?

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lobster View Post
    This.

    I tried to do some comparisons of my spines/fire vs. my ss/fire and it was utterly pointless, the brute wins by miles simply due to scrapper afraid/notaunt thing.
    Im glad i was able to hear this. For awhile now i have been thinking about making a spine/fire to test out.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mezzosoprano View Post
    Out of curiosity, how much inf/xp/tickets per hour do these builds earn?

    I can manage a hair over 500k inf/min in AE with my Plant/Storm controller, but I don't know how that stacks up vs. the builds discussed here.
    Last i remember my SS/fire/mu was getting about 775k inf/min in SG mode and reachs 600-700 tix/min (farming more for this rather than inf/min), before load times. But going to go test this out right now.

    Edit: 599.34 tix/min and 758,281.39 inf/min (in SG mode)
  23. ultrawatt
    Personally I would always try and shoot for the soft cap, specially on an SS/WP brute, no matter how much +rech i have to give up.
    This thing is, the more def you get the each point of def gets BETTER...by a lot. But with more and more +rech each point of +rech gets less and less useful.
    But generally i want softcap and 50% or more +rech from set bonuses.
  24. ultrawatt
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by StrykerX View Post
    For really huge groups, I'd go with a Bots/Traps MM. No matter how tough your Scrapper or Brute is, he can only hold aggro on 16 targets or so. But with pets each pet can aggro 16, so you can potentially have dozens of enemies rounded up eating laser and missile barrages.
    I dont really see bots being able to survive that for very long, even though they are likely soft capped.
  25. ultrawatt

    Very Best Farmer?

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA View Post
    Blazing Aura, on a Scrapper, does not Taunt. Burn will actively scare things away on a Scrapper.

    Of course Spines is probably the best set for dealing with that sort of running, Slows as secondary effects and Quills taunting them back.
    Really, burn will scare stuff away on a scrapper? That sucks.