On the Care and Feeding of Your Scrapper (V2.0)
By
AgentMountaineer,
Posted on: 2005-04-04 20:04 in Player Guides
I'm a house scrapper, a scrappus domesticus. >_>
I hate soloing and mainly I tend to play one of the squishies and I team 98% of my time. So am aware of team dynamics and usually dislikes the scrappers who aren't Scrappus Domesticus, simply because they're usually running around doing their own thing, rather than work together with the rest of the team. More than once I've experienced a wipe because the scrapper felt invincible, pulled too much aggro, while the tanker was already busy in another fight.
I think both the wild and the feral scrapper should be house trained, so their presence isn't a danger to the rest of the team.
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I'm a house scrapper, a scrappus domesticus. >_>
I hate soloing and mainly I tend to play one of the squishies and I team 98% of my time. So am aware of team dynamics and usually dislikes the scrappers who aren't Scrappus Domesticus, simply because they're usually running around doing their own thing, rather than work together with the rest of the team. More than once I've experienced a wipe because the scrapper felt invincible, pulled too much aggro, while the tanker was already busy in another fight.
I think both the wild and the feral scrapper should be house trained, so their presence isn't a danger to the rest of the team.
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Its been long said but bears repeating ....
... you can't turn a wild animal into a pet, deep down its still wild.
So the best you could do with a wild scrapper is make it feral
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I think both the wild and the feral scrapper should be house trained, so their presence isn't a danger to the rest of the team.
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House training men, women, aliens, demons, etc., that carry large pointy objects or punch guys like Freak Tanks bare handed doesn't sound like the smartest enterprise in the world. 
Had to post for no other reason than to bring this back to the forefront on the new boards 
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I was on a MA Freak slaughter mish today. 3 tanks, 1 ta/a defender, and 3 scrappers. The only 50s were me and the spines/invuln.
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A truly scrapperish attitude and an excellent story worthy of the scrapper boards. Tanks are certainly not the end-all be-all of meat shields. A well put together scrapper can withstand a brutal amount of punishment and live to tell about it. The point is knowing what your limits (if there are any) are and pushing as close to them as possible without falling over the edge.
I am always reminded of one Citadel TF when I ran off from the group because we were steamrolling easily and I was tired of the team stealing my kills. I got myself into a little bit of a tight spot and the def came to help. While not intended, he stole the aggro and promply face planted while I managed to get away to heal up. While chewing on dirt he muttered, "Never try to save a suicidal scrapper."
It's moments like that that make me love the scrapper AT, though I'm sorry for causing the debt on the Def. I did go and clean up and gave him a wakie for his trouble. He just learned to let me do my own thing from that point and it wasn't really an issue.