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I've had a lvl 5 MA/SR scrapper lying around unused for a very long while. I've decided I wanna dig him out; it's been a while since I played a scrapper. My questions are:
1) I've heard that SR's passive powers (e.g Agile) give only a really small bonus. Are they still worth getting?
2) I'm considering taking tough and/or weave from the fitness pool. How much res/def bonus do these two powers give me? Do you recommend taking them? All info/advice welcome.
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Can't really answer 3
Tough RES smash/lethal slotted with 3 SO++ 17.7%
Weave DEF smash/lethal/melee/ranged slotted with 3 SO++ 5.1%
Agile DEF Ranged 6.1% with 1 SO++ or 7.8% with 3 SO++
Dodge has the same as Agile but is for melee.
With ED cutting the DEF on your toggles i think its work taking passives though its up to you to find slots to fit them
Weave, just don't.
Tough, if i could take this without boxing/kick then yeah would be worth it. But i hate taking 2 powers when the bonus isn't fantastic. Carry some RES inspriations instead.
And passives now give resistance to all damage types other than Psi as your health drops. Probably worth it for that alone.
Its not that great, I believe it reaches 22% at 1hp.
Okay, Weave sounds useless, I might get tough at later levels. As for passives... well, I'll get them eventually, but they're not high priority.
Yeah 20% per passive, so that is 60% total for all three passives. Because defence is so poor since I5 it is more a case of might as well have what you can get and a dollop of resistance on top as well.
Yea the other useful thing about the passive powers is when you are mezzed and your toggles drop. THey still leave you with some measure of defence, while you are held, sleeping etc and in the time it takes you to toggle them back on.
I think the resistance is against your defence being debuffed and as SR is pretty much only about defence, the passive powers are essential.
Defiant
Vig'rid - L50 BS/SR Scrapper
Captain in [color=Blue]The Divine Syndicate [/color]
Ka'moon - L27 FF/PSI Defender
Captain in [color=red]The Protangonists[/color]
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I think the resistance is against your defence being debuffed and as SR is pretty much only about defence, the passive powers are essential.
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It's real resistance, the you take less damage kind. Why should a defence set get this? nobody has been able to explain this conceptually. But things making an in game sense seems to no longer be a requirement if it gets in the way of a quick and dirty fix. 
Oops, meant to say that it also has a resistance to defence debuff in addition to damage resistance. 
Defiant
Vig'rid - L50 BS/SR Scrapper
Captain in [color=Blue]The Divine Syndicate [/color]
Ka'moon - L27 FF/PSI Defender
Captain in [color=red]The Protangonists[/color]
I've seen it explained conceptually as "rolling with the blows" - i.e. if you can't quite evade a strike, at least you can roll with it so it does you less damage. That concept works very well for melee (and smashing/lethal damage types), but I find it hard to see how it could work with, say, energy or fire.
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I've seen it explained conceptually as "rolling with the blows" - i.e. if you can't quite evade a strike, at least you can roll with it so it does you less damage. That concept works very well for melee (and smashing/lethal damage types), but I find it hard to see how it could work with, say, energy or fire.
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I would have thought that would have fitted better if resistance was inherent, not increasing as you are beaten to a pulp. Increasing defence I could have seen as you pushing yourself harder to avoid the blows in desperation.
I've had a lvl 5 MA/SR scrapper lying around unused for a very long while. I've decided I wanna dig him out; it's been a while since I played a scrapper. My questions are:
1) I've heard that SR's passive powers (e.g Agile) give only a really small bonus. Are they still worth getting?
2) I'm considering taking tough and/or weave from the fitness pool. How much res/def bonus do these two powers give me? Do you recommend taking them? All info/advice welcome.
3) What powers from my primary/secondary should I avoid?
All help appreciated.
Millo