Its pretty rubbish atm, it has a fear effect in it also, so its only real value at present is an emergency button to make all the mobs go away.
There was mention of it getting some loving though. And to be honest, yes it was too powerful originally, however it is now next to useless.
SHow the fire set some love 
Burn is very much a situational power ATM. If you can get the mobs locked down then its great, although the damage output is on the low side. With my DM/FA Brute, I pop Midnight Grasp then Burn and watch the mob roast! It is also useful as a panic or "oh[censored]" button, when you get in over your head. Hope this helps! 
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Burn will be better after issue 7, specifically buffs on the player will now effect the burn patch, eg. Build Up, Fiery Embrace.
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Hmm kinda what I thought, most annoying, would prefer the damage to be lowish and mobs not to run personally 
That said I have seen it used to good effect on the AV in the respec missions, stationary opponents ftw
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Hmm kinda what I thought, most annoying, would prefer the damage to be lowish and mobs not to run personally
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The damage is pretty poo ATM, especially as it isn't affected by Fury. The fear effect is a major ball ache as well, so I'm in total agreement that this needs love. Unfortunately the Devs saw that this would be the "wrong" kind of fun!
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I left it out of my build.
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Me too 
Burn = FUN
I like it on my lvl31 FA/DA Brute, it's very good when U team with a Dominator after a herd :-)
Also like it against an AV (they don't get scared away that easy), it's a nice additional damage (90% online when 3 recharged SO)
It not as good as in I4 onv COH, but face it guys... those days where 2 easy for a tank with burn....
Evil Jared - lvl31 FA/DA Brute
I've got mu DM/FA brute to 40 and never took burn, in my opinion burn is pretty useless now for killing foes as they all run away after u activate it. although some people say it is useful if u get in a tight spot and are outnumbered and need to get them off u. burn can get u out of immobilize but i took leaping pool and im happy with combat jumping for that.
until a brute gets a power set that has a power like iceslick like so many ice/fire tanks on coh chose, i dont see that burn is that good of a power any more
I have a lowbie Fire/FA brute in the works and so far he is great fun, my only fear is taking burn which as far as I see has been nerfed far too much especially when in conjunction with the taunt nerfings too. As it stands burn only seems of any use getting rid of immobs and messing up the mob taking them out of reach of your fire sword circle, it doesnt even have slow like caltrops does.
My question with those who know is this, is burn worth taking or has it been nerfed to being totally useless?
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