I played my fire/fire brute without acrobatics for ages. I hear the hold protection is weaker than the rest but I rarely got held, sure it happened but not very frequently at all. If you wanna avoid taking acrobatics go for it. I've gone and taken it since I respeced just for the knock back, hold prot is a bonus.
I am quite sure that it is the same mag protection as all the others,atleast thats true with the fire tank version.
AFAIK, Plasma shield does not protect against knockback (my /fire brute certainly gets knocked across the screen every now and then). This is the main reason for /FIRE tanks and brutes to take acrobatics.
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Correct but what I was trying to say was that status protection mag for the things it protects against ie...Dissorient,hold,sleep,stun etc is the same across the board,its just that I haven't had much sleep so my brain isn't working properly 
most mez protection is a mag 10 since i6 ..acrobatics is a mag 1 protection and most holding powers are a mag 2.
acrobatics is just good for the knockback protection.
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Knockback/knockdown really annoys me, so I actually took Acrobatics earlier than I'd planned (at L22) because I was getting tired of being bounced off the floor by every bad guy with a shotgun, mallet, grenade launcher, etc.
Re: Hold protection - You probably read my comment on the other thread. To qualify it, the only reason I'm not sure about Plasma Shield's hold protection is because in a team after a toggle-crash I did get held when Plasma Shield was up but Acro was down. Admittedly I was having quite a lot of Holds stacked on me at that moment so even if Acro was up it may not have helped. But that was an isolated event - I've not been Held at any other point in my 18 levels (L22-40) with both Plasma Shield & Acrobatics up. I've only had to suffer from fear/terrify, placate and confuse - like pretty much everyone else (except /Darks and /Ninjitsu Stalkers who get Fear protection).
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How strong is the status protection from Plasma Shield? Someone said that I'd need Acrobatics as well, but I'm hesitant.
(I have Hover for knockback, so that's not an issue.)
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If you have Hover for Knockback and are happy with it, Acrobatics is a waste. It provides much less protection than Plasma Shield aginst holds.
However how do you deal with immobs? You have no protection against them.
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Not while hovering IIRC.
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How strong is the status protection from Plasma Shield? Someone said that I'd need Acrobatics as well, but I'm hesitant.
(I have Hover for knockback, so that's not an issue.)
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If you're happy enough with Hover as Knockback er ... Protection, you shouldn't need Acrobatics. Plasma should provide plenty enough Hold Protection.
More, however, doesn't hurt.
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How strong is the status protection from Plasma Shield? Someone said that I'd need Acrobatics as well, but I'm hesitant.
(I have Hover for knockback, so that's not an issue.)
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If you have Hover for Knockback and are happy with it, Acrobatics is a waste. It provides much less protection than Plasma Shield aginst holds.
However how do you deal with immobs? You have no protection against them.
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Just FYI, I've had Fire Shield detoggled in the mid-20s by 3-4 Longbow Beanbags, so I'm guessing that the resistance figures for Plasma Shield are similar - but that's nothing that Acrobatics will help with. If you can live happily with Hover, then much like everyone else has suggested, you can do without having to pick up Acro.
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How strong is the status protection from Plasma Shield? Someone said that I'd need Acrobatics as well, but I'm hesitant.
(I have Hover for knockback, so that's not an issue.)