Well after some testing, my original build seems to work quite nicely! My survivability is definitely how I thought it should have been when I made it for I5 
If you are finding that your build is fine then the only thing you should look at is powers with more than 3 of the same enhancement. 4+ enhancements now give such a small increase that they are not really worth it. So just replace those 4+ enchancements with something else - secondary effects, endreds, recreds, etc. If you post your current build, then I can suggest where to replace enhancements. Bonus is you won't even need to respec!
UNION @Flitz 50, Lead Hose 50, Red Rag 50
DEFIANT Rose Bloodthorn 34
VIGILANCE Captain Caledonia 20 - Yeah, I made toons on the French server coz we only had 4 back then (might have to transfer/recreate them on one of the US servers)
..and many more!
I7 gave us defence scaling, which means that SR is now much better against higher level foes.
We also got changes to the first three claws animations, which increased the DPS of the set nicely.
If you left after I5, you don't know about ED, but your last posts seem to have been made during I6, so I assume you already know that you should only slot 3 of one enhancement type to one power, because after that that slotting more of same type will give very small effect.
Also, Claws has had some animation changes. Slash is now a really good attack so if you don't have it you might wanna consider picking it up
Get aid-self and you'll have very high survivability.
Thanks all... I did slot accordingly for ED As for my build, I can't remember what order stuff came in but I'm open to suggestions - I'll post it tomorrow.
Anyhow, time for me to hop off. Got a hot dog to munch on!
Oh, and welcome back Flea!
Been playing my Claws/SR a lot recently. I never played Claws or SR before i7, but im very very impressed with this combo in PvE and im enjoying elements of PvP too. Ive never played a none squishy so much before and i think i went from none squishy, right to the top of scrapper survivability because this guy is last man standing most of the time and soloing on invincible without even drawing breath. Bit too easy tbh.
Hope you enjoy your return.
*Side steps into frame*
Aid Self rules.
*Leaves*
@Rooks
"You should come inside the box... Then you'll know what I mean."
Hi all,
Can someone explain what has changed as regards these two powersets please?
I've come back to CoH for a month provisionally in the hope that I can have some fun again as a Claws/SR
Also any builds or suggestions I can work from and customise would be appreciated as I have no clue as to the recent changes.. (I left after I5 I think it was).
Ta muchly!
Flea