well the first thing that springs to mind is the lack of dmg res on the 2 shields.
Personaly i slot shields up first and keep attacks with just acc and endreduxs and use fury for dmg.
2nd is the (in my eyes) wasted slot on health .. its not going to keep you alive in a fight and could of been used elsewere to great effect.
Most ppl take the jump pool for acro for the KB res as using hover in a fight means KB res yeah but painfully slow movment.
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So you chose Fiery Aura... well, you also chose SJ as your travel power. FA has no protection against Immobilization and KB, so you need Combat Jumping and Acrobatics.
Dont take Scorch at 22, your other attacks are better.
Take Plasma Shield before Health, but I suspect you are already level 22, so nvm.
yeah, i'm already lvl 22 but i was told you can get a respec mission at level 24 so i figured i'd best get some advice =]
i've already used up a free respec at 20 because i had crippling endurance problems (fitness pool sorted that) but my problems now are mainly:
A) gaps in my attack chain when hasten is off (the reason i took scorch)
and B) accuracy
as for the suggestions you guys made, i think you're right about health and scorch, though i'm not sure about prioritising my shields before my attacks (though i might be going too far with the end reductions - i'm possibly overcompensating for the problems i had before i took stamina)
as for super jumping, i agree entirely that it makes more sense - but i just like being able to fly (and hover isn't *too* unbearable, i've got it hotkeyed so i can toggle it pretty quickly when i need to move far)
any suggestions on what to replace scorch with? and what to do about my attacks missing so much (is it just because i'm 1-2 levels above most of my enhancements at the moment?)
Actually, it would be a good ideia if you posted your lvl 50 build. We could help you even more =]
Yeah, pre-20 Brutes will have serious Endurance problems, so you gotta take Stamina at lvl 20.
- Scorch and your attack chain
Well, you'll also have some gaps in your attack chain at the beggining. I also have a FM/FA, and I took Fire Sword, Cremate and GFS. Then I got other attacks to fill my chain, like Boxing and Gloom. With these 5 attacks, specially Boxing, I dont stop attacking. I also took Flurry for when I'm slowed and Hasten is off.
My suggestion: If you have problems with your attack chain, I suggest that you pick another power pool with an attack. Like I said in my previous post, you could get Air Superiority from the Flight Pool so you dont start another one. Or pick Boxing so you can get Tough later. But dont take Weave!!! :P
- Fly or SJ
I agree with you about flying. I like it too and took it with my other Brute. AS rules =] But keep in mind you still dont have protection against Immobilization. If you keep Fly, get Burn as soon as you can. It will free your character and grant him protection for a period of time.
- Accuracy
Keep in mind that your accuracy will be 75% against mobs of your lvl if you dont have any enhancements. This value will decrease if the mobs level is higher than yours and if they have any defense. So, if you are plying on Vicious for example, you'll hit 50% of the time roughly.
ToHit = (1+Enhancements)*(0.75+ToHitBuff-MobDefense-ToHitDebuff)
Before slotting Damage, you should put some Accuracy Enhancements. The problem is that you'll have some Acc problems until you get SOs. Until then, I always have 3 DOs in all my attacks, then I switch to 2 SOs. But if you are level 22, you can get level 25 SOs. You wont have Infamy to buy all the enhancements you want, but get 2 Acc for each attack if you are planning o play on any Difficulty above Vicious or you'll miss most of the time.
Phew! =P
That was a really long reply I cba to read that 
PLASMA SHIELD FTW!
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Actually, it would be a good ideia if you posted your lvl 50 build. We could help you even more =]
[/ QUOTE ]i've had a couple of attempts at making a level 50 build, but i always end up just picking stuff at random by about level 40 - i've no idea which powers are useful or which ones will need slots added, etc
atm, i'm looking at swapping the speed pool for leaping so i end up with as, fly, jump kick, cj and acrobatics - i lost my patience with hover once the flight speed enhancements i had started losing their effectiveness
speaking of enhancements, i guess i should only be filling a few slots as i level up? it seems like there's no hope of making enough infamy to fill all the slots before the enhancements you have stop working =/
here's my latest attempt at a 50 build:
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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name: Punitive
Level: 50
Archetype: Brute
Primary: Fiery Melee
Secondary: Fiery Aura
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01) --> Fire Sword==> Empty(1)Empty(13)Empty(37)Empty(48)
01) --> Fire Shield==> Empty(1)Empty(3)Empty(3)Empty(7)Empty(7)Empty(9)
02) --> Cremate==> Empty(2)Empty(13)Empty(39)Empty(48)
04) --> Healing Flames==> Empty(4)Empty(5)Empty(5)Empty(9)Empty(11)Empty(11)
06) --> Jump Kick==> Empty(6)Empty(15)Empty(40)
08) --> Incinerate==> Empty(8)Empty(15)Empty(39)Empty(46)
10) --> Combat Jumping==> Empty(10)Empty(23)Empty(25)Empty(36)Empty(36)Empty(37)
12) --> Air Superiority==> Empty(12)Empty(21)Empty(40)
14) --> Fly==> Empty(14)
16) --> Plasma Shield==> Empty(16)Empty(17)Empty(17)Empty(19)Empty(19)Empty(21)
18) --> Swift==> Empty(18)
20) --> Acrobatics==> Empty(20)Empty(23)Empty(34)
22) --> Health==> Empty(22)
24) --> Stamina==> Empty(24)Empty(25)Empty(31)
26) --> Fire Sword Circle==> Empty(26)Empty(27)Empty(27)Empty(29)Empty(29)Empty(31)
28) --> Burn==> Empty(28)
30) --> Consume==> Empty(30)Empty(31)Empty(40)
32) --> Greater Fire Sword==> Empty(32)Empty(33)Empty(33)Empty(33)Empty(34)Empty(34)
35) --> Fiery Embrace==> Empty(35)Empty(36)Empty(37)
38) --> Rise of the Phoenix==> Empty(38)Empty(39)Empty(42)
41) --> Taunt==> Empty(41)Empty(42)Empty(42)Empty(43)Empty(43)Empty(43)
44) --> Blazing Aura==> Empty(44)Empty(45)Empty(45)Empty(45)Empty(46)Empty(46)
47) --> Challenge==> Empty(47)Empty(48)
49) --> Intimidate==> Empty(49)Empty(50)Empty(50)Empty(50)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Fury==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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i'm about to start shelling out to replace my lvl 20 dual origin enhancements with level 25 single origins, which i imagine is going to take a while and cost a fortune, so before i do, i'd appreciate it if anyone could cast an eye over my current setup and suggest any changes to enhancements that they feel i should make
my current setup looks (roughly) like this:
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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name: Punitive
Level: 23
Archetype: Brute
Primary: Fiery Melee
Secondary: Fiery Aura
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01) --> Fire Sword==> Dmg(1)Dmg(3)Dmg(3)Acc(9)Acc(9)EndRdx(11)
01) --> Fire Shield==> DmgRes(1)EndRdx(5)EndRdx(5)
02) --> Cremate==> Dmg(2)Dmg(11)Dmg(13)Acc(13)Acc(15)EndRdx(15)
04) --> Healing Flames==> Heal(4)Heal(17)Heal(19)Rechg(21)
06) --> Hasten==> Rechg(7)Rechg(7)
08) --> Incinerate==> Acc(8)
10) --> Swift==> Run(10)
12) --> Hover==> Fly(12)
14) --> Fly==> Fly(14)Fly(23)
16) --> Health==> Heal(16)Heal(17)
18) --> Plasma Shield==> DmgRes(18)EndRdx(19)EndRdx(21)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20)
22) --> Scorch==> Acc(22)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Fury==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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although i'm only level 22 and swift is actually slotted with flight speed, not run speed (editor didn't allow this)
so, am i doing things right or do i need to make changes?