Is DA really PvP friendly?

Ok iv got a katana/DA scrapper, and was in sirens earlier for a fair bit, bout 2 hours i reckon and fighting non-stop. Against people like masterminds and stalkers they didnt stand a chance against me (apart from this 1 stalker who kept ownin me lol) and the odd brute here and there due to cloak of fear which made them loose fury. But if i didnt end the battle really really really quick then my endurance would be gone within a minute easily, iv put a lvl 30 end reduction on each power (im lvl 28 btw) but it still doesnt help really. Health wise my health stays up almost fall constantly cause i got great defences, but cause the end is gone within a minute of constant fighting all the toggles will drop then boom i got 10 seconds left to live. Was just wondering then if this is how DA is supposed to be, great defences/effects, but have to be able to kill your enemy quick.

Sounds like the life of the scrapper to me, and pretty much matches up to my experiences with the DA set.

Dunno about great defenses and effects, but plenty of the endurance drain is from cloak of fear I believe. You might want to test fighting without it on and see if it helps. Putting one endurance redux into your big attacks should also help. And of coursetrying to get stamina from fitness pool.

You want one end redux in each attack as well. End redux in defendes help your recovery (it makes most difference when not actually fighting), endredux in attacks extends your time fighting (it helps more during fights than slots in shields).

A typical attack used continously costs 1-1.5 end/second. A typical shield uses 0.1 to 0.25 end per second.

No DA isnt PvP friendly if you ask me. You are by far the squishiest scrapper of the lot, and the extra utility you have doesnt make up for this.

DA is the only set that scrappers can kill solo.

Nothing like herding all the Spines/Regens in SC with my brute then watching them all tremble while I casually spam DR to lower their spirits.....
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