But the one with the coolest looking weapons surely? If claws looked like that I'd be playing a claws character and nothing else.
Personally I didn't see the benefit in a pet at all for my brute, it disrupts herding for a start, and costs heavey end to summon (so woudln't want to summon after a herd)
Hasten might be handy to bring back Dark Regen but has a nasty end cost at the end (why I dont have it)
Ob Gloom might be a good choice though, as Cloak of Fear might drain your end too much.
If I was picking from the powers avialable for you i'd take Soul Tentacles though, an Imob's nice, is holds people in place so I can get into the best spot for Dark Regen
"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
Sounds like a decent idea actually.. but hows acc and end for it and things like that? I oughta try it out on test
@MidnightGuard - on Union you may know me as:
Mr. Vile - Electroman X - Zenodorus - Battler
Naga Knight - Stinkspitter
I've only used Op Gloom for about half a level on one of my brutes but already I can see it's great (and he's Super Strength primary so with Op Gloom and Foot Stomp, plus all his single target knockdown, plus the all-round resists and full heal from /dark, he's easily my most survivable brute).
It seems fairly accurate with just one Accuracy SO in it. Actually I might leave it with just one Accuracy, because I still like to have some enemies beating on me for Fury-building, and in that respect Op Gloom would be good just for reducing some of the incoming damage in situations where you really need that.
End cost is negligible (not worth slotting for EndRdx imho) and it mentions a health cost in the description, but with Health (just the base slot) I don't lose any HP while running it.
On a /dark Scrapper I'd probably go mad and slot it 2xAcc, 3xDisorient Duration though, as you'd want to mitigate as much incoming damage as possible.
As for brute patron powers, I'm avoiding everything except Web Envelope (Black Scorp) which has it's uses. Heard nothing but bad reports on pretty much everything else for brutes.
OK will give the one good report you'll hear on the patron powers then. Herd up a big group. Build up, Electric Fences, Fire Sword Circle, Lightning Ball, group no longer standing. But I dont have a pet kin, a pet kin might mean I need less AoEs I guess
"Well, they found my diary today.
They were appropriately appalled
at the discovery of the eight victims
They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
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OK will give the one good report you'll hear on the patron powers then. Herd up a big group. Build up, Electric Fences, Fire Sword Circle, Lightning Ball, group no longer standing. But I dont have a pet kin, a pet kin might mean I need less AoEs I guess
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Yeah it does, but even solo or in a kin-less team I could still do the 3 AE chain - just open with FSC, follow with Web Envelope, then hit Burn and walk away - not much will survive that, Kin or not, and while Burn might take slightly longer to deliver its superior auto-hit damage I also wouldn't have the big End-hit from patron AEs like Lightning Ball. Then again it's not really necessary - even solo on Vicious I found a couple of ticks of Blazing Aura (before BU+FE wore off, after an FSC on high Fury) would pretty much kill all the lieuts/minions anyway.
But yeah pet /kins are nice - I've only had the benefit for the last ten levels on my Fire/Fire - before that I levelled my other two brutes and a corruptor with my friend's /kin - I figured, correctly I think, that the Fire/Fire could get the most mileage out of the /kin buffs in the last ten levels - and boy do we kill fast 
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while Burn might take slightly longer to deliver its superior auto-hit damage
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while Burn might take slightly longer to deliver its superior auto-hit damage
[/ QUOTE ]Burn is not auto-hit, it just has very high accuracy.
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Fair enough - explains why Valkyrie kept deflecting it while MoG'd up (and slowed to a crawl by my /kin friend) the other day. I thought she was just a cheater 
In a slightly off-topic but Burn-related vein I do find it very amusing to stack multiple Burns on the bank lift to the vault room in mayhem missions (and on doors in arsons/raids) - with PPD/Longbow minion's hang-time in the lift (when they count as being just outside it for targeting purposes) it is funny to see them entering the room and just falling over Sick? Me? Noooo <shuffles away snickering to himself>
OK, since Midnight Guard hit 50, ive been looking closely at his powers. As a dark/dark, he has end problems.. and stuff.. BUT, there is one power that bothers me alot: Summon Widow, as in summon Blood Widow. Heres some minor stats:
Low/Medium HP
Moderate DMG
Medium ACC
just 3 things, that are examples of the Blood Widow being very.. crappy. I find that everytime i summon her, i lose about 30% end, and other than that, she goes nuts on an orange Eagle the other day. and gets killed! wth?? compaired to all over brute pets.. she must be the weakest possible, dont you think?
i have all 3 respecs on Midnight Guard so thinking of changing her. Heres all my current powers jsut so you can get an overview.
Dark Melee.
Shadow Punch-Smite-Shadow Maul-Siphon Life-Touch of Fear-Taunt-Dark Consumption-Soul Drain-Midnight Grasp. (Yeah, so basically i have all DM powers.)
Dark Armor.
Dark Embrace-Murky Cloud-Obsidian Shield-Dark Regeneration-Cloak of Darkness-Soul Transfer.
Jumping (pool powers).
Combat Jumping-Super Jump-Acrobatics.
Fitness.
Swift-Health-Stamina.
Soul Mastery.
Gloom-Dark Obliteration-Summon Widow.
All i got atm. maybe i shud change my widow for Cloak of Fear? or maybe Hasten.. im not sure.. but lil help ere too?
@MidnightGuard - on Union you may know me as:
Mr. Vile - Electroman X - Zenodorus - Battler
Naga Knight - Stinkspitter