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Sorry, who made you the forum police?
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Well, he is an Officer and he does have some Cuffz with him...
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I can ask you to stop spamming and trolling or report you, since im a nice guy, i start with asking politely.. don't make me angry, you wouldnt like it when im angry.
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Officer Cuffz lvl 50 Inv/Nrg Tank
Badge lvl 50 dwarf/human Peacebringer
Dark Air lvl 50 Ice/Cold Corruptor
Ayre lvl 50 Storm/Elec Defender
Total Cat: @Officer Cuffz
"When I say interview, I mean engage in combat and defeat..." -Laura Brunetti, on how to deal with Warriors.
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I can ask you to stop spamming and trolling or report you, since im a nice guy, i start with asking politely.. don't make me angry, you wouldnt like it when im angry.
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I'm sure you're a nice guy, doesn't give you the authority to tell people to move on.
By the way, where have I been spamming and trolling?
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unless someone has anything relevant to say concerning En/En lets move on shall we?
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is hardly telling people to move on but rather suggesting, no?
and the case of "trolling" can be something as simple as having a belligerent attitude:
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Officer Cuffz lvl 50 Inv/Nrg Tank
Badge lvl 50 dwarf/human Peacebringer
Dark Air lvl 50 Ice/Cold Corruptor
Ayre lvl 50 Storm/Elec Defender
Total Cat: @Officer Cuffz
"When I say interview, I mean engage in combat and defeat..." -Laura Brunetti, on how to deal with Warriors.
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I would hardly call that belligerent. I'd still like the proof that I'm "spamming" as well.
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is hardly telling people to move on but rather suggesting, no?
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Well it effectively is, and the tone as if speaking to a child can be considered as trolling as well.
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The phrase is more than a little misleading.
Read it as "A Tanker using Taunt results in amazing damage mitigation for the tanker's squishier teammembers".
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A bit more in ways than that Maelwys so its not too misleading. I actually dont think its misleading at all.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
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Drifting off topic here, seeing as the OP has gotten his questions answered, unless someone has anything relevant to say concerning En/En lets move on shall we?
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This is considered a fine post to make by people going on what one moderator has said in the past.
I like Cuffster and consider this kind of forum policing acceptable but if it was coming from someone who breaks the rules then, admittedly, I wouldnt be too happy.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
Not call yourself belligerent? but you are, first against Shannon, then Maelwys, then me..
and while you in your opinion may not be spamming technically, in MY opinion, simply posting something without any intellectual value is spamming.. again, in MY opinion.
and i treat people according to how they behave. In my world teenagers can earn my respect by acting mature and people in their 20s and 30s or higher lose it by the acting immature.
Your coming across as someone shoving people around itching for a fight, and thats how i treat you-
Now, this has nothing to with En/En brutes, so this debate ends now.
UNION
Officer Cuffz lvl 50 Inv/Nrg Tank
Badge lvl 50 dwarf/human Peacebringer
Dark Air lvl 50 Ice/Cold Corruptor
Ayre lvl 50 Storm/Elec Defender
Total Cat: @Officer Cuffz
"When I say interview, I mean engage in combat and defeat..." -Laura Brunetti, on how to deal with Warriors.
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Not call yourself belligerent? but you are, first against Shannon, then Maelwys, then me..
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I asked Shannon what his signature meant. I have no idea what I said to Maelwys which was belligerent and as I have already said I would hardly regard what I said to you as belligerent.
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and while you in your opinion may not be spamming technically, in MY opinion, simply posting something without any intellectual value is spamming.. again, in MY opinion.
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Posting something without any intellectual value is spamming? I wonder if I've seen any examples of that in this thread... Oh wait!
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You're lucky I'm a nice guy, otherwise I'd report you!!!!!!!!!!!!
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and i treat people according to how they behave. In my world teenagers can earn my respect by acting mature and people in their 20s and 30s or higher lose it by the acting immature.
Your coming across as someone shoving people around itching for a fight, and thats how i treat you-
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I'm honoured!
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Now, this has nothing to with En/En brutes, so this debate ends now.
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Once again I have to say - on what authority can you say that?
Level 48 Technology Brute
Primary Power Set: Energy Melee
Secondary Power Set: Energy Aura
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fitness
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Energy Punch -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Kinetic Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Bone Smasher -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Power Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 6: Build Up -- Empty(A)
Level 8: Hover -- Empty(A)
Level 10: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 12: Barrage -- Empty(A)
Level 14: Fly -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Dampening Field -- Empty(A)
Level 18: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 20: Whirling Hands -- Empty(A)
Level 22: Stamina -- Empty(A)
Level 24: Entropy Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 26: Energy Protection -- Empty(A)
Level 28: Total Focus -- Empty(A)
Level 30: Stun -- Empty(A)
Level 32: Energy Cloak -- Empty(A)
Level 35: Energy Drain -- Empty(A)
Level 38: Energy Transfer -- Empty(A)
Level 41: Mace Blast -- Empty(A)
Level 44: Conserve Power -- Empty(A)
Level 47: Overload -- Empty(A)
Level 49: Disruptor Blast -- Empty(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Here is the logic:
As the character idea is a power armour Hoover and Flight are a must.
The Fitness Pool, beside Swift are a reflection of the internal life support system.
As far as the Mace and Distruptor Blast, it's the only option to have a Technological/Energy type of range attack and the rest, beside Taunt are the power of the two pools.
Any constructive feedback? Something I should add or remove?
Thank you all ... 
PS: I did not include the slots yet as I really did not have much of a clue yet and so far was obvious, all in the Melee attacks to increase Damage, Accuracy and Recharge Time.
Well, using your powers (which aren't too dis-similar to the ones I chose/plan to choose) here's how I'd build it:
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.21
http://www.honourableunited.org.uk/mhd.php
Level 48 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Energy Melee
Secondary Power Set: Energy Aura
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fitness
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Energy Punch -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Kinetic Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Bone Smasher -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Power Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 6: Barrage -- Empty(A)
Level 8: Build Up -- Empty(A)
Level 10: Entropy Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 12: Hover -- Empty(A)
Level 14: Fly -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 18: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 20: Stamina -- Empty(A)
Level 22: Whirling Hands -- Empty(A)
Level 24: Total Focus -- Empty(A)
Level 26: Energy Cloak -- Empty(A)
Level 28: Energy Drain -- Empty(A)
Level 30: Stun -- Empty(A)
Level 32: Energy Transfer -- Empty(A)
Level 35: Conserve Power -- Empty(A)
Level 38: Overload -- Empty(A)
Level 41: Mace Blast -- Empty(A)
Level 44: Disruptor Blast -- Empty(A)
Level 47: Dampening Field -- Empty(A)
Level 49: Energy Protection -- Empty(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
@Jay Leon Hart
Kerensky: this has nothing to do with underwear
Zwillinger: I put on my robe and wizard hat...
Synapse: I had to resist starting my last post off with "Yo dawg!"
Power picks look ok but the ordering seems a little off to me...?
If you're going to build fury quickly, then generally you'll want to have a few fast-recharging, fast-animating, low-endurance attacks to spam as early as possible... usually these are your first attack power (barrage), brawl and/or boxing. Slot with Accuracy and Endruance Reduction ASAP, so you can use them to build yourself up to near maximum fury and then let-loose with your other more powerful attacks when you're at high fury.
Energy Transfer, Stamina and Total Focus can be taken earlier. "Aid Self" from the medicine pool would also be of great benefit to this build, given that it's a defence based toon and your backstory allows for the use of technology. Apart from the obvious aspect of generally increasing your survivability it's also very useful for compensating for the Health loss from spamming "Energy Transfer".
Once you get Energy Drain then you won't need to worry about endurance costs, but until then you'll probably want to invest in some End Reductions. At least one in each of your attacks including Barrage/Brawl.
(as an aside, I can't see anything that Firekitty said against me, and if that's not the point of Shannons' sig quote then I'm confuzzled: Taunt when used by itself just draws aggro = more damage to the user... it's only when you use it to draw aggro away from your teammates that it provides any kind of mitigation! 
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(as an aside, I can't see anything that Firekitty said against me, and if that's not the point of Shannons' sig quote then I'm confuzzled: Taunt when used by itself just draws aggro = more damage to the user... it's only when you use it to draw aggro away from your teammates that it provides any kind of mitigation! )
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I am new here but I played many MMORPGs including WoW, DaoC and MxO. I am familiar with aggro and the idea of Taunt, that is why I stayed away from it now. I do not have a SG yet and I solo most of the time so it seems pointless to me but as I start doing instances I will consider it.
Thank you both, what do you think of it overall?
I mean, does she have, potentially, what it takes or does she suck and blow?
Well I'm an advocate of the "Energy Aura doesn't need Aid Self" corner, so to me it looks just fine. If you do want Aid Self though, I'd recommend dropping the Passives and pushing back Whirling Hands and Energy Cloak to fit in Aid Self and Aid Other / Stimulant.
@Jay Leon Hart
Kerensky: this has nothing to do with underwear
Zwillinger: I put on my robe and wizard hat...
Synapse: I had to resist starting my last post off with "Yo dawg!"
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(as an aside, I can't see anything that Firekitty said against me, and if that's not the point of Shannons' sig quote then I'm confuzzled: Taunt when used by itself just draws aggro = more damage to the user... it's only when you use it to draw aggro away from your teammates that it provides any kind of mitigation! )
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I am new here but I played many MMORPGs including WoW, DaoC and MxO. I am familiar with aggro and the idea of Taunt, that is why I stayed away from it now. I do not have a SG yet and I solo most of the time so it seems pointless to me but as I start doing instances I will consider it.
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I consider it pretty pointless in most of my Brute builds too to be honest. It's a power that's even of some debate for tankers, and even "team built" Brutes will handle lower numbers of mobs than tankers.
CoH/CoV aggro works slightly differently to aggro in most other MMORPGS: Healing doesn't draw aggro, and any action by any other toon will not grab an enemy's attention as long as it is under the influence of a Taunt effect (either through the "Taunt" powers, "Taunt auras", or Brute/Tanker "Gauntlet").
Whilst it's useful, the Taunt power is by no means mandatory. General consensus amongst the tanker playerbase is that it's never actually "needed" except for tanking very tough AVs such as those on the Statesman TF.
And the build's fine, though Jay's ordering is slightly better. If it were me I'd try to fit in Aid Self... but I've always been a big fan of "self-healing"... comes from rolling a Regen Scrapper as your first toon!!
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Barrage -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Kinetic Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Bone Smasher -- Empty(A)
Level 4: Power Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 6: Energy Punch -- Empty(A)
Level 8: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 10: Entropy Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 12: Build Up -- Empty(A)
Level 14: Hover -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Fly -- Empty(A)
Level 18: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 20: Stamina -- Empty(A)
Level 22: Total Focus -- Empty(A)
Level 24: Stimulant -- Empty(A)
Level 26: Aid Self -- Empty(A)
Level 28: Energy Drain -- Empty(A)
Level 30: Energy Cloak -- Empty(A)
Level 32: Energy Transfer -- Empty(A)
Level 35: Whirling Hands -- Empty(A)
Level 38: Overload -- Empty(A)
It'd probably look a little like that if I was to roll a EN/EN Brute with Fly. Hasten/Patron/Passives etc. could be taken to taste from 41+. Personally I'm more of a fan of the resistance-based armors though...
I'd seriously consider trying to fit Conserve Power in there at some point too, for a specific reason. With Conserve Power and End Drain you can (with practice) overcome the crash from Overload. Once you see the Overload icon blinking you can hit CP - then just as your end bar starts to drop (this bit require perfect timing), hit End Drain and you will be fighting at full steam again straight away. If you don't take CP you will be forced to run and hide and do nothing for the 10 seconds you cant regain end for, as well as toggle up all your shields - this will lead to a lot of unnecessary deaths.
Food for thought?
Taunt isnt a must have but it isnt a "dont get" neither. You can make your build about many, many things but if your soloing a large amount of the time then why get it?
*Puts on Villain mindset*
Brutes just come in 2 categories, one of being Fearless and one of being Gutless.
I took aid self early (14) as it can with the right play offer me better damage sustainability than some of the shields, not to mention some of the damage types are pretty non existant till certain levels anyway. All attacks can be done in the air so flight pool on an Nrg/ is more than just a fine idea especially if they fix that Cathedral of Pain.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
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Fixed that for ya. Energy Aura Brutes are geared more towards the solo side of play, as it Energy Melee - that's not to say you're not good in a team, but there are better choices for both primary and secondary for that. Those Brutes can worry about aggro and taunting - my EM/EA likes to worry about the SMASH!
@Jay Leon Hart
Kerensky: this has nothing to do with underwear
Zwillinger: I put on my robe and wizard hat...
Synapse: I had to resist starting my last post off with "Yo dawg!"
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Fixed that for ya. Energy Aura Brutes are geared more towards the solo side of play, as it Energy Melee - that's not to say you're not good in a team, but there are better choices for both primary and secondary for that. Those Brutes can worry about aggro and taunting - my EM/EA likes to worry about the SMASH!
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Fearless or Gutless.
Fearless is simply getting stuck in.
Gutless is tentatively entering battle last and/or leeching a bit.
I actually think Villainside is friendlier. People expect more from players heroside in terms of being supportive to one another and try harder not to get eachother killed. On villains they dont expect any morals, sympathy, teamwork etc all that can go out the window! Plus the idea of villains failing at something isnt as bad as heroes failing at something. Id much rather fail at destroying the world than saving it. Oh noes didnt complete the LRSF! So what! Also if their was a badge for stabbing team mates in the back on villains or what could be aka getting people killed Id find it acceptable. The fact that a villain may enter my SG rob my stores and bugger off with the loot is also acceptable! As a villain I just find cowardice unacceptable.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
So how do you judge the fearless from the gutless? Personally, my Elec/Elec and Energy/Invuln both charge headlong into the fray, whereas my Energy/Energy tends to skirt the edges and take out what he can. I wouldn't call him (well, "it") gutless for doing so, but it's also far from fearless.
@Jay Leon Hart
Kerensky: this has nothing to do with underwear
Zwillinger: I put on my robe and wizard hat...
Synapse: I had to resist starting my last post off with "Yo dawg!"
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So how do you judge the fearless from the gutless? Personally, my Elec/Elec and Energy/Invuln both charge headlong into the fray, whereas my Energy/Energy tends to skirt the edges and take out what he can. I wouldn't call him (well, "it") gutless for doing so, but it's also far from fearless.
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Your energy/energy is somewhere in between on a certain group of foes, which is not necessarily all foes. I personally like to redline, if I redline then I am pushing it some! Proper gutless comes down to leechers.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
Heh, I redline on my Corrs and Domi enough already
@Jay Leon Hart
Kerensky: this has nothing to do with underwear
Zwillinger: I put on my robe and wizard hat...
Synapse: I had to resist starting my last post off with "Yo dawg!"
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Heh, I redline on my Corrs and Domi enough already
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Is there a colour other than red for a Dom's health bar?
I have tried a few times to make ST brutes, but I hate it, I'd rather play a scrapper if playing ST, the fury building of taking the alpha gives me a buzz that slowly prodding foes until I can hit them hard will never replace
"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!"
Sorry, who made you the forum police?