Need help deciding.
By
IronJelly,
Posted on: 2009-08-13 13:29 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
The choice depends, ultimately, on what you'd like to play. All three ATs have significant differences; and beyond that, every powerset within each set plays significantly differently.
Here's a (very) general breakdown:
Stalkers: Stalkers allow you to choose your fights carefully. If you like positioning yourself carefully and attacking from a position of advantage, Stalkers are for you. They benefit the most from defense sets, tend to hit hard with up-front damage and benefit from an improved critical rate on a team, while still being solo-capable. Good Stalker sets to try: Anything/Ninjutsu
Scrappers: Scrappers allow you to take on nearly any challenge in the game with a reasonable chance for success. They hit hard right out the gate, are reasonably survivable, and don't ever really need a team (but can benefit from one). Good scrapper sets to try: Broadsword/Anything, Fire/Fire, Anything/Willpower
Brutes: Brutes are like scrappers with the potential for greater survivability, and access to the very respectable tank attack sets. They start slow, but ramp up quickly in combat, and with team support, they're more survivable then a scrapper (they share the same resistance caps as a tank, but naturally have only scrapper-level defenses) while doing only marginally less damage then scrappers at their 850% damage cap. They have access to some brutally fun sets, and the fury mechanic is a blast if you like smashing things. Good brute sets to try: Stone Melee/Electric Armor, Super Strength/Fire Armor, Anything/Willpower. In i16, Claws should also be very, very fun.
well i am going to solo a lot, a lot of pve, dont have plans to pvp in the future and i like a juggernaut feeling and i love melee characters.
Tyvm for youre fast reply, it cleared up some doubts i had.
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Super Strength and Invulnerability on a Brute should give you what you want. Invulnerability is among the best defense sets that doesn't impact your damage output (like Stone armor) does.|
Originally Posted by Njord
well i am going to solo a lot, a lot of pve, dont have plans to pvp in the future and i like a juggernaut feeling and i love melee characters.
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Super Strength is fantastic too. It has it's AOE attacks, and it's single target damage is pretty high too. I still love the animation and power feeling from Knockout Blow. Between the two, once you pass 20 (hint, take the fitness pool for Stamina), you are a beast. Once your fury is up, you will easily be mowing down enemies, and only the toughest threats will be able to stop you.
Just be aware. Invulnerability characters are known to be mentally challenged.
..er I mean that it has no defense to mental or psychic attacks. I totally didn't mean what that sounded like.
For a new player, I'd suggest Stone Melee / Electric Armor over Super Strength. Super Strength both benefits and suffers from Rage (which boosts your damage greatly, but also reduces it to near zero for a short time after it wears off).
Stone Melee is an early blooming, brutally powerful set with enough soft control that Electric Armor's weaknesses are minimized. Plus, there's something fun about knocking your enemy on his rump every time you hit him. ^_^
ok ill try that. thanks
to start out please forgive me for my orthography, im a Spanish speaker =)
Well... my problem is i cant decide between stalker, scrapper or brute.
i am an extremely undecided, i just simply cant choose. so can anyone tell me wich one has the highest aoe damage, 1v1 damage, and maybe wich one of the At powers?
Ex. 1v1. stalker dm/nin or something like that.
Thanks for the help.
And yes i am new =)