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If you're just worried about soloing AVs, then you can pretty well take a full (or very nearly full) Fury bar for granted, and thus, the Brute will be generally superior. At that point, the only significant difference between the two ATs is the Brute's higher hitpoints.|
Originally Posted by Ghost_Ripper
Scrapper VS Brute, soloing AV's, who's better, who's faster, and who's easier? Three diffrent questions. Paramaters: No insp, no temp powers, no outside buffs. IO's ok, but no extreme builds that most people would never get to. I'm talking in the Billion dollar range. Just the powers an AT comes with and the IO +'s you can attain with that build. I'll reserve my pick now as either a Dark/Shields Brute. AAO + Fury + survivability= Safest, faster, and better. I maybe wrong (strong possiblity) but, this is why I posed this question. Have fun and enjoy the knowledge and debate.
(Disclaimer: I realize I am posing this question on the Brute forums; fear not I posed the same question on on the Scrapper forums, I'll get the results and post them) |
If there were Scrapper-only sets that have been demonstrated as superior for the task in question, then that would be one thing, but to my knowledge, no one's ever made the argument that Regeneration is far and away the best Scrapper set for AV soloing. Regen can be made to work, but it's not so good that the Brute's lacking it is a strike against him.
Oh, and Brutes have access to Gloom.
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Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze
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DM/Shield is possibly the one powerset combination where a Scrapper will be better than a Brute (bigger buff numbers from AAO and Soul Drain to complement the Scrapper's higher base damage modifier). That being said, Gloom is far superior to any APP ranged attack scrappers get so you might be able to make up the difference that way. Personally I prefer Brutes over Scrappers for just about anything (other than PvP that is) because 1) Brutes are already more survivable because of their higher base HP, and 2) when a Brute is rockin' a full Fury bar a Scrapper looks weak in comparison.
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Scrapper VS Brute, soloing AV's, who's better, who's faster, and who's easier? Three diffrent questions. Paramaters: No insp, no temp powers, no outside buffs. IO's ok, but no extreme builds that most people would never get to. I'm talking in the Billion dollar range. Just the powers an AT comes with and the IO +'s you can attain with that build. I'll reserve my pick now as either a Dark/Shields Brute. AAO + Fury + survivability= Safest, faster, and better. I maybe wrong (strong possiblity) but, this is why I posed this question. Have fun and enjoy the knowledge and debate.
(Disclaimer: I realize I am posing this question on the Brute forums; fear not I posed the same question on on the Scrapper forums, I'll get the results and post them)