I haven't tried FA/DB but I did get a Fire/SS tanker up into the mid-30s or so.
I didn't really have much in the ways of endurance problems. Consume helps to circumvent that a bit in the lower levels if you take it early. I think the main hole in FA is the lack of mez protection, mainly the lack of KB protection. I'd plan to either slot a KB protection IO like from the Karma set if you can afford it (recipe seems to go for around 3-5 mil) or plan to take acrobatics if you go the SJ route for your travel power.
Other than that I found it to be a pretty fun set. The other chief complaint is that since it's a resist set some people see it as a more "squishy" tanker primary but I still felt pretty durable.
Fire/DB is a fairly good choice for a tanker. Fire is a very undemanding primary with at least four skippable or postponable powers including the 7, 8, and 9 tiers; you have the basics down at level 12. This helps with a demanding attack set like DB is.
Plan on saving 125 merits for the Steadfast -KB IO; one's really enough, but the market's a bad joke right now. The Karma works too, but you have to have a defense power to put it in, and Fire doesn't get that natively apart from Temperature Protection, which you should still skip. Or you could bite the bullet and take Acrobatics.
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Working on an /FA (lvl 36) and a WP/DB (lvl 40), I'm in total agreement. The problem with Dual Blades from a tanker perspective is unlike a scrapper you can't skip Nimble Slash and Taunt (well, I can't). I found I needed all the powers in DB to be happy. (Happiness includes making words in the air, lots.)|
Originally Posted by Heraclea
Fire/DB is a fairly good choice for a tanker. Fire is a very undemanding primary with at least four skippable or postponable powers including the 7, 8, and 9 tiers; you have the basics down at level 12. This helps with a demanding attack set like DB is.
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Originally Posted by Heraclea
Plan on saving 125 merits for the Steadfast -KB IO; one's really enough, but the market's a bad joke right now. The Karma works too, but you have to have a defense power to put it in, and Fire doesn't get that natively apart from Temperature Protection, which you should still skip. Or you could bite the bullet and take Acrobatics.
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1) I don't think Temp Protection takes def IOs.
2) A Fire tank needs two -kb IOs.
3) Do not save merits for a Steadfast. Roll Bronzes 10-14 if you have tickets, and you will get one in rapid order. If you do not, craft worthwhile Bronze recipes and sell them and buy your Steadfast -kb. If you don't AE, sell your salvage carefully. 10 commons these days can often garner you half a million. If you save merits, roll them too, preferably choosing the range 35-39, if you can wait that long.
I am currently enjoying the heck out of my DB/WP Srapper and he has become my new main. However, I've been wanting to try a FA/DB Tank for awhile now...just for the fun of it. Plus, I have a name and theme to go with it.
Have any of you tried this combo before? If so, what did/do you think?
I'd rather here it from a Scrappers POV which is why I'm not asking this on the Tank forums...I am asking them about end issues though...I've heard that FA is end heavy but I honestly have no clue.
Thanks