Brute EA get less Defense than Stalkers!?

I decided to make a claws/Energy Aura brute last night, and I have been playing him. For Both of the Defense Toggles they are less than the stalker's values. Instead of 16.5 defense for the primary defenses (Smashing/Lethal, Cold/Fire/Energy), they are 12.8 and 15 respectively. Is this a serious oversight or what? A Brute that gets less defense than a stalker seems ridiculous, especially with their fitting into the role of Tank in the general consensus of the game.

So what do you all have to say about this?

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Me! <3

The Energy Aura power set is a bit different for Stalkers. It doesn't have Energy Cloak, so it has higher base values for the two defense toggles. A Brute running Energy Cloak and both defense toggles has the same smashing / lethal defense and slightly higher exotic defense as a Stalker running both toggles. The Stalker does get Hide, but much of Hide's defense suppresses in combat while Energy Cloak's does not... and Brutes also get a resist auto power that Stalkers don't. In the end, the Brute is going to be slightly tougher but will have to take a couple extra powers to do so.

And yes, it is a bit silly to require three toggles for the Brute to get the same benefit a Stalker does in two, but that seems to be common for Stalkers... look at Super Reflexes.

All right, I get it now. I thought Energy Cloak did suppress, wy I was a bit anrgy, but still, why are the smashing/lethal toggle different from the fire/cold/energy toggle? I get the Psionic and Negative Energy difference as holes, but it seems off that one is 12 and the other is 15 percent. I don't recall any other set doing that.

Unsuppressed stealth provides a great deal of protection in this game, even though it can't be quantified like defense.

Brutes easily have better protection once you factor in enhancements and Energy Cloak.

With the numbers rounded, brutes get 26% Smashing/Lethal, 29% Fire/Cold, 32% Energy, 22% Negative Energy, and 6% Psionic/Toxic (via positional defense). They also get 12% resistance to L/S/NE, and 15% resistance to F/C/E/Toxic. Energy Drain restores 44.98 HP per target at level 50.

Compare with stalkers, who (with Hide suppressed) get 29% Smashing/Lethal/Fire/Cold, 33% Energy, 23% Negative Energy, and 3% Psionic/Toxic. They also have 12% Energy/Toxic resistance and 9% NE. Energy Drain restores 36.14 per target at level 50.

The defense numbers are pretty close, but the resistance makes brutes a lot more resilient, and they get more mileage out of Energy Drain.

. . . and your Brute can't be seen, so all the alpha will be directed at your teammates!

*waitaminute*

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