EA and Typed defense back and forth

That explains it. Thanks. No clue on Subdue either.

OK so I found out the real problem on EA...







NO taunt aura!!!
I needs those monkeys to stay and fuel Energy Drain... ;-)

The dev did respond to the taunt aura request by adding a taunt to energy drain. Conceptually, it might be a bit strange to stealth but having a taunt aura. I think adding a taunt to the only offensive click in the power set is an ok solution to our request.

Dark Armor has stealth and a taunt aura, though it is a damage aura...

What I guess is that dark armor has a damage aura which you can switch on and off as you wish. Therefore, you can stealth with death shroud off, or you can play offensive and have the death shroud on.

If you want to add a taunt aura to EA, you need to add it to one of the shields, which is similar to evasion in super reflex. If it is done this way, you don't have the choice to switch off the taunt aura when you want to stealth, because it is one of the essential shields for survival.

I still don't understand why Brutes get any kind of stealth powers. If I want my brute to be stealthy, I'll get me one of those IO's. I say forget the stealth and stick the taunt in there. Then maybe we could all see how "weak" EA really is ... ;-)

Energy Drain will heal 3%(enhanceable) of your base hit points per mob hit(auto hit) up to a max of ten. The trouble I've found is that when I need Energy Drain for the heal component is against enemies that either debuffed my defense or against Psi damage and the 60 second recharge isn't exactly short enough for my tastes.

I made due on my way to 50 by relying on the mitigation of Focus and Shockwave, and having Aid Self to top off hit points between spawns. I'm soft capped to lethal, smashing, fire, cold, energy, and negative damage, as well as just over 30% ranged defense now so the Psi problem is less noticeable then it was leveling.

If I was going to recommend a primary for someone to play with EA I'd go Dark melee. A self heal in the attack string, gloom, and darkest night, plus the end to handle it all. My claws/ea brute is fun to play, probably more so than my Night Widow, but the weaknesses never quite go away.

Yea I just respeced mine to add some heal SOs in Energy Drain and it is absolutely worthless, I only heal for 75hp per tgt hit, and that is just shenanigans.

What a fake you out kind of "buff".

Anyone saying that EA has a self heal to make up for its lack of defense is confused, its self heal might as well be non-existant.

The heal is significant if you have many mobs around you. I would say the heal is probably intended to help EA in teams, rather than saying that it is a fake buff. We also have to see if EA would get something similar to energize when it proliferates.

When did Frostweaver leave the game?

Sadly what the set really needs is to drop the dead weight that is Conserve Power for something that actually helps the set. While porting over Energize would be quick and easy I think EA deserves a little bit more attention than that. In particular I think it deserves a little more attention in its only relevant secondary mitigation: End Drain. I'm not asking for Heat Exaustion level End debuff or anything ridiculous like that...well, actually, maybe I am. When solo, Energy Drain can't completely drain anyone (although it does take a noticeable chunk) even when fully slotted, and unless it's paired with Electric Melee or you're on a team that drains endurance (rare other than Kin Corruptors). Why is this power all by itself when it could potentially be paired with something that compliments it so well? I know we have our cottage rule, and that Energize worked in decently well with that, but honestly I see an offensive toggle or click power -end and -end recovery debuff as the most elegant solution to EA's problems. As far as I'm concerned with ELA's paltry performance levels in terms of -end and -end rec it is pretty thoroughly unexplored territory when dealing with a Brute. Shouldn't the -end and -rec on Energy Drain be there for a reason?

Personally I think the Energy Drain buff was the "dry run" for Energize and I'd be very surprised if Drain did NOLT become a clone of Energize when the set gets Proliferated. As for the turkey that is Conserve Power? I like the lower level Heat Loss clone idea. Maybe add a small unenhancable -recharge and/or -damage component to it to simulate you draining ALL forms of energy including kinetic force? (I'd say no more then 7.5%)