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Well I can't tell you if you would be disapointed or not. The way you say it, is damage wise...|
Originally Posted by MutantX_7
So I just started leveling (amongst other things) a Fire/SR Scrapper. I have an Elm/SD scrapper and SD/EM tank so I am fairly versed in /SD however I have never gotten really far with a /SR, but I want too.
I want to stick with the Fire/SR but if anyone has any experience can they tell me if I'll be disapointed after playing /SD? |
Super reflexes, is by far more durable than shield. It is, however, very late blooming. It takes all but elude, however it is nice to not be touched. Super reflexes has surprised me, even compareing it to some of my tanks...
How would any one know what is a disapointment to you? I enjoy SR. I had a fm brute up to lvl 28. Fire melee is great damage, with the +recharge in quickness, and the unstopable force of SR, I think you will have a great combo. Maybe throw in tough weave, and conserve power and physical perfection, you'd be rocken it. It is very cheap to soft cap SR. You hit those lofty heights, watch you become nigh invincible. So I guess the dmg potential wouldn't really matter if you can kill with out being touched..
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I guess I should say that I'm looking for good DPS with good survivability, and will the lower damage from a non /SD disapoint or will the Def/Res and +rech from /SR be enough to compensate.|
Originally Posted by protector_knight
Well I can't tell you if you would be disapointed or not. The way you say it, is damage wise...
Super reflexes, is by far more durable than shield. It is, however, very late blooming. It takes all but elude, however it is nice to not be touched. Super reflexes has surprised me, even compareing it to some of my tanks... How would any one know what is a disapointment to you? I enjoy SR. I had a fm brute up to lvl 28. Fire melee is great damage, with the +recharge in quickness, and the unstopable force of SR, I think you will have a great combo. Maybe throw in tough weave, and conserve power and physical perfection, you'd be rocken it. It is very cheap to soft cap SR. You hit those lofty heights, watch you become nigh invincible. So I guess the dmg potential wouldn't really matter if you can kill with out being touched.. |
I've already put together a build for the lower levels that will give a decent amount of AoE defense in lieu of actual AoE Def from /SR. What is nice about the Fire/SR is I can put together a build with insane recharge without alot of infl.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Sure, the devs are supposed to listen to their customers, mister business 101 out there. And if I decide to start suggesting that the devs change the game from being about superheroes and supervillains to being about clowns that is my right as well, and technically Paragon Studios is supposed to pay attention to me. But I hope strongly that they assume a meth-head somehow managed to hack into my forum account and make paper airplanes out of my posts, because I hope they recognize stupid when they see it. I assume they will recognize futile just as accurately.
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I would strongly disagree with the statement than SR is more durable than Shield, assuming a high level of investment in IO's. |
Originally Posted by protector_knight
Well I can't tell you if you would be disapointed or not. The way you say it, is damage wise...
Super reflexes, is by far more durable than shield. It is, however, very late blooming. It takes all but elude, however it is nice to not be touched. Super reflexes has surprised me, even compareing it to some of my tanks... How would any one know what is a disapointment to you? I enjoy SR. I had a fm brute up to lvl 28. Fire melee is great damage, with the +recharge in quickness, and the unstopable force of SR, I think you will have a great combo. Maybe throw in tough weave, and conserve power and physical perfection, you'd be rocken it. It is very cheap to soft cap SR. You hit those lofty heights, watch you become nigh invincible. So I guess the dmg potential wouldn't really matter if you can kill with out being touched.. |
SR has defense, and some scaling resists.
Shield has defense, fair resistance, and +hp. It also has damage buffs and a very strong AOE.
If you're going to IO the toon, pick shield. If you want cheap, pick SR.
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/SR is way easier to softcap and get 95% DDR, but damage-wise, it's not going to be as good as /Shield.|
Originally Posted by MutantX_7
I guess I should say that I'm looking for good DPS with good survivability, and will the lower damage from a non /SD disapoint or will the Def/Res and +rech from /SR be enough to compensate.
I've already put together a build for the lower levels that will give a decent amount of AoE defense in lieu of actual AoE Def from /SR. What is nice about the Fire/SR is I can put together a build with insane recharge without alot of infl. |
My Fire/SR, fully IO'd(2 purple sets, no PVP IOs) does 189 DPS using the Incinerate>GFS>Cremate chain, which requires 237% recharge in GFS. The Fire/Shield builds have gotten up to 276 DPS with fully saturated AAO(shout out to Iggy).
If you're going for a more budget-friendly AV soloer then go /SR, if you have the cash to spend, then /Shield. /Shield also gets Shield Charge, which is great with FSC for AoE power. I, personally, wish I had made my Fire/SR a Fire/Shield. I'll likely re-roll after I finish my DM/Shield I just started.
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This is kinda what I was looking for, thanks Gaidin. I've always liked the apeal of a /SR.|
Originally Posted by Gaidin
If you're going for a more budget-friendly AV soloer then go /SR, if you have the cash to spend, then /Shield. /Shield also gets Shield Charge, which is great with FSC for AoE power. I, personally, wish I had made my Fire/SR a Fire/Shield. I'll likely re-roll after I finish my DM/Shield I just started.
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I've got almost 600 mil on my Elm/SD and a coupla hundred mil floating around on a few toons, so I'm not sure how much of a budget I'm really looking to spend.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Sure, the devs are supposed to listen to their customers, mister business 101 out there. And if I decide to start suggesting that the devs change the game from being about superheroes and supervillains to being about clowns that is my right as well, and technically Paragon Studios is supposed to pay attention to me. But I hope strongly that they assume a meth-head somehow managed to hack into my forum account and make paper airplanes out of my posts, because I hope they recognize stupid when they see it. I assume they will recognize futile just as accurately.
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/SR does have a recharge advantage over /SD.
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I have a fire/SD, and it is by far my favorite toon. They look awesome, they absolutely destroy single target anything, and build up, AAO and Shield charge together are marvelous. There are few things more fun in this game than by announcing your presence to mobs with a shield charge, it never gets boring.
Honestly, I like more reserved sets like claws for /sr. They just seem to fit together better, claws is more like an understated blender, I want something that feels destructive to go with my four and a half foot tall sword of blue fire.
Performance wise, if you've got the money to invest, SD is just a fun defensive set. Claws is almost as boring as willpower, you'll panic every few missions when you realize you zoned out and forgot to hit aid self for five minutes and are under 10% health.
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All you need is 1 HP, everything above that is buffer and not needed for performance.
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Originally Posted by spiritfox
I have a fire/SD, and it is by far my favorite toon. They look awesome, they absolutely destroy single target anything, and build up, AAO and Shield charge together are marvelous. There are few things more fun in this game than by announcing your presence to mobs with a shield charge, it never gets boring.
Honestly, I like more reserved sets like claws for /sr. They just seem to fit together better, claws is more like an understated blender, I want something that feels destructive to go with my four and a half foot tall sword of blue fire. Performance wise, if you've got the money to invest, SD is just a fun defensive set. Claws is almost as boring as willpower, you'll panic every few missions when you realize you zoned out and forgot to hit aid self for five minutes and are under 10% health. |
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So I just started leveling (amongst other things) a Fire/SR Scrapper. I have an Elm/SD scrapper and SD/EM tank so I am fairly versed in /SD however I have never gotten really far with a /SR, but I want too.
I want to stick with the Fire/SR but if anyone has any experience can they tell me if I'll be disapointed after playing /SD?
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