Just to clarify, I'm not asking for builds. I can figure those out on my own. I was just hoping for experienced input from those who have IO'd out their DB/WP. Which bonuses they felt helped towards survival the best. That sort of thing.
@Rylas
Kill 'em all. Let XP sort 'em out.
I found that smash/lethal defense helped me out a lot. I didn't bother to aim for +hp because I got tons of that out of my secondary, and there's lots of regen to be had in WP without aiming for more. Standard disclaimer: YMMV and others might not agree with me.
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20-30% +def is where defense starts accomplishing something and you will notice it. After that, I'd recommend going for +hp set bonuses. +Regen isn't really going to do much for you since you've got RttC giving you friggin' giant +regen, but +hp gives you functional resistance (because each hit is dealing proportionately less damage based on your total hp) and multiplicatively increased regeneration (because regen is based off of max hp 10% +hp = 10% more regen in terms of hp/sec from base hp). +Rech and +Res aren't going to be much use because */WP doesn't gain anything from +rech and +res set bonuses are too small to accomplish much of anything.
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Originally Posted by Rylas
I figured worrying about defense would be to costly, but if 20-30% makes much difference, then I'll build for some. What bonuses have helped you make a more durable scrapper?
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I agree. Target defense first, hit points second.
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Indeed, defense is the way to go, I generally shoot for the 30's in S/L on my willpower scrappers. Then with liberal use of a purple here and there in the tougher battles and you'll be sitting at the soft-cap. Add that with your already ungodly regen and recovery and you'll be nigh on unstoppable.
With dual blades combined with /WP I found it usefull to have both of the big combos. Most forego the sweep combo and just run an attack chain of BF + the AV combo for max DPS. But I like to rush in a large spawn and open up with the sweep combo so I can buy myself a few seconds of breathing/regen time to recoup after the alpha strikes. And when running both combos recharge isn't really an issue as there is always something up.
I did some searching, and I didn't find a lot of info for suggestions, and the one DB/WP guide isn't very informative. I started this combo a few days ago, and while I have no problem using Mids, I wanted to get feed back on what bonuses people found to be most effective set bonuses to focus on for survival.
I don't doubt the damage will be easy to come by, on this build, so survival is my concern here. My initial thought is just going for as much HP bonuses as possible and get what regen I can after that. I figured worrying about defense would be to costly, but if 20-30% makes much difference, then I'll build for some. What bonuses have helped you make a more durable scrapper?
@Rylas
Kill 'em all. Let XP sort 'em out.