Which is the "better" ticket farmer?


DaveMebs

 

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Hi all, looking to make a new farmer for AE tickets. I have several farm toons already, but looking for a new one.

Im considering a elec/shield scrapper or an elec/shield brute.....
What is going the be the better farmer for tickets and why? The scrapper or the brute? I have next to 0 experience with the sets, so looking for experienced info.

Previous farm toons I've got are pretty standard flavors. Fire/kin toller, ss/fire brute, ss/stone brute, fire/psi dom, spines/fire scrapper.
Also how would the elec/shield compare to the previous farm toons Ive got/used, as far as speed killing?

TIA


 

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The scrapper.

ElM/SD defining powers, Shield Charge and Lightning Rod, cap at 400% damage for any AT (being a pseudo-pet).

Scrappers have higher base damage, and higher damage mods ; which means SC and LR will do more base damage on a scrapper, and AaO will boost damage more than it does on a brute.

In my experience, difference between highend farming toons comes down to playstyle as much as builds (i.e., player Joe might be better with a fire/kin, player Bob might be better with a SS/fire) so it's hard to say without knowing you.

For me, ElM/SD is plain awesome and faster than other options, but that's because :
- I use insps as they drop, and convert everything to reds. As the main powers are on a "long" recharge (20-25ish seconds), there's plenty of time to do that without hurting damage output. Red insps stack extremely well on scrappers thanks to their high base damage and 500% damage cap.
- I'm bad at getting things into a tiny spot without losing time, the 25" radius helps a lot in that respect.
- I sometimes drift off, AFK, what have you ; ElM/SD has enough survivability to be able to make some mistakes without ending up dead, that's another big plus for me.

Your experience may or may not be the same. FM/SD might have stronger potential if you use it well, but there's an undeniable ease of use about ElM/SD.


 

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IMO the scrapper would be better. Brutes' main advantage over scrappers is the ability to get full fury. However, on an elec/shield you arent really going to be chaining attacks together so the fury won't really make much of a difference. Basically, scrappers have the better burst dmg while brutes have better sustained dmg. And since an elec/shield build is all about burst dmg, the scrapper wins. (In my opinion)


 

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IMO the scrapper would be better. Brutes' main advantage over scrappers is the ability to get full fury. However, on an elec/shield you arent really going to be chaining attacks together so the fury won't really make much of a difference. Basically, scrappers have the better burst dmg while brutes have better sustained dmg. And since an elec/shield build is all about burst dmg, the scrapper wins. (In my opinion)


 

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I do this every day. Farm PI and or AE. I have a fully IO'd with purples Fire/kin and Elec/SD. My thoughts:

1) To go just for tix, you want speed. IF you want speed i'd go fire/kin and set the diff for the fastest way to kill to get the tix.

2) If you want to turn up the diff and farm, i'd go elec/sd soft capped with a ton of rech. Even at 152% rech like mine, my charges are up for each mob at higher difficulties. But if you want tickets only, then the diff is gonna be lower so you kill faster with your charges so there not up as fast for the next mob.

Elec/SD farming is fun and i like it and all, but it's not as fast as my fire/kin. Most of the time, i'll log a /kin to SB me for running from mob to mob. lol. ( i have no travel power) But like i said, that's my opinion. Others may find it different.