"Dark Armor sucks. It can't tank anything."

You're right, that's ugly to unplayable as you have to put all your slots into powers that you don't want to put them into. Most attacks grossly underslotted, recharge in EA underslotted etc. This actually technically fails to be softcapped as it needs EA which fails to be perma by the length of the animation, but that's a nitpick and easily fixed.

Contrast with a /SR at tank values.

Toggle: 13.875 scrapper, x4/3 to convert to tank, +56% enhancement = 28.86
Passive: (1 slot): 5.625 scrapper x4/3, +20% enhancement = 9
Weave: Tanker value 5%, +56% enhancement = 7.8

So that's capped with minimal slotting and not even needing CJ, let alone maneuvers, meaning you can actually slot your attacks properly, and take the pool powers you want (like medicine and possibly hasten). It would also mean in an IO build, where you wouldn't take maneuvers, you could go all out for offensive bonuses, without needing to bolster your defences. On an ice tank you need to be well over 45% because of the lack of DDR, on a /SR you don't.

Have you tried tanking antimatter's blue clocks on an ice tank without buffs ? It can be done if you corner pull every mob, but otherwise they will stay at range and your defence will cascade fail every group unless you're IOd up and have like 60% def. I can handle the damage relatively comfortably on a /SR scrapper due to the much better DDR.

My apologies for not reading the whole thread, but one of my problems with dark is that it has a power that automatically removes health from you encouraging the spamming of a heal that takes a third of your endurance bar to use, barring enhancements.

The amount of self-damage done by Oppressive Gloom is trivial, especially for Tankers. Actually, one of the reasons for it hurting less is because it uses the AT damage scale.

Poor Tankers can't even damage themselves

Dark Armor doesn't suck, I just hate it. I played a Fire/Dark scrapper to 44 before I realized just how much I hated the set, always out of endurance, squishy the moment anything resists my mezzes. The only way I could imagine it being really playable would be to match it with Dark Melee (or maybe electric) but then I hate Dark Melee even more.

So into the trash heap my scrapper goes....goodbye Void Star, it was fun (Edit: No not really) but I've found a new love in Spines/Electric.

With the Theft of Essence +end you can sometimes get more end back then you've used. I know I have more often then I could have hoped.

And that's a full set!

Congrats, Dechs

Hey Dechs, one thing I'd suggest for your build is to swap the CI triples (Acc/Dmg/End) for Makos quads (Acc/Dmg/End/Rech). You'd lose ~2.5% enhancement in those three categories, but gain 17.3% recharge as compensation. More than worth it, imo.

Oh, and congrats on the MSTF!

I just need to look at figures to not doubt something, but still people like you with less of an altitis than everyone else "I'd imagine" but with a passion for ya tank which doesn't need to be imagined is all good. Your proving something to the unbelievers.

Hey guys, check this out.



I figured it would be fun to tell the team to focus on Reichsman while I held the other four AVs. Since Reichsman doesn't use his AoE Stun Nuke if his target is out of range, keeping him immobilized, while holding aggro keeps the team perfectly safe.

It was a fun way to approach Reichsman for sure.

Your only MoSTF wouldn't happen to be this one.

To be frank, that was hella fun.