I guess it depends on what you want.
It's really easy to cap defense quite early, so I wouldn't call it squishy.
The heal on Energy Drain is nice but I'd prefer it be a bit higher percentage per enemy.
In my personal opinion the worst part about EA is the stupid stealth.
It should be replaced with some kind of taunting dmg or debuff aura.
i've never had Energy drain miss...
as for being squishy... sort of bare of enhs... oh heck yes
but with proper io slotting... you can soft cap smash/lethal and be quite durable...
as for the stealth... aggro control at its finest... granted it makes you as close to a stalker as a brute can get...
plus the +def it gives is quite nice
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It's still the stalker-brute set, good for PvP when leaning HEAVILY on Overload. Energy Drain is autohit, the self-heal is... cute.
I tried it again after that change was added, deleted her at 33ish.
If you want a set with buckets of endurance management so you can stack EA's powers with tough, weave, maneuvers, cj, assault and tactics, then this could be your set.
Be well, people of CoH.
Also useful if you want to run around with Darkest Night for whatever reason.
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If you just look at the power set by itself, then the improvement is not much (to be fair, some power sets are not that impressive either if you don't consider IO and power pools). However, it is pretty easy to soft cap defense (s/l, f/c and energy) nowadays. If you're not fighting something that nails the weakness of energy aura, then the performance should be quite decent, and I won't call energy aura squishy. In addition, energy aura can afford tons of toggles from power pools and patron power pool (in particular darknest night) to patch up various weaknesses. I don't think energy aura is anywhere close to top-notch, but it's ok. I hope that the dev can do a bit more to make energy aura more appealing.|
Originally Posted by OneWhoBinds
Is this set still underwhelming? Last time I tried it it felt unbelievably squishy for a Brute set.
But I know that they've changed things since then. On the other hand, on paper it looks like they just polished it up and attached a some new bells, to make it look better without actually fixing anything. So, how is it stacking up these days? |
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Originally Posted by OneWhoBinds
While you're at it... quick question: is Energy Drain an auto-hit PvE? I can never remember...
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Well, that's pretty much a guarantee. At the very least, they will eventually have to do something about Conserve Power. Who knows? Depending on how they handle Epic power pools in Going Rogue, they might have to make a change to it as early as Episode 18.
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Originally Posted by Twilight_Snow
I don't think energy aura is anywhere close to top-notch, but it's ok. I hope that the dev can do a bit more to make energy aura more appealing.
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Is this set still underwhelming? Last time I tried it it felt unbelievably squishy for a Brute set.
But I know that they've changed things since then. On the other hand, on paper it looks like they just polished it up and attached a some new bells, to make it look better without actually fixing anything.
So, how is it stacking up these days?
While you're at it... quick question: is Energy Drain an auto-hit PvE? I can never remember...
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