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And if it does turn out to be true, then more power (and teaming opportunities) for me. I have no qualms with how my build has turned out, but I'll always take more. |
Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
I don't believe we'll ever see this. When COV was on the way many folks claimed that Scrappers would be rarely seen or used by players in the game, due to Brutes.
We see how that worked out. People make hyperbolic statements all the time. Luckily for this game 95% of them NEVER come true. |
Raid Leader of Task Force Vendetta "Steel 70", who defeated the first nine Drop Ships in the Second Rikti War.
70 Heroes, 9 Drop Ships, 7 Minutes. The Aliens never knew what hit them.
Now soloing: GM-Class enemy Adamaster, with a Tanker!
I am going to go with that the leader asked you to switch because more than 1 tanker is just too much awesomeness for one team!
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Personally I'd love to have a team with two tanks, well good ones at least.
I remember running with my only tank (wp/tw) on a mission team with some friends. There was another tank on the team, so naturally I let him take the lead because I'm new to the art of tanking.
I acted as the "off tank." While the main player sopped up the alpha strike, I sat back and acted as a dividing wall between the anchor (main tank) and the squishies. If anything got past him, it wouldn't get past me.
Two smart/focused tanks is always good to have. When the team depends on one tank, good or bad, there is a chance that this one tank could mess up and wipe out the whole team; with a second tank, the holes can be patched before the whole team is annihilated.
It's also helpful to have an off tank situation like mine for ambushes and extra aggro via a misplaced AoE attack, or a badly aimed/accidental critter being KB'd into another mob.
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Only a few Brute/Scrapper combos are capable of soloing AV's as well. It's not a very common practice in-game, no matter how much we hear about it in forum or youtube videos you see. |
Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
-A few combos of Tankers can solo a few of the weaker AVs with IOs and Bruising.
-Incarnate Tankers can solo more of the AVs and even a few GMs, if you consider throwing your lore pets at it "soloing". |
My inv/ss tank was capable of soloing a few of the "weaker" AV's pre-incarnate. When bruising was introduced, my list of AV defeats increased. Once Incarnate powers were introduced, the only AV's I can't solo are guys like Malaise who do Psychic damage, and Statesman. He a Dull Pain/Unstoppable hell that I can't overcome.
Muscular Alpha + Reactive Interface + Double Stacked Rage + IO Damage bonuses + Procs = wonders to your damage output.
My attitude when form TFs is 'Bring what you want.'
Unless I'm running an STF, 5thTF or LGTF I don't ask for anything in particular. And usually I want at least one controller... and one tank.
In fact I would take a second tank gladly onto the team. Two tanks means more aggro control, meaning everyone else need to worry less about surviving, meaning they can focus more on doing damage/support. Would a Brute be better than a second tank? I suppose, but the point stands.