Can we ge bright versions of the darkness sets powers now please?

Are you counting your IO set bonuses again?

Oh. I don't have Siphon Life.

EM/DA brute. Still, nice screenshots, and thanks for the input.

I am.

But to make you happy, let's compare a DA tank on SOs with no tohit to an invuln or shield tank on SOs without endurance.

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Excellent!

Now awhile ago I suggested light melee and blast sets to balance out the dark sets years later they introduce a kinetic melee set which I like so I think they should create a kinetic blast set that has -dmg as it's secondary effect now that doesn't help the suggestion in this thread but since it seems highly unlikey light/dark treatment can be done maybe this suggestion can ease the pain

Because Dark Armor on SOs never runs out of endurance, and isn't a complete endurance hog, right?

I know, you're sold on the fact Dark Armor has end resist drain, and I agree, it's a great benefit, but end drain isn't really that common, compared to reduced accuracy/to hit, which occurs, well, any time you fight anything higher level.

You know what, this isn't the forum or the thread for this. Give me some time to look over the numbers and I'll just do a break down of what I dislike about dark armor in comparison to other sets, and then you can pick it apart and everyone else can eat just massive bags of popcorn.

Edit: And I just realized, you're comparing tanks, and Im always complaining about brutes. I actually think Dark Armor tanks on SOs might be alright to play, Im just wary of attempting it after the experience on my level 50 brute. To the tank version's advantage, it does get slightly higher base resist and a slightly bigger pool of HP to work with, thus allowing for a larger margin for error in Dark Regen usage.

If it's played and slotted well, yes, that is correct.

Tohit debuffs are as common as end drain or less. The reduced tohit of attacking higher level mobs is negligible with even minor accuracy enhancement.

It actually doesn't matter what AT we compare it on, as the modifiers within the ATs will keep things proportional. I have a more recent Claws/DA brute, who is on the same budget as my tank, which includes using only SOs until level 37. He has considerably less defense and resistance, but I dare say the two are equal in survival, thanks in no small part to the extra damage of Fury and mitigation through Shockwave. With but a small purple inspiration, the brute was able to solo one of the Pylons in an Apex TF. My tank had trouble with that, even with a few red inspirations.

EDIT to address:

Perhaps it isn't, but the thread has already served its purpose. The suggestion is not something that's possible with the way the powers were coded.

Fair enough.