If you have Mids', can you post an approximation of what you're playing with right now (or use one of the tools to directly export your build)? It helps to see what powers you either like or don't like in a set, otherwise we'll give you something that we like to play, but not necessarily something that you will like to play (i.e. love/hate with Choking Cloud and Fallout).
If I'm correct here:
-You would like EM Pulse
-You remember building for damage (do you want to continue this focus?)
-You like the leadership toggles
-You want to be durable (or less-squishy)
-You spend a lot of time in melee range (or more time in than out)
If you want to both keep the Power pool and be durable, be aware that it will likely cost you more in IO sets. For example, a slotted Scorpion Shield is upwards of 22-24% Defense to S/L/E, but requires that you temporarily go villain-side for the patron pool (excluding use of the Power pool).
I have mids but i havent put this toon on mids yet to work with it. I do want to maintain a focus on damage and survivability, i played around with all the powers in rad in the past and made some changes to add the leadership pool into the build, I run alot of toggles but dont know if im getting the best bang for the buck with leadership. ill put him in mids and post the build up for critique when i get a chance as he is now.
Ok, ive had a rad/dark defender/offender (never know what this toon really is) that I am recently trying to get slotted out with a good build and start on his incarnate stuff.
ive been gone from the game for a few years and recently came back and got my tank squared away and am just at a loss on my defender on what to do. im not even for certain if I like my build the way it is setup right now.
the things im having trouble with is at one point in the past I picked up all four leadership powers, i still have the fitness power pool, instead of the inherent, im happy with the rad choices except i may pick up emp pulse again and im generally happy with the dark choices except i may grab blackstar again. i have the speed power pool, and leadership and i picked up the power mastery epp or the one that has build up, temp invuln, and the melee extreme damage attack, cant remember name of it anymore.
The goal that i remember doing back then was trying to max out my damage as much as possible, which was already really good and make myself as durable as possible because of my playstyle and the powers i picked im generally pretty close to melee range and mixing it up.
but its been so long since ive played the toon I dont exactly why i picked the stuff I did, i like the toggles in leadership i guess, been so long I dont know how much they help me or not and Im gonna respec him to get the inherent fitness but I wanted some input and advice before i did that. I dont now nor have i ever had endurance issues unless I also run the three debuff toggles at the same time as my buff toggles which i only use for bosses or up and then I just run the negative hit debuff unless its an av.
this is getting long so if anyone that has a good rad/dark io build setup that is durable if you wouldnt mind posting so I can get some insights on how to mainly slot this toon and the io sets im gonna need to max him out. im currently working on his alpha slot and while money is somewhat of an issue i do have a couple billion influence to work on this its not a huge issue.