Yes, its another farm question....

S/l and Melee soft cap covers different things. Not saying that I would go that direction, but if it works, it works.

For Severe, it works. In the end, that's all that matters.

Originally Posted by PapaSlade Rangle's right....this is fun.

because if you notice with most melee defense bonus's they coinside with s/l defense bonus's.it was never intended to be that way. it literally was only worried about s/l since all 3 positionals isnt able to work on a fire tank for soft capping purposes.

in the end its still a killer and never hurts cause you are a tank and melee 90% of the time.

The melee attacks which have no S/L component are so rare though, and I can't come up with an NPC group that has them. Instead of slotting tons of Obliteration sets, why don't you go for Eradication on your tank build instead, for E/N defense and HP?

never saw the need honestly..where are you seeing the need for soft capping e/n?...i mean im willing to always look for a better build..but i need the reason first.on most tf's theres really no need.

and on trials i dont even use the defensive build.

All the lategame TF's have lots of E/N damage. I'm not gonna say you "need" it, but if you're building an FA tank for maximum survivability then you want to include E/N defense in there as well. It's viable now due to Barrier, as you can build for a 40% S/L/E/N defense base. Barrier also gets you close to the S/L resistance hardcap if you picked Cardiac.