Need Another Brute. EM?


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Originally Posted by Haetron View Post
But yes. Don't bother with EM. It's a horrible set for the way the game is played now. And if you do, don't pair it with dark armor, because EM doesn't have enough mitigation to cover dark armor's lacking mitigation. (well, you can IO DA up to beast mode, but really, what armor set can you not do that on?)
I have a L50 EM/DA/Earth Brute. I find your comments strikingly divergent from my experience. Personally I rather like having an AoE damage aura to complement the ST focus of EM, and the mag 2 stun aura has some degree of synergy with the two EM powers with 100% chance of mag 3 stun and the two other EM powers with 60% chance of mag 3 stun. My Total Focus still stuns bosses; that's not too shabby.

On the other hand I certainly wouldn't say no to EM buffs. It's not that the set is objectively bad - nothing that can solo at x4 could reasonably be called that - but now that Mace doesn't suck, somebody has to be the worst. Just be aware that I, personally, would not consider trading away spike ST damage and mez for the apparently requisite AoE splash an improvement.


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Originally Posted by Talen Lee View Post
The changes were first proposed on a memo from then-dogsbody-Castle to Geko, before PVP existed.

As you were.
Still was Castle's doing then? Jerk.

Plus it still stayed live for four years without the game falling apart.


 

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Originally Posted by SpittingTrashcan View Post
I have a L50 EM/DA/Earth Brute. I find your comments strikingly divergent from my experience. Personally I rather like having an AoE damage aura to complement the ST focus of EM, and the mag 2 stun aura has some degree of synergy with the two EM powers with 100% chance of mag 3 stun and the two other EM powers with 60% chance of mag 3 stun. My Total Focus still stuns bosses; that's not too shabby.

On the other hand I certainly wouldn't say no to EM buffs. It's not that the set is objectively bad - nothing that can solo at x4 could reasonably be called that - but now that Mace doesn't suck, somebody has to be the worst. Just be aware that I, personally, would not consider trading away spike ST damage and mez for the apparently requisite AoE splash an improvement.
If the stun aura didnt do self-damage, I probably wouldn't mind it. I just found that in the situations where the stun would have been useful, the self damage was adding another complication. The areas where the damage wouldn't be noticeable, the stun was unnecessary.

Mind you, thats purely just on casual observation while playing the set.


 

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BS/SD is the most fun I have had in a long time. If you don't already have those sets on a char try it out.