I feel the same as you regarding concept. I think SR fits most concepts better with Street Justice. However I went with EA mostly because I already have a SR scrapper and never played EA.
Another advantage of going with EA over SR is the ability to better handle the endurance.
Either way you go, I don't think that you can go wrong.
SR and EA are both great sets to me.
EA will be somewhat more expensive to softcap, but you can cap it to all damage types except psionic without taking Energy Drain into account. You will have about 50% DDR instead of 95% of SR, but I think double stacked saturated Energy Drain can provide enough of a buffer to compensate for that.
So, that's where EA becomes on par with SR, and this is where it comes to outshine it. Unlike SR, you will have a handy unsuppressable stealth power, infinite endurance, a heal, a T9 that actually gives you another layer of survivability, a potentially greater recharge bonus, and decent-ish resistance without your HP being in the red.
EA wins hands down.
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This really helps me out. My main concern other than concept is just the overall feel of SR; I like it. However, your points reassure me that EA is the overall better choice. I think what was stopping me from just going SR is the idea of really having no defense other than...defense. Once you get hit a few times, that's it. With EA at least you have a bit more backing up your defense.|
Originally Posted by Exxar
EA will be somewhat more expensive to softcap, but you can cap it to all damage types except psionic without taking Energy Drain into account. You will have about 50% DDR instead of 95% of SR, but I think double stacked saturated Energy Drain can provide enough of a buffer to compensate for that.
So, that's where EA becomes on par with SR, and this is where it comes to outshine it. Unlike SR, you will have a handy unsuppressable stealth power, infinite endurance, a heal, a T9 that actually gives you another layer of survivability, a potentially greater recharge bonus, and decent-ish resistance without your HP being in the red. EA wins hands down. |
Now it's just a matter of coming up with a concept that explains the auras floating around my toon.
Flux Tempest-Electric Melee/Willpower
Zaunte's Rage-Claws/Invulnerability
Hey all,
So after reading up on SJ, I ran into a road block. I'm a bit torn on a secondary...
On one hand, we have SR; which in itself is survivable, cheap, and comes with free recharge. It also allows for more room for other bonuses because of how easy it is to softcap.
On the other, we have EA; which I have little to no experience with, and looks similar to Elec armor with defense rather than resistance. EA should help with SJ's end issues later on, and also provides a nifty little healish power to use.
Where I'm stuck is that the concept may work better with SR, but on paper, I think EA would be a better choice in survivability. Could someone please point me in the right direction?
Would SR be a better choice? Would I be able to build for enough regen/hp and still slot enough end recov to fuel SJ? SR at it's core is more appealing, due to EA's many auras and cloak. I should also note that I have enough inf. for a pretty decent build for either secondary if I end up wanting to stick with the toon.
Thanks for your time guys.
Bones
Flux Tempest-Electric Melee/Willpower
Zaunte's Rage-Claws/Invulnerability