My experience with the new /EA on Brutes is limited but it looked like a regular taunt aura for me (like Invul, meaning it was not weak like /WP's).
Tested it several times on the Yellow praetorian mobs (the ones in the street that don't attack you unless you aggro them). With Aura off, I stood among them for 2 minutes. They started attacking me the moment I switched Entropic on.
Duoing with a lowbie DP corr (he had almost nothing from his secondary) I was able to hold aggro only with the aura with no problems. I mentioned 'lowbie DP corr' because since his secondary was still limited at that level (I believe it was traps), he was basically damaging everyone all the time with his AoEs, meaning he was constantly tickling every mob since DP is kinda weak without using your secondary. My Broot was ST only and I was purposely not using Taunt, but no problems holding aggro.
I didn't tank for teams or anything because Praetoria is a wasteland and I haven't played in awhile.
It appears to be similar to WP in the fact that it can take up to 2 seconds before it starts taunting (pulsing), not as soon as you are in range of the mob. It also seems a very weak aggro aura since I easily lose aggro (scrapper). If only the detailed numbers were available in game so I could be sure.
Your character does not have capped defense. Depending on your AT the cap is between 175% - 225%. Your defense is not teal in the combat window, it can go higher. STOP SAYING IT IS CAPPED! The correct term is Soft Cap.
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Basically if you don't have Energy Cloak active it'll function like Against All Odds or any Damage Aura, and it will give you some recharge whether any enemies are in range of the power or not.
If Energy Cloak IS active, then things get a bit more complicated:
- The recharge bonus will only work while you are within range of an enemy and "revealed" (cloak's graphical effects suppress).
- You can run past an enemy (using Super Speed or a stealth proc) without them noticing you, but if you get caught on one for more than a second or two you will be revealed and will taunt the group (along with anything you run past while revealed).
- Although your character becomes visible to you, energy cloak's stealth remains active. Note however, your character can be forced into "revealed mode" by being harmed by an attack, including ranged attacks.
I'll update this with more detail if I think of anything.
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The power description says it "may" taunt foes, but I couldn't find anything concrete from the in-game numbers or from a search though the boards as to how it exactly works.
Can anyone enlighten me?
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