Yes it does, for the following reasons:
1. It's easy to get a lot of recharge with SR, which means you can get your momentum up almost all the time.
2. SR has only one click power you have to use once every two minutes, which makes it very good for redraw.
3. Early on, the extra melee defense from TW stacks really well with SR before you get IO's to softcap yourself without it.
4. Later on, if you've somehow gotten tons of recharge from IO's and are softcapped, you can focus on getting more damage bonuses from Musculature and sets. TW has very good base damage(and is penalized for that in its Build Up power), so it benefits a lot from damage bonuses.
That said, EA and Elec are probably the better choices for recharge heavy builds if you're a min-maxer.
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I think the focus of secondary paring is for endurance management. TW eats a lot of your blue bar so most are going for secondaries that have endurance management tools.
The reason you don't see Super Reflexes more is that it has three toggles and no endurance management tools. That doesn't make it a bad choice however. I've seen some of the forums paring TW with Dark Armor, if you can make that work then anything will work.
I am with those who say play what is fun for you and fits your character concept. With IOs you can make anything work.
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I'm thinking with Energy Mastery and Musculature Radial, endurance shouldn't be too much of an issue.
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Originally Posted by Flower
I think the focus of secondary paring is for endurance management. TW eats a lot of your blue bar so most are going for secondaries that have endurance management tools.
The reason you don't see Super Reflexes more is that it has three toggles and no endurance management tools. That doesn't make it a bad choice however. I've seen some of the forums paring TW with Dark Armor, if you can make that work then anything will work. I am with those who say play what is fun for you and fits your character concept. With IOs you can make anything work. |
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I started this thread mostly because I was thinking about starting a new melee-type character and I hadn't tried Super Reflexes yet. Since Titan Weapons just came I out, I was thinking about trying out two new (to me) sets. I have no idea what the "uberness" of either set is. 
I also tend to solo, unless I'm on a TF/SF/Trial.
I probably should have mentioned this is my original post. 
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Musculature won't help much with endurance, it alters end mod, not end red so all it will be boosting is stamina, physical perfection, and superior conditioning to give you a very small increase to max end and recovery. Also, the damage boost is underwhelming on brutes due to fury dilution. |
Originally Posted by Auroxis
I'm thinking with Energy Mastery and Musculature Radial, endurance shouldn't be too much of an issue.
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Agility is a better choice for SR, as it heavily boosts defense, recharge, and still gives the little bit of end mod that you are getting from musculature. Otherwise if you need endurance management, nothing beats cardiac.
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A damage boost is still a damage boost, and you can reach a point with SR builds where you have enough defense and more recharge than you actually need. At that point, the extra recharge from Agility won't help as much as the extra damage from Musculature. |
Originally Posted by Death_Adder
Musculature won't help much with endurance, it alters end mod, not end red so all it will be boosting is stamina, physical perfection, and superior conditioning to give you a very small increase to max end and recovery. Also, the damage boost is underwhelming on brutes due to fury dilution.
Agility is a better choice for SR, as it heavily boosts defense, recharge, and still gives the little bit of end mod that you are getting from musculature. Otherwise if you need endurance management, nothing beats cardiac. |
It's certainly a good idea to go for Agility before you reach that point in your build, though.
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Fair enough, and musculature is a damage bonus. I just feel that agility gives you more freedom to soft cap without needing as many pool or io investments so you can pursue other goals with your build like hp and Regen.
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Musculature on a Brute is a baaaaad idea. Low base damage, Fury mechanics, stuff. It's good for ATs with high base damage like Stalkers, Scrappers, Blasters, Doms.
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Originally Posted by Death_Adder
Fair enough, and musculature is a damage bonus. I just feel that agility gives you more freedom to soft cap without needing as many pool or io investments so you can pursue other goals with your build like hp and Regen.
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While it's the worst on a brute, it's still pretty good if you're pleased with your levels of survivability and recharge. Some people like getting more damage, some people like getting more survivability, it's a matter of taste.
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Originally Posted by Kioshi
Musculature on a Brute is a baaaaad idea. Low base damage, Fury mechanics, stuff. It's good for ATs with high base damage like Stalkers, Scrappers, Blasters, Doms.
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I've been looking around at various threads and I haven't see much discussion about TW/SR. Most of the recommendations for a secondary with Titan Weapons are (in no particular order): /Elc, /EA, /WP, /Inv, /FA.
I was just wondering if it's not really a good idea to pair Titan Weapons with Super Reflexes.
Thanks