Pure defense sets with Incarnate content?

I did the first set of missions of DA in beta today with my fully sloted (with new ATO and re adjusted according to that to have softcap it has better regen, recovery and damage than my current live one thanks to minor slot changes) fully incarnate (all T4) kat/SR scrapper.

First mission was a cakewalk since I forgot to change my settings and it was a +0 x1 with no bosses. Second mission was a little hard but by spending like 2 or 3 insipiration for each mob I manage to clear it with no real difficulties at +4x8 no bosses. I remmeber boss setting at last two mission and changed according to that. My inspiration spending increased to 3 to 4 and I found myself using my incarnate destiny and judgement more often but untill end of last mission (where they r performing a rite) I didn't had any real difficulties inspiration were replaced faster than I need to use them.

At last mission there was some sort of ritual after selecting some choices I am forced to fight 8 or 10 bosses in less than 3 minute and this was the real hard part for me. I died once around 1.50 min due to bad judgement on my part and not using inspiration until i was at half HP because of power delay i was dead even i used insp at half hp I clearly underestimated bosses. I used my revive veteran power quickly used a fre orange and purple inspirations than toggle AoE and ranged defenses which gave me soft-cap to incarnate content than I killed them one by one. It was a close call when 1 minute left there was still 2 left so i used my lore pets and destroyed last two when 20 sec left and realised there was one more at the back killed her in seconds away from timer. Now If I waited for my judgement and destiny recharged and used my lore pets from the beginning )I didnt realised all at the ritual was bosses) before doing this part the outcome would be different and much easier.

For a character with good slotted but without most of the incarnate powers I can only suggest stocking good amount of insps between missions and getting incarnate level shifts as soon as possible.

It's not *that* hard to get to 59% def. with something like SR.

I mean, I have some (admittedly expensive looking) builds in ninjitsu or shield defense, which get to 59% defense in both ranged and melee.


The biggest problem I see in the incarnate content, is the auto-damage, that ignores defense, and ignores resistance. It's doubly frustrating on my stone-fire tank. I'll be tanking the final boss of some trial, and then *Boom*, me and everyone else in like 30ft has 1 (one) hit point left. The squishies, the toughies... all have 1hp... so if i am standing there in granite with a 3-4billion influence build, 45% defense, and 90% resistance... I take 3500 damage down to 1hp, while a troller on his first time in incarnates next to me, with SO's that have gone red, takes 1000 dmg to go down to 1hp... I don't get the scaling of it. It's just bloody annoying. And if your healer isn't quick on the draw, you can step on a thumbtack and then the main tank is dead.

I'm not saying it's not manageable, or doable, it's perfectly doable. it's just annoying.

/rant

but yeah, 59% isn't that hard to get to. well, it's expensive, and it will dictate your pool powers pretty strictly, but perfectly doable.