Yeah, I'm pretty sure I'll be going brute with my staff character, perhaps Staff/DA. I like that scrappers don't have a ramp up but frankly I spend 99% of my time solo so a brute will likely give me greater average damage since I don't have outside buffs and never approach the damage cap anyways.
Couldn't find info on city of data or anything as far as damage, recharge, activation times etc.
So I've nearly convinced myself that, with the Brute ATO proc now returning Brutes to former pre-Fury nerf glory, that my Staff toon should be a Brute. Preferably running a high dps, high recharge chain (probably using Spiritual or one of the other +rchrg alphas), and using the Endo form for Staff to manage the endo drain. And maybe even Staff/ELA.
Having said that, i don't have enough experience on Test to think about attack chains yet. Does anyone? The stalker boards are suggesting a 4 attack chain, but it incorporates Assassin's Strike. The question for Brutes will have a different answer.
Any thoughts? I have heard Serpent's Reach actually has pretty good DPA. The animation time for Sky Splitter on the other hand looks long and painful.