I'd love to hear some insight on this build as well. I'm looking to rebuild in the near future.
ok, my first glance at your numbers....you are pursuing positional defense. While there's nothing wrong with this - your ranged defense is a little low.
Well, anyone can say that, right? Have you considered going for typed defense as opposed to positional?
I think - for the most part, your new build is easily good enough to hold it's own in most situations.
Off the top of my head, I look at your lowest numbers -which are pretty low for most tanks - but. ..everything but melee and s/l is in the 20s. So, instead of 5% of attacks that aren't melee coming in, you catch about 25% or more of them. (unless they are s/l, in which case, you'll catch about 15%.) Let's think about ranged attacks - sure, most of them have some smashing or lethal component, but for the most part, they are energy, negative energy, psionic and toxic. Discount psionic and toxic, because outside of team buffs ,there's only so much you can do.
But, the energy and negative energy, they are fairly common. Freaks come to mind. You get those electric blasts and I think you're going to feel it more than you should.
So, before I make adjustments on your build - maybe I'll learn something from you - have you thought about settling for less melee and raising ranged a little bit more, or going for typed defense instead?
Perhaps your line of thought makes more sense than mine. <shrug>
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Hey guys,
I have a fire/fire tanker that is my main toon and I am wanting to respec him. I have a little bit over 1B influence that I can spend on him.
Goals:
Below, I've posted my current build, my attempt at bettering my current build and lastly a build that I have focused on smashing/lethal/melee defence. My current build is actually pretty good I find. I don't die to often but it is lacking on the recharge aspect for farming. I really like how my new build is looking and I really want to try it, but that's only if it makes it past the critiquing of my fellow tankers.
I should also mention that I have the top tier cardiac (end reduction) alpha slot and I also have the first tier ion (electricity) judgement slot.
Current Build (defence is kind of everywhere...)
http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...71FD0F1BEDEA84
Revised Current Build (I don't really like this one)
http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...B8FE07F038E7F2
New Build (focused one smashing/lethal/melee defence)
http://www.cohplanner.com/mids/downl...0DFD0BC41FD70F
I really want to focus on the new build and make any changes there if need be but I sort of want to distance my self from my old build.
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