Hypothetical: Ranged tank or Armoured Blaster?

Supposing a new AT was added pairing (existing) ranged Blast/Assault* sets and armour sets, would you prefer:

1) Near blaster level damage, weaker-than-scrapper defense and resistance values, low max hp?

2) Tanker level damage, between brute and tanker levels of def/res and max hp, taunt on attacks?

3) Switch inherent: Tanker level damage, scrapper level defences, inherent granting assault mode (+Dmg) and defense mode (+Max HP, adds taunt to attacks)?


*I'm thinking Assault sets are more likely than Blast sets, since they give less access to AoE and should alleviate some balance concerns. But it doesn't matter for the sake of the descussion.

Two words.

Crab Spiders.

None of the above. Between Corruptor and Blaster level damage and scrapper level defenses and health. And actual blast sets, not assault.


Crabs have more than that and they haven't destroyed the game yet.

I'd pick number two, but I primarily look for sturdiness in a character.

In any case, my chief concern would be that the AT had adequate mez protection. The lack of it is a large part of what has made my Peacebringer frustrating to play (endurance problems being the next largest issue).

Nope. Because I said Scrapper level defenses, not below Scrapper level defenses. And about midway between corruptor and blaster is not the same thing as almost blaster.

Crabs are some of the easier things to soft cap while still have a ludicrous amount of health, resistance, and mez protection. The lack of a damage aura is more than made up for by the various pets and stronger attacks. DDR is a rarity even in full defense sets. Oh, and Crabs share much of their defense with the entire team in one of the best toggles in the game.

I didn't say to make its armor an exact copy of a Crab, did I? I said to make it equal to a Scrapper. I was using the Crab as proof that a tankmage wouldn't break the game.

Full defense set? SR is the only one with sizable amounts, if I recall correctly. And almost none of the resistance sets have it. Which are also armor sets, and therefore were included in my statement. As for no god mode, that also means no god mode crash. Can just use the inspirations that a dropping like candy.

I'd have to say 1, then. But with the exact same defense values as a Scrapper. And not too close to blaster damage, don't need more things encroaching on their territory.

I really want a support/melee or melee/support AT. A balance between blaster secondaries or dominator secondaries with the support sets.

Kheldians get;

-Godmodes
-Mixture of AoE and ST attacks
-+HP powers
-Recovery and Heal powers
-Basically all the stuff talked about

They already HAVE a base level for a Blast/Armour or Assault/Armour AT. There is NO good reason to not have one in game (no, screaming 'Tankmage!' doesn't cut it. Again, EATs. Balanced. Go figure.)

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Using Assault/Defense is a pretty neat idea because it capitalizes on reusing existing assets, but ultimately, it falls flat because unless it has something groundbreaking in the inherent, it doesn't really do anything different from the other melee ATs available.

The issue is that the secondary -has- to change to make it interesting, but when you change it, you move away from the main advantage in creating such an AT, which is ease of conversion/creation.

There's a way around it, but that's a pretty long post that doesn't belong here, but the suggestion forum instead.