Auroxis

Alpha doesn't matter that much as everyone can get it. The only place it matters a bit is with the musculature alpha, as it makes a small difference where powersets/AT's that rely on +damage to get their DPS numbers benefit from musculature less.

I would like to see KM on the list, but I hear it isn't all that good(For PvE anyway).

The fury change didn't seem to make much of a difference on DPS numbers, and the APP addition to brutes didn't make any difference at all for ST DPS.

The biggest change does seem to be the addition of PPP pools to scrappers, as Dark Blast seems to pack a punch and could easily fit in an attack chain.

I didn't realize there have been major balance changes to the attack sets during the last couple of years.

For situations like the ITF where defense debuffs and lethal damage is rampant, It's still a good idea to grab the tier 3 cardiac, as that gets you to about 85% S/L resistance. You can then grab a 5% Lethal Resistance base empowerment buff(grab the +20% recharge one while you're it) which should last you the entire ITF.

This is why I have health bars turned on for hami raids. It lets me see people with low health that aren't on my team, and safely heal them from afar when needed. Gives me more time to blast(more achilles' heel proc checks).

Taunt is still great IMO. The two taunt auras will let you easily take aggro from those SD scrappers, but that's about it in terms of threat generation. I use taunt to get mobs off of softies, pull AV's, and to keep ranged mobs on me without moving. The taunt auras don't let you do that.

I would personally suggest going for spiritual instead of cardiac. Cardiac by itself won't get you to 90% S/L resistance. One orange insp will get you to the hardcap without cardiac, assuming heavy resistance slotting on Charged Armor and Tough.

Spiritual gives you a faster recharging Energize, Power Sink, and Lightning Rod. You also get more healing and regen out of Energize.

Dark would be ok, but it won't be at the top end. You'll need help/insps to reach the resist cap, and your resist hole happens to be among recluse's heavy hitters. The kinetic dampener temp power helps here as well. Toxic isn't that common on recluse, and the red tower buff doesn't give his toxic attacks more damage.

You'll have to rely on oranges and the kinetic dampener temp power to keep your resists high, but your main problem is Recluse's end drain which you have no resists to. For defense you have the same issues as most other tankers, which can be solved with teammates, IO's, and purple insps.

One thing to note, is that EPS for attacks only matters when you fight. EPS for toggles matters when you're fighting and when you're moving from one mob to the other.

Elec is actually one of the better primaries for recluse tanking. I'd rank it behind Stone and Invuln.

Indeed it is.

Take a look at Bill Z's "The Results are in..." thread, showing and comparing the ST DPS potential of brute and scrapper primaries: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...79&postcount=1

As you can see, when comparing DM(w/10 targets) and FM, for Scrappers it's about a 30 DPS difference, and for Brutes it's a 10 DPS difference. Add more damage buffs to the mix(OP is teaming with a kin after all) and it would be pretty close.

Where did I say you have to respec?

With inherent fitness, more people are using the respec system, and therefore more dev attention should be spent looking at the respec system.

Rad/ is very good for soloing, due to the stun component in Cosmic Burst. Only other primary containing a mez in a high damage attack is Ice/, and Bitter Freeze Ray doesn't have nearly as much DPA as Cosmic Burst does.

Stack Cosmic Burst's stun with Oppressive Gloom's stun from Dark Mastery(which rocks on corrs due to Soul Drain), and you'll have an awesome Corruptor for soloing.