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Who needs to be tough when there's nothing alive to kill you?

Usually, two of the above attacks (not including PBAoE toggles) will kill a Minion, with enough ST damage to down a Lieut without worry with Bosses being a speed bump if you go in with a cool head. Cold mastery for better survivability (Hibernate is a life saver). It can be tough, just takes a little while to get to there, though with 3 solid AoEs by level 10 it is a fast leveler. Honest.

Conceptual thoughts aside, I really don't see Tankers getting Spines any time soon because of the extra taunt/damage aura, Tanks who're capable of sustained AoE damage are utter beasts so I'd imagine Spines would need several tweaks/changes to address any balance issues which come up for it being in Tanker hands. I'd rather they work on making it work with Shields beforehand because I really really want that

A Martial Arts based secondary for Blasters has been suggested a lot too and is something I really want (Beet the character is Energy/Dev, but I would remake Energy/MA in a heartbeet), though hadn't thought of it being incorporated as a general melee set. A combo SS, MA and Devices? Could be fun, can definately see the myriad of characters it can create, though I think the technical side of it may be difficult to flesh out. What about a full armour set made out of technical devices and dirty fighting techniques? The Scrapper's Ninjitsu, so to speak.

I suddenly want to grow a giant tree under enemies, lethal damage + huge knockup with one side leading to it also being an AoE ally heal and the other causes additional toxic DoT to enemies.

I like the idea of the sonic scream, a real Black Canary/Black Bolt audio nuke would be awesome. The other sounds a little too Thorish, I would rather a short range cone where you do an overhead weapon smash along to Total Focus' animation. Would also like to see...

A massive straight line cone Energy blast with giant knockback, one side increases the range and damage but has a smaller cone/target cap/animation effect like you're firing a laser, the other side increases the cone/target cap/animation effect so it's a giant BEAM of energy.

A giant thunder/lightning storm with lightning crashing down and a tornado in the middle, AoE energy DoT with knockup and smashing damage if they're in the middle. One side adds a blizzard/snow storm on top for additional cold DoT, slow and -recharge. The other side causes an earthquake, adding a persistant AoE knockdown as well as increasing the radius/target cap.

Orbital cannon. I don't need to explain any further.

An assault rifle barrage, a large cone of you firing a full auto while throwing a hand full of grenades, massive lethal AoE with knockdown and Full Auto's chance for additional damage at the end. One side makes you throw a flashbang in with the normal grenades adding a chance to stun and -tohit, the other side replaces grenades with molotovs making fire patches under all enemies hit.

A magical Judgement, you float into the air and a large mystical symbol/rune glows on the ground, you start glowing and fling your arms out causing pillars of light to erupt from the symbol causing half/half Negative and Energy damage. One half protects you in a forcefield for the duration of the animation greatly increasing your defense/resistance, the other half increases the target cap and adds Fire DoT.

I put on my spandex, cape and wizard hat.

If this brings proper wizard hats, all for it. Nonetheless, finally a staff <3

For Shield Charge, you jump into the group of enemies spinning and firing the gun wildly.

..It actually sounds plausible, almost.

Here's what I would do, but also consider that this is part to see if I'd enjoy the investment of splashing 1b+ and I haven't checked the market in a little while so it may've gone up or down depending.

2-4 attacks with 5x Crushing Impact
4x cheap Eradication with 2x Scirocco's Dervish in any PBAoEs (though usually bumps up to 150-200m if none drop while leveling)
Cheap Miracle or Numinas x3 if they drop while leveling, if not 3x Triage are cheap and fill in the blanks (especially when considering Incarnates)
2 powers with 5x Doctored Wounds and a random cheap Heal/Rech IO

Ends with about 25% +recharge, 11% +HP, 32% +regen plus 3.6 +end. Take into consideration incarnates at endgame and the ease of getting just to the Spiritual Partial Core Revamp (33% recharge and healing + level bump) plus support from whichever team you're with (Outside buffs from FF/Kin/Son/etc, Tankers and Blasters taking aggro, Dominators and Controllers locking down groups etc)

Excessive IOs aren't needed when you've a great team behind you or you're not afraid of inspirations

The big thing I like about a Regen is that, in a team environment, any help they get is just that bit more powerful on account of their already reasonably solid passive regen and myriad of clicks, they're built to recover from all damage coming at them, anything -at all- which reduces incoming damage is (IMO) an exponential increase in survivability as, of course, it reduces the damage which also in turn gives them more time to react and recharge.

You don't have to survive the fight, just until your heal is recharged.

I take great pride in tickling the market for the IOs I want. It doesn't have to be perfect (level 35+ IOs will do), it doesn't have to be pretty (2 slot Scirroco's for fun!), it just has to work. On the other hand, I haven't looked at the market recently, been too preoccupied by Incarnates and other games.

I believe it was talked about in one of the Ustreams or here on the boards (by a dev) about a Martial Manipulation being in the works but far from released and no promises.

But don't quote me on that.

Considering you'll (presumably) be in an 8 person team for such, yes. Team buffs, other players taking aggro, mez etc. And if you're not in a full team, what're you doing trying to solo x8 without IOs? A regen's worst enemy is spike damage, which can be stopped by a well timed Dull Pain, popping oranges/purples beforehand, or teaming with a Controller/Dominator/Corruptor/Defender/Tank/Another Brute (sharing aggro). That's not even touching MoG before you run in, which can be up for every other group.

I've seen vanilla WP Scrappers and Brutes be downed just as fast as a Regen because of overwhelming spike damage, and in those cases, at least the Regen had inbuilt panic buttons to try and survive it, and half the time they do, which isn't to say that WP doesn't, just it has as much of a chance by itself on SOs.

I'm looking forward to Regen Brutes, going to pair it with Titan Weapons when that comes out and throw in 50-100m for some quick +recharge/hp, a nice casual character living on the edge.

Hey bud, when enhanced Energize also has a 50% heal, as well as the regen and end discount.

And then Sparkblade is added to the game as an Elec/G&S Dominator and we get epic content exploring WISDOM?

This update is looking delicious. Titan/Regen Brute, Dark/Fire Defender, Axe/WP Scrapper, Dark/Dark Blaster..

AGH

Devs, I want another page of character slots to buy.

Edit:

Knockout Blow on Scrapper multipliers + Rage x2 + crit. There are.. Quite a few balance issues at hand before the love can be spread, or so I've heard/read.