Dispari

Someone please explain why it makes sense to have robes and swords in a natural pack, but not backpacks and quivers. And I don't mean from a technical standpoint, I mean what's going on with this crazy argument where jetpacks don't belong in a natural pack because you aren't born with them, but gloves and masks are fine.

Maybe if we're lucky, the "difficult tasks to improve level 50 characters" will be CoP/IoP.

Are they animated ponies?

Not to mention the crazy redraw from switching from gun to mace to unarmed (Surveillance).

And yeah, the stupid pets are going to kill time trying to immobilize Romulus. They aren't going to optimally DPS him.

This may be less of a prediction and more what I plan on doing:

Tanking:

Brutes - Limited to 2 per team at most, because fury is a hassle when there's already a lead Brute. Brutes can hold aggro as well as survive fairly well, especially when buffs are added. Brutes replace the need for Tanks in my book because in addition to being able to tank, they deal damage too.

Support:

Corruptors - Great support toons. Redside has gone for years without needing buffs more powerful than this, so I don't see a reason we'd suddenly need Defenders. Especially when it comes at the cost of damage. The best teams I've done have had 4 or more Corruptors.

Controllers - A primary and a secondary that contributes to the team staying alive. Though they come with no real damage output, good usage of Controllers on a team means the group has very little to worry about from badguys.

Damage:

Blasters - Damage damage and damage. When a damage slot needs to be filled, Blasters do it. There's almost always room on a team for a Blaster. Blasters do one thing and do it really well. And unlike most of the other ATs listed here, that one thing is never unnecessary.

Dominators - Dominators aren't too far off from Blaster damage, although they lack nukes and the double +DMG buffs. Doms have the highest base damage redside, but with the added benefit of having mezzes and pets. Doms are a good filler for a damage role because they put out a lot of it, but also bring some safety to the team as well.

Scrappers - Scrappers aren't quite the same beast that a Brute is, but they stack better. You can only have so many Brutes before fury becomes an issue, but you can have as many Scrappers as you want. Plus, of the other damage-oriented ATs in this section, they're the most durable.

No Thanks:

Masterminds are okay. But MMs are generally more solo-oriented players. I don't have issues taking an MM on a team, but lots of times they'd rather not join, so I don't seek them out.

The ATs I don't think will fare very well are Tanks, Defenders, and Stalkers. Of course, those ATs are already unpopular. In general I don't believe the basic popularity of any ATs will vary too much. I just think it will call to attention the ATs that aren't that great even more. Blasters are already really popular and will continue to be so. Tanks are already unpopular and will continue to be so. Once we can have tanks without needing Tanks on both sides, it'll give more emphasis to the fact that Tanks just aren't that great.

The issues I (and I believe most others) have with Tanks, Defenders, and Stalkers is that they tend to only do one thing at the expense of being able to do anything else. Tank and Defender damage is so low that all they really do is what's in their primary. The thing is, other ATs exist that do those things well enough that the huge hit to damage isn't worth the trade. Redside has gone for years without needing defenses higher than a Brute or buffs higher than a Corruptor. They're simply not needed.

What I want for Christmas is,

Twelve slots per server,
Eleven servers to play on,
Ten starting archetypes,
Nine powers per powerset,
Eight weapon sets,
Seven feet of melee,
Six respec trials,
Fiiiiiiiiiiive costume sloooots!
Four patron arcs,
Three co-op zones,
Two sides to start on,
And a pohsyb in a cardboard box!

Hey wait, it came true! Thanks devs!

Personally, I craft my own builds and design them to do what I want. I don't generally share them unless asked, because I have a lot of personal rules that I don't feel like explaining and justifying every time. For instance, I'm not going to change travel powers, underslot High Pain Tolerance, or skip Grant Cover. I generally cringe seeing builds anyone else made, because they always skimp a ton in certain areas to achieve things, and that drives me nuts.

I discovered this a while back, and sent a note to Positron about it. I didn't make a thread because it seemed awfully exploitative to be able to stack every Mystic Fortune buff on a single person.

Example: http://meru.xfury.net/images/walktarot.jpg