FlamingIntern

Powersets aren't proliferated for PvP. They're proliferated first if they balance right and make sense for the AT.

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1. You don't really need Burn. Some people like it, others don't. I prefer combat jumping for the immob protection.

2. Hasten is really what makes this set shine. It helps you get Healing Flames, which you definately should have pre-14, back up faster. It also adds a bit of Toxic resistance for kicks.

3. Make sure when you're soloing, to hit BU and FE for your alpha strikes and makes sure you hit the highest conned mob when you do. Make sure Blazing Aura has 2 Accs, 2 Dmg, and 2 End Reducers. Unless you're fighting +4's consistently, most mobs will be dead by the second time through your attack chain.

4. No, IO's are not needed, but they obviously help. But you should be able to survive just fine with just SO's.

5. If you're still having problems with all this, try respeccing Tough and Weave into the build. This should improve your survivability considerably. Once you get used to it, find out if you still want to keep them on your build or respec out of them to save 2 power slots for other useful powers, such as Conserve Power and Focused Accuracy. Some players need Tough and Weave to tank on Fire Armor, some players don't. It's all about personal preference.

6. Accolades help ALOT. The extra health and end are a great boon, and the two res powers, especially the psi res one, have become a main part of me tanking AV's. Are they needed? Of course not, but they do help. Check badge-hunters.com for more info.

7. If all of this has failed, maybe Fire Armor isn't for you. It doesn't mean the whole set is gimped just because your playstyle doesn't mesh well with it. Go Try Ice or WP. Their powers are much more straightforward in the surivability they give you, and you may like those better.

What I mean by a few IO's, is that I have a few uncomplete sets spread throughout my powers. I had even less than that, maybe even 6 total, when I tanked on the STF. As for my team, there was just one /kin troller on it, the rest were damage AT's. I also don't have Tough or Weave on my tank, don't really believe in having to go outside the set for res/def toggles. Honestly, yes you're going to get alot more damage done to you then most tankers. But that doesn't matter if you just use strategy and make sure you survive to keep the aggro. This is why RoTP is an amazing power as is, because even if you do die you have a self rez so a support character doesn't have to waste theirs. It also adds to damage mitigation with the chance of stunning a few mobs. And as for making FE work with other damage types...how would that even make sense conceptually? Yes, it really only works well with the Fire primary, but no ones forcing you to take it. If anything it opens up a power slot if you don't want to take it, so if you find you're having survival problems you can take a power better suited for immediate help. Fire tanking isn't tanking on easy mode like it used to be, and to be honest it's ALOT more fun to tank with my Fire/Fire now then the pre-ED and Burn nerfs.

So in a nutshell, other than maybe a few MINOR number tweaks, Fire Armor is working just fine.

In this game, farming is considered doing the same content over and over again, one immediately after the other. This doesn't mean alting and it certainly doesn't mean pushing the same buttons over and over again...

This. I also fail to see how farming anything could be considered "fun".

Am I the only one that found this post hilarious?

First part= Blasphemy!

Shield is the one unknown to me as far as Tanks go. I have a Shield/SS at 18 and its still touch and go right now, but that could just be because of my inexperience.

Yup, mine showed up like the rest on my account. Im pretty sure I've just gotten REALLY lucky with my vet rewards coming on time.