Jibikao

I must be the only person who likes to team with Tanker more than Brute. lol

I think most Tankers taunt better. They care more about teammates' survival = better teammate in my opinion.

Brutes tend to care more about generating and keeping Fury and run ahead most of the time.

I also don't think Tanker's damage is that bad. It's not the highest but it's not the bottom of the barrel. I say this because you deal no damage if you are dead and Tankers survive the best of all.

To give you an example, a Corr and a Brute. Corr supports Brute while Brute holding and attacking. I find that when I try to support Brute, I tend to spend more time which translate into me spending LESS time on attacking. On the other hand, most Tankers can survive on their own which means I have more time to blast. Of course this varies a lot from sets to sets but in general, Tanker's superiority in survival means the supporting teammates have more time to focus on offense rather than defense (and if you are a Defender who doesn't blast, that's your fault). The contribution of Tanker is less "tangible" for sure but to say they are useless at high level is a joke?

EM's issue is more than not having Whirling Hand. Its ST dps isn't even the top and it gets worse when you factor in team critical %. The top two attacks either don't critical or only critical some portion of it.

It does have good burst damage and that's about it. Stun effect is good but only one target at a time. My MA and Kin can stun too.

The problem with stun effects is that it's hard to stun and switch target when TF and ET take so long to activate. It makes the strategy "hold one, attack another" (like Dominator) less effective. So in the end, you are more likely to focus on the same target and a simple mag 3 can hold most Lts and mag 4 on most bosses. The stacking nature of it seems redundant.

Ah.... very odd that some MM pets are bugged. I thought it would affect all of them.

Some may disagree with me but if you are lvl 50, I would slot Dominate with Apocalypse and Unbreakable purple proc damage and then go with a mix of 4 Thunderstrike to get some defense and push your damage % to 99%. I used Thunderstrike because it's what I can afford right now. You can get even better +damage and even some damage with purple sets.

Two purple procs, acc/dam, dam/end, dam/recharge and acc/dam/recharge. Your accuracy % is only about 45% range but don't forget you are running Tactics already.

And also, I would take Gloom as soon as possible at lvl 35. Gloom really makes a huge difference on an all-range Fort.

With set bonuses and double Assault, your damage number should be about Dominate (252), Subdue (233) and Gloom (236). Range Fort will need all the extra damage she can get because survival is the least of her problem. :P I have not tried putting more damage procs in Subdue (lethal proc) and Gloom (negative proc). I am comfortable with full thunderstrike sets atm. I know people want to perma Mind Link but to me, Mind Link takes 3s to cast. I'll use it when I feel I need it.

PS: If you are a melee-hybrid, adding some +hold in Dominate is good 'cause you can hold one, attack another easier.

Just took out my Ninja/FF and Reactive procs just fine. I just found some lowbies to kill in Grandville.

I can see the graphic and see the DoT damage clearly.

I don't know if dummies are different but I guess it's a bug if you don't see the toxic DoT on regular enemies. I know Reactive works.

The absolute worst DPS T2 pet is Spec-Ops. They have similar dps as Soldiers with the first upgrade... T_T

You take Pulverize at lvl 30? Pulverize is one of the better DPA for Bane. You should take it at lvl 8?

Looks like you are going for a mix of range and melee. Honestly, I think the only ST range attack that is worth taking is Poisonous Ray. You really don't need Mace Beam and/or Mace Beam Valley. You can drop it and take Venomous Grenade.

Venomous Grenade is arguably the best aoe attack in the game IMO. Yes, it will cause some minor weapon redraw but it is totally worth it.

VG has HUGE radius, does decent damage, debuffs 20% or 40% toxic, recharge is a bit on the long side but you can easily make it shorter than the duration and endurance cost is less than 12 which is well below the average target aoe attacks.

Did you test against real enemies instead of dummies?

If I remember, I'll take my ninja/ff out. They use reactive.

There was a bug when Interface first got introduced (pets weren't procing) and then later they fixed it. Hopefully the bug doesn't appear again.

I have to say.. /Storm looks like a very good set against other MMs. Tornado, Hurrican and Thunder Storm alone can really mess up Pet's AI.

I think it's a great idea that each AT has its own Pylon thread. It makes things much easier to read/follow. I see even dominator/controller ATs are posting in that Scrapper thread.

The only build I have that beats Pylon is SJ/Ice so far after the change. I didn't time it though.