New Dawn

As a player on other servers, some channels have everyone at Mod status and those channels are the most well behaved.

Who has actually had a staminaless SR build?

I had it, I wanted a fun build. It did run into problems in an AV fight, damn well had to use rest XD. I had Conserve energy 3 rechg slotted, Quickness and Haste. Then I had a single end red in all attacks. AoEs were used when X amount of targets > Y. That was in the days of SOs though when with an attacks endred worth 33-36% which is why I mentioned IOs. I really think that it's doable on IOs later in game. With IOs end discount and +Rechg in the build for even faster regain of conserve it should be okay. However you will have your main, harder, more end costing powers up again more often and so will have to watch that. With greater DPS often comes greater EPS.

Misplaced Caltrops can actually cause more harm than good and so for that I would take the view that the damage from caltrops is non priority.

I was on a team with my WP Scrapper and the Tanker would stop, look at a group and say "Ready" at which for fun I'd charge in.

That meant my WP was in there taking an alpha.

What I did have is the people behind me...and a lot of faith in them.

Amongst those 7 other people, are people that should understand the word "team". They can all do things that will help the other people out whether its proactively or reactively.

Sometimes you will not get the support required when comes to direct alpha mitigation so you might want to prevent the enemies from hitting you all at once and make it so that the enemies are in melee range buffing your RTTC.

This can mean quickly before anyone interrupts, pulling mobs and tightening them up. This can often mean getting ahead of the team whilst they're all still busy cleaning up. Done right, the team should arrive at the next group just as the next group of NPCs tighten up. Obviously this doesn't mean run into the next group early, run around them, pull to a column then have them tighten up as there would be an alpha. It means run straight behind the column taunting just before you get there and stopping allowing mobs to get to you. Then there is no alpha as they can't hit you all at once and when they do they are in melee range.

It's not always good shooting off early as some people can't be left alone for five seconds. No team should "need" a tank except only find one preferable but those teams can exist and usually do especially with how most scrappers are built and played.

There are other ways of alpha mitigation, AoE controls, not all attract attention but with some of those that do, they can be done without getting attention. Either way it could be mob control then instant intercept by you of any strays, before the rest. Also debuffs to intercept and whatever buffs can be on you can help but I stress that, if you are buffed then you better most keen to be directing damage onto you. As a buffer myself, I don't mind buffing tankers as long as either, I can, or don't need to, buff others. If you can't keep aggro then I'd sooner buff others.

When it comes to people who can heal I normally find that they have other powers that can be more useful and if they used those powers we all wouldn't need so many green numbers.

So you do think that those cookie cutter builds for firetanks were in fact the most optimal build for a firetank. That's what I thought you thought.

First of all the game is probably most balanced around dealing with even levels at any stage.

You go against higher levels solo due to your build.

Teamed you go against higher levels due to you, your build and generally the teams ability to work well with eachother.

No one gets left out here.

A Tanker is not expected to handle a spawn designed for an 8 man team on invincible unless you can build to it. You won't see greatness on DOs alone.

I am afraid that any experience good/bad is part of leveling up and the learning that goes with it is always good. Everyone cuts their teeth. I get absolutely stunned at some other Tankers patience with a very bad team. I could be the blaster and clearly see that no one is bubbled by say a FFer no matter how often "it" can hit the fan or stuff like that.

In my case I have to know how to communicate with people to get the team dynamic desired. Usually its, do one group "Is that okay for everyone?" Then carry on.

As a Tanker don't think that everything has to come from your build, because it doesn't. The more you know about every powerset ingame the more "out of the box" team dynamics you can come up with to get some unthinkable bleep done.

Few details known for me to agree. Maybe, maybe not.

Different sets should be superior at different things. If a secondary needs looking at its probably Axe. I don't have /Axe so am neutrally judging from the numbers.

With IO sets to offer good end redux slotting, haste and conserve, I can't see why not.

Well the 3 powers your choosing between would be 3 powers I'd of definitely had. LR would be the 49 pick I guess. Physical perfection would of been easily skippable.