New Dawn

Don't you have Blazing Arrow to light it?

Another way is macro /T "$$targetname Oil Slick".

I do macros rather than binds from having alts. It saves having to remember and I also do another macro to autotarget villains such as Malta Sappers or DE Guardians and use Ice Arrow. Sometimes taking a baddie out of a fight asap does help.

I think clockworks maybe why sometimes somebody decides that taunt is not worth having and respec it out.

If your soloing something like a AV then it helps to be able to maintain aggro. Should an AV turn and knockout any pet individually or 2 or 3 pets collectively then your bodyguard mode is basically nearing worthlessness. It's better to taunt than to try and get pets out whilst you should keep buffs or debuffs going. Different MMs have different levels of several issues. Keeping pets away from me and any AoEs as I keep aggro and buff or debuff is an issue I have. It's not in my interest to hope my threat level is higher. I'd rather know it is. Generally on teams MMs can soak or mitigate alphas, taunt control is often unnecessary. It depends on what you want to do and however you have to do it to whether or not a taunt power is useful but I think MMs or Stalkers are pretty much the only ATs with which I might dip into the presence pool with.

If it was me, Although I do feel that in teams, if a defender attack is worth firing, its better an AoE however M30 grenade would be changed for something like Entangling Arrow I think.

AoEs hit several npcs, several times that little bit of damage it does to one npc can be worth X times more than a single target attack. So in terms of damage to a group, it's better. In between debuffs and that, it's hardly likely I would see the point in a single target attack so in theory M30 being an AoE should sound nice. But M30 is KB and use of it could lower the DPS of everyone else who could be doing more damage than you by knocking mobs out of their area effects and not only theirs, but yours as well. Buckshot is AoE Cone KB which is more directable.

Entangling Arrow would immob for ignite making you really good at dealing great damage per end over time as well as lighting Oil Slick, so much better in teams than that M30 "sometimes help the enemy power" but not only that, entangling arrow is part of the defence powers. Keeping hard hitting targets such as AVs at a distance can prevent them from using everything in their attack chain ergo providing damage mitigation of which poison gas arrow can stack or immob an AV still whilst someone who can be highest threat breaks line of sight for self recovery and regains it before threat is lost. It can be the difference between a trick archer being up to certain job or not and so either a need for another defender or no need. Relevent depending on what you do with others. The -fly is cool too and in some cases for kiting purposes a little bit more reliable than the immob.

I'd say Flash Arrow 3 slots max, Acid Arrow can be as low as 3 slots so from Flash and Acid you can pull slots to burst. When you got Aid self why bother with 3 slotting health? I would perhaps if I am putting special IOs in health. Stamina 3 slots would be ok, just 2 or 3 IO damage slots in ignite would be ok and so maybe put one more slot to bean bag perhaps. Between Ice Arrow, Bean bag and Ent and Ignite you should be soloing pretty damn well.

I think that it's a cunning trap. Some powers are way worse at low levels than later when they've got better slots in them and have perhaps scaled a bit. People get a power, say it sucks and never look at it again. Presence pool taunts are mickey mouse to the non power pool taunts but still on a MM it can be just about good enough.

I got my TA/A defenders build to where I always imagined it could be. Able to do stuff I thought she would and in no way does she let me down. So she's a bit of a babe really.

I'd love a team full of the powersets that are the so called pity spot taking sets. That's my ideal team right there! Yep even try an MoSTF.

I really don't think /Ice needs looking at anymore.

Tankers with taunt can still have team wipes etc but with less chance. Some people do like to throw themselves into harms way immediately. Tankers don't have to assess much in the way of harm for themselves. They know they can go in and bring back 17 out of a possible 27 and no more. It is quicker to do that without saying anything, so as not to slow down but you sometimes get them players who will be getting another 10 for themselves out of that 27 the tank could of got as they're up the tanks butt.

I could suggest that tankers without taunt may never have teams of people who create their own problems but when it comes to AVs being without taunt can create problems. I certainly don't like to need certain support before I move. Someone in a global channel asked for a empath, people joked "what kind of a team asks for an empath?" I figured, the same kind that asks for a kin or any one of the others.

Some of the slotting in Health might fair better in Rooted. Your overall regen would be higher.

I'd agree with that.

Invuln is good, Mace is good. TBH I wouldn't think about it much, just do it.

As a Sonic Corrupter duoing with a Brute with taunt or duoing with a Brute without, from my perspective the one with taunt was far better.

But I don't care about that!

It's villains and villains are villains. Do what the hell you like and I will do the same, just don't complain about me.

I think some people like to tank with very little thought. If your shields are passively doing everything for you its easy. With Dark it can come down to more active defense which means rely more on positioning, timing and control, perhaps almost dying with "omg how did I survive that" last second self saves but I just like it because I think its sick. I practically have to almost die every so often to get the most out of mine.

American BBQs are the best imo. I grew up spending much of my time with Americans from a USAF base here in England as I went to Sunday School learning from the American Standard Bible and we celebrating anything given the chance. Even now every year my family have a BBQ almost every weekend through summer with family around.

Another true and useless fact

Depends on how challenged one doesn't want to be combined with how one visualizes their tank.

It's the same.