PhroX

While I like both Dark/ and /Dark, I really don't think that putting them together is the best idea: there's too much overlap (particularly with THDebuff and Healing). Dark Miasma goes much better with Ice (AoE damage and controls) or Sonic (which, being the ST king for defenders, goes well with everything), or maybe even DP (to capitalise on the insane amounts of AoE -dam), while Dark Blast goes much better with a set like Traps, Storm or Cold, which lack a self heal, and can take more advantage of the debuffs (as well as all 3 liking the immobilise of TT). Storm in particular has great synergy with Dark Pit and Thunderclap giving you a Mag 4 AoE stun (thats enough to lockdown anything shy of an EB...)

And you still won't have nearly enough end

It also has crap damage enhancement (~70%). Fortunata ranged attacks aren't outstanding to begin with, so you want to get to ED levels of damage. If you want recharge, go for Decimation.

Also, perma-ML ain't cheap (it's not stupidly expensive either, but it costs a fair bit), so TStrikes are a great choice for softcapping a budget build.

AAO too - the increase works off base damage, of which a scrapper has a lot more than a brute. Fire Melee is a little stronger on brutes due to the DoT not benefiting from criticals. Both are going to be damn good though, so it really come down to which mechanic you like more.

lolpvp, besides, melee Forts can do everything a NW can, plus more

(actually, you should play whatever is fun for you to play )

Idiots. Cysts are the main reason to team with Khelds (well, apart from the fact that they're damn good to have along anyway...). More enemies means more fun

I prefer "Clawtunata"

But yeah, it's probably my most fun character. Essentially, I'm only very marginally less damaging than a NW (going by LuxunS' chains here, a NW would be ~4% better at ST DPS, and against large groups I'm actually probably better AoE), but I've got several control powers to play around with (Dom, Conf and AoC), plus a mini-nuke in the form of Psi Wail. I have thrown a fair bit of inf at her (enough to perma ML and Hasten...), but IMO, it's definitely been worth it

Heh, my Fort is basically a Claw/SR scrapper with nice helpings of controls and team buffs on the side. I started with the ranged attacks, but I eventually came to the conclusion that the melee ones just kill stuff faster.

Same

Damn that was such a good film. GARcher is awesome

If you're a football fan, you'd be playing FIFA, not Madden...

Yeah. And frankly, you can never underestimate humanity's ability to buy crap...

Again, why is it retarded? Unpleasant, sure, but retarded? Nah. This guy's job is to make as much money for his company as possible. And this will make money as, frankly, there are plenty of people dumb enough to buy this crap. So it's a pretty clever idea.

While I don't like him, I'd hardly call him a retard. In fact, this looks like a pretty sensible decision. Activision aren't going to have to put much money into it, and I'm pretty sure some people will buy it, so they profit. And given that that is the entire point of a company, how is this stupid?

I can't say much about Earth, other than the fact that it has crap loads of control (), but from the /Fire POV, I'd really suggest you take the melee attacks too. Incinerate is a good attack, and without it you're lacking a decent attack chain, while Combustion, though not stellar, is a solid AoE, particularly seeing as Fireball and RoF are only available post-40. Earth's control means melee should be totally safe, so there's really no reason not to

Also, I wouldn't rely on Consume. The recharge is too long for it to be a stamina substitute. Indeed, after Blazing Bolt, it'd be the second /Fire power I'd skip.

I think you mean GMs. AV's regen isn't that high, (~90HPPS IIRC), which blasters and dominators can overcome quite easily through raw damage.

For soloing AVs, going by the numbers (ie, I've not actually tried this), the best dom is probably Fire/Fire if you're willing to invest a lot on inf in the character. The ST hold has a low enough activation time to be able to be stacked high enough to overcome the PtoD and Imps and Hotfeet add a nice chunk of damage, while /Fire is the most damaging secondary out there. That said, you're going to have to get up close and personal to do this properly - Incinerate and Hotfeet are a significant chunk of your damage, though I supect you could still do it from a distance, just not as quickly.

Mind/Earth would probably be a cheaper option. Dominate is the same as Fire's ST hold, while Mind is relatively cheap to perma. Earth has good ST damage, and SS is another hold to help stack up to the PtoD level. Again though, it's definately a melee character.

And it's not even all primary set controls either - Ice doesn't get it on AA, Elec doesn't get it on several of it's powers...