Rock_Crag

Even though I crashed within the first minute of starting, I was able to get back on and had a blast! I see you caught a picture of me in my Conan O'Brien suit (6th from the right). lol. I wish the Stealth proc would have worn off. Can't see him real well.

It really feels like Electric Armor should get Regen above all other types of mitigation. If the devs don't feel comfortable giving ElA more Resists, then give it Regen. Mostly because it prevents the devs from giving Brutes another Heal ability, allows them to improve the set without having to create another power outright, and (more importantly) seems to go with the theme of the set. Especially if that regen is put in Grounded. Or, hell, change Conserve Power into a +regen. Brutes don't get Regen as a set, and a clickie +Regen would be an absolutely unique solution for the archetype. Granted... not so much for Scrappers.... but still. I think it's a solution that warrants investigation.

Quick Reply.

Just adding in my 2 cents.

While I can understand the OP's curiosity of how well he/she could do against Rommie and his furrie trio, it sounds like the Tank was new to this game (the first sign was that he/she was a Stone Tank without TP [I assume he/she didn't have TP as you said he/she moved slowly]. Second sign was that he/she went after some random minions instead of drawing the attention of the AVs. This shows he/she probably hadn't dealt with AVs before and didn't know their threat level/power). In all fairness, he/she probably thought A. The OP actually could take down the AVs since he/she handled everything else in stride; And B. Thought kicking was an easier and faster method of saying 'I wanted to tank Rommie' than taking the time to type it out while in the middle of battle.

In any case, both parties acted understandably and instead of posting your thoughts here.... it probably would have been better to send a tell later to talk it out.

I'm told the best way to toughen up Elec Armor is to get as much IO defense bonuses as possible. It's also good to get Tough and Weave... as well as Aide Self. But until then... it'll be a very grindy experience.

*raises a glass of rootbeer* Here's hoping they try to make Elec Armor more survivable for i16.

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What will probably happen is Tankers and Scrappers will get a self heal in place of Conserve Power. Villians will still be stuck with Conserve Power.... like licking a poopsickle.

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You're probably right. It's no secret that the Devs have always hated Villains.

/e hopes to get a rise out a dev who is reading this thread but being silent.

The amount of defense added would have to be fairly insignificant until it hits very low on the Health bar. If done wrong... I could see Elec becoming a crazy monster that's probably worse than WP.

"What? My health is going down? Oh, look at that!"
*wiff* *wiff-wiff*
"And my health is back up. Oh, it's going back down again."
*wiff wiff wiff-wiff-wiff wiff*
"And we're back. AV time."

They really need to make a 'Master of ITF' badge. People certainly play it enough to warrant some kind of extra challenge for them. Ya know... make things interesting....

I just had idea. I think a fix to ElA can be provided in the form of an adjustment to Power Surge. From what I understand, the idea behind Brutes is that they have more difficulty in the early stages of leveling, but can eventually reach Tank-levels of protection later on.

So, I submit that Power Surge be changed into a Toggle, like Granite. It might not be as survivable as Granite, but it doesn't have to be. It's a more offensive form. I think that's an even trad-off for not getting a damage and movement penalty, like Granite gets. However, it WILL be like Granite in that it won't allow some/most of the other armors to be active along with it. The devs can decide if they want the Psionics hole or not by choosing if that armor can be active with Power Surge. Also, The endurance drain can be large than normal for Power Surge, if it looks like Power Surge will be too powerful. And to keep it similar, thematically, the 'crash' can happen when the power is de-toggled. This would still provide a penalty, but allow the player to control when and where it happens, resulting in a natural way to prevent your death (rather than having to rely on other players, inspirations or demonic aura to recover).

BTW: This is an aside to the idea of getting rid of CP. I think it's still a good idea to replace CP with another power. The Power Surge change was just another thought I had.

What do you think?

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As a pretty experience player, and I played my fair share of /Electrical Armor when I was soloing Arch Villains with my Brute with SS/Elec and EM/Elec when I made them FOTM...

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"Hello, you may remember me from such movies as:

'I soloed the AV'
'The AV Soloed Me'
'AVs, AVs, Everywhere AVs'

You may wonder how I keep my smooth and silky complexion throughout the years... I tell you an ancient secret, PEARL CREAM!"

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Lol! That was brilliant. Seriously, well done.
Who was that guy, anyway?

Miyabi speaks the truth. I was in an AE mission with some friends and the only brute we had was an Elec/Elec brute. She was 48 and we were facing pretty large groups of 50s. Poor girl had to activate Power Surge pretty regularly or she would pretty much die at every group we encountered. We had a single healer and a lot of MMs... and it still wasn't enough to keep her alive. IMO, Power Surge should only be a power for fighting AV and EB level threats..... but these groups were only LTs and under. The survivability of ElA NEEDS to be put into question. You can't have a set that's only good once it gets great IOs and a few key powers from other power pools. That's just not right.

I'm having trouble with my Necro Macros as well. I have petsayall sit and petsayall backflip. Everytime I use it, the graveknights and lich follow.... but my zombies just stand there and do nothing.

Yeah, I suppose the lag would be much worse if they didn't perform maintenance.

How annoying. I never get to play this game on week day mornings. Now that I can... I get denied anyway. >_>

I don't understand... I didn't see any thread or notification that said there was server maintenance. Is this a regular Monday morning ritual that I didn't know about?

I just tried logging on to the game and it won't let me log on at all. I get denied at the door.

IIRC, CP was originally in Mu Mastery... but they realized this would allow CP to be available twice on some builds and took it out.... Never did replace it with another power, either.

I seriously hope they don't do the same for Heroes. FIX ELEC ARMOR PLEASE.

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Well my ELA brute usually can tank, but I consider that's due to the fact she's Stone Melee. Fault is so full of win I started tanking on my early 20s. And the KD from the mallets too.

But I suspect she'd get wrecked on an ITF where the mobs have kb protection (haven't played her in like forever, she's 38).

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You are absolutely correct. I have Stone Melee on my Elec Armor brute as well. While he does hold his own with regular mobs (and laughs at rikti) he gets destroyed in ITF because of the KB/KD protection they have. Otherwise, it's usually the ranged damage that gets me. While every enemy in melee range is either end-less or on their butts, my 15% ranged defense is doing little to prevent me from getting pegged to death from a distance.

Even in PvE, Elec Armor can only do so much. I didn't go with the traditional strategy of doing +def on all my IO bonuses... but I have some with some +regen thrown in. Even with the bonuses, it's difficult to Alpha for a team in most situations.

It's about time they started embracing farming instead of trying to stop it. Give it a specific place in the game and everyone is happy.

Oh yeah and 'Hooray claws for brutes!'. =)

I really hope the Devs think to make some changes when they see that Heroes will be able to get 2 CPs with Elec Armor....

http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/gam..._overview.html

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...Scrappers and Tankers get ready to fry their foes with Electric Melee and Electric Armor...

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