Roderick

My response was to the claim that AAO was pulling so much aggro that the "tank wasn't tanking", which I read to imply that they weren't considering a tank for the third spot. I was just pointing out that the issue with the tank wasn't universal to all tanks.

WP has the weakest taunt aura. Shield has one of the strongest. In order for a WP tank to keep aggro with a Shield scrapper on the team, they need to use Taunt regularly; they can't rely on just gauntlet and their aura.

However, if you still want a tank on the team, another shielder will hold aggro much better (since he'll have a higher threat level than the scrapper, plus will be adding additional taunt through gauntlet). The shield tank would also add another layer of Grant Cover, providing you some of that extra defense you asked for.

There are a few other tanks that should be able to hold aggro, even with the shield scrapper on the team. WP just isn't one of them.

They're not saying that Fireball critting is a bug, they're saying that, if Fireball gets a 100% crit chance from Hide, it's a bug.

Stalker ST attacks get a 100% crit chance from Hide. AoEs are only supposed to get a 50% crit chance from Hide.

That used to be true, but I'm pretty sure follow will get you into melee range, even when flying/hovering. That's part of why they changed melee attacks from a 5' range to 7'.

Hey! You're right! :P

To the OP - nobody can answer that question for you. What's fun for me, is not for other players. What's fun for you can't be answered by us. With the recent server list merge, you now have a minimum of 180 slots. Roll as many as you think would be interesting, and try them all out!

The damage aura does help with your AOE, but it's still slow enough to notice a difference. I prefer the brute version of this combo: The quick ST attacks, plus taunt in the various auras to keep things attacking you rather than running, keeps your Fury high, which makes the damage aura do significantly more damage. When you get higher level, you can add gloom for a STRONG ST attack and Dark Obliteration for more AoE, and you still stay with your Dark theme. On top of that, at Incarnate levels, you can add Void Judgement for more Dark damage. Even though it would break theme, consider Pyronic Interface - the damage proc version in a damage aura is a nice bonus.

Very slow to start. Then again, I solo a lot. If you team or TF more than I do, you should breeze through the low levels. Parry adds an extra layer of defense to stack with your resistances.

Claws/Inv is fun. I liked it better on a brute. Spin was modified so that it has higher base damage (and higher recharge to compensate), which is a nice bonus once you get your Fury up. And of course, the resists and +HP/heal powers work better with the brute's higher HP and caps.

Agreed. They're supposed to be incredible, but I didn't start one until I was already starting to burn out on shields, so it never got far.

One not on your list: Dark/Fire Scrapper or Brute. Again, I prefer the brute version, but both work well. Having Siphon Life, Healing Flames, Consume, Dark Consumption and Rise of the Phoenix makes a very clicky character, but also a very hard to stop one. And with the recent change to Burn, the AoE goodness is even better. Add Soul Mastery to a brute, or Pyre to a scrapper or brute for even more damage.

Lies. There are three markets.

Live, Test, and Beta. :P

Personally, I'd just add customization to Weapon Mastery. Have the player choose Thrown Weapons, Bow or Rifle. One choice affects all powers. Caltrops, Focused Accuracy (or is it Targeting Drone?), and Physical Perfection (for the Stalker version) remain unchanged. Web Grenade gets replaced with the equivalent from Trick Arrow or Assault Rifle. Shuriken gets replaced with Snap Shot or Burst. Expolding Shuriken gets replaced with Explosive Arrow or M30. If that doesn't work within the realms of power customization, just give all theree powers from all three "sets", and when you select any one, lock out all the attacks from the other two. Since all three are lethal damage, leave the stats for the attacks the same, regardless of which animation is used (ie, Snap Shot would not be faster than Shuriken, Burst would not have -def, etc).

My thoughts on APPs/PPPs in general: To my knowledge, there are eight types of damage available to players: Smashing, Lethal, Fire, Cold, Energy, Negative, Psychic, and Toxic. Every AT should have at least one set that can deal each type of damage. If that damage type cannot be provided in at least one primary or secondary choice, it should be added for an Epic.

So all four melee ATs should get a Psy epic (possibly similar to the Psy attacks Aberrant Rectors get?), Tanks and Brutes should get Toxic, all melee except Tanks should get Ice Melee/Armor or an Ice epic, and so on for all ATs (with the possible exception of EATs).

That's not exactly right.

There's TWO participation metrics: personal and league.

If your personal+league participation is below a certain amount, you get threads. If personal+league is above that threshold, you get a reward table. Yes, if the league is good enough, a doorsitter can be bumped up above the threshold and get a "real reward".

There are multiple reward tables, each with different odds of C/U/R/VR. Which table is used to offer you your reward is based solely off the league participation metric. That means that if you are more active, you are not increasing YOUR chance for a good reward - you're increasing EVERYONE'S chance.

Also note that - per dev confirmation - neither AoE, high damage, debuff nor mez directly increases your chances for a good reward.

However, all these, and other factors, increase your ability to quickly and successfully complete objectives, and a few players have commented that they typically see better rewards on fast, successful runs. This has not been confirmed by devs though - at this time, it is purely conjecture.

Preatorians that are still in Praetoria will be locked out. Praetorians that have left Praetoria and went to the "right" side for their AT will remain usable. Characters that aren't their "right" alignment (Praetorians that left on the opposite side, and anyone who's changed alignment - including Rogues and Vigilantes) will be locked out. Characters that switched alignments but went back to their native alignment will be accessible.

Going Rogue isn't needed to earn or spend Alignment Merits. You can't earn them through the Tip System without GR, but any pure Hero or Villain can enter Fort Trident or The Crucible, respectively, to purchase A-merits with regular merits, or to spend them.

As well as Kinetic Melee and Electric Control, of course. This is an exception to what I said above - a pure hero DP Blaster will still be locked out.

Your costumes will be unaltered. But, as Snow Globe said, if you alter the costume, you'll be forced to remove the costume parts, unless you've added a GR code.

One additional thing: Visiting Praetoria with Primal characters will not lock you out of those characters, even if you forget to get them out of Praetoria before the end of the reactivation week. Anyone who tries to load into a zone they're not allowed in gets bumped back to Atlas or Mercy, depending on alignment.

That's because your accuracy was nerfed.

Also, you can't get any temp powers at all from the shipments. If you do, the badge attempt automatically fails.